The reason why Li Ang returned to Lion City was because he encountered an accident.
Starting from Lion City to sending orders to Godric from Vulpine Town, it basically goes all the way north. The entire route is plain, so it shouldn't take much time.
This is also the important thing about the three-way intersection at Vulpine Town - after passing Vulpine Town, the road leading to Lion City is relatively flat and safe.
A few days ago, Li Ang waited for Royal City Guard to set off before leaving Lion City. Because his guards were all Noldo Elves, it was best not to go together with Royal City Guard to avoid unnecessary friction.
Royal City Guard was ordered to supervise Godric and Amy. The two commanders were also deputy envoys who passed the order. Baron Gaden, the commander of the guards, led the troops at the front, while the deputy commanders Inna and Li Ang walked together.
But just after they had walked a little more than half the way, they encountered an accident.
Near Harlingosburg to the north of Lion City, they encountered masons and quarry workers who were being chased by a large group of Fallen One, including Sigismund...
After Sigismund led the scout team to lure away those Fallen One, he found that he could not get rid of those Fallen One, so he immediately ordered the troops to evacuate in the direction of Talboa.
Because there are almost no residents in Talboa, most of the people here are quarry workers - most of them are strong men, and most of them are criminals who were exiled here.
This is indeed the most suitable evacuation location. It will not cause casualties to innocent residents, but it can also allow these young quarry workers to help block it, and it can also send news to other places.
Sigismund did not let the scout team disperse again. He felt that it would be much better to gather Fallen One to a remote place than to let Fallen One spread out to cause tragedies in various places - the former Commoner Knights still maintained a simple kindness.
But Sigismund made a conscious mistake after witnessing strong winds and waves - he ignored the courage of ordinary people.
He and his men had burned down Desha's temple, fought large-scale wars, and seen the even more terrifying Fear Legion, so they had no fear of Fallen One. In a hurry, they did not expect that those quarrymen had not seen the world like them.
Most of the quarrymen are indeed criminals, but they are not soldiers and have little knowledge. Without any psychological preparation, they will naturally feel frightened when they see a skinless monster like Fallen One.
Therefore, when Sigismund led Fallen One to the quarry, it immediately caused a huge panic - this is the most normal behavior for ordinary people after seeing a skinless monster...
Seeing the panic of the quarrymen, Sigismund immediately realized that he had made a mistake, so he quickly led his scouts to help the quarrymen remove their shackles and other restraints, and then ran away with them.
What is probably slightly better than ordinary villagers is that the quarrymen and stonemasons are indeed capable of running. After all, most of them are young and strong men. They can even run faster than the exhausted scouts of Sigismund.
There are only a small number of masons or their family members are old and infirm, but Talboa has a lot of vehicles used to transport stone. Fallen One's speed is not fast, and most people can indeed run away.
As a result, it was originally Sigismund with less than a hundred people who attracted the firepower of Fallen One, but now more than a thousand people were chased by the group of Fallen One - which actually attracted those Fallen One more completely.
Of course, those panicked quarrymen would not listen to anyone's instructions. They would just rush to the nearest castle in a swarm, hoping to be protected by the city wall...
The closest castle to Talboa is Harlingosburg in the north of Lion City.
Therefore, Baron Gaden, who was leading Royal City Guard, had an encounter with Fallen One without any preparation.
Baron Gaden is a young lord promoted by Ulrich. He was also a member of Lion Knight Order before. His nature is quite similar to that of Ryman - to put it simply, he is both a close confidant of the king and a representative of the nobility.
After Ulrich dismissed Andrew from his position as commander, Gaden was transferred to be the commander of Royal City Guard, and he is the successor of Harlingosburg.
Lord Harlingosburg is the father of Gaden. Now he is old and slumped in the hospital bed, unable to take charge. Therefore, Gaden, as the eldest son in the family, has officially inherited the title of baron.
After his father dies, Gaden will step down from Royal City Guard and become the master of Harlingosburg.
A large number of Fallen One are hunting down civilians in the hinterland of the Lionheart Kingdom, and they are so close to their own castle. For Gaden, they must be eliminated.
So the quarrymen and masons were saved, and Sigismund was also saved, but Baron Gaden died tragically at the hands of Fallen One - in order to protect his hometown, he bravely rushed to the front.
Perhaps Gaden really didn't expect that those Fallen One's seemingly light and casual swords could not only cut through his plate and chain composite armor, but also chop him into two pieces...
Royal City Guard killed and injured more than a dozen people in the first contact. Then they realized something was wrong and immediately began to retreat.
Fortunately, Li Ang's Noldo Guard was not far behind, and they came to support immediately after discovering the fight.
The Noldo Elvess are indeed the natural nemesis of the Fallen Ones. These marksmen kill those Fallen Ones in this plain area with basically no effort - the Noldos like to aim at the enemy's head and shoot.
Those Fallen One were all cleaned up after an hour, but this little accident made Li Ang very embarrassed.
In fact, not many people died in this bad battle. Royal City Guard were all cavalry, and they only lost a dozen people in total - the first group of people who followed Gaden to charge first.
But the problem is that the commander Gaden died in the battle, and he died at the hands of the heretic Fallen One...
Gaden is the deputy envoy who conveyed the order and was also the person in charge assigned to supervise the army. He was originally responsible for supervising Godric.
This led Royal City Guard people to believe that these Fallen One might have been done by Godric and Amy, because Amy is now accused of being a 'heresy leader'...
Royal City Guard did not doubt Li Ang. After all, it was Li Ang's troops who killed Fallen One.
But they insisted that Li Ang return to Lion City to explain the situation to Ulrich and ask the king to order the original plan to be maintained and to appoint other deputy military supervisors. Otherwise, they would not obey anyone's order.
It's normal for them to have such concerns. Death on the way just after accepting a mission can easily be regarded as a conspiracy. If something goes wrong, Royal City Guard will take responsibility.
So Li Ang had no choice but to go back with Inna, preparing to explain clearly the whole story, and also had to bring several masons to testify, proving that Gaden died fighting to save his hometown.
Fortunately, Inna is a sensible person - he was originally assigned by Anna to assist Li Ang, and of course he would not go against Li Ang.
Therefore, Li Ang and Inna turned around and returned to Lion City. Since they brought the masons with them, they were naturally not very fast and were at least twice as slow as when they came.
On their way back to Lion City, Li Ang heard the unique signaling sound of Owl Knight Order, which was the cry of the night owl - 'hoohohooooo'.
That was Ols, and he brought back the news of Vulpine Town for Li Ang.
Ols has been searching for information about Vulpine Town and surrounding areas for Li Ang these days.
Before Li Ang left Long River Town, he asked Wendy to send orders to the troops stationed in various places to prepare for war. Owl Knight Order of Ols had been stationed at Trublen before, so the order would naturally be passed on to them.
Trublen is the residence lent by Li Ang to the night owls. They eat the food provided by Li Ang and live on the territory provided by Li Ang. So Ols will naturally respond to Li Ang's war mobilization.
So after receiving the order, Owl Knight Order set off, arriving only one day later than Kloze.
This time, the news brought back by Ols personally was news that Li Ang had never known - Crow's Perch Village was massacred, and no one was left!
At the same time, many small villages around Vulpine Town were massacred.
"Lord Li Ang, the situation is getting very troublesome now... Crow's Perch Village is the hometown of Godric and the fiefdom of Mrs. Philina, and the people who massacred Crow's Perch Village were not the heretics Fallen One, but the people of Lion Knight Order! They should have intentionally forced Lord Godric to rebel!"
Ols acted very nervous. "We confirmed with Kloze that Kloze rescued several villagers who had been abused. This matter is The adventure group led by that scumbag Oswood did it, and it was done under the instruction of Lion Knight Order - Oswood's adventure group are thugs who specialize in doing dirty work for Lion Knight Order!"
"Crow's Perch Village was massacred... Then where are Mrs. Philina and Lord Andrew? Also... Do Godric and Amy know about this?"
Li Ang also realizes the trouble of this situation - if something happens to Philina and Andrew, then Godric will definitely rebel!
Li Ang knows that Godric is extremely dissatisfied with the current Lion Knight Order, and Amy, this Princess Knight, will not have any fear of rebellion or anything like that!
If it weren't for Mrs. Philina and Andrew, Godric might have become rebels with her friends when they were young!
"Andrew is missing... You should know what this disappearance probably means. Mrs. Philina should be at Lion City. We found her followers, and those followers said that she went to find the king alone..."
Ols quickly explained the situation, "As for Miss Amy... Sir, Kloze discovered this first, and he had already brought your Silver Hand to meet Miss Amy before I arrived - so I rushed back to tell you..."
"After learning that Crow's Perch Village was massacred, Miss Lord Godric and Miss Amy thought that the king intended to do this, so they had no choice. When I left Vulpine Town, they had already made up their minds to fight Lion Knight Order!"
Li Ang sighed heavily...
This means that if those Fallen One had not been encountered, and if Baron Gaden had not died, then Li Ang would have been able to reach Vulpine Town before Godric and Amy made such determination.
After conveying the king's new order, Godric and Amy would not be impulsive, and there was still room for redemption.
But now... Vulpine Town is bleeding like a river, right?
This is not a question of whether Godric and Amy can win. With Kloze and Silver Hand helping out, the father and daughter will at least not lose.
However, this nature is different!
Li Ang accepted the reality very quickly. Now that the situation has escalated, he can only go back to Lion City to find a way to solve this completely different problem.
For example, bring Mrs. Philina to Godric.
Li Ang actually didn't expect that Philina would be in Lion City. After asking Inna, we found out that Philina was in Noble Council.
Inna also met his biological father at this time.
In fact, the communication with Inna has always been very smooth. Inna is just obsessed with Anna. There are actually no problems in other aspects.
As for Three Prophets, in Lion City, apart from confusing the king, he never did any other bad things, nor did he use any weird witchcraft - which was really useless around Magic Suppression Tower.
So in the eyes of Inna, Anna may indeed be a heretic witch, but she is not an evil monster.
He has no ill feelings towards Three Prophets, and he himself has not done anything bad.
Princess Anna asked Inna to cooperate with Li Ang, so he told Li Ang honestly that Philina was in the Noble Council tower, and cooperated with Li Ang to enter Noble Council.
But no one expected that what they saw in Noble Council would be such a scene...
Madam Philina The broken body lay among the flowers;
King Ulrich knelt in front of Philina's body and cried silently;
On the top floor of the tower, Anna was still standing at the window, still holding a piece of cloth in her hand - she was also a little at a loss and didn't know what to do for a while.
But this scene seems obvious. Basically everyone will think that Philina was pushed down by Princess Anna...
This is murder!
Ulrich probably thought so too - so he kept trembling, silent, and hesitant, but did not give any instructions.
And Li Ang's heart has sunk.
Philina is dead! The last person who can solve the problem is dead!
And... this is indeed forcing the Godric family to rebel!
Oh, then there is nothing we can do...
Amy, is his 'apprentice', and they are indistinguishable from each other... family.
Godric is an elder who has been sincerely helping me.
Mrs. Philina is Helen's best friend and the aunt who always protects her.
Damn the prophet, damn the king!
Now, it doesn't matter what conspiracy, trick, political maneuvering, interests, civil war or not... it doesn't matter anymore.
They are already destined to be enemies!
So, what we need to do now is no longer solving the problem...
But someone who solves manufacturing problems!
--No matter who they are, or whether they are human or not!
"Your Majesty..."
Finally, one of the guards couldn't help but broke the uncomfortable silence.
"Get out... get out of here all of you!"
Ulrich suddenly drew out his sword and roared furiously, just like when he hacked the two maids to death, he started to rage completely uncontrollably.
The guards had all seen the miserable situation of the two maids, and no one wanted to follow in their footsteps, so they all got out of the way.
But this time, Ulrich did not kill people randomly, but rushed into the Noble Council tower with a livid face and a sword.
The tears in his eyes fell down his slightly swollen face.
Inna panicked and quickly followed in.
Li Ang also rushed forward with Inna, but he did not enter the Noble Council tower.
He rushed directly to the body of Mrs. Philina.
Taking advantage of the fact that the king had just dismissed the guards, Li Ang hugged the body and left the place quickly without even looking back.
The guards did not stop them. In fact, the guards were at a loss what to do...
They didn't get any effective orders, and no one knew what the situation was now.
In this case, as a bodyguard, it is best to do nothing and just stick to your duty - as long as you guard the tower where the king is and prevent others from entering or exiting, you are doing your duty, and you can pretend you didn't see anything else.
Those who could serve as guards at Noble Council were not fools. They all thought they were blind. Anyway, they all turned their backs and allowed Li Ang to take the body away.
Just after leaving the gate of Noble Council, Li Ang shouted at the city gate, "Risadiran! Open the city gate! Lead the guards into the city!"