Chapter 124: There is no danger
Until he walked down the winding mountains that Barian called Mount Lebanon and saw the looming walls in the distance, Christina couldn't believe that the journey would be so simple that it was boring.
In the end, she didn't work. It was not that she didn't want it, but that she didn't need it at all. The pagans took the stalking and peeping to the extreme, but never went out to face the head-on battle. Since everyone could see the end of the journey with their naked eyes, Barian's statement about the main forces of the pagans coming and going without a trace can only be a story of cheating children.
The friends were well educated, or they didn't care about anything like Silver Dragon. When the last cavalry left the mountain road and entered the plain, no one was afraid to question Barian's words. Instead, Barian couldn't stand his face and kept looking up at the hill that had just passed, as if he wanted an amazing enemy army to emerge from it.
Christina felt that this man didn't like being treated as a fool, especially in front of Gunnes.
"Hey, look!" Hearing the voice of the knight, there seemed to be something surprising.
She turned around and saw a familiar shadow on the top of the hill where Barian's finger. This time, it was no longer a scattered scout, but the entire army was dispatched. The armor hidden in the pagan robe still could not escape the scorching sun, and the steel flashed with dazzling light. As the distance between the two sides gradually grew further, the light spot further expanded and connected into pieces.
Barian was right. The number of people who showed their faces on the top of the mountain exceeded 1,000. Who knew how many people were hiding at the foot of the mountain? I really dared to walk on the plains, but I was afraid I would have no chance to catch my breath from beginning to end.
The back team of our side was still in the range of bow and arrow shooting, and Christina and Barian, who insisted on waiting for the last person to go down the mountain before leaving, were even more targeted. But from beginning to end, no even half of the feather arrow flew down from the mountain, and all the people successfully entered the area where they could see the Antioch walls.
With such military strength, Christina saw too many tactics of the Ottomans using cannon fodder to cover elites, and was very uncomfortable with the enemies who suddenly became life-threatening. But no matter what, the Paladin should not regard killing as a pleasant thing. She had been fighting on this.
Doing necessary evil is an excuse for ordinary people. Paladins have higher standards, so high that they can turn their numbers into less than dragons without fighting.
No matter what, it took two weeks to finally get out of the mountains. The elves were very happy. There was not a completely water source in the mountains. Sometimes I could find some mountain spring water. This was for drinking. People needed it, and horses needed it. No drop could be wasted. Not to mention taking a bath or washing my face, she had become as smelly as a man, and men... shouldn't think about it.
The plains looked there and the horizon, and Antioch's wall swayed in front of her as the heat waves rose. When she looked down on the mountain, the scenery was much better than this, and she could cross the wall to see the port and the sea. The sea water sparkled, reflecting the sunlight like a huge mirror, full of unreality. The big ship floating above was smaller than the toys of children.
Just recalling the scene of seeing the sea water made the elf feel a little cooler out of thin air. When she forced herself to pull herself out of her desire for water and turned back again, the top of the mountain returned to peace and the pagans left.
"Do they often do this?" Christina asked Barian. He was futile to dispatch thousands of people, and only idiots would do such things.
"It's rare, Miss." The Knight's answer was consistent, not as expected by the elves.
She wasn't stupid enough to ask why. She understood with her knees that it was the spell that scared the pagans. Considering the local knight's attitude towards Jack, there must be no spellcaster in daily combat. It was really intimidating that there was a mage in her team, which could force the opponent to re-examine Chu Salen.
If they knew that there was a female dragon here... the elf secretly glanced at Gunnes, the silver dragon smiled at the elf, and made every move with gracious gestures, completely unaware that she had become a bargaining chip in the Paladin's calculations.
The elves' activities that were too rich in their hearts did not affect the other people's interest. Nassom immediately chatted and laughed loudly with Reilly. The mercenary pointed to the city wall in the distance, biting Reilly's ear with a whisper, saying "I'll take you when I arrive at the hotel..."
Christina's face turned red. She didn't mean to eavesdrop. This ability was born with her, and she couldn't do anything about it. Duncan stretched his waist on the saddle and moved his numb shoulders. Chu Salen had no ponies. Considering that the mountain road was difficult to walk and did not bring a carriage, the two donkeys became dwarfs' mounts. Ola got along well with the donkey, and the female dwarf also helped the donkey comb his hair when she was resting. Duncan was not so kind, but the donkey didn't like him. Every time Duncan set up camp, he swears to the sky that the donkey under his crotch wanted to murder him.
"That's Antioch." He was almost walking under the city wall. Barian introduced himself in one fell swoop. The men did not react much, but the girls were proud of their face and nodded with smiles, as if he didn't know where to go without saying that.
The elf nodded out of politeness, but Gernis didn't know how to judge. Her smirk would only make men think a lot.
Barian used the tone of his master, as if he was talking about his backyard. However, the Paladin did not forget the campfire chat on the way. In order to win the favor of the Silver Dragon, the young man knew everything and said nothing, but he didn't care about it.
Antioch was a principality, and he was not in charge of King Baldwin of Chusalem and was considered an ally. Barian came to ask for help, while Christina was a mascot, and he had to rely on the name of the Paladin to help Baldwin get more troops.
The pursuit on the mountain did not affect the foot of the mountain. The gates were open to welcome everyone. Christina and Grenis were interrogated. They were polite and polite, but insisted on completing all the procedures. Looking at Grenis who was giggling at the gatekeeper's Knight and the restless next to him, Barian, who had just jumped out to claim ownership of the Silver Dragon, the Paladin understood that this was the exclusive "interrogation" of the beauty.
The Goalkeeper abused his power just to say a few more words to alien women and beautiful girls. Nassom was not asked, and Ora was only asked one. Grenis and Christina, and they stood in the doorway and chatted with Mr. Knight, and they could only go to the tavern to order a drink.
After Barian's strong protest, the Knights at the gate were reluctant to let everyone go. Christina's pointed ears could hear the follow-up conversation between the Knight and her subordinates. Growing up in human society, she learned a skill to get used to men's politeness to themselves. Even if the content of the conversation was very impolite, they dared to say this because they thought you couldn't hear it.
Silver Dragon was much lucky. She must have not heard the infantry beside the Knights fantasize about her breasts, but the Knights did not stop her, but instead joined in.
"I really want to take a shower." Gurness said to Ora, who was riding on the donkey. This kind of short mountain donkey is very suitable for dwarves.
"..." Ola went to see Duncan before speaking, but when he saw that the other party was not paying attention, he replied: "Well, so do I."
Christina, who was riding behind the two, listened to the chat between Silver Dragon and the female dwarf and shared her desire for bathing water. She must be disappointed. Someone ran forward with the name of the elf. After receiving a positive answer, she bowed to the elf and Barian respectively, saying that the Duke of Antioch had invited the two adults.
"Now?" Christina could feel the dirty skin crying loudly.
"If it's convenient for you, sir." The man bowed again, deeper than before.
Chapter completed!