The Amber Sword

“And in fact, what our generation is guarding is actually this sword.” Dilfiry tapped the crate gently: “His name was Mithol, the sword of the Light Department, and he was once the treasure of Finn Zan, but somehow he turned to Gilt, the King of Fire, and then my family came to the land with him, anonymously. ”

Brayson and Manrik seemed to hear something, and their faces were stunned by mistakes.

“Why does the King of Fire go through all this trouble?” The young captain couldn't help but ask: “This is not common sense! ”

Delphirie shook her head: “I don't understand either, but this is a legend that my family passed down from generation to generation, and the sword does exist here. I shouldn't have known that, but before my father was put in jail by my uncle, he quietly told me all about it, and I understood what he meant, and he entrusted me with the future of Swallow Castle. ”

“So Baron Dahler has been torturing your father about the whereabouts of this sword, and your father has never let loose his mouth, so he hasn't been killed? ”

Dilfrey nodded.

“But what does it mean for Eruin? What does the Holy Sword of the Lion's Heart mean to it?" Manrik still has trouble accepting that the Holy Sword in the hands of the Goddess of Martial Arts is a forgery, and that is his most admired man except Lord: “Has the Sword of the Lion's Heart in the possession of the Royal family Sifah and Korkova been fake? ”

“No, the Lion's Heart Sword is true, though it is cast out of imitation of light. But it bears the soul of the Holy Sword Odyphus, and carries the conviction of the earlier King Ecker, whose vows always bind Eruin and symbolize the soul of this country. ”

“So what does this sword mean? ”

“I think one might understand all this,” Delphiry thought of something, and she said softly, “My uncle is not small, and I suspect more and more that this is a conspiracy, and perhaps it is no longer safe for the Sword to remain in Swallow Castle today, so I hope you can take it south to a safer place. ”

“You mean, Brando?” Bryson asked.

“Mr. Earl once resonated with the Holy Sword Orphis in Rusta, and I think he must know something, the Holy Sword of Fire, the secret behind the Holy Sword of Light.” Dilfiry replied.

Bryson glanced at Manrique.

“What about you, Miss Delphirie? ”

“Of course I'm staying here, my father, he's not recovering yet, and I'll be at the Ambethel Pageant some time later. By then, if Mr. Brando had returned to Eruin, I would have personally told him all of this. ”

Manrique shook his head: "It's not safe here, Miss Dilfrey, we didn't catch Baron Daller, he may still be hiding in the dark. If we leave, your safety and that of the Count will be very difficult to secure. ”

“Perhaps so," Bresson thought, "The revitalization of Swallow Castle is not a day and a day, maybe we can split up, and I'll escort Miss Delphiry to Balta, where there is royal territory, where you can be guests. And this sword, escorted to the south by Mr. Manrique, is also more appropriate for this task than for our respective positions. ”

“It's not bad either.” Manrique also endorses this proposal.

Delphirie was slightly hesitant to return to her homeland, regained the land and was easily unwilling to leave it immediately. But she also understands that Manrik and Brayson are right, and now she has no fighters, and the old and weak servants in the castle are not enough to protect her and her father.

She was trying to nod, but there was a knock outside. The voice of Captain Ronin, her closest knight, came in from the outside: "We may not be able to get there, miss. ”

“What's going on?” Bryson frowned.

“Nia was attacked while patrolling outside, and an army suddenly surrounded Fort Swallow. ”

“That's impossible," Bryson said furiously. "Where are my men? Aren't they stationed outside the city? ”

“The camp outside the city was attacked, my lord,” Ronin replied calmly, "I have ordered the man to open the gate and let his men into the castle, and there are many enemies outside… strange enemies. ”

“Strange? ”

“Nia, how is she?” Dilfrey asked nervously, "Is anyone hurt? ”

“A lot of people got hurt, but Nia, she's not in the way," Ronin's voice stopped: “Mr. Brayson, do you want to go up to the wall and take a look? ”

The three people in the secret room looked at each other.

“It's nature.” Bryson pulled out his sword and replied silently.

The town of Capello has traditionally been a must-see road for Corcova to the Earl of Swallow, and in peacetime Swallow Castle was one of the two important entrances and exits to the Empire's east and west; thus Capello, once a bustling and densely populated town connecting the centre of the Empire with the border area, has increasingly moved to West Fah and Ambethel since the cold weather, and Capello's status has gradually been replaced by that of the more southern Earl of Grey Mountains, beginning to move from prosperity to decline.

Four years ago, since the tumult began, the new rulers of Tunburg have doubled their past business trips, and business activities on this road have become more and more depressed. To this day, it has become a trading hub of the year, becoming a cooler and more depressed town.

However, the size of the town used to exist in Japan, and the fortress built to protect commercial activities still stands in the mountain mouth north of Grey Mountain, which is the realm of the Korkova royal family, so * * * * knights routinely patrol here.

But today there is something special.

The knight, who should have returned long ago at this moment, disappeared and lost his master's horse wandered between the hills. The robe bearing the Star, Moon and Silver Lily royal crest scattered 708 times among the gravel. The broken armor, the broken sword, the cold corpse and the blood flowing in the valley seemed to describe a fierce battle.

A silent army is moving forward along the valley, and a dense stream of numbness seems to occupy the entire view from far to near, with occasional passage of several Corcova gray wolves through the rubble between the valleys, watching this endless march with cold eyes.

Above the Cappello tower, Sentinel Vernen was finally awakened by his own companions, and the chills of the early morning forced him to shrink his neck voluntarily.

“Is it time to switch shifts?” He muttered.

But before he finished, he was covered in his own companion's mouth.

“Woo...” Viren smelled a disgusting stench attack, making him almost white-eyed: “Damn... what are you doing, did you just shit? ”

“Shut up, Viren. Don't you want to live?” The frightened gaze of his companion finally calmed him down, pointing him more towards the outside than his hands and feet: “Look out! ”

“Outside? ”

“In the valley, damn it! ”

“What's that?” Wei Lian pushed his companion away and climbed onto the stack, suddenly sucking in a cold breath: “Where's the army from? Was it that army a while ago, they came back from Swallow Castle? ”

“That's the White Lion Legion, but these are different. Look at their flags, they're different! ”

Virgin closed his eyes and tried to distinguish the dark and heavy flags. He used only a few of the flags in his limited memory to compare them, but found nothing to match them.

He had a blast in his head, suddenly flashing an idea that made him feel almost trembling.

“Hurry... hurry...” he shook to his companion: "It's not our people, it's Swallow Castle, it must be Swallow Castle Rebellion! ”

“What do we do? ”

“Go ring the alarm, you fucking idiot! ”

When Tinker Bell echoed over the entire Cappello, Eruin's twilight winter echoed from Cappello's tremendous bell, finally spreading between the mountains of Balta and West Fah.

……

Sitting in the carriage, Levin Orneson gazed gently at a lighthouse in the distance, glistening and gleaming in the sun with the blue surface of the sparkling sea, the last lighthouse on the Cape of Ambesseur, which marked the southern realm of Eruin until now, heading north, over Fort Pelican, the land of Sifah.

Prince Wang's pale blue eyes did not blink, as if he could really see all of this, but the holes in his blue grey pupils obscured everything between the heavens and the earth.

He was not at peace in his heart, and on this trip to the South, he sent his beloved sister away, but achieved what he wanted most. For the first time, Eruin's future seemed so real and accessible, as if everything was moving towards the best in sight. The kingdom has been in constant turmoil since the turmoil of the cold, as if it were really going to end at the end of the year.

While the nobles whose interests have been harmed will more or less rebound, the majority have taken the royal side, and all seem to have had enough of the long-standing divisions and wars, and people are beginning to feel tired, and they will eventually put aside the burden of the past and begin to move forward again.

Since the defeat of the Duke of Antioch in the First Battle of Ambethel, Erouin has shown such signs, and he, however, has only allowed it to arrive earlier.

“Edsha.” Suddenly Levine whispered, “What if my ideals come true? ”

“My dream is to be with His Highness forever, as His Highness's eyes. ”

“You always say what I like, but I want to hear what's in your heart. ”

“It's all true, Your Highness,” the maid replied softly, "because only I understand His Highness's ideals. It's so tall, so glorious, and I'm willing to keep every detail of it in my heart and tell the people of the aftermath. ”

“But if there is a dream,” her voice becomes somewhat hopeful: "I do have such an ideal, Your Highness. ”

“Oh?”

“I hope that one day His Highness will regain the light and see for himself what you have achieved, the smiles of the people and the future of this kingdom. ”

Levin Orneson was suddenly silent.

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