Juliana’s workshop Chapter 7: The conspiracy under the sun and leaves

　　Patine looked at Julius, at the young man who appeared suddenly and stood up with almost stupid courage. "I told you when I was in the village, you should cherish your life instead of squandering it casually."

　　 His warning to Julius at the exit of the village is now used again-but the situation has become completely different. Julius is still the young man who has only courage but no self-knowledge, and Padin is no longer a protector, but a perpetrator.

　　 These noble knights, standing with the mercenaries, became murderers, even if they didn't do anything directly.

　　 Julius gave Padin a fierce look, and there was no expression of admiration for the knight, only anger and spurning. "Don't pretend, you hypocritical fellow! You are no different from these murderers, even more despicable!" He threw all the stones in his hand at Padin. Padin didn't evade, the stones shuttled past him, or landed in the mud near his feet. Some mercenaries were hit by Julius' unprepared stones and shouted again. Judging from their appearance, they had a plan to smash this ignorant stinky boy.

　　"You are going to die here, kid." Olga said, "Because of your over-conceited kindness."

　　 After throwing the stone, Julius fumbled on the headless mercenary and found a dagger, which he held firmly in his hand. He wanted to pick up the long sword of the mercenary, but he could only pick it up, and couldn't swing the iron piece, so he retreated and only took the dagger: even for a weak child like him, as long as he uses the right method , Then the dagger can also kill.

　　 But no one thinks he can make a difference. His appearance only slightly surprised the people present, and did not affect the overall situation. It was just that there was another young corpse. If Julius had something like an epitaph after his death, it would be "Here lies a foolish boy who is brave and intrepid, who died in a miserable state."

　　 "You have no power, and you can't kill even one person. They will make you worse than death, and use your pain to drink wine."

　　 "Master, we are about to die together. We are the companions who went to meet the **** of death together. Can you treat me better?"

　　 Julius' words made Olga look sideways a little at him. Olga saw the tension and fear on Julius' face, and his lips were trembling slightly. But he didn't intend to escape, he looked at death as his home.

　　 This young man has the consciousness that he is about to die here.

　　 "Well, let's be company after we die." Olga laughed.

　　 Julius holds the dagger in both hands, and the tip of the dagger points forward, "If we take the lives of the two of us, should this lady run away?"

　　 "Run?" At this moment, Romiuona finally said, "Where can I go? Choose a more suitable place for burial?" Her voice was weak, and she didn't have any desire to survive.

　　 Olga also understood that this time, no matter it was him or her, it was all bad luck, not much luck. But only now, he wants to let himself be like Julius next to him, face what will happen next with only the courage, no longer think about unnecessary things-only without distracting thoughts, he can kill more people. The fewer people on the other side, the more likely Romiuona could escape, even if it was only a slim chance.

　　 Gris, who has been silent, suddenly laughed, and put the giant axe back on his shoulders, "It's really courageous, brat. If the rice bucket under my hand is half the courage of you, my mercenary group will also You don’t want to do this kind of thing to mess around. It’s a pity that you are going to die today under the hands of these knights who have helped you." He turned around and yelled to his men, "Clean up yours. Things, wipe the blood on the weapon, we have to leave this ruined place and go back to the north!"

　　 The mercenaries were stunned for a moment, and then Gris yelled again, finally reacted, ran to the carriage, hung everything they could take away on their bodies, or carried large bags. Small packages of goods. Looking at them like this, they don’t plan to return to the King’s Castle—it’s not surprising that they, who committed such a crime, no longer intend to stay with the King who has been blowing the moist sea breeze for years. Fort. They prefer the dry north wind in their hometown to the wet and cold sea breeze.

　　 This sudden change surprised Olga and the others, not only them, but Padin frowned.

　　 "This is not the same as what was said at the beginning." Padin blocked Gris in front of Gris, who was caught between him and Olga. "You and your mercenaries deal with everyone, and then leave the King's Castle and return to the north, no longer set foot here; we moved the bodies of these unfortunate people back, claiming that this was the work of the robbers, and we will do it for that. The church and the Mulinin family please sin. You agree to play this role, and now you want to give up?"

　　 When Padin was talking to Gris, most of his attention was still on Olga and others. If Olga did anything, he would immediately take action. Of course Olga could feel Padina's calm, firm and sharp gaze, and if he had any intention of running away with Romeo Na, he would never hesitate. And not only Padin is here, but among the church knights around, there are people who carry bows and crossbows. These warriors, who are both knights and marksmen, will undoubtedly have no reservations-everyone here is here for the life of Romeo Na, and there is no room for negotiation.

　　Under the siege of Padin and a group of knights who use bows and crossbows, how long can I protect Romeuona? Olga estimated and found that he had no chance of winning, and Julius, who was here to help, was nothing more than a burden and adding a corpse.

　　 Gris touched his chin. The stubble on his chin was as hard as a needle. He touched it and touched it again. "I have died today, and it's all because of your concealment." Carrying a giant axe in his right hand, he stretched out his left hand and stuck it on Padin's breastplate, "Carefully forget it, in this shameless business, I just made money, but I lost five. Faithful staff, what does this mean? It means that there are more jobs that I can’t take right now, and I have to look for more attractive and well-trained dogs. How much work does this take, do you know? No, of course you don’t know. You noble knights who don’t want to get your hands dirty don’t care. You only care about that ridiculous faith, thinking that faith can fill your stomach."

　　"The reward you got, plus this additional plunder, has been able to form a hundred-man mercenary group," Facing Gris's aggressiveness, Padin had no stage fright at all, "You have got enough. , Now you tell me, you want to stop doing it?"

　　 Gris had a fierce face in the first second, and a smile filled his face in the next second—even if the smile was full of malicious intent. He patted Padin on the shoulder in an affectionate tone, "I kindly left the meal for you and the church knights. My men and I have eaten enough to eat. "Gries patted his stomach, as if he was really struggling. "It's up to you to leave the meat of the trick, so that your master will not let your master see that you are also contributing. How can you take credit for it?"

　　 Gris is so kind? of course not. He just didn't want to break the manpower anymore. If Olga, the one who easily killed five of his men, was here, he wouldn't mind doing this final finishing touch. But now the situation has changed. Regardless of whether these damned church knights deliberately concealed such important information, since things have become such a serious situation of confrontation, he will no longer be the cannon fodder of these knights. He Gris would be happy to be an executioner for others, but he would never be a cannon fodder. Anyway, the reward was already obtained before leaving King's Castle, plus the spoils obtained in the convoy, after finding a place to get rid of, it was another considerable amount of money. Padin said that he can make the mercenary group bigger after this harvest, which is correct.

　　 "You are breaking the contract." Padin's face is a bit ugly.

　　 Gris laughed, and walked past Padin, who didn't block his way anymore. "It was not me who signed the contract, but you, the noble Silver Knight. A knight of the Church of Light who signed a contract with a wizard of the Holy Spirit-No, it should be said that it was a knight of the former Church of Light." After saying this, Ge Reese continued to laugh, his laughter full of sarcasm.

　　 "I will report this to the church." Padin drew the sword hanging from his waist. The long sword enclosed in a scabbard made of cowhide is exposed to the air. The cross-shaped hilt and silver-white sword body look dazzling, not like a murder weapon at all, but more like a ceremonial weapon. Of ceremonial sword.

　　Since Gris does not intend to continue doing it, as the leader of this operation, he can only do it himself.

　　 "Whatever you want." Gris didn't care at all. He is ready to go back to the north. Who will care about the voice of the Holy Spirit who is shrinking in the King's Fort and lingering like the Double Eagle Empire? His faith lies in the Church of Light, not this heresy.

　　 Olga became more nervous when he saw Padin drew his sword. "Miss, brat, hide behind the tree." He called to the two behind him. Julius, who had been in a state of tension and panic, walked around behind the tree. Seeing that Romiuona hadn't reacted, she looked completely stunned, and quickly dragged her behind the tree and blocked him.

　　 "I'm sorry, but it's time to end." Padin holds the sword in both hands, swings the sword, the sword light flashes——

　　—The blade fell on the back of Gris's neck.

　　 The sword plunged into Gris's thick neck, and then the blade was stuck in the halfway position and could no longer advance. Grice's reaction was not fast enough. When the blade cut his own throat, he moved his body's strength and tightened his muscles, and barely allowed Padin to cut his head directly.

　　 He barely reacted, but Padin was faster. Since he couldn't cut off Gris's head in the first time, he wouldn't fight in this kind of place either-he immediately drew the sword out, swiped down Gris's back, and aimed at the heart. The position was pierced.

　　 Gris failed to block the sword with his strong flesh. Padin's sword penetrated his heart, and the blade emerged from his chest. When Patin drew the sword out, Gris's great axe fell on the ground. He covered his neck with his hands, but the blood flow continued, and with the wound on his chest, half of his body was stained red.

　　 All this happened in just a few seconds. Olga’s sword is fast and can kill four mercenaries in an instant; Padin’s sword is also fast, and it is faster, more powerful, and more concealed than Olga-so he cleanly makes one The brawny man who touched the silver class fell to the ground.

　　 After drew his sword, Padin immediately pointed the blade at Olga and the others, "Don’t act rashly, I am confident that my sword is as fast as you, or even faster...Mr. Olga."

　　 All this happened too suddenly and too quickly, and it was more unpredictable than the surprise attack and massacre of the convoy by mercenaries. Moreover, Padin's movements are very quick. After solving Gris, he immediately pointed the sword at Olga, so that Olga could not have the idea of ​​fluke.

　　 Padin’s sudden sneak attack was a signal that all the knights started to act. The church knights who had ignored the massacre from the beginning to the end began to attack the mercenaries who had not yet figured out what had happened.

　　 Most of the people were holding the looted items and were hacked to the ground before they could react. Some cleverly saw the situation and wanted to escape, and then the knights guarding the periphery used short bows and crossbows. Kill it. Without the boss of Gris, the mercenaries are just a mob. At most, they were mercenaries of the Bronze class, and they were not at all an opponent of knights of the Dark Iron class.

　　The siege of the mercenaries soon ended. The knights finally walked into this **** place, to stab the mercenaries who had not yet died one by one with swords. This attack on the mercenaries started very suddenly and ended very quickly—just like the massacre of the mercenaries on the attendants of the convoy, it started and ended very quickly.

　　 In this short period of time, there were two killings and dozens of people died. The mercenaries have the blood of the servants in their leather armor, and the armor of the church knights is stained with the blood of the mercenaries.

　　 Only Padin is still clean. The chain mail on him shines brightly, without any filth.

　　Leo Pasting, the knight of the church, the young and promising knight, and the deputy leader this time, came to Padin's side. There was not much blood on his body, but the sword in his hand was dripping with mercenary blood. He bowed to Padin and said, "These bandits who were shameless, the servants of the Murinen family, the innocent and kind people, and the poor Miss Romeona have all been wiped out." At this point, he looked at Olga, and at Romeuona who was dragged behind the trees by Julius. Romiuona had no gods in her eyes, and if she wasn't still breathing, she would have completely looked like a dead person.

　　 "Poor Miss Romeuona, she did not want to be humiliated to death by these savage mercenaries, and committed suicide--it was our church knight's negligence to fail to save her." Leo continued. . Romyona has neither committed suicide nor died, but in his words, Romyona has been equated with a dead person. When he said this, there was no change in his face, as if he was saying something that had already happened and was taken for granted.

　　 "I am guilty of you, Leo." Padin said, still facing Olga with the long sword in his hand. "A loyal old man, a brave young man, wanted to protect Miss Romiuona, but the old man was incompetent, the young man was powerless, and the two died in a miserable state... Someone will remember these two loyal and brave warriors. "When Padin said this, it was as if he was sentenced to death of Olga and Julius.

　　 The surrounding knights have gathered around. Unlike the timid mercenaries, they have firm eyesight and are well equipped. The short bow and crossbow have been aimed at Olga.

　　 "That's it, it's such a thing..." Seeing what happened before him, Olga understood something. "Unknown marriage contractors, badly evaluated mercenaries, hurried trips, sparsely-traveled routes... These are all planned in advance. All this is not an accident, it is bound to happen."

　　 "I would choose these mercenaries not just because they are some despicable people." Padin said, "The believers of the Church of Illumination killed the believers of the Church of the Holy Spirit... This would be a sensational thing in King's Castle. Things."

　　 Olga remembers that these rude mercenaries did claim to be soldiers of the faith of the Church of Light, and because of this they caused some troubles in the city-that’s why they were chosen, and that they would die here. s reason. In this place far away from the sphere of influence of the Church of Light, no one cares about their life and death, and their notoriety will be a good bargaining chip for the Church of the Holy Spirit to attack the Church of Light.

　　Paddin finished saying this and looked at Julius who came out from behind the tree, "Everything went according to plan. The only accident was to die one more innocent person. I told you, child, Your courage will kill you; but, at least I can let you die with a good reputation. The people in the village will know that you gave your life to save a poor noble lady, even if it did not succeed."

　　 "Don't be hypocritical, hypocritical fellow!" Julius yelled to Padin, very angry, "You despicable fellow who stabbed others in the back, you are not a knight at all, you are a devil!"

　　 Padin thought to himself, maybe that's the case.

　　 Romouona, who has been silent for a long time, finally spoke, "So, is this why my father gave me a white flower when he said goodbye to me? It was on the coffin prepared for me early on. Put down the fresh flowers, the tomb has been dug, the tombstone has been chiseled, everything is ready... Only my death is left."

　　 Romiuona is a smart girl with a very fast mind. It seems that being smart is not a good thing, especially since she cannot survive this murder by being smart. Her face was already pale, but now she is almost bloodless, and she can vaguely see the tiny blood vessels and blue veins under the skin.

　　 Olga was angry and felt sad for Romeo Na. This poor girl had lost her mother long ago, and her father was the head of the Mulining family, with many children and ruthlessness. It seemed to him that Romeo Na never deserved more care. Mother is just a civilian with no status, which makes Romeo Na never taken seriously at home, and is often bullied and ridiculed by so-called relatives~IndoMTL.com~No one will stand up for her, no one will protect her, I would not love her.

　　 She was taken as a sacrifice and placed on the altar of murder and conspiracy, even her father was involved.

　　 "Let’s put down your weapons, Mr. Olga." Padin continued, "As you know, you have no chance of surviving today. These knights have a mission, and they don’t hesitate to get their hands dirty to accomplish this. Thing; and me, to complete an unavoidable contract."

　　 "I can take Miss Romiuona to the north and swear not to return to this filthy place." Olga said, "You treat us as dead."

　　 "Do you want to take this impulsive boy with you?" Padin was unmoved by Olga's proposal, "You know it's impossible. We must take Miss Romeona's body Take it back. Patriarch Mu Lining has said that he hopes his daughter will have a decent death and funeral."

　　 Hearing this, Romiuona didn’t have much grief, but she was unexpectedly calm in her heart. She was even thinking that the meaning of her existence in the family might be for this kind of thing—whether it was used. As a bargaining chip for marriage and a sacrifice for a conspiracy, she is very suitable to use it. She is a consumable, a piece that can only be sacrificed without hesitation.

　　 "It seems that today is going to kill you and me." Olga's face was grim, "Before I fall, I will let you despicable fellows go to **** with me."

　　 "Olga, run away." Romeuona said to Olga, "You can run away, don't care about me."

　　 "I have escaped many times in my life, miss." Olga smiled freely, "I'm getting older and I don't want to run anymore."