Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 221 Golden Helmet
"Lucia!" As soon as Malenia entered the door, she swooped forward, jumped in front of Lucia, spun around happily, and asked expectantly: "How is it? I look good in my dress, don't I?"

"Well" Lucia looked carefully up and down, and said with a smile on her lips: "It's really good. If you throw it into a country tavern, there might be mercenaries whistling to talk to you."

"Hmph," Malenia wrinkled her little nose proudly and stretched out her right arm covered by illusion, "I just said that my brother's illusion is still useful. No one can see through my disguise now. ”

"Except here -" Lucia smiled and gently put her hand on Marlenia's head and said, "This golden helmet is more suitable to keep at home. Have you ever seen any mercenary or adventurer who would build such a helmet?" A pure gold helmet?”

"Ah," the little girl trembled when she heard this. She quickly covered her beloved helmet and pouted, "Can't you wear it? Brother Latarn set off with Rio, so that's all I have. It’s a small request, isn’t it too much?”

Lucia looked up and saw Latarn, who was combing Rio's mane, couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. Michaela sighed quietly and said: "I tried to persuade her at home, but she didn't listen. She was willing to keep the helmet even if she asked you not to."

After taking a look at Marlenia's pitiful expression, Lucia cleared her throat and said: "Marlenia, you have to understand that even if the mercenaries have money, they will only spend it on killing people and preventing people from being killed. There is something like a golden helmet on the armor of the killer."

Marlenia's head gradually lowered, and her little hands consciously stretched to the top of her head, ready to take off her beloved helmet, but she heard him suddenly say: "Just stuff this golden helmet into your brother Latarn's head first. Put it in your duffel bag!”

"Ah?" Marlenia and Latarn said in disbelief at the same time, but the former's eyes were filled with incredible surprise, while the latter's face was filled with disbelief and confusion.

"Anyway, he is the biggest, so it won't make sense to carry more or less," Lucia said with a big wave of his hand, "Besides, we just need to disguise ourselves on the way to Lienia, so you can take it with you if you want."

"Lucia is the best!" Marlenia jumped up excitedly, hugged his neck and kissed him on the face.

Except for Lani, who raised her eyebrows and couldn't help condensing a few snowflakes in the surrounding air, everyone present looked up at the sky or kicked the soil. Only Latarn silently packed his luggage bag and cleared out a snowflake. There was no room for the helmet, and he couldn't help but muttered:

“Sometimes I really want to taste what grilled dragon meat tastes like.”

After some laughter, a group of demigods dressed as mercenaries left the Golden Temple early before dawn, along with the two half-and-half wolves Finlay, Anasia, and Blaze who accompanied them. , and the little fox Shirley, the total number of people in the team is only nine people and one fox.

The group of people quickly passed through the upper city area, and then passed through the side gate of the West City that Otaubis had arranged in advance. They did not attract any attention along the way. When the sun fully rose, several people had arrived on the plain on the west side of the royal capital. Walk all the way to the west along the wide Yatan Avenue.

"Calculate the time, they have already set off by now?"

Thousands of miles away in Stonewell City, Greg leaned lazily on the former Throne of Storms and asked the staff officer Kellan Hyde who was standing not far away.

"Yes, Your Highness," Kellan Hyde replied respectfully, "Principal Otaubis specially arranged for several of His Highnesses to stay at the end and pretend to be ordinary people and rush to Rhea Lucalia Academy according to the news reported by the royal capital. , should leave today and arrive around June [-]th."

"Well," Greg rolled his eyelids and said, "Father has said more than once before that the enfeoffment of the demigods will probably be around the end of the year. This time they don't know how long they will have to stay in the Western Territory. Maybe they will have to go back. Everyone is heading to the fiefdom - you should make some preparations over there, sort out the gifts that are routinely given to them this year, and send them to the Western Region in advance to avoid trouble in the future." Before serving as Greg's staff officer and chief staff officer, Kellan Hyde of the famous Hyde family was originally the secretary who served the Golden Prince Godwin. In the past two years, he was fully responsible for maintaining the relationship network between Stonewell and various parts of the dynasty. Naturally, he was very familiar with the inside story, so he just nodded. He said: "I have written it down, but there is one more thing."

"What?" Greg said impatiently. For him, sitting here quietly and listening to staff reports for 10 minutes was his limit.

Kailan Hyde looked at the unhappy expression on his master's face, but he still said bluntly: "The academy has also sent you an invitation letter before. His Highness Godwin also wanted you to go and experience it. Now that the time has come. His Highness is still Are you not going to accept the invitation?"

"Don't go."

"But--"

"That's enough!" Greg said with a stern voice, "Kailan Hyde, I know you are my father's confidant, but here, in Stonewell, you are just my staff! Do your duty as a staff member, especially when you After I rejected those unrealistic suggestions, I don’t want to hear you nagging in my ears over and over again, do you understand?”

His roar, mixed with the suppression of the demigod's aura, echoed in the tall and spacious hall. The several maids standing beside him all felt difficulty breathing and fell to their knees in fear.

An abnormal paleness also appeared on Kellan Hyde's face. However, years of training and training from a famous family still allowed him to maintain his dignity. He took a deep breath, bowed and apologized: "I will not do this again. I mentioned it to His Highness, and I hope His Highness will forgive me."

Greg waved his hand impatiently, signaling for him to leave on his own.

Kellan Hyde turned and walked out of the palace. When he came to the door, Greg suddenly remembered something and stopped him and said, "One more thing. In March, I ordered a batch of snow wolf skins and mountain demon slaves from the north. At the end of last month, It should be delivered, why is it so late?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, it should be due to the recent war between the Neren family and the Samir people. From Neren City to Lod Fortress, there are many more rogue horse bandits plundering along the way. Many caravans have been hindered. His Highness's convoy Although they won’t be robbed, they will probably be delayed on the road.”

"A bunch of trash!" Greg cursed angrily in a low voice.

"I spent a total of 160 million runes on that batch of goods. If I transfer it to the nobles of the Weeping Peninsula, I can triple the profit. Now you tell me that I am stranded in the middle of the road. Maybe I will be robbed at some time?"

However, he also knew that it was impossible to vent his anger on his staff officer. After venting his anger, he turned to ask: "Where is Oleg?"

"At this point in time, I think Knight Oleg is still practicing swordplay at the school, right?"

"Send me an order to ask him to go to the north and chase my convoy back!" Grik gritted his teeth and said, "Tell him that if things go well, I will wipe out the slave status of those remnants of the storm. If things go wrong, ——Heh, he can collect the bodies for them when he comes back."

(End of this chapter)