[Chapter 303 Lana]
The army assembled, David roughly understood that the army heading south this time included 400 knights of the Tilan Knights, 100 knights of the Guards Knights, 1,000 fully equipped elite soldiers, and 2,000 auxiliary soldiers.
This is the main force of the Tilan Kingdom, and it only obeys the orders of His Majesty King Abelson.
In addition, the specific types of soldiers brought by the coalition forces of many lords are not easy to count. There are knights, cavalry, fully equipped infantry, and ordinary infantry with only weapons.
There are also auxiliary soldiers, but it is really difficult to distinguish between the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers under many lords. It can only be roughly determined that the number of lords’ coalition forces is close to 4,000.
Judging from the number alone, the number of lords’ coalition forces is about the same as the main army assembled in the capital, but if a war really breaks out with the Holy Gaunt Kingdom, the main force will still be the 400 knights of the Tilan Knights.
“David…”
Riding a horse and mixing in the large group, David looks like many lords around him, bringing three or five confidants with His Majesty the King to go south.
Even though David’s armor was gorgeous, his shoulders were emitting a soft golden halo, and there was an elf beside him, everyone was too lazy to pay too much attention to him. They were all on their own way, and at most whispered a few words to their confidants.
“That king…”
“Shh~”
David raised his finger and made a gesture that didn’t need to be said, and then nodded to Sylvanas, indicating that he knew what was going on.
Sylvanas took back her words and continued to pretend to be a guard quietly.
It turned out that after traveling together for a while, Sylvanas keenly noticed that there was something wrong with King Abelson in front of him. Although there seemed to be no problem on the surface, some of his aura was still a bit strange, which attracted the attention of Sylvanas, the ranger general.
As a hunter, tracking ability is what he is good at, and how to identify the correct target is naturally a skill that must be mastered.
Although there was no flaw, Sylvanas still noticed something wrong.
As for David, he also found the problem. After all, he is also a hunter. The increase in strength has greatly improved his perception ability. He even noticed the abnormality earlier than Sylvanas.
This is not to say that David’s ability and talent as a hunter are stronger than Sylvanas. The key is that Sylvanas has never seen Abelson before, and only had the opportunity to see the king during the past few days.
In comparison, David has often chatted and even eaten with His Majesty the King during this period. The more times they have met, the more familiar they are.
Therefore, when Abelson in front was replaced by a substitute, David immediately noticed it.
“I wonder if the real His Majesty the King went directly to Baiyan City or mixed in with the army?”
David didn’t know, but after traveling south for several days and not seeing His Majesty the King come out at night for several nights, David guessed that Abelson might have secretly left the army.
“What can we do if we go to Baiyan City in advance?”
“I don’t know. To gather information? To appease Marquis Otto? Or to find out what the purpose of the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt is?”
David, Sylvanas, Laura, and Jaina were chatting casually during their break. Their small circle was very conspicuous at night because the Quinjet was parked next to them, attracting curious eyes from other lords and knights from time to time.
Several people ignored these eyes and continued to discuss whether they should also go south in advance?
With the Quinjet, they can quickly reach Baiyan City. If they follow the large army, the speed is too slow.
“Why go so early?” David was not in a hurry. He thought it would be better to go slowly: “The Winter Knights will not enter the battlefield early. Even if a war really breaks out with the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt, the troops brought by these lords will be relied on in the early stage. Next is the performance stage of the Knights of Tilan. It will never be our turn to play.” If
we go early, will the Winter Knights drive away the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt in advance? If we really do that, Abelson will not only not be grateful to him, but may also blame David for ruining his plan.
After all, Abelson didn’t just hint to David, he was telling David not to get involved in the battle too early.
“Just think of it as an outing.”
It’s so grand to have so many people accompany you on an outing. Most people can’t enjoy this kind of pomp!
David’s mentality is very good. He just wants to watch the fun the whole time. Especially after he found that many lords rejected him, he wanted to watch other people’s fun even more.
He can understand these lords’ rejection’ of him. After all, he has almost become the son-in-law of His Majesty the King. The lords and David really have nothing in common to talk about. If they talk too much, they may be afraid of the King. It’s best not to contact them.
They don’t know that they may have missed the last straw – if they can take advantage of this time to get in touch with David, maybe David will help a little!
Now, no one can stop David’s heart from watching the fun.
Continuing on the road, the army rushed for many days and finally arrived at Baiyan City, an important town in the south of the Kingdom of Tilan.
When the city of Baiyan, with its entire snow-white wall, appeared in sight, David also felt a little “shocked”.
“Wow!”
It’s not that Baiyan City is so magnificent and majestic, but this pure white city has very distinctive characteristics. The city and various buildings are built entirely of local white rock mixed with other materials. In addition, the architectural style is slightly different from that of most parts of the Kingdom of Tilan, which makes Baiyan City very unique.
The army did not enter the city, but still set up camp on the open space outside the city.
The lords began to arrange various matters, and David was summoned alone. Together with several important officials who came with the army, they followed His Majesty the King into the city. Even the people around David did not have to stay outside the city, which perfectly showed the difference from other lords.
David didn’t care about the “envy, jealousy and hatred” invested in him. He rode his horse and followed His Majesty the King into Baiyan City.
When he came to the lord’s castle in Baiyan City, David met another Majesty “Abelson” here without any surprise.
The king who was in front of him disappeared at some point, but no one was surprised by this situation. It was obvious that everyone here knew that His Majesty the King had left the team first.
“Lord David Glamorgan, just let your fighters land in the open space over there.”
A piece of open space was specially cleared inside the main gate of the castle. It should be that Abelson ordered someone to clear it specifically for David. This order also made other people pay more attention to this young earl who rose to power very quickly.
The soldiers of Baiyan City were curious, not only about David, but also about the Quinjet fighters that were slowly landing.
If His Majesty the King had not given a heads-up in advance, they would have already launched an attack on the monsters that had been hovering in the sky for a while.
As the Quinjet fighter landed steadily, Princess Sofia ran out of the fighter and hugged the young woman standing next to Abelson warmly. David was sure that the woman who looked about 25 or 26 years old was indeed Sofia’s sister, Abelson’s eldest daughter Lana Tilan.
Now, she is also the wife of Marquis Otto of Baiyan City.
David quickly looked around and didn’t see any man who looked like Marquis Otto.
Soon, his question was answered. Lana welcomed the nobles and ministers from the capital on behalf of her husband, and explained why her husband did not show up.
“Marquis Prior Otto has been unwell recently and it is difficult for him to see guests. I have to welcome His Majesty the King and everyone on his behalf.” After
a brief chat, everyone dispersed to do their own things: investigate the surrounding environment, observe the weather conditions, formulate various combat plans and plans for record, and even formulate possible retreat and escape plans.
David and Sutton were left behind and got to know Lana Tilan.
“This is Earl David Glamorgan, Sophia’s fiancé.” The lord of Winter City in the northern plains had been introduced in advance, and with the previous compulsory population migration order of the Tilan Kingdom, everyone in the country knew where Winter City was.
As the daughter of Abelson, Lana naturally knew more details.
Compared to the simple greeting before, Lana looked David up and down carefully at this time: “He is a very outstanding young man, and he is a good match for Sofia.”
As for the female elves, female wizards, and female archaeologists who followed him, they were directly ignored by Lana.
Perhaps in the heart of the princess, as long as the young earl David has a good brain, he will know how to choose.
A simple “family dinner” ended quickly.
Lana arranged a separate residence for David and his men. It was a manor not far from the castle. It originally belonged to a noble official in Baiyan City. Not long ago, this noble official was executed for a serious crime. The house was cleaned up and just happened to be for David and his group to live in.
Earl Sutton-Stewart and his confidants were also arranged here. As for other important officials and nobles, they lived directly in the barracks without such special treatment.
“I don’t know why, but I feel that Sofia’s sister is a little weird.” After arriving at the residence and making sure that there were no outsiders, Sylvanas frowned and told her discovery: “I always feel that there seems to be some kind of strange power in her.”
“I have this feeling, but it’s vague. I even suspected it was an illusion.” Jaina had the same opinion, but because she only took a few glances, she was not sure whether her judgment was accurate.
In the end, everyone focused their attention on David. David had the longest contact with the marquise and was close to her, so he should be able to make a more accurate judgment.
“Your feeling is correct. The fluctuations in Lana’s body should be the power of a god in the temple.”
(End of this chapter)