The Amber Sword

Brando listened quietly to Testo before answering: “It's your own fault, too. ”

But he was actually surprised to learn that the Lion's Heart Sword had such an experience before it reached Freya. When he first met Master Brue under Cold Cedar Castle, the sage tablet suddenly resonated, and now he wants to come back to the time when everything should be back to activate the Lion's Heart Sword. But of course they think too much, the Knight of the Lake who guards the Lion's Heart Sword is the Knight Chief Krenthal next to Acme. Before he became an Englishman, he possessed no less power than today's Mayfist, let alone after taking the oath of guardianship. Under the entanglement of obsession, the will to fight will only become stronger. A golden class in the Test District dared to challenge such a monster, and indeed only to say that it was suicide.

Otherwise, he understood that the Lion's Heart Sword should be buried in the vicinity of Lake Fog. Why not just go there and get the Sage's tablet?

But when it comes to the legendary knight next to Acme, he suddenly remembers that the guy next to Freya, like a ghost, has been appearing less and less recently, which seems to mean that Freya has been fully recognized by the Lion's Heart Sword as its master, and now it is only occasionally possible to glimpse the knight in the courtyard of Cold Cedar Castle, where the servants even look at the spectacular knight as a haunted story in the castle.

Tester listened to Brando's comment and didn't refute it. He said, "My lord, you are right, it is indeed my own fault. Now I forget the original purpose of searching for the sword, I just feel like a complete clown. Since I left Lake Fog, I have been following that man, the whole man is in a terrible state, and it seems like a voice in my heart is driving me to do this. I can't think, I can't rest, I can walk day and night, I can feel time flying away from me, but I can't resist. I feel like I'm in an endless nightmare for a moment, wandering in nightmares every moment, like a lonely wild ghost, in pain. ”

“But now you look sober, don't you?” Brando looked at him and said.

Tester didn't deny nodding his head: "When I suddenly woke up today, I felt like I was still near the Lion Heart Sword. ”

“Can you feel the Lion Heart Sword?” Bran was slightly more surprised.

“I don't know. ”

“Don't you know? ”

“I now see you, Count, and of course I knew that the Lion's Heart Sword was still nearby, but before that, I could only feel a strong call, as if I were in a world of constant decline, gray, with only one pale road above the wilderness, and I could only follow that path and then come here. ”

“But it sounds like you're not new to what's going on out there. ”

He was not named Count until after the Battle of Ambethel, but from Tester's tone, he should have had little access to the outside world during this time.

“I don't know, but everything surrounding that sword seemed to come naturally into my mind.” Testosha answered with a dumb voice.

Brando picked an eyebrow, which sounded like some kind of connection to the Lion's Heart Sword, but it didn't sound like an endorsement, it sounded like some kind of curse. He suddenly remembers a legend according to which anyone who is not recognized by the sword and tries to stain it will suffer bad luck. The last victim was His Majesty, the last emperor of the Sifah family, after which the Lion's Heart Sword disappeared, until today it reappears.

However, the other party's state is very similar to that of the disnamed. The disnamed is those who have lost their faith and lost their self. He did not expect the curse of the Lion's Heart Sword to have this effect. Though the members of the All Things Return to Society are a bunch of lunatics, their beliefs are very strong.

And he recalculated, and he asked, inexplicably, "I think you came to me just to say that? ”

“Naturally, Count. I think there must be some reason why that voice brought me here today, but now I'm just looking for a relief, and I don't want to live like a walking corpse anymore.” Tester replied very tirelessly.

“You don't seem to have to beg me for this kind of thing. ”

“Death does not solve the problem," Viscount Tester sighed painfully, as if he were an immortal man, but now as if he were a half-dead old man: “I have died many times, but as if I had a dream, and when the dream disappeared, I woke up somewhere else. ”

“It does sound worse than death.” Brando nodded, and he had no fondness for the return of all these things to the club, although it was not enough to be happy, but there was no need to sympathize with such people. He looked at each other and continued, “You said you wanted to tell me some secrets about the year, and it seemed like you wanted to make a deal with me with this. ”

Tester nodded.

Brando was silent for a moment and, to be honest, he cared about each other's secrets, but the problem now was that he was not good at curses, especially those related to the unknown, which was a dangerous thing in itself. When he first dared to enter the dreams of the unknown in the Forest of Death Frost, that was because he knew the characteristics of that copy, but now to solve the trouble of Lord Viscount, I'm afraid he has to enter the dreams of the other side, as long as the other side has a slight malice, this trip is nine dead and lifelong.

If the Viscount was someone else, he would have said that he was a believer in all things. Brando wasn't great enough to venture for an enemy, and he thought about it and said no: “To be honest, I don't want to deal with people like you, I can even extend a hand of friendship to my despicable nobles, I can tolerate the arrogance of the Cruz, but I don't want to be associated with everything. ”

“Yes, we are notorious.” Tester answered weakly, wrinkling his eyebrows and getting a little anxious: “I also understand that this may be difficult for you, my lord, but...”

“No,” Brando shook his head and interrupted him, “not for that reason, but because you were too crazy. ”

“Crazy? No, my lord, some of us seek truth, some seek strength, but not necessarily more despicable than those you deal with.” In spite of his weak tone of voice, Testo still speaks with a little contempt.

“The despicable, albeit disgusting, pursuit of interests for one's own sake will not be disturbing, at least.” Brando replied, "No one wants to deal with lunatics. ”

“Don't play dumb with me, Count, I know you're interested in the secrets in my mouth..." Tester seemed to hear that Brando was just spreading them. He couldn't help interrupting the latter's words with anxiety. He said aloud: "Why don't you give me a chance, give us all a chance, and my secrets will satisfy you! Count, it concerns the safety of one of your men, a woman close to you! ”

Brando looked at the half-dead guy, his heart jumped suddenly, the first thing he remembered was Sy, the mountain girl had been missing for some time, Cold Cedar Collar and Lantonilan sent almost all their scouts and eyeliners, but he didn't find any trace of each other, he even asked the Buga people to help him, because it was about the Tianqing gun, the latter happily agreed, but so far there was no news.

He looked at each other and asked coldly, "What are you talking about? ”

Viscount Tester grabbed the rusty iron gate fence and stared hard at Brando, pale as a ghost. He stood there for a moment, seemingly hesitating to say directly what he knew, he wondered whether Brando would deceive him, but an obvious anxiety had spread among his gods: "I don't have much time, Count, you and I have no grievances in the past, maybe there was some minor misunderstanding at that time, but you and I had no need to worry about that little thing, I believe in your person, as long as you give me a promise, I will tell you that secret. ”

“Is there room for bargaining like this, Viscount Tester?” Brando took all the glory of Tester, and while there was some curiosity in his heart that could torment this arrogant Viscount like this, at this time his whole mind fell on the mountain girl with the red ponytail, and he had no time to think about why he was suddenly anxious.

“Count, you are a stone's heart, even your people are in danger!” Tester suddenly twisted his face, grabbed the iron fence dead and moaned: “I want only one promise! ”

“Well,” Brando finally loosened his mouth: "As long as your secrets do make me feel valuable. ”

Tester seemed relieved, and he answered with a distorted face: "... Count, the lady of your staff... ah!” He suddenly opened his eyes and screamed: “No, no! Wait, wait... Count, listen to me... ah... time to find Boog. Nathan's daughter is one of Magsk's men... if you still care about that, let me out... no, don't take me away! Please! Ah..."

With an awesome cry, Tester's voice suddenly became a string of roaring terrors. At that moment, Brando seemed to feel something passing through the night, and above the river seemed to pass a fiction that emitted fluorescent light, as if there were thousands of armies, dragging Tester directly into it, waiting for him to blink his eyes, and before him the Viscount had long disappeared without a trace. Brando reacted and rushed to the river, only to see the water level calm as it had begun, without even a little excess ripple.

But he lowered his head and saw a gap in the rusty iron fence door that had been raw and torn apart, as if to prove that the previous scene was not an illusion.

Brando stood by the river in a slightly cooler night breeze and stood there, feeling a little creepy for a moment. The last cry of Tester seemed to be echoing in his mind —— Boog. Nathan's daughter —— isn't that Antina, what the hell does that guy know, that Magsk is looking for Antina? Megsk, who he also knew, was the former leader of the White Wings Cavalry Regiment, a senior member of the Return of Things, and was later pulled out in a major cleansing after the Battle of Ambessel. He was already on the firecracker this time.

But how could all this mess have anything to do with Antina?

He was originally in Prague for family business, but I didn't expect to see this happen now, and it almost didn't work out. But when everything comes back, why did you find Antina? He couldn't help but look back at the shattered building, which under the night was like a skewed, teething claw strange shadow, reflecting the distant dim light, and some strange horror, he took a slight breath and hidden some anxiety.

A moment later, the previously departed teenager came back panting, and he saw Brando's gloomy face, a little strange, and couldn't help but ask: “Am I too late, sir? ”

Brando didn't answer, just asked, "Did you hear anything before? ”

“Sound?” The teenager shook his head, showing confusion.

Brando finally glanced at the iron fence before picking up the package from the teenager. He opened it and looked at it. It was hot bread and bacon and a few roasted potatoes. It didn't look like food sold at the hotel. It looked like this guy had taken it out of his house. But it's not very rich, but it's also better than the cold bread he ate in the wilderness. He put away the package and threw another silver coin at the other side, which is a reward.

The latter appeared flattered, and although there was some courage at first, in the face of money, Brando was finally a little friendly to him. Brando looked at the properties of the other groundsnake and left him with another way of contacting him. He hired a temporary attendant. Naturally, the teenager was willing to hire him. Brando could hire him for some time. A Tor on the market was almost a skilled craftsman's weekly reward. Brando's reward was enough to keep him busy for a while. Such a generous employer could not always meet him.

Besides, there's a fast way out.

After Brando instructed the teenager to come and report to him the next day, he finally took a look across the unseen river of the Bucci River in the city and then returned upstairs. Upon returning to his room, he found both girls sitting at the desk, Freya reading a very thin brochure under candlelight, and Brando glanced at the name of the brochure, "Suliman's Cavalry Notes," which is famous in Eruin and is one of the standard cavalry tactical materials of the Wang Li College, although it is a little old, but this young girl from Bucci Country has time to study.

He turned his attention to Antitina again. The lady of staff was no better than him and Freya. She was only about the same physical condition as the average person. After riding on the road day after day, she was already tired and fell asleep on the desk. But the lady was so stubborn, trapped like this, she still didn't want to go to bed alone. Brando couldn't help but smile and shook his head. He closed the door and walked over to put the food he had found next to Freya, who seemed to have noticed Brando's presence. She was surprised to come back from the world of books.

Brando hurriedly made a silent motion to her, pointing to Antitina, who found that the bureaucrat lady who had been sitting beside herself fell asleep and gave her an apologetic expression, “I'm sorry, Brando, I read too much, Miss Antitina she...” She replied hastily, but Brando waved at her, gently lifting the lady of the staff, he held the latter's back with one hand, one hand through the knee bend of Antina, directly holding her up, the lady of the staff slept very heavily, her long eyelashes pounded under the candlelight, as if dreaming something, Brando felt only a fragrance belonging to the girl wrapped around her nose, couldn't help it, Freya saw this scene beside her, somehow a little jealous in her heart, whispered: “Brando, do you want me to help you? ”

Brando hesitated for a moment to think that it seemed more appropriate for Freya to come, but when he saw Antina fall asleep so soft and weak on the desk, his heart was filled with pity and he just wanted to protect his one-of-a-kind staff lady, which he forgot for a moment. He stopped for a moment, then shook his head gently and did it all. At this time, he stopped and it seemed rather twisted. He walked to the bed, gently putting Antina on, then pulling the quilt for her, and he looked up at Freya and saw the latter slightly overhead.

“Sleep with me too, I'll keep you up the night. ”

“No need, Brando, I'm not sleepy.” Freya said no.

She picked up the pamphlet and turned it over a few pages, but found it upsetting and could no longer read a word. Paused for a moment, she looked up and saw that Brando was already sitting where Antina was sitting. She looked over and asked, “Did you hear anything earlier? ”

“Voice?” Freya was just about to ask him about the relationship between Miss Antina, but was suddenly asked a question by Brando. She thought the guy must have been shifting the subject, but there was no sound. She shook her head: "No. ”

Brando frowned softly, and Tester's last scream was not too small, at least a hundred meters along the river, but he also asked the previous teenager, and his answer was the same as Freya's. It was strange that he knew that there was only one scenario where he was hallucinating, and yet the cut on the iron fence door was a clear reminder of everything that had happened to him before.

He remembered what Tester said and suddenly remembered the patrol cavalry that he and the cripple met when they first met Antina.

Those guys were thought to be just blackmail, but now it's doubtful to recall. Eruin up and down, though rotten, but there is a set of rules between nobles. After Antitina is also noble, those patrol cavalry will not know this, they have to make a little extra money, some better targets, there is really no need to come here to look for trouble. But in combination with Tester's words today, it makes sense that Brando knows that Pragues' patrol cavalry is also from the White Wing Cavalry.

I mean, I'm afraid the people I met that day were Magsk's men, but if Tester hadn't lied, what exactly would everything want from Antitina?

To think of it, he couldn't help but watch the nobility sleep in bed as if she were a fairy tale sleeping princess, and his heart was filled with intense confusion.

“Forget it. ”

Brando finally shook his head and didn't want to do anything that didn't make sense. Anyway, Antina was right next to him, and everything was going to get into trouble with her later, and he had to ask him whether he agreed or disagreed.

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(PS: I forgot to upload and forgot to publish, luckily I remembered before I went to sleep)