The Amber Sword

“Did Ms. Nimatis find it?” When Reto opened his eyes again, the voice asked tirelessly. Continuous fighting also made the veteran of the November war feel a little unsustainable, after all, he was old and no longer heroic.

The people in the house shook their heads silently, most of them having gone through the battle for many years, and almost everyone, as the lucky ones who survived the war, was a hundred warrior.

“The last time we saw Ms. Nimatis was in the north of Fort Mintai, where a sorcerer blocked our way after the rebels had plunged us, and then the rebels cut us off from the north gate. ”

“Is there any more fighting going on in the direction of the north gate? ”

“The rebels have surrounded the regiment. ”

“Have you tried to attack? ”

“Tried, but the rebels put in a staggering amount of troops there, and we're far short on manpower, boss. ”

“The fact that the rebels are so tight on this place suggests that Ms. Nimatis may still be alive and that we must find a way to rescue her.” Leto knocked on the gray pompous table and set the tone, almost all of his old buddies in the room, and he didn't have to say anything.

“But…” The crowd in the house is very difficult, and if conditions allow, of course, they will do whatever they can to save His Excellency the commander. Now, however, even the defense of Mintai Castle is not strong enough, and there is no place to draw personnel to support other places.

“The Knight Lady is from Her Royal Highness. Fort Ke Min Tae is Lord's property. We are Lord's ministers. Do we really want to give up this fortress for her? ”

A voice in the corner asked weakly.

Reto looked in that direction and shook his head: “Guys,” he said: "Do you really think our Lord values Tonigal this place, don't you see? Lord has ambitions, don't say Tonigal and Cold Cedar Collar, I'm afraid even Eruin doesn't see it in his eyes. ”

“Think of a man like Lord Lord, if he had agreed earlier to the invitation of the head of the Cruz women's regiment to join the Empire, would his status be comparable to that of Count Tonigle of the District? Everything he did in Eruin, he brought us here from Prague to overthrow that bloody Baron Groudin and his dogs, for what exactly? ”

Leto's eyes glanced over at his old men, “Didn't you see that the Lord never made us swear allegiance to him, because he didn't want to be another Grand Duke of Anrek? I have heard him speak privately to Her Royal Highness the Princess, Miss Antitina, and I think what several grown-ups want is exactly what we aspired to in years of war - a truly complete, untouched Eruin who stands above Warnd. ”

“Guys,” he said softly, "we were born in Prague, but Tonigal is really our second home, but we have another common identity compared to this. Remember, we are soldiers of Eruin, and at this time we should abandon those selfish interests. We belong to the Count, or I should stand up and prove the glory of the Lord. ”

Leto pointed to the battlefield outside the pointing hole and replied: "If each of us conveys the faith of the Count, when such faith extends to the whole of Eruin and makes everyone in this kingdom profoundly convinced, then our ideals, those of the Count and Her Royal Highness, are fulfilled. ”

The house was silent.

“Can we do that? ”

“Yeah, it's too much trouble. It sounds like a headache, boss. Are you sure this is what we big fat men can do? That's what we need to worry about, right? ”

“But, boss, when did you become so creepy, haha. ”

The laughter seemed contagious, and the people in the house quickly laughed down. Leto himself shook his head with a smile and scolded: "Shut up you bloody idiots, at least I was from a noble knight, like Mano, who was still my squire. Follow you vulgar bastards, I've lost all my old business. All right, cut the crap, you're right, we're lords' ministers, but since we're lords' ministers, we have to carry out lords' will, so if you don't save us, Ms. Nimatis, you're saved. ”

Everyone was joking, but when Leto made the decision, no one dared to object. People exited the room in an orderly fashion and began to assemble their men, as if they were returning to decades ago, nothing more than fighting, as natural as eating and drinking water for veterans.

……

“Are you awake? ”

When Nimaisie woke up from her coma, she saw a familiar face.

It was a beautiful girl with narrow, bright eyes, slightly squeezed, black pupils painted like ink. The girl's skin is the kind of snow that is not human, fine as a jade stone, and she has long black sandalwood hair like a waterfall, and her hair reflects the light, like a star in the night sky. But Nimaisie's entire attention was drawn to the dark, heavy gem on her forehead -- a narrow, diamond-shaped black crystal.

The teenage girl's angry face blushed, remembering the humiliation when the stone came from her forehead with the eyes of the female knight, snorted coldly.

“Coward...? ”

Nimaisie was shocked by her sandy voice. She remembered what had happened in Rusta and hesitated for a moment before she said, “What is this place, Mintai has failed? I'm your prisoner now? When you left Rusta, did you turn to the Bukas, or did they join the Dragon of Dusk? ”

“I haven't fallen into the same position as the Sassards," replied Black Coward angrily, "you are such a disgusting woman, like that guy, don't mortals have any sense of decency and shame, I saved your life. ”

“Are you back...?” Nimaisie stunned: “Thank you...”

There was a bursting tsunami outside, the stone projectiles hit somewhere not far away, the house swayed and the dust plunged down.

Nimaisi felt silently for a moment before asking, "So it's still Mintai. How long have I been in a coma, Mr. Retto? Are they still resisting, Miss Coward? Can you take me to the city hall? ”

“I advise you not to have this delusion, and I have no obligation to serve you," said Black Coward without courage. "You recovered a life purely because of good luck. If it wasn't for this guy, even if I had arrived in time, you would have died. ”

Nimais noticed that there was a young man behind Coward who couldn't help but look at each other because he was the second son of Ovewell, the young knight who had left Fort Mintel early in the morning to explore intelligence.

The young man noticed the beauty of Nimaisi and stood up in a hurry and said, “Miss Nimaisi, I know you are suspicious that I still have my father, but I assure you, my father, he will never betray Her Royal Highness, and there must be something else inside. ”

He hesitated and bit his teeth and replied, “I can vouch for my life! ”

Nimaisie rubbed her sore forehead and finally remembered what had happened before the coma, when she almost thought she had died in the hands of the monster. But it looks like a lot of things happened after she passed out.

“I... shouldn't I be dead? ”

Nimaisie subconsciously touched the wound in front of her chest. The sword was still there, almost through her chest. The sword should have pierced her heart.

“It is true that you should be dead, and this penetrating wound runs through your heart, and for any mortal, it is an even more lethal wound. ”

Dark Coward stopped.

“But strangely, you're still alive. Don't ask me why, because I don't know, maybe your Lord Martha saved your life. ”

Nimaisie was silent for a moment, and there was a feeling in her heart that she could not grasp, but could not say.

“Besides, it was this guy who saved you from those monsters," continued Dark Coward. “Otherwise, I don't have the ability. Those monsters are the claw teeth of the Dragon of Dusk. We call them the Neng Nation. No one can really kill them except the imprint weapons that are unique to the goddess of war. ”

“Humph, now that the Netherworld is back, I really don't know why Mother will look after you, it's just a small human kingdom in the district, whether it's the Sassards or the claw teeth of the Dusk Dragon, you can't handle it. ”

Nimatis sighed and said to the young man, "I can trust you, but you can't vouch for your father, and in any case, everything that happens here is Mr. Ovewell's responsibility. ”

“No," the young man shook his head: "Miss Nimatis, my father, he may have had an accident. ”

“What?”

“Since His Royal Highness left Tonigal with Prince Haruze, my father has written to me every week, both to keep me informed of the situation in Denel and Lantoniland and to keep me in touch. However, I haven't received a letter from my father in over a week. At first, I didn't feel anything, but I didn't expect something like this to happen...”

The young man answered with some frustration and some concern: "It's all my fault, Miss Nimatis. If I had been more vigilant earlier, this might not have happened. My father and he...”

……