Heart of the Castle

Chapter 432 Farewell Banquet, Lion and Black Sun
Bamilian, the head of the palace, left alone, but then a group of big crows flew into the sky under Li Wei's order, following him from afar.They will meet up with Bamilian again in the secret camp of the Sleepless Eye, and then temporarily obey his orders to scout for information and deliver letters for him.

These clever birds could indeed become the most urgently needed help for Bamili Yang, but Li Wei vaguely guessed another reason that the court chief hadn't made public, and that was to guarantee the cooperative relationship between the two of them.At least from now on, the intelligence collection system of Sleepless Eye is no longer a secret to Li Wei.

The news brought by the palace chief made Li Wei ponder for a long time, but finally he couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds.Li Wei tends to believe that the information recorded on the blood-stained parchment is true, but even Director Bamilian admitted that there is no other evidence to support it, especially Queensland's persistence will not be very long. If the Northern Allied Forces choose Yi Ruhr County, which is difficult to defend, is the target of the attack. It is very likely that after heavy losses, there is still no way to save the people of the kingdom.

These things were tossed and stirred in Li Wei's mind. He didn't sleep for a while until long after the night fell.However, the dream was not peaceful. He seemed to see people struggling in a sea of ​​blood, surrounded by the wild and vicious laughter of demons, and the crackling of jaws that made the scalp tingle.Li Wei originally thought that what he dreamed was the tragic scene of Queensland City, but when he looked carefully, he found that it seemed to be the army of the Kingdom struggling in the sea of ​​blood, and even the figure of King Arthur XII was among them.Just when he was trying to see clearly, His Majesty the King suddenly turned his head, opened and closed his mouth, as if shouting something to him, but Li Wei couldn't hear anything, couldn't move, he could only look at Countless spears pierced Arthur XII's body.The Dragon King's face was distorted, and then he spurted blood with a breath of fire from his mouth and eyes at the same time, and his hair also burned. The bright red flames of blood were like a new crown on his head.

"Li Wei...revenge..." This was the only cry Li Wei heard, but he didn't know whether it came from King Arthur, because at the same time as the sound came, the king's entire body was covered with blood. The flame devoured and disappeared.

The sudden sound of horseshoes rolled across the street like thunder, and then someone was banging on the door. These sounds made Li Wei escape from the nightmare.He felt that he had just closed his eyes, but when he opened them, although the candles were burnt out and the room was dimly lit, the thin golden morning light had fallen through the window before his eyes.

Li Wei sat up from the bed, feeling cold sweat all over his body, and his heart beating wildly.There was another knock on the door, this time louder, and accompanied by the voice of Grunwalm's voice-changing teenager. "Lord Li Wei, Lord Li Wei! His Majesty the King has sent an envoy."

Li Wei took a few deep breaths before he felt better, but his mouth still had a mixed taste of blood and rust, and his teeth were also aching. "Wait a minute!" He finally answered in a hoarse voice, then put on his clothes, and staggered across the dark room.

After opening the door, it was Grunwalm's young face that appeared, and the ashen knight who conveyed the order stood behind the young man expressionlessly, as cold as a statue.However, he was quite respectful to Li Wei, and while bowing his chest and saluting, he said in a flat tone, "Your Excellency Viscount Levi Ston, His Majesty the King summoned all the nobles and lords, and all the knights under their command, to the Ashes Fortress to participate in the The swearing-in meeting held there!"

"Understood, let's set off right away." Li Wei replied, and then directed to Grunwalm, "Let everyone get ready, and gather in front of the hotel gate in five minutes."

"Obey, Lord Li Wei." Grunwalm gave a hurried knight's salute, then ran to the side, and the loud shouts echoed in the corridor of the hotel. "Get up, get up, get ready, fully armed!" All kinds of noisy voices came from the rooms on both sides.

Li Wei closed the door again, blocking all the noise from the door. His teeth were still hurting, but the dull feeling in his chest had almost disappeared, but his head was still a little dizzy, especially that of King Arthur XII. The face of fire always haunts the face. "Barud, God of War, this is such a terrible dream." Li Wei muttered and walked to the table, picked up the clay pot covered with cold water droplets, and poured the water on his head.

The cold feeling penetrated to the marrow, but it also made Li Wei wake up completely. He grabbed the linen towel to dry his hair and face, and walked to the wardrobe.

Five minutes later, Levi appeared in front of the hotel wearing a full set of knight armor. The four northern knights who came to Firmeyer with him were all waiting there in full armor, holding the reins of their mounts in their hands, their faces All flushed with excitement.Grunwalm then walked over leading his mount, and the Dark Nightmare of the North followed behind him, with proud steps like a commander reviewing an army.Next came Sir Rodriguez, who was dressed in the casual clothes of an aristocratic knight. The hilt of the Star Iron Greatsword slanted out of his right shoulder, and a dark half-cloak was draped over his shoulders.

"All the knights of the Northern Territory are here, Lord Li Wei." Grunwalm reported loudly.Li Wei nodded, put his hands around the neck of the Black Nightmare in the North, and then jumped on the horseback vigorously. "Let's go!"

They rode their horses through the streets of Fermeyer, and the sky was not fully lit yet, but usually the City of Glory should have become noisy at this time, especially after the lords from all over the kingdom gathered in this city.However, today is a bit different. Most of the shops and taverns on both sides of the road are closed for business, and there are no yawning apprentices on the street who went to the market to purchase. They only peeked out from the cracks in the door panels.

The bells rang again, but only the big bells on the seven towers of the Ash Fortress rang together. Compared with the low and gentle sound of the holy bells of the Radiant Cathedral, it seemed high-pitched and unruly. "This is the assembly bell, Your Excellency Li Wei." The gray knight who led the way explained, "According to the kingdom's law, if you block traffic when the assembly bell rings, you will be punished as treason, so..."

It doesn't take the Ember Knight to finish speaking, and Li Wei knows why the streets of Firmeyer are so depressed today.But this should be a good thing, Li Wei looked at the noble kid rushing out of the prostitution hall by the side of the road in a panic, and wanted to stop him and tell him that he should put his pants on again.But in the end, the young Griffin Lord kept his mouth shut. This matter should really be handed over to the Royal Political and Legal Affairs Bureau, or Marquis Reeves is better at handling such matters?

Due to His Majesty Arthur XII's preference for contests and banquets, the Fortress of Ashes changed its usual gloomy atmosphere. The iron gates had already been lifted into the air. Although there were no lights and festoons on the square behind the arches, it was already lively enough.The noble lords who came from all over brought their own flags, and there were more than 300 flags waving in the wind around the square, which made Li Wei feel dazzled for a while.He tried his best to identify the flag from the northern border county. Although Cedric, the Lord of the White Wolf, did not respond to the edict because he needed to defend the Great Wall of Ice, he learned from the message brought by the big crow that there was someone in the Greencastle. Many small northern lords who had met once led their troops, especially Earl Ricardo Feng Ansair, the sword dancer of the northern county, arrived in person. His "Ring of Steel" banner should be very conspicuous That's right.

The square was filled with the aroma of barbecue, fine wine and black bread, which drove away the feeling of cold winter, and also made the swearing-in meeting, which should have been harsh and solemn, become lively and frivolous.Levi searched for a long time between the body wrapped in steel and silk. He saw the terrifying "Flayed Head" banner of Marquis Reeves, the "Black Triangle" banner of the Earl of the Magic Mountain, and the Stilwell family. The "Blood Spear" flag, and many other unfamiliar flags, but there was no acquaintance, until he saw a slender figure standing under a golden lion flag on a green background.

Marquis Osiris was arguing with a man wearing the gray armor of an iron guard knight. Although the voices of the two were not low, the language they used was obviously not a common language, but a language similar to the melodious birdsong accompanied by the gurgling stream. unique language.Li Wei stopped curiously for a minute or two, but didn't understand a single word. He just roughly guessed that it might belong to a branch of Elvish language. "It would be great if Mr. Dish was here." The young Griffin Lord shrugged, and then he was about to leave.

However, he left a little late, and the Marquis Osiris had apparently lost his conversation with the iron guard knight, "Pride will only kill you!" Li Wei strode over in the direction of Li Wei, his hands in iron gloves pushed all the people in front of him as if venting.

Those who can stand on this square are at least noble knights. However, due to the special status of iron guard knights, they often serve as envoys of His Majesty the King, so they all chose to calm down after being pushed away.A reckless knight was about to curse, but his companion immediately covered his mouth and whispered a few words into his ear, then obediently turned his head away.

Li Wei didn't want to stand in front of the Iron Guard Knight at all, but just when he was about to retreat to make way, a particularly fat noble lord happened to stand behind him.The slap in the gray iron glove pushed towards Li Wei's chest without hesitation, and then the iron guard knight uttered a painful groan.

His hand was tightly grasped by the other hand. The grip was so strong that even the gray enamel on the surface of the iron glove showed slight cracks. It seemed that it was not an extremely strong fine steel plate glove, but a clay-fired glove. like something.

Sir Rodriguez's voice then sounded beside Li Wei, "Master Iron Guard Knight, be careful of the slippery road and don't fall."

The iron guard knight's anger was really hard to contain, and the long sword around his waist slid out of the scabbard with a clang, "Who are you, do you want to court death?"

"It's you who is looking for death." Marquis Osiris's elegant but jerky lingua franca sounded, "Sir Gwakin, if you don't take back your sword. You will be the first hero to surpass two levels of challenges because of trivial matters."

"Marquis Osiris, what are you talking about? Two ranks higher?" The iron guard knight called Sir Gwakin angrily turned around and said, "Could it be that this knight who can't even afford a sword is a Earl with a sword?"

"The Earl of Swords, at least." Marquis Osiris replied, "Am I right? Lord of Griffins?" He called out Levi's nickname.

"Marquis Osiris, you are honored." Li Wei gave a knightly salute to the elf and explained, "Sir Rodriguez did not go to the Knights General Assembly to accept the assessment, so he does not have that honor."

"The highest level of status that can be assessed and awarded by the Knights Association is the Titled Knight." The elf's voice was slightly contemptuous, "Don't talk about those branches, even the King's Capital Association can't find a standing knight." Earl Jian came to sit in the town, let alone an assessment."

A trace of resentment flashed across Sir Gwakin's face who was left alone, but he understood the gap in strength between them better.The Marquis of Osiris is the only sky knight in the Kingdom of Arthur. He will never make a wrong judgment on this kind of issue, let alone deliberately deceive him.The identity of the iron guard knight is very deterrent to ordinary noble lords, but it is nothing to an earl with a sword.After hesitating for a while, he took a deep look at Levi and Sir Rodriguez, then squeezed into the crowd and disappeared.

It is obvious that the iron guard knight has kept this account in his heart, but compared with this trouble, Li Wei is more worried about the weird confrontation between Marquis Osiris and Sir Rodriguez. Gradually becoming a little vigilant, Curse World Black Sun has tightly held the hilt of the star iron giant sword from the very beginning.

"A rare opponent, very interesting." Marquis Osiris commented, "You are not just an ordinary count with a sword, Sir Rodriguez, there is a secret hidden in you, I really want to reveal the answer Ah... use my sword!"

"That result is definitely not as interesting as you imagined." Sir Rodriguez replied in a cold tone.

A hint of amusement flashed in the eyes of Marquis Osiris, he stretched his hands behind his shoulders twice, and put them down twice. "You got the head of the demon lord, right? Sir Rodriguez." He finally gave up his plan to compete, and said in a positive tone, "This time, let's use this competition, whoever wins first Whoever takes the head of the demon commander wins, if I win..." The elf's eyes narrowed, "You can't refuse a real competition."

"Let's talk about it at that time...Master Li Wei, look over there, it's the Iron Ring of the Ansair family." Sir Rodriguez did not agree to this request, and when the elf's eyes flashed with surprise, He has pulled Li Wei away in a hurry.

"Strange, what I see in his eyes is the burning desire to fight, but why..." A hint of suspicion appeared on the face of Marquis Osiris, but his thoughts were soon interrupted by a voice from behind him. broken.

"Your Excellency, Marquis Osiris, His Majesty the King let you go."

"Oh, I'll go right now."

Hearing the answer from Marquis Osiris, the face of the ashes knight who delivered the order shone with happiness, "The sky knight... the sky knight is talking to me..."

On the other side of the square, Levi followed Sir Rodriguez in a daze. He swore that he had never seen the "Ring of Steel" banner, and the Cursed Dark Sun obviously did not see it either.However, his steps were surprisingly hasty, as if he was really escaping from something.

"Mr. Rodriguez, wait a minute." Li Wei suddenly stopped, "We have already circled half of the square, have you really seen the flag of Earl Ansair?"

Cursing the World Hei Ri did not answer directly, but stretched out his slightly trembling hands, his eyes flashed with almost uncontrollable excitement, "Very strong, very strong, I really want to fight with him...hehe." He raised his head Come and look at Li Wei, "Li Wei...do you know? That man—the Marquis of Osiris, the green lion, is the only sky knight in the Kingdom of Arthur, and he is also the god of war in the hearts of all knights who have comprehended the seeds of fighting spirit." He took a deep breath, slowly calming down the restless emotions.

"Then, Mr. Rodriguez, if it's just a competition, why didn't you agree to Marquis Osiris?" Li Wei couldn't help asking curiously as he watched the Cursed World Black Sun try his best to contain his fighting spirit.

"I'm not his opponent, and it's not enough to break the seal of the undead. Even if it is a competition under the seal, the elves are very sensitive to the power of death. As long as a trace of breath leaks out, things will become very troublesome." Curse World As if he wanted to strengthen his belief, Hei Ri said word by word, "Master Li Wei, compared with this matter, we have more important things to do, don't we?"

Li Wei nodded slowly, "Yes, rescue Queensland." His voice was quite heavy.After getting the news from Bamilian, the head of the palace, he used the ability of the castle heart to send messages to inform Mr. Dish and the cursed world, but they couldn't think of any good way. After all, even the scheming intelligence What can a death knight and a master alchemist do when the ministers are powerless?

The final plan is to be adaptable and try to get more information on the way to the expedition. For this reason, Li Wei has sent most of the crows around him to the four southern counties to collect information. However, due to the long distance, none of them has been able to return yet.

"Master Li Wei?" A pleasantly surprised voice came from behind. This voice made Li Wei feel a little familiar. When he turned around, he saw a strange knight in silver-white armor.The armor was obviously made by a master dwarf blacksmith, with exquisite craftsmanship and many exquisite patterns embossed on the surface. Behind the knight was a gorgeous deep purple cloak, and the cloak buckles on the shoulders shone brightly with diamonds.

"Who are you?" Li Wei asked with some doubts.

With these words, the knight's body stiffened for a moment, and then he seemed to remember something, and pushed up the visor on the helmet, revealing a female face with a bit of heroism, "Your eyesight is really bad." She said to the surprised Levi, "I'm Fleischer!"

(End of this chapter)