Riding and Slashing

Chapter 157 The Little Griffon in the Ruins

Early the next morning, the two teams parted ways peacefully, and Milgan took his Griffin Sword Mercenary Group all the way north to Lion Lake City.

And Li Ang asked Eric to bring a large army back to Changhe Town, and he took a dozen people and set off upstream along the Tongtian River.

He was going to see the ruins where Milgan found the griffin equipment.

That is Milgan's 'return' to the lord - a road map leading to the ruins of the Griffin Knights' garrison.

Milgan hand-painted it himself.

This playboy is a very good mapmaker and has a lot of knowledge, after all, he used to be an explorer who took risks everywhere.

Originally, Fucher had found the ruins, but found nothing. Before, Li Ang thought that there was not much practical value other than symbolic significance.

But what Milgan told the lord made Li Ang very interested.

According to Milgan, there is an ebony mine in that ruin.

Ten years ago, Milgan discovered the mine when he first found the ruins.

However, at that time, Milgan was just a knight adventurer who lost his territory. Although he knew the great value of the ebony mine, he did not have the ability to mine it.

So at that time, he buried the mine pit with the broken walls in the ruins, and planned to talk about it later.

Then he armed an army with the weapons found in the ruins, named it the Sword of the Griffon, and became a mercenary captain.

But in the past ten years, he hooked up women everywhere to join his mercenary group, undertook various tasks to escort noble women, became a famous flower knight, and never returned to that ruin.

But now, with the 'guidance' given to him by the lord, Milgan felt that he had a faster way of development and would not need those mineral deposits.

Unlike in the game, this relic is not on the uppermost river of Tongtian River, but in a valley shrouded in fog under Goddess Mountain, more than ten miles away from the source of Tongtian River...

Of course, there is indeed another small river there, which also flows into the Tongtian River, so it can also be regarded as the uppermost river.

The entrance of the valley is covered by heavy fog, and there is a certain degree of visual deception at the entrance. It is difficult for ordinary people to find that there is still a large area in the valley.

The entrance of the valley was blocked more than half by a sloping earth hill, and the earth hill was already covered with trees.

From the looks of it, the mouth of this valley has experienced a mudslide or landslide, and the mountain of earth buried the road and blocked the entrance of the valley.

So it's normal that no one has been discovered - from the outside, there is no way to go in this valley at all.

However, a large number of boulders fell into the small river, diverting the river, and combined with the landslide soil to form a new road, which even horse-drawn carts can enter.

It's just that most people will think that it's just a rocky beach when they look at the mouth of the valley, and they won't even think about entering it.

According to Frederick, Forscher searched along the Tongtian River several times but failed to find it, and finally found it by accident when he got lost in the thick fog.

It is indeed a very hidden place.

Entering the valley, the sight suddenly becomes clear. The outside is filled with fog, but there is no thick fog in the valley. This is a compacted road with many stone slabs, no tall trees, and direct sunlight.

The road surface is very flat and quite spacious. It can be seen that this place used to be a very important place, but now a lot of tough grass grows stubbornly from the cracks in the stone slabs on the ground, hiding the story of this road under the grass roots.

There is a gate wall outside the ruins. The gate wall is not wide, but together with the cliffs on both sides, it forms a pocket-shaped closed fortress.

Outside the wall is the small river - this small river more than ten meters wide forms a natural moat.

This place was probably a fortress-style resident originally, and a lot of thought should have been spent on it.

The natural moat should be the snow water flowing down from the Goddess Mountain, and the tentacles are icy cold.

The gate wall was dilapidated, but there was still a rusty chain suspension bridge. The chains were all rusted, but the bridge deck looked very solid, and it was still stable on the river.

On the nail head of the chain, you can vaguely see a relief in the shape of a griffin. It is estimated that the original craftsmanship is very delicate.

Walking across the bridge, there is probably a [-]-acre resident inside, but all the houses and facilities have been destroyed.

Now there are only some weeds growing in the ruins of this resident. It can be seen that it has been built with great effort before, and the ground is so solid that even shrubs cannot grow.

But I didn't see any skeletons or corpses inside, and it felt like someone had cleaned it.

The mine mentioned by Milgan is just under a rock wall in the ruins.

There used to be a building made of stones there, probably originally a warehouse for storing things.

Now there is a mess of stones, but no vegetation grows from the cracks in the stones—this is the only place in the entire ruins where there is not much grass.

This is indeed a mine, and it is basically an open-pit mine. Li Ang just asked his men to remove some of the stones covering it, and he could already see some ores with a black metallic luster underneath.

This ruin is actually more useful than the lord originally imagined, or in other words, much stronger than the pure 'hidden ruins' he originally imagined.

Even without this mine, Li Ang would still think it was a good place.

If you want to do some illegal business, or want to hide something secretly, then this place that is not easy to be found is very useful.

For example - minting coins.

Of course, now that there is an ebony mine, it is obviously more suitable as a secret production base...

Li Ang didn't know the specific composition of ebony, but it might be the most suitable thing for making special equipment, because this kind of thing is actually very similar to the special tungsten steel that Li Ang knew in his previous life-it was used to make drills, milling tools, etc. Specialty carbides for knives, gun barrels, tank armor, etc.

Although I don't know if it's the same substance, but this kind of extremely hard thing is generally very difficult to mine and process. Natural mines like this are very rare.

But just as the lord began to instruct his brothers to continue moving stones to see what the ebony mine looked like below, a voice came from outside the ruins.

It was the sentry brother who sent back the warning message.

"My lord, there is a group of people coming from outside, and they have already entered the door..."

"Fill the pit, let's go out and have a look."

Li Ang asked his men to continue to rebury the stones that had been removed.

There was a lot of ruins inside, and they drove some carriages over. Since the people who came could find the entrance of the ruins, it meant that they were familiar with this place, and there was no way to hide.

The lord walked out directly with his subordinates.

There were more than a dozen heavily armed people at the gate of the ruins, and they probably found someone inside at the gate. They stopped by the small river, showed vigilance, and drew their swords.

"Who are you!"

Seeing Li Ang leading people out, the leading knight in a black cloak pointed his sword at Li Ang, aggressively.

The lord saw that the knight's sword was also an ebony sword, and the workmanship was quite excellent.

Are ebony swords so worthless these days?Why are they everywhere?

"Who are you? You don't fight under the banner... bandits?"

Being pointed at with a sword, of course Li Ang would draw his sword and point at the other party, and he was equally aggressive...

The dozen or so people actually didn't look like bandits, and even looked like regular soldiers.

The leading knight stepped forward suspiciously, as if he saw the sword in Li Ang's hand clearly, and frowned.

"Are you the 'Sword of the Griffon' adventure group? Despicable thief! Die!"

Afterwards, he actually led the dozen or so people directly to charge towards the lord!
Li Ang inexplicably felt a little wronged - this guy seems to have admitted the wrong person, he thought he was Milgan?
But at this time, it seems that it is not easy to explain. The lord can only raise his sword to fight.

After all, it must be more convincing to explain after being convinced.

But just as the knight rushed close and raised his cloak, Li Ang saw the coat of arms on his body.

"Stop! I don't want to fight with you!"

The lord suddenly shouted loudly, and took a few steps back.

The knight was wearing an old armor, very old style, and it looked the same as Leofric's armor.

On the chest of the armor, there is an equally old gold-backed black griffin coat of arms!

This is a Griffin Rider!
"Hmph! But I want to fight you! Milgan! You once stole the property of the Griffin Knights and injured my father!"

The Griffin Knight didn't stop, and directly slashed at him with his sword.

Li Ang withdrew his attack with the sword in his hand, and then realized that what he was holding in his hand was the sword of Milgan Kirik. Maybe this sword was really acquired by Milgan during his mercenary career. The spoils of...

But the Griffin Knight continued to attack unrelentingly, each sword was powerful, and it seemed that he really wanted to hack Li Ang—or Milgan to death.

This guy's swordsmanship is not bad, it seems that he has worked hard.

However, this Griffin Knight's combat experience really cannot be compared with the Lord Lord.

Li Ang easily found a gap in his sword's momentum, and then directly rushed forward, knocked off the blade he swung with the hilt, and kicked him over with the momentum.

The long sword pointed at the neck of the Gryphon Rider.

"Stop it all!"

Li Ang made a gesture with the sword in his hand, and the knight finally stopped moving, and sat on the ground staring at Li Ang.

"You have such skills, but you steal...shameful!"

The Griffin Knight still stared at Li Ang fiercely in this situation, and he seemed to be quite irritable.

"This is a misunderstanding! I'm not Milgan. I'm Leon Griffin, Lord of Ayrshire! What's your name?"

Li Ang didn't want to hurt him, put away the sword and explained, and pointed to the coat of arms on his body, which was newly made two days ago in the Noble Court.

The coat of arms patterns on both sides are exactly the same, but the colors are contrasting colors - Li Ang is a golden griffin with a black background, and the griffin rider is a black griffin with a gold background.

These two coats of arms shouldn't be enemies at first glance...

"You are Baron Leon? I've heard of you, and I wanted to find you at first... But why are you holding this sword? This is my father's sword! I thought you were Milgan just now..."

Seeing Li Ang put away his sword, there seemed to be no hostility, the Griffin Knight calmed down, looked at Li Ang's Griffon crest, and asked a little suspiciously.

"This is the loot I just captured from Milgan the day before yesterday..."

Li Ang looked at the sword in his hand, and simply threw the sword back to the knight: "Since it belongs to your father, I will return it to you. I don't want to be your enemy."

This sense of honor has indeed won the trust of the Griffin Knight.

He stood up and nodded, but he was a little arrogant and did not apologize for his reckless behavior: "I am Daryon, Daryon of Pendor. Since it was a misunderstanding, then forget it... and you shouldn't have pulled me out. Of the sword, Your Excellency Li Ang!"

This guy seems very rude...

"Won't you draw your sword? Who do you think you are?"

The lord sneered with some displeasure.

Li Ang knew the name Dalion, and he was a claimant to the throne in the game.However, now Li Ang can't believe in the game...

"Who am I? Ha! I am a direct blood relative of the ancient royal family of Pendor! It's just that my great-grandfather was betrayed when he was about to be crowned King of Pendor... The Sarleon on the throne now is nothing but a disgraceful The offspring of the traitors! I will definitely take back my throne! Your Excellency Li Ang, since you use the griffin crest, you should swear allegiance to me!"

Hearing what Li Ang said, Dalion started to stare again, and his tone was louder than a toad.

The lord was amused, and at the same time felt a little strange. Dalion mentioned bloodlines to make people loyal when he came here. This kind of thinking seems a bit naive, and it seems that he does not have deep experience.

However, judging by Dalion's age, he was only in his twenties, so it was normal for him to not have much experience.

Li Ang knew that he was of the Gupand royal bloodline, and he was the most direct one—his mother's surname was Pendragon!
But if this kind of bloodline is directly disclosed, the disasters brought to him must be much greater than the benefits...

If you don't have the strength in your hands, what kind of bloodlines are you talking about?

No matter how noble your bloodline is, no matter how orthodox the law is, you must have money, soldiers and power before others dare to bet on you...

Otherwise, in order to become a puppet in the hands of ambitious people, he would have to be placed in the open to help others block open and hidden arrows.

Moreover, Dalion's so-called "blood relatives" and "great ancestors" are not necessarily reliable, and most likely they are bluffing.

After all, Li Ang's experience these days has taught him a lot of secrets.Almost all the members of the Pendor royal family were infected with the Black Death, and the only survivor was a missing baby. Dalyon’s ancestors may not be what the Pendor royal family is...

Moreover, if you say this in front of yourself, the lord of the Lion Kingdom, aren't you afraid that you will directly "eradicate the traitor"?

"Sir Dalion, the Sarleon King may indeed be a usurper, but it has been 150 years since the Sarleon Kingdom was founded, and you want to overthrow the king just by claiming to be Gupander's blood? Will anyone support you?"

Li Ang wasn't sure whether Dalion was immature or deliberately bluffing, so he tentatively asked a suspicious question.

"Of course there will be people who will support me, the Kingdom of Pendor is the orthodox one! Naturally there will be people who are loyal to Pendor and will fight side by side with me!"

Dalyon said indignantly, and showed the ring on his hand: "Also, you should call a true king wearing the Pendor royal ring mask 'Your Majesty' instead of 'Sir'!"

It was a golden ring with a griffin insignia, and it looked quite quaint.

The face of the nobles' rings is actually the seal they usually use.The king's ring face can also be considered as a national heritage, just like the emperor's personal jade seal.

But this kind of behavior looks even more stupid - it was something from the previous dynasty, and it was shown to the lord of the current dynasty?
"Letting others call you Your Majesty before you are crowned is also arrogance, Your Excellency Dalion. Besides, you are not afraid that I will kill you if you call yourself the Pendor royal family in front of me?"

Li Ang shook his head, and thought about how this guy started killing people without asking any questions—it was diagnosed, this kid is a reckless person, and he probably hasn't seen much in the world.

"Your Excellency Li Ang, your performance just now has proved that you will not be my enemy... Your elders should be from the Griffin Knights, right? The Griffin Knights have the creed of protecting the royal family of Pendor..."

Darion shook his head, pointing to Leon's griffin crest.

These days coats of arms are usually not used indiscriminately, because in this era when the entire population is illiterate, most people rely on coats of arms to identify powers.

Li Ang used the griffin crest because it is a family heirloom, and the family crest cannot be changed casually, otherwise the inheritance and opportunities that should have been lost may be lost.

Once a noble's coat of arms is registered, it is usually difficult to change it. You can see how troublesome it is to change the color of Li Ang...

Those who can use the Griffin coat of arms, most of their ancestors have some relationship with the Griffin Knights.

Baron Leofric would take the initiative to show his favor to Leon before, and it was also because they all used the Griffon crest. Although Li Ang didn't ask, he could guess that Leofric's elders were probably from the Griffin Knights .

Now that I have seen Darion, I am even more convinced of this - the same type of Griffon armor.

But Baron Leofric acted much smarter than Dalion, he didn't say anything clearly, he has been silently accumulating strength, and even gave up the originally quite comfortable territory of Kewen Village, and took the initiative to fight for Yongdun Fort, just to get more opportunities.

Looking at Dalion's appearance, it is estimated that after confirming that Li Ang is not Milgan of the 'Sword of the Griffon' mercenary group, he feels that Li Ang should have something to do with the Griffin Knights.

Dalion probably has a special feeling for the Griffin Emblem. He probably thinks that if those who use the Griffin Emblem are not enemies or traitors, then they should be friends...

Really young black and white thinking.

"No, my elder does not belong to the Griffon Knights, but she may have accepted the allegiance of the Griffin Knights..."

Li Ang curled his lips and smiled, and simply told the truth.

"You're lying... The Griffon Knights will only serve the King of Pendor! Griffin? I've never heard of this family..."

Dalion was a little angry, and looked carefully at Li Ang, probably thinking that Li Ang was cheating him.

Telling the truth these days is really not effective, and people don't believe it.

"Your Excellency Dalion, you told me this, don't you want me to support you as the legal king of Pendor?"

Li Ang understood Dalion's intentions, but he felt that Dalion's stupid mentality really needs to be beaten more by the society...

(End of this chapter)