Chapter 494 151. Different Choices
Lochran held Nia in a daze, and the sounds around him seemed to be distorted, weirdly pouring into his mind and then being excluded.
"Doctor! Doctor!"
As if he heard a voice after surfacing, Lockran raised his head and looked at a strange soldier stretching out his hand: "Give me the child. "
The anger that suddenly surged into his mind made Lockran want to push the soldier down, but the forged and tempered plate armor in front of him held back his courage: "She...Nia is dead."< br>
"Maybe there is still a chance."
"Are you serious?"
Lochran let go of his hand unconsciously, took the little girl's musketeer and ran behind.
“Follow!”
Lochran followed behind with heavy legs. Only then did he have time to look back——
Many people fell on the road, but many more escaped.
Those injured, like him, are moving away from the front lines.
Those fierce soldiers with blood and rat heads painted on their plate armor chests lined up in two rows, holding special spears, and thunderous sounds and fire broke out from the tips of the spears.
"Master Mage! There is a child here!"
The shout in front made Lochran turn around and saw an old mage with a gentle and kind face standing in front of him
"She's still alive, put her down..."
The old mage raised his staff and placed it against Nia's blood-stained chest. Under the green light, the pale little girl's chest gradually rose and fell. .
The brilliance of magic disappeared, and the old mage looked at the man with his deep and bright eyes: "Is she your child?"
Lochran nodded first, then shook his head: "She is my family ..."
"She is fine, just carry her to the back."
"Thank you... thank you..."
Lochran anxiously picked up Nia who opened her eyes. She didn't know that she was almost dead and was moving her lips weakly.
"I know."
Lochran put the rag doll on her chest, followed the other cured people, and walked towards the distant city-state in a daze and without knowing the future.
Lochran turned around at this time and suddenly saw the black-haired boy in the camp where the wounded were being treated...
"Mr. Annan, I thought you would let me repel the enemy." Dean Blehim did not hide his appreciation.
All those in power view mages as tools - tools to intimidate their enemies. But mages shouldn't be like this, at least it shouldn't be just like this... The ancient arcanists, their knowledge was as profound as their strength.
Annan happened to agree with this, and: "They are not enemies."
The sound of gunfire in front gradually disappeared because no more civilians were running over.
The Mad Dog Archduke's cavalry are in formation, and dozens of corpses - mostly knights - are lying on the gravel area hundreds of meters long between them.
"Get ready to engage the enemy!"
As Losey's order sounded, the musketeers in two rows squatted down in the front row and calmly greeted the cavalry who began to charge.
The galloping cavalry tears the air, and the sound of iron hoofs hitting the ground is duller than the sound of muskets, like stepping on the heart.
But in front of the elite musketeers who had faced the rat tide, this torrent was as harmless as hitting the rocks -
The war horses neighed, and the cavalry suddenly approached the muskets. The soldiers slowed down their shooting range, finally stopped, let out a funny laugh, and turned back as if they had won.
These knights are as hateful as their mad dog Archduke.
The first day of fighting ended with Liberty City taking in hundreds of civilians and Mad Dog Archduke leaving dozens of corpses. Mad Dog Archduke's team returned to the watch territory amid the uneasiness of the servants. They were afraid of becoming the target of venting, but the Grand Duke seemed to be in a pretty good mood...
Lord Lorraine followed him into the hall. The unsightly corpse of the girl lay slumped on the carpet because the Mad Dog Archduke said she gave some atmosphere to the boring castle hall.
"Grand Duke, what do you want from me?"
The Mad Dog Archduke didn't say anything. He sat leaning on the king's chair, leaning on his chin and thinking about something.
Lord Lorraine waited patiently. At a certain moment, the Mad Dog Archduke's lazy voice sounded in the hall: "Does she have a companion? Is she still alive?"
Lord Lorraine raised his head, saw the Mad Dog Archduke staring at the girl's body, and realized What he said: "I put him in the dungeon...and cut his stomach open?"
"No...that would be too boring, bring him here."
< br>The boy who was imprisoned in the dungeon didn't have many scars on his body. The moment he came in, he collapsed and was speechless when he saw the body of his companion.
Mad Dog Archduke looked down at him and said in a playful tone: "Your friend was disloyal to me, so I killed her... What about you?"
"I... I am your subject!" Trembling The boy lowered his head.
"I don't believe it, but I'm going to give you a chance." Mad Dog Archduke smiled with satisfaction and asked Konoe to throw the blood-stained dagger to him.
"I want you to rush in with those untouchables tomorrow, approach the thief, and stab him in the chest with this dagger... I believe you can do it, right?"
"I...I..."
"Huh?"
"I promise to cut off his head and present it to you!"
"Throw him back." Mad Dog Archduke waved his hand and said to Lord Lorraine: " Find some untouchables to sneak in."
"Should we let some soldiers sneak in..."
"What you said is really boring..." Mad Dog Archduke's gaze made Lord Lorraine hurriedly. Lowered his head: "I want to see him assassinated by the untouchables he saved with his own hands... It really makes people look forward to his desperate expression at that time. Annan, this is the return gift from the Mad Dog Archduke to you!"
...
“What is your name?”
On the way back to the camp, Lord Lorraine asked the boy who was following him.
"Loran, my lord..."
"What?"
The boy holding the dagger bravely said: "My name is Luo Lan, sir."
Lord Luo Lan showed disgust that a pariah had the same name as himself, and then said thoughtfully: "Why are you here? Tell us, you don’t believe what the city lord said?”
“They are lying to us! And we are loyal slaves of the Grand Duke!” The boy quickly put his head on the ground to show his loyalty.
"Yes, how can that be true..." Lord Lorraine whispered.
Ignoring the pariah Luolan anymore, the lord Luolan followed the instructions of the Mad Dog Archduke and used bread and hot soup to win over a few pariahs who were willing to serve the Mad Dog Archduke, and threw them iron pieces and stones.
"You know the consequences of betraying the Grand Duke..." Lord Lorraine threatened: "The best result is to be torn apart by the Grand Duke's pets... and as long as you kill that person, the Grand Duke will give you the opportunity to become a knight."
Luo Lan hid the dagger given by the Grand Duke and walked alone into the distance. No one paid attention to him, cold, hunger and loneliness surrounded him, but Luo Lan didn't care, because soon he would no longer be a pariah...
A sudden chill came on his face, Luo Lan wiped it away tears on.
But I can’t stop the tears...
(End of this chapter)