Chapter 63 The Final War

Chapter 63

63.1

The city of Ravenmont was on high alert at night.

This is the third Sunday of Prince Constance's siege of Kaderinburg. If the prince's plan is successfully carried out, then they should be able to get good news from Constance on this day.

However, on this dark and cold night, instead of receiving news of Prince Constance's successful siege, Ravenmount Castle received a piece of news that greatly surprised everyone:

"Duke, this is bad!" The Knight of Ravenmont, who had delivered the message, panicked. "Outside Ravenmont, a knightly order suddenly appeared from nowhere, and they... their commander is..."

"Semon Karagarang?"

When Duke Karagaran heard the name, a hint of surprise couldn't help but flash across his usually calm and peaceful face.

He waved his cloak and strode onto the outer wall of Ravenmont.

The night was pitch black, with only the faint, hazy glow of a mid-day moonlight illuminating the walls of Ravenmont. The knights of Ravenmont patrolled the ramparts, their armor making a gentle clinking sound.

Seeing Duke Caragaran, the patrolling knights saluted him; Duke Caragaran did not stop, but just waved his hand, then strode closer to the outer wall of the castle.

Afterwards, he saw Simon Karagaran outside the city of Ravenmont.

In the dark night, an unfamiliar flag was raised among a squad of knights: the flag was not embroidered with the "Rose Scepter" emblem of the Karagaran family, nor the "Nine Lights of the Sun and Moon" emblem of the empire, but a completely blank blue-green flag.

"The blank blue flag represents our unrestricted freedom," said the leading young man. "Under the blue sky of the Ethereal Continent, we pledge allegiance not to any nobles but to our own hearts. This is the belief of the Anti-Aristocratic Society."

Duke Karagaran stared at the young man, feeling both familiar and unfamiliar:

She was short and thin, with long black hair tied back, and her face looked pale in the moonlight. It was clearly the familiar Simon Karagaran.

However, this "Semone" no longer looked cowardly or timid. She still wore shabby clothes and lacked a beautiful sword, but her relaxed demeanor made her look like a free-spirited bard, someone Hugh Carragaran had never met.

"Hey, old man, you didn't expect that?" she said.

Duke Karagaran's face darkened slightly. Simon Karagaran said with a smile, "The Queen is kind. She told me: May I have the courage to face my true self. So, I am here."

Duke Caragaran stared at her. "Simon" smiled in the moonlight: "I am Caroline Charles. Do you remember me? My sister is the maid you executed, Susan Charles."

The Duke's eyes flickered slightly as he heard Simon continue, "You killed her simply because she refused to be your lover. How could the proud Duke of Karagaran tolerate the rejection of a lowly maid? If you can't have her, then destroy her. It's so easy for a nobleman to kill a lowly maid."

Saimon stopped laughing as she spoke and stared at Duke Karagaran on the city wall.

"When my sister was dying, she didn't ask me to take revenge on you. She said she wanted me to be free. She wanted me to have the power to make choices for my own life."

The young man paused and said slowly, "But she's dead. I'm just a child. It's hard for me to even survive, so how can I possibly be free? I have to survive first."

Duke Karagaran remained silent until he heard this. He raised his eyelids and said coldly, "Did you kill the real Simon Karagaran?"

Simon - no, now you should call her Caroline - Caroline sneered contemptuously.

"Do you think everyone is as cruel as you?" she said. "Old man, you never cared about the real Simon. You spent a night of passion with his mother, and then you forgot about both mother and son. The real Simon grew up in a stable behind Ravenmount Castle. His mother died when he was born. Simon slept in the stable without a decent piece of clothing. He was weak from childhood, and after seven winters, he fell ill and died."

There was no need for Caroline to explain what happened next, as Duke Karagaran also understood:

A seven-year-old child living in a stable died quietly; Caroline Charlize, who was of the same age, quietly replaced Simon Carragher in the stable in order to survive.

Duke Karagaran stared at her and suddenly laughed: "You are very lucky."

Caroline understood what he meant.

"Yes," she shrugged. "That was when you were discussing your engagement with the daughter of Count Felix. Miss Agnes Felix hated all of your illegitimate children. She wanted to drive Eustace, Hersong, and me out of Ravenmount Castle. You were indifferent to Simon, the illegitimate child, and outside the castle, no one could tell who Simon was."

Caroline said with a smile: "After so many years, I am finally free. I can finally do what I want to do, old man."

Caroline said this, with the solid-colored flag of the Anti-Aristocracy Society fluttering around her.

A knight commander quietly approached Duke Karagaran and lowered his voice, "Duke, the knights she leads... are not weak. This 'like-minded association' seems to be some kind of premeditated organization. They are stationed in the central part of the territory, in those villages and fields. Viscount Cecillia stayed in Kaderinburg, and her territory was completely empty. Baron Simon took the opportunity to lead the knights to occupy the port."

Duke Karagaran closed his eyes slightly.

The knights of the Karagaran family were vigilant against the gray wolves from Valdemo Castle in the northeast, and focused their defense on the north and east sides of the entire territory, outside the territory.

They didn't expect that an enemy as agile and deadly as a rat would come from within their own territory.

Simon Karagaran led a knight group calling themselves the "Anti-Noble Society" and quietly moved south from the center of the territory. Without alerting Fort Ravenmont, they seized the port and secured supplies for Fort Kaderin.

In the dark night, a cold wind swept across the northern port.

The two large ships that were supposed to provide food for Kaderinburg had been quietly released by the "Anti-Noble Society" led by Simon Karagaran.

The captain set sail in a hurry, and when dawn came, bags of dry food and boxes of salted meat had been unloaded at the port on the north side of Kaderinburg.

The sky was not yet fully bright, but the northern port of Kaderinburg was already fully prepared; the royal flying knights - eaglemen, falcons, and raptor-like chimera orcs - had already put on armor made of light but solid metal, and the silver shoulder armor glowed a thin blood color in the morning sun.

King Lucinda was already standing on the north wall of Castle Kaderin, and beside her, the royal archers had already fully drawn their bowstrings.

When the king said, "Shoot."

A rain of arrows accurately cut through the dawn sky and shot towards the path next to the port!

The Knights of Ravenmont, who were besieging and besieging the city, were about to approach the port in an attempt to intercept the supplies coming from it, but the royal archers were one step faster than them.

The arrows, shining with cold light, hit several knights in black armor, who screamed and fell off their horses; the Ravenmont Knights attacking the city could only retreat again and again, unable to break through the blockade of the archers.

Prince Constance saw this scene from a distance and shouted angrily: "Stop them, stop those boxes!"

The sky was not yet completely bright, and Prince Constance's face was ashen. He hurriedly tied his cloak and mounted his black Pegasus.

"Everyone, charge!" The young prince said with a sinister look. "If we let them get that food into Kaderin Castle, you won't survive either."

After hearing this, the knight commander beside Prince Constance could only spur his horse and lead his knight team to charge forward under the rain of arrows from the archers.

But before they could break through the archers' blockade, a long whistle sounded from the north wall of Kaderin Castle.

The royal flying knights have taken off into the sky.

Under the cover of the archers, the Flying Knights spread their wings and flew at high speed; the metal armor made a slight "clang" sound in the air.

They formed teams of four and flew across the harbor, using thick iron chains to quickly and securely hook up the wooden boxes stacked in the harbor. One by one, the wooden boxes were lifted high into the air and hung between the flyers, flying in an orderly and swift manner towards the high tower of Kaderin Castle.

Prince Constance stared at the wooden box in mid-air, and the veins on his forehead twitched violently.

"Shoot them down!" he said.

The archers of the Knights of Ravenmont quickly formed a formation and aimed their arrows at the Flying Knights in mid-air.

However, the archers of Ravenmont were standing on the ground, at a disadvantage in terms of low altitude. Their arrows barely grazed the walls of Kaderinburg and hit the armor of the flying knights, making it difficult to cause any real attack.

"They flew too high," the Knight Commander of the Ravenmont Knights whispered. "Besides, they were wearing armor made of metal strings, so we couldn't launch an effective attack."

Constance gritted her teeth and watched helplessly as the Flying Knights took boxes of food away from the port and sent them into Kaderinburg, but she was powerless to do anything.

Inside Kaderin Castle, the people who had survived three months of Sundays began to tremble as they watched this scene.

Someone cried, "It's...food."

There was silence in the castle for a moment, and then a violent cheer broke out:

“It’s food!”

"Goddess bless us, we are saved!"

"Praise King Lucinda, may the goddess bless the Wanzeta Empire!"

People cheered and hugged each other, crying and laughing; even the steady old administrator had red eyes.

The supplies transported into the castle had gone through numerous difficulties and were not abundant in quantity. However, sometimes, all people need is a seed of hope. When this seed takes root and sprouts in people's hearts, they will be able to burst out with extraordinary strength.

Oulidisi stood in the cheering crowd and patted Hesong's shoulders several times, looking very excited.

"I was right about Simon," she said. "Not only did she do it, she was the first to do it."

He Song looked at her blankly: "The first one to do it...what do you mean?"

"What I mean is," Euridsi said with a smile, "King Lucinda certainly won't place her hopes solely on a young man like Simon Karagaran."

Before Euridsi finished speaking, Hesong heard people screaming on the city wall:

"Look at the southern border! There are also ships coming to the southern port!"

Hesong suddenly raised his eyes, and a smile appeared on Oulidesi's face.

Hesong heard someone say loudly: "That's the 'Starry Compass' family crest of the Ebrard family - that's Duke Lorenz Ebrard's ship!"