Demon King's Mentor

A battle had just ended, and the mercenaries had all received their salaries. Timon looked at the poor copper coins, stuffed them into his pockets and walked out of the tent.

Gilens and Lamir waved to him. They hadn't been back to the village for a long time, and this time they planned to go back to visit their families.In the past year or so, the war situation has become more and more difficult. Many people no longer want to be mercenaries, but the king has started a large-scale conscription again, making the life of the poor even more difficult.

Many villages are superstitious about offering sacrifices to Denat. Although this is explicitly prohibited by the king, people are always panicked wherever the demon king's army passes.These years, the number of the Demon King's army has been much larger than before. Although those skeleton-like ghosts are not as terrifying as the black knights, they are also very difficult to deal with. As for becoming the devil's subordinate, but whenever the black knight passed by, those dead bodies would inevitably emerge from the soil and turn to deal with their former comrades in arms.

Gillens looked at Eric who was resting under a tree, and asked everyone to invite him to his village as a guest.Eric hadn't seen Gillens' grandmother and Lamir's mother who had taken care of him for a long time, so he returned to Silver Rock Village with them without much excuse.

When they returned to the village, they saw that the stones at the entrance of the village had been painted with a lot of spells, but the real Guangming Church could not cover such a poor village. Fear of making money.

They met Gilens' grandma, and Ramir's mother was taking care of her. Recently, her health was getting worse and worse, and the little money and food she had saved were given to the wizards by the village chief.

Gillens angrily stated that the spells were useless at all, but Ramir's mother told them that everyone had donated things, and if they didn't donate, they would be chosen as sacrifices.

Eric stood silently in the corner of the room. Ramil's mother asked Ramel who it was. Lamil told her that he was his friend who had saved their lives many times on the battlefield. I searched for food and made the most sumptuous dinner to thank him.

"I just heard that people who don't donate food will be selected as sacrifices," Eric asked her, "who is the sacrifice for?"

"It's a sacrifice for the devil." Lamir's mother replied.

"The devil?" Eric looked at her suspiciously, "Prince Eastero would like these things? As far as I know, when he passes through those rich villages, even if the other party offers gold and beautiful women, he doesn't care. Take a look."

Lamir's mother was stunned for a moment, and immediately exclaimed: "Don't say that name! The priest of the Water God Sect said that you can't call the demon king by his name directly!"

"Water god?" Eric was even more puzzled, "The only gods recorded in the "General History of the Continent" are the god of light Lear, the god of tree Teri, the god of the sea Selum, the god of sky Minor and the god of night Denat. "

"Mr. Eric knows a lot," Timon said. "You must be deceived."

"No, no, no," Gilens' grandma waved her hand, "Because of the presence of priests, our place has never been trampled by the Demon King's army."

Eric lowered his eyes in silence. The reason why the Demon King's army has never trampled here... Is it because of himself?

But he quickly dispelled this idea. Swan has disappeared for a year and a half, as if everything in the past was a dream. If Swan is still by his side, no matter where he is, he hopes to see Yi again But now, he didn't even know where to look for him, let alone see him.

After dinner, Gilens, Lamir and Timon showed the two ladies what they had written. Although they couldn't understand, they nodded in appreciation. Eric took the opportunity to tell them: "I always think that being a mercenary is not an option. , now that you can read and write, you can go to the town to find some jobs, which is better than working hard on the battlefield, so that your family members don’t have to worry about you.”

The two wives agreed, and they didn't want their children to put their heads on their waists to make money. Eric asked Gilens, Lamir and Timon to consider his suggestion on the road. A little shaken.

At night, when they were resting side by side on the floor beside the dining table, Eric kept his eyes open, thinking about the future. If nothing changed, then in more than a year, it would be Eastero and Rory It's time for a decisive battle. At that time, the battle between the armies of both sides will become fierce, and Gilens, Lamir and Timon will all die in battle.

Eric made up his mind that this time they would not be allowed to return to the mercenaries no matter what.

"Are you still not going to let me use resonance on that raven?" Duchess Elestine looked at her husband.

"No, it's not the time yet," Duke Samar shook his head, "This is an important pawn for us and cannot be used casually." He asked again, "Has the man named Eric been found?"

"No, nothing," Elestine shook her head, "it seems to have disappeared."

"If any noble is suspected of harboring, tell me." Duke Samar said.

"Esterloh knew that the man belonged to Lorian, so he might have killed him," Elestine said.

"He's not that kind of person," Duke Samar shook his head, "I'm sure Eric is still alive."

At this time, Lorian walked in with his entourage. Elestine bowed and stepped back. Lorian looked at Duke Samar and said, "Recently, my army has been retreating steadily. Uncle, should you be worried?"

"I am not as proficient in military affairs as Your Majesty." Duke Samar said frankly.

"If it weren't for you being my uncle," Lorian said, "then only your crusade army returned safely a year ago...it would make me think that you and that bastard are on the same side."

After he finished speaking, he looked into Duke Samar's eyes, and then suddenly laughed.

"I only trust you, uncle," Lorian patted him on the shoulder, "I think you have something to say to me."

"Yes," Duke Samar nodded, "His Majesty's recent conscription order is too strict, and the taxes are too heavy for the people to breathe. If this continues, it may have a negative effect on the morale of the army."

"Look at you just said that you are not proficient in military affairs," Lorian said, "and now you are so eloquent that I can't refute it."

"I'm just looking at it from the perspective of ordinary people," Duke Samar asked, "Do you know how much it costs to buy a kilogram of potatoes now, Your Majesty?"

Lorian looked at him silently: "Are you going to use this to teach me a lesson again?"

"It's just that these details are related to the foundation of this country," Duke Samar said. "Although the war with Easteros is important, if it damages the reputation of the monarch, it may not be worth the loss."

"If he kills me," Lorian narrowed his eyes, "then there will be no monarch in this country." He said, "you are the one who can't figure it out, uncle. Redeem it, it is inevitable that the conscription and taxation will be heavy during the war, and it was also the case during the reign of the previous kings!"

"But this time it's a struggle within the royal family," said Duke Samar.

"This is God Lier's battle to destroy Denat. It's a war of faith. It's a battle for God. They should be able to understand and feel honored for it!" Lorian said.