Chapter 186: You'll Have to Pay the Price for What You Did
"How about we let the Noldor elves do the looting?"
At this moment, Amy said the same thing as Wendy in the Lord's Hall of White Hart Castle...
"Ahaha! Miss Amy is the one who does things in a straightforward manner! I said we should let the elves rob them..."
Andongjia stood behind Anson, gave a thumbs-up sign, then stuck his head out of the door of the lord's hall and came back: "Huh... Fortunately Sir Roland is not here..."
You can't say something like robbery in front of Sir Roland, otherwise he'll probably nag at you.
Ever since he escorted hundreds of elderly people here in Serenmis last time, Roland seemed to have developed a common problem among the elderly - he liked to nag.
An Dongjia had only been in White Deer Castle for a few days, but Roland had already criticized him several times - for example, he used swear words and couldn't change his bad habit of taking fruits from street stalls without paying.
Things like robbery are not in line with the Paladin's code of conduct. Even if they incited the Noldor elves to rob, Roland would definitely keep nagging and admonishing these young people to "take the right path and don't always think about crooked ways, otherwise the people will learn bad things and the number of bandits in the territory will increase, and the goddess Astalia will be unhappy", etc.
In fact, Sir Roland's nagging is basically reasonable, and it is usually difficult for a few young people to refute it, but no one can stand this kind of nagging like an old father...
So when encountering things that are not very legal, everyone will tacitly avoid Sir Roland.
Of course, it is also possible that he would tell Roland with a different name...
For example, Sarah simply changed her way of saying it now - because the lord had often told her to "watch her words" before, she was now very familiar with explaining terms.
"Hehe, this is not called robbery! If Sir Roland asks, just tell him that 'our allies took the initiative to help us take back the strategic materials that belonged to us'..."
Sarah looked around and everyone present nodded in unison.
"Then... is this a done deal? But... do we need a helping hand? They are the first battalion of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights, with more than 300 people. They are very powerful..."
Amy held her chin, looking a little hesitant.
"Those are all Noldor Rangers. They don't need our help to deal with the Ebony Gauntlet Knights..."
Sarah said, "Anson, you have a good relationship with those Noldor Rangers, go talk to them."
"But the Lord has not returned yet, and we cannot command those Noldor Rangers... The people of White Hart Castle are somewhat uneasy about their presence. Letting them rob nearby - I am afraid it will cause panic..."
Anson was also a little hesitant.
"I think it's okay. The Noldor elves attacking the Ebony Gauntlet Knights - isn't that normal? Isn't our problem originally about how to drive the Ebony Gauntlet Knights away? It's not reasonable to prevent them from entering the city now, but if they see so many Noldor Rangers in the city, the consequences will be even more serious!"
Amy stood up. "Besides, there are so many Gato horses! If we can get those war horses, we can train a large number of cavalry before the autumn harvest! Anyway, the Ebony Gauntlet Knights don't ride horses, so it would be a waste in their hands..."
Everyone nodded in agreement, and even Anson felt that those Gatomas must be obtained...
In fact, this story starts with the Ebony Gauntlet Knights being persuaded by Leon to go to the north of the Noldor Forest to pick up bargains.
The lord originally sent Dumbledore, the commander of the first battalion of the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet, to the north of the Noldor Forest, saying that he could stop the Gatu people and obtain Noldor prisoners of war and many Gatu horses .
Dumbledore did go there, but he didn't get any Noldor prisoners - few of the Gatu who entered the forest could escape alive, so it was naturally impossible for them to capture the Noldor elves.
But Dumbledore did get a large number of Gato horses - these were the horses that were left in the north of the Noldor Forest after the troops of 'Juda the Destroyer' entered the Noldor Forest.
There were only a dozen people left outside to guard the horses, and they were easily killed by Dumbledore.
Then Dumbledore easily took away the ownerless horses left at the edge of the forest.
But the supplies brought by the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet were few to begin with, and now they had to feed hundreds of horses. Furthermore, the Gato people would certainly not give up and would most likely chase after them - in order to avoid fighting on an empty stomach, Dumbledore had no choice but to retreat with his men.
A few hours ago, the Ebony Gauntlet Knights retreated from the north to the outskirts of White Hart Castle. They were out of supplies and hoped to enter the city to purchase food and fodder.
But since Anson had just brought those 200 Noldor Rangers back to White Hart Castle a few days ago, given the relationship between the Ebony Gauntlet Knights and the Noldor Elves, a bloody battle would surely ensue if the two sides met...
So Amy didn't let them into town.
Leon was not here, and it was normal for Amy, a girl, not to allow the armed forces to enter the city. Although the people of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights were somewhat dissatisfied, they did not say anything. They camped in a village outside the city and then went to the surrounding villages to purchase supplies.
But at this time, Amy found that the Ebony Gauntlet Knights brought a large number of Gato horses, so she became curious - all the members of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights fought on foot and never rode horses. It was normal to bring a few carts to carry things, but why did they bring so many horses?
And that is no small number, it is more than six hundred horses, all of them are top-quality war horses!
So Sarah went over to communicate with the people of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights. After learning that this was 'picked up' from the north, Amy, who was determined to help the lord strengthen his power, couldn't help but be tempted on the spot.
More than 600 war horses, with a market value of about 300,000 dinars!
If we can get these war horses and train a group of cavalry, it will be just a matter of time before we have the strength equal to that of the Duke!
Anyway, the Ebony Gauntlet Knights were picked up...
Besides, Amy had never had a good impression of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights - the Ebony Gauntlet Knights had been capturing Noldor elves around White Hart Castle for a long time, causing a lot of trouble for the residents of White Hart Castle. Some Noldor even attacked the residents of the villages around White Hart Castle in revenge against humans.
The people of White Deer Castle have always hated these slave-hunting teams. After all, they are the ones who cause trouble. However, these people just run away after causing trouble, and it is the civilians in the surrounding villages who suffer.
In fact, Amy is just like the lord. She also hopes to gain the trust and friendship of the Noldor - this will at least prevent the residents of White Hart Castle from being attacked by the Noldor elves, and allow White Hart Castle to continue to expand its territory.
If the Noldor stopped attacking the people of White Hart Fort, then White Hart Fort could even extend its territory to hundreds of miles away. Both arable land and minerals would increase significantly, and more people would be willing to settle there.
So Amy planned to have the Noldor Rangers rob the Ebony Gauntlet Knights...
The Noldor had been robbed by the Ebony Gauntlet for a long time, so this was revenge for revenge. Besides, those Gathuma were also useful to the Noldor Rangers - Noldor elven horses were actually hybrid horses, and getting a large number of Gathuma would be of great help in breeding Noldor horses.
So, that very night, a group of two hundred Noldor Rangers attacked the camp of the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet at night.
Dumbledore must have had a bad year this year, as he was attacked twice by the Noldor at night...
But he was indeed an astute commander and had good judgment. He once again abandoned the camp and fled with his men as soon as he was attacked - he knew that they would definitely not be able to defeat two hundred Noldor rangers at night.
Well, we can’t beat them during the day.
So they were chased by the Noldor rangers for dozens of miles.
Amy, Anson, Andongjia and others took the soldiers to bring all the Gatomas into the White Hart Castle...
Thanks to Dumbledore's quick judgment, the casualties of the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet were not heavy. However, they once again encountered even more misfortunes - as the saying goes, misfortunes never come alone, they happened to run into a Noldor army south of White Hart Keep!
This is the army of Islandil.
Islandil wanted to talk to Leon about how to cooperate next. Since the lord had gone to rescue the young rangers, he sent a troop to wait for Leon's return fifty miles south of White Deer Castle.
As a result, the unlucky Ebony Gauntlet Knights were attacked from both sides...
But fortunately, Dumbledore met his noble man again - the lord happened to return here at this time.
I don’t know whether we should say that Dumbledore has bad luck or good luck in this situation?
Anyway, the two situations in which Dumbledore was sure to die were both caused by the White Hart Castle, but Dumbledore survived both times.
And he was saved from danger by Leon twice...
In fact, the lord did not know what had happened at that time. Before meeting Dumbledore, it was Wendyllf, who had extremely sharp hearing, who suddenly said that there seemed to be a lot of sounds of weapons clashing in front.
When a sound like this is heard, it can only mean one thing - there is a war.
So the lord asked Vendatil to take the Noldor girls in the team to hide in the woods first, and then cautiously headed towards the place where the sound came from.
When Dumbledore saw Leon, he almost burst into tears...
As soon as the lord's flag appeared, the Noldor who were chasing him began to retreat.
Dumbledore didn't understand the reason, in fact even Leon didn't know the reason.
Only the young Noldor Rangers themselves knew that since Leon's banner had returned, it meant that Vendatil had also returned. The Noldor Rangers' attack on the Ebony Gauntlet Knights was an unauthorized action and they would be punished by Vendatil - their teacher was usually very strict...
Anyway, the Gatomas have been obtained, and all that should be robbed has been robbed. Those Ebony Gauntlet Knights who are hated by the Noldor are being dealt with by the troops of the Ainor family, and most of them are doomed. In this case, of course they have to run away quickly to avoid being punished by the teacher.
When they retreated, Dumbledore cleverly formed a circle with the remaining hundred or so people and stopped running away.
Afterwards, Dumbledore himself waved their "Iron Fist" flag and signaled to Leon's cavalry, intending to wait for Leon to come to support.
This decision managed to stabilize the situation - not because the Ebony Gauntlet Knights were so powerful, in fact they had been defeated long ago.
They were able to survive only because the Aino family's troops retreated slightly and did not attack them desperately.
In fact, the troops of House Ainor were a little confused to begin with - they saw a group of Noldor Rangers chasing the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet, so they temporarily lent a hand.
Now that the main force of the pursuit has retreated, the Ebony Gauntlet Knights have also formed a circle. They will certainly not increase the intensity of their attack at this time - they want to avoid losses as much as possible.
The Twilight Knight who led the team was the confidant who had always been by Islandil's side. He knew very well that His Highness had always been reluctant to let them attack, and if the losses were too great, His Highness Islandil would be distressed.
As a result, it seemed as if the two Noldor armies were afraid of Leon's flag. As soon as the lord's golden griffin flag arrived at the battlefield, a ceasefire was declared!
Dumbledore was now full of fear of Leon - the Noldor Ranger troop behind him retreated and disappeared after seeing Leon's flag; and the other Noldor troop retreated 200 meters and seemed to have no intention of taking action...
Is Lord Leon so powerful in the eyes of the Noldor elves?
He only brought forty or fifty cavalrymen!
Can this scare away the Noldor army of three or four hundred people?
Dumbledore would not suspect that Leon was colluding with the Noldor elves. After all, Leon himself kept 'elf slaves', and Leon did save him from the Noldor elves last time...
Besides, given the hostility of the Noldor elves towards humans, Dumbledore did not believe that any human could command the army of the Noldor.
Therefore, Dumbledore, who was rescued again, faced Leon with an attitude of pilgrimage...
He thought it was because Leon had established a great reputation in White Hart Castle with his fighting ability. After all, the people of Baccus said that Leon was a man-eating demon, so Dumbledore thought that Leon was probably the same in the eyes of the Noldor...
If he can make the Noldor elves so 'afraid', doesn't he deserve to be called a great devil?
"Lord Leon, it's my luck to meet you again!"
Dumbledore didn't even dare to raise his head in front of the lord. He was not so restrained when meeting the king - a devil in the eyes of the enemy is equivalent to a hero in his own country.
"Uh? Dumbledore, didn't you go north? Why are you here?"
The Lord didn't know that in Dumbledore's eyes, his image was basically equal to that of the devil. He was still wondering, how could Dumbledore be so bold? How dare he come here to cause trouble for the Noldor elves?
Dumbledore was about to cry: "Lord Leon, your advice was indeed correct. We have obtained a large number of Gato horses in the north... but just now, those horses were snatched away by the Noldor troops!"
"Ah? Noldor? Took Gatoma from you?"
Leon wondered if he was hallucinating. "You mean, the Ebony Gauntlet Knights were robbed by the Noldor? As expected... you always have to pay for what you have done..."
This is so embarrassing...
The Ebony Gauntlet Knights have always been dedicated to robbing the Noldor, and have always been proud of it, calling themselves the "Light of Mankind"...
"It's really a shame..."
Dumbledore looked sad as he looked at the Noldor troops who gradually retreated into the forest and disappeared. "Lord Leon, how did you do it?"
"What?"
Leon also glanced at the Noldor troops, and he realized that they might be Islandil's troops.
"Why did the Noldor fear you so much? They retreated when they saw your banners!"
Dumbledore pointed to Leon's griffin banner.
The Lord rolled his eyes and smiled solemnly: "Dumbledore, you probably shouldn't be thinking about this now, right? How much did you lose this time you led the team out?"
Dumbledore was stunned, obviously not expecting Leon to turn the subject to losses.
But he immediately understood what the Lord meant: "Lord Leon, you are right . I am afraid I can't go back to Qiaoyan Bay..."
Dumbledore now has less than a hundred men left, but he has not obtained any spoils, and all the mercenaries are gone.
We had obtained a large number of Gatomas in the north, and our own team did not suffer much loss, so we could give an explanation when we return.
But now, the Ebony Gauntlet Knights had lost more than half of their main forces at his hands - and they were beaten like this by the Noldor.
As the Knight Commander leading the army, if Dumbledore dared to return to Cliff Bay like this, he would probably become a slave as soon as he returned - the claims of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights that they had always claimed to be the 'Noldor Slayer' and the 'Light of Mankind' would all be ruined!
The entire Knights will become a laughing stock... maybe even disband.
"In that case, Dumbledore, you'd better send someone back to report that you captured many Noldor girls at great loss, but were robbed by the Gato people - otherwise you will definitely have a hard time. Being robbed by the Gato people is better than being robbed by the Noldor. At least your Knights will not become a laughing stock... Go around the north and then return to Cliff Bay, you know."
The lord thought about it and came up with another idea.
"Lord Leon, you are right..."
Dumbledore felt that the lord was indeed his benefactor, and every suggestion he gave was on point.
Perhaps the heavy losses were not necessarily a bad thing. Now there were less than a hundred people, and at least they no longer had to worry about supplies... The lord was even kind enough to give Dumbledore a lot of food from his own cavalry.
So Dumbledore left this sad place with the remnants of his defeated army and headed north - he wanted to go around the north, hook up with the Gatu people, and lure them to the border to hang out, so that it would look like they were 'robbed by the Gatu people'.
"Lord Leon, you should know that we hate the Ebony Gauntlet Knights very much..."
After returning to the team, Wendatil expressed some emotions to the lord.
"Of course I know. But if they were not there, there would be other knights like the Ebony Shield, Ebony Mail, or Darkwood Gauntlet coming to the Noldor Forest... Wendatil, it was a small group of self-proclaimed noble people who caused the hostility between the two races, not the Ebony Gauntlet Knights. They are just executors, and it is good to let them continue to exist - if they are completely killed, it will definitely cause some panic, and will attract more powerful enemies to the Noldor Forest..."
Leon said to Wendatil very seriously.
