"I'm dead now... I'm dead now..."
Li Ang murmured, hurriedly getting dressed.
"What's dead?"
Alina adjusted her shoulder straps, got out of bed, shook out her skirt, gathered her messy hair, and tied a knot at the back of her head casually - this was considered her dressing up.
This girl has always been neat and tidy and never wastes time in front of the mirror... Of course, probably the main reason is that she doesn't know how to put on makeup at all.
"What do you think? If this spreads out, will your reputation be lost?!"
Li Ang glared at Alina while pulling up his clothes with one hand, but then turned his head and glanced at the door in frustration, and asked Alina in a low voice, "Loris Knight Commander shouldn't be a person who talks nonsense, right?"
"My reputation has never been very good... I don't care."
Alina looked at Li Ang's nervous look and suddenly laughed, "So you are worried about me?"
Indeed, Alina's previous reputation was not very good - she had always used 'Child of Prophecy' to reject the pursuit of all men. Since more than two years ago, there were rumors in Bax that Alina likes women.
There were rumors like this at that time, mainly because Alina killed many nobles in Siyuan City, and her father Justus also killed many nobles in Erudition City. It was normal for her to be deliberately smeared by the nobles.
But now, Alina is already twenty-two years old--if you are not engaged at this age, then in the eyes of most people, it is really abnormal. After all, the average age of marriage for women in this era is less than eighteen.
At present, most Baxian believe the rumors and feel that Alina is very likely to really like women - and he probably likes elf girls, because she is often with Wendy.
Only Loris Knight Commander knows that Alina really intends to marry Child of Prophecy...
"Ahem! Aha! Master Justus! When did you come to Imperial Port?!"
Outside the door, Loris suddenly made a high-pitched sound.
Li Ang and Alina were petrified at the same time...
Obviously, this Knight Commander is actually very 'sensible', but it's probably too late to tip off the news at this time - this bedroom only has one door...
The smile on Alina's face turned into a bitter smile, "My father must have met Ares, so he rushed here so quickly..."
"Hurry up, help me put on my clothes!"
Li Ang is still only wearing pajamas, shaking his heraldic pullover with one hand on his right hand...
His left hand was tied up with a bandage hanging around his neck. To avoid tearing the wound under his armpit, the efficiency of dressing was of course quite low. It was almost impossible to put on the jumper without help - when he took off his clothes last night, he had attendants to help him.
Alina grabbed the pullover and put it on Li Ang.
"Loris, Li Ang, is your majesty inside?"
This is the voice of Justus.
"In... oh no... this..."
Loris Knight Commander is obviously a decent person who doesn't know how to lie.
As a result, the door was pushed open again - and then closed immediately...
"Ahem... the weather is nice today..."
This is the voice of Justus, which sounds a little embarrassing.
"Yeah... the wind is quite cool, and the waves are only three meters high..."
Loris Knight Commander looked at the sea in the distance, then at the gray sky, and then looked at Justus's hair being messed up by the strong wind.
The first thing Justus saw when he opened the door was that his daughter was helping Li Ang get dressed face to face. Her movements were very intimate, and she seemed a bit gentle and graceful...
Justus's current mood is actually very complicated...
It seems that my daughter has a crush?
This is of course a good thing, at least the things that have troubled him for several years can be solved...
But the problem is, the person my daughter likes is a married man - and this guy has two wives!
This is troublesome...
My daughter's identity is different... not only does she have a biological father who is a governor, but she also has a foster father who is an emperor!
How could someone with such an identity...
Li Ang This bastard! Could it be that the decree he issued allowing three wives was premeditated?!
Justus gnashed his teeth as he thought, his originally gentle appearance now looked somewhat ferocious.
When Li Ang went out, what he saw was Justus's rather twisted face, and Loris Knight Commander's "concerned" eyes.
"Ahem... the weather is nice today..."
Li Ang nodded towards Loris, using the same tone as Justus, and said the same opening remarks.
Loris sighed, "The strong wind has been blowing for two hours, Li Ang Your Majesty... the storm is coming."
"Yeah... Storm..."
Li Ang looked at Justus's face carefully. "Sir Justus, have you seen Ares?"
"Li Ang, I have to talk to you..."
Justus pulled Li Ang up and left, his actions rough and his tone arrogant.
Alina hurried out, but only had time to see the backs of his father and Li Ang - Li Ang looked back from time to time with panic in his eyes, like a little hooligan who had just been caught cheating on someone else's daughter.
While Li Ang and Justus were discussing life, His Majesty Caspar, who came to Serendil again, encountered the first tragic failure in his life.
In fact, Caspar was lucky. His fleet docked in the shoal of Serendil before the storm came - the same place where Li Ang once dealt with the Fear Legion Python Knights.
In order to avoid the storm, he parked the fleet off the beach of Serendil.
Although it is easy for the warship to be stranded due to low tide when parked in the shoal, at least it can avoid the huge waves on the sea and avoid being catastrophic.
Caspar and his adjutant Leo originally planned to temporarily station in Serendil, then find the two thousand troops sent out, and return to Maritin with the troops.
They no longer plan to continue his 'conquest' in the Pande Continent. After all, looking at the number of Imperial Port's 'troops', this great ideal is indeed unattainable - without a foothold and outpost like Imperial Port, it is obviously impossible for a lone army to gain a foothold.
After Serendil landed, Caspar led a large force into the village to escape the wind and rain.
Although there are few intact houses in the village, camping on the ruins can at least block the wind, and is much safer than staying on a boat.
Not long after they set up camp, a small group of troops wearing Maritin uniforms appeared nearby, about two to three hundred people.
At this time, it was windy and rainy, visibility was very low, and the small unit looked completely soaked in the rain.
Caspar blew the assembly call, intending to have the small army meet at the camp in the village.
But then, an accident happened.
That unit was indeed considered to have "returned", but they did not come to Caspar's large unit camp, but went straight to the battleship in the shoal.
In fact, Caspar also understood this situation very well. The sky was gloomy at that time, and there was no flag raised in the strong wind and rain. Caspar's camp was among the ruins in the village, so it was not easy to find.
It is possible that the small force failed to discover their camp at the first time. Instead, they saw a more obvious warship near the coast - the Maritin ketch. The mast was quite high and there was no obstruction on the sea. It was indeed more conspicuous.
It is also normal behavior to immediately go to the location of the battleship to assemble after hearing the assembly call.
From Caspar's point of view, there was actually no problem for the small force to go to the battleship. He actually left more than a hundred people on the flagship, and his adjutant Leo also stayed on the flagship - these battleships are necessary vehicles for the large force to return home, and they must be guarded.
In the face of the storm, those who dare to stay on the ship to protect the battleship are the real brave men.
But then, the roars and screams of these brave men were completely drowned in the wind and rain...
That troop of two to three hundred men was of course Silver Hand led by Kloze.
At the beginning, Silver Hand was also fighting against Python Knights in such a storm. They didn't care about the wind and rain.
Right where Silver Hand was established, Kloze majestically rushed onto the enemy's warships under the eyes of the enemy's large forces, killed all the Maritin people who stayed behind on the warships, and then... let all the warships run aground, just like those broken ships of the Fear Legion.
These warships were not stranded originally, but were anchored normally. They were just parked outside the shoals to avoid the storm - mainly to avoid damage to the hulls caused by encountering reefs in the storm.
But it only took Silver Hand only half an hour to cause these dozens of large ships to roll over and sink to the bottom - all the bottoms of the ships were dug through.
Afterwards, Kloze led Silver Hand and left calmly under the eyes of the enemy's large forces - Meitengheim people, who was used to fighting on the coast, knew that no one would pursue them in the wind and rain. The visibility in the storm was poor, and there were no clues such as footprints. These Maritin people were not familiar with the nearby environment and could not catch up with them.
In fact, Caspar didn't realize that these people were here to conduct a sneak attack.
In other words, he never thought that someone would come and secretly sink his ship during the storm...
It wasn't until all the warships turned over and no longer floated up and down, but became crooked in the shoals, that Caspar realized that something big had happened - he might not be able to go back...
Lieutenant Leo died in the battle.
The hundreds of brave soldiers guarding the flagship also died in the battle.
As for how much Silver Hand paid - Silver Hand was also wearing Maritin's armor. They all fell into the water and it was impossible to tell who was who...
Caspar cried in pain, and then tried to sleep again...
Alina and Ares deceived him, Kavala abandoned him, his right-hand assistant Lieutenant Leo left him forever, and Pande Continent's 'war' was completely different from what he imagined...
Without the help of Kavala, he is no longer an invincible general. Now he has no idea what to do and his mind is a mess.
Those who are used to winning by lying down will certainly not be able to withstand the storm.
During the hours that Caspar slept, Maritin's soldiers became panicked - they all realized that they might not be able to return home.
The respected adjutant General Leo died in the battle, hundreds of brothers died in the battle, two thousand brothers were missing and have not returned, and all the ships sank on the beach.
At present, there is no way out in the wind and rain, and I am alone in this strange continent...
It was a time when morale was low and the morale of the army was unstable, but their Majesty was sleeping regardless?!
Originally, it only took a few words to appease him - such as 'Have a good rest so that you can have enough energy to avenge General Leo'...
But the adjutant Leo died in the battle, and no one could comfort and encourage the soldiers for Caspar.
Thus, for the first time, deserters appeared in Caspar's army.
It takes a long time to win the support of your subordinates, but it only takes a few days to get your subordinates to give up.
At dusk, the wind and rain subsided and the setting sun emerged.
Caspar woke up, Kavala still did not appear in the dream, but his subordinates scattered and began to find their own way out.
At this time, Caspar was no longer at a loss. He finally made up his mind to make a career on his own.
But the spirit he finally regained collapsed immediately after gathering his troops - there were only about 800 people left around him.
Moreover, he once again saw a troop of two to three hundred men appearing nearby.
But this time, that troop did not wear Maritin people equipment.
They wore heavy battle armor, held gleaming swords, and their shining gauntlets and gloves shone in the setting sun. The entire army looked as if they were made of silver.
"Silver Hand, assault!"
"Ha!!"
Caspar heard a rough voice and a neat war cry.
Three days later.
Kloze brought Silver Hand back to Imperial Port.
At the same time, Imperial Port also ushered in the first support army. This was the garrison that Wendy urgently recruited from Marasburg. The number was not large, only more than 500 people.
Their arrival is enough to ensure the safety of Imperial Port.
Because Wendy and Kloze brought back a prisoner - His Majesty Caspar of Maritin.
Wendy did not go to Siyuan City because after she left Imperial Port with Ares, she met Governor Justus as soon as she arrived at Marasburg.
Justus originally came to attend Emperor Marius's funeral and didn't bring many people with him, but now that he met him, he naturally didn't need Wendy to make the trip himself to Siyuan City.
So Wendy rushed back with the garrison of Marasburg.
After Silver Hand sank Maritin's battleship, he met the reinforcements brought in by Wendy while running back, so Kloze used his own team of less than 300 people. Wu attacked Caspar, sending Caspar's team with low morale and incomplete organization into chaos, creating an opportunity for Wendy to capture Caspar.
In fact, Maritin people's large army did not suffer too many losses. There are probably close to four thousand Maritin people scattered everywhere...
Sigismund seduced a thousand people to go to the Wolwen area. It is estimated that they will encounter the Nuodu army led by Risadiran before long;
Another thousand people are probably still wandering around Ludi Village - it is a wetland meadow in Bax, which is a place where pigs are raised on a large scale. It is a hilly wetland and it is easy to get lost...
These two teams were sent out to chase Li Ang after Caspar was deceived, and they have not returned yet.
In addition, there are nearly two thousand people scattered in the Serendil area. Some of them became deserters themselves, and some were dispersed.
But these stragglers no longer pose any threat.
Li Ang and Alina did not embarrass Caspar, and Justus did not embarrass him. They even sent people to help Caspar repair some of the overturned warships on the beach of Serendil, and helped Caspar recall part of the army.
However, Li Ang forced Caspar to write a letter of allegiance to Alina...