Chapter 343 Kavira
October of the 357th year of the Pendor calendar.
Sarleon.
This was Kavira's first time coming to this city known as the 'center of the continent'.
But she was disappointed.
Because she did not see the prosperous scene as described in the legend, but only saw wounded soldiers everywhere and countless haggard residents who had struggled in the quagmire of war for a whole year.
The city wall is still tall, but somewhat dilapidated, and the traces left by the catapults and wall-breaking vehicles are still visible.
There were no longer any vendors in the city, nor were there any nobles in fine clothes and on horses. They must have all fled...
Only lean soldiers and ragged civilians were still walking through the wide streets of the city.
It seems that it is the same everywhere. Once war breaks out, civilians are left unable to escape and have nowhere to escape.
It's a dilapidated city, but still fairly clean.
Perhaps, without the nobles, the city would be much cleaner...
After all, the poor would not throw away any edible or usable items. Even dead branches and leaves would be collected and used as firewood.
In addition, it is wartime now, and the feces of people and horses are collected as city defense supplies. There are no shops on the street, and there are few people in the tavern, so naturally there will be no vomit or various residues...
Kavira suddenly remembered what Sir Roland had said - there is no garbage in the countryside, everything has a use; only big cities have so much garbage, because life in the city is not in accordance with the laws of nature.
Sir Roland is indeed a wise philosopher.
Kavira thought.
Even Lake Lion City, where Sir Roland was, seemed more reassuring than Sarleon City—because the streets of Lake Lion City were patrolled by "Knights of the New Dawn" everywhere.
In Sarleon City, most people had sad faces and walked in a hurry.
Everyone was very busy, either making weapons or repairing the city defenses.
The tall palace doesn't look very magnificent. Isn't it a golden palace according to legend? Why is there only mottled stone walls now?
Where did the gold go?
The irises outside the palace were still blooming, but they made the somewhat plain and even dilapidated palace seem even more deserted.
There weren't many attendants or maids in the palace. The guards at the door were quite spirited, but they weren't the full-body silver armored royal guards that Kavira had imagined.
Most of the guards wore red studded mail, carried longbows and shields, and seemed to be more practical than beautiful.
Kavira sighed with some regret - she had volunteered to come to Sarleon City to deliver a message, but she didn't expect to see such a simple city.
At this time, Kavira was waiting outside the throne room for an audience with Queen Amy of the Sarleon.
"Ms. Kavira, His Majesty has agreed to allow you to participate in the royal meeting. Please follow me."
A burly guard opened the door and waved to Kavira.
"Sir Sigismund, Sir Roland asked me to send you his regards..."
Kavira bowed.
That guard was Sigismund, currently the commander of Sarleon's defense forces.
"Ha... As long as you don't point that long knife of yours at me... Come with me and put the weapon on the rack."
Sigismund shook his head and pointed to the weapons rack in the throne room.
"I'm sorry... It was a misunderstanding. I thought you were a Vanskerry pirate... After all, you were fighting alongside that 'Doomseeker' at the time."
Kavira glanced at Sigismund's lower body, then inserted her long sword into the weapon rack.
The long sword was very strange. It had a long handle with a wide blade that was more than one foot long and as wide as a palm. The wide blade also extended into a sharp sword tip, and the overall shape was irregular.
At the same time, there is a sharp spike on the back of the wide blade - just like an ordinary long-handled wide-blade knife, with two sharp spikes pulled out from the two flat surfaces without edges.
This should be considered a strange-shaped long spear that can be used for stabbing, slashing, and chiseling like a spear.
This is Kavira's unique weapon, which was picked up from Thunder Ridge outside Lion Lake City.
This "Thunder Ridge" is actually the place where Leon disappeared. It was named by Sir Roland in memory of the brave Duke of Changhe Town.
But Kavira had never actually met Leon. She had only heard some stories about Leon from Roland.
For example, defeating the three prophets, strangling the Jatu people, and triggering thunder and chaining the demons to withstand the lightning strike.
Sir Roland never lied, he said he saw it all with his own eyes.
Kavira felt that a warrior who could be so admired by a saintly person like Sir Roland must indeed be a legendary hero.
However, after the disappearance of this legendary hero, the Kingdom of Sarleon was in a bit of a plight.
Last August, after the Duke of Changhe Town was confirmed missing, the Kingdom of Sarleon was declared at war by several other countries at the same time. It was like a piece of fat fish, and everyone wanted to take a bite.
By now, all the lands west of Sarleon City, Haringosburg and Weird Fox Town have fallen one after another.
Right now, the Kingdom of the Fierce Lion only has the eastern region and the Beibu Gulf left.
Sir Roland established the Knights of the New Dawn in Lion Lake City, and then arranged a defense line in Weird Fox Town with Earl Leofric. Sir Fothert provided them with logistical support in Lion Lake City.
The Knights of the Silver Hand guard Haringosburg, and Gondor the Doomseeker is also there;
The defense of Sarleon was commanded by Lord Godric, and Sigismund was appointed as the commander of the Sarleon defense force, obeying Godric's command.
With everyone's joint efforts, they were able to preserve the central axis of the Sarleon Kingdom and prevent Sarleon City from being cut off.
Coupled with the "support" of the Bacchus Empire, the entire country has been resisting continuously throughout the year, and the war has never stopped for a moment.
Kavira joined Sir Roland's team in Lion Lake City last August.
At that time, Kavira went to Lion Lake City from the village of Kurum in Firdsvain. She was a military cook hired by King Vidis.
But in Lion Lake City, Kavira experienced a disaster that she could not bear to look back on - on a rainy day, she was abused by a group of Vanskerry pirates in Lion Lake City in a courtyard in the city.
A young and beautiful woman met a group of drunken Vanskerry pirates. Almost everyone could understand what kind of abuse she would experience.
But it was not Sir Roland who saved her, but she saved herself.
Those Vanskerry pirates were subordinates of King Vidis. Kavira was abused when Lion Lake City was besieged by the Fallen - this was also inevitable during the war. A group of pirates who believed they were doomed to die would do anything in desperation.
To be honest, Leon also has to bear some responsibility. If he hadn't led Vidis to Lion Lake City to fight against Aigram, Kavira wouldn't have suffered such a disaster.
But Kavira did not seek death like an ordinary girl.
She even provided food and wine to the pirates after being abused.
After they were all drunk, she tied up all the guys, castrated them all, and watched them bleed to death - when two of them stopped bleeding, she stabbed them again in the same place.
At that time, Kavira did not have a long knife to cut people.
Later, Vidis evacuated Lion Lake City, and Kavira met Sir Roland's team.
At that time, Leon had just disappeared, and Sir Roland entered Lion Lake City to clean up the chaos.
When we saw her, she was being harassed by another rogue - the pirates had torn her clothes off and she was standing naked in the rain.
She wanted the heavy rain to wash away the humiliation on her body.
But her embarrassed appearance attracted some malicious glances...
Sir Roland drove away the rogues who harassed her, and expelled everyone who tried to approach her. He also asked all the soldiers to leave, leaving her alone in the courtyard in the rain, and she gained the last bit of dignity.
When she walked out of the courtyard, Sir Roland was still standing outside with his back to the gate.
At that time, Roland said to her gently: "Madam, I heard about you... Maybe the goddess Astalia sent those Vanskerry people to you as a test of your courage, and you bravely got through the difficulties, which is admirable."
Kavira burst into tears on the spot.
Her hometown, Cullum Village, was a fishing village on the coast of the Firdsvain. The girls in the fishing village certainly had little education, and the men there were mostly rather barbaric - this was the first time that Kavira had encountered a noble man speaking to her in such a polite manner.
Moreover, she knew that if she returned to her hometown, the men around her would point fingers at her and even do more evil things.
She also knew that from now on she would face more violence and malice, most men would no longer give her any respect, and it would be difficult for her to find a true partner.
But Sir Rowland still treated her as a distinguished lady and was always polite.
Dignity is priceless.
From then on, Kavira became a follower of Sir Roland.
However, Roland didn't want girls to go to the battlefield and refused to accept Kavira as a warrior, so she became a priest apprentice of the goddess of justice like Ilano.
After that, Roland took Kavira to the place where Leon disappeared, which was "Thunder Ridge".
At that time, Amy had just issued a search warrant for the body, and Roland also wanted to try to look for any clues.
This search was a real thorough digging, and the entire Thunder Ridge was almost flattened.
No clues related to Leon were found, but Kavira found a long knife.
This long sword should have been a broad-bladed broadsword of very good quality, that is, a flat-head machete with a long handle.
But when Kavira found it, its blade had been shattered and melted together with some messy fragments - this was probably caused by thunder, because the wooden pole was fine and seemed particularly strong.
Although this was a broken weapon, Kavira found it very handy and carried it on her back.
She then had a bit of a run-in with Gondor the Doomseeker.
Gondor actually came to help - he also wanted to find Leon .
But Cavilla thinks Gondor is also a Vanskerry pirate. She hates pirates, all pirates, and all Firdsaway people!
If Vidis hadn't walked quickly, Kavira would have even poisoned the food and castrated all of Vidis's troops one by one!
As a result, Gondor was forced to fight with Kavira.
What's outrageous is that Gondor is no match for Kavira!
To be precise, Gondor, who was unwilling to hurt anyone and restrained his actions, was no match for the broken long sword - Gondor tried to knock away Kavira's weapon, but when he hit the long sword, his own weapon was cut off!
The long sword that looked messy after being struck by lightning was actually extremely sharp.
If Sigismund hadn't rescued people in time, Gondor would have been castrated. In fact, Sigismund was almost castrated by Kavira because he saved people, because he looked like a Vanskerry pirate...
Fortunately, no real accident occurred, but from then on Kavira had his own nickname - the eunuch.
The long sword was later re-polished and became a special weapon tailor-made for Kavira - a long sword for cutting people.
Her long sword basically targets the opponent's lower body... It is quite intimidating to men. Although her martial arts skills are not that good, no one dares to fight her in a duel.
So at this moment, Sigismund didn't even dare to walk in front of Kavira...
"Your Majesty, Miss Kavira has arrived."
Sigismund pushed open the door of the imperial conference room sideways.
There were only four people sitting at the round table.
Queen Amy sat at the first seat, without her crown. Her face looked haggard, but her eyes had become extremely sharp.
On her right was Godric, with a golden brooch on his chest, a brooch in the shape of a lion waving its paw - it was the 'Hand of the King' , the badge of the Prime Minister.
But the position of Prime Minister may not have brought him any benefits. In this year, his hair has turned from black to gray.
To Amy's left was Alina. She still looked bookish, but she was no longer smiling and was a little silent.
The last person was Eric, who had a thick record book in front of him. But he was not a clerk, as there was no clerk in the current imperial meeting...
Eric is now the chief steward of the House of Nobles of the Kingdom of Sarleon—actually, the chief steward of logistics.
"Kavira, please sit down ."
Amy's voice was indifferent. She probably hadn't laughed for a long time. "Has Sir Roland encountered any trouble? Is Guihu Town unable to hold on?"
"No, no one attacked Weird Fox Town. Sir Roland asked me to bring this letter. It was a trophy taken from a heretic..."
Kavira also became serious. She took out a scroll from her arms and handed it to Godric: "At the same time, he believes that those heretics seem to obey the orders of a little girl!"
Godric unfolded the scroll and read, "At the end of October, Her Majesty Denise will personally lead the army back to Sarleon. Be prepared."
"It's gone? Who wrote it to whom?"
Eric asked somewhat curiously.
"No more. I don't know who wrote it to whom. But Denise is only ten years old. How can she lead the army?"
Godric turned the note over and over again, checking it several times, and placed it on the table, his face full of confusion.
Denise is Ulrich's little daughter, the one born to Eren and the queen. That child has now been made king by Brunus... Of course, she has not been recognized by the nobles.
But if Brennus conquers Sarleon, then Denise will surely be recognized by many nobles...
The so-called orthodoxy and rebellion mainly depend on who has the bigger fist.
"I did see a little girl appear among the heretics from afar... I don't know if that was the Denise you mentioned - that's why the teacher asked me to come here and tell you in person."
Kavira gestured at her chest and said, "About this height. If she's ten years old... it should be about the same."
