Proof of the Sun King

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Valdemar looked surprised, he subconsciously reached out to touch the long sword on his waist, but then he remembered that before entering the door, the long sword had been handed over to the guard, and the kingdom knight immediately rushed to Albert, wanting to take it He was a hostage.

The result made him despair. In his impression, the swordsmanship was average. Albert, who rarely went to the battlefield, dodged with a very fast reaction speed, and then slashed Valdemar's thigh with a sword. The leg of the kingdom knight was injured. The ground was then pressed to the ground by the two guards.

"How...how did you find out?" Valdemar knew that the situation was over, he was pressed to the floor by two guards, and then more guards rushed in, tied him up, and then used the halberd to hold him. neck.

"Obviously, my knight betrayed me." Albert's face was red, and the blue veins on his head were soaring, making the forty-year-old count look very ferocious: "He has dedicated the people of this city to The barbarians of the north, as the **** sacrifices of the barbarians, am I right?"

The guards looked at the kingdom knight in disbelief. Captain Emil walked to Albert's side and said in a low voice, "Count?"

"This traitor and the barbarians are in harmony! He has taken refuge in the barbarian army outside the city, he dedicated my city and my people to Bireg, and he, as the kingdom knight of Mjordenhaven, will become this city. The only noble among them who resisted to the end, he persisted until the arrival of the imperial reinforcements, so the king must reward him." Albert walked to Valdemar and whispered in his ear: "The best The result is that the great bamboo knight Valdemar, the hero of Mjordenhaven, will take over the title of the late Earl Albert Baker as the new lord of the city, am I right? If I You guessed it right, the passenger ship has all your people arranged, right?"

Valdemar's face turned blue and white, and the Kingdom Knight simply said nothing.

"Don't talk? Emil?" Albert gave his captain of the guard a look, and the captain of the guard with a scar on his face rushed up and punched Valdemar's pretty face, hitting him beautifully The skin of the face is open and fleshy.

"You didn't know me from the beginning to the end, my knight!" Albert Baker put the long sword in the scabbard and said angrily: "You think I can't see that all this is your handwriting? The whole city Up and down, no more than ten people know the gunpowder storage point at Dongchengmen, and you are in charge of the defense of Dongchengmen, only you! Can find the loopholes in the patrol and send someone to detonate the gunpowder!"

"And you came too fast, it's abnormal, I understand you, you can't be on duty at this time, you should be sleeping with a prostitute (harmony) in a bar run by halflings!" Albert kicked Kicked in the face of Valdemar, the kingdom knight bleeds two nosebleeds.

"So what?" A frantic voice answered the earl: "Albert, do you think you can defend the city? With that tattered city gate? With the rabble you recruited temporarily? "

"Wake up! You stupid donkey! Everyone will die! The whole city will be reduced to ashes in the axe and torches of the barbarians!" Valdemar shouted frantically: "The more you resist, the more you will die. It will get worse, the end will come, everything will be destroyed, and the only way to survive is to know how to bend your knees! I am for the sake of the people of this city! Bireg promised me that if I surrender, he will only kill this Half the people in this town! Only half! How many people can I save? This is the right choice, you don't understand!"

"...You are really crazy." Albert didn't bother to explain to this man, he motioned his captain to drag Valdemar out: "Starting today, the kingdom knight Valdemar will be removed from this world, you Your family history will be erased, your family will be reduced to slaves, and you... will be slaughtered in the wild, never to rest in peace!"

"No! You can't do this to me! No! I have done for Nord! I have shed blood for the old earl! I want to see His Majesty the King! I want to see His Majesty the King!!!" Valdemar was dragged out by the guards , the captain of the guard, Emile, stepped forward and asked, "Count, what should I do with this traitor?"

"Beheading, execute it immediately!"

"Yes!" The captain of the guards left in a hurry.

Albert turned around and took a deep breath, then turned his eyes to the whole set of plate armor in his room, and said to himself with bursts of sentimentality: "So, the war is finally here."

"Valdemar has never figured out how I inherited the hereditary grand earl." Looking at the armor inherited from his ancestors, Albert lowered his head and said, he seemed to tell himself, but also seemed to say Listen to the portrait in the bedroom.

On the portrait is written the name of his ancestor: "Old Stubborn" Baker I, Earl of Mjordenhaven.

"In the great holy war one hundred and fifty years ago, the evil army was pressing down on the territory, the Nords led the elector, and the king of the north, Stadler VIII, chose to bow down and bow to the second Chaos Eternal God Chosen 'The Anointed' Aishaku Vaal surrendered. At that time, the Nords were almost completely occupied, and only three earls refused to surrender, and they fought to the last minute. In the end, under the wise leadership of His Majesty Ludwig, Chaos was repelled."

"In order to reward these three earls and their descendants who fought to the last minute, even if the Nord Kingdom replaced the Nord Electoral Lordship, the titles of these three earls were not replaced by the Nord lordship system, Ludwig said. I hope that His Majesty's canonization of our three counts has won the supreme honor of hereditary and irreplaceable!"

"This territory was exchanged by the ancestors with blood and life! If I choose to surrender, how can I see the ancestors buried in the Moore Cemetery???!!!"

The captain of the guards quickly came in with an iron plate in which Valdemar's head was covered with a red cloth: "Count!"

The count closed his eyes.

"Now, there is only a **** battle to the end!"

"However, Valdemar's suggestion is not without merit, Emil, send my family to the passenger ship, if something happens to me, please ensure their safety!"

"Yes!"

The next afternoon, when Ryan led the Nord army back to Mjordenhaven, what he saw was the collapsed city gate, the severely damaged moat, and the despairing and uneasy civilians.

The joy of successfully intercepting the barbarians also disappeared.

Just as the army entered the city gate, Ryan and the others were stopped by the guards sent by the lord: "Mr. Ryan! Mr. Nikolai! Lord Earl has an emergency military situation!"

Twenty minutes later, Albert's Castle of the Earl.

Albert was fully armed and his three-leaf family crest was shining brightly. His guards stood in two rows in the large room. When he saw Ryan and Nikolai entering the room, the forty-year-old Earl nodded, "How is the battle?"

"We have successfully blown up the Aarhus Bridge, which should at least delay Bireg's troops until dark." Lane and Nikolai hurriedly approached, and they learned about Walder from Albert's mouth. Ma's business: "Then if Bireg is the quickest, he'll be in Kalzenhaven by noon tomorrow."

"My scout told me that the imperial reinforcements will not arrive until noon the day after tomorrow at the earliest." Albert nodded, and then the count turned to look at his kingdom knight.

The one who was hit the hardest by this incident was Nikolai. He really couldn't believe that Valdemar, who was also a knight, would actually do such a thing.

"Sell out the people! Betray the country! Betray our compatriots! God, what the **** did Valdemar do? Is he sick?" In front of him, the walnut knight found a place to sit down and brushed his face: "I...I really...don't know what to say."

At the end of the sentence, Nikolai's voice was choked up.

"Now is not the time for you to be sad, my friend, our top priority is to decide what to do next? Out of the city to fight? Or to stick to it and fight in the streets? Tell me, White Wolf Knight, what would you do if it were you? Pain flashed across Albert's face, and the count went to his long table and took out a bottle of wine: "Gentlemen, would you like a glass? This is Wenford's fine wine 'Lysalis', I worry that if I don't drink it now, I won't have a chance to drink it later."

"Of course! It's always good to have a drink." Ryan closed his eyes helplessly, and the white wolf knight understood what the fairy in the lake's prophecy was.

He and Bireg have a battle at last.

He once thought that his plan was fine, but the reality gave him a slap in the face. Now the dilemma can be described as a true portrayal of the White Wolf Knight.

"No, I don't need it." Nikolai still couldn't get over the betrayal of his colleague and friend. He leaned back in the chair slumped: "Will you give me a few minutes to be quiet?"

"Then let's start first!" Albert shrugged, the blond Earl's eyes were slightly darkened, but he was in good spirits. He took out two goblets from his cabinet, put the wine cork unplug.

The sweet wine is different from the normal Winford wine, its grape fruit aroma is very weak, replaced by a strange sweet aroma.

Ryan took the wine glass from Albert's hand, raised it and dipped it on the tip of his nose: "Rich, plump, persistent, delicate and soft, let me think about it, honey, preserved apricots, lemons... and peaches. ?"

"I didn't expect 'Sledgehammer' Ryan to be a drinker too? I thought you, like your father Norman, liked Kislev's liquor the most, and once you drink it, you have to put your face on it. Drink like a monkey butt, and then fall to the ground like a brown bear." Seeing Ryan's knowledge, Albert suddenly smiled.

So at this moment when the army was approaching the city, the white wolf knight and the lord and earl stood on the balcony of the room with a glass of sweet wine, overlooking the whole city.

Under the white snow, the largest and most prosperous port city in Nord did not cause chaos due to the war and the influx of refugees. Under the swift response and command of the earl, the remaining defenders quickly controlled the situation. The Church of Justice The paladins and priests of the Church of Life were also dispatched collectively, and the situation was quickly brought under control.

However, the fear could not dissipate between them, and groups of people were lying in the open air on the street. In particular, a large number of civilians and refugees near the east city gate moved towards the city one after another. People were crowded with people, and many people stagnated under the castle of the earl in the city. It seemed that the last fortress in the city could give them a sense of security.

The earl's balcony is specially designed so that people below can't see it.

"Winford...is really a rich place, where the wine is famous all over the country, and the scenery there is said to eclipse the heavens." Savoring the wine in his mouth, Ryan could feel the sweet aroma filling his throat and trachea.

"But I still love my land, my people." The earl held the glass in his hand and motioned to Lane to look at his city: "In my eyes, there is no place more beautiful than Mjordenhaven, you see, Those houses, that park, were built after I inherited the location."

"I carefully adjust the city's tax rate. I hope that any lad who wants to do a good job can get enough opportunities in my city. I hope that my marina can be as prosperous as Marienburg."

"Salute to you, Your Excellency." Ryan raised the glass: "Let's toast for the prosperity of Mjordenhaven."

"Hahaha~ Cheers!" Albert laughed, the glasses collided, the hops splashed, and then the earl and the White Wolf Knight drank the wine in the glasses.

For some people, maybe they don't care that the medieval nobles attached great importance to defending their territories and defending their citizens. Many nobles would fight to the death to defend their territories without any benefit.

But this is how the nobles of this world are. Territory is their foundation and a symbol of their glory and status. To give up their territory is to give up everything, not only to lose their reputation, but also to lose their title and the king's Support, money will always run out, and their ending is absolutely tragic.

Just look at the nobles of the old empire who gave up their territories and fled because of the Chaos invasion. Even the serfs can insult and laugh at them at will.

After drinking the wine, Albert set his eyes on his city and laughed: "Unfortunately, this scene is very likely to never be seen again, my city will be reduced to ashes, and my subjects will die. Under the slaughtering knives of the barbarians, I will shed the last drop of blood and tell me the White Wolf Knight, will you follow me to fight to the death for this city? Just for that chance of survival?"

Ryan didn't answer.

The White Wolf Knight deeply understands that if he agrees, it means that he must stay and fight the barbarians, and as a member of the Kingdom Knights and the White Wolf Knights~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Ryan has the right to refuse this invitation , because he is not a vassal of this Earl Albert.

My vassal's vassal is not my vassal. The war here has nothing to do with Ryan. He has reasons to refuse to fight and leave by boat.

But...there are only two legendary powerhouses in this city, that is, he and Teresa. If he chooses to leave, the sorceress has no reason to stay here.

If there is no legendary powerhouse against Bireg, the fall of the city is only a matter of time. Ryan is too aware of the role of a legendary powerhouse in the war. Miyodenhaven's defenders themselves are at a disadvantage in numbers. After losing the protection of the city walls, defeat was their only end.

Then the whole city will be reduced to ashes, the barbarians will completely destroy the shining pearl of the west coast of Nord before the arrival of the imperial army, and then retreat, even if the imperial army from afar can completely destroy them, it will not help, because the city and the leader The people will never come back.

He also remembered the prophecy of the fairy in the lake: you and Bireg will have a battle, and at that time, you will understand what the true virtue of a knight is.

The real... virtue?

Seeing Ryan's silence, Albert's eyes flashed with disappointment, but he didn't force it: "It doesn't matter, I can arrange a boat to send you away from Mjordenhaven..."

"Go out of the city and meet the enemy head-on."

"what?"

"I said to gather all the troops and face the enemy head-on at the city gate." Ryan's eyes became more and more firm, and he seemed to have something missing and more: "Only a championship match can save this city, Recover this defeat."

In the void, hearing Ryan's suggestion, a beautiful figure nodded approvingly, her dazzling blond hair shone with a charming luster.