Chapter 35 Infrastructure: Miracles
At the same time——
Inside Rydberg.
"The magic barrier for long-distance communication has been set up. With the help of the crystal mirror, you can chat with your brother at your leisure."
After saying this, the magicians completely submerged themselves in the darkness in the corner.
The crystal mirror in Xiao Yun's hand began to glow.
Rainbow-colored light swirls in the depths of the mirror, entangling one's senses like an invisible thread, gradually solidifying into a clear and familiar figure.
"Ah, Lucien, having a healthy body is indeed more important than anything else."
Yaris on the other side of the mirror seemed to be ready for bed. She was wearing loose pajamas with a robe on the outside. She was leaning on the soft pillows. Her long black hair was shining, and there was a tired smile on her beautiful pale face.
"Is the information I sent to you by the magician a few days ago helpful to you?"
"Brother, you look a little tired. Have you been skipping meals and rest on time again?"
"I've been living a very regular and healthy life lately."
"Then you must have had a quarrel with Edmund during the day."
"The moonlight tonight is beautiful. Don't mention this depressing name."
Yaris said slowly: "How did you deal with the matter between Lewis and the barbarians?"
"I was originally hesitant to tell him that the Jungle Barbarians would attack Fort Dekara on the night of the full moon to rescue their fellow tribesmen from the dungeon, but—he tried to kidnap Mentor John, spoke foul language in front of me, and even framed my brother. I was so angry that I kicked them all out."
"so……"
Yaris closed his eyes, muttering to himself as if he was thinking about something.
"From the first time he led his team into the jungle to capture barbarians and sell them into slavery for selfish reasons, his and Castle Dekara's destruction was already engraved in the orbit of the stars..."
"Whether knights of the empire or barbarians of the jungle, they are all life forms nurtured by this planet. No one is nobler than anyone else, and no one is more deserving of life. All slaughter that overrides the laws of survival is meaningless..."
"elder brother!"
"Um?"
"The tone of your voice just now..."
(A life form so calm that it seemed stripped of human emotions—)
Xiao Yun thought fearfully.
"Sometimes I get distracted because I have too many thoughts. Lucien, thank you for bringing my thoughts back in time."
Yaris spoke casually as if singing, with a mysterious and incredible smile.
With the help of his attendant, he adjusted his sitting posture and his tone became lighter.
"Castle Black will be completely destroyed before dawn. Lewis's head and many other items will be taken away by the barbarians as spoils, leaving behind corpses and burns all over the ground. You can take Bruenor there after dawn, and you'll meet the other three border earls who have rushed over after hearing the news—"
"Like Lewis, they are more or less dissatisfied with you, but now, without Lewis as their leader, they dare not express their disobedience to you openly."
"Three thousand of the Maga Knights will arrive in the Gaola region within five days. You might as well place them in the Black Castle, where the entire army was annihilated."
"The 'Dark Night Mentor' and the mages have reached an agreement. The barbarians who worship them as divine messengers will not cross the border again in the short term. You must quickly find a solution to the financial shortages plaguing the Gola region and the conflicts between immigrants and natives. Only when the fundamental problems are resolved can Gola break free of the curse and return to normalcy."
"Um."
Xiao Yun agreed, with some strange thoughts flashing through his mind.
(Was it really their own plan for the two Barbarian tribes to collaborate in attacking Castle Black and rescue their people? Why does it feel like...?)
(And the arrival time of the Maga Knights and their resettlement plan... It seems...)
"what's on your mind?"
"I was wondering...Brother, you didn't interfere in this matter?"
"If Lewis had never captured and trafficked the barbarians, the barbarians wouldn't have combined the forces of the two tribes to attack Castle Black and rescue their people, right?"
Yaris looked at his brother solemnly.
"The barbarians' attack on Castle Black to rescue their people was the inevitable result of Lewis's long-term atrocities. I simply made this happen at a time that was favorable to us."
"so--"
"Poor Louis, he has only a head left now, and can no longer sympathize with me."
Yaris smiled innocently, as if regretting the withering of the leaves.
Xiao Yun froze instantly.
"Brother, so you——"
"I am not only willful but also stingy."
Yaris watched his brother's shocked face with interest, and said lovingly, "Lucien, in this world, you and I are the only true blood brothers. No matter what you want, no matter what you ask of me, even if what you want is extremely taboo and extremely evil, I will satisfy you and continue to love you."
…
…
Dawn slowly arrived.
The intense and strange blue-purple sky unique to Gaola appeared soft violet under the hazy skylight.
The early risers looked up and saw black smoke rising over the Black Castle.
Time goes back to the fierce battle between the two armies last night.
As the main force of the barbarians continued to pour in, the Black Knights of Draco Castle were outnumbered and had to retreat to key locations such as the towers and building entrances to fight desperately with the barbarian warriors who tried to break through their defenses and enter the building.
Although they were far superior to the barbarians in equipment and had the advantage of terrain, facing the barbarians who were surging like a tide and the poisonous arrows that were flying like a rainstorm, the black knights were once again defeated. Some of them had their heads split open by stone axes, while others were hit by poisonous arrows and fell to the ground in a mess.
The few remaining soldiers were forced into a desperate situation, covering each other and continuing to retreat.
With victory in sight, the barbarians also adjusted their combat strategies.
[Listen up! Our mission this time has two goals: one is to rescue our people, and the other is to kill the Black Earl! If ordinary Aim (the barbarian natives call people from the civilized world) try to escape, let them go!]
[According to the divine messenger's instructions, even if the nearest castle, Em, has received the news, their army won't arrive until tomorrow noon at the earliest! Until then, we have completed our mission and will depart with our people and the Black Earl's head!]
[Target the tower! And the dungeon below the tower!]
The barbarian leader, wearing a luxurious ornament made of bright bird feathers and huge animal bones on his head, shouted orders.
Next to the leader stood a nimble young barbarian boy, who was none other than Suna, whom Xiao Yun had rescued in Honggu Village.
[Suna, you have been recognized by the divine messenger. You will be the one to complete the sacred mission of beheading the Black Earl.]
[Yes, Grandpa!]
Suna excitedly raised the bugle made of bison horn and blew it with all his strength.
Beep beep beep——
The dull and long trumpet sound pierced the darkness, and the inspired barbarian warriors rushed towards the tower like a tide.
The black knights guarding the tower also rushed forward recklessly, defending their pride with their blood and lives.
"Kill all the barbarians! Fight for the empire!"
[Revenge! Revenge!]
…
The black smoke above Draco Castle gradually dissipated, and Xiao Yun, accompanied by four border earls stationed in the Gaura region led by Bruno, walked into the courtyard where corpses were lying all over the place.
"It's so tragic! It's so tragic!"
Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground after the tragic deaths, the earls took out their handkerchiefs to wipe the cold sweat from their foreheads, while the soldiers were busy separating the large number of corpses that were entangled together until death.
"After cremation, place the cremated Black Knights in urns with their names on them and send them back to their hometown for burial. Don't throw the bodies of the barbarian warriors around. I've already sent the mage to the jungle to contact the Shem and Sioux tribes."
Xiao Yun ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
Xiao Yun continued walking forward and saw a hazy creature resembling an undead suddenly emerge at the end of the corridor filled with corpses. Its burly body was covered with wounds, with some parts even showing white bones. Its hands, wrapped in bandages, were holding a severed head.
(Black Earl Lewis...)
(It is the ghost of Black Earl Lewis...)
(Hashed to death by angry barbarians in life, cursed and tortured even after death... Holding his own head, he wandered painfully in the ancient castle... Wandering...)
Looking at Lewis who had turned into a ghost, Xiao Yun felt a slight pity deep in his heart.
(How pitiful...)
(After death, the pain does not end immediately. Lewis's final fate is up to you...)
At the end of last night's call, a somewhat puzzling remark by Yaris suddenly rang in my ears.
What does Yaris mean by this?
(Could it be that... I...)
Xiao Yun came up with a bold idea.
Bruno and the others also saw the undead wandering around in agony, clutching their heads. They suppressed their panic and asked, "Your Excellency, Grand Marquis, what should we do now? Should we notify His Royal Highness the Grand Duke and ask him to send a priest from Denos or a high-ranking magician from the Magic Guild to handle this?"
"—I might know how to deal with it."
Xiao Yun pointed in the direction of the undead, pretended to cast a spell, and recited aloud: "Black Earl Lewis, you have used your life to pay for the sins of your past life. Return to the underworld and rest in peace! Undead!"
"Can you do it?"
Bruno muttered quietly.
As the recitation ended, the deceased slowly raised his arms and pressed the head in his hands back to his neck. His eyes, which still retained the anger and pain before death, slowly closed with clear peace and satisfaction.
Then, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, the hazy figure completely dissipated into the air.
"this……"
"Oh my God! The legend is true! A direct descendant of the Holy Family..."
“It’s incredible!”
The four earls who witnessed this miracle looked at Xiao Yun with disbelief, and were glad that they did not speak as arrogantly to the Grand Marquis who possessed the sacred blue blood as the Black Earl Lewis did.
(Kaa! It actually works?!)
Xiao Yun suppressed the exclamation of luck in his heart and calmly accepted the attention of the crowd, as if saving Lewis's soul was a simple and casual thing for him like breathing.
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