Black Knight From Blue Star

Chapter 103 Things always get in the way

Hukaro City is not too far from Boris City.

Even with the army and dozens of donkey carts for freight, the speed was relatively slow. After walking for a whole day, they reached their destination in the evening.

Different from the towering and tall city walls of Boris, the walls of Hukaro City are much smaller.

 The walls of Boris were built of stone.

Hukaluo's city walls are made of mud bricks, and are only a little over five meters high, which is a little higher than Hardy's height after he transformed into the Nightmare Knight.

Hardy probably could jump over this wall if he used a lightening technique on his nightmare form.

 As the sun sets, the city is shrouded in orange light and looks very warm.

At the gate of the city, merchants and caravans and civilians came and went, and it was somewhat harmonious.

There is no dedicated military passage in this city, so we have to squeeze into the same gate as ordinary people.

 As soon as he got closer, the civilians all ducked aside.

 The passage to the city gate was vacated.

There is no other way. Anyone who sees more than a hundred soldiers and cavalry approaching them will subconsciously retreat.

But when the guards guarding the gate saw the troops coming, they subconsciously closed the city gate.

Rogge ran forward first and shouted: "The new owner of Hukaro City, Viscount Hardy, has come to take office. Why don't you open the city gate quickly to welcome him?"

The team leader responsible for guarding the city gate looked at the more than 200 troops below and swallowed his saliva.

There are only more than a hundred guards in Hukaro City now. He looked down at the angel flags carried by Hadi and others, and then at the more than a hundred cavalry covered in silver armor, and felt a cold sweat on his head.

He already knew that the people below should be genuine, but he still shouted: "Please wait a moment, I need to ask His Excellency Eiffel for instructions to verify your identity."

Rogge didn’t think anything of it. In his opinion, it was normal to verify his identity.

 But when he returned to Hardy's side, he found that his master was smiling strangely.

 “Master, is there any problem?”

“When I was chatting with Madam Sissi, I learned something. Ever was supposed to be Madam Sissi’s housekeeper when she was a girl.”

Hukaro City was originally the fiefdom of Madame Sissi. She spent her time here from the age of eleven to her marriage at the age of fifteen.

Rogge reacted: "What does the master mean that the Eiffel steward has become Hukaro's de facto master?"

"It should be." Hardy nodded: "Otherwise, I can't understand why the defenders would ask a steward for instructions."

Rog immediately became angry: "How dare a mere civilian do this..."

He really couldn’t find an adjective.

Hardy shook his head indifferently: "It's probably because the Jeanna family hasn't taken care of this place. At most, they just paid the tax money and left it alone."

"Master, do you want us to prepare to attack the city?" Rogge smiled sadly.

 Thanks to Hadi's behavior of throwing away money, his soldiers are now not afraid of fighting at all.

 Even longing for a war.

Get big money if you win, and your family will be protected if you die, but I'm afraid of a ball.

 “Alas, order the siege formation.” Hadi rode back a little further, out of the shooting range of the opponent’s archers.

 Hardy feels that it is necessary to be prepared.

He is not afraid of offending the other party. He is the legitimate lord of Hukaro City, and whatever he does is right.

 But if the other party really dares to have some evil intentions, it would be a right choice to go in directly.

 After this order was issued, both the infantry and the cavalry got into position.

 The captain on the city wall was so frightened that he trembled.

 But even so, he still did not let anyone open the city gate. Hadi sat on the horse, looking at Hukaro City in the distance, and sighed: "I thought I could take over smoothly, but in the end something has to happen?"

A silver-armored cavalry walked up to Hardy's side. The knight on the horse opened his mask and revealed his face. It was the knight Maloch.

He looked at Hardy and asked: "Your Excellency, Viscount, we don't have siege equipment. It's a bit difficult to forcefully open the city gate."

"It's okay. This city gate is made of wood. I'll break it open later."

 Listening to Hardy's understatement, Malok swallowed subconsciously and then stepped back.

He thought of Hardy's Nightmare Knight form, a giant monster like that. It was really easy to break open a broken wooden city gate.

After waiting for a long time, the sky was about to darken completely. When Hardy was about to transform into a Nightmare Knight and charge, the Eiffel steward finally appeared on the city wall.

When he came up, he still looked unconcerned: "Isn't it just the viscount who is here? No need to make a fuss, our Jeanne family..."

 Then he saw the army in battle formation under the city wall.

Suddenly he was so frightened that he was covered in sweat, and at the same time he shouted hurriedly: "Quick, quick, quick, open the city gate."

 “Don’t you need to check it?”

 “It’s a ghost test. If you dare to say that you want to test yourself, the other party will come in.”

 The city gate opened quickly, and Rogge led the infantry in first.

 Handy and the logistics troops followed, followed by the cavalry.

Hadi entered the city and saw an old man kneeling on one knee by the roadside.

This old man is dressed quite luxuriously. Not only are his clothes good, but they are also of good quality.

Hadi sat on the horse and looked down at him: "Are you Ever?"

 “Dear Lord Viscount, yes.”

"I heard Mrs. Sissi talking about you. He said that you are a very honest and reliable person."

Evor's expression paused for a moment, and then he smiled and said: "I haven't seen Miss Sissi for a long time, and I miss her very much."

 “You can go to the Jeanne Manor in Boris City to find her and continue to serve her.”

“I am already old, clumsy, and mentally inflexible. It is easy for me to make mistakes when I do things now, so I won’t bother Miss Sissi.”

The other party was respectful and answered all questions, but Hardy could still hear the dissatisfaction from the other party's tone.

“Since you are old, just retire. I have my own housekeeper. You can take good care of yourself in old age.”

Evor paused, raised his head, and was about to speak out in anger, but then he saw Hardy's face that looked like a smile but not a smile.

He is very handsome, but his eyes are cold.

Evor shook his body, immediately lowered his head, and said in despair: "Yes, Your Excellency the Viscount."

At that moment Hardy stopped looking at him and rode away.

After walking for a while, the Malok cavalry approached and asked softly: "Sir Hardy, won't you give that old man enough severance pay?"

 Because Hardy has always given people the impression that he is very considerate and caring for his subordinates.

This kind of direct dismissal of people does not seem to fit with Hardy's image.

But he believed that Hardy would not act randomly for no reason.

　　Hardy smiled and said: "It seems that your previous life was quite poor."

Malock is even more confused. What does this have to do with him?

Hardy explained: "The clothes he is wearing are almost the same price as your armor and horse armor combined. Are you still worried about him starving to death?"

Mallock's eyes widened.

 (End of this chapter)