Ride and Cut

The crowd dispersed, leaving only the lord and Anne in a daze.

"Are you all right?" the half-elf looked at him worriedly.

"Didn't I say that I want you to find some of the most brain-dead and mentally handicapped knight novels for her to read?" Li Cha pushed Annie into a corner step by step, and looked at her condescendingly, "Little Hoof, did you honestly do so?"

"I found it." The half-elf merchant said pitifully. "At the beginning, I bought a few popular and popular ones on the market in Benlun, but Elizabeth said that the protagonists are men and I don't like it. However, knight novels with women as the protagonists are very rare. I asked a caravan with trade relations to help me collect one."

"Have you read it to Elizabeth?" the lord asked suspiciously.

"Read it." Annie nodded vigorously, "She likes it so much that she listens to it every day when she has time, and she doesn't get tired of it after going back and forth several times. She can almost memorize it."

"real?"

"Really!" The half-elf frowned very angrily, "And she has sworn allegiance, why don't you believe it!"

"What's the title of the book, I'll read it when I have time."

"In "The Witch Knight", the protagonist is the witch Angel, who is not human like Elizabeth. I guess this is one of the reasons why she likes it so much."

"And then?" Li Cha always felt a bad premonition, but he couldn't tell how it came about.

"The first half of the book, after the Witch Angel was conferred, was a cliché of fighting and killing, and she had a crush on the loyal lord. Except for the female author's good writing skills." Anne paused, and continued, "But the ending is very meaningful—the lord she was loyal to was promiscuous everywhere, and was decapitated by the heartbroken Angel. In the last chapter, the witch held the head alone and sailed out to sea alone, and died on a small island."

"Damn it!" Li Cha trembled all over.

"Wait...would she have misunderstood the relationship between knights and lords?"

"You are definitely not Annie!" The lord was so angry that his liver ached. He pinched both sides of the half-elf's cheeks and rubbed them into circles. "Tell me honestly, who is pretending to be, and what is the purpose of sneaking into the Alpine Castle!"

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The winter in the wilderness is extremely cold and dreary. After a few snowfalls, the vast land is completely covered in silver.

The magic equipment made by Master Du Pont is finally completed. A dozen pieces of flame thorn armor are nothing more than that, but the fortress center made of Balrog's head and elemental crystals is very precious.

The old man dropped by when he was visiting Sinclair, placed it on the third basement floor of the castle, and began to provide reinforcements continuously. Although I haven't seen any effect yet, it is said that after a few hundred years, the wall will be as strong as fine steel.

At the request of Du Pont, the tomboy Sinclair officially became the swordsmanship apprentice of the lord of Alpine Fort.

Li Cha thought that one was teaching, and the other was also teaching, so he simply brought the creamy boy Higuain in to form a cattle herding class, and let the two of them practice against each other every day.

In the beginning, Higuain was always beaten by Sinclair with a ruthless force, but after gradually adapting, with solid accumulation, he is now slightly turning over and singing.

During the period, several groups of undead came to attack, but the scale was not as good as last time, so naturally they couldn't bring any trouble. It just added some undead mana reserves to the Alpine Fort, allowing the warriors who mastered semi-dead transformation to rise to over a thousand.

Those tiger spirits who had initially comprehended the holy light performed amazingly in actual combat, with magic skills in their left hand and long swords in their right. The resuscitators were weaker than wooden targets in front of them.

In fact, not only Alpine Fort, but Cologne also faced intermittent raids. I heard that it is also very easy to deal with. The lord sighed for a while when he heard about it—he felt sorry for the wasted magical power of the undead.

As for Elizabeth, she has long since returned to soak in the source blood pool of the New World. It is said that because of the heavy loss, it will take several months to replenish one's spiritual origin.

Time passed by like this little by little, the ice on the river surface began to melt, and greenery sprouted from the withered yellow ground.

When spring came to the world again, the military headquarters and the noble garden began to shout slogans vigorously again. Concentrate the army, organize the logistics, sign the lords everywhere, and prepare to "nail the coffin to the evil Beruni".

This time, the Mage Freedom Federation, Pompeii, Church of the Holy Light, and San Jose all participated in a joint operation, which was the first time in history.

Everyone was very excited about it, and the bards sang "the glory of ancient mankind reappeared in the world". The streets and alleys were almost empty, scrambling to send flowers and applause to the army, ready to witness an epic victory.

However, according to Liola, if only the Pompeii family had a better chance of winning, the complex composition would inevitably argue with each other.

Facing the omens, the lord was no longer the young man who didn't know the rules well. As soon as Shangfeng issued an order, he honestly led the whole team with two shoulders and a head to rush to help.

Now, as an old fritter who dominates one side, he has a very thorough understanding of the law-a compulsory course for everyone with a strong tendency to violence.

You must know that even nobles of the same level can have vastly different strengths from each other. It's like being the pioneering baron, those poor people who lead dozens of subordinates to live a hard life can't be compared with Li Cha.

It is obvious that the noble garden's requirements for lords from all over the world cannot be as illusory as "doing your best", so in fact, there are fixed standards for each level.

The more the better, but at least the criteria must be met. This is the real burden that the lords have to face.

Even if it is difficult to meet the standards, you can pay the money directly, which is called "installation gold". Occasionally, a low title can be beneficial, such as now. The pioneering baron paid three hundred gold coins to be considered as fulfilling his obligation, but if he was a real baron, he might not be able to pay thousands of gold coins.

Such a small amount would not be taken seriously by Li Cha now, even Annie did not hesitate to pay for it.

The lord took Vera to Cologne to deal with various affairs and catch up with old acquaintances by the way.

The military had high hopes for him at the beginning, after all, the air cavalry who had supported Cologne not long ago were very important. Not to mention that since Gaoshanbao can fight against the undead alone, its strength is absolutely extraordinary.

In the end, after waiting and waiting, this guy actually chose to paddle and asked the servant to send a bag of gold coins.

Although there is no way to accuse them on the surface, they can only suffer from the dumbness, but obviously some people are not prepared to swallow their anger.

Soon, the bards got the news from nowhere. He began to play the three-stringed qin in various taverns, mocking how cowardly the lord of Alpine Fort was with folk tunes.

You must know that many people still remember the turmoil caused by Vera's portrait, so the rumors quickly became clear.

"He used to be a hero, but he used up his courage on a woman's belly."