The cold north wind blew by, and the soldiers were cleaning up the doors. Tents were put away one by one, leaving the remains of campfires and garbage everywhere.
In a wilderness full of withered grass, a woman wearing a long skirt stood in the cold wind. Her lonely figure made people feel sad. In front of her were five connected tombs. The soil around the tombs was still very fresh.
, this was just buried yesterday.
At this time, the sound of footsteps came, and the woman gently wiped away her tears.
"Miss Furla, it's very cold here. If you stay here for too long, you might catch a cold."
The speaker was a fifteen or sixteen year old boy named Lars.
"Thank you Lars, but I don't want to leave my family."
Lars sighed, he had experienced this kind of thing before, but he still had two childhood sweethearts, Iqi and Madge.
But Fulla didn't. Although he knew that the count was not a good person, he was Fulla's father and loved her family. He heard something from the soldiers about the daughters of declining nobles, who were usually married by other nobles.
But her status is the same as that of a servant. Good luck to find someone who loves her, bad luck...
She might be tortured to death.
At this moment, Lars came up with an idea to take her to Trading City! Go to the country of the Demon King, a place where both humans and demons can live in harmony. There is no distinction between nobles and commoners, and everyone under the Demon King is
civilian.
There, Fulla could live a normal life.
"Um, little Furla..."
"Lars, I know Lord Black Knight values you very much. Can I ask you something? I can do anything for you. I beg you, please promise me."
Fulla suddenly turned around. There were two lines of tears on her face, and she looked very pitiful.
Lars frowned and relented.
"I...I...what's the matter? I may not be able to help you."
He avoided the other person's eyes, and those tearful eyes made him burst into tears.
"I want to see Lord Black Knight. I have important news to tell him. This is a secret that only my father knows. This will be very helpful to you."
"information?"
Lars felt nervous and his face tightened.
"Yes, this was originally a bargaining chip that my father wanted to negotiate with the Black Knight? Can he let the Black Knight win this war? But...but he..."
Fulla covered her face and began to sob.
"I'll try my best."
Lars said.
Hearing this, the corners of Fulla's mouth slightly raised.
…
Early the next morning, the army began to move, but most people had no idea where they were going.
"General! I have something to report."
At this moment, a young man and a beautiful noble lady caught up with a carriage in the team, but were stopped of course.
"What's wrong Lars?"
asked one of the soldiers. Lars was supposed to stay in town, but he followed.
"I have something important to report."
"Is it important?"
Everyone looked at each other, but in the end, they saw the devil.
The carriage has a lot of space? It's much larger than what you see from the outside. It's like a mobile house, and there's even a lot of furniture inside.
"Devil, General? Miss Fulla has something important to say? This may be the reason why the murderer killed the earl."
Lars said quickly.
The devil was in the room? There was even a kitchen here, so he made a cup of hot tea.
Fulla looked directly at the Demon King, her eyes seemed to suck people in.
"Sit down."
The other party said calmly.
No one was allowed to come in without the devil's permission. There were only three of them in the room, and it was very warm and comfortable here.
"Then I'll leave first..."
"No, you stay."
The Demon King refused, which shocked Lars.
"But I still have to accept the punishment. I haven't found the murderer yet..."
"No, you did a good job."
His words made Lars feel strange and even began to feel uneasy.
Then the devil came to the two of them with hot tea.
"Thank you, General. I feel very honored."
Fulla said immediately. Lars wanted to say thank you, but in a hurry he missed the best opportunity. The devil had already spoken.
"I heard that Miss Fulla happened to spend the night in the attendant's room, so she escaped danger, right?"
"Yes, yes, because one of my maids had a cold, I was very worried, so I went to take care of her, but I didn't expect that such a terrible thing would happen..."
As she spoke, she looked like she was about to shed tears again.
The Demon King looked at her quietly. Judging from her appearance, this seventeen or eighteen-year-old noble daughter was very beautiful, and her skin was as delicate as that of a baby.
"I see, then you are really lucky. Tell me, what do you want to tell me?"
"That, General, is about the news that my father has not told you yet. I think you should have learned about the Northern Territory from your father's mouth."
"Of course, he himself claimed that this was a secret that directly affected the war and even the country."
The devil said with a smile. After hearing this, Lars felt that he should not stay here any longer.
"General, I think I'd better leave."
"No, Lars, if you leave now, I'll have a headache."
Hearing this, Lars was stunned for a moment, then reacted and his face turned red with shame.
"I'm sorry for causing you any trouble."
"Then can you tell me the news?"
The Demon King looked at Fulla, who took a deep breath.
"My father, Count Anzra, has a secret that only a very few people, not even the king, know. That is that we discovered a mineral vein in the Bavel Mountains in the north."
Fulla swallowed, looking very uneasy.
"Ore vein? This is indeed a secret. I know there are several mines in the north. A mineral vein is not unusual."
"Yes, the strange thing is this mine. It is a source of magic crystal and is rich in magic crystal."
She said solemnly.
Hearing this, the Demon King frowned slightly.
"Magic crystal?"
Lars couldn't help but say it, he was confused.
"How many people know about this?"
"I...I don't know very well. Once my father knew about this, he killed the miners and related people. The mine was also blocked and has not been developed. Very few people knew about it. How many people knew about it?
As for people, I don’t know, it seems like his good friends also know about this.”
Fulla said weakly, she lowered her head and did not dare to look at the Demon King.
Lars didn't know what this meant, but the Demon King knew it very well. Magic crystal mine is the biggest weapon for humans to deal with the demons. Whether it is the magical mechanical weapons of the Dragon Boat Empire or the magical weapons of the Luas Empire, its energy core is hundreds of millions of times.
One hundredth is the magic crystal, which allows ordinary people who have never learned magic to have the ability to kill demon soldiers.
However, this is a scarce and precious resource, of course for humans. This kind of ore is usually found in areas with frequent volcanoes. Among them, there are a large number of magic crystals in the territories of the Elemental Demon King Kiva and the Evil Dragon Emperor, and humans
On the other hand, only the traditional magic empire Luas has it.
If the magic crystal appears in the Kallis Empire, there is no doubt that the Dragon Boat Empire and the Luas Empire will fight against each other in this tiny land. For the Kallis Empire, this is equivalent to destruction.