Vol 4 Chapter 169

"Qiao Shi, Qiao Shi."

Old Bead called in the next room. The 13-year-old girl lying on the wooden table responded, looking away from the candle that was always bright and dark, not far away, and the sky was still outside the window. Overcast, dark sky and clouds, always staggered one after another with purple lightning. She looked up at the bad weather, sighed, and went out to ask:

"Father, what's wrong?"

"Go get my cloak and pull the carriage out. This weather won't work. I'll send the farm tools to the city for Betos to fix it." Old Beard was wearing shoes on his bench, aside Replied.

Qiao Shi stood by the door of his room and looked at the bad weather outside the living room door. He frowned and worried, and the white arms under the rolled up sleeves crossed in front of the apron. "Are you going out this weather?" She said reluctantly. The old Beard heard the concerns in his daughter's tone, glanced at the weather and laughed: "It ’s drizzle, it ’s drizzle. After a while, the weather will get worse, then it will not be good to go out."

Qiao Shi sighed, wiped his hands on the apron, took the cloak from the shelf in the living room, and put on the old Bead. "Old Bead narrowed his eyes and let his daughter's hands around his neck tie his cloak for himself, enjoying this silent tenderness, while talking. "The road is slippery, and the carriage must be difficult to go," Qiao Shi whispered.

"It's okay, my good boy, those bad things will not come out in this weather." Old Bead Haha smiled.

Qiao Shi knew that her father's statement was reassuring. Since the little lord began to reconcile law and order in the early summer, few traces of goblins and robbers have been seen in the countryside. Not saying a word. "Well, go." Old Bead gently looked at his daughter's face, which was more and more like his dead wife, and ordered.

Qiao Shi nodded, turned and went out, raining through the yard. Ma Yan was behind the farm and she pushed open the firewood door. The light in the small shed was very dark, and the two mares really looked restless in this weather. Qiao Shi stepped on the hay on the ground and walked to the mare named Anse first, and patted his neck gently with his hand, soothing quietly, so that the mare was quiet, but today is a little bit abnormal. The grey-fur mare stomped her feet, her large wet eyes seemed particularly bright in the dark, with a strong uneasy light inside.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Shi frowned. Keenly felt that Anth's fear did not come from the bright thunder and lightning in the sky, but underground.

She squatted down slightly, staring at the haystacks stacked on the ground with bright eyes, and in her sight, the straw shivered slightly-the girl knew only in an instant: the ground was moving! A terrible premonition floated to Qiao Shi's heart. She immediately stood up and rushed to Guan Ma's wooden fence. She gritted her teeth and dragged the iron bolt with her hands to remove it from the lock to the ground. Release the two horses one after the other and drive them out of the stable. It was just such a short delay. The ground had shook obviously, and the pits and puddles outside had already rippled. Qiao Shi had just ran outside the shed and heard a strange hum coming from the north.

She stopped and turned back subconsciously, and to the north was the continuous forest of Allasser. At the top of the forest, it seems that a huge light ball has risen, and that light ball penetrates the clouds, because it is too bright and dazzling, as if the world around it is a little dark. Then the deafening sound that seemed to tear the air swept past like a shock wave. Bring a few strands of hair-the buzzing in your ears turns into a rumbling sound, and gradually becomes a piece again, forming a high-pitched and shrill shiver, as if the tides are connected with waves, but gradually, the sound in the ear It turned into a humming noise like a noise, and then formed a wave of higher waves, flooding everything, the canopy still turning, branches and leaves flying, lightning and thunder, wind and rain interweaving, but there seemed to be a silence all around world.

In this silent world, Qiao Shi was horrified to see that the light sphere was getting bigger, engulfing the sky, the clouds, and its spherical appearance began to collapse with the expansion, and the white shell shattered instantly. A dazzling flame burst out from it, and the flame continued to spread like a cloud, spreading slowly in all directions, beginning to be very far away, but suddenly, she saw the cloud of fire coming over Arathor, in an instant Engulfed the whole forest.

The towering fire wall continued to advance, the sharp cedar, the standing black pine, the undulating hills had already turned into the sea of ​​fire, the hot breath rushed towards her, her long hair was almost mad in the airflow. Dancing and blinking, Ma Ma was already shattered in front of her, and Qiao Shi screamed before turning to run.

But a bit late.

There was a loud noise, and the flames had swept across the farm in the shape of a hurricane, turning everything into ashes.

"what--!"

Qiao Shi opened her eyes pale, her body was soaked with cold sweat. She got up from the wooden table and realized that she had the nightmare again. It was more than a month since the terrible explosion, although she later learned that the explosion occurred in the Death Frost Forest to the north and affected the area. In the end, she only went to the area north of Jinqueshan and east of the needle hills, but in her dream, she dreamed more than once that the flames engulfed the forests and farms of Allasser, and the whole scene of Hellfire in Lantonilan.

She looked up and looked at the avenue leading to Kukus out of the window. The forest beside the road was lush and lonely, and the blue sky above the canopy was like a sea, and the silk cotton wool formed a white track. Since the explosion, the weather has A day is better than a day. Riders pass by from time to time on the avenue, some in pairs, some of them are noble knights, some of them are simply adventurous companions.

These people have been appearing successively since half a month ago. Although every year to this month is a day for adventurers to gather, they are rarely seen in a small place like Bernice, let alone they are Or headed north.

"Qiao Shi!" Someone shouted at this moment.

Qiao Shi saw that the person greeting him was a hunter who lived next door. It seemed that he had gone to the city some time ago, "Uncle Becher, you have come back from the city. Did you see my father?" She asked quickly . "Old Bayard, I met him at the blacksmith, what's wrong?" The hunter replied.

"Nothing, just worry, Uncle Becher, do you know what's going on?" She glanced at those passing knights. Then whispered.

"You said those knight masters?" The hunter stood by the fence and looked at the noble knights on the road, shaking his head: "They are looking for someone."

"Find someone?"

"Yeah, find someone."

...

Wallenburg.

Five weeks after the explosion, it has been five weeks. Eco, Yura, Macaro, and Earl Odin can all see that Her Royal Highness, although still alive and well, has secretly become anxious day after day. stand up. Fortunately, the negotiations with the Duke himself were relatively smooth. On the surface, the Duke Viero had originally made Earl Deneer the enemy, and the two went on and off the stage. Now that I have the opportunity to destroy my enemies in one fell swoop, naturally I will not let this opportunity go easily.

But in fact, even hairy boys like Ai Ke can see that Archduke Viero is thinking about the old feelings of the first king. The Duke's daughter turned out to be His Royal Highness's mother. When she saw Princess Griffin calling the Duke his grandfather, even the oldest Kings such as Macaro and Overwell were there. Standing on the scene, almost everyone expected, as if only to remind people, the young Duke is also romantic. He married an elf as his wife, but no one had ever seen the Duchess. It was not known that there was once a Duchess of Silver Elves in the Kingdom of Eruin.

However, when Marcaro and others were shocked, they gradually realized that the little girl who had obeyed them didn't seem to be so well-behaved. In fact, from the beginning, Her Royal Highness kept this. Backhand.

The marriage of Albert VII was facilitated by the royal family. Although the king's marriage to a half-elf inevitably attracted rumors, the old king showed his stubbornness as always. Moreover, the queen of the kingdom is still at least a human, and the kings are not willing to touch the mold of Oberu VII on this trivial matter.

But I didn't expect that today, Marcaro and other people understand that what the stubborn old king pursued. It turned out not to be a vain love.

The Highland Knights did n’t know what they were thinking. They were so enthusiastic that they could n’t understand. It was supposed to say that the next war had nothing to do with them at all, but instead of sending out formal ones including the Black Tower Wizard, The ambassadors also pledged to promise that as long as Her Royal Highness fought against Jean Denaire, they would join the Princess. This attitude is no longer like an alliance, it is almost like being in the presence of allegiance.

As a result, Wang Dang also couldn't understand it. You must know that the highland knights have always been aloof in the political ecology of Eruin. Even in the era when the king is most powerful, these knights and wizards only maintain a respectful relationship with the royal family. When did you show such a low profile?

You should know that at this time, they are theoretically the strong side. After Her Royal Highness settled the situation of Ampelsel, but relied on the help of his own small territory and the ill-defined Count Toniger, Barely come to this step. In fact, if it wasn't for Duke Viero's willingness to fall to them, His Royal Highness the King's eldest son in the north seemed to have a better chance.

But the situation was silently advancing in such a puzzling development, because with the precedent of the Highland Knights, it was not surprising that even the envoy of the Grand Golan-Elson came to show loyalty. Because everyone knew that the Grand Duke had no ambitions at all. He was not a noble, but rather a hermit, who didn't care about the outside. In fact, before the arrival of Grand Duke Golan-Elson's envoy, there was still a malicious speculation that the news of the Grand Duke could not be so well-informed. Most of these envoys were arranged by his staff and family.

Later, it turned out that this speculation was indeed correct. Of course, everyone was unaware of these details, and it was enough to keep tacit understanding with each other.

But all kinds of details at least make people understand.

King Eruin is about to rise-

The success of diplomacy cannot conceal the unease of Princess Griffin from day to day.

Buga, Overwell has returned to Lantonilan from the original road. After all, the explosion occurred at the junction of Lantolan and Viero. Everyone wants to figure out the big explosion one month ago. What exactly happened. And the news from the front is mostly disturbing. In the scout report, it seems that the entire Dead Frost Forest has completely disappeared. A whole new area of ​​dead magic appeared in the area east of the Gunn Mountains and south of Fort Violet, and the remaining energy proved that there had been a shocking explosion there.

There is a lot of evidence pointing to a huge pit in the center of the explosion, but so far no survivors have been found in the explosion.

In higher circles. Especially the princess and the people around her knew better what it meant.

The little prince has not yet returned.

Earl Toniger is still missing.

But what disturbed Macaro and Earl Odin was that they knew that the Cruz's first heir was also missing in the explosion, as well as their large aristocratic observation group and their blue sky. The legion leader of the legion. In fact, Marcaro and Earl Odin have already received news from their respective channels-the Cruz envoys have already set off earlier, left the empire and are on their way to Eruin.

This is definitely not a good sign.

But until earlier in the day.

An unexpected guest visited Wallenburg.

There is no doubt that this is a long-awaited guest, His Royal Highness Princess Griffin.

Outside the window sill, the rattan hanging from the wall shook in the shade. In the distance, the quiet wind forest and Gunn Mountains are immersed in the background of the tile blue. In the afternoon, the gentle sunshine slowly climbed up the pane, and through the veins of the leaves, sprinkled into the room, a golden glow. Inside the room, behind the precious dark wood desk, Princess Griffin was sitting quietly on the red velvet cushions of the bench.

She calmed herself down deliberately, but couldn't help but ask the time several times. "Coming soon, she has passed the promenade. Her Royal Highness." The maid answered with a little embarrassment.

Griffin nodded and took a soft breath. At this time, the knocking of indoles finally came out of the door, as if the whole room was silent for a while, and she replied gently, "Please come in."

The door opened, and Freya was behind it, still in Eruin's uniform. It's just that the calmness of his body is far better than before, except that his face is also a little flushed. Almost alive and detached is another Nimesis. When she saw Princess Griffin, she froze, thinking that she would be met by Count Macarro or Count Odin. But immediately a knight ceremony was performed.

"your Highness."

"No need to be polite," the half-elf girl looked calm on the surface, but took a few breaths before she could barely say, "Count, how is he, Count?"

"His Royal Highness, Brando ... he's fine," Freya whispered uneasily.

But Princess Griffin didn't seem to notice this, and she moved uneasily. Although her subtle look was almost inconceivable, she asked anxiously: "So, what about my brother?"

"His Highness Haruzer is fine, he and the Earl are fine."

The half-elf girl took a sigh of relief, although she tried to restrain herself from showing a weak look and stretched her face, but her head was a little messy. She sat there for a long time, both happy and a little bit lost, especially for the senses of Count Tonigel. After a while, she returned to being indifferent: "Why didn't the Count come here?

"Miss Nimesis and everyone were injured. Lord Lord wanted to send them back to Frada or Fir collar first."

Griffith lowered her eyelids as if thinking, and after a moment, she looked at Freya again, and her silver eyes were clear: "Freya, this is an excuse, right?"

Freya's face blushed. This was indeed an excuse. The real reason was that Qian was missing. Brando was trying to find a clue about the mountain girl. But not only that, there are some deeper reasons, but there are outsiders here, she remembered what Brando told herself, looked at the maid next to Her Royal Highness, and nodded.

Griffin slightly tilted his head and said to his maid, "Go and tell the gentlemen of the Highlander, Lord Earl cannot come, but he is still alive and ask them what they think."

The girl nodded slightly and left immediately.

His Royal Highness then turned around and said, "What the **** is going on, and the explosion, I want to know what happened?"

Freya took a breath.

"That's it, Her Royal Highness ..."

...

Deldertal-

At dusk, a caravan that seemed to be full of cargo swayed slowly along the crowd towards the port, but as the crowd gathered in front of the wagon, something seemed to happen on the avenue leading to the port. . It didn't take long for the crowd to cling to the point where the carriage could not move forward. The carriage had to stop, and the driver turned back and asked something before jumping from the carriage to a man covered in a cloak; this person seems to be only recently Injured and somewhat awkward, he limped to the front of the carriage, looked at the situation outside, and talked to the driver before returning to the carriage.

At this time, a voice came from the hood: "What's wrong, Boymer?" The voice was a bit dry, sounding hoarse like an old man.

"It's good news, Baba, we are saved." The former looked cheerful, came to the hood, and whispered, "It's our mission. They just landed."

There was silence in the hood.

Viscount Babayne sat beside a pile of hay, his face pale, as if he had some terminal illness. He heard his companion's words, and finally he couldn't help but take a breath, and then he got up hard, and lifted with his hands a black cloth covering the corner of the carriage. It was a whole piece of crystal. The red-haired girl inside held the spear tightly, and the look of anger was still lifelike. She was so beautiful-but this time, Babaun was not looking at Akane, but the silver spear in the girl's hand.

He looked at it like an enchantment.

…… (To be continued, please search for floating astronomy, novels are better and faster!