On the day the patient was cleared, Angelica left Owen and went on her mission.It happened that he was in Fengsui City, and Owen was not in a hurry to go back, so he decided to go north to inspect the Red Sand Fortress and meet the rumored knight chief.On the way, to replenish a batch of grain for the Red Sand Fortress, he asked Baron Kevin to prepare a carriage for himself and a wooden cart for transporting grain.Viscount Jarvis selected a group of excellent soldiers to accompany him, and there was no need to bring too many people with him for this inspection.On the day that Owen left Fengsui City, the grain truck and the soldiers in charge of escorting were waiting outside the city early.The main street, which runs from the castle of the lords to the north gates, was crowded with people, and many common people spontaneously took to the streets to bid farewell to the king.At the beginning of the plague, even the lords left the people and fled, and everyone fell into deep despair, and it was the appearance of the king that gave them hope to defeat the plague.Therefore, the people of Fengsui City were very grateful to the king.Castle of the Lords, doorway.The escort was neatly lined up, led in front by horseback Mapel and Viscount Jarvis, and the KPA was tightly surrounded around the perimeter of the carriage to ensure the king's safety.Owen walked out of the castle, boarded the carriage, and gave the order to go.After receiving the order, the convoy immediately began to move, heading towards the north gate.As soon as he left the castle district, and as soon as the team stepped onto the main street, Owen felt the heartfelt enthusiasm of the people, and even the rooftops near the street were sitting in a row.Looking around, there was no end in sight to the crowd on both sides, and it seemed that everyone in Fengsui City had come to see him off.Someone in the crowd excitedly shouted, "Long live the king!"
”Something was needed to respond, and Owen sat next to the window, reaching out and waving to the crowd.Even when he went out of the city, there were people chasing him out hundreds of meters to see him off, which shows that Owen won the hearts of the people in this war and gained everyone's love.After leaving the city, the grain transport team followed closely behind the escort team, all the way north, towards the Red Sand Fortress.The farther north the team went, the more severely the ground beneath their feet became more affected by the Kaztu's curse.Owen watched as the vegetation around him became more and more scarce, and when he got to the back, he couldn't find half a plant, and could only look at the green on the mountains in the distance.As mentioned earlier, there are veins of magic stones beneath the Crossing Mountains, and the magic stones are able to counteract the effects of the Kaztu's curse.Thankfully, there are mountains across the northern part of the Dawnlight Kingdom, which hinder the curse of the Kaztus and protect the country.Otherwise, it is estimated that the curse of the Kaztu can spread to the vicinity of the royal capital Junhui City, which will be a great disaster.Although he had heard that the Red Sand Fortress was particularly barren and uninhabitable, he didn't expect it to be so desolate, even worse than the situation in Dawn City, Owen sighed in his heart.After several days of traveling, Owen and his party finally arrived at the Red Sand Fortress, and the chief knight Hughes Bangyal, who had received the news in advance, led his knights and soldiers out of the city to greet them.Seeing Owen get out of the carriage, Hughes and the knights in the front row made a standard knightly salute."
I've seen Your Majesty."
Owen glanced at the imposing fortress behind him, and then his gaze fell on the red-haired man at the front.This person has a stubble on his face that he can't repair, a claw mark on his right eye, and a murderous aura between his eyebrows, which makes people shudder, and he knows at a glance that his strength must be very strong."
Are you the legendary knight who claims to be the strongest knight in the kingdom, Hughes Banjar?"
Owen spoke."
The strongest dare not be."
Xius said modestly, "I'm just an ordinary knight who was ordered to garrison the Red Sand Fortress. ”"Don't be modest, Knight Captain Banjar."
Owen smiled and said, "You have been stationed in the Red Sand Fortress for more than twenty years now, and you have commanded the army to resist the southern invasion of the undead monsters every winter, and have guarded the entire kingdom.Your deeds are obvious to all, and I would like to thank you on behalf of the people of the Kingdom. ”"Nope."
The king actually thanked him in person, which made Xiusi a little flustered, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty does not need to thank you, this is my duty." ”"Even if it is your duty, it is an indisputable fact that you have ensured the safety of the kingdom."
Owen bowed lightly to Theseus.Then, he said, "I hope that the Knight Captain of Banjar will continue to defend this Red Sand Fortress in the future." ”"Yes, Your Majesty."
Hughes bowed again, "I, Hughes Banjar, would like to give my life for the Kingdom of Dawnlight. ”Here, both sides have made a simple tentative.Hughes wanted to know what kind of person the new king was.Of course, no matter what kind of king he is, he will do his duty and continue to garrison the Red Sand Fortress, unless the king does not want to continue to use him.From Hughes's willingness to give his life for the kingdom of Morninglight, Owen also figured out that the object of his allegiance was this country, not the royal family of Wales, let alone the king himself.It's no wonder that in the previous battle for the throne, the Red Sand Fortress remained neutral and no one helped.You must know that the eldest prince Legoves has been instructed by Hughes, and the relationship between the two should be good, if the Red Sand Fortress chooses to support the eldest prince, Legovis will not lose to White so easily in the battle for the throne, and lose so badly.That's fine, anyway, Owen has his own army, as long as the Red Sand Fortress doesn't go against him, doesn't do anything that endangers the Dawnlight Kingdom, and continues to maintain the independence of the fortress, it's okay to say.Next, Hughes instructed the soldiers behind him to help carry the food and lead Owen and his party into the fortress.The first place to inspect is naturally the city wall used to ward off the undead monsters.The wall, which connects the mountains on both sides, is nearly ten meters high, and the passages are also wide, much taller than the northern wall of Auroville.Considering that the scale of the undead encountered in the Red Sand Fortress was much larger than that of Dawn City, it did require a taller and stronger wall to withstand it.However, when Owen walked around the city walls, he found a lot of damage and repairs.Only then did he suddenly realize that this wall had been in use for many years, and he didn't know how many times he could resist the southern invasion of undead monsters.At this moment, a group of patrolling soldiers approached, and Owen noticed that the second soldier had suffered a scratch on the right side of his face, and even his right ear had been scratched, leaving an extremely ugly scar.As you can imagine, every winter the soldiers fight the undead monsters here, and the battle must be very difficult.Fortunately, the soldier survived and continued to guard the Red Sand Fortress.As they approached the vicinity of Theseus, the patrolling soldiers respectfully greeted the chief knight in unison."
Hello Lord Banjar."
It seems that Hughes is very respected by the soldiers in the Red Sand Fortress.