Chapter 22

The gray main tower of the castle is clearly visible in the evening sun.

The king stood still in the shadow. The breeze gently moved his silver hair. The warm yellow light could not soften his pale blue eyes. He stood in the shadow of the trees on the hill, watching the battlefield not far away.

The change of the rose affected most of Legrand.

The so-called "change of rose" is the split between "iron rose" and "white rose" not long ago. A court poet with romantic spirit named it. It sounds beautiful, but it brings about a bloody war.

This is a bloody flower blooming in the land of Legrand.

With the rosary palace as the center, differences and antagonism gradually spread to the more powerful counties - those with important castles. The owners of the castle had to put up bright flags on the main tower to announce their position.

However, the king's expectation was not wrong.

The war really went on with restraint.

The two sides fought over the important castle.

Each castle is an important military checkpoint, and the towering castle is the most important fortification and a military weapon integrated. Under the circumstances of trying to avoid direct confrontation, encirclement and counter encirclement, surprise attack and counter surprise attack have continuously prolonged the war.

This is a siege.

The king did not avoid fighting along the way.

He has to witness the war of this era. Whether it is the education purland received or the knowledge he obtained in his previous life, it is just the story of others. Only by witnessing and experiencing with one's own eyes can one truly understand the war of this era and avoid making wrong judgments on the arrogance of the latecomers.

There is no mistake in war.

"Sire, the battle horn of the siege is about to blow. Would you like to come forward and watch it further?" The devil quietly appeared behind the king and asked thoughtfully, "of course, you can rest assured that they will not find you, let alone hurt you."

The king tilted his head slightly and looked at the devil.

The devil held out his hand and made an invitation: "don't get me wrong, your majesty. I'm just curious about you. "

He didn't say what he was curious about, waiting for the king to make a decision.

At this time, the horn sounded.

On the main tower of the castle they passed, there was a flag painted with white roses.

The besieged soldiers had bright red coveralls outside their armor. The commander was a middle-aged knight. The king didn't know him, but judging from his temperament and badge, he belonged to the old subordinate of the Duke of Buckingham.

The commander gave orders to attack.

"God bless the king!"

The soldiers were shouting and the flag was raised high.

The king gazed at them for a moment and accepted the devil's invitation.

The devil was really clever. He whistled softly. A nightmare quietly got out of the white bone carriage and ran meekly to the king. When the devil reaches out his hand, nightmare has a golden saddle, and the king turns over and sits on nightmare. The devil patted nightmare on the neck and took the reins.

"Well, let's go."

He said briskly.

The setting sun is about to fall. At the turn of the evening, the devil leads the nightmare and takes the king with him. It seems that he turns into a shadow and sneaks into the battlefield quietly.

Just as the nightmare carriage could ignore the giant wood in the Kono forest that day, today, the devil and the king also seem to travel through the space that coincides with reality. The king can smell the bloody smell of the battlefield, can clearly see those sharp swords, can clearly hear the sound of metal collision.

But no one around them could find them, and the arrows on the battlefield could not touch them.

The king watched the war personally.

First, we need to capture the outer castle of the castle. The catapult was pressed on the battlefield, and the huge stone was thrown on it to break the solid tower. There is no doubt that the soldiers who are hiding in the tower and shooting have become mashed meat. The number of catapults is not much, just to interrupt the arrow rain from the archery hole.

With the help of the catapult, the soldiers pushed forward and quickly filled the ditch under the castle. The commander of the tower soon found out this. Under the deliberate reminder of the devil, the king saw the castle guards pour the oil down from above. Some of the soldiers buried in the ditch dodged, others howled and fell to the ground in pain.

The king sat upright on nightmare.

He did not look away, looking at the scene calmly.

The king watched the battlefield and analyzed the general fighting capacity of the soldiers, while the devil watched the king.

Many people don't understand a truth: "if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.". Many people yearn for powerful power, but can they really afford what power brings?

The general must watch his soldiers die, and the judge must be responsible for every life he tries. What about the king?

The king is the backbone of this country, even if it is blood, sin, good or bad All the things that ordinary people can't face with conscience, he must take them without changing his face, and don't show timidity.The battle went on to the cruelest part.

The commander took the lead, drove the horse to the drawbridge, roared and commanded the soldiers to build a high ladder. A soldier quickly stepped on the ladder and climbed up the tower. The enemy of the guard shouts and fights with them. Soldiers kept falling from the tower.

The king was under the drawbridge. He looked up and watched the soldier fall. His fingers moved slightly, but he didn't lift them up.

He knew very well that he could not touch them or save them.

But he didn't lower his head, the ice blue pupil reflected every soldier's falling figure.

The drawbridge was lowered, and the commander leaped in with his waiting cavalry. The enemies of the guard retreated to the depths of the castle with reluctance and fear.

The war has been decided, and victory will follow.

"Will you share the victory with them? Your majesty. " Asked the devil.

"No need."

Nightmares come to the edge of the battlefield when it's getting dark.

The king suddenly jumped down from the nightmare. The devil was surprised to see him pick up a long bow full of blood from the ground. Then the king drew an arrow from his soldier, put it on the bowstring, turned and drew the bow to the gray tower.

He let go.

The next moment, the rope tied to the white rose flag was broken, and the flag fell from the air.

The white rose flag fell into the rolling fire, and the king said, "go."

"Your Majesty, if you are king, you must take blood as your robe."

The devil let out a sigh.

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The Knights of the oath that the king had left behind had been waiting for a while. They were relieved to see the king return safely. They got into a well disguised carriage and quietly passed by the edge of the battlefield.

They will go to Carnarvon.

There, the king will join angel's army.

Yes.

The king sent a letter to angar state to agree to his request.

He borrowed the sharp knife.

According to the king's request, angel's army did not pass through the broad road, but chose a more rugged and hidden mountain road, but it was not too difficult for the angel people living in the wild areas.

Suddenly, the king thought of something.

He asked the driving devil, "will you take part in the war of mankind?"

"It depends on how you define it, your majesty." The devil seems to have thought of something, "ah, one or two hungry ghouls will nibble at the corpse secretly. You can't expect those guys to be moral, can you? But I don't think there are any guys who have the courage to directly participate in the war

The devil didn't explain what "that damned knife" was.

The king knocked on the window and his face suddenly cooled for some reason.

"Don't worry about these battles any more. Go to Carnarvon at full speed."

The king ordered.

The carriage turned into a light smoke, passing over the hills.

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The southeast coast of Legrand is a port of the five port alliance.

A ship passing through the abyssal channel is standing here quietly.

At this time of year, the deep channel is shrouded by the monsoon, and the east wind is favorable from Legrand, but other ships will have to face the fierce wind and waves when they come to Legrand. However, it seems that the ship is not affected by the wind and waves at all. It comes through the wind and waves like walking on the ground.

This is a very beautiful ship, with a white flag and a holy cross painted on it. The sailors on the ship were silent.

The person in charge of the port is waiting here respectfully.

The white pedal was lowered, and a man in a bright red gown and red shawl stepped down slowly. His clothes showed his identity as cardinal.

As such a powerful member of the Holy See, he seems to be relatively young. Under the square hat, he is a gentle face that makes people close to him. The light brown hair was stirred by the breeze, and the features were clear and soft - if anyone had met the Pope, they would have found that the young cardinal's eyebrows were similar to those of that one.

Of course, no one dares to say that.

The young cardinal looked at the land of Legrand, held the golden cross on his chest, and said softly, "God bless Legrand."

"God bless Legrand."

The person in charge shall be responsible for and.

The young cardinal smiles, and he carries a small box.

In the era when the states were divided and the kingdoms were fighting against each other, there was such an invisible country. It had no walls or borders, but it covered both sides of the abyss Strait and was above the castle tower. Its voice echoed in the bronze bells throughout the four seasons.

That's it——The kingdom of God.

The kingdom of God is everywhere, and the sound of the heart is his realm.

That's why the young cardinal came. He is not just a cardinal.

He's the Pope's envoy.

He came to crown the Pope's new king.