Chapter 191 The Knight and the Girl
"Da da da."
The rhythmic sound of horse hooves rang out at the entrance of the village. On the stone-paved street, a man and a horse came slowly, like a knight passing by.
His expression was exaggerated and surprised, because the scene he saw was indeed quite exaggerated.
The entire village, including the lord and his men, as well as the farmers, wives, old people and children were all sleeping on the ground. Only on the dark stone platform in the center was there still smoke rising. A blue-haired girl was kneeling on it, with an equally strange expression on her face.
"Can I understand that you are the one who did all this?"
Zhang Yang sat upright on his horse. He finally chose this way to make his debut. For this, he had to temporarily take out a set of tattered armor from the fat pig's house, pull away a skinny old horse, and casually rubbed a wooden spear to make a lance, disguising himself as a down-and-out knight passing by.
The blue-haired girl recovered from the shock, looked up at Zhang Yang, and quickly shook her head. However, within a second she nodded again, with a determined, sacred light on her face.
"It is the majesty of our Lord. These foolish people blasphemed our Lord."
The girl's voice was very clear. She seemed a little unsure at the beginning, but by the end she was full of confidence. She was a fanatical believer.
She has all the qualities to be a fanatic.
But Zhang Yang's soul force field told him that the girl's piety had not received a response from her god, so this was still a stupid evil god, a fool who didn't even want the benefits that were delivered to him? Zhang Yang began to worry about the subsequent cooperation.
"Your Majesty, I have no interest in these things, but I think, girl, you may need the protection of a true knight who is superb in swordsmanship, as skilled as a dragon in spearmanship, noble in character, handsome, and keeps his word."
Zhang Yang gave a kind smile, trying to make the girl understand what he was saying.
"I don't have the money to hire you!"
The blue-haired girl is indeed extremely smart.
"No, you have money, but I am a knight with integrity. The life motto I believe in tells me that a knight loves money but gets it in a proper way. I will not take advantage of others when they are in trouble." Zhang Yang's expression was serious, as if he really had such a noble character.
The blue-haired girl looked at him seriously for a while, then suddenly jumped off the stone platform and took out a gold coin from the fat pig.
"Then I will hire you now. Take me to Aquinas Valley."
"Deal. Then, beautiful lady, can I assume that these are your spoils?"
Zhang Yang remained polite.
The blue-haired girl didn't want to talk anymore, so the next moment Zhang Yang began a knight's looting. In fact, he didn't go too far. He just changed into a new set of armor, two strong war horses, some dry food, clean water, and most importantly, he took another authentic talisman paper of Zhao Xianyu from the fat pig.
This is his real purpose.
"They're not really going to die, are they?"
Finally, before the blue-haired girl asked this question, Zhang Yang asked first.
"No, my Lord - I do not like meaningless killing. They just offended my Lord, but their crime does not deserve the death penalty!" The blue-haired girl turned pale for a moment, but finally answered firmly.
"Then we can go, beautiful lady, you can call me Jack."
"My name is Aisha, Mr. Jack, do you know the way to Aquinas Valley?"
"I don't know. After all, I'm just a knight with superb martial arts, superb swordsmanship, and a handsome face. I'm only responsible for fighting. I'm not a guide." Zhang Yang answered seriously.
"I bet you're not a knight, but that doesn't matter. I probably know some ways to get to Aquinas Valley. We have to go to Anya City first."
"Can I ask out of curiosity, what are you doing in Aquinas Valley?"
"It is rumored that this is the place where gods fell. Two thousand years ago, a god fell there. Later, it became a forbidden area. The king issued a ban, and anyone who enters without permission will be killed."
Elsa said calmly, but her eyes were looking at Zhang Yang. The implication was that if you, a down-and-out pretending knight who doesn't even have complete armor, are afraid, you can leave now without pretending that you don't even know the way to Aquinas Valley.
Zhang Yang blinked and thought that it would be best to infiltrate the enemy. Otherwise, he would be in the dark and how would he know these secrets?
"Now that the king has issued a ban, aren't you afraid of death?"
"Everything is for the glory of my Lord. I am not afraid of death!"
Zhang Yang chuckled and didn't say anything. The reason why he changed his plan was because the god that Elsa believed in did not respond to the prayers of believers at all, which was completely different from normal gods. Now it seems that this evil god might be hiding in the Aquinas Valley.
After that, the two stopped talking and concentrated on getting on their way. However, after only half a day, Zhang Yang discovered that Aisha was actually also a person with poor directions, and the kind with poor directions similar to keyboards. She didn't even know where Aquinas Valley was. The reason why she said she had to go to Anya City first was because this was the only city she had been exposed to since she was a child. She had never even heard of Storm City.
"Oh my god, I'm a fake knight who met a fake follower of the evil god. Our combination is even more ridiculous than Don Quixote's."
Zhang Yang felt like he had no desire to live. His time was so precious, and yet he had to waste it on such a little brat.
"Tell me what your god's name is? I have to get to the bottom of this!"
Zhang Yang became murderous.
But Elsa just pursed her lips and said nothing.
Well, there's nothing we can do about her. She's not even afraid of flames.
"Ahem, let me put it another way. We can't just ask everyone where Aquinas Valley is when we meet them. That's too stupid. By then, the king's army will arrest us and tie us to the platform before we even find Aquinas Valley. You don't want to relive that horrible experience, do you?"
"So, we need some skills and a little trust. Although I am a confident, brave, optimistic and free knight, I am not willing to cooperate with the followers of the evil god. Do you understand? Or do you think that the god you believe in is the evil god, and even his name is hidden and mysterious?"
Zhang Yang advised earnestly.
This time, Elsa was finally persuaded.
"My Lord is not an evil god!"
She answered in a low voice with a firm look, "But, I really don't know what the Lord is called. He has no name. I just prayed unintentionally and got the Lord's favor. He led me out of my most desperate situation and saved my mother. He is merciful."
"Okay, don't think about the name, just recall the feeling your spirit gave you, um, what was that hazy feeling?" Zhang Yang became interested this time and coaxed him.
Elsa thought for a moment, then closed her eyes and whispered, "My Lord gives me a feeling of being very old and vicissitudes, but not scary at all, because he is very warm, just like an old grandfather. In addition, My Lord seems to be injured and very weak. He lives in a house-like outline. No, that house seems to be his body, and his body seems to be - like a tower. But he is really friendly, and he is not an evil god. A few years ago, my mother fell seriously ill, and the priests in the town said that there was no hope. It was My Lord who saved my mother. You have to believe me."
Zhang Yang's expression was very strange at this moment.
"Tower? It's actually a tower, it can't be--"
He quickly drew the shape of the Wood Demon Tower on the ground, and then he saw Elsa jump up in surprise. Yes, that's right, it's my Wood Demon Tower, the lost heirloom, the Wood Demon Tower! It was actually taken away by Zhao Xianyu and hidden in that Aguero Valley!
This is really intolerable! Zhang Yang spent a lot of money to build the Wood Demon Tower. He didn't take it seriously at the time. It was not until the following winter when there were no more evil spirits and ghost crystals appeared that he realized what he had done.
Therefore, this Wood Demon Tower is very important, very important. If it had not been lost due to the war, the civilization of his small village should have been able to continue.
"Zhao Xianyu, you and I will never reconcile!"
(End of this chapter)
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