Age of Apocalypse

After accepting the canonization of the Earl of Florence, Keith Lanchester declined the Earl of Florence's banquet invitation and took the earl's reply and the earl's gift to Perth, a one-horned white horse.

Legend has it that they were once the descendants of Pegasus, possessing a thin bloodline of mythical beasts. Some people even said that their ancient ancestors were once mounts of gods.

Thanks to the rapid galloping of the white horse, Case brought replies from Count Feilengcui and the commander of Nanshan Castle, Baron George Fite, as well as Baron Kazan Leto of Pearl Territory late that night.

Perth looked at the banquet list agreed between Nader and Stone, as well as the three people's replies.

He said to Steward Stone, "I'll ask you to send the invitations to the guests on the list to all places, Mr. Stone."

"It's an honor, His Excellency, Baron Perth," Stone replied.

........

In the early morning, Perth, Keith, Luca and a group of people set out secretly, detoured from the mountain path at the back door of Tulip Castle, and headed towards Iris Ling.

It has to be said that this one-horned horse is indeed a descendant of the legendary Pegasus. It is faster than the mountain scaled horse that can travel thousands of miles in a day, and its endurance is more durable.

This allowed their team to travel from Tulip Territory, which borders Iris Territory in the southeastern part of the kingdom, to Iris Territory, which is on the southwest border, in just four days.

Of course, apart from necessary rest, eating, drinking, and replenishing food when passing through towns, they spent almost all the rest of their time on the road.

Since the entire Iris Territory was trapped within the "Mountain Fortress" defense line, Perth's group had to take a detour from the rear of the Iris Territory in order not to alert the Aragonese "Slave Catching Team".

The Seleunas River enters from the northwest of "Mountain Fortress".

After landing, I saw that the desolate village in front of me was empty, and some houses had even been crushed by the thick snow.

Luka looked at all this and couldn't help but said, "I heard from Jack that the Seleunas River and the Yuxi River are both tributaries of the Labinis River.

In the early spring of this year, the Hexi villagers on the banks of the Seleunas River also walked along the river and took a boat to the market on the banks of the Yuxi River to sell a lot of things."

The group passed through large tracts of no-man's land. In addition to seeing one or two scattered villages, some numb and desperate old people, and scattered empty rooms, they also felt a sense of desolation.

Even as they got closer and closer to the fortress, Perth and the others discovered that they had discovered two villages that had just been plundered. Pieces of houses collapsed, the burning flames had not been completely extinguished, and the blood was mixed with the snow.

Mud is almost everywhere.

On the road, in addition to men with hideous expressions and bloody flesh, there were also helpless old men and children, and even women covered in bruises and with their breasts exposed.

Each one of them was full of anger and unwillingness; fear and pain, with corpses lying everywhere, it was too horrible to look at, it could be said that it was a true massacre and the devastation of all living beings!

The knights such as Case, Luca and others couldn't help but cursed with righteous indignation. Even Perth himself couldn't help but yelled, "Beasts, damn Aragonese bastards!"

Half an hour later, Perth and others, who were traveling quickly, arrived at the capital of the Iris Territory - Panshan City, also known as the famous "Mountain Fortress".

After passing the inspection by the fortress guards, Perce and others were welcomed to the Mountain Castle by people sent by Count Iris.

On the way, after some inquiries in Perth, he learned that the situation at the border had deteriorated further.

Aragon's "Slave Catching Team" discovered that the Iris Leader was in the "Mountain Fortress", and they could not launch a blatant attack on the city. So they relied on the speed advantage of coming and going like the wind to bypass the rear and clear the towns and villages.

Young men, women, and children were captured, plundered, hunted, and humiliated.

But there was no way, the "Mountain Fortress" simply couldn't feed that many people, and it was said that they didn't expect the "Slave Catching Team" to be so ruthless.

This indifferent attitude undoubtedly made the Perth group even more unhappy with the Count of Iris who they were about to meet.

.........

Walking into the splendid and luxurious palace, Perth looked at the pale Earl of Iris on the diamond throne. He could no longer even sit on the throne and maintain his posture.

He bowed and said, "The Baron Perce Medici, the Tulip Baron, has met the distinguished Count Marigold Iris Ridge. I heard that you need some support, so I came here specially."

"Descendants of the brave Countess Nagy, I welcome you on behalf of the Earldom of Mountain Ridge.

At the same time, I admire your courage, steward." Count Iris said with a faint smile on his pale face.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the butler took out a cowhide bag of gold coins and presented it to him at Count Iris's signal.

Just when Perth hesitated for a moment, he heard a clear and melodious voice from the curtain behind the throne saying, "Please accept it. Dear Mr. Baron, this is a little bit of the heart of the Earl of Mountain. In addition to the courage to move forward, it is also for the sake of Fossey."

The friendship between the Meras and the Medici!”

Then I saw a girl with golden shawl curly hair, wearing a one-shoulder embroidered robe, and a ruby ​​gold silk waistband around her slender waist. Her skin was fair, plump and beautiful, and gorgeous, like a blooming rose, making people feel uncontrollably.

of fascination.

When Count Iris saw the girl, his face was obviously unhappy.

But he still maintained his dignity, and at least introduced Perth, "This is my sister, the Baroness of Azure Town in Marigold Iris Territory—Elizabeth F. Stuart."

She is also the second in line of succession to the Marquis of Stuart and the niece of the current Marquis of Thorns and Rose."

Elizabeth F. Stuart, Perth remembers that she was the daughter of the Countess of Fuximela and the Marquis of Thorns and Rose after the death of the old Earl of Iris.

In order to protect this hard-won daughter, Countess Fusimela requested the Marquis of Thorns and Roses to declare to the public that she was the Marquis's lost niece.

Since the countess at this time was the head of Fusimela's family, Countess Elizabeth should have taken the surname Fusimela.

However, the Marquis of Thorns and Rose established Elizabeth as the second heir to the Stuart Kingdom in memory of his younger brother who died young. In the end, Eph Stuart was adopted as Elizabeth's surname.

As for why Perth knew so clearly, it was because their mothers were close friends, so the two of similar age were playmates when they were children. However, Perth used to have a weak personality, so he was often bullied by Elizabeth.

Closer to home, perhaps Elizabeth noticed her brother's carelessness and couldn't help but stand beside the throne and reminded him, "Okay brother, Brother Perth is the son of Aunt Naji. Don't treat him as one of those vulgar mercenaries!"

You know, he is the only nobleman who has actually extended a helping hand to us!"

After Elizabeth's reminder, Count Iris' expression became even more unhappy.

But his attitude was more sincere than before, and he even had someone bring a chair, and said, "Thank you very much for your full support, the great "Giant Skull Crusher", Sky Knight - Descendant of Averardo - Feileng Cui

baron.

I will do my best to help you, and all the elites will be dispatched for you."

Perth and Case clearly feel that this is not an optimistic situation.

So Perth did not sit down, and continued to strike while the railway was hot. "You are too polite, Lord Count, but while we fight against the invasion of the despicable Aragon together with you, I would like to make a deal with you."

Count Iris frowned, obviously feeling that he was happy too early.

In his mind, this little Medici Baron was obviously taking advantage of the situation, but the situation in front of him made him hesitate.

After thinking to no avail, she couldn't help turning her head to look at Elizabeth. Seeing her brother's indecision, Elizabeth couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Then he made a decisive decision and said to Perth, "As relatives who share the same hardships, I think we can talk while eating."

Then he summoned a valet and told him, "The knights of Baron Perth are traveling all the way, so they must treat them with every possible care. They are our distinguished guests!"

"As you command, Your Majesty," the maid said.

Immediately, under the leadership of Earl of Iris, Fit and Elizabeth, they arrived at a quiet reception room. The quiet and elegant environment looked like a place that had been carefully decorated and specially used to entertain distinguished guests for talks.

The four of them sat down, and the butler poured them a crystal-clear yellow jade-like wine. This is the Iris family's famous golden green wine. It is brewed from the branches and leaves of the Marigold iris flower and is a specialty of the Fusimela family.

In Hogworth, nobles above Viscount must have a family-specific wine. This is one of the criteria for judging a noble's heritage.

In order to seize the initiative, Perce took a sip of the fragrant and mellow wine, and took the lead in saying, "Please allow me to introduce myself, Perce Medici, a peak silver knight.

Baron Tulip from Feilengcui Nanshan County heard that you were in some trouble, so he came with my elite secrets."

At the same time, he pointed at Case and introduced, "This is my knight commander, the highest officer of the Knights of the Tulip Territory, the honorable knight - Case Lanchester, a wind golden knight."

Upon hearing Perth's introduction, even though Perth had not finished speaking, the eager Earl of Iris became extremely excited, and his pale face even turned a little flushed.

He laughed and said, "You really solved our urgent need. As the lord of Iris Mountain, this already makes me very grateful for everything you have done for me."

Then he seemed to remember something, and he beat the armrest of the sofa feebly and complained angrily, "You may not know that I sent more than ten letters asking for help, but they either disappeared without any news, or I just sent some supplies and equipment.

It’s really ridiculous. If there was no magic potion of the Iris-collared Marigold to support their fighting spirit, and there was no “mountain fortress” to resist the ambition of Felusius III. Just them, how could they have the dignity and dignity?!

They are simply a bunch of ungrateful pigs! Cowardly and incompetent idiots!"

"Cough cough!...Cough cough cough!..." Count Iris even used the foul language regardless of his aristocratic demeanor. He was so angry that he seemed to want to cough out his internal organs!

The butler on the side quickly handed over the medicine bottle, and Count Iris grabbed the medicine bottle and swallowed it in a big gulp. Only then did his flushed face calm down, and his violent coughing gradually calmed down.

He raised his hand to interrupt the butler's words of comfort, knocked on his heart fiercely, and said calmly, "Don't worry, I don't need to rest. In contrast, I am more interested in what Baron Perth said besides Kim Madrid.

trade.

I think this may be important to you, Lord Perth, isn't it?"

Looking at the frail Earl of Iris, Fite Fusimela, his lustful and wanton eyes made Perth feel that this cowardly earl lord was not without merit.

If he wasn't so timid and indecisive, he might actually be a competent lord.