Chapter 8: Poisonous

The small town of Baishi is not large, but it is located on the main road connecting the north and south, and it is quite prosperous. Baishi City is located on the southern border of the Delaware Empire, and the lives of residents have always been peaceful and peaceful. Baishi City is very lucky. At least the war fires ignited by the blood-colored double flags have not yet spread here. The Emperor of Delaware announced his surrender for the sake of the people.

For many years, residents of the small town have become accustomed to the leisurely life of going to bed early and getting up late. However, on this foggy morning, almost all residents braved the biting cold wind and walked out of their warm homes and gathered towards the Central Avenue. Everyone's expression was solemn and sad, and somewhat confused. Last night, the city lord's messenger ran all over the small town and read out the last letter of the Delaware Empire loudly. The flags on the city wall changed overnight, and the citizens who had always lived in peace had not fully understood what this would mean to them.

No one wants to accept a ruler who holds the bloody double flag, but they can only accept it.

The sun jumped out of the horizon. Although the sky was not very bright, it was already brilliant. However, this dazzling moment was very short. The clouds in the distance quickly covered the overflowing light. The mist formed by the evaporation of frost rose from the ground, and the small town was immersed in the orange-gray mist.

Seven bells rang out from the direction of the city hall.

In a moment, Shiratsushi City will officially become the territory of the Aslofik Empire. The imperial army will take over the city defense, and the temporarily appointed city lord will also take over as the respected current old city lord.

The city people had just gathered on both sides of the Central Avenue and felt the earth trembling slightly. After a while, the vibration of the ground became more and more obvious, and then, the gloomy thunder began to roll from afar!

The city people looked at each other, not knowing what happened. The vibration spread from the soles of their feet to the heart, and their faces turned pale.

The warrior looking over the city suddenly exclaimed!

Smoke and dust were rising on the horizon in the distance, and flags were flying, and countless iron cavalry rolled in! A young warrior in Baishi City had good eyesight and could see the two flying battle flags clearly from a distance.

The battle flag is dark red as the base, decorated with a golden shield-like emblem, which is the blood-colored double flag that brings endless nightmares to the Delaware people!

When the seemingly endless torrent of iron cavalry surged into Baishi City, the citizens in the city could hardly believe their eyes. Baishi City is just a small city with a population of less than 10,000. Why did so many iron cavalry send to surrender? And looking at the two flying blood flags, it was obvious that Prince Rog of the Empire had also visited Baishi in person!

However, residents of Shiraishi finally saw the imperial prince with his own eyes covered with the blood of millions of Delaware. Inconsistent with the previous rumors, the one who was moving forward under the Blood-Secret Double Flag was not a vicious figure, but a fat man who looked quite friendly.

Surrounded by the tidal cavalry, Roger slowly entered this ordinary small town. With a smile that has been unchanging for many years, he looked around the residents of Baishi City and the streets. Roger saw confusion, sadness, loss, and of course fear in the eyes of the city people. These people were not here to welcome him, nor did they force them to stand on both sides of the street. These ordinary civilians were here to witness the end of a dynasty and the beginning of a new dynasty with their eyes.

The cold wind brought various sounds into Roger's ears, and suddenly there was a faint cry of baby. Roger's ears moved slightly, and the light from the corner of his eyes had already captured the window of the second floor of a hotel in the distance, a beautiful young woman holding a child was standing.

She covered her mouth with her right hand and was desperately trying not to let herself make a sound. However, her shoulders couldn't twitch, and her eyes were already blurred. Although she was so far away that she could not see the facial features of the person surrounded by everyone, she still tried to open her eyes wide and did not want to let go of the outline that was familiar to her every day in her heart.

But in the end, that person, the person who made her miss day and night, and the person who is now in power, turned into a blurred color in front of her eyes.

She finally couldn't suppress her, and a dull sob came out from her fingers. Androni appeared quietly behind her, holding the shaky young woman.

White Rock City is not big, and White Rock Avenue in the center of the city is only a few hundred meters long. Surrounded by his followers, Roger's figure quickly disappeared into the city hall.

"Sir Roger, you seemed a little uncomfortable just now?" Mei followed Roger and asked quietly.

Roger lowered his eyelids, covered Li Guang that flashed by, nodded, and said, "I have been thinking about Hailar Free City State. Mei, what do you think about this matter."

"It turns out that the adults are worried about this." Mei sorted out the information in her mind and said: "Heral Free City-State controls six large ports and countless islands on the west coast of the Longines Sea, and is known for its prosperity in trade. Haieral's naval fleet and merchant fleet are very large, but their army is limited in size and usually mainly relies on mercenaries to complete the garrison mission. This time, their suggestions, including expanding trade, protecting caravans on both sides, jointly attacking thieves on the trade route, etc., are all beneficial to both of us. Although we demand that we unilaterally reduce tariffs and admit that they are under construction and used as trade transit, the town of Clayford, which is used as a trade transit, are a bit too much, but the people of Haieral are smart merchants, and I think these requirements are just bargaining with us."

Roger said lightly: "It's not a good thing to be too smart. They expected that I had just captured the Delaware Empire, and there were heavy casualties, and the rear was unstable, so I could not fight with them again, so I dared to make such a request. Clayford Town is only one day away from White Rock City, and as far as I know, there was no place to belong there. Humph! But from now on, it will be the territory of the empire. Today we will rest here for a day and go to Clayford to have a look tomorrow morning."

"Sir, are you planning to expel the Hyralites of Clayford?"

"I will give them a chance to expel or perish."

"But this will cause a new war. We are not ready for another war, Lord Rog. At least we have a hostile principality around us."

Roger said lightly: "I will tell the Hailars that if they dare to provoke a war, then after I pacify the rear, they will start a war against them! And the war will continue until my flag is planted in the head of Lar in Shanghai. They either accept my conditions or are ready to perish. In the face of the empire, there is no room for merchants to bargain."

"He...will he come?" The beautiful young woman sat in the chair, tears kept falling like broken pearls, and she sobbed gently one or two times.

Androni sighed softly and said, "I don't know either. Lilis, he has many enemies now. If others know about your existence and your children, it will definitely not be a good thing for you. So he must be cautious."

Lilis stared at the gloomy sky outside the window and suddenly burst into tears.

The lights are on in a blink of an eye.

Usually, the night in Baishi City is very quiet, and this night is even more silent. Even the wanderers and drunkards that usually appear occasionally are missing. Only the sound of horse hooves of the patrol cavalry echoes in the night sky.

On the second floor of the hotel, the blazing flames in the fireplace made the room warm as spring. Androni pointed out Lilith's use of the fighting spirit in the starry sky, and corrected the fallacies in her swordsmanship. However, both of them were a little absent-minded.

There was a little chill in the room. Lilis was stunned and turned around suddenly, looking at Roger, who had been standing in the room at some point in disbelief. Her reaction was even faster than Androni.

Roger took the child from Lilis standing blankly, raised it to his eyes, and praised: "Look at these eyes! It's so cunning, it's really my son!"

He looked at Lilis again and smiled, "Lilis, you have become beautiful too."

Androni spat softly, stretched, and pushed the door downstairs.

Tears suddenly burst into Lilith's eyes, she wiped them dry, and forced a smile: "I'm old!"

Roger carefully put the child back on the small bed and pulled the white gauze tent on the top of the bed. Then he turned around and smiled, pulled Lilis into his arms, and his restless hand then poked into her clothes from the neckline and held her breasts.

The touch from his hand was still upright, smooth and surprisingly plump. He couldn't hold the plump and softness of the lushness in one hand.

Two red clouds flew from Lilith's face. Although she pushed Roger's hand weak, she was very determined. "No! Kahn is downstairs!"

"He won't know."

"But... I can't be sorry for him! He has always been very nice to me!"

The sudden sound of horse hooves broke the silence of Baishi City, and more than ten knights held their mounts under the city. When they met Baishi City, the gates were still wide open around midnight, and they seemed quite surprised.

These knights are dressed in different styles and look like they are a team of adventurers or small mercenaries.

"It's so strange. It's not closed the city gate so late. And the city is surprisingly quiet." said a woman dressed in a mage.

Another petite woman in thief dress sniffed and said, "There is no smell of killing or blood, nor is there a corpse smell. It seems that Baishi City has not experienced war yet. It is a good thing to be open to the city gate, so we can't sleep in the wild."

A tall warrior sighed contently and said, "I can finally sleep in a warm hotel tonight. Alas, I have been floating on the Longines Sea for more than a year, and now I am a little uncomfortable with the land. However, if we can take advantage of things this time, we won't have to worry about the next ten years!"

Another middle-aged man who looked quite majestic sighed: "If everything goes well, I think it's time to find a great nobleman to be our boss and live a few days of stable life. When we went to sea, there were twenty-one people, and now... only thirteen people are back. I am old and don't want to take risks anymore, nor do I want to watch my friends fall down one by one."

While speaking, this weather-beaten adventure team has entered White Rock City.

In a blink of an eye, they felt something was wrong. The street was too quiet, a little scary. Although the houses on both sides of the street were still on, there was no sign of someone moving.

Suddenly, the sudden sound of horse hooves rushed straight from both front and back. The adventurer knew that the situation was not good, so he dismounted and formed a battle formation, using a pedestal as the outermost protection. The mage and the priest began to bless the auxiliary magic to his companions. A tall swordsman in the team drew out a two-handed long sword shining with magical glory, and blessed several auxiliary magic to himself.

When they saw that they were not the thieves or bandits they had imagined, but the fully armed and murderous regular cavalry and heavy infantry, the adventurers' faces turned pale! No matter how high they regarded themselves, they would never be able to fight the entire team of heavy soldiers and knights. Moreover, from the fact that they had no warning and were simply surrounded, these soldiers were obviously the elite among the elite.

The magic swordsman whispered: "Don't panic! We will use magic to bombard the direction of the city gate later, and we still have a chance to rush out!"

However, the sound of light horse hooves sounded again, and more than ten riders rushed over and kept wandering around the periphery of the encirclement. The horses all looked light. They used not long spears and giant axes, but pulled out magical long bows and pointed them at the adventurers with a sharp arrow. The knight's sharp ears reminded the adventurers of their elves.

The adventurers' hearts sank. No matter how fast they move, they cannot escape the pursuit of the elves' archer.

At this time, a heavy-armed knight, who looked like a commander, raised his long-handled battle axe in his hand and shouted in a deep voice: "Adventurers! Put down your weapons and all of them are inspected! If you dare to resist, kill them on the spot!"

The silence of the night was broken.

A light flashed past outside the window. Although the light was weak, Roger still recognized that it was a magic light. He was shocked and his body floated strangely from the bed. With a move, the black robe flew to him automatically like life. He looked at Lilith lying on the bed deeply. Her naked skin was flushed and her eyes were closed, and her face was covered with tears.

Roger looked at the sleeping little thing again, and seemed to sigh, and his body slowly disappeared in the darkness.

Lilis still closed her eyes, moved her right hand, groping blankly on the gradually cooling bed, and finally clamped the edge of the bed tightly, tears kept pouring out from the corners of her eyes.

A hand gently stroked her face and gently wiped away the tears. Lilis was slightly panicked. When he opened his eyes, he found that Androni was sitting by the bed at some point. Her hands passed through Lilis' cheeks, lingered on her slender and smooth neck for a while, then landed on her beautiful breasts, gently drawing the charming curve with her fingers.

"So beautiful!" Androni exclaimed, and then asked, "Don't you want to go with him?"

Lilis looked to the side, preventing Androni from seeing her crying face, and said lightly: "If he had the will, he would have taken me away. Since he didn't say it, then I... just pretend that I don't know."

Androni leaned down, gently kissed Lilith's face, and sighed quietly: "He is a fool who only knows strength and dominance. How can he understand your goodness?"

At this time, the street was already stained with blood.

Roger frowned and looked at the four heavy-armed warriors who had fallen to the ground and one half of his face was charred and obviously the elves rider who was directly hit by the flame magic. Then he slowly looked up and looked at the adventurers who were surrounded by blood.

The situation of the adventurers was not good, and one of them had fallen down. What's worse is that the female mage who should have been closely protected had fallen on Mei's hand at this moment! Mei's slender jade fingers that clasped the female mage's throat would always turn into a deadly weapon.

"What's going on?" Roger asked coldly.

"They refused to search and fought back. I doubted what they were hiding in them." Captain Cavaliers said.

"We can put down our weapons, and even let these guys search! But you can't insult us!" The female mage who had already fallen into an enemy shouted unyieldingly.

Roger knew that the personal search used by the Imperial Army in extraordinary times was a real personal search, and even the underwear had to be checked. The powerful magical items were not necessarily huge. A scroll of Death Cloud Art with exquisite craftsmanship was enough to send hundreds of warriors to hell, but it could be hidden in women. When there were important imperial officials like Roger in the newly occupied areas, the Imperial Army must conduct personal searches for suspicious adventurers.

Roger looked at the female mage.

She is not old, and she looks pretty in her early twenties. However, the beautiful women among adventurers have always existed only in the exaggerated poems of the bard. Because of her many years of adventure, even the magicians who have always been protected will inevitably have traces of wind and frost on their faces. They may be beautiful, but they are by no means exquisite.

According to the fat man's current requirements, the female mage's whole body has only a sharp ups and downs full chest that is barely worth a look.

Roger shook his head in disgust. Because he was worried, he was pulled from Lilith by these adventurers, and his mood was extremely bad. The fat man pointed at the female mage and said coldly: "Only this living mouth." Of course, the final fate of this living mouth is probably even more miserable than that of his dead companions.

After saying that, Roger turned around and wanted to leave.

"Are you... Rog?" A very familiar voice suddenly came from behind him. Rog suddenly turned around!

The tall magic swordsman took off his helmet and shouted, "I am Et! Do you still remember me? Et!"

Roger's mental power quickly swept across the magic swordsman. He stared at the magic swordsman with level 11 fighting spirit, level 6 magic power, and several scars on his face for a while, and finally recognized his bad friend who was fooling around when he was young.

For a time, all the past events of his time in the Principality of Bavaria surged into Rogue's heart.

Life at that time was both embarrassing and happy.

Roger strode to Et, feeling deeply moved for a moment, and didn't know what to say, so he could only growl: "Et!"

The two looked at each other, each greeting each other with a bear hug. After all, Roger's brute force was more fierce, and he moaned in the arms of his arms.

Et laughed and said, "You are Rogge! Haha, you have been much better than me after all these years! No, you were better than me back then. Hey, why did you come to the Delaware Empire? Now what kind of official are you? These soldiers seem to have to listen to you! Baron, or Viscount? But I heard that Delaware was about to be destroyed by the Aslofik Empire, so you must be careful! Otherwise, you should take your subordinates to Aslofik with us!"

Roger smiled and said, "I am now serving the Aslofik Empire."

"No!" Et shouted: "You are doing so well in the Aslofik Empire? I heard that they are fighting the Delaware, how could you appear here? Are you already the vanguard officer of the Imperial Army? Hi, you are not already a general!"
To be continued...