Dawn of the Ash Tower

"Cuckoo!" Professionally trained homing pigeons can reach the target of the message in bad weather conditions, especially in this era, the communication of important information between kingdoms is basically done by similar birds.Therefore, when the gray-white homing pigeon flew into the house from the window under heavy snow and landed on Heather's shoulder, the female knight captain was not surprised.She was just a little puzzled, because judging by the wax on the letter carried by the pigeon, the letter did not come from the Duke of Hammer, nor was it even signed by the Knights of the Kingdom. One place, that is the royal family of the Cangshi King.

Strange, logically speaking, although the plague this time is fierce, the area currently affected is only an earldom, and it is far from the point where it will endanger the entire kingdom.At least that's what it looks like on the surface.Then, even if the royal family wants to issue any orders at this time, they should first notify the Duke of Hammer, and then the Duke will issue them to Heather. This is the way to respect the rights of the nobles.There are generally only two situations in which the subordinates are notified directly beyond the enfeoffment nobles like now. One is that the lord whom the notification object is loyal to rebelled, and the royal family directly sent a killing order.Of course, this is completely impossible to happen. Grand Duke Lie Hammer has a lifelong friendship with the current king and is a staunch supporter of the king.Besides, Heather has led the Hammer Knights for many years, and she can also be said to be the confidant of the Grand Duke Hammer. If the Grand Duke wants to rebel, it is impossible for her not to know.

Since this possibility is impossible, there can only be another situation—a declaration of total war.The royal family will issue such a mobilization order to the combat forces in the kingdom only in the event of a situation that threatens the survival of the entire Cangshi Kingdom, such as the invasion of foreign enemies.However, the Cangshi Kingdom is located in a corner of the mainland, with almost no strategic value, and the territory within the territory is not considered fertile. Since the founding of the country, there have been very few wars for many years.What is going on here?

With such doubts, Heather tore off the wax paint on the letter and unfolded the letter paper.The female knight commander read the information in the letter, her brows gradually furrowed.This commander, who can still command calmly even when Cheese and others lost contact, rarely showed his emotional out-of-control side.Heather subconsciously punched the table in front of her hard, and with a loud bang, the wooden table made of thick pine ended its mission.The homing pigeons, frightened by the noise, flew up from Heather's shoulders and bumped around in the room, adding a lot of feathers to the room.

"Damn it, which bastard encouraged His Majesty to issue this order!"

The knight standing guard outside the house of the female knight leader was frightened by the movement inside the house, and quickly opened the door and rushed in, and then saw Heather's eyes staring at the letter paper as if they were on fire.People who are not familiar with Heather are often confused by the female knight commander's sweet appearance and calm determination, but these knights who have followed Heather for many years know that the title of their knight commander is Hammer Rose rather than other flowers There is a reason.

Before becoming a commander, Heather had always been known for her tough combat style and violent temper. You know, just being beaten by the knight commander for frivolous language at various celebration banquets, big and small The number of nobles and nobles with broken legs is almost beyond count.It's just that Heather has deliberately controlled herself for the past few years because she served as the commander of the Knights. Now that the female knight leader is so angry, the two knights standing guard dare not go up to dissuade her for a while. Can only watch Heather venting anger in the house.

After a long time, Heather seemed to calm down, and the two knights dared to step forward to ask what happened that made her so angry.As a result, Heather didn't answer them, but threw the king's secret letter directly in their faces.The two knights hurriedly checked the contents of the letter. Unlike Heather who became angry, the reaction of the two knights was shock.

"My lord, is it true?" asked a knight.

"Unless someone dares to forge the royal family's seal in the kingdom, and successfully steals specially bred homing pigeons to play tricks on me." Heather replied.

"But, my lord, if we follow the above, our current situation will become very..." The knight didn't finish his sentence, but judging from his expression, the content of the letter is very important to the current hammer knights. Not very good.

"You two, circulate this letter to everyone, and then I will give you a chance to choose. Choose whether to terminate this mission." Taking a deep breath, the female knight commander ordered.

After the two knights were ordered to leave, Heather walked to the window and looked at the snow-covered Valley City. Her brows were tightly furrowed. Even being ambushed by the Ratman army in the dark did not make her so upset.First of all, it was an official letter. Obviously it was sent to nobles all over the kingdom at the same time. It can only be said that Heather received this letter here because the royal family's pigeons are really powerful.As for what was said in the king's superstition, it can be summed up in two ways.The first thing is to tell the recipient that the plague spreading in the Earl of Saron this time will turn people into mindless and distorted monsters, but the source of this information is not the Hammer Knights who went deep into the epidemic area or the The Knights of the Kingdom, but the Pharmacists Association who came later.These pharmacists exaggerated the ability of the plague to spread and the subsequent harm of the Ratmen countless times, and described the plague as a natural disaster that could not be cured at all!If she hadn't participated in this mission, Heather might still accept this conclusion, but the female knight commander clearly knew that these pharmacists had only reached the border of the epidemic area for a few days, and she even suspected that these guys had never carefully studied the infected people The circumstances lead to this conclusion hastily.But if this is the case, at least Heather still has the last hope of cheese. This mage from the mysterious outland already has a certain understanding of this plague. In time, the spread of this plague can be controlled, and even completely cured. All kinds of plagues are entirely possible.However, what did those pharmacists suggest to His Majesty after they came to the conclusion that it was incurable!

In the second half of the letter, these pharmacists declare that because the plague is highly contagious, they recommend killing all infected people as soon as possible, and controlling all possible infected people, and if necessary, first kill them. Time to cull!What does it mean!This means that those refugees who managed to escape from the epidemic area will not only not receive care and treatment, but will be brutally killed by their compatriots!As a knight, Heather couldn't accept this kind of order that simply disregarded human life. She vaguely felt that there was a big problem behind this order. In her impression, the current king would never issue such an order so easily. A monarch of cruel orders.Besides, she couldn't even imagine how much turmoil and panic the issuing of this order would cause within the kingdom. Not all nobles were as beloved as the former Earl Saron. People in the kingdom were called moths and mice. Scum abounds, and the issuing of this order is like handing them a knife that can do anything wrong!

Moreover, as the team that went deep into the epidemic area, the Hammer Knights under Heather and the kingdom knights who have not yet disappeared may become the victims of this decree. Although they will not be killed directly, there are also many who have been killed by these Nobles offended by dead-headed knights will be more than happy to give them a shove.Moreover, the disappearance of cheese, the most important person at this juncture, made Heather not miss the opportunity to stop this order at all, and the whole incident would develop towards the worst.

Of course, the female knight commander still only thinks that this order will lead to the death of a large number of innocent people. If the cheese at this time knows about this, the mage will probably sign this order with the most vicious curse on the spot. People, because Cheese, who has seen the terrifying potential of the original rat people, understands that if humans really drive these rat people to a dead end, how terrible the harm will be brought by the rat people who prey unscrupulously and carry the plague. It is still unknown who will win the war among rats and humans.

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