Chapter 210: Declaration of War by the Strongest of the Noldor
In fact, Lisa Dilan already knew that the 'Hundred Days Soul-breaking Pill' that Li Ang fed him was actually horse dung...
When entering the Noldor Forest to protect the stables of the Finwë family, Leon told Lisadiran the truth.
This is based on Leon's own principles - since he needs to establish friendship with the Noldor people, he can no longer use such tricks, but must establish relationships in an upright manner.
Many big things often fail because of these small things.
After getting the hope of returning to the tribe, Lisadilan naturally did not care about the lord's deception. After all, he was told that he could eat poison at the beginning. Now that he knew there was no poison in his stomach, he relaxed a lot.
Perhaps Risa Dilan was a relatively cruel killer—he basically killed no one alive when he attacked, but at least he was a man of integrity. If he swore allegiance, he would definitely be loyal. After all, compared to his lifespan, human lifespan was not long.
Moreover, Leon said he would help him return to the tribe, and now the lord has done it.
Then Risa Dilan will also keep his promise.
Of course, there is still resentment - that thing is horse manure after all, and the Noldor elves happen to be a bit of a germaphobe...
However, Lisa Dilan did not have any resentment towards Leon himself, but now he had a special feeling towards Alice - he couldn't look at Alice's butt, or he would vomit...
So now he no longer follows Leon, and often goes out to do things as the captain of the guard, such as contacting other Noldor tribes.
The captain of the nobles' guard is usually also the liaison between the nobles, so he is doing his job.
Leon’s current secret guard is Wendy Erfu.
Always using Noldor nobles as bodyguards is indeed a bit high, but fortunately Wendy herself is happy to do this job.
After all, the salary is quite high...
Right now, Wendy is learning new "magic" from Leon in a small valley south of White Deer Castle.
In fact, she didn't know whether she should call it magic...
Although that thing does have the effect of the legendary "Thunderstorm", the process of using it is too simple. Wendy thinks that if this can be considered magic, then isn't it too common?
Anyone can use it, right?
Can this also be considered "palm thunder"?
Yes, this is the name Li Angqi gave, Palm Thunder.
This name is more suitable for this era.
In fact, it is the most primitive wooden-handled grenade, without a built-in detonator.
The wooden handle is only used as a throwing aid, because this black powder grenade is heavier than modern grenades, and a wooden handle can be thrown farther and more accurately.
This kind of primary black powder grenade is not very powerful. Sometimes it can only blow the iron shell and wooden handle into two pieces. It is like a big firecracker. It is not easy to kill someone.
This thing mainly relies on the fragments it explodes to cause damage. The iron shell is very thin and can be easily shattered, and there are also some broken iron pieces inside.
But the Lord's purpose was not to cause the grenade to explode and injure people. The greatest function of this grenade is not to kill directly.
It was to create a huge explosion and smell of gunpowder.
The sound and vibration of the explosion, as well as the smell of gunpowder, would have had an extremely obvious effect on all people and animals in this era - especially horses.
When a grenade explodes next to you, when a huge shock wave hits you, when shrapnel keeps flying, even if they are not injured, the only reaction of most animals is to run around in panic.
In this era where knights are the core of combat power, if the knights' horses are frightened and out of control, the consequences will be disastrous...
The smell of gunpowder will cover up the scent of the owner, the deafening sound will make the owner's calling and comforting ineffective, and coupled with the continuous vibration, it is basically impossible to control the horse unless it runs to a safe environment.
Marco had never seen an explosion in those days, and it would be difficult for him to adapt to this kind of atmosphere without long-term training - in fact, it is difficult for humans to adapt as well.
Now Li Ang is testing grenades and using them to train his own horses.
Poor Alice is now suffering from the ravages of the explosion.
Leon had asked Wendy's to chase Alice and throw five or six grenades. Each one exploded about ten meters away from Alice, and the continuous explosions echoed in the valley.
Alice was jumping around in a horse rug made of a quilt.
These experimental grenades were not actually loaded with shrapnel, and the quilts were only used as a precaution. The lord still felt sorry for Alice.
But the little mare was really smart and adaptable. Probably because she had not suffered any substantial damage, although she was frightened and jumped around, she still did not leave the lord too far, but just circled nearby.
"Sir, aren't you worried that Alice will resent you..."
Wendy threw the last grenade in her hand and turned back to ask.
"You were the one who threw all these palm thunders. What does it have to do with me? If I have anyone to blame, I should blame you..."
The lord closed the lid of the thing in his hand that was still sparking - it was a not very successful tinderbox, made of a fuse, and it was impossible to blow out a flame, but the spark head could still be used to start a fire.
“Bang!!…”
The lord watched the grenade explode with a grin, then watched Alice jump up and kick again, and run around Leon several times in a row.
Then Leon walked up to Alice and hugged her big head and rubbed it, whispering "relax" while stroking Alice's neck. The little mare quickly calmed down and licked Leon's hand aggrievedly.
"This... Sir... is so insidious..."
Wendy's husband finally understood. No wonder the lord insisted on "teaching her magic" and asked her to throw every palm thunder. So this is what he meant!
Alice was now staring at Wendy with an obviously uneasy and, well, somewhat unfriendly look in her eyes.
Wendy also tried to move closer to comfort Alice, but the filly snorted and avoided her hand.
There was still a smell of gunpowder on her hands...
Fortunately, Alice was busy rubbing against Leon for comfort and had no intention of kicking her.
"Wendy, how can this be considered sinister... This is a lesson for you. Let your subordinates do certain things, and keep yourself honest and reliable in the eyes of others..."
Leon said as he stroked Alice's mane. The mare's head was rubbing against him, and it seemed that she was indeed more dependent on him.
"Sir, I understand all your lessons. There is no need to implement them on me..."
Wendy sighed, feeling a little sad.
The Lord had always taught her like this... I didn't know how Amy adapted to it at the beginning.
She also realized that Leon seemed to be intending to make her a leader.
But Wendy thought that she was just a guard, why did he teach her so many things that only lords could use?
"Sir, something's happening!"
Wendy suddenly took off her bow alertly and looked towards the forest in the east.
“Run!”
From a distance, Risadiran's voice was heard.
Then, the Elf Killer ran out of the forest, looking very anxious, shouting something and waving his hands.
"Sir, get on your horse, he wants you to leave here!"
Wendy grabbed Alice's reins.
She heard Risadiran's shouts, and she heard even more noises, the sound of horse hooves.
At times like this, the lord is usually very receptive to advice, and Lisadilan rarely shows such anxious behavior.
In the past, even when faced with danger, Risadilan would first shoot arrows to kill the attacker, and would only issue a warning when necessary.
So Li Ang took off the quilt and horse clothes on Alice, didn't waste time putting on the saddle, and directly jumped on the horse to run away.
But just as he mounted his horse, a group of cavalry appeared on the eastern hillside.
Moreover, just as Leon saw the figure on the hillside, he also caught a glimpse of a beam of light flying towards him suddenly!
The light and shadow were moving extremely fast, and Leon could only barely see a trace of it with his eyesight, but he could realize that someone had shot an arrow.
But, is everything within range from such a distance?
The distance between the two sides is at least two hundred meters!
What kind of archery is this?
Terrified, Leon had to try to duck and squeeze his legs under the horse's belly, and Alice rushed forward.
In fact, this is just to minimize the body area and subconsciously avoid danger. After all, the specific trajectory of the arrow cannot be seen clearly.
But just as Li Ang bent down, he felt a pain in his forehead, and the huge force almost knocked him off the horse.
Hit by an arrow!
He reached out and wiped it, his hands and face were covered in blood.
The Lord immediately realized that if he didn't avoid it, he might be fine...
As he leaned forward, the arrow caused the arrow to fly past his scalp, leaving a deep blood groove on his forehead.
It was just a scratch, but it was enough to make Li Ang dizzy.
This arrow is too powerful!
After grazing the lord's forehead, the arrow still flew twenty or thirty meters and then pierced into the ground at an angle.
It seemed that the arrow would only fly past Li Ang's eyes and then land in a conspicuous position diagonally in front of him.
This should have been a deliberate warning, probably intended to keep Leon from moving.
My Lord was the one who got hit because he was approaching it himself.
Li Ang realized this, stopped his horse and turned around.
The Lord has realized that this person probably doesn't want to kill him...
But the problem was that the lord rode out with his head down, and was immediately shot by an arrow. When he looked back, his face was covered in blood. This scared Wendy...
"My lord! This bastard...!"
Wendy thought Leon was shot in the head!
She picked up the bow and shot an arrow back, then started running towards the leading Noldor.
The man on the hillside seemed stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand and raised the bow above his head.
The cavalry stopped.
The leader started forward alone and used the back of his bow to block the arrow shot by Wendy.
It was a Noldor Elf, wearing rune armor similar to that of Eslandil, and the bow in his hand shone with a bright blue light.
"Wendy! Come back!"
The lord shouted but failed to stop her because Wendy had already started to curse loudly.
"Aldarian, you fool! What have you done!"
He cursed and shot another arrow.
It was indeed Ardarian who came up the mountain with his troops.
The second arrow that Wendelf shot back was also deflected by Aldarian with his gauntlet.
Wendy's strength was obviously not comparable to Aldarian's, and her compound bow was far inferior to the opponent's bow. At a distance of two hundred meters, the arrow had completely lost its power when it hit Aldarian.
However, Wendy had already begun to quickly approach her opponent and continued to shoot arrows while running.
She didn't ride a horse, after all, riding a horse up the mountain was not as fast as running.
It was quite difficult to shoot arrows while running quickly in the mountains, but every arrow Wendy shot was quite accurate. However, it did not have any effect - every arrow was deflected by Aldarian with his gauntlet or the back of the bow.
This was still the case even when Wendy ran to a place only seventy or eighty meters away from him and shot the arrow.
Aldarian's nonchalant action was like casually blocking the falling leaves from the tree.
It was obvious that this Noldor lord was extremely skilled, worthy of being the strongest Twilight Knight three hundred years ago.
After deflecting five arrows in a row, Aldarian finally spoke: "Are you Wendelf? Child, stop it. I'm not here to fight."
It was a very loud voice, which was quite rare among the Noldor. Most of the Noldor spoke softly, and even when they were angry they would speak in a whisper.
"But you..."
"Wendy, he didn't intend to hurt me. I asked for it..."
Wendy's words were interrupted. She looked back and saw that the lord had already arrived.
Li Ang wiped his face again. There was a finger-long wound on his forehead that was still bleeding.
"Human, you have good eyesight... Humph, if you didn't have such good eyesight, you wouldn't be injured..."
Aldarian continued to move forward a few steps and rode his horse to a position only thirty meters away from Leon.
He did not show any hostility, but he clearly held a contemptuous attitude towards humans, and the way he looked at Leon was probably the same as looking at a wild animal.
"You are Aldarian, right? I am Leon. What do you want to talk to me about?"
Leon knew that Aldarian shot the arrow to warn him, and he did not fight back against Wendy's attack. It was definitely not to kill him. He probably had something to say.
"Human, you are quite courageous... I don't know how you deceived His Majesty Felghath'an and Islandil, but I won't believe your lies. If your people dare to enter our forest again, I guarantee that none of them will come out alive!"
Aldarian still didn't call Leon's name, perhaps he felt that human names were not important.
"So, you came here just to warn me? Why don't you just shoot me?"
Leon smiled. It seemed that Aldarian was a straightforward person. What was the use of such threats?
"If it weren't for those students of Vendatil still in your castle, you would have been a corpse now! Human, don't set your sights on the Noldor, especially not on the House of Finwe! I only say this once!"
Aldarian narrowed his eyes and glanced at Leon.
Li Ang felt a chill on his neck for no reason...
"Aldarian, what our Fenwe family wants to do has nothing to do with you! With your arrogant attitude, it's no wonder that Teacher Wendatil looks down on you..."
Wendelf knew that if a real fight broke out, she would definitely not be able to stand up to Aldarian, so she did not take action again, but still bravely stood in front of Leon to protect him.
"Wendy, child, you shouldn't protect a human being..."
Aldarian seemed somewhat polite to Wendy, but the look he gave Leon seemed even more unfriendly.
"So you're here to declare war on me?"
Li Ang felt that this guy's brain didn't seem to be very useful. This behavior of coming all the way here just to declare war was very classical, but very stupid.
"Humph... Humans, no human can be trusted! Even if you have the blood of the Noldor..."
Aldarian didn't respond to Leon's words at all. He glanced at Leon twice as if he was looking at a monkey, then turned his horse's head and seemed to be planning to leave.
It was really just to declare war.
But this guy does seem to be difficult to communicate with and doesn't respond at all.
It was Islandil who told Aldarian that Leon had elven blood, but even so, Aldarian never even looked at Leon.
This person obviously despises and is hostile to humans from the bottom of his heart, and has a rather straightforward personality and temper.
"Sir Aldarian, I might as well tell you directly... I will continue to build markets in the forest and send people to trade in the forest. If you dare to touch my people, I don't mind completely wiping out your tribe..."
Li Ang shook his head. Since it was difficult to communicate, he might as well try a different approach. The lord would not say nice things to everyone.
The lord has one hand behind his back, looking very bossy.
While speaking, he secretly took out a black object that looked like a short-handled hammer, and the lid of the fire starter in his hand was removed.
A puff of white smoke came out from behind him.
"Ha... what courage!"
Aldarian seemed to be amused: "You think you can beat me?"
But the Lord looked at him seriously, smiled, and said softly: "Aldarian, have you ever seen magic?"
Before Aldarian could react , a 'short hammer' emitting white smoke was thrown over.
It seemed that the power was not very strong. After just thirty meters, Leon only threw it to the feet of Aldarian's elven horse.
Aldarian shook his head in disdain: "Human, you are too weak..."
"boom!!"
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the sudden explosion of a grenade on the ground!
Then came the crazy neighing of the horse.
Aldarian's arrogant expression suddenly changed...
The powerful Noldor lord might never have thought in his life that he would be thrown to the ground and chewing mud by his own mount - his Noldor elf horse was greatly frightened, jumped high like an antelope, threw Aldarian directly off, and ran away without looking back.
Caught off guard, and with Aldarian himself frightened, the most powerful Noldor warrior in hundreds of years performed a buttocks-falling-over move in front of the lord.
"Now, do you think I can beat you?"
