Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 411 Chapter [-] A Midsummer Night's Dream

One day, late at night.

General Virgil, the commander of the "Wind and Cloud Brigade" of the Stardust Elf Protectorate, walked up to the balcony of his house in his clothes, stretched out his hands to hold on to the cold jasper railing, and stared at the eastern sky.

The cold moon hangs high, like a giant eye carved in stone, looking down on the coldness of the world indifferently.

Under the moonlight, General Virgil trembled for no reason.He first lowered his head and looked at the unreturned people wandering in the dark streets of Eternal Sun City at the foot of the terrace, and then gradually moved his eyes to the distance, looking at the white city walls of Eternal Sun City, the mountain road leading to Wenquan Pass, And the rolling mountains of the Yongri Mountains have a panoramic view.

And on the other side of the mountain range, beyond the sight of General Virgil, is the Burning Crystal Canyon.

A place name that, even if you think about it in your mind, the smell of gunpowder and death will come to your nose.

A pair of arms as bright as moonlight stretched out from General Virgil's back, gently wrapping around his waist, and those soft little hands that he was very familiar with opened his bathrobe and played a prank on his abdominal muscles Like pinching.

"Wendy." General Virgil exhaled a foul breath, and said in an unimaginable gentle tone, "Are you still awake?"

"I can't sleep without you." The elf woman behind her said softly, her voice was as refreshing as the night when the two first met ten years ago, "You are not allowed to leave me and run out alone!"

Normally, General Virgil would have joked with her, but today, he fell silent under the moonlight.

The woman behind her keenly sensed the trembling in her husband's heart.She relaxed her arms a little, leaned on General Virgil's broad back with her chin, and said softly:
"Wei What's the matter? You've been restless these days... No matter what, you can tell me—you know it. "

"I—I don't want you to worry." General Virgil's hand froze in mid-air for a moment, but finally covered the little hand on his waist.

What a soft palm, like a piece of warm nephrite, and like a cloud on the top of a mountain.Every time he holds this beautiful little hand like a work of art, General Virgil will feel ashamed of his callused palm from holding a sword all the year round. Yes, he is 24 years and seven months older than her. ...

But for the elf woman behind him, there was no warmer and safer palm than this big hand in the entire Haven Continent.

Like a kitten, Wendy gently rubbed her cheek against General Virgil's back, and said softly:

"V. I'm only worried if you don't tell me anything."

General Virgil shook his head dejectedly, but still didn't say anything.He leaned his body forward, letting his skin stick to the cold jasper railing, so a chill spread from his chest to the top of his head.

Wendy stopped moving.She pressed her flawless side face tightly to her husband's back, and whispered:
"Wei. It's Burning Crystal Canyon—it's about this war, isn't it?"

"...Yes." General Virgil admitted with difficulty.

He couldn't lie to her.This is the only thing he can't do in his life.

"Tell me about it. Will you?" Wendy looked up at her husband's long back hair and asked softly.

General Virgil hesitated for a moment, finally heaved a sigh, looked at the streets and alleys of Yongri under the moonlight, and said gloomily:

"Eastern Army... Grimm Rosario's emissary, went to the Emerald Palace yesterday to look for someone important to Her Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty... Well, when she was pushed to the throne, I said that little Anya was so heartless. Soft, can't refuse others at all..."

"I haven't seen little sister Anya for a long time." Wendy smiled lightly, with a look of reminiscence on her face, "The last time was at that dinner party, she was arguing that she would abandon the throne or not, and personally Go to the Land of Cracked Souls to find Sister Weierfu..."

When it comes to the dinner party that everyone in the Elven Chinese knew, even the preoccupied General Virgil was a little dumbfounded.

"Alas... so His Majesty Anya came to me pitifully and begged me to send troops, but how could I agree?" General Virgil sullenly said, "Our elves' own 'Wind and Cloud Brigade' is not enough to guard Eternal Sun City, so how can we?" Sent to the burning crystal canyon that kills thousands of knives, and use my life as a stepping stone for the grand plans and great achievements of those human beings?"

When it comes to these things related to the situation on the mainland, Wendy naturally knows nothing and can't intervene.So, she just opened her mouth playfully, sucked hard on her husband's back, then tilted her head and said:
"Then, Wei, if you and Master Alighieri don't go, Mr. Rosario and the others, can they hold the Burning Crystal Canyon?"

Wendy just asked casually, but she didn't expect her husband to spend a long time thinking about this question seriously.

"It's hard to say." In the end, General Virgil hesitated, "I...it's hard to say. Two weeks ago, I would have said that Rosario and Grant would definitely not be able to defend the Burning Crystal Canyon...but Now..."

Wendy blinked her eyes wide: "Ah? You don't think so now? Why?"

"Because Elliot Igor is here." General Virgil pursed his lips, seemingly reluctant to admit his conclusion, "Wendy, if you've seen that human kid and his men, You will obviously feel that he is an existence that can change things..."

"Speaking of which, the people from Frost Maple Ridge have been stationed in the city for more than a week, and I haven't seen the legendary Elliot Igor yet!" Wendy came over when she heard the name. Excited and full of imagination, he said, "It is said that the reason why the Empire and the Federation can reach a ceasefire this time and barely hold their breath is all thanks to the young duke..."

"It's because of him." General Virgil breathed out, "I was skeptical at first, but after seeing it with my own eyes, I admit that it is indeed a team that can enter the heart of the Federation and hurt the orcs. army."

"Hey! Wei! I also heard..." Wendy suddenly remembered something, patted her husband excitedly, and whispered, "... After that Duke Igor entered the city, he went to the Emerald Palace I have searched for little Anya several times! All the maids in the palace said that little Anya was completely fascinated by him, and even did this and that with him every time on the throne..."

General Virgil rarely rolled his eyes:

"I don't bother to care about these young people's messes. However, if Her Majesty the Queen can really have a good relationship with the prosperous Duke Elliot Igor, and even get married in the future, it will be good for our protectorate. Not a bad thing..."

——An "inferior human being" can be tacitly allowed by the arrogant elves to marry his own queen. The Duke of Frost Maple Ridge's rising reputation in the empire at this time can be seen from this.

However, Wendy poured cold water on her husband's imagination:
"Maybe Master Igor is just playing casually. Little Anya is willing to marry, but others may not be willing to marry."

Regarding what his wife said, General Virgil shook his head and denied:

"How is it possible? Your Majesty Anya is the queen of the protectorate, and even a noble Chinese who is famous for her beauty even among us elves—No matter how great Elliott Igor's achievements are, he is just a Duke of the Empire. To him Is there a more perfect marriage partner than our Majesty Anya?"

The husband's overly utilitarian straight-man thinking made Wendy pout her mouth in disdain.

However, she didn't bother to argue with her husband about other people's love lives.

"In short, with Elliot Igor and the people from Frost Maple Ridge, maybe the front line of Burning Crystal Canyon can be defended?" Wendy frowned and thought about it, then tentatively concluded, "Then... Can you also seriously consider whether you want to bring the 'Fengyun Brigade' to support the front line?"

General Virgil fell silent.

Wendy took her husband's hand, turned to him, and looked up at her husband's cheeks bathed in moonlight.She realized with some distress that this man who had fought for the protection of the elf country and guarded her happiness all his life had already had wrinkles on his face unconsciously.

In the end, General Virgil still stroked his wife's neck, shook his head and said:
"No...'Fengyun Brigade' and I will stay here, in Eternal Sun City. We will not go to Burning Crystal Canyon."

"But..." Wendy bit her lip and said, "What if the front line of the Burning Crystal Canyon falls because of the lack of your support? Then what should we do?"

"Then we will resist the attack of the orcs in Eternal Sun City."

"Wei, if even the Burning Crystal Canyon has fallen, how can you defend Eternal Sun City?"

"I probably can't keep it." General Virgil kissed his wife's lips lightly, and said with a wry smile, "But at least, this way, I can be with you before I die in battle, instead of dying in the city of Lie The Burning Crystal Canyon far away from your mountains... At least this way, I can use my last days to protect you as much as I can, instead of letting you be a widow whose husband died in battle, and be displaced when the city is destroyed..."

"Wei... I don't want you to delay the overall situation for me..." Wendy murmured, hugging her husband tightly.

"You are my overall situation." Virgil kissed his wife's forehead lightly, "Go to bed, Wendy, I will go to bed after I stay on the terrace for a while."

Wendy bit her lip, looked at her husband reluctantly, and finally went back to the room with her nightgown.

General Virgil watched his wife go back to the house and closed the door before turning back to the quiet night outside.He moved a pot of green plants by the terrace, and took out a mahogany cigar box from a hidden corner behind the pot.

The elf general opened the box, took out a cigar, and put it in his mouth.

Normally, Wendy hated him smoking cigars, but General Virgil clearly felt that in these bad days, if he didn't come for a cigar, he would be in danger of choking.

However, just as General Virgil was looking for the flint and steel, a voice suddenly came from downstairs, interrupting the private time of the middle-aged man:
"General Virgil! General!"

General Virgil poked his head out from the balcony, and was a little stunned to find that the person calling for him downstairs was a well-known messenger from the "Storm Brigade".

Generally speaking, unless there are special circumstances, the subordinates of the "Fengyun Brigade" will never find the commander's house in the middle of the night.

General Virgil suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Huey!" He held the cigar between his fingers and shouted at the orderly downstairs, "What's wrong?"

"General Virgil! Something has happened!" The voice of the orderly was extremely anxious. "Three or ten minutes ago, a group of orc raiders sneaked into Eternal Sun City from nowhere. Now they are attacking the ancient tree of war!"

General Virgil cursed silently, and hurriedly leaned on the railing to look east.

Sure enough, in the deep night, he vaguely saw a scarlet fire, and the unreal screams of fighting and scolding coming from afar.

Orc Raiders - this concept is no stranger to General Virgil, who is in charge of the defense of the city.

Since the three major passes in the east of Eternal Sun City "Goliath Pass", "Burning Crystal Canyon" and "Hot Spring Pass" met the enemy on three fronts, the federal raiders tried to bypass these checkpoints and take the rugged mountain road to attack Eternal Sun City. , and it has never stopped—in the past year, the "Storm Brigade" and the "Morning Star Mages" have dealt with more than a dozen similar orc raids, large and small.

These daring orc raiders who crossed the empire's defense line and harassed Eversun City were often small troops with limited numbers and not well-equipped. threaten;

However, these raiders roamed around Eternal Sun City all day long, looting food and grass and destroying siege weapons from time to time. To the imperial forces behind Eternal Sun City and the frontline positions, it was really disgusting enough.

Ever since Elliott Igor won a ceasefire agreement, and the orc raiders' harassment operations in the area around Eversun City have also come to an end, General Virgil thought he could finally live a few days of peace——

——Who would have thought that this gang of shameless orcs would start acting like monsters again!

"How's the situation?" General Virgil asked quickly.

"It should be fine!" the messenger wiped his sweat, "The target of this group of raiders should be the four ancient war trees that we used to defend the eastern city wall—the brothers stationed at the ancient trees are desperately trying to stop them, Val Commander Di has already brought people from the Emerald Palace to support. Fortunately, the people on the other side of the ancient tree did not relax during the night watch, and they noticed their offensive immediately, so there were no serious casualties!"

General Virgil nodded, secretly screaming that it was dangerous.

For one thing, the time when this group of orc raiders launched their attack was late at night, and the streets of Eternal Sun City were already deserted—if a group of vicious orcs suddenly sneaked into the city during the bustling daytime, it would definitely cause irreparable damage. civilian casualties;
Secondly, a few days ago, he followed Her Majesty the Queen to inspect the situation of the ancient tree of war, and he specially asked the defenders of the ancient tree to cheer up—this time, if those defenders failed to notice the orc raiders in time due to negligence , Losing the control of the ancient war tree, that is a real disaster!

Apart from the elven magicians and magic archers, the real defensive power of this Eternal Sun City is actually the ancient war trees standing behind the city walls—these living giant trees tens of meters high are the pinnacle of elven plant magic A masterpiece, it is also a cutting-edge heavy firepower projection weapon that can be proud of the mainland.

An adult ancient war tree has two tree arms that can move freely under the drive of a plant magician. Its strength is enough to throw a stone bullet weighing hundreds of kilograms over a distance of more than 800 meters, like a huge wave overturning Like a small boat, it overturns all invading enemies.

But in turn, once these ancient war trees fall into the hands of the enemy, they are likely to turn around 180 degrees, bringing disaster to all the people, pavilions and pavilions in the city, and even the Emerald Palace.

——That's why, in the elves' military rules, once the city wall unfortunately falls, the first thing to do is to completely destroy these big killers, and then consider the issue of persisting in street fighting.

General Virgil pondered for a moment, then ordered the messenger downstairs:

"You go to Commander Asena and ask him to lead troops to support the East. The orcs must not get involved in the ancient tree of war! I will put on the armor now and rush over there immediately!"

The orderly didn't dare to be negligent, he bowed his chest and rushed to report the news.

General Virgil threw away the cigar that had not yet been lit, opened the door of the inner room, and shouted loudly while taking off his nightgown:
"Wendy! There is a sudden incident in the army, I have to go—"

The elf general's voice stopped abruptly.

Because, he saw his wife standing helplessly by the bed, tears rolling from her jewel-like eyes.

And behind her, there was a burly figure in white that General Virgil had never seen before.

The thick arms of the man in white tightly strangled Wendy's fair and slender neck, like a ferocious beast, biting a deer that was about to die at any moment.

General Virgil felt that time stood still around him.He didn't have any leeway to think, and purely by instinct, he returned from the museum shelf behind him and picked up an ancient elf ritual sword that was usually used for exhibition——

——Then, the burly man in white spoke.

——Using his imperial lingua franca with a strong orc accent:
"If you move again, I'll break her neck."

Virgil tightly clenched the hilt in his hand, a little dizzy from clenching his teeth too hard.He hissed:
"Let go of her."

"Unfortunately, my target was originally yours, dear General Virgil, I didn't expect you to be awake." The man in white laughed, with a vicious voice like a snake, "However, this girl seems to be good... It's not appropriate for you to let me let go of the prey I finally caught, right?"

"Let her go." General Virgil repeated, his mind in a mess.

Almost at the same time as he saw this gangster in white, remorse filled General Virgil's heart:

That's right, how could the cunning federal orcs attack the heavily guarded ancient war tree as if they were dying?

In this raid at night, the orcs were originally attacking east and west, and transferred away from the defense!
Their ultimate goal is obviously this exquisite small building, and it is obviously the supreme commander of the entire "Storm Brigade" - his own mansion, General Virgil!

"I'm sorry, dear General Virgil, my brothers at the front will treat this beautiful elf lady well—remember, it's a 'good' treat." The man in white laughed arrogantly, " Then, allow me, Ezio Petrie of the Glorious Federation 'Masyaf Squad', to pay you my last respects..."

General Virgil roared and rushed towards the orc in white, but the other party just shook his head with a sneer, and then the elf woman in his arms suddenly disappeared into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared completely——

——The expensive ancient elf ritual sword failed to hit the target, and Kong Zizai made a heart-piercing, desperate bang on the bedside table where Wendy's jewelry box was still placed.

The elf general of "Fengyun Brigade" knelt on the ground with a hideous face, raised his fist, roared and hammered the ground fiercely.

Blood dripping.

Like his blood red eyes.

(End of this chapter)