Chapter 349: Guidance from the High King
West of Kwen Village, at the foot of Goddess Mountain.
This is an ancient relic of the Order of the Griffin.
This hidden valley is still quiet, as if nothing happened.
But after walking through the valley, the view suddenly opened up.
The gate at the entrance of the ruins has been repaired, the drawbridge has been raised, and the once rusty chains have now been carefully maintained and appear to have been oiled.
The black metal relief on the door had also been re-polished, and the ebony griffin relief looked like it was about to take flight, with a door knocker embedded in its claws.
The sound of the rushing river behind him was quite loud, covering up the movement inside the door, but Li Ang could sense that there should be quite a few people inside.
“Boom boom boom!”
Li Ang walked up and knocked on the door with the knocker.
The movement inside the door suddenly disappeared.
"Open the door! I'm Leon!"
Li Ang simply shouted.
The door didn't open, but a head popped out from the wall at the top of the door.
"...Hehe! Three prophets, huh? Don't try to trick us! Brothers! Prepare for battle!"
This is Charles' voice.
At this time, Charles was wearing black inlaid armor and holding a bow in his hand.
But the problem is... Charles actually aimed his bow and arrow at Leon...
"Charles...you don't even recognize me?!"
Li Ang was so angry that his mouth was almost crooked. He hadn't seen this guy for more than a year. Was this guy going to rebel?
Charles on the wall seemed a little hesitant, and another head popped up, it was Darion.
"This guy is really good at pretending to be me... Hey! If you are Lord Leon, then you must know who I am, right?"
Dallion grunted, then shouted at Leon.
"Dalion, open the door for me! Otherwise I will definitely beat you up again!"
Li Ang was furious—these two guys actually thought they were fakes?
Dallion was stunned. He looked at Charles, who also had a dull expression. The two began to whisper to each other: "He really knows? His tone is so arrogant... Is this really Lord Leon?"
"It does sound a bit like... Did Miss Wendy succeed?"
"Well... it's hard to say, what if it's a trick of heresy..."
"You two bastards...Charles! I deliberately blinded Eldred so that you could win the duel! Dallion , I beat you up right here! I should be the only one who knows these things!"
Li Ang felt somewhat helpless - he just wanted to enter the base that he had paid for and built, but he didn't expect that he would have to undergo a physical examination...
"Ah! Sir! It's really you! Hahahaha..."
Charles threw away the bow and arrow in his hand and hurried down to open the door.
Dallion swallowed his saliva and walked out weakly: "Lord Leon? You actually..."
"I'm still alive, right?"
Li Ang curled his lips: "You guys don't think I'm dead, do you?"
"Ahem... no... that..."
Charles and Darion suddenly became uncomfortable at the same time.
Leon suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked at Darien and then at Charles.
There was indeed excitement in the eyes of these two guys about meeting old friends, but it seemed that there was more embarrassment?
Li Ang walked into the camp confused, and then became furious.
"Who built this tomb for me?! I'm not dead yet!"
There is a very conspicuous tomb in the station. The tombstone reads "Here lies the brave and fearless King of Pendor, His Majesty Leon Griffin."
No wonder these two bastards look so embarrassed...
"Tell me, who is buried in the tomb? The King of Pendor... Why don't you say the King of the World?"
Seeing his own grave with his own eyes was indeed a bit weird... It was because Leon's injuries had not fully recovered yet, otherwise he would have broken the legs of Darien and Charles...
"The tomb is empty..."
Dallion lowered his head and smiled: "We thought you had... and you also know that with our identities, we cannot be loyal to any country. But if it is to avenge you, the brothers will have many opportunities..."
After not seeing him for a long time, Dallion seemed to have grown a lot and his speech became more organized.
"So... do other people also think I'm dead?"
Li Ang suddenly calmed down. He realized that although his "death" was a bit disgusting, it didn't seem to be a bad thing.
"To be honest... My Lord, except for Her Majesty Amy and Miss Wendy, everyone thinks that you... Ahem, I'm just telling the truth, please don't hit me..."
Charles answered cautiously.
"Alas... I don't want to beat you up... Don't you know yet? Kwen Village has been massacred..."
Li Ang sighed and turned to talk about the things in Kwen Village.
"Massacre?! How could it happen? They were fine the day before yesterday... I just went to the Countess's and bought a lot of wine!"
Dallion frowned.
"Who did it? ...How is Madam?"
Charles looked at Leon's face and realized something.
"Everyone in the entire Kwen village is gone... The lady and all the other nobles were killed."
Li Ang looked at the two of them and said, "You were so close, how come you didn't notice anything?"
Dallion sat down on the ground.
Charles stood there motionless.
They really didn't find it.
Because, in the Griffin Knights' base, in addition to the team led by the two of them, there was another team that was being reorganized.
Alaric's drunkard gang.
Darion is trying to reorganize the drunkard gang.
So they have not left the base in the past few days.
Reorganizing the Drunkards' Regiment was actually Alaric's wish, but at this time Alaric was already very ill and was lying in the camp quite weakly.
The alcoholic leader now has sunken eye sockets, and his thin face is supported entirely by his cheekbones. His once well-developed muscles have completely disappeared. He is skinny, breathing weakly, and looks like he may die at any time.
"What happened to him? Drinking alone shouldn't cause him to be like this, right?"
Leon looked at the haggard Alaric and found it hard to imagine that this was the same tough man who had been able to withstand his lance charge on foot before.
"Last year, he went crazy..."
Dallion was standing beside them, talking sadly about everything they had experienced.
In the past two years, Darien and Charles have actually done a lot of things.
Two years ago, with the funding from Leon, this abandoned ruins was rebuilt and the ebony mine was mined.
After the village of Kwen was ravaged by Prince Alanric, Darion and Charles killed all the soldiers remaining in the village and formed the Griffin Knights.
However, since then, Dallion has never mentioned any goals such as "restoring the country".
While protecting the village, they also performed heroic deeds everywhere - such as getting rid of Elderfred and Leofurvan.
It was these two guys, together with Alanric, who brought disaster to the village of Kwen. Dallion wanted revenge for the villagers who had always protected him.
Prince Alanric died at the hands of the heretic Corrupted, so there was no need for revenge, but Elderfred and Leofurvan were still at large, and they were both members of the Order of the Lion.
Dallion and his griffon riders killed Elderfred at Castle Kellredan and Leofurvan at Castle Haringosburg.
This is why Dallion and Charles suddenly disappeared when Leon was dealing with Aigram. They were chasing the murderer for thousands of miles.
The revenge was successful and had a great impact on the situation at the time - both Elderflaed and Leofurvan were Brennus's men.
After Leon's disappearance, Brennus launched a counterattack and once reached the city of Sarleon.
If Aldfred of Kerlaidan had not been killed at that time, Sarleon would have been attacked by Aldfred at the most dangerous moment.
At the same time, Haringsburg was supposed to serve as Brennus's logistical support.
However, the killing of these two people resulted in Brennus's failure in Sarleon City, and his retreat was also lost. Haringosburg, which suddenly lost its commander, was captured by Godric and Klose.
It can be said that the Sarleon Kingdom can maintain its current situation entirely thanks to the revenge actions of Darion and Charles - this may be a coincidence, but it is probably also God's will.
When Brennus needed these two corrupt lion knights the most, they both died... Otherwise, Brennus might have been able to capture Sarleon and turn around and accuse Amy of being a rebel - under the circumstances at the time, if Brennus could have captured Sarleon, he could indeed have made the little princess the orthodox!
However, the two young and reckless Avengers did not realize this at the time. They were simply seeking revenge.
It was during that time that they also received the news that Li Ang was missing.
And just after killing the two Lion Knights, Dallion encountered a miracle - the High King's ring in his hand suddenly glowed!
During those days, Dallion had the same dream over and over again. In the dream, the High King Kavala asked him to look for dragon tears and something called the "Gate of the Abyss", saying that these things could be used to unify the continent of Pendor.
For Dallion, Kavala, the High King of Pendor, is the object of his supreme loyalty - he is not only the King of Pendor, but also the founder of the Order of the Griffin. Since the late king has spoken to him in his dreams, he must obey.
In Dallion's opinion, it was the High King who was guiding him to unify Pendor...
Dallion didn't actually know what the Abyss Gate was, but he knew about Dragon's Tears - from Alaric.
When Darion was captured by Duke Alma before, the members of the Drunkard Gang accidentally saved him.
Darion is a straightforward man who repays kindness with kindness and revenges with hatred, so since then, he and Charles have been helping the drunkard group provide wine, and he can even be considered a friend of Alaric - although Alaric goes crazy when he doesn't have wine, he is actually a very easy person to get along with when he has wine.
Alaric also told Dallion about the dragon's tears.
Afterwards, Darion and Charles became two adventurers - for these two young men, the instructions of the late King Kavala were more important than anything else.
Besides, after Leon disappeared, Charles was a free man. He was Leon's sworn knight and was only loyal to Leon.
So they went with Alaric to Longsong Port - where Alaric found the dragon's tears.
Unexpectedly, they actually found another Dragon Tear.
However, it was not from a box, but from a famous Ravenclaw.
That Ravencrow was actually Lord Raven Boris.
After Boris was led to the Lion Lake City by Sigismund, he was basically wiped out by the army of the Fallen, but he was lucky because King Vidis let him into the city at the last minute.
After Aigram was killed, Boris returned to Ravenstern to try to recruit new troops. As a result, he had a fight with Alaric, who was drunk, in the tavern of Longsong Port...
In fact, this fight was very similar to the one Leon had fought in Sarleon City at the beginning - in fact, they just started fighting because of a disagreement. This was a common scene in the tavern and was quite normal.
However, these two guys possessed unimaginable divine power and almost razed the tavern to the ground...
Even the city defense forces of Changge Port stayed far away, fearing that they would be accidentally injured.
In the end, Lord Raven Boris was defeated. To be honest, his skills were much better than Alaric's, but the problem was that Alaric had many people around him...
Although Darion and Charles were both very chivalrous and did not help, the drunkards loved to fight in groups, and they did not care about chivalry...
After a group of drunkards rushed up and beat Boris into submission, Alaric took out a dragon tear and a strange book from Boris's body.
But after getting the dragon tears and the book, Alaric suddenly went crazy, and started smashing things everywhere with his hammer as if he had no relatives.
Dallion and Charles worked together and finally tied him up with chains from behind, and brought him back to Sarleon before the Ravens' army caught up.
After this, Alaric continued to grow weaker.
"Wait... you said, Alaric found a strange book from Boris? What did the book look like, and where is it now?"
Of course, Leon knew that Dragon's Tears would never make Alaric like this - he didn't eat the Dragon's Tears.
But if it is a book...could that book be the Gate to the Abyss?
"We asked many people, and they all said that the book was a heretical code... Alaric's behavior was probably caused by the code. We didn't want such an evil thing to exist , so when we went to Sarleon City to help Eric with disaster relief some time ago, we sank the book into the Deer Heart Lake to prevent it from harming people further..."
Charles replied.
Eric and Darion have a good relationship with Charles, and they usually help Eric whenever he needs help.
But Leon was already sweating - no wonder he came out from the bottom of the lake, it turned out that Darien and Charles had tricked him!
Moreover, the late King Kavala had told Dallion to look for the Dragon's Tears and the Gate to the Abyss in his dream...
This is most likely because after entering the abyss, I rejected Kavala, so Kavala planned to use other methods to get out?
Did he succeed?
After all, Dallion found both things!
"Where are the Dragon Tears now? Did the late King Kavala tell you how to use them?"
Looking at the confused Dallion, Leon knew that it would be difficult to explain this matter to him in a short time - this silly boy would definitely not believe that the former king Kavala had any bad intentions.
Even if Kavala wanted to destroy the world, Dallion would probably think that this was the High King trying to unify Pendor!
"Dragon Tears were taken away by Miss Wendy..."
Charles replied: "She said that she could use dragon tears to find your whereabouts. As long as she finds you, she will give us more dragon tears. We didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that she is right... She has always believed that you will come back..."
"Wendy was here? Where is she now?"
Leon had heard Althea mention that she had dreamed of Wendy - Althea said at the time that Wendy was the first Noldor elf who understood the correct use of Dragon Tears.
In fact, Leon also knew that this "correct usage" was only for Althea.
Althea has been lonely all her life. What she needs most is to see the Noldor elves and understand the situation of the Noldor people. Dragon tears can probably project the souls of the Noldor elves to Althea.
It was basically equivalent to using the magic of dragon tears to send a dream to Althea, and they could even communicate in the 'dream', which could probably be considered a video chat. Although the cost was a bit high, it could indeed make Althea no longer feel lonely.
"She should be in Changhe Town now. She said she has a way to save Alaric. She will probably be here in a day or two."
Charles looked at the dying Alaric and said, "Sir, does Miss Wendy really know magic?"
Li Ang sighed: "Yes, she does know magic now... But now, there are two witches who know magic outside, and perhaps another more powerful demon king... Organize the army, brothers, we have to go out to fight - you may have brought a terrible disaster to the world, I will tell you slowly later..."
