Imperial Crown

Petty and Volaf split up, and Raven sat in the medical room, looking at Simon and Barry without saying a word.

Without his belongings, the map may have been lost. Now Raven only hopes that one of the two of them can wake up and provide information about the Bloody Highlands.

Soon, Lux came. She was wearing a heavy cotton coat. When she opened the door and saw the two people lying on the bed, she exclaimed: "Lord of Light, what happened to them?"

"Can you cure them?" Raven asked.

"It's hard to say, let me observe first." After saying that, Lux took out the medical kit she carried with her and began to observe the situation of the two people.

After a lot of work, Lux shook her head and exclaimed: "Oh my god, I don't know how they survived."

"Is the situation serious?" Raven's heart skipped a beat.

"Well... long-term hunger, fatigue and cold have made the two of them very weak, almost like two dead people!" Lux's eyes were filled with surprise: "Especially this Simon, a normal person like this should have died long ago. Well, it’s a miracle that he can survive until now!”

Raven asked slightly nervously: "Then, can they still wake up?"

Lux said word by word: "This one I don't know the name of. He is less injured and in better shape, so although he will sleep longer, he is not in much danger."

"As for Simon... he was more seriously injured and consumed more." Lux paused and said with hesitation: "... If he still can't wake up tomorrow morning, he may never wake up."

After hearing this, Lei Wen's expression became more solemn: "Can't you use divine magic to treat it?"

"With my current ability, I can only deal with trauma. I can't do anything in their situation." Lux frowned slightly: "Are these two important to you?"

"Yes." Raven did not shy away: "If they can wake up, my losses can be reduced a lot."

"...So the rumors are true." Lux suddenly said: "Are you really going to attack the Bloody Highlands?"

Raven raised his eyebrows, but he wasn't too surprised by this.

There is no airtight wall. Now that Eagle Castle is operating at full speed, the truth of the matter cannot be spread.

"Departure in four days."

There was a trace of dissatisfaction in Lux's eyes: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"...I don't want you to worry too much." Raven said.

"Okay." Lux pursed her lips: "Then I'll go back first."

With that said, Lux walked directly outside.

"I'll see you off." Raven stood up and followed.

"You'd better stay well." Lux glanced at him: "Anyway, I'm not as important as your 'great cause'."

"By the way, if these two people can wake up, they must not eat too much, especially Simon. At most, half a piece of white bread, plus a bowl of hot soup, otherwise it may exceed the capacity of the stomach. On the contrary, something will go wrong.”

While talking, the two of them had already walked out of the medical room. Just as Raven was about to explain, Mosingan's voice sounded: "Lord Baron, I heard that Simon and the others are back?"

"Oh, Priest Lux!" Finding someone standing next to Raven, he quickly saluted again.

Lux drew a holy symbol of the Lord of Light on her chest, nodded and turned to leave.

Just as she stepped out of the gate, Eric and others rushed over and asked about Simon.

After listening to Raven's story and seeing Simon's state, several people were silent and their faces were gloomy.

Especially Mosingan and Volaf, they were soldiers who joined the army at the same time as Simon. They stirred the same pot. They had a very deep relationship with each other, and the worries on their faces were the strongest.

She wanted to spend more time with her comrade, but was afraid of disturbing his rest, so she could only fidget at the door.

"It's so miserable, so miserable..." Mosingan murmured in a low voice: "How could this happen? Only two of the five people came back. When we set off, we didn't bring back any of the ten horses!"

"Hey... stop talking about it, I have a headache." Volaf sighed: "Even if you keep talking about it, things are already like this."

"I know it's useless, but I'm just worried." Mosingan sighed: "You said this boy is young, let alone his wife, he has never even touched a woman, so why..."

"Don't think about the things that are and are not. Simon is not dead yet." Volaf rolled his eyes at him: "If you ask me, if you really feel sorry for him, why not hold back all your strength, wait until you get to the Bloody Highlands, and kill a few of them?" Animals, avenge them!"

Goyle and Link stood aside, silent and speechless. Although they were quite dissatisfied with Simon's "rocket climb", these thoughts have now been completely washed away.

The same is true for Eric. Previously, Simon had complained about a "black case" against him, which had always made him resentful. Now that he saw Simon who was so thin that he was almost inhuman, this resentment had disappeared.

Only Raven was the calmest at this time, not because he didn't care about Simon's sacrifice and life and death, but because he knew that it was useless to be anxious at this time.

After ordering the kitchen to prepare food, Raven was about to go to the dungeon to practice the spell again when the door of the medical room suddenly opened and a maid came out: "Baron, Mr. Simon is awake!"

The five people headed by Eric stood up straight. Mosingan and Volaf even wanted to rush in immediately, but stopped immediately.

"I know, you all get out," Raven said.

The maid nodded and called the sisters in the room to leave. Raven was the first to walk in, followed immediately by the other five.

Simon had just opened his eyes at this time and looked weakly at the ceiling. He was a little confused for a moment and didn't know where he was.

There was a haze in his ears, and his body felt as hot as if it was on fire, but the flames made him extremely comfortable, and he almost forgot the bone-chilling cold when he was lying on the ice and drinking in the snow.

Suddenly, the hazy feeling was broken by the sound of footsteps, and an extremely familiar and kind voice sounded: "Simon, are you awake?"

"Baron, Lord Baron...?" Simon's eyes showed real joy, but his voice was so weak that he could hardly hear it clearly.

Baron Raven's chiseled face came into view. Simon held onto the bed and was about to get up, but his weak and sore arms were completely unable to support his body, and he was about to fall back just as he was suspended in the air.

"Be careful!" Raven immediately put his arms around Simon's shoulders. The touch was as hard as stone and the weight was as light as cotton.

Slowly putting Simon back on the bed, Raven said in a deep voice: "You don't have to salute when you are like this."

"Yeah, just lie down and come back alive. It's better than anything else!" Mosingan said.

"Hey, you are so lucky. How many women want to be hugged by the Baron." Volaf said.

"That's awesome, man." Goyle hooked Link's shoulder and the two of them gave a thumbs up: "Amazing perseverance!"

"Good job!" Eric said concisely.

"Baron, Mr. Eric, everyone, I..." Simon's eyes turned red all of a sudden, two lines of hot tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and his lips murmured:

"...I'm finally home again, and I finally see you!"

When these words came out, there was a slight silence in the air, and the eye circles of Mosingan and Volaf even turned red.

Simon swallowed, as if he suddenly remembered something, and asked eagerly: "Barry, how is Barry?"

"Don't worry, he's still alive." Raven glanced at the bed next to him: "He's just still asleep and hasn't woken up yet."

"That's good...that's good..." Simon was obviously relieved.

"What on earth did you encounter?" Volaf couldn't help but ask, "How come there are only two people left?"

Hearing this, Raven gave him a hard look, turned to Simon and said, "Don't worry, now that you've woken up, you can talk about anything. You have to eat something and have a rest tonight, and we'll talk about anything tomorrow. "

"It doesn't matter, Lord Baron, I can hold on." Simon gritted his teeth and said.

"No!" Raven said forcefully, "I don't want you to crawl back out only to die on this bed."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door: "Lord Baron, what you ordered has been done."

"Come in," Raven said.

The maid came carrying the dinner plate, and several strong men gave way. It seemed that someone else was saying something, but Simon could no longer hear the sound clearly, because all his attention was attracted by the approaching aroma. .

It was the rich aroma of wheat, as well as the aroma of steaming, fragrant broth, which had haunted him in dreams for the past month.

A spoon was handed to his lips, and Simon bit the spoon in his mouth. Regardless of the hotness, he greedily swallowed the spoonful of broth into his stomach. The force was so strong that it even left clear marks on the silver spoon. of teeth marks.

Spoonfuls of broth fell into his mouth and fell into his empty stomach, filling his body with a sense of warmth.

From time to time, a piece of bread would be brought to my mouth.

Gradually, Simon regained his senses, and when he saw the person in front of him, his heart was shocked, with tears in his eyes: "Lord Baron... this is really... me..."

Because it was Raven who was feeding him!

The latter said: "Eat."

Simon nodded slowly, with tears in his eyes, and ate the food bit by bit.

"Okay." He threw the spoon into the empty bowl: "That's it for today. You have to rest first. We'll talk about the specific process when you wake up tomorrow morning!"

"Well...thank you, Lord Baron..." Simon said.

Raven had heard this kind of cliché a lot, but the weight coming from Simon's mouth was particularly heavy. He nodded and led the team away.

Almost full, tiredness came over him again, and Simon fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Simon woke up early, but Barry, who lived in the same room, was still sleeping.

Just after breakfast, Raven rushed over with Eric and the others.

"No need to salute." Raven sat next to Simon and stopped him from moving: "How are you feeling today?"

"Much better, Lord Baron..." Simon thanked Raven for his concern, and then raised his voice: "I have something to report to you!"

"Don't get excited, speak slowly." Raven said softly.

"Well..." Simon nodded, but all kinds of thoughts came to his mind, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing his confusion, Raven said calmly: "Let's start from the time we entered the Bloody Highlands."

"Okay!" With a clear direction, Simon's thoughts became clear, and he said: "When I first went there, I didn't encounter any problems because I was well prepared. I also followed your instructions and recorded what happened on the way. Routes, marking water sources, forests, etc.”

"Due to the need for surveying and mapping, it took us twelve days to reach the outskirts of the Bloody Highlands. Due to the transfer of horses, only one third of the supplies were consumed."

"But to our surprise, the Bloody Highlands were not as desolate as we imagined. There were still oases and settlements there, and the nearest one was called 'Rustwater Oasis'."

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