This year is coming to an end, and the new year is about to arrive. This year has been a troubled year for the people of the Kallis Empire. With the rise of the rebel Eagle Group, they have grown miraculously.
It took six or seven months to turn the empire upside down, and even made everyone think that they were going to change their king.
However, what people never expected was that in the last battle of the Eagle Regiment's siege of the royal city, the imperial army fought back and reversed the situation of the war. This battle became a topic of conversation among the residents of the Kallis Empire, and you can always hear someone shouting loudly after dinner
They talked about the war in great detail, as if they themselves had participated in the war.
Everyone has their own version. The king in the story is either fatuous and incompetent, and his arrogance has caused this situation; or he is a forbearing capable man who keeps retaining his strength and defeats the Eagle Group at the end just to take advantage of it.
The Eagle Group cleans out those nobles with deep roots.
Regardless of the variations, there is a common character in these stories.
black knight.
A mysterious, fairy-tale character. In the stories passed down by word of mouth, his existence has been magnified so much that there is no mention of Earl Eberron. After all, as a Earl who was a businessman, he has two annoying identities.
, and his chamber of commerce is also known to be profit-seeking.
The Black Knight, many believed to be the center of this war, was the one who defeated the enemy and made the Eagles fearful.
Some people say that he is the seventh son of the king, and his mother is a noble ancient elf. He has wandered in the wilderness since he was a child, and thus acquired all his skills. He has the huge magic power of elves and the wisdom of humans. He cannot stand the luxury and corruption of the royal family.
Having traveled thousands of miles, he knew the sufferings of the people, so he summoned a group of troops and decided to fight for the people...
In fact, none of them have ever seen the Black Knight? But the heroic legend of the Black Knight has been spread in many places. It is rumored that the army led by the Black Knight is recovering lost territory at an extremely fast speed. The Eagle Regiment is just like the previous empire?
Rout in an instant? Flee all the way to the north? That is George's hometown and the foundation of the Eagles.
Many people think that the birthplace of the Eagle Group is the ancient city of Stone. In fact, they are all fierce bandits from the north. They just grew stronger in Stone. The evidence is that when the Eagle Group started this battle, George collected a large amount of gold.
The silver treasure was transported to Degu in the north, a city-state famous for its horse bandits.
The defeat of the Eagle Regiment also had a lot to do with this incident. The reason why they were able to defeat the empire in the early days was by using the wealth of Stone Ancient City to distribute to the civilians? With the help of the people's power. And the civilians already hated the empire with high taxes.
, so they hope that the Eagle Group can destroy the empire.
However, in fact, even if the Eagles win? What changes is that the person sitting on the throne is different? When the situation is stable and the Eagles occupy a large amount of space, their fangs will be exposed. In order to destroy the empire faster
, they violently confiscated food, captured young men, burned, killed, looted, and even occupied women...
"I bet? The Black Knight is a conspiracy of the empire. They want to take off the old clothes and put on a new one, and then tell the whole world that he is no longer the same as before. This is a ridiculous lie.
,Only a pig-brained person would believe these nonsense, and those women who are having sex!”
"Don't say that. At least the empire didn't treat us as cannon fodder before. You know, the Eagles pushed children and women to the city wall to prevent the enemy from using magic weapons, and burned down farmers' fields and houses. They just wanted to delay
The pace of the Imperial Army’s offensive.”
"Neither of them is much better. They are the same thing. Neither of them is good."
On the street, three men in their forties wearing patched clothes were talking. They sat around a wooden table with one leg missing, holding three different tattered wooden wine glasses, drinking bad wine with impurities and sour taste.
liquor.
They were very thin, looked as if they hadn't showered in a long time, and had bloody bandages on their bodies.
"The two fingers on my left hand were chopped off by the Empire because I hid a handful of rice! The wound on my right foot was chopped off by the Eagle Group! It's because I farted loudly on the road. You ask me which of them is better?
?Bah! It would be best if they all died."
A cross-eyed man cursed.
"Hey, now the Eagle Regiment has left, taking away almost all our food and money. When the Imperial Army comes, we don't know what they are going to take away."
The other man, whose hair was blowing up like a chicken coop, sighed.
"Maybe it's your little daughter. She's the only young girl left."
The chicken coop man frowned and looked depressed, looking at the few wine glasses left in worry.
"You don't have to worry about that. Your daughter is very safe."
The skinny man who looked like a beggar said with a wicked smile.
"What do you mean?"
"You asked her to smear her face with mud before, didn't you?"
"Yeah, what woman doesn't touch something on her face during this period."
"At that time, you were asked to carry cow dung. Then, I saw several Ying Tuan gangsters entering your house, and you didn't even know it."
"What!? Why didn't she tell me! Those beasts! I'm going to eat their cores! Skin their entire family!"
Uncle Jiwotou was so angry that he slapped the table. The table immediately tilted, and the three of them quickly held it.
"Don't be angry, listen to me."
"What else are you talking about! Hey, ah, ah! What should I do?"
Uncle Jiwotou was about to burst into tears, but the cross-eyed man immediately patted his hand and comforted him: "Don't cry, listen to what he has to say first."
The beggar man continued: "You don't have to cry. Later, those gangsters kicked open the door of your house. When they went in, they found it was empty, with nothing there, just a woman with mud on her face. Look at these gangsters.
I looked at you and looked at you, and noticed that your daughter had a good figure, and then..."
"Of course she has a good figure. I hid all the good things and brought them back to her. Those beasts deserve to go to hell!"
"You keep talking."
"Then I wanted to do something, as you know, but the mud on her face was ugly, and it smelled really bad. It must have been covered with horse urine. Then these people decided to take her to the river to have a good wash.
, five or six grown men carried your daughter to the river."
"That's enough! I don't want to listen! Damn it! Ugh."
The chicken coop man drank the remaining wine in one gulp, then covered his ears, looking very excited.
"Just listen to it, it won't hurt, and then the wonderful things will come."
The beggar man laughed and was speechless. This made the cross-eyed man anxious and the chicken coop man angry.
"Are you going to tell me or not?"
"Tell me, I said, later, haha! They, they took her, hahaha, I couldn't bear it anymore. They took her to the river to wash her. If she didn't wash her, she wouldn't know. Once she washed her, she would be scared.
Hahaha! When they saw her face, they were frightened faster than deserters, as if they had seen a ghost, hahaha!!"
"Hahaha!"
The beggar man and the cross-eyed man laughed, and the chicken coop man put down his hand. He was relieved and angry at the same time.
"You stinky groom! Dare you call my daughter ugly?"
"I'm not scolding her, she is really ugly, hahaha!"
"Then, what happened next?"
"Then, then...the Black Knight!"
"cut!"
The cross-eyed man and the chicken-headed man made disdainful sounds because he was just making it up. However, the beggar man straightened his back, his face was tense, and he looked straight behind them, as if he had seen a ghost, and lowered his head.
He raised his voice and said: "No, the black knight is right behind you!"
"Are you bragging? If the Black Knight is behind me, then wouldn't I be His Majesty the King?"
"Hahaha."
However, the cross-eyed man and the chicken-headed man gradually realized that something was wrong. Although there was no one on the street, it seemed to be more deserted now, and the windows on both sides were immediately closed, and even the broken door of the shop was closed with a bang.
The two slowly turned around and saw a black horse appearing behind them. A man in black armor was riding on the horse, watching them silently.