A strange world

Chapter 494 Section 151. Different choices

Lockran hugged Nia in a daze, and the sounds around him seemed to be distorted, weirdly flooding into his mind and then being excluded.

"Doctor! Doctor!"

As if he heard a voice after surfacing, Lockran raised his head and looked at a strange soldier stretching out his hand: "Give me the child."

The anger that suddenly surged into his mind made Lockran want to push the soldier down, but the forged and tempered plate armor in front of him held back his courage: "She... Niya is dead."

"Maybe there's still a chance."

"Are you serious?"

Lockran let go of his hand unconsciously, took the little girl's musketeer and ran behind.

"Follow up!"

Locklan followed behind with heavy legs. Only then did he have time to look back -

Many people fell on the road, but many more escaped.

Those injured, like him, were moving away from the front lines.

Those fierce soldiers with blood and rat heads painted on their plate chests lined up in two rows, holding special spears, and thunderous sounds and flames erupted from the tips of their spears.

"Master Mage! There is a child here!"

The shouts in front made Lochran turn around and saw an old mage with a gentle and kind face standing in front of him.

"She's still alive, put her down..."

The old mage raised his staff and placed it against Nia's blood-stained chest. Under the green light, the pale little girl's chest gradually rose and fell.

The brilliance of magic disappeared, and the old mage looked at the man with his deep and bright eyes: "Is she your child?"

Locklan nodded first, then shook his head: "She is my family..."

"She's fine. Just carry her to the back."

"Thank you... thank you..."

Lockran anxiously picked up Nia who opened her eyes. She didn't know that she was almost dead and was moving her lips weakly.

"I know."

Lockran put the doll on her chest, followed the other cured people, and walked towards the distant city-state in a daze and without knowing the future.

Locklan turned around at this time and suddenly saw the black-haired boy in the camp where the wounded were being treated...

"Mr. Annan, I thought you would let me repel the enemy." Dean Blehim did not hide his appreciation.

All those in power view mages as tools - tools to intimidate their enemies. But mages shouldn't be like this, at least they shouldn't be like this... The ancient arcanists, their knowledge was as profound as their strength.

Annan happened to agree so, and: "They are not enemies."

The sound of musketry from the front gradually died away because no more civilians were running towards them.

The cavalry of the Mad Dog Archduke were in formation, and dozens of corpses - mostly knights - lay on the gravel area hundreds of meters long between them.

"Prepare to engage the enemy!"

At Losey's order, the musketeers lined up in two rows squatted in the front row and calmly greeted the cavalry who began to charge.

The galloping cavalry tears the air, and the sound of iron hoofs hitting the ground is duller than the sound of muskets, like stepping on the heart.

But in front of the elite musketeers who had faced the rat tide, this torrent was as harmless as hitting a rock——

The horses neighed, and the cavalry suddenly slowed down as they approached the firing range of the musketeers, and finally stopped, letting out a funny laugh, and turned back as if they had won.

These knights are as hateful as their mad dog Archduke.

The first day of fighting ended with Liberty City taking in hundreds of civilians and Mad Dog Archduke dropping dozens of corpses.

Mad Dog Archduke's team returned to the watch territory amid the uneasiness of the servants. They were afraid of becoming the target of venting, but the Grand Duke seemed to be in a pretty good mood...

Lord Lorraine followed into the hall. The unsightly corpse of the girl lay slumped on the carpet because the Mad Dog Archduke said she gave some atmosphere to the boring castle hall.

"Grand Duke, what do you want from me?"

The Mad Dog Archduke didn't say anything. He sat leaning on the king's chair, leaning on his chin and thinking about something.

Lord Lorraine waited patiently. At a certain moment, the Mad Dog Archduke's lazy voice sounded in the hall: "Does she have a companion? Is she still alive?"

Lord Lorraine raised his head and saw the Mad Dog Archduke staring at the girl's body, and realized what he said: "I put him in the dungeon... and cut his stomach open too?"

"No...that would be too boring. Bring him here."

The boy who was imprisoned in the dungeon didn't have many scars on his body. The moment he came in and saw the bodies of his companions, he collapsed and was speechless.

Mad Dog Archduke looked down at him and said in a playful tone: "Your friend was unfaithful to me, so I killed her... What about you?"

"I...I am your people!" The trembling boy lowered his head.

"I don't believe it, but I'm going to give you a chance." Mad Dog Archduke smiled with satisfaction and asked Konoe to throw the blood-stained dagger to him.

"I want you to rush in with those untouchables tomorrow, approach the thief, and stab him in the chest with this dagger... I believe you can do it, right?"

"me……"

"Um?"

"I promise to cut off his head and present it to you!"

"Throw him back." Mad Dog Archduke waved his hand and said to Lord Lorraine: "Find some untouchables to sneak in."

"Should we let some soldiers sneak in..."

"What you said is really boring..." Mad Dog Archduke's gaze made Lord Luolan lower his head quickly: "I want to see him assassinated by the untouchables he saved... It really makes people look forward to his desperate expression at that time. Annan, this is A return gift from the Mad Dog Archduke!"

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"what's your name?"

Lord Lorraine asked the boy following him on the way back to the camp.

"Loland, sir..."

"What?"

The boy holding the dagger bravely said: "My name is Lorraine, sir."

Lord Luolan showed his disgust at the fact that a pariah had the same name as himself, and then said thoughtfully: "Why did you come to report? You don't believe what the city lord said?"

"They are lying to us! And we are loyal slaves of the Grand Duke!" The boy quickly put his head on the ground to show his loyalty.

"That's right, how can that be true..." Lord Lorraine whispered.

Ignoring the pariah Luo Lan anymore, the lord Luo Lan followed the instructions of the Mad Dog Archduke and used bread and hot soup to win over a few pariahs who were willing to serve the Mad Dog Arch Duke and threw them iron pieces and stones.

"You know the consequences of betraying the Grand Duke..." Lord Lorraine threatened: "The best result is to be torn apart by the Grand Duke's pets... and as long as you kill that person, the Grand Duke will give you the opportunity to become a knight."

Luo Lan hid the dagger given by the Grand Duke and walked far away alone. No one paid attention to him, cold, hunger and loneliness surrounded him, but Lorraine didn't care, because soon he would no longer be a pariah...

There was a sudden chill on his face, and Luo Lan wiped the tears from his face.

But the tears can't be stopped...