After Madam Philina left, Grand Scholar Igor threatened him verbally for a while.
But Li Ang, who knew the reason, no longer planned to ignore him.
Ulrich just wants to get enough funds to capture the Noldor noble girl, not to kill himself, Igor is just a bluff.
The news brought by Philina reminded Li Ang of Drunkards' Brigade's Alaric--the Noisy One Alaric gained great power after taking the elixir, but would lose control and go crazy, have unbearable headaches, and find it difficult to stay awake. Only getting drunk can avoid the pain.
The magic potion Ulrich takes will make him lose strength and become weak, but it can relieve his mania and pain...
This kind of magic potion seems to be the exact opposite of the elixir of death...
Is this really made with the blood of Noldo Elves?
Is Ulrich lying, or is Three Prophets lying?
Or are they all lying?
In addition, the Noisy One Alaric (Alaric, note 1), and the king's son Alanric (Alanric, note 2), the names of these two people always seem to have some origin...
Li Ang didn't know what was going on, but he knew that Ulrich would let him go soon.
As long as this king hasn't become insane, he will.
All he had to do was wait - wait for White Deer Fortress to light the beacon.
In fact, on the same day that Li Ang was imprisoned in the Imperial Palace's secret room, White Deer Fortress's flames were already ignited.
Because, not long after Li Ang was taken away by Lion Knight, White Deer Fortress and Wheat Fragrance Territory began to spread the news that Li Ang had committed treason.
This must be a rumor spread by the Bacchus Empire, because it would not have spread so quickly unless someone deliberately spread the rumor. Even Lion City had no such rumor - Li Ang had not been escorted to Lion City at that time.
However, this rumor will not have much actual impact on the White Deer Fortress area...
For the people of Wheat Fragrance Territory, it doesn't matter whether the lord is treasonous or not. Even if he rebels, they will follow Li Ang. Most of the residents of Wheat Fragrance Territory were originally helpless people who could not survive. The lord gave them a way to survive, and they can live better than ordinary people.
And Wheat Fragrance Territory's troops have gained a lot of benefits from following the lord, and they are more loyal. Not to mention treason, they might even dare to go against the gods.
People here at White Deer Fortress also don't believe that Li Ang will treason. You must know that Li Ang kidnapped two imperial governors in White Deer Fortress just half a year ago.
People in other places may not feel much about this, but people in White Deer Fortress know very well that without Li Ang's rescue, White Deer Fortress is now the territory of the empire - does it matter whether they are treasonous or not?
These treasonous rumors were naturally created by the Bacchus Empire's spies to cause trouble for Li Ang.
This is ensuring that a rift is created between King Ulrich and Li Ang, and it is also making Lionheart Kingdom's other nobles suspicious - whether they doubt the king or Li Ang.
Because no matter whether it is true or false, any king will be very concerned about rumors of treason. In this case, Li Ang will definitely be detained.
The nobles who support Li Ang will certainly not believe the rumors, but such rumors will make them think that the king has treated Li Ang unfairly.
Nobles who have listened to rumors or suspected Li Ang may think that Godric and others are also accomplices...
--This simple rumor will create a kind of confrontation. As long as either the king or Li Ang loses his composure, and Bacchus Empire's spies further instigate and guide, it may trigger a civil war.
Emperor Marius probably not only wants to force Li Ang to rebel, but also wants Lionheart Kingdom to cause internal strife.
But Amy faithfully carried out the Lord's instructions. After hearing the news of Li Ang's "treason", Amy immediately lit the beacon fire and sent messengers for help to both Long River Town and Lion City, claiming that 'Bacchus Empire is attacking again'.
Of course Bacchus Empire did not attack. Li Ang asked Amy to do this in order to use Bacchus Empire's rumors to prove his innocence.
Everyone knows that once White Deer Fortress and Wheat Fragrance Territory are occupied by the Bacchus Empire, the consequences will be disastrous.
Li Ang is the lord of Aier County and is the current actual manager of White Deer Fortress and Wheat Fragrance Territory.
If just after hearing the rumors of Li Ang's treason, they immediately received the news that 'Bacchus Empire attacked White Deer Fortress', all the lords and even the common people would realize that Li Ang's treason must have been caused by the Bacchus Empire.
This is also forcing King Ulrich to release him.
When there is an enemy situation on the eastern border, if the king allows border lords like Li Ang to receive any unfair treatment, I am afraid that he will lose both his country and his people.
That's why the lord can be so confident and bold as to be taken away by Malbert, and even locked into a secret room without any intention of escaping.
In fact, Amy also did something else.
While Long River Town asked Lesley and Eric to dispatch manpower to Lion City, Amy asked Long River Express's staff sent a letter to mother Philina in the fastest possible way, asking Madam Philina to find a way to meet Li Ang so that Li Ang would not suffer any hidden consequences.
After Lesley learned about the situation, he gave the Snake Heart Stone that Li Ang had kept sealed in his hand to the messenger and took it with him. Both Lesley and Eric knew how Risadiran got out of trouble in the first place.
After returning to Wheat Fragrance Territory, Amy, together with Sir Roland and Ansen, transferred all the materials from Wheat Fragrance Territory to White Deer Fortress as quickly as possible.
Li Ang's instructions were carried out efficiently without any compromise.
But what no one expected was that before the cavalry sent by Amy for help could reach Lion City, the situation in the eastern region suddenly changed.
Logically speaking, White Deer Fortress was invaded by the empire, and Amy lit a beacon to ask for help, which should have received a comprehensive response from the eastern region. As long as the beacon was lit, both Long River Town and Brave Shield Fortress should send people to support.
But actually it doesn't...
Lord Malbert is only responsible for government affairs and has no troops under his command, so he cannot send anyone out.
The people from Horn Summon Ranger Corps were also unexpectedly absent from Long River Town. I don't know where they went.
Godric is not at Long River Town for the time being. The garrison at Long River Town has not received orders and cannot leave its posts.
Leofric of Brave Shield Fortress, Charles of Fletcher, and Ralph of the riverside camp are all missing.
No reinforcements were sent out to rescue White Deer Fortress in the entire eastern region.
Fortunately, the beacon fire and enemy attack this time were fake. If Bacchus Empire really attacked, it would be really dangerous...
Godric, Leofric and Charles are actually all together now.
They were blocked by an army of thousands of people more than a hundred miles northwest of Fletcher Village.
This is a desolate hillside on the edge of Gatu Grasslands.
Godric and Charles were originally going for actual combat training. A few days ago, they took Red Arrow Longbowmen to look for traces of bandits in the area.
Ralph's son Raphael brought twenty rangers to help them act as scouts. Raphael discovered many bandits in this area.
But what they didn't expect was that the robbers did find them, but they found too many...
They ran into an army of bandits led by hundreds of rogue knights in a valley.
Of course this is not some wild bandit... this is Crimson Brotherhood members who Duke Alma spent huge sums of money to gather from all over the place.
Upon discovering this large force, Godric immediately led the archers up the hillside and occupied the commanding heights first.
This is the right choice. When facing an enemy ten times your own, it is the last word to find a favorable terrain for defense.
Raphael reacted quickly and immediately planned to run away with the rangers, preparing to go back and pull Horn Summon Ranger Corps over to suppress the bandits.
But the young Raphael was able to escape unexpectedly...
Crimson Brotherhood's large forces are dispersed and surrounded from west to east, so of course Raphael can only run eastward.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they reached the ridge, they ran into nearly two hundred cavalrymen.
Alma himself is among them, and so is Baron Cadelon!
The overwhelming number of Crimson Brotherhood army was actually just a cover on the surface, and it was really ambushing on the other side of the ridge...
Alma took advantage of the geographical environment of this hillside and hid Kaidelen's troops on the other side of the gentle slope of the ridge.
This is the same method as when Li Ang asked Ryman to take Lion Knight to block the enemy scouts on the gentle slope near White Deer Fortress.
Raphael couldn't see what was going on on the other side until he stepped onto the ridge from the valley. When he reached the ridge, the cavalry from the other side rushed over to block him. Raphael tried his best but couldn't escape.
All twenty rangers were killed, and Raphael was captured.
Subsequently, a large Crimson Brotherhood force composed of about a hundred rogue knights and a thousand underworld members besieged Godric on the hilltop.
After Alma captured Raphael, he immediately rushed to Ralph's camp.
Godric was surrounded by archers, and they defended from a high position. They could barely hold on for a while, but they definitely couldn't break out, and they couldn't hold on for long - they had no supplies, and only brought a bag of arrows with them when they set off.
Charles and Godric were trapped on the top of the mountain.
Fortunately, Charles is lucky, he has a sister who hides in the dark and is unknown to anyone.
Liwa has been protecting him secretly for the past few months, and now he is also keeping an eye on him from the outside.
But Liwa, who only had dozens of bandits under his command, was unable to break through the encirclement and rescue people.
But fortunately, the bandits under her didn't look much different from the bandits at the bottom of Crimson Brotherhood, so neither side noticed her presence.
So, this female bandit thought of an unconventional way to ask for help - she quickly rushed to Brave Shield Fortress with her men, and used her group of real bandits to attract Baron Leofric.
Liwa is a bandit after all. No one except Li Ang knows that she is Oden's daughter, and Leofric doesn't know her either. She can only use this method to lead Leofric to the place where Charles is trapped...
However, this method of using real bandits to attract Brave Shield Fortress to pursue him resulted in Leofric not bringing many troops - he only faced dozens of bandits, so he only brought more than a hundred cavalry troops.
Of course, it would be good to have this cavalry as reinforcements. After all, Baron Leofric's men are regular troops on the border.
In Liwa's view, if Leofric's cavalry can be brought to the foot of that hillside, it will definitely be able to distract some of the enemies or create a gap in the encirclement.
As long as there is a chance, she can use her familiarity with the surrounding terrain to rescue Charles.
After all, the enemy encircling them was only the people of Crimson Brotherhood. The battlefield discipline of those gangsters was not as good as that of the bandits under Liwa. With a number of more than a thousand, they could only trap the infantry archers led by Godric and Charles who were unfamiliar with the environment in the wilderness.
Liwa's plan did come true. She successfully brought Leofric's troops near the hillside, allowing Leofric to see the two flags on the top of the mountain.
And Crimson Brotherhood's people did indeed start chasing Leofric's cavalry as she expected.
This time without Alma's ambush, Crimson Brotherhood's gangsters were indeed unable to surround Leofric, which forced them to send additional manpower to pursue and intercept him. The encirclement surrounding the mountain became much weaker.
Baron Godric also seized the opportunity. When he saw the enemy moving at the foot of the mountain, and a cavalry team attracted the enemy's attention, he immediately led his men to break out.
Red Arrow Longbowmen's shooting skills may not be very good, but they are not pure archers. Godric equips them with inlaid armor and swords and shields - these archers can be used as infantry when breaking through.
In order to boost morale, Godric and Charles took the lead, waving their long swords and rushing towards the east where the enemy was weakest.
This is also the direction where Leofric's cavalry is located.
There is nothing to say about Godric's martial arts skills. He was the leader of Royal Guard, so his skills can be imagined.
Even though he was now in his fifties, he still had the ceiling of combat power in this battlefield. He led the charge and killed more than a dozen people in a row. The enemies in front of him retreated and did not dare to stand in front of him. He quickly led the team to the foot of the mountain.
But just when they were about to break out of the siege, Charles couldn't hold it anymore...
Charles's combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of Godric. When he broke through, he was surrounded by several rogue knights and was slightly injured.
Injury on the battlefield was originally a common thing, and Charles's injuries were not too serious, but the enemies they faced were all from Crimson Brotherhood.
Seeing that Charles was injured, these gangsters and gangsters left Godric, who was a powerful fighter, and no longer cared about the encirclement. They all turned around and swarmed up to deal with the injured little lord.
A lot of rogue knights and gangsters all flocked to Charles.
This gangster mentality of bullying the weak and fearing the strong caught Godric and Charles by surprise.
Godric is indeed experienced in many battles and has great martial arts skills, but he only has one man and one sword, and he has already taken the lead to break into the enemy group outside, and cannot be rescued in time.
Although he kept slashing hard and killed many enemies, he couldn't turn around and help in this situation.
"Ah! Get the hell away!!"
At the critical moment, Liwa, who had been watching the battle from the side, shouted loudly and rushed into the chaotic battlefield with dozens of bandits regardless...
She still held an iron drill more than one meter long in her hand, and still wore the old leather armor.
Behind him, there were still dozens of bandits with incomplete equipment and rags.
But her violent screams echoed throughout the wasteland, even covering up all the killing cries nearby.
The people fighting on the sides were all stunned for a moment. No one expected that a woman could make such a roar.
And the momentum with which she charged into the battle also amazed everyone.
"Everyone get out of here!"
Liwa rushed into the crowd, roaring like a wild beast, and the iron drill in his hand danced wildly.
A rogue knight slashed her shoulder with a sword, but then her iron drill was stabbed into her eye socket through the gap in her helmet.
Then he kicked away the rogue knight's body, pulled out the iron pick, and continued running forward.
This woman seemed to burst out with infinite power at this moment, and she completely ignored the sword swinging at her. No matter who attacked her, she would not dodge, but stabbed back directly with the iron pick.
Many wounds soon appeared on her body, but at least seven or eight enemies were stabbed to death by her with an iron pick.
And her feet never stopped.
This madman-like attack caused her to suffer numerous injuries within tens of seconds, but for a short time no one could stop this lifeless madwoman.
She blazed a bloody trail in her own way.
That was the way out for Charles.
This kind of madness without fear of life and death is exactly what Crimson Brotherhood members fear the most, and it is also the reason why Liwa can become the bandit leader as a woman.
Her martial arts skills were far inferior to Charles, but her completely desperate performance at this time scared those Crimson Brotherhood gangsters.
A fearless leader is formidable, even if it's a woman.
Because this allows her people to know that on the battlefield, if you are not afraid of death, you will often not die!
Liwa's bandits were roaring like her at this moment and charging towards an enemy that was several times their size.
The pressure around Charles suddenly decreased, and many enemies turned to face Liwa.
There were also some enemies who avoided her direct front in fear...
Charles saw Liwa rushing towards him.
Under the arrangement of Li Ang, he cooperated with Liwa to deal with Eldred. Of course he recognized Liwa and knew that she was one of his own, but he did not know that she was his sister.
But perhaps because of the blood connection, when he saw Liwa's fearless charge, he dropped the shield in his hand and gave up his defense.
Then, Charles, like Liwa, roared and turned around to charge in the direction of Liwa.
He used the method of killing the enemy, the method of exchanging injuries for lives taught by Li Ang, and the same method of charging into the formation as Liwa did now, and headed in the direction of Liwa.
After paying the price of being bruised and bruised, Liwa finally succeeded in leading a dozen of his subordinates to stand beside Charles.
The two siblings were standing back to back, covered in blood and crumbling.
"Come on! Come and kill me!"
Charles roared like a villain, and moved out step by step with Liwa.
But no enemy around them dared to get close again.
At this time, Godric finally led the archers to kill the surrounding enemies and rushed over to relieve the siege.
The enemies fled one after another, and Crimson Brotherhood's people were already a little timid.
But just when Charles turned around and planned to rush out of the siege with Godric, the woman leaning on his back fell.
Liwa's leather armor could not protect her very well, and she suffered too many injuries.
After a long journey, she couldn't rest for a moment, and she rushed into the battle with all her strength.
She spent all her life saving Charles.
In other words, she is redeeming herself.
"Liwa! What's wrong... don't sleep! Don't sleep!"
Charles panicked and picked up Liwa, but Liwa had lost all his strength, and the bloody iron drill fell from his hand and fell to the ground.
"Charles... go quickly..."
Liwa only said one sentence and then closed her eyes. This was the first sentence she said to Charles.
"Let's go, don't be stunned!"
Godric supported Charles and asked several bandits to lift the unconscious Liwa and quickly left the battlefield.
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Note 1: The Noisy One Alaric, Alaric, originates from the Germanic language and means noble ruler.
Note 2: Prince Alanric, Alanric, means a just ruler.
Ric or rick, Ric, means power or ruler. Lion Territory has many lords with ric in their names.
For example, Ulric (Ulrich, refers to the uncompromising and powerful ruler), Goldric (Godric, gold is used in the name to refer to the innocent heart), Leofric (Leofric, refers to the generous lord), Eric (Eric, this is an extremely common name, referring to a leader or a positive person).