Chapter 684 The Enemy Is Approaching

"Cheers, General."

"Cheers, Duke."

The crystal clear glasses touch each other gently, making a crisp and sweet sound.

Schröder and Duke Henry Ferdinand of the North West each drank from their glasses.

The Arda Expeditionary Force had just reached Center, the capital of the duchy of Manda, and were taking a short rest here.

As soon as Schroeder entered the city, Henry held a banquet to entertain him.

Although he thought this was inappropriate, Schroeder didn't want to offend the Duke, so he dressed up.

However, the banquet is not all about eating and drinking.

An army from Manda accompanied the army of Arda, and the Duke wanted to discuss the matter with Schroeder.

The Ferdinand family, which holds the title of Duke, is the nominally highest-status family in the Northwest Gulf. The kingdom is in trouble, and the incident occurs near its own territory. The Duke has an obligation to help.

"Come here, Garrett!"

A young man was called to the scene by the Duke. The young man looked at Schroeder with admiration.

"General, let me introduce to you, Garrett Ferdinand, the best young man in the new generation of our family. He will follow you on this expedition. Please feel free to use him."

Garrett clicked his heels and gave Schroeder an Alda-like military salute.

"General, I will serve you front and back."

Schroeder patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "I look forward to you shining in the next battle."

In fact, during the preparation stage for the expedition, many families in the Northwest Gulf wanted to send their young children to the Northwest Army.

For example, Viscount Derrick Heller of the Heller family was the first to express such a wish, and finally succeeded after hard work.

Young nobles like him are eager to try after hearing the news. They are adhering to the thousands of years of tradition, eager to establish meritorious service in the war, and seize greater glory and higher titles for themselves and their families.

Although Schroeder, who has experience fighting orcs, has repeatedly stated to them the risks they may encounter in the future, he still cannot stop his strong enthusiasm.

In a way, this is also a kind of trust, a trust based on the combat effectiveness of Arda's army.

Huxin Town had to create a supernumerary combat system for this group of people. Although they are supernumerary, in order to facilitate coordination and command, the naming is still as consistent as possible with Arda's style. Many troops that do not belong to each other are named so-and-so independent companies according to their origins.

Of course, not all the children and the army of any family are accepted. They must use their family's honor to swear to abide by the regulations of the Arda army and be willing to suffer serious consequences for violating the regulations.

At the same time, you have to prove that you have the ability to handle supplies, or pay a large sum of money to have the Alda army handle it for you.

After the serious talk was over, Henry began to chat with Schroeder. He talked about several interesting things that had happened recently in his territory.

"General, do you remember Maltz Kent?"

"What's wrong with that usurper?"

"Isn't he buried in Center? But just a few days ago, we had a thunderstorm here, and a huge thunder fell from the sky and hit his cemetery. After the thunderstorm, the scene... tsk tsk tsk, you are Didn’t see it.”

Henry took a sip of wine and said happily: "Malts's entire tomb was directly flattened. There was only a big pit left, and the coffin and funerary objects were all turned into powder."

Schroeder was a little unbelievable: "Such a thing could have happened. Could it be that it was done by tomb robbers and the scene was disguised afterwards?"

Henry said with certainty: "It's absolutely true. The tombkeeper saw it with his own eyes. He was a good man who was loyal to his duty, honest and reliable, and would not lie."

Schroeder shook his head, "It's really touching."

Henry was very relieved and very happy.

Privately speaking, he was almost deprived of the title of Duke by Maltz. Publicly speaking, it was precisely because of Maltz's troubles that the prestige of the entire Ferdinand family plummeted and their previous status in the Northwest Gulf was lost.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "What does this mean? This shows that Maltz has committed a heinous crime. A simple death is no longer enough to atone for his sins, so the Lord of Light sent down a thunderbolt to continue punishing him."

"If I had known this, I shouldn't have given him a decent burial at that time. It was really a waste of money."

"Your Majesty the Duke!"

Henry was about to continue humiliating Maltz Kent, but was interrupted by the sudden arrival of the waiter.

"What happened to deserve your panic?"

The Duke, who was in high spirits, was very unhappy.

"A knight, claiming to be from the Royal Capital Knights, requests to meet with you. He said that he brought important information from the Black Stone Origin."

Henry and Schroeder looked at each other.

It is self-evident that the Knights of the Royal Capital are from the origin of the Black Stone.

There is no mistake. One post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!

"Let him wait for me in the small reception room."

Half an hour later, a depressing atmosphere filled the small reception room in the Duke's Palace.

There are only three people here, Schroeder, Henry Ferdinand, and the uninvited guest just now, a knight named Miso.

The knight had finished speaking and fell into an anxious silence.

Schroeder's expression was stiff.

"I didn't expect that we would have to face such a bad situation before we even left the northwest bay."

Henry was already panicking, dancing and shouting:

"No... Are you kidding me? Those grassland barbarians who don't even have writing can actually defeat the Royal Capital Knights? Oh, and there are a lot of lords of Blackstone Plains? You... you just lost like that?"

Seeing the knight Misuo nodded silently, the Duke was about to collapse.

The other party's words just now described a terrible scene. After defeating the kingdom army in Sunset Valley, the orc army took advantage of their cavalry to march straight in and plunder everywhere, and the lords of Blackstone Plains were no match for them at all. They either died in battle, fled, or... surrendered, making the orc army stronger and stronger like a snowball.

"They often emerge from unexpected places and attack you at your weakest point. Sometimes you have already arranged the battlefield, but the orc cavalry has already gone around to the rear to slaughter, and the army on the front line will be in chaos."

"When they finally face each other head-on, although the kingdom soldiers are brave, the orcs' rounds of cavalry and archery harassment will wear down their will, multiply their fear, and cause the collapse of the entire army."

From the helpless and fearful expression of Knight Misso, we can imagine how bad the kingdom army has experienced recently.

Schroeder looked at Henry.

"My Lord Duke, we must speed up and stop the orc army on the border."

"General, you are right!"

Henry agreed.

After all, Manda is the land east of the Northwest Bay.

If the enemy cannot be kept out, the Ferdinand family will be the first to face the storm.