The Amber Sword

With a squeak, Antina raised her head in the darkness, turning her somewhat stiff neck, and the afterlight of the angle saw someone open the iron door, and the prison guard led the others in from the outside.

Then there was the sound of the stone strike, and the fire quickly lit up.

The bright torch was held in the hands of the rough-legged woman, and the light shined in the eyes of the lady bureaucrat, making her unable to resist squeezing her eyes.

In addition to that woman, two knights stood besides the Iron Gate. They were wearing armor very different from the Eruin style, and metal armor reflected a bright glow in the fire, two knights, one older and one younger.

“Let her out.” The elderly knight commanded the woman in charge of Antina's custody.

“Wait, my lord, she's shackled," the woman yelled and took out a set of keys, hurriedly answering: “Wait for me to open it for her first. ”

“Then hurry up.” The knight said impatiently.

The woman came to Antina and grabbed the shackles in her hand, and the lady of the staff struggled symbolically, but to no avail. The former slipped the key into the hole with a twist, and the shackles tied to her hands fell.

The shackles were attached to the walls of the dungeon, along with an iron chain, only a few metres long, within which she could barely leave her bed.

The dungeon was dark and damp, full of moldy smells, cluttered straw in the corners, and a few mice could occasionally be seen passing through it.

The young knight frowned and measured the environment here. He looked at the heavy metal shackles on the ground, and then at the scarred scratches on the female prisoner's otherwise snow-white wrist. He couldn't help but conceal: “Who is this woman? Is she an extremely powerful witch? ”

“Oh," the old knight smiled softly: "Don't underestimate her. This woman is not easy. I hear she is the princess of this small country. But be careful, Lord Sadr Witch wants to see her. Don't give me any trouble. ”

The young knight laughed and nodded hastily.

Antina felt light on her feet, and the rough-handed woman uncuffed her feet, but apparently she didn't know what pity was - or perhaps jealousy - and she deliberately lifted Antina's ankle so hard that the lady couldn't help but frown.

However, it is certainly not possible for Antina to bow her head to a woman in the district, and she stood up tight with her teeth shut, where the conditions were worse but not ‘worse' than her ‘home’ in Pragues.

She was apparently silent, but in fact she had been watching the situation implicitly.

She has been held here for more than half a month, and as if she had forgotten her existence, only this crude woman has been allowed to watch her, and what is the matter with her today?

For the past half month Antina has essentially confirmed her whereabouts - this should be a lighthouse near Kurk.

When she was out in the wind, she could see the vast black pines outside the castle, the tree species she was familiar with, which were only widely distributed in the Goran-Elson province, and there was a river near the castle that was injected into the bright waters of the distance, whether it was the lake or the sea.

But it was supposed to be a lake, and the Golan Elson was not dependent on the sea, but was right next to Lake Valentin, the first largest lake in Eruin.

She had been to another famous castle in the Goran-Elson province during the Second Black Rose War, the van Meer fortress near Pragues, but the pattern there was very different, and it was obviously unlikely that these people would send themselves to the custody of Madara's dead.

After confirming her position, the most important thing she wanted to do was pass the information on, but the woman who was guarding her was unable to get in, although she was occasionally told something outside, but Antina always felt that it was because someone was behind her.

What exactly are these people trying to do with her?

She always felt that they were not Eruins, and Antitina had not forgotten that she had been captured here as a ‘Griffin' princess. Even if the Eruins did not know Her Royal Highness, at least they should have known that the heirs of the Corkova royal family had a mix of elves.

But those who escorted her were also blind to her identity, and the status of the knight and the wizard in Eruin was almost noble, especially the chief knight, who, once sealed, was at least a baron, was unlikely to have any knowledge of the members of the royal family in his own country and never even of the colour and basic appearance of Princess Griffin.

His Royal Highness is not one of the dozens of daughters of other nations, big and small, but only one daughter of Obergu VII, and His Royal Highness is not nameless in Eruin.

But the disregard shown by those who captured her for Her Royal Highness's identity was bizarre.

More importantly, the words of the old knight had moved her heart.

‘Don't underestimate her. This woman is not easy. I hear she is the princess of this small country. But be careful, Lord Sadr Witch wants to see her. Don't give me any trouble. ’

Your Highness, the princess of this small country.

The other party is definitely not Eruin.

But where would they be? Why would they be in Eluin?

The other side says that Eruin is a small country, so their country must be large, even if it is not comparable to the four great empires, but at least it should not be a small kingdom comparable to the Principality.

She first confirmed that these people were not Krutz, and that Krutz blonde hair and blue pupils were their most prominent characteristic, more or less retained even by those of mixed ethnicity.

Not to mention the proximity of Krutz to Eruin, the relationship between the two countries is still in turmoil, and the Krutz should at least have heard of Her Royal Highness the Long Princess, even if it is inappropriate for Eruin.

After all, Her Royal Highness is famous for her appearance throughout the coastal states of Silver Bay.

All of a sudden, Antittina thought of another name in her mouth.

Lord Sadr Witch...

She flashed slightly, but then jumped heavily in her heart.

Isn't that the wizard leader of the Bukas?

Antitinabo remembers that her intellectual facets are rarely accessible throughout Tonigal, and for the Buga people, although not as comprehensive as Brando knows them, at least they know the names of the Buga's twelve wizard leaders.

Is it the Bukas behind this?

Antitina suddenly felt a little cold in her heart.

If the man behind this conspiracy is really Buga, what resistance should he take? What does Eluin take to resist these high Silver Citizens? The more she wanted to panic, the more suddenly she was afraid that Brando would come to save her.

That's the head of the Buga wizard. If he's strong enough, how can he be the opponent of the best of these silver people?

Every wizard chief has been around for a long time, and even the youngest of them, Tulaman, has been around for a hundred or two years. And the Sadr Witch is one of the most powerful of them all, and in fact it is said that the power of the Master Witch is second only to the super-line presence in the Silver Alliance.

Those guys are Solomon, William and Hayryanov.

“But maybe not? ”

Antitina bit her lower lip, and these may be intimidating herself, just to break her psychological defense. There was no such suspicion in her mind. After all, how could the Bukas suddenly break their traditions without intervening in the affairs of the land for centuries?

“Help her up. ”

At this time the elderly knight spoke to the prison guard.

The rough-handed woman approached to lift her arm, but Antina swept her hand off her eyebrows and stood up herself. The knight looked at her surprised, but did not say anything.

Antitina looked at these two knights and suddenly remembered another legend.

Are these the legendary Bancians?

Legend has it that Bancians are magical servants, and that Bancians are obsessed with magic and worship no more than Bukas above the sky.

In the year of the dragon's fall, this people voluntarily became followers of the Sassards, who generally had only two occupations - witches or knights. The Mystic Knight is the specialty of Bancia, and the Knights are often guardians and followers of witches, and it is said that for any Bancian, it is their supreme honor to be the Guardian Knight of the True Silver People.

Like the Bukas, every Bancian is a potential wizard, and those who cannot become wizards will be eliminated from knight training, and those who cannot be wizards or knights will be reduced to untouchables and slaves and engage in lowly occupations such as those of craftsmen and businessmen.

Since every Bancian knight is a wizard's obliterator, they tend to spend a lot of time practicing magic, which makes them much weaker in tactics and physique than real knights who have been trained as cavaliers since childhood. But there must be a mistake, and after the baptism of the Magic Pool, the Mystical Knight of Bancia can perform magic while wearing a heavy armor, which gives them a great advantage in confronting other human and elf knights.

The mysterious knight's reputation has also gone by.

When Antittina saw the old knight open the dungeon door with an invisible force, the last glimmer of hope in her heart was also extinguished.

They are Bansian knights, after all.

Will the Sassards still be far away?

When she read about it in her book, she didn't think she'd meet Bancians like this one day ——

She had also dreamed of the vastness and wonder of the world, the beauty of the nine phoenix, the vastness of the Rubik desert, the desolation and barren nature of the sea of the dead moon, and the different ecology of the mortal kingdom under the rule of the Sassards from the four empires.

She also had a dream to see with her own eyes the places described in these books.

But today, when one of these wishes is fulfilled, Antina feels cold in her heart.

She followed both of them silently, her hands already fisted, her fingers pointy white, her nails almost strangled into the flesh - but she didn't feel any pain, her whole body seemed to be refluxing, and she didn't even know how she was going to finish the journey.

This is definitely a light fort.

This was confirmed when she saw the main building of the castle, which was built in 447 under the auspices of a wind elf, leaving the main body of the castle with the aesthetic style of an elf everywhere.

The bard Cody once described the castle as one of Eruin's most beautiful castles, and it did deserve its own name.

It's just that Antina doesn't want to appreciate it right now.

Why would the Sassards suddenly be interested in Eruin, a small country?

Why did they arrest Her Royal Highness?

No, Antitina shook her head from the bottom of her heart. The real purpose of these people is to find someone with the pure royal blood of Eruin, but this blood is not limited to the Corcova royal family, otherwise she will not pass the test.

What kind of secrets are hidden in the royal bloodline of the kingdom of Eluin?

But if that is to be said, the purest of royal blood should not be the descendants of the Sifah family, why would they go to the two brothers of the Korkova family?

Her heart was full of doubt.

The two knights guarded Antittina entering through the main entrance and crossing the lobby and climbing the stairs.

Antitina watched all of this with a cold eye and continued to fill her mind with speculation.

After half a month in captivity, they suddenly offered to see her. Why? Perhaps the other side has taken full control of the situation in Eruin and is preparing to play cards; or, for another reason, they need an 'insider’ familiar with Princess Griffin to confirm her identity.

And this man has arrived.

She soon ruled out the first possibility, and according to the circumstances outside which the woman had told her, the 'rebels', although dominant, had not yet been transformed into victories - they had not even captured the true princess, and the situation was still burning.

It does not appear that the Sassards have been completely reckless and have not done so entirely.

Of course Antina did not know that the Sassador's grey magician was divided into two because of the White Mountain disaster, and that the main force was not in fact Eruin. Of course, for these noble people of silver, this is far enough to subvert this little kingdom.

In that case, there is only a second possibility.

And who would that be?

The Knights of Antitina had long suspected the presence of traitors in the royal party, otherwise the Bansians would not have been able to find her and Her Royal Highness so accurately and attacked Prince Haruze, an ambassador in Lantoniland.

This traitor will certainly not be a member of the local nobility, because they have no ability to access the core secrets, nor can they be old nobles, who cannot be trusted by Her Royal Highness.

So this person can only be a member of the Royal Party, but must also be a core member.

Although Antittina was reluctant to believe that such a heartbreaker would appear within the King's Party, which had once represented Eruin's convictions, the fact was so unacceptable that she could not ignore it that several names appeared instantly in his mind.

These names even include the person she trusts most intimately.

After all, everyone knows about his relationship with the Bukas.

Miss Clerk almost bit her lip bleeding, and although she would never believe that Lord Eruin would betray her, her natural calm and reason made her have to take this possibility into account.

But lords or not, as long as they are any of those on this list, are enough to strike a devastating blow to this kingdom.

In the heart of Antitina cannot bear a gray.

Everyone often hates traitors more than their enemies, and naturally she is no exception, and the pain of betrayal is difficult for outsiders to understand. Antitina almost chewed silver teeth, and if hatred could kill, perhaps the real traitor was already dead.

After a long passage through silence, the knight stopped.

The young knight took two steps forward and knocked on the wooden door in front. Squeak, the wooden door opens, a little head comes out of the back and stares vigilantly at the three people - it's a weird thing, Antitina is the first time she's seen this strange magical creature, the other side has a wide nose and big ears, full of distrust for humans, and she asks with a sharp voice: “What are you doing, master is visiting! ”

The two knights did not dare to be lazy, knowing that it was one of the servants of the Sadr Witch, and replied hastily: "The adult wants to see her. ”

Weird glance at Antitina, that shady gaze made the lady stabbed like a sword, she looked white for a moment. But the good news is that the weirdo quickly retracted his gaze and nodded: “I'll let you know, you stay here.” After that, it shuts the door.

But it was at this time that there was a reprimand inside the door.

It was a woman with some angry screams:

“You swore that once you assured me that all that crap was gone, Sadr, you'd better take care of your own troubles and don't let it affect other plans. The damned woman didn't put the End Seat at a standstill, and now I can confirm it's here, but it's not that simple. You better be careful...”

Another voice hurriedly argued: "No, my lord, you listen to me. It's just a little trouble. I didn't think the Eruins had room for resistance. Silver must have learned to fuck with those bloody guys. But that's okay, I'm mobilizing my men stationed near White Mountain, my lord, and you have to believe that some mortals in the district are unlikely to obstruct the Silver Nation. As for Tonigal's troubles..."

This voice obviously belongs to the Sadr Witch, but Antitina is slightly strange. Who can make this wizard leader fearful?

Is that woman behind all this?

The woman's voice interrupted Baron Sadr coldly: "Leave Tonigal alone. The beacon is already in the hands of that man. All you have to do is find the key one step at a time; I hope you can do it this time. Don't let me down again, Sadr, you know what happens to you. ”

“Besides," she stopped, "don't blame me for not reminding you that if you don't really value your opponent, I think you might not be able to leave this place. But then you don't have to worry about what your opponents will do to you, and you don't have to know that anyway. ”

Antitina wanted to hear it again, but suddenly she heard a scream, the wood door in front of her suddenly turned into heavenly debris, a dark shadow flew out, it was the original monster, but the guy had hit a wall not far away, his head bled out.

Then a young girl stepped out with fragments all over the floor.

“Huh?”

In the dust of the sky, the young lady saw Antina and softly hummed.

And Antina was also stuck because she actually saw Miss Merchant.

No, that's not exactly Miss Roman. Because although her head and appearance looked exactly like that of a businesswoman, her temperament was completely different from that of a goddess, and her pupils turned out to be a bright golden color with a black hair that was completely different from the businesswoman's curly brown hair.

Those pupils filled some of her demonic statues with majesty, like two groups of bears burning in gold flames, and she looked up at Antina, who was no taller than herself, and her eyes filled with amazing colors.

“You, you…” Antittina's heart is filled with fear: “You are dusk…”

The businesswoman smiled.

She stretched out her snowy, long fingers and lifted Antina's chin -- although the latter was a lot taller than her, "Look who it is, my dear lady staff.” She smiled and turned around and said to the Sadr Witch she chased, "Is this the key you found, Your Highness? ”

“My lord, I...”

The Sadr Witch was shocked and was just about to say something, but the businesswoman glanced at him coldly, and the black cloud of smoke that had turned black had already gushed through her tiny body and disappeared into the corridor.

“Wait and see, Sadr, you better not ruin my good. ”

Miss Merchant's sharp voice echoed in the corridor.

“And my dear friend, I will treasure those memories with you - but goodbye. ”

Antitina noodles are like white paper.

……