The Amber Sword

Through the misty woodlands, Brando met Wood accompanied by Freya. This is the second time he has seen the high priest of this temple of flames since Ambethel. I saw Wood standing next to Mayfister, and Brando hurried and prayed, “Teacher. ”

Though St. Osor told him nine weeks later, Mayfister also taught him a number of practical skills, nominally they also had teacher and student identities, which the Elf Sister had no objection to.

Wood looked at Mayfister with a slight surprise, "So you're a good student. ”

“Indeed.”

Brando raised his head and saw several Templar Knights in red robes behind each of them. He couldn't help but squeeze his eyes into a line and remember Morwood's intentions. But Wood made him suffer a great loss in the name of Tullaman, a lesson Brando would never forget.

Seeing Brando's expression, the High Priest of the Temple of Fire laughed embarrassingly, "Looks like Mr. Brando has become very stereotypical of me.” He suppressed his surprise that Williams had brought ten Knights of the Temple, even if the Cornolia fleet had been blocked by the Royal Fleet of Eluin, not to mention the White Wings' wing, but he had seen the Kurds in captivity and frustration, as well as the White Wings' flag thrown into the mud.

I don't know if the temple has been too greedy for a long time, or if its enemies are too powerful, and Wood looks at the young man in front of him, and his heart is very disturbed.

“Lord Holy Sacrifice knows in his heart the proverb that the elves‘ do what they deserve ’.” Brando replied.

“Oh,” Wood laughed, "so when I planted the bitter fruit, I came to taste it today. But Mr. Brando knew in his heart that this was not a stereotype, and that the Temple always needed a stable Eruin. ”

“So you chose the aristocracy of the North?” Brando was aggressive and even lifted his eyebrows. Wood was right, from the point of view of the Krutz, but he didn't have to set the spot for the enemy, he didn't have such a good heart, “The Krutz, the Eruin, are descendants of the Fire King, and they have to be honored. The King of Sifah had long lost their throne, and after the loss of the sword of the Lion's Heart by the O'Casey brothers and sisters, the world knew that the nobles had made a vow to retreat from Hessen I and promised that his sons would no longer hold the throne, so that Eru had no second heir today but Prince Haruze. ”

“I admit that the temple was ill-considered and that Merloth was too intentional to stop him.” Wood sighed and replied.

This guy, Brando, watched Wood tie a shit basin to the dead Merloth's head. Unlike Williams, Wood is a typical pragmatist, but the other side says it's a concession. This made him feel somewhat alarmed because the Temple of Fire compromise was almost unnecessary.

He stared vigilantly at Wood.

The High Sacrifice of the Temple of Fire once again smiled bitterly: "You have no doubt that I am seeking peace from Her Royal Highness Princess Griffin instead of the Temple of Fire. ”

“Ah.” Freya behind Brando had to whisper softly.

Is it really Brando's turn to be surprised, just for the Connolia fleet, but isn't the face of the Empire more important than a local fleet? If that's what the Cruz think, it's a terrible opponent. But Brando came up with another possibility, "Williams is dead. ”

“He's dead in your hands?” Wood snapped.

“Exactly.” Brando nodded, a secret he could not hide, besides that Mayfist was right beside him, and he was not worried that the Cruz would turn their backs.

The High Priest of the Temple of Fire went silent, "This is indeed a problem," he muttered to himself, "but Williams was grumpy and arrogant in character, and he was willing to die in isolation, not impossible to say. ”

“What?” Brando almost thought he heard wrong.

“Brando, the Cruz are afraid to bite anywhere, just like the dog who fell into the mud to compete for bones, and they can't protect themselves. But we have a problem, too, but you can make a deal with them now.” Mayfist finally opened his mouth, and when he did, the knight behind Wood turned to him in anger.

“Difficult to protect yourself? ”

“Mr. Brando, I hope the princess abandons her pursuit of the Connolia fleet.” Wood said.

“It's impossible," Brando refused hard, but he stopped and asked, “Conditions? ”

Wood laughed and, as he had expected, the real mastermind behind the scenes of the princess was this young man. But he was disturbed by the fact that he and he were one of a kind, and that the temple feared only a great deal of bleeding this time. “We can let the aristocrats of the North give up Ambethel. ”

“You mean we must also live in peace with those who try to usurp the throne? Kill the Connolia fleet, we can take the northbound as well. ”

Wood already knew exactly how people like Brando acted, and they must have considered the results before giving such an order, so he would not use the vengeance of the Temple of Fire to falsely intimidate them, which would be pointless. He thought about it, "As you said, the Corcova royal family should remain in charge of the throne, but there are still many aristocrats in the north, and it takes time to redress their suspicions. Eruin's peaceful reunification is always better than confrontation. ”

Brando looked at the High Priest of the Temple of Fire with amazement, and he heard the sound of his extrastrings. Wood meant to acknowledge the authenticity of the Corcova royal family, so that the North would have no de facto basis and the civil unrest in the kingdom would not heal itself.

But it was too easy. How could the temple compromise so completely? The remaining forces in the North are not without the strength to fight the princess, and even if they fail, the Krutz can persevere. Or this is another trap, which he doubts deeply.

“Mr. Brando, you don't have to suspect another deception this time. I'll tell you why, and you'll understand when you just listen, the reason is actually on Merloth. ”

“Merloth? ”

“You should know that he killed Princess Magdalene. ”

“No, wait,” Brando reacted suddenly, coming up with a very frightening possibility. “Didn't Princess Magdalene break your secrets before she was destroyed? ”

Wood looked a little ugly. “How could the Temple do such a thing, especially if she didn't know the plan of the Temple from beginning to end. The redeployment of Williams from the General Palace and the request for reinforcements from the Empire took place temporarily after I read Meros' letter, and no one but Meros himself knew. ”

“In other words, Her Royal Highness broke another secret? ”

“I'm afraid so,” Wood said with a heavy face, "Mr. Brando, I'm afraid Merloth is a lurker for all things to return to. ”

“Ah!” Brando couldn't help but squeal. “So you opened the flaming doors of the Temple of Fire in Port Ambesseur?” When he saw Wood looking at himself seriously, he understood that there was no need to say the rest.

At that moment Brando felt like a basin of cold water pouring down his head.

Things are serious.

He finally figured out why Wood came to him for peace, turns out the whole thing was a huge conspiracy. If Meros was a spy, he would have known that the Temple of Fire would have set the doors of Fire in Ambethel, perhaps even by his own guidance, because the purpose of all things being brought back together was those doors of Fire.

The flame door is a huge transmission array, the core of the transmission array specifies the transmission target, but the transmission array itself is not intelligent and can be used to connect elsewhere with just a few modifications.

For example, the demon's nest, the sulfur river.

Brando suddenly felt creepy.

Brando, Roman said she found a trap, and she was coming to help you, and that was the first sentence that Antina brought to him when she met. He thought she was talking about the temple trap, angry at her childhood, but at this moment he suddenly realized that the businesswoman probably knew what she was up against —— she knew the plot he didn't know.

For the first time, Brando was extremely disturbed, even generating the idea that he might lose the lovely man who was unaware of his fear and stood by him forever.

This idea, once created, cannot be suppressed, making him feel colder and colder standing in the rain. From Bucci onwards, Brando knew that at least one person in the world would be with him forever, that he could squeeze her face uncontrollably, that she was an idiot, that she would put her eyes up on his horizontal eyebrows and play with her pussy.

But he would never forget that promise, what she said to him that night.

“Why can't you go?” The businesswoman was still sitting on the rock, holding her bag on her skirt knees with her hands, and a pair of round toe shoes swung back and forth in the air.

“They don't like me. ”

“Why?”

“My aunt and I are all weirdos in their eyes. Besides, there's a girl who wants to be a businessman. So it's normal not to like it. ”

“I haven't seen them. My aunt has been with me since I remembered. Auntie said," Little Roman, when you grow up, give back to Auntie! "”

“Is that why you want to be a businessman? ”

“Mmm.”

“What a strange thought. ”

“It's okay...”

From that moment on, he realized he was deeply in love with that strange young girl. Because they have some kind of the same qualities, why is he not a strange person in the eyes of others, but they both share a common pursuit.

She's going to be a big businessman, and he's going to save the Eluin in his heart, which is a bizarre target that ordinary people can't imagine, but it doesn't matter ——

Just make a deal.

“Brando, Roman her...” Freya reacted, even worrying about her best partner earlier than Brando, a pure-minded girl from Bucci Country.

But Brando gave her a reassuring look, even though he was a little cold in his heart, "Lord Wood, guess what comes back to control those flame doors?” He also had the last chance to ask.

“Mr. Brando, there's no need to speculate, we lost them just before we got here. The return of all things will connect them to the basement of Jorgendigan, and you should know where it is. ”

“Sulphur River.” Brando replied with a bite. “So what do I do, order a halt to the pursuit of the Connolia fleet, and then turn around and fight the demons of Jorgendigan, here, on the land of Eruin?” He can't help yelling, “look what you've done, you cruz bastard! What a fucking temple of flames! ”

It was the first time Freya had seen Brando's fire so big, her face so white, last time in Lidenburg, but she wasn't there.

“Good scolding,” replied Mayfister. “That's a bit of a man. ”

Wood is right that the Temple of Fire - even the four main temples - is infiltrated by cults, which is an indisputable fact. It's just that things have never gone beyond their expectations like they did today, and this time the Temple of Fire is a real disgrace. Even bigger than the Cruz fleet defeated by Brando. “We will fight side by side with you.” That's all he can say.

Brando whispered softly, and he didn't trust these Cruz people at all. If he knew that Merloth was a lurker, the moment he saw those portals, he might have guessed their intentions. It is unfortunate that Meros missed this opportunity in history, that there was no great war in Ambessel, and that the Cruz did not build the door to fire in Eruin until after his term.

When Merloth returned to Cruz, Brando also went north to St. Osor and Fanzan, and some news of the Temple of Fire gradually faded from his memory.

And he's never missed a chance to identify Merloth.

“Well," Brando concluded, "I will persuade Her Royal Highness to order the abandonment of the pursuit of the Cornolia fleet, but you must also persuade the Northern Allies to join our camp. If we let things go, what will happen near Ambethel, Lord Priest, you know better than I do. ”

He pointed again at Wood and said, "I hope the High Priest remembers what he said today, or you will regret what you said and did. ”

Brando's anger burned, but now he's only worried about the safety of the businesswoman, and if Roman had a little damage in Ambethel, he would have made the Temple of Fire pay for it.

This is in no way empty intimidation.

As he turned around, Wood rarely heard Brando mutter, 'I hope not too many demon armies will be sent back', and the high priest of this temple of flames seemed to have stayed a moment to react.

Does this young man seem to know too much?

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(PS: 4000, and thank you all for making the Character Form, I will check it out for the blueprint myself to make the Character Card, which makes it a lot easier and much appreciated. Also put on the 2nd regiment's LOG today.) (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on recommendations, monthly tickets (qidian.com), and your support is my biggest motivation.)