Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

It is no exaggeration to say that, without taking into account the elite troops, the discipline of Batoran's army is the best among all human armies.

But what does Ran Na see now! ?

In Ranna's memory, Batoran's troops, even the knights' militia brigade, were neat and orderly, and they could maintain a relatively neat formation during the march, but what Ranna saw now was a mess.

The Holy Grail Knight took the lead. The pure white horse, which was one size larger than an ordinary horse, told Ranna the identity of the person riding on it, that is, the person on the horse was sitting crookedly. This was acceptable, maybe it was because he was rushing too fast, but the next situation made Ranna a little unacceptable.

The knights who followed behind threw away their armors and helmets one by one. Yes, they threw away their armors and helmets. Ranna actually saw that the knights' armors were in a mess, and some of them even had pieces of armor missing. The formation was also in a mess. The infantry behind the knights was even more messed up. Ranna even suspected that they were refugees who had just encountered a group of knights in distress and took clothes from the corpses to impersonate them.

Is this still Batoran's army? His Majesty the King will cry if he sees this! He will really cry!

The enemy, lured by Lind as bait, had already arrived at the predetermined ambush circle. Lind led a group of wolf beastmen directly into the woods and came to Ranna, who was wearing armor and ready for battle.

After a simple greeting, Ranna was stunned because the enemy behaved so rudely.

Because the enemy looked so strange, Ranna forgot to send the battle signal.

"Stop standing there interfering! Blow it faster!" Only after Lind's loud urging did Ranna react.

Beep~ He held the whistle in his mouth and blew it three times in a row. This was the battle signal agreed upon by Ranna. After the three whistles, the beastmen ambushed in the forests on both sides immediately rushed out impatiently, screaming and attacking the troops in the center of the forest.

Under normal circumstances, when passing through a place that is obviously suitable for setting up an ambush, even if you don't send scouts to investigate, you still have to form a good formation to avoid being attacked suddenly. But George's team was in a state of confusion at this time. Not many of them could stand firm, let alone form a formation.

The beastmen originally had a certain formation, and although their training was not very good, they were trained after all. Comparing formations with the elite of Batoran was just wishful thinking, but at this moment, the formation of the beastmen was really decent compared to their opponents.

"Sir." The whistle for the charge had already sounded, and Ranna led her horse, ready to join the battle. She did not intend to let the soldiers charge in the front, while she waited for the battle report in the rear. "Excuse me, what is the poisoning you just mentioned?"

Ranna plans to join the battle, but before leaving, she must figure out what happened to make the enemy become like this.

Especially since Lind mentioned poisoning.

"You just said that they were poisoned, but you clearly told me that the rabbit you asked Fran to control as bait was not poisoned or cursed."

There was a questioning tone in Ranna's voice. As a pragmatist, Ranna was not opposed to using poisoning, although some knights believed that poisoning was a dirty trick, a despicable method used by the weak.

She has no objection to using poisoning, but the prerequisite is that she must be informed. If her lord uses such a vicious plan without telling her, Ran Na will feel deceived and betrayed.

"I didn't poison them, nor did I curse them. Those rabbits are just normal, healthy rabbits." Lin De explained to Ran Na.

"And what do you mean by poisoned?"

"Just because there's no poison doesn't mean you won't be poisoned." Lind said as a matter of course.

"...Please explain it to me, sir." Ran Na felt like her brain was not enough and she was completely unable to understand what Linde meant.

"Do you want a detailed or simple one?"

"...in more detail." Ran Na took a look at the situation on the battlefield.

"To explain in detail, our body needs energy to function, and the source of energy comes from food. The main energy source is sugar, followed by fat and protein. No matter which part it is, it is essential in the daily diet."

"In the specific digestion process, after food passes through the mouth, esophagus and stomach, it enters the intestines. The intestinal flora in the intestines help digestion, and then the protein..."

"Sorry, let's simplify it." A long string of words far beyond the understanding of a village girl like Ranna came out of Linde's mouth, which instantly made Ranna's brain overheat. Due to limited time, Ranna simply interrupted Linde, who seemed to be talking for an hour or two, and asked for a simple version.

"To put it simply, long-term hunger and a low-protein diet have caused changes in the intestinal flora of these knights and caused liver dysfunction. In this case, if they suddenly eat a large amount of protein, due to excessive deamination of amino acids, ornithine and glutamine cycle disorders, a large amount of ammonia that cannot be metabolized will enter the blood and then enter the brain, thereby inhibiting the normal metabolism of brain nerve cells." Lind gave a simple and quick explanation with four students.

"...Can it be a little simpler?" Ran Na was sweating coldly.

"To put it simply, they are all crazy now." Lind further simplified the explanation.

"I see." Now Ran Na finally understood. "In other words, they are now like being under a collective mind-disrupting spell?"

"almost."

"That's great." Ranna said excitedly. "Please wait a moment, sir. I will present you with victory right away!"

Chapter 438 Linde's Flag

As a village girl, a village girl with low cultural level who could not even read and write her own name crookedly, Ranna was completely unable to understand the profound terms used by her master. After simplifying them twice, she could barely understand them.

It's not quite right to say that I understood it, but it was as if the enemies were under the spell of group mind interference.

The principle is unclear, but it seems to be related to eating a lot of rabbit meat after long-term hunger. Ranna remembered that before coming to Aiwozhen Island, the village elders in her hometown once said that when feeding the starving people for a long time, they cannot eat meat directly, but should eat porridge for a period of time before gradually transitioning to a normal diet.

Are the two things the same thing?

Although she didn't understand Lind's mysterious words, Ranna was sure that her lord was a very knowledgeable person, extremely erudite, and more knowledgeable than all the magicians she had met in the past.

The problem is that Linde is only thirteen years old, where does he get all this knowledge? In Ranna's heart, she had the same question that everyone else had.

Ranna was still not sure what was going on, but there was no need to figure it out completely now. Ranna only needed to know that Lind did not poison, curse, or use any magic. He simply used hunger and food to drive nearly a hundred Batoran knights insane.

After getting the answer that her lord did not poison her, Ranna set off. She rode on the not-so-good horse that the lord gave her, and then... took out something that made Linde's eyes widen.

A flag.

On it is the Hunter family's emblem, a black and white vertical stripe emblem.

"Wait a minute!" Lind stopped Ranna before she was ready to charge. "What's going on with this flag!?"

"Your battle flag!" Ranna said as a matter of course. "On the battlefield, the lord's flag can boost the morale of the soldiers! Let the soldiers know! Their lord is with them!"

Lind was speechless. The logic was correct, but when was this flag made?

"Gee!" While Linde was stunned, Ranna pulled the reins hard and rushed out on her not-so-strong horse.

Linde wanted to stop it but couldn't. He could only watch as Rana joined the battle holding a flag with the Ryan family crest.

"When I get back, I must design a badge of my own." Lind said resentfully, then drew out his magic sword, shouted, and followed closely.

In the open space between the two woods, the two sides were already fighting. Since Batoran's ordinary brain was out of control, he was completely unable to form an effective defense.

The Beastmen originally had a formation, but after a while of fighting between the two sides, the formation was completely messed up, and everyone was in a mess, fighting together in a disorderly manner.

The knights and their squires were very brave. Even though their minds were unclear, they did not flinch at all. They were even braver because their thoughts were out of control. Many of them simply gave up on defense, dropped their shields, and rushed into the beastmen's ranks fearlessly, and then were beaten into a paste the next moment.

When beastmen fight with humans, even if the humans are outnumbered, they often win in the end, because the humans are organized and have records. But now neither side has any formation organization, so the humans are no match at all.

Soon, the servants fell one by one, dying under the weapons of the beastmen. Facing the enemy who wanted to exterminate their race, the beastmen also vented the anger that had been suppressed in their hearts for a long time, and continued to harvest the lives of the enemies.

The battle went on very quickly, and the servants on the periphery were soon almost wiped out. With shaking hands, out-of-control brains, and violent vomiting after a little movement, the servants were like lambs to be slaughtered.

"This claw is for my unborn child!" The wolf beastman Tek tore the face of a servant with one claw. Tek will never forget the face of this servant, because he was the murderer who shot and killed his pregnant wife.

After killing yet another enemy, Tek felt that he had almost taken revenge. There was only one last one left, the leading knight. As long as he killed him, his revenge would be complete.

Thinking of this, Tek looked around, looking for his enemy, and soon found him, the knight.

Although the beastmen were overwhelmingly in favor of the beastmen, that was against the servants. The servants, who had no mounts and were completely on foot, had their symptoms of ammonia poisoning aggravated after running.

Compared to the servants, the knights were in much better condition. Firstly, their physical fitness was better than that of the servants. Secondly, they rode horses and their physical energy consumption was not as great as that of the servants. Therefore, their symptoms were not as serious as those of the servants.

Stimulated by the blood and broken limbs, the knights regained some of their sanity. They knew very well that they were surrounded.

"Lord George! We are surrounded!" a knight shouted at George. "What should we do next! Should we run away?!"

"It's not running away! It's turning around! A knight cannot run away!" Another knight loudly corrected his colleague's rhetorical mistake.

"It's not a turn! It's an attack! Attack in the direction where the number of enemies is the least!" The third knight joined the discussion.

"Now is not the time for a rhetoric lesson!" George angrily interrupted the rhetoric discussion of his three knights. "Everyone! Follow my orders! Break out in the direction we came from! Let's charge out!"

Following George's order, the knights and the remaining servants who were still alive and able to understand the orders turned around and prepared to break out in the direction they came from, returning to where they came from.

However, as they were surrounded by beastmen and the battle was in chaos, most of the servants were unable to escape. If they dared to turn around, they would die the moment they turned their backs to the enemy.

Finally, about eight knights, led by George, formed a small cone formation in the middle of the encirclement, and charged in the direction they came from, with George at the head.

"Brave knights! Follow me! Let's charge out!" George raised his sword and pointed forward. "The Lady of the Lake will bless her brave knights! She will grant them the right to kiss their feet!"

George's condition was only better, not unaffected. George tried hard to control his thoughts, but his mouth still spoke out his true desires.

George glanced nervously at the knights following behind him, and found that they all had wide eyes and excited expressions, and were obviously encouraged.

Yes, as a knight of Batoran, who wouldn’t have improper thoughts about the feet of the Lady of the Lake?

Just as George led the team to break through, a flag appeared in front of them.

Chapter 439: Temporary Holy Grail Knight

"George?"

At another place on Ivozhen Island, George's brother Fred suddenly felt something and looked in one direction.

Blood-related brothers and sisters sometimes have some indescribable inductions between each other. Some say it is intuition, some say it is an illusion, and some say it is the power of magic. In short, others don't know, but twin brothers Fred and George sometimes suddenly have a strange feeling.

Just now, Fred suddenly had a strange feeling, very unreal and vague, as if something had happened to his twin brother George.

What happened to George? Fred wondered, but even if he wanted to find his brother, he didn't know where he was. Because of the shortage of food, the team was split about a week ago, and Fred and George were in different teams.

As the elder brother, Fred was slightly stronger than George. Although he was born only a dozen minutes earlier than George, he was still the elder brother. Because of his stronger strength, Fred stayed in the team where Ji Yan IX was. After all, the two brothers were entrusted by the old duke to protect the heir.

He shook his head, throwing away this unreasonable thought in his mind, and then saw King Jiyang IX's guards walking towards Fred.

"Sir, King Guiyang IX invites you to come over for a moment." The guard knight said respectfully to Fred.

"What do you want to ask me, young master?" Fred nodded, stood up from the ground and asked the other party casually.

"It's about the Lady of the Lake," the Knight of the Guard replied.

Now, King Jiyang IX and his party were resting. Lunch had just ended and the team was resting. Since the division, the food situation of Fred's team had improved a little. The team found a river and the knights could fish.

The fish they caught were not many, but they were enough to improve the physical condition of the warriors. In order to ensure that there were fish, the team of King Jiyang IX walked along the river for the next few days. After a few days, at least a few knights regained some rosy complexion.

Hearing the Guard Knight talking about the Lady of the Lake, Fred subconsciously frowned. For a knight, especially a Holy Grail Knight, making such an expression about the Lady of the Lake was a great disrespect, but Fred couldn't control his emotions because of the man named Cardo.

During this period, whenever someone talked about the Lady of the Lake, it must have something to do with the man named Cardo.

Fred had always been skeptical of Cardo. Although he claimed to be the messenger of the Lady of the Lake and could really perform the miracles of the Lady of the Lake, especially summoning the Fairy of the Lake, Fred was still skeptical.

Although Cardo knew many magical skills that only the messengers of the Lady of the Lake could use, just this one point made Fred extremely suspicious of Cardo's identity.

Gender: Male.

In Batoran, the Lady of the Lake, whether messengers, clergy or magicians educated by her, are all women without exception. The Lady of the Lake only teaches magic to women, so men born in Batoran who want to learn magic must go to the Holy Empire next door to study abroad.

The messengers of the Lady of the Lake are only women, and this has never changed since the founding of Batolan. But suddenly a man named Cardo appeared and claimed to be the messenger of the Lady of the Lake!

As long as Cardo still has a beard on his face and a piece of meat between his legs, Fred will never admit that he is the messenger of the Lady of the Lake!

Although Fred did not believe in Cardo's identity at all, he had no choice but to do so because he was not the one who had the final say. King Guillon IX trusted him very much, and the old Duke did not say anything before departure. Therefore, as a loyal knight, Fred could not express any opposition and had to keep everything to himself.

It’s uncomfortable.

Although he had doubts, Fred could not say anything because the lord had given the order. Following the guards knight, Fred walked towards King Guillon IX who was in the center.

In the center of the crowd, King Jiyang IX, Cardo, and several guards were standing there. As he got closer, Fred gradually frowned because he saw that Cardo was holding something in his hand.

That shape looked familiar to Fred.

After getting closer, Fred's eyes suddenly widened with surprise. The thing in Cardo's hand was clearly the Holy Grail!

"Lord Fred, you've come at the right time. We've all been waiting for you." King Ji Yang IX greeted Fred when he saw him coming.

"Master." Fred bowed to Jiyang IX, but his eyes never left the cup in Cardo's hand. Now that the distance was closer, Fred could see more clearly. This was clearly the Holy Grail!

"Master, what's going on?" Fred stared at the cup in Cardo's hand and asked impatiently, even threatening to use force if he didn't tell him.

"Master Fred, can't you see it?" It was Cardo who answered Fred, holding the cup. "As a Holy Grail Knight, you should know it."

"This is a replica of the Holy Grail..."

Fred almost drew his sword before the word "replica" came out of his mouth.

"Imitation?" Fred looked at Cardo in a daze.

"Yes, a replica." Cardo nodded. "This is the will of the Lady of the Lake."

"...I need a reasonable explanation." Fred said seriously.

"Just now, Master Cardo received a revelation from the Lady of the Lake, who told us the location of the Beast King." Jiyang IX raised his head and said proudly. "In order to help me complete the mission better, the Lady of the Lake has kindly granted me the qualification of a temporary Holy Grail Knight!"

Temporary Holy Grail Knight!? Fred's eyes widened. There are temporary Holy Grail Knights!?

"The Beast King is very powerful. With Jiyang IX's current strength, he is no match for him." Cardo explained. "In order to give Jiyang IX the strength to fight, the Lady of the Lake specifically ordered me to imitate a holy grail and let Jiyang IX drink from it."

"After drinking it, Jiyang IX will temporarily gain the power of the Holy Grail Knight to help him defeat the Beast King."

Fred was so shocked that he was speechless. What the hell was going on?

"That's enough!" Fred couldn't help it, drew his sword and pointed it at Cardo. "I've had enough of your deception! Tell me the truth! Who are you?"

"You are pointing your sword at the messenger of the Lady of the Lake, respected knight." Cardo smiled calmly.