Rose Empire

Charlotte waved her hand for the knights and attendants to stand up, then asked, "Is the Giant Eagle ready?"

"It's ready. We brought six giant eagles. The castle guards are giving them some water and food so that they can maintain their strength during the long journey." The older Knight Marion Dulan, who had a beard and was considered a handsome old man, replied, "But... if we want to carry so many gifts, eight giant eagles may not be enough."

The giant eagle flies fast, but its carrying capacity is not strong. Unlike a horse-drawn carriage that can easily pull one or two tons of cargo, the load that a giant eagle can carry should generally not exceed one-third of its body weight. Any heavier load will affect its normal flight, and its speed and endurance will be sharply reduced. It may even be unable to control its flying posture in strong winds.

Charlotte looked around at the boxes and packages of all sizes in the hall. After a moment's thought, she said, "Tomorrow morning, Renee and I will ride the Giant Eagle home. Knight Marion will be responsible for protecting us. Knight Herman, you stay and hire some carriages from the carriage shop to help me send the gifts and servants back to the Principality of Green Plains."

"Yes," Marion and Hermann responded at the same time.

It seemed that no one noticed that the two squires behind Marion secretly tightened their grip on the hilts of their swords.

The knights rested in the castle that night. The next morning, before dawn, Charlotte was dragged out of bed by Renee, washed, ate, and then dragged up to the tower.

Sitting on the giant eagle's back with a yawn, Charlotte suddenly said, "Knight Herman, you stay in Platinum City and contact those nobles with spare money to sell my castle and Lakeview Villa."

"Yes, miss." Knight Hermann, who looked young but had a meticulous expression, responded seriously.

Whoosh!

The giant eagle flapped its wings and took off into the sky carrying Charlotte.

Knight Marion and his squires also boarded the giant eagle and followed closely behind.

At this time, Renee, who was riding on a giant eagle with Charlotte, said, "Miss, if you sell the castle and the manor, where will you stay next time you come to Platinum City?"

Renee would never question Charlotte's decisions in front of others. She would only say such things when they were alone.

"Next time I come to Platinum City..." Charlotte looked towards the direction of Platinum City. She stretched out her right hand and slowly clenched it into a fist, as if she wanted to crush the grand, luxurious, and rotten city directly. "I believe that next time I come to Platinum City, I won't have to find a place to stay by myself."

PS: "About the author not being able to comment on his own book."

PS2: When I wanted to post a message in the comment section, I found that my account level was not enough to post in the comment section. I urgently recharged 7 yuan to raise my account level to level , and finally I could comment on my own book.

Volume 5: Chapter Chapter The Betrayal of the Knights

Renee is probably the only person in the world, besides Charlotte herself, who clearly knows Charlotte's ambitions.

Ten years ago, on the night Helen Mellerfield was buried, six-year-old Charlotte stood in the moonlight and asked, "Renee, do you sometimes feel that the world is a mess?"

"Your will is my will, young lady." Renee, who was also only six years old, had no idea what Charlotte was saying. She just wanted to comfort the eldest lady who had just lost her mother.

Sure enough, the lady was very satisfied with this answer and she smiled happily.

"Then you will be the first subject to swear allegiance to me." Charlotte wanted to use a branch like the emperor, but the six-year-old girl couldn't reach the branch after struggling for a long time, so she broke off a rose branch and handed it to her little maid, "Let's smash this garbage world upside down together!"

The naive little Leni took the rose branch naively.

Sweep the world and conquer the world!

Ten years later, Renee already knew that Charlotte had said so and done so. Planning the Viscount of Lanwan and inheriting the Viscount of Lanwan was the first step on this ambitious road.

However, Charlotte usually concealed her intentions very well, and almost no one could see through her intentions.

After leaving Platinum City, the giant eagle flew for a whole day and landed at the edge of a forest at dusk. For lunch, the group filled their stomachs with dry food on the back of the giant eagle.

The giant eagle landed, and Renee busied herself preparing dinner and a tent for the night, just like many diligent maids in noble families.

Charlotte was holding a roll of parchment, on which were rubbings of ancient text. Few people would recognize it, and Charlotte didn't know much either. However, this didn't really matter, because Charlotte was just holding the parchment in her hands and staring blankly.

Marion Duran and his two squire knights were feeding and watering the four giant eagles, but it seemed that their minds were not on the matters at hand.

"Knight Touraine, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We must not miss it." said the squire knight on Marion's right.

“I know…” Marion Duran’s face seemed to be shrouded in a layer of gloom.

"Master, haven't you already decided to go with those people? Why are you hesitating now?" Another squire knight on the left also urged.

“……”Marion Duran’s fingers gradually tightened around the feeding bucket.

"There is nothing to consider, Master," the squire took the bucket from Marion Duran and urged anxiously, "Ms. Duchess, if you chop her with a sword, she will just be a pile of rotten meat, no different from an ordinary person. Kill her, and we will leave after we finish our business. There will be no problem. Don't you want to go further and stand out?"

The disciple's last words touched the deepest desires in Marion Duran's heart. He took a deep breath and turned to look at the squire knight on his right.

Facing Marion Duran's scrutiny, the squire knight on the right said solemnly, "Rest assured, Knight Marion, I have already made a vow to dedicate everything to the Lord."

Marion finally made up his mind, grasped the hilt of the sword, and walked step by step to the Duchess with two squires.

The three tall figures blocked the Duchess's unfocused gaze like a wall. Charlotte finally came to her senses and asked in confusion, "What's the matter, Knight Marion?"

Marion loosened and clenched his right hand, and finally slowly drew out the knight's sword at his waist, pointing the tip of the sword at Charlotte, and three gray wings appeared behind him.

Charlotte stared at the tip of the sword for a long while before she gradually understood what had happened. She smiled silently, as if she was mocking herself or the other person, and asked, "Sir Knight, you drew your sword at me. Does that mean..."

Marion did not say anything, nor did he stab with the sword. It was obvious that even if he had made up his mind, killing the feudal lord was still not an easy task for a traditional knight.

Marion was still struggling, but the squire behind him couldn't help himself: "That's right, Miss Melfield, we are going to send you to see the Lord!"

"You are..." Charlotte looked at the squire knight who was speaking and recalled for a moment, "You are the disciple of Knight Marion, Daniel, right? I remember that you are the orphan rescued by my mother, Lady Helen Melfield. Why would you betray her daughter?"

The squire knight named Daniel laughed at her with a clear conscience, "I just happened to eat a meal with that woman! Am I going to pledge my loyalty to that bitch who committed adultery with the groom just for such a small favor?"

Hearing certain words, Charlotte couldn't help but frown, and the smile disappeared from her face.

"Daniel, shut up!" Marion scolded Daniel who was about to make another sarcastic remark, and then said, "Miss, we have violated the knight's oath of loyalty, but even if you can't forgive me, I have to do this. After killing you, I will go to the church to confess to the Lord in person."

"Oh, Lord God, that's a really useful trash can." Charlotte muttered to herself softly.

Marion didn't hear clearly Charlotte's muttering, which was enough to be called "treasonous", but that didn't matter. He stabbed with his sword directly at Charlotte's throat.

Charlotte sat there without any reaction, her fingers even stroking the slightly wrinkled edges of the parchment, as if she was frightened.

shhhhhh!

A sharp sound broke through the air.

Three silver rays suddenly appeared and pierced towards the foreheads of Marion and the two squire knights. The astonishing speed seemed to be determined to shoot the heads of the three people before Marion's sword touched Charlotte's skin.

The two squire knights had no time to react, but Marion felt a danger that almost stung his skin. He put away his sword in time and activated a gray barrier to cover the three of them.

That was one of Marion's abilities as a three-winged swordsman - Iron Wall.

Bang bang bang.

Three silver rays of light hit the iron wall with three loud bangs, and then fell to the ground, revealing their true appearance - three table knives that had been twisted and deformed.

The two squire knights couldn't help but break out in cold sweats. The ordinary table knife, with its extreme speed, almost killed the two swordsmen who were already on the path to transcendence! If it weren't for Marion's experience in battle and his timely reaction, they would probably still be wondering how they died after they died.

The knife fell to the ground, and a figure appeared between Marion and Charlotte. She was wearing a blue dress, deerskin boots, a thin silver chain around her waist, and a white apron she had just used for cooking around her chest.

Marion and the two squires knew her—Renée Vonderen, Miss Charlotte Mellerfield's personal maid.

"You surprise me, Miss Renee," said Marion.

"You disappoint me, Knight of Touraine." Renee said as she took off the silver chain from her waist and swung it gently. The silver chain, which seemed as soft as cotton thread, strangely became straight, like a rapier used in a noble duel.

Marion held the sword in his hand, staring at Renee and the three golden wings that appeared behind her, and he felt his hair stand on end.

Renee grew up with Charlotte, right under Marion's nose. Marion has known Renee's father, Ralph Vonderlen, for many years. Although they are not close friends, they are old acquaintances who can drink together. Marion has never seen Renee hold a sword, let alone use her supernatural powers. In Marion's impression, she is just a little maid who is good at cleaning, dressing up, and baking cakes, which is very common in aristocratic families.

Marion believed that not only him, but almost all the old ministers of the Principality of Greenfield and Helen Mellorfield should have a similar impression of Charlotte's personal maid.

However, today, the little maid showed extraordinary power that was no less than that of a three-winged warlock, which made Marion feel creepy.

The silver chain in the little maid's right hand was undoubtedly also a miraculous item. Although Marion didn't know what kind of miracle the silver chain was endowed with, he was certain in his heart that there would be a tough battle ahead.

There was no need to have the slightest hesitation in dealing with a traitor. Renee uttered a strange syllable "Fus", which was low and profound, as if it contained a long history and endless magic.

As an old knight, Marion immediately thought of a very rare term in the Eagle Continent - Dragon Swordsman.

Dragon language itself is a miracle. As the name suggests, a dragon language swordsman is a swordsman who uses the miraculous power of dragon language to fight. Eagle Continent is the territory of griffins. Dragons generally live in the Dragon Continent in the east. Without dragons, warlocks have no way to study dragon language. Naturally, dragon language swordsmen are rarely seen in Eagle Continent.

Marion didn't understand dragon language, but even if he didn't, he could guess that "Fus" was probably a dragon language word like "speed increase", because Leni herself had turned into a gust of wind, wielding the silver chain sword to attack Marion's vital points all over his body, and the attack was like a torrential rain.

Marion blocked three swords in succession with the advantage of the broadsword in his hand, but Renee was faster, and the fourth sword broke through a gap that Marion did not have time to turn around and stabbed at his right temple.

Iron wall!

The gray light barrier appeared again, and three consecutive sword strikes were made. The silver chain sword hit the iron wall and could not move forward an inch.

It was clearly a collision of "sword and shield", but the noise it caused was no less than that of thermal weapons. The noise and shock waves spread out with the two people fighting as the center.

A strong wind swept through.

Dust was flying everywhere.

Charlotte's soft cheeks were blown so hard that she had to raise her arms to cover the lower half of her face.

The attack failed, and Renee's fast-moving figure paused for a moment. Marion keenly captured this brief opportunity and slashed with his sword. The broadsword was not as agile and swift as the rapier, but it also showed a unique heavy and powerful power.

The sword blade stirred up a strong gust of wind, and the roar like a tiger reminded the onlookers that this sword was enough to break steel and split stone!

pity.

Marion's opponent is not stone.

Renee turned into a shadow again, and appeared two steps away in the blink of an eye. The strong wind from the broadsword blew up Renee's skirt, but failed to hurt Renee at all. After dodging Marion's attack, Renee launched another attack.

Marion, with his skillful swordsmanship and the iron wall that always strikes at the right time, repels Renee's attacks again and again. At first glance, the two seem to be evenly matched, but only Marion knows the distress hidden under his calm face.

Renee seemed to be unbreakable, but she was the active party, fighting when she wanted to and retreating when she wanted to. Marion seemed to be using stillness to control movement, as immovable as a mountain, but the fact was that he could only passively take the beating, with no other choice but to parry. Charlotte was only three steps away from him, and Marion could not kill her with one sword. Because Marion knew very well that as long as he dared to expose his back to Renee, the other party would be sure to stab him to death before his sword touched Charlotte.

Marion was unwilling to accept this. He did not think that the reason why he, also a three-winged warlock, suffered such a defeat at the hands of Renee was because his fighting talent was too poor or he did not practice hard enough. He believed that it was entirely because Renee's practice faction took too much advantage.

In fact, Marion's idea makes sense.

Marion practices the most common swordsman faction in Eagle Continent. If we insist on adding an adjective like "Dragon Language" in front of the name of this swordsman faction, similar to "Dragon Language Swordsman Faction", then it can also be called "Common Fact Swordsman Faction". Common Fact is not bad. In fact, many warlock factions can only practice to the seventh, eighth, or ninth wings at most, which is the legendary warlock level, and there is no more. However, "Common Fact Swordsman Faction" can practice to the ninth wing or above, which is the divine warlock level.

In terms of completeness, the "Common Fence Swordsman Faction" is definitely top-notch. However, the problem is that the "Common Fence Swordsman Faction" was originally a swordsmanship faction exclusively used by the Royal Griffin Knights of Orlan. The Royal Family of Orlan made it public so that everyone can practice it, and also to cultivate more Griffin Knights.

When a practitioner of this swordplay school has one wing, the ability that is likely to be awakened is "strength amplification", which is to allow the knight to have enough strength to control the hot-tempered griffin; when the practitioner has two wings, the ability that is likely to be awakened is a large-scale protective skill - Iron Wall, which is also to allow the knight to provide some cover for the huge griffin in battle; when the practitioner has three wings, the ability that is likely to be awakened is - Eagle Eye, which makes it easier for the griffin knight to search for enemies at high altitudes.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, Marion awakened these three extraordinary abilities.

Eagle Vision allowed Marion to see Renee clearly even though she was moving at high speed, and his increased strength allowed him to cut the little girl in two with one sword.

But, it didn't work.

Facing an assassin as fast as Renee, Marion was as clumsy as a bear. Although his claws were strong and powerful, he couldn't even touch the hem of the little maid's skirt.

Iron Wall, this large-scale protection skill may be the only means for Marion to restrain Renee. However, Iron Wall is not a skill that can continuously deploy a shield for a long time. It usually only lasts for a few seconds to more than ten seconds. The specific duration is determined by the quality of the user and the enemy's attack strength.

Marion's use of the iron wall was perfect. Every time the shield was deployed, it could just block a wave of attacks from Renee.

However, this cannot change the fact that this extraordinary ability is just an "iron wall".

Renee drew her sword again.

Marion knew that the basic swordsmanship used by Renee was the Wind Swordsmanship, which was a very common fast swordsmanship among the imperial nobles. This swordsmanship would launch two rounds of attacks each time, and each round of attacks would instantly stab out three swords, each of which was faster than the previous one. He used the same trick again, first using a broadsword to block Renee's first three swords, and then opening an iron wall to prevent Renee from changing direction. He couldn't keep up with the speed of the last three swords... At least that was his plan.

However, after the iron wall blocked the second sword, the third sword did not fall immediately.

Marion looked and saw Renee holding up her sword, as if waiting for something. His heart skipped a beat, knowing that Renee had figured out how long Marion's iron wall could last through round after round of collisions, and she was waiting for the moment when the iron wall would automatically disappear so that she could stab out the most powerful sixth sword.

Once the iron wall disappeared, Marion was not sure he could dodge or block the sixth sword, so his mind raced and he decided to attack instead of defend. At the moment before the shield disappeared, he took the initiative to draw his sword at Renee, forcing her to dodge and give up the sixth sword.

Renee did dodge as Marion expected, but she did not give up the sixth sword. She changed her position by dodging, and waited calmly for a moment before stabbing the last sword at the two squire knights next to her who, like Charlotte, had become spectators because they were too weak.

"Do not……"

The distance was too far to rescue in time, so Marion could only deploy the iron wall again, but it was still too slow.

The iron wall only saved Marion's disciple Daniel. Another squire knight covered his throat, blood constantly gushing out from between his fingers. He struggled for only a moment before staggering and falling down.

"Despicable!" Marion growled.

Facing Marion's accusation, Renee did not feel any sense of shame for being "unethical". She moved her rosy lips slightly and uttered "Fus" again.

It was like the story repeating itself.

But this time it was a decisive kill.

Marion knew she was finished.

Because the iron wall blocked the first three swords.

After the gray shield disappeared, the next three swords came even faster.

With his sharp battlefield reflexes, Marion blocked the fourth sword, but his steps became disordered with the fifth sword, and he missed the sixth sword.

Marion, with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, looked down at his chest. There was clearly no scar on the wrought iron breastplate, but the severe pain in his chest and the continuous loss of strength clearly told Marion that the sixth sword, which was as powerful as lightning, had indeed pierced his chest and heart.

"Such an injury..." Marion looked at the silver chain sword in Renee's hand that was still emitting a bright glow, "You were the ones who killed Viscount Basilik..."

When Basilic Melfeld was assassinated, he had a bizarre wound on his body from being pierced through the wall through his heart, but the wall behind him was intact, just like Marion and his breastplate.

Marion received no response and fell with his sword.