Chapter 554 My destiny is to move forward indomitably
"The Holy Lord can't stop it, I said so!"
With a clang, the door swept past the tip of La Cunho's nose and hit the door frame hard.
After being impatient by Lacunio, Prince Condai left this sentence and got into the study of this country villa.
Locked out, La Cunho knocked on the door several times, but the only response he got was——
"I have important things to do, don't disturb me!"
There was no other way, La Cunho could only walk down the stairs with a wry smile.
Several priests and monks in the small garden gathered around and looked at La Cunho eagerly.
Seeing Lacuneo shaking his head, they sighed helplessly.
"I have persuaded several company captains. They only have concerns about leaving Meliyati alone, but have no concerns at all about returning to support Feiliu Castle."
"The captains of these command companies only listen to His Highness the Prince."
"The leaders of the two mercenary groups do have ideas, but they can't say it."
After talking to several priests, La Cunho felt more and more headache.
Since the rebellion of the nobles of Hotam County, His Royal Highness has fallen into a state of disobedience.
What he kept saying every day was to hang all the rebellious nobles.
Although La Cunho had been persuading for so long and even tried to join forces with other company captains to dissuade him, he still failed to succeed or change Prince Condai's mind.
On the battlefield in Upper River County, Prince Condai led the imperial company to defeat the mountain knights of Meliati and retreated continuously, and once again trapped the high castle.
But anyone with information can feel that the changes in the war situation are tilting in an unfavorable direction for His Royal Highness.
Especially when the Salvation Army sent troops to control the water dock, and the knights of the deputy fort showed almost no response.
It only takes three to five days to sail from Zhishui dock to Feiliu Castle!
Even if it takes 3-4 days for Horn to assemble troops and troop ships, the Salvation Army should have already set off by the time the news reaches them.
In fact, La Cunho's guess was correct. The Salvation Army gathered its troops in just two days and began to march towards the detention dock.
Because the monks were preparing for Horn's summer counterattack, ships and food were readily available.
They just changed the direction of their main attack from north to west.
Wrapping up his clothes tightly, La Cunho looked helplessly at the snow in the garden through the square window.
The weather has been really unusual in the past few years. It's already March, and not only has the snow not melted in Upper River County, there are even faint signs of snow.
Based on the current situation, the best option would be to go directly north to seek refuge with the Duke of Thorn Garden.
The Duke of Thorn Garden would not refuse four imperial companies.
But His Royal Highness the Prince didn’t allow it!
You know, once the Salvation Army takes control of Feiliu Castle and its surroundings, plus the rebellious earls, this army of tens of thousands will have no way out!
Then the Salvation Army will be invincible in the Thousand River Valley.
But Prince Condai stubbornly believed that the Salvation Army would not have time to capture Feiliu Castle, and they would definitely be able to defeat the Salvation Army in isolation.
La Cunho never understood what Prince Condé was thinking.
But he still didn't give up after all.
After giving instructions to several priests, Lacunio went to the kitchen and ordered Prince Condé's favorite roasted lamb chops and stewed chicken to be cooked, and then returned to the door of the study.
"Charle, it's time for you to eat. Here are the peppered lamb chops."
Racunho received no response, thinking that Prince Condé was asleep, so he knocked on the door again.
"Char, it's me, you can't skip dinner."
With a creak, the study door was opened. "I have decided to be promoted to Grand Knight." The first words Prince Condai said when he left the study surprised Lacunio.
He froze on the spot for a full three seconds before denying: "You can't do it. It takes nine potions to be promoted to a great knight, and it will take a year at the earliest."
There is no sudden breakthrough in the promotion of a great knight. In other words, the concept of a great knight does not exist in the first place, but is created by life.
Because the Grand Knight transforms high-level knights into humanoid monsters through potions, which is an extremely slow and painful process.
These nine potions are named after nine types of dragons, from golden dragons to red dragons.
In the eyes of normal people, even low-level extraordinary knights, this nine-headed dragon is poison.
Even a knight with the Nine-stage Breathing Technique, if he is not proficient in it, will still be unable to bear the power of the medicine and die if he drinks it rashly.
You must be a high-level knight who is young and vigorous, has strong enough body functions, and is proficient in the nine-stage breathing method to be able to slowly absorb the power of the medicine.
But even the most powerful knight did not drink nine bottles in a row.
Many times, in order to ensure safety, those titled knights who are preparing to be promoted to Grand Knights will rest for a full year after drinking the first four bottles, which are safer, and then drink the last five bottles.
Prince Condai opened the door of the study behind him, and placed a bottle of drained potion and two bottles of unopened potion on the table:
"I spend four days digesting each bottle. When we return to Feiliu Castle, my personal strength will definitely crush the champion title knight.
As long as I control my food intake, I won’t have time to gain weight. I don’t need a dragon-blooded horse, an ordinary mixed-blood horse can also carry it..."
"Crack!"
La Cunho slapped Prince Condé on the face. He was shaking all over, and his hair and beard were all standing out.
"You're crazy! Do you know what it means to be a great knight?" This old veteran who had never blushed was roaring hysterically at this moment. "Ten years later, you will be fatter than a pig. Twenty years later, you will be fatter than a pig." You will become a dementia child, and in thirty years, you will be dead!
You are actually trying to reach the third step of promotion in one month. Maybe it won’t take thirty years for you to die!
You are only forty years old, and you don’t even know whether your mistress is carrying a son or a daughter and whether she can give birth! What to do with the Jinque family’s bloodline?
Lifespan, heirs, and sanity will all leave you, and you will just become a war puppet that barely obeys orders. ”
"I know, La Cunho, I know." The white steam exhaled from Prince Condai's mouth actually had a faint mist of blood.
"Then you still want to do this? If you go with me to see the monk now, you still have a chance to wash your stomach and dispel the poison." La Cunho held Prince Condé's wrist but did not pull him.
"La Cunho, a golden finch's baby bird, is lucky enough to be where he is today."
Prince Condai gasped: "But what is the price of this luck? Do you know? I am a prince, I am a prince, people just treat me like a dog.
I am a champion knight. I killed the vampire Archduke. This is an honor I earned myself. However, the dignitaries in the Holy City still treat me like a dog, barking and drinking me around!
I was first the bishop's dog, then the knight's dog, then the pope's dog.
I finally broke free from the prison in the Thousand River Valley, but now I am asked to be a dog for the Duke of Thorn Garden? ”
Standing in front of Prince Condai, who looked like a giant lion, La Cunho didn't know what to say for a moment.
Prince Condai, who was holding on to the door frame with blue veins popping out on his forehead, almost shouted: "No! If I can't get freedom and dignity, then I would rather die!
It’s been thirty years, how many more thirty years do I have? I have to consider whether Qianhe Valley is my only chance in this life..."
"Then what will you do in the future? Even if you can win!" Lacuneo pointed at the tip of his nose and shouted.
Prince Condai did not answer directly. Instead, his chest rose and fell, and he kept adjusting his breathing. After adjusting for almost a minute, he smiled faintly:
"My children, regardless of gender, will all depend on you from now on.
I know I always spoil your plans, but now you have a puppet that will never spoil your plans and is completely at your command, a Grand Knight puppet.
With this big knight puppet, the nobles will not be afraid of my counterattack, because I no longer have the ability to be a king.
With this great knight puppet, even if the royal family tries to take back the Thousand River Valley, I believe you will be able to resist their army.
With this great knight puppet, the little bird of the Golden Sparrow family may be able to soar to the crown again! Take back what is ours! ”
The stunned Racunho could even hear the thumping heartbeat in Prince Condai's chest through flesh and blood, as if it was about to burst through the skin.
"I don't understand those conspiracies, nor those twists and turns."
"My destiny is to move forward indomitably!"
(End of chapter)