Heart of the Castle

Chapter 696 Brain-damaged Prince, Brave My Big Abraham

The night is still dark, but the dawn is already visible in the east. Although the golden face of Flandara has not yet emerged from the horizon, it has already stretched out countless golden fingers towards the sky. The eastern sky is dyed a rose red mixed with pale gold.

Dozens of heavily armed Griffin Knights wore gray wool cloaks and stood in two columns, holding torches and holding swords. Their motionless majestic posture was like two rows of steel statues.Among them were a few desert country knights in a state of distress. Their faces were exhausted and their expressions were dull. Their exotic robes had been broken into cloth strips that could not cover their bodies, and some of them were wrapped around their bodies indiscriminately as bandages ; the chain mail beneath the robes was covered in dried blood and dust, almost obscuring the red crescent emblem on the chest.

What surprised Li Wei was that among these Abrahams, he actually saw a somewhat familiar face.

The person who made Li Wei feel familiar was of course the lion-slaying Tardan Kositi who once visited Green Castle as the head of the Abraham Mission, and one of the three leaders of the Great Imam's personal guard force-the Hundreds of Immortals.However, compared with the domineering and domineering expression last time, the face of the count with a sword is very ugly, with fear flickering in his eyes, and a dark red scar runs from the corner of his left forehead to the bottom of his right cheek. It has already formed a blood scar, but the surrounding skin is red, swollen and festered. It is obvious that there is no time for perfect treatment after the injury.

"Master Taldan Kositi," Li Wei greeted the only person whose name he remembered as he walked out of the gate of the sheriff's mansion, "It's really a feeling to see you safe and sound at a time like this." A gratifying thing."

The lion slayer's eyes rolled dully, and then he recognized the somewhat too young face of Levi Ston, "Your Excellency, the Regent of the Kingdom of Arthur, I didn't expect you to be attacked by demons here, but it should be attacked anyway. Retire them..." He shook his head with a wry smile, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm afraid we can't be called safe and sound with our appearance? Recalling the things I boasted to you not long ago, I really feel ashamed... Shame!"

Li Wei also showed a bitter smile, "The devil's deceitful tricks are far beyond our imagination. It is not the devil army that besieged Dirk City, but the undead army led by the dead. Fortunately, we won the coalition forces to recover Firme After the news of Ye’s defeat in the battle, immediately assemble a team to respond, otherwise, I’m afraid the city has been invaded by the dead, and the residents will be slaughtered, and then made into various low-level undead.” The griffin lord said on the one hand. He said, with an inquiring expression on his side, "Lord Tardan Corsiti, if you don't mind, I would like to know what exactly happened to Abraham's warriors at the city of Fermeyer yesterday."

After hearing Levi say the name Firmeyer, the lion slayer's cheeks couldn't help twitching. The scars of failure engraved in his heart were still too fresh, so that he hardly dared to recall them, even hearing that name The whole body trembled. "Sorry... Your Excellency the Regent." His tone seemed very reluctant, "I really want to agree to your reasonable request immediately, but I'm afraid I can't do it now. The son of the Great Imam Usama Sailian Alyosha passed away not long ago. He is seriously injured and his life is in danger, for the sake of being an ally of mankind, I implore you to send the best priest or doctor here to treat him."

Li Wei nodded and agreed without thinking, "Of course, Knight Grunwalm." He called out the name of the knight attendant, who immediately walked out of the hazy morning mist behind Li Wei, "Your Excellency the Regent, please order. "

"Go and invite the two Lord Bishops from the Temple of Storms and the Temple of Earth, and remind them to bring the best quality holy oil and other medicines." Li Wei ordered in a low voice, and after watching Glenn Warm leave quickly, he went on Turning his head, "I almost missed an important wounded person, Lord Taldan, the scar on your face looks like it was caused by the sawtooth decapitating sword of the abyss refining demon, has the toxin attached to it not been completely removed? clean?"

Taldan raised his hand to touch the scar on his face, a look of lingering fear flashed in his eyes, "It's okay, it's just a scratch." He murmured, but the moment his finger touched the wound, it hurt He had to grit his teeth immediately, obviously the injury was not as minor as he said.

Li Wei hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his right hand, and a gentle white light flickered in the palm of his hand. The pain on Taldan's face was quickly relieved by the white light, and then turned into a surprised expression. "Is this the power of healing magic?" The sword-wielding earl of the desert country spoke with unconcealable surprise, "Your Excellency, Regent of the Kingdom of Arthur, are you a priest or the patron of a great god?"

"Praise the benevolent God of the Earth, whose thick chest carries all things. Your Excellency Leviston is the patron of our Lord, the God of the Earth. This is something that is well known in the entire Kingdom of Arthur." A peaceful and heavy voice came, followed by a A figure in a khaki robe appeared behind Li Wei and saluted him, "Your Excellency, Bishop Hilton of the Temple of Storms and Bishop Orlande of the Temple of the Earth were both wounded in yesterday's battle, and The medical magic has also been exhausted, please let me serve you."

The appearance of the clergyman of the Earth Temple was obscured by the low-hanging hood, but Li Wei didn't even need to look at it, and recognized from the connection from the heart of the castle that this was an alchemy priest, and it was not the lowest level of concealment. He is not a cultivator, but a priest of the land who has the strength of a regional bishop. Whether it is medical magic or combat magic, he is stronger than the two newly promoted bishops in Dirk City.Grunwalm then ran back panting, "Your Excellency the Regent, the two bishops are still injured, so only this... this..." His voice suddenly stopped.

"Masaka Senior Priest." The priest reminded in a gentle voice.

"Oh, yes, it's the senior priest of Masaka." Grunwalm nodded apologetically, and then turned to Li Wei, "Your Excellency, the priests of the Earth Temple all praised Master Masaka's ability Say nothing, saying that the effect of the divine spell he cast is very good, not inferior to that of Bishop Orlande at all."

Before Li Wei could speak, Taldan Kositi, the lion slayer, couldn't wait to say, "That's great, Your Excellency Li Weiston, Prince Arathan's injury cannot be delayed, please send this Lord Masaka to follow him." Let me go and heal him."

"Where is Prince Arazan?" Li Wei frowned.

"Outside the city." Taldan sighed, his voice full of worry, "His Royal Highness is seriously injured, and his mood is also very unstable. We are afraid that he will have an accident, so we temporarily placed him in a temporary tent. in."

"An accident?" A strange thought rose in Li Wei's heart for no reason, as if the proposal he was going to say next would not bring any good mood, but for the sake of politeness, he continued, "Tower Lord Dana Corsiti, not only Priest Masaka, I will go with you too."

The desert knight's expression seemed a little reluctant, and he didn't know how to refuse, "Your Excellency Li Wei, that... Please forgive me." He squirmed his lips, "Our prince is very injured because of a head injury. Might come across as grumpy and rude, so forgive me if he offends you."

The ominous premonition in Li Wei's heart became stronger, "Prince Arathan is now a wounded person, and it's not surprising that his temper is a little grumpy." He forced himself to smile, and his tone was as relaxed as possible, "Master Taldan, I look Is it a mean and unkind man? The kind who can't bear even the unintentional offense of the wounded?"

"Of course not." At least the words of Taldan Kositi were sincerely said, "Your Excellency Leviston, I have also heard rumors about you in the Second Eastern County, which simply surpasses any rumors. The heroic epic of all bards, and the name of your kindness is equal to your great deeds."

"Then let's not delay any longer." Levi suggested with a smile, and then turned to the others, "Sir Rodriguez, please arrange for these warriors of the desert kingdom to be treated, bathed and ate; Son, you come with me."

There are more than 2000 remnants of Abraham in the desert country, and almost the same number of horses. Although Dirk City can barely accommodate these broken soldiers, due to safety considerations, it is still decided to refuse.It is somewhat surprising that the commander in chief on Abraham's side was extraordinarily reasonable. In other words, they had no intention of entering Dirk City with their entire army from the very beginning, but instead walked around the city and set up camp outside the north gate.

Perhaps due to exhaustion, the camp of the Abrahams was very simple, with only a random wooden fence as the fortification outside the camp. Many campfires were lit in the camp, and the light blue smoke accompanied Sparks scattered in all directions, and many soldiers even ignored the blood and mud all over their bodies, lying on the ground next to the campfire and fell asleep soundly. Some sort of mournful tune.

Li Wei and others crossed the camp with a heavy heart, stepping over the lying crowd and the crackling campfire along the way.It can be seen that the Abrahams suffered a terrible defeat this time. Almost everyone in the camp was injured, but they did not see any seriously injured people. It can be seen that when they fled, they simply abandoned all the disabled people. Leave them to fend for themselves.

In the center of the camp, Li Wei saw a huge round tent made of gorgeous silk and precious fur. The dome was more than four meters high from the ground, almost the size of a small castle.Before approaching, Li Wei couldn't help wondering how this huge tent came here with the rout, but as he got closer, what he saw made him shake his head and sigh.

The entire tent is built on a solid base composed of hundreds of thick wooden boards layered on top of each other, supported by four oak wheels on the left and right that are taller than ordinary men. This tent and the base weigh several tons, and it is easy to drag The animal power consumed by pulling is considerable.In the corral not far away, there are more than 20 hunchbacked quadrupeds. This kind of camel, which is a specialty of the desert country, is extremely powerful and has outstanding endurance. In addition to being slightly inferior to excellent war horses in terms of sprint speed, Simply an impeccable knight mount.

Seeing Li Wei's questioning eyes, the lion-slayer Taldan grinned, showing an unnatural smile, "Your Excellency Levi Ston, this tent is the symbol of the authority of the Great Imam of Abraham, so ..." He suddenly closed his mouth, although Li Wei didn't say anything, but the pain in his eyes made Taldan feel that he couldn't argue.

"Don't compare the life of a soldier with a dead object. No matter how authoritative a symbol it is, it will be eclipsed before life." Li Wei closed his eyes, his voice was low and low, as if he was suppressing his emotions, "Hope The Great Imam Usama of Abraham knew... what he was doing."

This sentence has actually constituted a question about the Abrahamic monarch, but Taldan couldn't refute it because he felt the same, so he had to change the topic. "Your Excellency Li Weiston," there was even a hint of pleading in his voice, "Prince Arasan's injury is critical, and we will discuss other matters later." After speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the tent.

Li Wei sighed and shook his head, followed closely behind.

A desert knight with a big beard stood guard in front of the tent. When he saw Li Wei and his party approaching, a trace of vigilance flashed in his eyes. , let out a clear scream. "Stop!" He demanded in a low and hoarse voice, "Who are you?"

"Brother Wanderers, don't you even recognize me?" Taldan brought the torch close to his face angrily, "This is the regent of the Kingdom of Arthur—His Excellency Levi Stern, and he His bodyguard, Rest Robinson, is the priest of Masaka from the Temple of the Earth, and I invited him here to relieve the pain and heal the wounds of Prince Alasan!"

"So it's Brother Taldan, I'm sorry, I've been a little too nervous recently." The desert knight known as Brother Wanderros put away his scimitar, and then bowed slightly to Li Wei, "Your Excellency the Regent of the Kingdom of Arthur, I was sorry just now."

Li Wei nodded, "There is no need to apologize for being loyal to your duty. Lord Wanderrost, will you inform us?"

"No, you don't need to be notified, everyone, please come in." Wanderers replied, while moving away, revealing the densely stitched animal skin curtain behind him.

The space inside the big tent is larger than the hall of the sheriff's mansion just now, and it is filled with all kinds of luxury goods - soft down quilts, cushions and seats filled with fine wool, all kinds of metal ornaments inlaid with precious jewels. Carvings abound, a low table is located in the middle of the tent, and on it is a large-scale military map made of leather. This map is exquisitely crafted and would be a treasure in front of any commander, but now it is Acting as a tablecloth, several carved silver cups and a long-necked wine jug were placed on it. The dark red wine juice from the spout had already rendered several stains on the map.

In addition to the strong smell of wine, the air in the tent seemed to have some kind of peculiar aroma. When I first smelled it, it seemed to cheer me up, but after smelling it for a long time, I felt dizzy.Li Wei held his breath and retreated to the opened curtain, only then did he feel a little clearer.

Hearing this drowsy sound, Taldan Kositi's face immediately turned ugly. He walked quickly to the table, picked up the glass that still had residual wine and sniffed it, his eyes immediately flashed an unstoppable light "By allah, Mingyan, who dares to mix this kind of thing in the wine that His Royal Highness drinks?" He scolded several servants in the tent fiercely, "You don't know that although Hai Luoying can relieve pain and boost spirits, , but does it have a great impact on the mind?"

The furious anger of the lion slayer made the servants tremble uncontrollably, and one of them was a bit courageous, and he argued in a trembling voice, "Master Taldan, it's none of our business, it's... His Royal Highness Our own request, we...we dare not go against..."

Taldan stomped his feet fiercely with his anger still remaining, and then pointed at the servants and ordered loudly, "You, and you, go and pour out all the remaining wine... No, give it to the seriously injured soldiers, Be careful not to overdo it; others, open all the windows at once to let in the fresh air, the smell is unbearable!"

"Give...give me wine...wine, it hurts...you must drink!" A trembling and muddy voice came from among the piles of down quilts, Taldan glanced at Li Wei beggingly, Then go to where the sound came from.Li Wei followed, and saw an exceptionally bloated young man lying between the quilts full of mud and vomit. The chief eunuch Bamilian was the fattest guy Li Wei had ever seen, but with this The difference between young people is completely different. Even when this young man is lying down, he can't see where his chin is. It is completely shrunk in the fat. His lips are like two red worms. His originally dark and shiny complexion Turned a dull dark gray from blood loss and mental depression.

What's more, it looks like this guy is completely unscathed!

"Give me wine, quick... give me wine, or I'll have Wanderers chop off all your heads! Did you hear that, you lazy maggots, give me that wine!" the fat man The young man was still making noise with his eyes closed, and sweat kept rolling down his fat cheeks.

"His Royal Highness Prince Alasan," Taldan said softly, trying to suppress his anger, and at the same time signaled a servant to bring a clay pot full of clean water to the fat young man's mouth, "This is clean water, please drink some moistening water." Run your throat."

Prince Arasan opened his mouth and took a sip, then opened his eyes suddenly, waved the servant angrily and knocked the servant to the ground, and the jug also fell to pieces. "You lowly maggot, how dare you give me tasteless water?" He spit out the water with a puff, almost splashing on Taldan's body. "Wanderross, where are you? Drag this guy out and behead him!"

Wanderos, who was guarding the door, agreed, and then strode in, but before he reached out to grab the servant who was slumped on the ground, Taldan stepped in front of him, and explained in a deep voice, "Brother Wanderers, wait a minute, I asked him to bring water to His Royal Highness."

Vanderloth's beard trembled, and he warned in a low voice, "Brother Taldan, don't worry about it." Then he pushed Taldan away hard, and continued to reach out to the servant's neck.Taldan showed a hint of unbearable expression on his face, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he chose to remain silent.

However, Wanderers' hand failed to catch the servant who was regarded as a scapegoat, because another hand grabbed his wrist, which was so powerful that he felt unable to move half of his body. Ross turned his head in surprise, and Levi Ston's young face with a stern expression came into view immediately.

"Master Wanderrost, please stop, this servant is not at fault!"

(End of this chapter)