Act 86 Signs of War

readx(); Act 86: Signs of War (Fourth update, so stay tuned)

This is the battlefield more than ten days ago——

There seems to be a faint smell of gunpowder smoke in the air - even in winter, the dead bodies have been cleaned up according to Brando's strict requirements. The spreading plague is no joke, even when the weather gets colder. People are not willing to take this risk.

Therefore, in addition to the bloodstains in the open space at this moment, there are only fragments of armor and weapons occasionally scattered among the grass that can prove that a tragic battle took place here.

And some kind of bird with gray and black feathers - a blackbird or a raven, flew over the battlefield from low altitude. The north wind is becoming more and more bleak, and the weather has become drier and colder day by day.

Because of the lack of sacrifices, Brando had to use simpler methods to dispose of the corpses.

The few black smoke pillars on the horizon are proof of this. The smoke and dust are crossing over the forest, like a doomsday scene. When several scouts cautiously entered this old battlefield, they couldn't help but cast a frightened glance at the black smoke column in the southern sky.

They crouched down, surveying the battlefield, then stood up again, looking at each other.

They are spies from Pallas. They have been coming here day and night since they got the news of Sir Mintai's fiasco. At first, they did not believe that the mob was so capable.

But when they passed the original territory of Sir Tatai, they were surprised to find that the territory of that knight had been occupied by another group of people. Some of them had seen those people before - they were a mercenary group called the Amber Sword. They had led a group of refugees across the border a few months ago, saying they were going to pioneer the wilderness.

The last news about these people was that they were staying in Port Gris, but God knows how they came back here.

But the answers to the scouts' doubts are actually very simple, because Brando knows that Sir Mintai will attack the fir collar. In this case, you are welcome to come and go. In his letter to the druids, he had already asked the copper dragon Leto to lead people across the Patton Wilderness immediately, waiting for Sir Mintai to raid his lair as soon as he left. .

Poor Sir Mintai never expected that a mob would be so bold, so in fact this Sir suffered a big loss from the very beginning of the war. Of course, he didn't know it himself. By the time he knew it, he had already become Brando's prisoner.

But the scouts did not know these details. They only noticed the troops with the unique keenness and instinct of the spies. Then they hurriedly left the territory of Sir Mintai, traveled southward across the Gris River at starry night, and came to this area that had happened not long ago. In the land of great war.

Of course, the war in their hearts, according to Brando, is called a ‘village-level armed fight’.

Brando, who has seen real battles, honestly has never worried about whether he can defeat Sir Mintai, which is why he dared to let the Grand Commanders of the Firelands, Fern and Kerenthia, take command. s reason.

But Brando also understands that there may be a fierce battle next.

At this moment, one end of the fierce battle is held by these scouts who have sneaked into the young man's territory——

"The rumors are true."

After checking the surroundings, a scout straightened up and said to the other companions: "Sir Mintai has been defeated, and it was a miserable defeat."

Everyone fell silent.

Although they had already expected this result,

The news of Sir Mintai's fiasco has been spreading on both sides of the Gris River recently, and it will not be long before it reaches Lord Pallas's ears.

But they were the first to confirm the news, and they still couldn't help but feel terrified.

Everyone's eyes turned to the most experienced veteran among their group and the one who spoke. The experienced scout thought for a moment and said:

"The most important thing is to send the news back. This thing is a bit weird. I have been a scout for so long, and I have never heard of such a powerful mob there -" He glanced around: "This is an ambush."

"ambush?"

"I heard that Captain Caglis also participated in this war." A scout said, and the Caglis he mentioned was the son of Sir Mintai - if your memory is good enough, you will remember that this young man once Worked under Pallas for a while.

But it's not just that.

Caglis did not boast, for Pallas had no heirs of his own, but he had always regarded the young man as his own, imparting to him all his experience in the war. The young man's performance did not disappoint the old knight. He performed outstandingly in the battle with the mountain people and enjoyed a high reputation under Pallas.

Even if he wanted to take refuge with Her Royal Highness Princess Griffin, it was with the consent of the old knight. Although Pallas himself was loyal to Count Gendenel, he was actually more inclined to the royal party in his heart. He hoped that his direct disciple could embark on the path of assisting Eruin Zhengshuo in his revival.

After the scout finished speaking, he added with some confusion: "How could Captain Caglis be ambushed? When he led us, we never once fell into the trap of those cunning mountain people."

The scouts fell silent, this was really weird.

But the veteran waved his hand: "I have a suggestion. We divide our troops into two groups. On the one hand, you take the letter back to Master Pallas. On the other hand, we continue to move forward and go to Fir City to have a look and try our luck—— "

"This is too risky," said a young scout.

"There is no scout who doesn't take risks." The veteran waved his hand: "I have the highest position here, follow my orders, you all go back, just leave two of you with me."

After hearing this order, the scouts looked at each other. They were not worried about any danger they would encounter. They were all elites under Pallas. But since they went south, there was an air of mystery about the whole thing, which made them feel like shrinking back for the first time.

…

The scouts were arguing outside the forest, and inside the forest, Fern and Kerenthia glanced at each other. Then they turned around and saw the young man in red robes sitting on a rock not far away, nesting in a cave. The human leader Tajib was looking at Ciel with some fear.

The young wizard's spell completely obscured their auras, and even the most skilled scouts could not find their traces. Otherwise, at this distance, Fern was really not sure whether the experienced scouts would notice anything.

When he served in the Karasu Cavalry Regiment, he saw many scouts in the army, and sometimes he even acted as a spy once or twice as a cavalryman himself.

But as experienced as the few scouts outside, he had only seen them in the most elite brigades.

That is definitely a first-class elite.

But what surprised him more was Ciel's identity. He was from Karasu, so he had naturally seen those mysterious highland wizards. He was 100% sure that Ciel was of the same type as those people, and they had the same smell on their bodies - the smell of the highlands and the Black Tower.

He heard that Brando was a Highland knight, and at this moment he couldn't help but believe it. Can a highland knight have a mentor-level wizard as a retinue?

What kind of existence is that?

While Fern's mind was a little confused, Kerenthia had once again turned her gaze away from the forest: "You are so brave."

He was talking about the scouts outside.

The scouts have divided into two groups, heading to Fir City and preparing to head north back to Pallas. They parted outside the woods, and their figures quickly disappeared at both ends of the road.

"Hey," Charles looked in that direction and raised his eyebrows slightly - his expression looked very much like Brando. In the heart of this young wizard, Brando can be said to be the best master - Gao Shenmo Test, seems to know everything.

He has been deliberately imitating Brando's every move recently, and there are already signs of going crazy. But then he laughed at himself: "Caglis? I didn't expect that little guy to be so famous among the scouts under Pallas. He is clamoring for a duel with one of you every day. Could it be that the two of you are so famous?" Sir, don’t you have any ideas?”

Fern and Clenthia's expressions immediately became strange.

In the ambush against Sir Mintai that day, the young man named Caglis caused them the most trouble. The opponent's ability to judge the battlefield was really impressive. Even Fern, who was a veteran, was very impressed. If they hadn't captured Sir Mintai alive in the end, they might have forced that young man to fight his way out.

However, it was Charles who wanted to see the jokes made by the three seniors, Huque, Fern and Clenthia. They had promised that it would be fine, but in the end something went wrong.

Otherwise, if Ciel takes action himself, Caglis will have to be captured even if he has wings.

But because of this, the young man is still unconvinced until now. Although as a soldier he did not say such childish words as starting over, he still shouted in the dungeon that he wanted to fight with Kerenthia, Tiger Bird or It's Fern Duel.

However, this boy's swordsmanship was also extremely superb. Kerenthia originally had the idea of ​​​​teaching him a lesson, but unexpectedly suffered a secret loss. From then on, Huque, Fern, and Kerenthia all walked around the dungeon. , to avoid embarrassment.

When Charles told Brando that there was a little guy who needed his education, he was actually talking about this young man.

Seeing the two group leaders looking strange and silent, the young man smiled slightly and shook his head: "So how are you going to deal with this matter?"

He changed the subject and pointed outside.

"How to deal with it?" The silver-haired middle-aged man looked at Charles with questioning eyes.

The three people seemed to ignore Tajib while talking, which made the caveman leader a little dissatisfied - it was said that he was the one who discovered these sneaking scouts and notified these humans immediately.

However, Charles obviously did not forget about the caveman clan leader who had been having a bad life these days. He first nodded to Tajib: "Of course, this matter is first of all Tajib's credit. As for how to do it - - Those who went to our territory must be arrested. As for how to deal with it, that is the Lord's business - "

Tajib puffed up his chest after hearing this.

"Where are the others?" Fern asked with a frown. He heard from Charles that he wanted to let go of the scouts who had gone back to report the news.

Charles nodded: "Let them go, this is the Lord's wish."

What does that young man mean?

Fern and Kerenthia looked at each other. What did the young noble want to do? Putting those scouts back might completely alert Pallas, but no one could say what would happen next.

But Charles did not answer this question. He just raised his head and looked at the sky - thinking to himself, it seems that this time his lord is going to play a big game.

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(ps. Aha, it’s another update. Did you guess it right?)