Chapter 63, Moon Lake

The five-hundred-man army did not choose to be stationed by the Lake of the Moon. It was looking for death. They chose to station in a basin two or three hundred meters away from the Lake of the Moon.

Compared with the army that Ryan saw in Kaltzenhaven, this army composed of the standing army and conscripts in Mijordenhaven is better equipped and the overall strength is stronger. In terms of camping alone, they are flexible in hands and feet, Well trained, a camp quickly took shape in their hands.

The next thing is very simple, get water, chop firewood, cook, and then get ready for an early rest.

There were whispers in the camp. The soldiers had no confidence in the possible encounter tomorrow. They gathered around the kingdom knight they were familiar with, Nikolai, and discussed in low voices while warming up and eating.

"Master Nikolai, is the war going to start tomorrow?" A young soldier asked cautiously.

"What nonsense are you talking about, brat? If there is no war, why are we here?" A veteran said unceremoniously and cursed.

"...I'm just asking." The recruit was full of uneasiness: "I heard that all the barbarian warriors are followers of Chaos. They eat human flesh and drink human blood, and tear everything they see into pieces. Will you survive tomorrow?"

"Who knows? Our Mijodenhavn is already located in the south of Nord. I really don't understand why the bloody barbarians will fight here!" The soldiers babbled. They put down their weapons and shared the food With rations.

"..." Ryan frowned. Although these soldiers were better equipped and stronger, their morale was not as good as those veterans in the northern cities.

He gave Nikolai a look and signaled him to say something. Ryan's current status is more like a guest general, and he is not suitable for directly commanding the army below Nikolai, a knight of the kingdom.

The desire to have my own territory, to have my own army has never been stronger.

"You idiots, can't you think about it?" Nikolai immediately understood, and angrily scolded these soldiers: "Think about it carefully, won't the barbarians come to our door if we don't go out?"

This made sense, and most soldiers immediately understood the cause and effect.

"I tell you, it's impossible! Whether we go out or not, these damned barbarians will rush into our city like locusts, kill our relatives, and rob us of food. They will take everything we have now, All reduced to ashes!"

The eyes of the soldiers began to become firm, and everyone knew the outcome of the barbarians rushing into the city.

The eyes of many of these young soldiers had turned blood red, and they were panting heavily.

"Our names will be left on our graves as disgraceful ones - if anything, we will bear the contemptuous ridicule of those who came after us, even if we escaped with our lives, unable to defend our hometown, unable to defend our families, what are we? meet someone?"

"Kill! Kill those damned barbarians!!!" A young soldier immediately stood up: "Kill them all!"

"Yes! Destroy them!"

"The barbarians deserve to die!"

"Defend our home to the death!"

"Defend your hometown! Defend Your Excellency the Earl!"

War is the best patriotic education. Seeing the morale of the soldiers being gradually stimulated, Ryan nodded with satisfaction. Behind these soldiers is their homeland, and their relatives are the reason for their fighting. Their glory is closely connected with their lives. They have no reason not to fight desperately.

The south of Nord is no better than the north. In the northern towns of Nord, most of the civilians have blood red eyes when they hear that the northern barbarians are coming.

Ryan left the barracks and walked to the Moon Lake alone to think alone. Gradually, the sky turned dark and the moon rose. Ryan looked at the huge full moon above his head and heard footsteps behind him: "You have a good father ,

Ike. "

"Mr. Ryan, I apologize again for what I did before." The young wandering knight appeared behind Ryan with a sigh: "I had already made up my mind not to rely on my father's reputation, but in the end I still Fell in front of reality."

"Everyone has to face reality. There will always be a day when people bow their heads to reality. If your current strength cannot defeat it, then wait for the opportunity." Ryan turned around and looked at the wandering knight standing behind him.

From the moment he saw Ike Albrecht's family crest, he knew that this kid was the son of the White Wolf Knight Ged, because if it wasn't for that person's descendants, no one could use that family crest.

"For profit, greed for fame, coercion and temptation, I am really ashamed of your father." Ryan's face was very cold, he looked at Ike, his sharp eyes almost made the wandering knight feel ashamed: "I know why I didn't pursue you in the end Are those people responsible?"

"Why?" The wandering knight replied subconsciously.

"Because... to a certain extent, you did good things with bad intentions. At that time, you dressed up to meet the enemy and bought a lot of time for the caravan. If it weren't for your sacrifices, perhaps more people would die." Ryan Putting my eyes on the Moon Lake in the distance, I said lightly: "Furthermore, if it weren't for your coercion, I might not get that windfall, so after weighing the outcome, I still don't think it's necessary to pursue the ancient It's Desen's responsibility, he was injured because he fought the Beastmen, didn't he?"

"No matter what, I will give my all in this war." Ike said in a deep voice, and the young man left without looking back after saying these words: "To wash away my shame."

Ryan nodded, and he walked into the depths of the ruins by the Lake of the Moon alone.

From just now, there was something calling him from the depths of the ruins.

Ryan began to gradually walk into the depths of the ruins.

The streets are very narrow, the white walls are full of scratches, and there are traces of battles everywhere. Ryan doesn't know what happened in the ruins, but the exploration of countless adventurers for thousands of years has completely lost the ruins. Every corner of this deserted city has been thoroughly rummaged by humans. Since the Great Jihad, no adventurer has explored this place, because every corner has been dug three feet into the ground. After that, there is no need to waste time in this place.

The architectural art of the elves is superb. No matter where he is, Ryan can always look up and see the moon, and look back at the Moon Lake.

Along the road paved with thick stones, Ryan climbed the steps, and at the end of the ruins, the voice calling him became clearer.

He came to an altar.

It is no longer clear which god is enshrined in this ancient altar. Every sculpture was destroyed and taken away by greedy adventurers. The murals telling the past in the long gallery are seriously missing, only the collapsed stone pillars and the brazier on the altar are not of interest, and the preservation is relatively intact.

He can be sure that there is something calling him here.

The moonlight sprinkled the entire altar, and also sprinkled on the armor on Ryan's body. The light was reflected in all directions, and the family emblem on his shoulder was constantly shining brightly.

Will it be the goddess of the moon? Ryan was lost in thought.

Before the catastrophe, the Goddess of the Moon was once one of the main gods believed by human beings, but after more than a thousand years of development, this church has long since declined. Existence, in a bitterly cold place like Nord, the residents are in danger for a long time, and the Church of the Goddess of the Moon, which advocates human rights and freedom, cannot find much room for survival.

In fact, the Empire and Britannia don't like the Church of the Moon Goddess either.

When Ryan was thinking, there were footsteps coming from behind him, and a sika deer appeared in front of Ryan, and Ryan subconsciously raised his warhammer to signal it to move away, otherwise don't blame himself for being ruthless.

But the sika deer didn't move away, it nodded towards Ryan, and then ran towards the small woods beside it.

Ryan thought for a while and decided to follow.

The fog in the forest is getting thicker and thicker, and the faint fragrance is pervasive. The ancient hymn resounds in the forest, telling the great past of the King of Knights. The forest fairies are singing around a beautiful figure. On the unicorn, quietly watching the guests brought by the deer.

"Ma'am?" At a distance of about twenty steps, Ryan realized who it was.

The other party didn't answer, and Ryan couldn't see the other party's expression clearly in the dense fog. He could only see her beautiful long golden hair reaching to her ankles, and the starlight under the sharp corner of the unicorn.

She seemed to be waiting for Ryan's next move.

"I salute you, ma'am." After a moment of hesitation, Ryan decided to kneel down on one knee and salute the goddess. No matter what the starting point of the fairy in the lake is, she is the one who regulates and formulates the eight knights. Virtue, it is she who brought the precepts and hope to mankind in this dark age. At that time, if the fairy in the lake hadn't helped Arthur, the founding knight king, all the human beings in Britannia would have perished.

"Lane, a foreign visitor from outside the territory, the son of Lord Norman of Auterney, the godson of Ivan Ferdinand, the Duke of Griffin, I am very glad to meet you." The voice like a clear spring spoke, and every word of her They all have a seductive fragrance of flowers and a strong sense of oppression. Ryan gathered all his spiritual power to hear what she said clearly. Moreover, the god was still speaking High Gothic. After a few words, his forehead was already sweating. .

"I am very honored to be interviewed by the lady. What can I do?" Ryan really couldn't figure out what the creator of chivalry virtue, the patron saint and ruler of Britannia saw himself for. So he thought about it and said.

"Sure enough!" The fairy in the lake raised her hand to signal Ryan to get up, and every soft voice of her could easily make people fall into an eternal dream: "Few people can bear to talk to me directly, my Holy Grail Knight They can't do it, I always need to entrust them with dreams."

"..." Ryan didn't answer, he didn't collect enough information, and when he couldn't understand why the fairy in the lake wanted to see him, it was better to be silent.

"I have already got the answer, go ahead and continue your battle. I want to remind you that we are outnumbered. Bireg is blessed by Khorne and is invincible." The fairy in the lake continued, she Where she was, the snow had faded, and countless flowers and grass grew slowly along the path she had traveled.

"The current situation does not meet the conditions for outsmarting. I can only delay his steps as much as possible to wait for the arrival of the imperial reinforcements." Ryan simply answered more bluntly.

"Predicting your future always makes me feel very dangerous, as if some supreme being is watching me coldly... But before the reinforcements from the empire arrive, you and Bireg will have a final battle, the outcome of this battle The victory or defeat will determine the safety of this city and all living beings within tens of miles." The figure of the fairy in the lake was scattered in the mist, looming: "Go face it, White Wolf Knight, and then you will understand what is real Knightly Virtue."

The prophecy of the fairy in the lake has never failed. She has a powerful ability to peek into the future. Although Ryan doesn't know why she asserts that she and Bireg will eventually have a battle, but since she predicted it, it is very likely to happen.

But why should she remind herself? Does she have any purpose in doing this?

"Ma'am, can you answer my doubts?" Ryan began to vaguely guess what the fairy in the lake wanted to do, so he simply asked directly: "I have always heard that His Excellency Maras, the archbishop of the white wolf, said that you are an elf gods."

"You do know a lot, Ryan." Even under the cover of thick fog, Ryan could feel the change in the fairy's tone in the lake. She was silent for a long time before continuing: "Honesty is a virtue, I am an elf god, Nor is it an elf god."

"Appreciate further details."

"My world was turned into scorched earth and dead silence under the attack of chaos. The gate of chaos swallowed up everything in the main material world. I fought my way out of the siege and took a long time to come to this world. At that time, I was an elf god."

"However, the elves in this world already have a complete god system, which does not belong to me. In my observation, human beings have higher potential and wisdom than elves, and they are the main force to fight against chaos in the future. , so I chose to come to the Principality of Carcassonne in Brittania, and you know everything after that."

Ryan nodded, everyone is familiar with the story of Knight King Arthur.

"After hundreds of years of accumulation of human beliefs, I am no different from a human god. My main identity is the patron saint of Britannia, not the goddess of fate of the elves."

"I understand, thank you for your sincerity." Now Ryan felt that he was a villain in vain, and his face was a little uneasy, so he bowed his head and apologized.

"I await your choice."