Riding and Slashing

It is really not easy to be a king. You will receive bad news every now and then, and you will encounter bad things anytime, anywhere.

Ulrik really needed to vent - but there really wasn't much he could do to calm down other than slashing with his sword.

Perhaps, the blood shed by the innocent handmaiden who was cut down could temporarily extinguish the fire in Ulrik's heart.

But this time, the princess is not here, and no one can comfort him.

So, this time Ulrik howled for a long time like a trapped animal in the garden of the Noble House, and his roar could be heard throughout the Noble House.

No one dared to enter the garden again.

Except Felina who came to Sarleon City after a long journey.

"Ulrik!"

Felina rushed into the garden of the Noble House directly calling the king's name.

But after seeing the dead maid in the garden and Ulrik with blood-red eyes like a beast, her originally prepared question turned into a mournful cry: "Are you...are you crazy too?"

"Sister...I understand my father now...Really, I understand him."

Ulrik was sitting on the ground at this moment, wiping the blood on his hands with the hem of his exquisite brocade robe, and his tone was unexpectedly calm: "He's not crazy, he's just lonely... just as lonely as me."

"Lonely? Then why did you declare Andrew and Amy to be heretics?! Why did you say that Godric was rebellious?! They are all your relatives!"

Felina suddenly became furious: "Since you are lonely, you should cherish your relatives even more! You know they were framed!!"

"Yeah...I know, I can even guess that this is what Brennus asked the Lion Knights to do..."

Ulrik looked at Felina and showed a sad smile: "But, sister, what can I do? Can I ignore the Knights of the Lions and all the nobles in the northern region? In that case, the Knights of the Lions will still obey My command?"

"So what?! Even without the Knights of the Lion, Godric will still be loyal to the kingdom! Amy and Andrew will also be loyal to the kingdom! They can defend you against any powerful enemy!"

Felina yelled angrily.

"Yes, they will be loyal to the kingdom... but they will not be loyal to me. Sister, your husband and children will only be loyal to you - they have killed too many lion knights, there is no turning back. Sister, they only Can kill me, and then put you on the Silver Throne..."

Ulrik looked at Felina firmly, and said softly: "Your father, my uncle, he was the heir recognized by all the nobles back then... Sister, you could have become the queen Yes! Andrew and Amy are also fully qualified to inherit the throne!"

Felina's complexion changed drastically. She took two steps back, as if she didn't know her younger brother at all, and looked at Ulrik seriously again.

"Ulrik... your princess is pregnant, I know, and I can understand why you did this... but my family has no interest in the throne, I just hope they all live well, that's all— —You are also my family, and I hope you will always be alive!"

Filina said it very seriously, and it must have come from the heart.

"I believe, of course I believe in you, sister...you put me on the throne back then, of course you won't fight with me now. But, you also know, sister, this kind of thing is not something you can do without a fight— — Those nobles who followed Andrew, those knights who followed Godric, and those ambitious people hiding in the dark... They will all fight in your name! I didn't want to fight for that cold throne back then, but what happened to the result? ? You know, it was you who told me that year - I can only sit on the Silver Throne, otherwise you and I will die!"

Ulrik sat on the ground, his tone was very light and calm: "Just like now... If I don't clear the way for my child who is about to be born, then I'm sure he won't even be able to be born smoothly... "

"...You want the princess's child to be the sole heir, I understand that. But why did you adopt Malbert as an adopted son before? You are asking for trouble!"

Felina looked at Ulrik with some hesitation.

"Sister, that was when I was treating an illness, and I wasn't sure if I could cure it... Letting Malbert become my adopted son in the open was originally intended to protect you and Andrew, lest you be murdered..."

Ulrik shook his head: "But who knew, my illness was cured by the princess, and she became pregnant not long after!"

"In this case, you can also exile me, exile Amy and Andrew, and our whole family can leave this continent far away! You don't need to label Amy and Andrew as heretics!"

Felina froze for a moment, her tone became miserable.

"Sister... don't you understand? Only by making them heretics can their lives be saved! Other crimes will not make them lose the legal principle of inheriting the throne..."

Ulrik sighed: "I have already ordered Earl Leon to attack them - I know Leon will protect them, he looks so much like Leonardo, and he once fought with Godric and Amy The relationship is close, of course I can guess whose child Leon is. You know, I admired the blood lion knight Leonardo a lot..."

"...Ulrik, I can understand your thoughts. But the problem is, you can't understand us, and you don't understand Earl Leon..."

Felina also sighed deeply: "You have always admired Leonardo since you were a child, but you have forgotten what kind of person the Blood Lion Knight is! How could his son sit back and watch his friend be framed as a heretic? You There's going to be big trouble..."

"I've been in all kinds of big trouble all my life..."

Ulrik stood up, hugged Felina, and leaned his head on Felina's shoulder like he did when he was a child: "I'm sorry, sister. Anyway, I have to watch my child be born, I have to Let the Lion Knights guard him to grow up. I must imprison you in the high tower of the Noble House...but I guarantee that your husband and children will not die."

Felina stretched out her hand and pushed Ulrik away, her tone indifferent: "Maybe... But, Ulrik, my crow village, everyone was slaughtered! They have experienced the Red Death, experienced Zhan Luan, experienced the ravages of heresy, and survived... But now, they did nothing, but were slaughtered by your Lion Knights! Ulrik, you have children, and they have children too!!"

Ulrik froze for a moment.

Felina turned her head blankly and walked towards the tower of the Court of Nobles: "Your loneliness is what you asked for! Your Lion Knights will also perish! I will watch all this from the tower of the Court of Nobles !"

…………

After returning to the throne room, King Ulrik was no longer peaceful, and his whole body was full of hostility.

His peace is only for relatives like Felina.

As Felina said, Ulrik is in big trouble.

The matter between Godric and Amy has not yet been resolved, and the Lion Knights have been dragged to the Fox Town, and will not be able to return for a while;

Malbert became a rebel again, defected to the Bacchus Empire, and even became the northern governor of the Bacchus Empire—the Fort of the Sava River fell into the hands of the Bacchus Empire again, and the southern part of the kingdom was opened.

Qicha Fortress has not had time to rebuild, and now there is only a large charred wall left, unable to stop any enemy.

If the Bacchus Empire launches an attack, Sarleon City will directly become a battlefield.

And according to the military report that just came in, a cavalry unit of Emperor Marius even swaggered around Qicha Fortress—this was definitely not for the purpose of visiting Agathon's achievements, but to show off his power and threaten the fierce lion city!

At this time, Sarah, Li Ang's foreign affairs officer, was formally meeting the king in the throne room.

This difficult woman asks many difficult questions...

"Your Majesty, now that the Sava River Fort is undergoing changes, and the Bacchus Empire is stalking, Lord Li Ang entrusts me to ask you for instructions—whether the army in the eastern part of the kingdom should immediately go to the Fox Town to suppress the heresy, or go to the Sava River Castle to kill the traitor Marble." special?"

"In addition, there was news from Fort Yongshield that there was a change in the northeast of the kingdom, and the Jatu people seem to have revived..."

"There is also news from Darkfalcon Castle that the Kingdom of Ravencrow seems to be preparing to march to the north of the kingdom—they seem to have learned that Lord Godric's troops are not at Eagle Claw Castle, and the northern part of the kingdom is currently extremely empty..."

Sarah has been conveying the message politely, but the officials in the throne room are breaking out in cold sweat-these things sound like the kingdom is about to end.

"...Li Ang is the chief of the eastern region, and he decides all military affairs by himself!"

Ulrik really didn't know how to respond, so he had to grit his teeth and let Li Ang figure it out.

But he knew in his heart that the situation was not that serious.

Malbert's mutiny may be true.

After all, Ulrik had just ordered Malbert to pay back the huge sum of money not long ago, and got back 70 dinars from Brennus and Malbert—returning the capital with interest.

It is indeed possible for Malbert to feel resentment because of this. In addition, after the princess became pregnant, he knew that he would not be able to inherit the throne, so treason and defection to the enemy were indeed possible.

But the Bacchus Empire will not attack on a large scale in a short period of time, Ulrik still knows this in his heart.

"Your Majesty... Lord Li Ang hopes to get some clear instructions—is the current Duke of Brennus trustworthy? Can Marshal Li Ang recruit the troops from Cliff Bay to cooperate in the battle?"

Sarah asked another question that was even tougher to answer...

Said to be trustworthy?

Then Li Ang would definitely send the Marshal's order to recruit Brennus's troops to attack the Sava River Fort, and even directly let Brennus go to attack his son Malbert... It's reasonable to seek rebellion.

Say it's not trustworthy?

That's over, if the head of the Lion Knights is not trustworthy, can other Lion Knights trust it?
What would the Lion Riders think?
The entire Lion Knights may be gone...

"Ah...a headache...we'll discuss it another day! Tell Li Ang to leave quickly, solve the heresy first, and then consider other issues!"

Ulrik directly claimed that he was sick and ran away, but the historian in the Throne Hall still faithfully recorded everything.

……

In fact, Li Ang's troops had already left.

Moreover, the troops were divided into multiple routes and set off to different places.

At the same time that Sarah met Ulrik, Klose had already rushed to the vicinity of Fox Town with the Silver Hand.

Fox Town actually lives up to its name, because there are indeed many foxes here.

But the reason for its name is not because of the fox, but because of the dense woods next to Fox Town and the roads in the woods.

This road connects Cliff Rock Bay, Lion Lake City, and Lion City. It is an important traffic route, and there are quite a lot of business travelers passing by.

And the three-fork road leading to the three big cities happened to be located in the middle of the dense forest, and even in the daytime, only human figures could be seen - no doubt, this was a good place for ambushes.

Therefore, there used to be a group of well-known robbers here many years ago. They called themselves 'Sly Foxes', and their whereabouts were indeed surreptitious. They had been committing crimes in this forest.

Since many business travelers have been robbed by them in the dense forest, a good habit has gradually formed in this area—before entering the forest, first form a group in a small village by the edge of the forest, and then set off when there are more people.

As a result, many taverns and hotels gradually appeared in the small village next to the woods, and it quickly developed into a big town.

The town was named the Fox Town.

And when the Fox Town developed, the robbers in the dense forest who called themselves "Strange Fox" disappeared...

Then some people realized that those former robbers might be the lords of that small village back then.

In order to make the village prosperous quickly, he led people to commit crimes in the woods, forcing passing business travelers to stay in the village...

This Fox Town has been full of intrigue since its birth.

But now, in the dense forest next to the Fox Town, many strange figures appeared again.

It was the Fallen, and there were quite a few of them, wandering the woods all the time.

Since Grandlon said that his flag guards were ambushed by the Fallen in the woods, Klose was very cautious and did not dare to enter the woods rashly.

In addition, he didn't want to waste time, so Klose planned to take a detour from the wild and go directly to Fox Town.

But what is unexpected is that even if Klose made a detour from the south of the woods, he was still blocked...

As if the eyes of the sky had been opened, those fallen people accurately judged Klose's advance route, and appeared in the wilderness south of the woods, blocked the front of the Silver Hand, and formed an array.

More than a dozen miles behind the array of the fallen is the town of Fox.

Detours from the wilderness will be blocked, which makes Klose somewhat puzzled-these fallen people have the ability to execute tactics, and they are still very quiet!

Yes, a horde of silent monsters, skinless, with eyeballs and gums exposed.The reddish-brown muscles were exposed, the blood on his body had probably clotted, and occasionally white tendons could be seen.

They... or rather, they all carried swords and shields in their hands, and the queue was even quite neat, and they didn't attack indiscriminately. They looked like a well-trained army.

Fortunately, the number is not too many, there are about 300 fallen people, and there is no guy who looks like a leader—all of them are these skinless red monsters with big eyes, and they all look the same.

The troops brought by Klose were 300 and 300 people-including 1000 of the 'Silver Hands'; and [-] of the sergeants' Freedom Legion'.

The number of enemies is only a fraction of his own, and they are blocked in the front. This must be fought, and Klose is not afraid of this kind of monster in the wilderness - he once saw it outside Changhe Town, when the three prophets summoned it The fallen have basically no advantages other than their strength.

Although what we are facing now seems to be a bit different, the monsters lined up in the opposite side seem to be able to obey the command, but in any case, they are just a group of walking dead who have lost their souls.

"Surround them!"

Klose led the team and directly used the three-sided encirclement of the infantry that the Mettenheim people are good at. This is a very effective attack method for the infantry in medium-scale operations, especially when the number of enemies is smaller than himself.

But what is unexpected is that the first wave of attack launched by the well-equipped Silver Hand led by a tough man like Klose suffered a big loss!