Chapter 43 Out of Control
"Cuckoo!" Professionally trained homing pigeons can reach the target of delivering messages in harsh weather conditions. Especially in this era, the communication of important information between kingdoms is basically completed by similar birds. So, when this
When a gray-white homing pigeon flew into the house from the snowy window and landed on Heather's shoulder, the female knight captain was not surprised. She was just a little confused, because judging from the paint on the letter carried by the pigeon, it seemed that the letter was not from
The Dukedom of Fierce Hammer was not even signed and given by the Knights of the Kingdom. The ferocious lion head emblem with the flower-like mane could only come from one place, and that was the royal family of the Blue Lion Kingdom.
Strange, it stands to reason that although the plague this time is fierce, the area it has affected so far is only a county, and it is far from reaching the point where it will endanger the entire kingdom. At least it seems so on the surface. So, at this time,
Even if the royal family wants to issue an order, it should first notify the Duke of Hammer, and then the Duke will issue it to Heather. This is a method of respecting the rights of the nobles. There are generally only two situations like now where there are direct notifications to subordinates over the feudal nobles.
The first is to notify the target's loyal lord of rebellion, and the royal family directly sends a killing order. Of course, this is completely impossible. The Grand Duke of Hammer has a close relationship with the current king and is a staunch supporter of the king. Moreover, Heather
She has led the Knights of the Hammer for many years and can be said to be the confidant of the Archduke of the Hammer. If the Archduke wants to rebel, she cannot possibly not know about it.
Since this possibility is impossible, there can only be another situation - a declaration of total war. Only when life is enough to threaten the survival of the entire Cangshi Kingdom, such as an invasion by a foreign enemy, will the royal family attack the people in the kingdom.
The combat forces signed such a mobilization order. However, the Cangshi Kingdom is located in a corner of the mainland and has almost no strategic value. The territory within the territory is not considered fertile and rich. There have been few wars in the years since the founding of the country. What is this?
What's going on?
With such doubts, Heather tore off the paint on the letter and unfolded the letter. The female knight commander gradually frowned as she read the information in the letter. This woman could still maintain her integrity even when Cheese and others lost contact.
The commander who commanded calmly rarely showed his emotional out-of-control side. Heather subconsciously punched the table in front of her, and with a loud noise, the wooden table made of thick pine wood
Just like that, its mission ended. The homing pigeon, frightened by the noise, flew up from Heather's shoulders in terror and crashed around the room, adding a lot of feathers to the room.
"Damn it, which bastard encouraged His Majesty to issue this order!"
The knight standing guard outside the house of the female knight was frightened by the movement inside. He quickly opened the door and rushed in. Then he saw Heather's eyes staring at the letter as if they were on fire. People who are not familiar with Heather are often attracted by the sweet appearance of the female knight.
and the calm decision, but these knights who have followed Heather for many years know that there is a reason why the title of their knight captain is Hammer Rose instead of some other flower.
Before becoming a commander, Heather had always been famous for her fierce fighting style and violent temper. You know, she was beaten by the knight commander for his frivolous language at various celebration banquets.
There are almost too many nobles and nobles with broken legs. It’s just that because she serves as the commander of the knights, Heather has been deliberately controlling herself in the past few years. Now seeing the female knight commander looking so angry, these two
The knight standing guard did not dare to go up to dissuade her for a while, and could only watch Heather vent her anger in the room.
After a long time, Heather seemed to calm down, and then the two knights dared to step forward and ask what happened that made her so angry. As a result, Heather did not answer them, but threw the king's secret letter directly in their faces.
The two knights quickly checked the contents of the letter. Unlike Heather who became angry, the reaction of the two knights was shock.
"My lord, is what is said here true?" a knight asked.
"Unless someone dares to forge the royal seal in the kingdom and successfully steals a specially bred homing pigeon to trick me." Heather replied.
"But, sir, if we follow what was said above, wouldn't our current situation become very..." The knight did not finish his words, but judging from his face, the content of the letter was very important to the current Hammer Knights.
Not very good.
"You two, circulate this letter to everyone, and then I will give you a chance to choose. Choose whether to terminate this mission." Taking a deep breath, the female knight commander ordered.
After the two knights were ordered to leave, Heather walked to the window and looked at the snow-covered Valley City. Her brows were furrowed. Even being ambushed by the Skaven army in the dark did not make her so irritated. First, she frowned.
, that was an official letter, and it was obviously sent to nobles all over the kingdom at the same time. Heather would receive this letter here only because the royal family’s carrier pigeons are really powerful. As for the superstitious letter from the king,
In summary, there are nothing more than two things. The first thing is to tell the recipient that the plague spreading in the Earldom of Saron will turn people into brainless and twisted monsters. However, the purpose of this message is
The source was not the Knights of the Hammer or the Knights of the Kingdom who went deep into the plague area, but the Pharmacists Association who came later. These pharmacists exaggerated the spread of the plague and the subsequent harm of the ratmen countless times, and
The plague was described as a natural disaster with no possibility of cure! If she had not participated in this mission, Heather might still accept this conclusion, but the female knight captain knew clearly that these pharmacists had only arrived at the border of the epidemic area for a few days, and she even suspected
These guys came to this conclusion rashly without carefully studying the situation of the infected. But that's all. At least Heather still has cheese as her last hope. This mage from the mysterious outer land has already dealt with this.
Now that we have a certain understanding of the plague, it is entirely possible to control its spread and even completely cure it over time. However, what did those pharmacists suggest your majesty do after they came to the conclusion that it was incurable!
In the second half of the letter, these pharmacists declared that because the plague was highly contagious, they recommended killing all infected people as soon as possible, and controlling all possible infected people, and putting them first if necessary.
Time culling! What does this mean? This means that those refugees who have finally escaped from the epidemic area will not only not receive care and treatment, but will be brutally killed by their compatriots! As a knight, Heather cannot
Accepting this kind of order that was simply disrespectful to human life, she vaguely felt that there was a big problem behind this order. In her impression, the king she was serving now was definitely not a monarch who would issue such a cruel order so easily. Moreover, this
She could not imagine how much turmoil and panic the issuance of the order would cause within the kingdom. Not all nobles were as beloved as the former Earl of Saron. The kingdom was known as moths, and rat scum abounded.
Yes, issuing this order is like handing a knife into their hands that allows them to do whatever they want!
Moreover, as a team that goes deep into the epidemic area, Heather's Hammer Knights and the Kingdom Knights who are still missing may become victims of this decree. Although they will not be killed directly, there are many who have been killed by these
The nobles who have been offended by the stubborn knights will be more than happy to give them a push. Moreover, the disappearance of the most important person at this moment, Cheese, also allows Heather to not miss the opportunity to stop this order. The entire incident will move towards the final outcome.
A bad situation develops.
Of course, the female knight leader currently only believes that this order will lead to the death of a large number of innocent people. If the cheese is informed of this at this time, the mage will probably sign this order with the most vicious curse on the spot.
People, because Cheese, who has seen the terrifying potential of the native rat people, understands that if humans really push these rat people to a dead end, what terrible harm will be caused by the rat people who unscrupulously prey and carry the plague, this war between humans and
Chapter completed!