When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 554 My destiny is to move forward
"Even the Holy Lord can't stop me, I said!"

With a clang, the door swept past Lacunio's nose and hit the door frame heavily.

Prince Condé, who was annoyed by Lacunio's words, left this sentence and went into the study of the country villa.

Lacunio, who was locked outside, knocked on the door several times, but the only response he got was -

"I have important things to do, don't bother me!"

There was no other way, so Lacunio could only walk down the stairs with a wry smile.

Several priests and monks in the small garden gathered around and looked at Lacuno eagerly.

Seeing Lacunio shaking his head, they sighed helplessly.

"I have advised several company captains. They only have concerns about leaving Meliati alone. They have no concerns at all about returning to support Feiliu Castle."

"These captains of the Royal Company obey only His Royal Highness."

"The leaders of the two mercenary groups do have some ideas, but they can't say them."

After discussing the matter with several priests, Lacunio felt even more troubled.

Ever since the rebellion of the nobles in Hotham County, His Royal Highness has fallen into a state of disobedience.

What he kept muttering every day was to hang all the rebellious nobles.

Despite Lacuno's long persuasion and even his attempt to unite other company captains to make a military remonstration, he still failed to succeed or change Prince Condé's mind.

On the battlefield of Upper Rivoli, Prince Condé led the Royal Company to defeat the mountain knights of Meliati, and they were once again trapped in the high castle.

But anyone who had access to the news could sense that the war situation was turning in a direction that was unfavorable to His Royal Highness.

Especially when the Salvation Army sent troops to control the detention dock, and the deputy fort knights had almost no response.

It only takes three to five days to sail from the detention dock to Feiliu Fort!
Even if it takes Horn 3-4 days to assemble the troops and troop transports, by the time the news reaches them, the Saviors should have already set out.

In fact, Lacunio's guess was correct. It took the Salvation Army only two days to gather its troops and begin marching towards the detention dock.

Because the monks were preparing for Horn's summer counterattack, ships and food were readily available.

They simply changed the direction of their main attack from north to west.

Wrapping his clothes tightly around himself, Lacunio looked helplessly at the snow in the garden through the lattice window.

The weather in recent years has been really abnormal. It's already March, and not only has the snow not melted in Upper River County, there are even signs that it's going to snow.

Given the current situation, the best approach would be to head directly north to join the Duke of Thorn Garden.

I don't think the Duke of Thorn Garden will refuse four companies of imperial orders.

But His Royal Highness the Prince wouldn't allow it!
You know, once the Savior Army controls Feiliu Castle and its surroundings, plus the rebellious earls, then this army of more than ten thousand people will have its retreat cut off!

Then the Salvation Army will be invincible in the Thousand River Valley.

But Prince Kongdai stubbornly believed that the Savior Army would not have enough time to capture Feiliu Castle, and they would definitely be able to defeat the Savior Army in isolation.

Lacuno never understood what Prince Condé was thinking.

But he didn't give up after all.

After giving instructions to several priests, Lacunio went to the kitchen and asked someone to prepare a roast lamb chops and stewed chicken, which were Prince Condé's favorites, and then returned to the study door.

"Charles, it's time for you to eat. Here are lamb chops with pepper."

Lacuno got no response, so he thought Prince Condé was asleep, so he knocked on the door again.

"Char, it's me, you can't skip dinner."

With a creak, the door of the study was opened. "I have decided to be promoted to Grand Knight." The first words Prince Condé said after leaving the study surprised Lacunio.

He stood there for three full seconds before he denied it: "You can't do it. It takes nine kinds of potions to be promoted to a Grand Knight, and it will take at least a year."

There is no breakthrough in the battle to become a Grand Knight, or rather, the concept of Grand Knight did not exist in the first place but was created by life.

Because the Great Knight transforms high-level knights into humanoid monsters through potions, which is an extremely slow and painful process.

These nine potions are named after nine types of dragons, from gold dragon to red dragon.

In the eyes of normal people, or even low-level extraordinary knights, this nine-headed dragon is poison.

Even if a knight is proficient in the Nine-Stage Breathing Technique, if he drinks it rashly, he will not be able to withstand the effects of the drug and will die.

Only a high-level knight who is young and strong, has strong physical functions, and is proficient in the Nine-Stage Breathing Method can slowly absorb the medicinal power.

But even the most powerful knight would not drink nine bottles in a row.

Many times, in order to ensure safety, those titled knights who were preparing to be promoted to Grand Knights would rest for a full year after drinking the first four bottles, which were relatively safe, and then drink the last five bottles.

Prince Condai opened the door of the study behind him. On the table were a bottle of empty potion and two bottles of unopened potion:

"It takes me four days to digest each bottle. By the time we return to Feiliu Castle, my personal martial arts skills will definitely be able to crush the champion knight.

As long as I control my food intake, my weight won’t increase in time, so I don’t need a dragon blood horse, an ordinary mixed-blood horse can also bear it…”

"Snapped!"

Lacunio slapped Prince Condé in the face, and he trembled all over, with his hair and beard standing on end.

"You're crazy! Do you know what the Great Knight means?" The veteran general who had never blushed was now hysterically roaring, "In ten years, you will be fatter than a pig, in twenty years, you will become an idiot, and in thirty years, you will even be dead!
You actually tried to reach the third step on the road to promotion within a month. Perhaps you will be dead in less than thirty years!
You are only forty years old, you don't even know whether your mistress is pregnant with a boy or a girl, or whether she can give birth to the baby! What about the bloodline of the Jinque family?
Your lifespan, offspring, and sanity will all leave you, and you will become nothing more than a war puppet that reluctantly obeys orders."

"I know, Lacuno, I know." The white steam exhaled from Prince Conde's mouth was actually mixed with a faint blood mist.

"Why do you still want to do this? If you come with me to see the monk now, there will still be a chance to wash your stomach and dispel the poison." Lacunio grabbed Prince Conde's wrist but did not pull him.

"Lacunio, a young goldfinch, is lucky enough to be where he is today."

Prince Condé panted and gasped: "But what is the price of this luck? Do you know? I am a prince, I am a prince, and people treat me like a dog.

I am a champion knight, I killed the vampire duke, this is the glory I earned myself, but the powerful people in the Holy See City still treat me like a dog, ordering me around!
I was first the bishop's dog, then the Knights' Order's dog, and then the Pope's dog.

I finally managed to break free from the cage in the Thousand River Valley, but now you want me to be a dog for the Duke of Thorn Garden?"

Standing in front of Prince Condé, who looked like a giant lion, Lacunio didn't know what to say for a moment.

Holding on to the door frame, with veins popping out on his forehead, Prince Kongdai almost shouted, "No! If I can't get my freedom and dignity, I'd rather die!
Thirty years have passed. How many more thirty years do I have left? I must consider whether Qianhe Valley is my only chance in this life..."

"What will you do in the future? Even if you can win!" Lacunio shouted, pointing at his nose.

Prince Kongdai did not answer directly, but his chest rose and fell, and he kept adjusting his breathing. After adjusting for almost a minute, he smiled faintly and said:
"My children, whether boy or girl, will all depend on you from now on.

I know I always ruin your plans, but now you have a puppet who will never ruin your plans and obeys you completely, a big knight puppet.

With this big knight puppet, the nobles won't be afraid of my counterattack because I no longer have the ability to be a king.

With this great knight puppet, even if the royal family tries to retake the Thousand Valley, I believe you will be able to resist their army.

With this great knight puppet, the young bird of the Goldfinch family may be able to soar to the crown once again! Take back what is rightfully ours!"

The stunned Lacuno could even hear the pounding heartbeat in Prince Condé's chest through his flesh and blood, as if it was about to burst through his skin.

"I don't understand the intrigues and the twists and turns."

"My destiny is to move forward!"

(End of this chapter)