A strange world

Chapter 303 Chapter 156. Letter of help from Ghost Town

When Annan and Princess Sales returned to the manor, a team of fifty people belonging to the Knights was waiting at the door.

They are the next knights to guard Annan on the king's order.

"your Highness."

The knights dismounted their horses and put their right hands on their left chests, but when they looked at Annan, they became unkind.

Annan shrank behind Princess Sails: "Where does your hostility come from?"

Princess Seles also said: "The Eighth Holy Grail Knight Mel and Annan came to the royal capital together. He is one of your own."

It turns out that the hostility stems from the eldest prince's second gift.

A girl who seemed to have been crying came out of the carriage behind the cavalry column, her eyes shining with hatred.

She is part of Galt's family.

"I said this was a misunderstanding, do you believe it?" Annan sighed and faced this scene.

"You killed my father..."

"Olmedo killed Augusta, too."

There are few epics of the kingdom, especially those in which Augusta's death is linked to his great fatherly love. Realizing that the truth was not that simple, the daughter of Galt and the knight captain fell silent.

"Go in and talk, and the knight captain and clerk will follow." Annan needed to clear his name.

Princess Seles recused herself because the royal family played a disgraceful role.

"...Your father realized that I was not treasonous and that there was a problem with the wanted order from the royal capital. But retreating at this time was disobeying the king's order. As one of the three major knights guarding the border, suspicion has never faded with them. In order to avoid Bringing a bloody purge to the Knights, your father sacrificed himself to fulfill the king's order and saved the Knights. The chief mage of the Knights can testify for me."

"Like your father, I am a victim of bad orders."

The knight captain frowned subconsciously, wanting to protect the royal family, and then relaxed because this was the princess's manor.

"You want me to take revenge on the royal family?"

A daughter who has lost her father dares to say anything.

"The legendary mage Agarwal offended me, but I just scolded him and never thought of revenge." Annan patched it in advance - who knows if the legendary mage just has no time to pay attention or can't hear it. "I tell you this so that you know the truth, not a meaningless sacrifice."

"...Uncle Molin, thank you." The girl bowed to the knight captain and thanked her, then looked at Annan: "I am yours now."

"No, you are free now." Annan rejected her, "This is still a wrong king's order...so I will be like your father. Return your freedom."

"Thank you, King of the North."

The girl, who was as stubborn as her father, ran out of the manor.

"She won't have any new troubles, right?" Annan looked at the girl's back as she went out.

"The King of the North himself freed her, and no one else dared to trouble her again."

"I mean will she go find trouble with the culprit?"

"Lord Galt's daughter is not that stupid. Fenerduo is a smart girl."

Next, Annan got to know the captain and the clerk: Molin, the master warrior; the clerk Aemon, the elite mage. Annan asked how to investigate, and Master Aemon said that other knights would inquire, or accept a mission to go.

There have been many missions in the south recently, some escorting nobles, caravans, and residents, and some clearing out gatherings of rats. Annan entrusted them to return to the Knights to bring some tasks for him to choose from, and returned to the bedroom.

"You look more tired than you have in the past few days."

Olmedo asked with concern as the portal opened.

"I went to the palace. The eldest prince gave me the authority to go to the south to investigate. He also gave me a team of knights and Galt's daughter... Fortunately, the misunderstanding was resolved and I gave her her freedom."

After briefly telling Olmedo what happened this morning, Annan sighed: "But the real feeling of exhaustion comes from other things..."

The ever-present sense of indifference comes from the people around them - they don't care at all about the rat-men raging in the south, as if they believe that the rat-men will not harm them. In the past few days since arriving in the royal capital, no nobles have packed up their luggage and moved away. Instead, some commoners have sold their belongings and run to the east.

Where does their confidence come from? Is there any secret that they don't know about?

Fortunately, the Knight of the Eighth Holy Grail is on Annan's side.

"Then come back."

This is the second time Olmedo wants Annan to return.

"Why?"

"The McKeon Ratmen are in the Far North County, and it will take less than a month to arrive. Whether they will survive or not... we will all know by then."

But Annan is not the pessimistic Olmedo: "If we know one month in advance, we can make more preparations and save more people."

The efficiency of the knights allowed the knight captain and the clerk to come up with a bunch of tasks in the afternoon. Either clean up the Skaven, or escort the humans. Mixed with it was a letter asking for help that caught Annan's attention.

[Ghost Town in Illida County:

Royal Capital Knights, save us! A group of ratmen are in the north. They are very close to us. The militia in the town cannot hold it at all. The mayor and the nobles and rich people have already run away. We can't run away... Gods, kings, knights, please Please save us...]

The scrawled handwriting conveyed despair. Elida County is adjacent to the Royal Capital. The ratmen who attacked Ghost Town were the vanguard rather than the main body of the rat tide. They had a chance.

Annan handed the letter to Master Aemon: "When is this letter from?"

"All the commissions were sent this morning." Master Aemon took the letter and read it over, frowning: "...We are too late. It will take three days at the fastest from the Royal Capital to Ghost Town..."

"Ghost Town...isn't this your hometown?"

Master Aemon was silent for a moment and nodded: "But it's too far, we can't help them..."

"What's going on in the town?" Annan couldn't tell whether this was a coincidence or a conspiracy.

"Ghost Town has a population of several thousand, but I guess there are only more than 2,000 people left who can't leave." Master Yimon shook his head sadly: "As I said before, we will be in Ghost Town for at least three days, and it will be too late. ”

"Can it go any faster?"

"This is sleepless speed." said the knight captain.

"How about taking two horses and traveling lightly?"

The knight captain said that they would lose their fighting power. At this time, Annan revealed one of his trump cards in front of them: opening the portal to reveal the large elements crowded in the underground space.

"You just need to provide support."

Master Aemon was filled with hope: "Coupled with the light body technique of the accompanying mage, we have a chance to reach Ghost Town within two days!"

"Then gather the knights and prepare to go."

Annan's blood was boiling. He wrote two letters and gave them to Mel and Kerberos respectively, and then went to the Knights' station and met up with fifty knights.

"Set off!"