Knight and Wand

Chapter 327 Prince
The Atias warship was quite fast and it reached the coast of the Northern Kingdom in just a few days of sailing.

Although they encountered suspicious ships following them along the way, the spellcaster Atias who was traveling with them simply cast a spell to create waves on the sea. The water explosion that rose into the sky scared away the suspected Norse pirate ship.

After arriving in the northern waters, Leon followed the advice of Ines, who was familiar with the place, and asked Corvis to order the black-sailed warship to dock at the fjord port where the three counties of Westral, Loon and Levia meet.

Corvis personally led a team of men to land. Leon knew that he had no interest in the treasure and just wanted to complete the trip as quickly as possible. With the help of these soldiers of the Atias Legion, it saved him and Ines the trouble of recruiting additional personnel to assist in the transportation.

After asking the locals at the port, Leon found out the approximate location of the mountain suburbs near the treasure. He couldn't help but be thankful that when the Knights Templar system was established, it was stipulated that mission records and reports must be archived after each operation. If he hadn't glanced at the itinerary of Uncle Brian's treasure hunt when he was flipping through the Knights Templar log after marriage, he would be like a headless fly looking for it now.

Following the described location features, the group passed through several villages and towns and spent two days reaching the rugged mountains and countryside.

After entering the forest, Leon looked at Corvis who was accompanying him and said gratefully: "I have to ask you for help again."

There was no way, the detection magic he knew was all used to detect moving objects.

However, he had not had time to learn the spell that could find static matter in just over a year, because in his original time and space, Akao was always by his side, and he was used to having him make up for the shortcomings in his "spell pool".

Nodding, Corvis naturally didn't mind doing this small favor. He asked his apprentice to take out the spell materials he brought with him and arrange them in the corresponding positions. After completing the preparations, he tapped the falcon wand to release the magic pattern.

The magic power drove the surrounding elemental energy to outline a formula to search for specific material reactions, and Corvis chanted the spell to activate the magic.

The magic light flowed, and the magic lines on the ground seemed to have life, wrapping around Corvis's robe one by one. Invisible magic pulses vibrated from those magic strings.

With a clear range and characteristics, it is not difficult for a master of the throne to search for targets in the shallow underground.

Moreover, how to excavate underground objects is a compulsory course for every Atias wizard, and is the "foundation" of the Wizard Empire.

Maintaining the spell like this, Corvis held his wand and led everyone around for a while. Soon, he sensed a group of regular rectangular blocks of man-made shapes buried several meters below the surface.

Switching the pulse frequency to penetrate the box, Corvis felt the various precious metal signals coming back from inside. He put away his spell and tapped his feet with his boots:

"That's it. There's quite a bit in there."

After confirming that the treasure of this world was indeed not taken away by the Golden Lion Queen, Leon breathed a sigh of relief. With this money, he could do a lot of things.

The golden light in Corvis' eyes slowly dissipated, and he turned his head with some doubt: "In the other world, why did you bury so many treasures in the mountains?"

Ines, who was traveling with him, also looked at Leon curiously.

Leon's expression froze, and he looked away awkwardly, saying something else: "This was found on a mysterious treasure map. I didn't bury it."

He was too embarrassed to confess that he was digging into his wife's dowry, especially since in this world, Olivia wasn't even his wife.

Feeling ashamed, he secretly thought that he would return her to this world after overcoming the difficulties. Leon squatted down, drew seals and runes with his fingers to outline the spell, and pressed them on the ground to activate the magic power.

Several magic patterns spread out and fluttered on the ground like vines. The condensed elemental light patterns penetrated into the ground like tentacles. The surrounding land and rocks immediately vibrated. The sand and rocks seemed to be squeezed to the outside by the soil, and the soil gradually became soft.

It is not some complicated magic, but just one of the basic techniques for applying agriculture, forestry and construction spells. It is also a prerequisite for various spells that create swamp terrain.

After softening the soil, Leon extinguished the magic pattern, stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and picked up the tools.

Under Corvis's command, the soldiers who were traveling with him also picked up their tools and helped dig.

The loosened soil was very easy to dig. With a lot of manpower and high efficiency, it only took about ten minutes for the treasure chest that was buried deep inside to see the light of day again.

Without opening them to confirm, Leon and the others carried the heavy treasures, including boxes of gold and silver, out of the forest and onto the carriages.

The treasure chest was covered with a cloth, and without stopping, the convoy loaded with valuables immediately set out on the road back to Fjord Port.

In the carriage in the middle of the team, Ines pointed at the box covered with cloth, looked at Leon and said with a smile: "I am afraid it is worth more than tens of thousands of gold crowns. There is such a large amount of unowned wealth hidden in the mountains of Westral. If the Trand family knew what they missed in their own territory, they would be furious. They haven't paid back the loan they borrowed from me in the past~"

Leon shrugged and was about to respond when he suddenly heard a sharp whistle.

Turning their heads and looking up, Ines and I saw the Atias rider who was exploring the way in the distance galloping back to the front of the caravan and reporting something eagerly to Corvis in Rhodok.

After hearing this, Corvis raised his hand and shouted an order, and the accompanying Atias people immediately became alert.

Leon and Ines looked at each other and knew that they were definitely in trouble.

He stood up from the carriage, jumped onto the saddle of the accompanying horse on the side, waved the reins and called the horse, and quickly came to Corvis' side:
"What happened? Did we run into any robbers?"

Corvis shook his head. "There are hundreds of cavalrymen blocking our way and rushing towards us at high speed. However, the spies said that they don't look like bandits. They are wearing bright armor and uniforms, and look more like the army of the local kingdom."

Having said that, he was not moved. With such a small number of troops, if they were not led by a particularly powerful Knight Feru, they would not be able to do anything to a prepared Mage. Besides, he had so many subordinates by his side at the moment.

Corvis was just afraid that if a fight broke out, it would be difficult for him to bring the treasure behind him back to the ship intact.

"Local army?" Leon frowned, not relaxing his vigilance at all because of this speculation.

Although rare, there are records in Orland history of some local lords who, seeing huge wealth, took their troops to act as bandits and rob caravans.

Once this evil act is discovered, the monarch will indeed punish the person or even deprive him of his title, but once it is discovered, who knows how many people will still be able to keep their deeds clean.

However, the treasure had only been dug out for less than an hour, how come someone had targeted it so quickly?
There is no surveillance in the deserted mountains.

Could it be that someone reported their group as suspicious when they entered the territory?
But it had clearly only been more than two days since we landed at Fjord Port, and only half a day since we entered this remote territory of the Trand family. How could the local lord have reacted so quickly?

"Did you see any signs exposed by that group of people? Maybe it's just a misunderstanding." Leon asked quickly.

At least one thing is certain, the lord's armed forces with ulterior motives will definitely not display flags and emblems unless they intend to frame others.

If the local lord simply feels that his and others' whereabouts are strange, then explaining it clearly may help avoid unnecessary conflicts.

Corvis's identity as the special envoy of the Atias Empire is very suitable. If he really encounters a lord who is difficult to persuade, the worst that can happen is that he spends a little money to buy a right of passage. Anyway, he now has a wife and money, and he is not a pauper anymore.

Upon hearing this, Corvis immediately asked the sentry in Rhodok.

After some communication, he turned around and relayed:

"The cavalry wore blue battle robes. Although they had no flags, they did not hide the emblem on their robes. It seemed to be a sea eagle."

Leon raised his eyebrows.

"——Seahawk? Blue robe??"

The rumbling of iron hooves galloped on the mountain trails of Westral, raising clouds of dust, and one after another, the blue-robed knights in gorgeous armor rode through the mountain roads and woodlands.
In Leon's field of vision, he soon saw a large group of cavalry galloping towards him, bypassing the mountain road from afar.

Raising his hand to politely refuse the strange-shaped sword that was kindly handed to him by an Atias cavalryman, Leon stopped in the team that was on guard and stared at the familiar azure robes of the local army in front of him.

He turned around without saying a word and looked at Princess Ines, who was standing on tiptoe in the carriage behind and looking at the cavalrymen in the same astonishment.

No one would be more familiar with that battle robe than her.

The sea eagle with a blue background is the emblem of the Sea Eagle Knights, which is known as the "Second Son Knights" of Xiwan County and was founded by Ines herself.

Turning his head and looking at the Sea Eagle Knights gradually approaching in the distance, Leon couldn't help but feel confused.

Hasn't the Olivia of this world overthrown Ledwin III, restored the orthodoxy and become the Queen of Orland?

Then why does Ines's Sea Eagle Knights still exist?
Especially this one who swaggered around with his battle robe emblem on display, as if he was not afraid at all of the Golden Lion Queen who ruled Orland.

Or are the Sea Eagle Knights in this world not Ines' army?
Puzzled and thinking about various possibilities, Leon and Corvis stood side by side, waiting for this army that seemed to be the Sea Eagle Knights to explain their purpose.

If possible, he really didn't want to fight with his comrades who had fought side by side. The Atias warriors guarding the mages neatly formed a defensive formation, holding their unsheathed weapons, the crossbowmen in the back opened the folded crossbow arms under their cloaks, and the mages beside Corvis held their wands tightly, ready for conflict at any time.

Fortunately, hundreds of knights in blue robes slowly stopped their horses in front of the road. Several Sea Eagle Knights with more advanced patterns on their robes left the team and came to the front of the treasure transport convoy alone.

Seeing that their attitudes were communicable, Leon breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that they didn't start shouting for war.

Corvis held up his magic wand, urged his horse through the formation of the legionnaires, and asked, "Are you from the local lord's army? May I ask why you are blocking our way?"

The leader of the Sea Eagle Knights did not respond in a hurry, but scanned the entire convoy anxiously, as if looking for something.

Several Sea Eagle Knights beside him also raised their visors, cast their gazes over, and looked at everyone in the team anxiously.

Just when Leon was feeling strange, he suddenly discovered that among the Sea Eagle Knights, there was a smaller female knight who looked very familiar.

After taking a closer look, he recognized her. Wasn't that Miss Treia?
Almost at the moment when he and the original world's Olivia's disciple and guard knight made eye contact, the other party also saw him.

Leon discovered that there was a burst of ecstasy and excitement in the other person's eyes as if a burden had been lifted off his shoulders.

"Master!!" Theresa shouted in a clear and surprised voice.

The female knight excitedly turned over and jumped off the saddle swiftly, holding her sword, and rushed over like a swallow with a joyful look on her face. The clanging of her armor even completely ignored the Atias soldiers who were on high alert with their swords drawn.

The horse under Leon was frightened by the female knight who was running towards him excitedly and took a step back.

The Atias cavalrymen on the side looked at each other, not knowing whether they should stop them.

Leon on horseback was slightly shocked by the girl's sudden call.

What? Master?
what's the situation?
Several other Sea Eagle Knights reacted and looked towards Leon. After seeing his face clearly, the knights showed expressions of relief.

After observing the reactions of the local knights, Corvis in front of the battle array looked back at the unexpected situation. After a brief moment of reflection, he seemed to understand something, so he waved his hand and the Atias warriors put their weapons back into their cloaks.

Theresia ran to the horse of her long-lost master, excitedly half-knelt down to salute, breathed a long sigh of relief, and felt at ease.

"I finally found you, master. Where have you been all this time? You suddenly disappeared without a word, and everyone was going crazy." Treya raised her head and asked with a sigh.

"Wait. Wait a minute, Miss Treia, what did you call me? You called me 'Master'?" Leon was surprised.

Theresa tilted her head.

She was completely confused by her master's nonsensical question, and she didn't understand why he addressed her with a distant and respectful title that he hadn't used for many years.

".What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with this?" Theresa's eyes were filled with confusion.

Thoughts flashed through Leon's mind like lightning.

He instantly realized that the other party might be calling the "Leon" of this world and confused the two.

Looking at the Sea Eagle Knights dismounting from their horses in the distance, Leon suddenly realized.

It turns out that in this world, I have finally made a name for myself.

Miss Treia did not become Olivia's disciple and attendant, but instead became the attendant of this world itself?

But why has no one heard of his name along the way?

Leon retracted his gaze, straightened his expression, quickly jumped off the horse, and helped up the female knight who was half-kneeling on the ground.

"Please stand up first, Miss Treia. The situation may be a little complicated, and I can't explain it clearly for a while, but no matter who you are familiar with me, I am not the 'Leon' you know."

Leon decided to make things clear right from the start. He didn't dare to rashly claim the identity of the parallel world.

If another "self" mistakes you for "Six-Eared Macaque" and causes a conflict with you, it would be a big trouble if you made an enemy for no reason.

Theresa's pretty face wrinkled, and a bunch of question marks appeared in her eyes.

"What? What? What? I don't understand what you are saying, Master.
Also, what is the 'Leon' I know? Who is Leon?

It sounds a bit like your name, is it a nickname of yours?"

Leon was stunned.

Oh ~
No wonder no one along the way had ever heard of "myself".

It seems that in this world, he never used the original owner's name.

At this time, several Sea Eagle Knights had also walked straight over.

Leon looked at them and was about to ask what his name was in this world.
"——Your Highness, please forgive us for being late."

The Sea Eagle Knights held their helmets and saluted with chest beats.

The words caught in Leon's throat as he opened his mouth, shocked again by the name.

Before the people in front of him could speak again, he quickly raised his hand and said, "Wait a moment, everyone, let me take my time to sort it out."

Leon then tried to test his own identity in this life: "Who am I in your eyes?"

Theresia couldn't help but stretch her neck. She was already seeing circles because of her master's words.

"Who are you in our eyes?"

The leading Sea Eagle Knight frowned at this strange question.

He suddenly looked at the people dressed as wizards around him, touched the hilt of the sword at his waist, and his face suddenly turned cold.

"Could it be that these sorcerers used witchcraft to tamper with your memory?"

"No, they are not enemies. My memory is very clear. Answer my question first! Who am I?"

Leon held the other person's shoulder, his voice taking on an unquestionable tone.

".Okay, I'll follow your orders."

The Northern Knight did not dare to disobey, so he temporarily put his hand down from the hilt, turned his gaze, bowed, and said proudly:

"You are the Grand Duke who commands the northern territories, and the leader who leads the northern territories to fight against the golden lion.

He is also the true queen of Orland, the husband of Her Majesty Aeneas, Prince Leon Jonson. "

Leon opened his mouth slightly and did not close it for a long time.
He scratched his head slowly.

Suddenly, I felt a gaze that seemed to pierce my spine.

Leon was inexplicably shocked out of guilt and looked back instinctively.

Princess Ines, who was lying on the carriage box not far away with her chin in her hand, stared at him straight from under her hood.

There seemed to be an indescribable brilliance flickering in the girl's beautiful blue eyes.
(End of this chapter)