Originally, it was not his turn as a warrior commander to take action on such a small matter, but those nobles who controlled the army had no intention of doing anything. What they wanted was for the royal family and the empire to consume each other. As long as the empire did not harm their interests, they would not take action.
The old king sighed.
"Captain Warrior, listen up. I am sending you to the Great Dob Forest to investigate the truth of this intelligence."
"Subordinates take orders!"
Then the Warrior Captain said goodbye to His Majesty and led the troops he had trained to the junction of the Kingdom and the Empire - the Great Forest of Dobu - but due to the obstruction of the nobles, he was unable to take out the secret treasure of the kingdom.
[Chapter 27: Leaving the City]
From work
Will come out.
The company finally got its own commission.
Because the president had paid 500 gold coins to the four sages before, they were embarrassed to ask for the bounty for defeating the Goblin King. And when they saw that the union's review had not been passed, they decided to give all the bounty to Si. So the union no longer needed to ask for their opinions, and the union in the capital of the kingdom directly paid the bounty to Si.
The Adventurer's Guild itself is fully capable of paying this bounty. If the major countries did not want to see the Guild independent of the royal power and insisted on intervening in the Guild's business, this matter would not have been so troublesome. However, even if the major countries controlled their own Guilds, the independence and status of the Adventurer's Guild were still worthy of vigilance by all countries, after all, the strength of the adventurers was not weak.
There are also rumors that the founders of the Adventurer's Guild are from the Theocracy. The Theocracy is a group of lunatics who put humanity first. Although they are the protectors of humanity, they are extremely xenophobic to other races, and are even crazy enough to actively invade other races. Moreover, they will use their own way to examine the value of other countries. If they judge that a country has no value to exist, then they will judge the country in the name of the protectors of humanity. This approach, as if humans are the masters of the world, is naturally impossible to gain the support of everyone.
Neither the Kingdom nor the Empire likes the Theocracy, but the Theocracy's achievements in history cannot be denied. They have indeed protected mankind from countless disasters. Moreover, they are the descendants of the six gods and have a very high bloodline status. In addition, with the relics left by the six gods and the power of the Son of God who inherited the bloodline of the six gods, the Theocracy's position is temporarily unshakable.
But these things have nothing to do with ordinary people. As an adventurer, Si only needs to know that the Adventurer's Guild is strong enough. As a top-level adventurer, she has extremely high authority and can get good treatment no matter which country she goes to. As for the relationship between the Guild and the Church, she doesn't need to know it so clearly.
After putting the bag of gold coins into the magic device, Si no longer had the interest to continue watching the swordplay competition.
"Hanta, go back to the hotel and drive the carriage over. We are ready to go back."
"Yes, I'll get ready right now."
Hanta took the order and left. Although Hanta did not want to waste the money for the tickets to the fencing competition, since his master had already made this decision, he, as a coachman, naturally had no objection.
Si and Alice stood at the entrance of the guild. They saw a group of cavalrymen rushing towards the city gate. The man leading the group was the warrior captain of the kingdom that she had defeated not long ago. She was a little surprised. The man had obviously lost his strength due to the side effects of his martial arts. Even if he was healed with magic, he would not recover all at once. He was in such a hurry to go out that he could not even take care of tomorrow's sword competition. What happened to him?
Not long after, Hanta came over on a horse-drawn carriage, walked to Si's side, and said in a low voice: "Sir, something bad has happened. People at the inn are saying that the Empire's troops have appeared at the border of the kingdom. We must leave the city quickly. Next, there is a high possibility that the city will be closed to check the identities of outsiders."
Hanta was worried that the kingdom would issue a wanted notice for them, after all, they had just attacked the warrior leader. Although they did not harm the warrior leader, something was wrong. The empire's army appeared at the kingdom's border at this time, and they just happened to collide with each other. Even he couldn't help but wonder if they came to the kingdom for a secret mission.
When Si heard Hanta's words, she immediately felt that someone was plotting against her. The first person she thought of was the Blood Emperor of the Empire, because that emperor could have done such a thing. But when she saw Hanta's anxious look, she felt something was wrong. Because if it was the Blood Emperor who did it, then Hanta, who was traveling with them this time, was most likely a member of the Blood Emperor. And according to the information she had collected about the Blood Emperor, if the emperor really decided to use her to create chaos in the kingdom, Hanta's behavior at this time would not be like this.
This was not the Blood Emperor's usual style. If this was really the Blood Emperor's work, then Hanta, who was beside her at the moment, should have shouted: The Imperial Sword Saint is here! This would have drawn all the kingdom's attention to her. In this way, the kingdom would not have noticed the situation on the border before dealing with her.
And even without her.
With the Blood Emperor's means, it is impossible for the Empire's soldiers to be discovered by the Kingdom's scouts as soon as they enter the border. Because if the Blood Emperor really made such a decision, he would definitely be prepared to deal with such a situation in advance. As for whether this news was deliberately released by the Empire to lure the Kingdom's Warrior Chief? She felt that this possibility was very small, because the Empire was not completely sure that it could capture the Warrior Chief. Even if he fell into a trap, with the Warrior Chief's strength, it is very likely that he can break through the encirclement and escape.
Unless the Blood Emperor was ruthless enough to send out the Four Knights and the Chief Magician and other high-level forces of the Empire, there was no need to take such a risk in the current situation of the Empire. Moreover, even if such a lineup was sent to attack the Warrior Captain, there was no guarantee that the mission would be accomplished, not to mention that sending all the high-level forces to form a team to enter the Kingdom was itself full of great risks. If the Kingdom discovered the information about these important figures, it would most likely send a large army to surround them. At that time, let alone killing the Warrior Captain, they would be trapped first.
territory.
Tsukasa frowned.
She felt that something was wrong.
But she knew that she was not good at analyzing this kind of thing, so even if she felt that there was something wrong, she could not confidently say that her guess was correct, so she quickly gave up thinking about it.
"Alice, get in the car."
Si took Alice into the carriage.
"Hanta, leave the kingdom as quickly as possible and do not stop in other cities along the way."
"Yes!"
The carriage drove towards the city gate, but after the warrior captain left the city, the security was tight. Although the warrior captain had just ordered them not to stop the next person who wanted to leave the city, the noble faction had already given orders in advance. That was to wait until the warrior captain left the city and stop all those who wanted to leave the city.
Some people just don't believe in evil.
I want to see the swordsmanship of the Imperial Sword Master.
"Sir, the gates are locked."
Hanta shouted anxiously.
Inside the carriage, the Sword Master's voice rang out:
"Rush over!"
"what?!"
Hanta whipped the horse whip and the carriage sped up.
He saw that the kingdom guards in front of the city gate had raised their spears. The tightly closed city gate made him feel a little desperate. It was impossible to rush through!
He suppressed the fear in his heart, gritted his teeth and looked forward, although he didn't feel any hope.
But he chose to believe in the Sword Master!
Just when everyone thought that the carriage would crash into the city gate, a faint light flashed on the carriage. Then the carriage ignored the city gate and passed through it in front of everyone's gaze.
[Chapter 28: Magical Reaction]
Hanta looked at the bridge in front of him. They had already rushed out of the capital. He couldn't help but look back at the closed city gate behind him. He couldn't understand how they had just done that. Was that the legendary space transfer magic? The Sword Saint was not only a powerful swordsman, but also a high-level magic chanter? !
He came back to his senses and said to the two adults in the carriage: "We have already rushed out."
"Just return to the Empire as quickly as possible."
"Yes."
Hanta drove the carriage towards the direction of the Dob Forest, although they all knew that if they took this road they would definitely collide with the kingdom's warrior-captain who was leaving the city ahead.
However, this road is the fastest way to return to the empire. If they take a detour, it will waste a lot of time to return to the empire, and they are likely to be caught up by the kingdom's pursuers. Moreover, if the empire's troops really appear on the other side of the border, then it would be the right decision for them to take this road.
And even if this news is false.
It is also the right path to take.
Because this direction is the boundary between the Empire and the Kingdom, the Kingdom's defense in this direction is very weak.
After years of attrition, the kingdom essentially declared that it had abandoned the border.
If the empire had not felt that there was no need to occupy this place and intended to keep it to continue consuming the kingdom's food, it would have been entirely possible for the empire to occupy this place.
The nobles of the kingdom wanted to give up this land more than once, because in their opinion it had been conquered by the empire and keeping it would only be a waste of the country's food, but the old king disagreed.
After all, the kingdom's flag was still flying on that piece of land. If the kingdom abandoned the people on that piece of land under such circumstances, would the people still dare to trust their royal family in the future? Internationally, how would other countries view such a cowardly and incompetent kingdom?
So even though he knew that this was a vicious plot by the Blood Emperor, the old king still chose to bear it. There was no other way, because if he really gave in, then the royal family would really have no hope. Before the empire invaded the kingdom, the royal family would probably be killed by the nobles, by these wolves in bright and beautiful clothes.
But even if the old king insisted on his own, it would be meaningless. It was an indisputable fact that the royal family had lost its ruling power over the country. Even though he declared that he would never abandon a piece of land or the people of the kingdom, in fact, this place was abandoned by the kingdom.
The nobles did not station troops here at all. Only the local lords and the Adventurer's Guild guarded the peace of this place, but this was only before the Empire invaded. The Adventurer's Guild would not interfere in the war between the two countries. They would protect the local humans from being harmed by monsters because this was the original concept of the Adventurer's Guild.
Therefore, it was right for Si and his men to flee in this direction. Taking this route, the biggest threat was the warrior leader who had gone out earlier. However, the warrior leader only brought dozens of cavalrymen with him, which was not worth mentioning to Si, and he could deal with him even if he met him.
Unlike the speed they came at, they ran all the way without stopping to rest. In just a few days, they arrived near the Dobu Forest. The Kingdom Warrior Captain was faster than them. They took two horses and took turns riding them, so they didn't have to waste too much time resting. If it weren't for Si using magic healing to improve the physical strength of their horses, they would not be able to catch up with the Warrior Captain and his men.
But this is the limit.
Si looked at the black horse lying on the ground and refusing to get up. Although his physical strength could be strengthened, his injuries could be healed, and even his spirit could be fanatized, he still felt tired.
Now the horse's endurance has reached its limit. If it continues to use magic
If the magic strengthening forces it to run, it is very likely to overdraw its life.
This is completely unnecessary.
They saw that the horses of the kingdom soldiers were all nearby, with only a few soldiers left here to look after them. Although they took turns riding the horses, they had not had any rest during the entire journey, and the horses looked exhausted.
Hanta watched Si and Alice walk out of the carriage, walked up and whispered, "There is a village nearby. They should be heading to that village to get information. I also want to go to the village to buy some food and dry food."
Si understood what Hanta meant.
Because Hanta had shown up in front of the warrior leader before, if she went alone, she would most likely be caught by the warrior leader. Although she and Alice didn't need dry food, Hanta and the horse didn't, so replenishing dry food and fodder was necessary.
"Alice, you should go with Hanta."
"Master, please leave it to Alice."
Hanta looked at Alice, and although he seemed a little worried, he didn't know what to say when he thought that this was the decision of the Sword Saint.
"Human, lead the way quickly, Alice will protect you!" Alice urged.
"Yes, thank you, Master Alice."
Si stayed behind to guard the carriage.
The soldiers of the kingdom not far away looked at her vigilantly. They had already noticed that the carriage following them was abnormal. After all, the horse's stamina was abnormal. They had never seen such an excellent horse, and it followed them all the way.
If the captain hadn't told them not to worry about it, they would have turned back and stopped the carriage.
And now, they were resting in the same place as them? These soldiers thought there was something wrong with this carriage.
But thinking of the captain's instructions, he just remained on guard for the time being and did not take any further action.
Si picked up a few stones in his hand and returned to the carriage. The black horse lay on the ground. When his eyes saw her, they were full of fear and awe.
The horse has been driven into psychological trauma.
Si was originally meditating in the carriage.
Suddenly, he felt a familiar and powerful magical power in the air. He opened his eyes immediately and looked towards the direction of the village with a serious expression.
"Necromancy?"
And his magic reaction is even higher than hers.
Although it was not enough to make her feel pressured, it was an indisputable fact that the opponent's mp was higher than hers.
【Shadow Demon Summoning】
He pulled out a shadow demon with a swordmaster template from his own shadow and asked it to stay near the carriage.
He rushed towards the village.
Hanta and Alice had just set out, and Alice was equipped with a magic sensor, so she shouldn't have run into the magic caster who cast the necromancy. But I don't know why a magic caster of this level would appear in this place, and the other party's magic reaction seemed to be still in battle.
So it is necessary to go and take a look at the situation, maybe there will be a chance to see the true face of this world.
After all, she had felt it a long time ago.
The combat power of humans in this world is ridiculously weak. There are so many powerful beings in the legend, such as heroes, demons, dragon kings, six great gods and so on. The upper limit of combat power in this world should be very high, but what she saw was not the case.
So she was a little worried before, afraid that the peace before her was just an illusion, just like in the previous world, there might be a powerful black hand controlling everything behind the scenes, and if she performed too well, it would very likely attract the attention of the black hand like in the previous world.
But after experiencing some temptations in the kingdom.
At first she thought she was worrying too much.
But at this moment, she felt that she might be exposed to the truth of this world. This world was indeed not that simple. Beneath the seemingly simple appearance, there was a truth hidden that she had not seen before.
[Chapter 29: Ainz Ooal Gown]
Carne Village.
A small village near the Dob Forest. It was being raided by the imperial soldiers. The Kahn Village, which had no professionals but only civilians, was no match for the imperial soldiers.
Just as the imperial soldiers were massacring Kahn Village, a portal appeared in Kahn Village, and a skeletal arm stretched out from the portal, saving the two girls from the swords of the imperial soldiers. The imperial soldiers looked at the owner of the arm in horror, an undead leader wearing advanced magic equipment and with an aura as powerful as that of the abyss demon.
He didn't know why he encountered such a terrifying monster in this remote border. He didn't want to believe his intuition, thinking it was just an illusion. The undead in front of him could not be the legendary demon god, and the portal was also a trick!
The imperial soldiers attacked the undead with madness on their faces, but the next moment -
The undead clenched his hands in the air, and a heart crushed in his hands. The imperial soldier suddenly fell to the ground with a stiff body.
Behind the undead, a female demon in armor walked out of the portal with a nervous look on her face. When she saw the corpse of the imperial soldier, her expression was a little distorted. She had a holy and cold face like a goddess, but this demon easily destroyed this temperament. The undead seemed to be stunned for a long time, because he did not expect that the soldier would be so weak that he could not even withstand the magic he usually used to test his opponent. He was directly hit
It was sold out instantly.
At this time, the undead looked at another soldier who was following him. The soldier looked at the undead and demons with terrifying auras in front of him, and then saw the bodies of his companions on the ground, and made a decisive judgment.
The soldier turned around and tried to escape.
But the attack of the undead was far more terrifying than he had imagined. The undead merely raised his hand and extended a finger, and the next moment lightning shot out from the undead's finger and hit the soldier's body.
Then the undead saw the fallen bodies of the soldiers and fell silent again.
The magic released this time was even weaker than before, so why did it still kill instantly? He couldn't believe that the strength of these knights could be so weak.
"Sir, how can these people be worthy of your personal action!" The demon who was a step slower said unwillingly. The two seemed to be in a master-servant relationship.
"Don't worry about it. I just wanted to confirm the level of these knights, but now it seems that I worried too much. However, we cannot let our guard down for the time being. Your task is to stay by my side and protect me."
The undead said carefully.
