"… What's going on? Where's Magda? Where's Wellington? Why are you still here? "
Roddy asked four questions in a row, but then he realized that Sally, who was lying on top of him, did not answer him at all. She only whimpered in a low voice. This scene made Roddy instantly think of a certain possibility. He asked with an ugly expression, "Where's the Dukes Of Angmar? He wouldn't … "
"Father … Father is waiting for you downstairs. He's fine, we're all fine. The revenant escaped, and now the whole city is hunting for him."
Sally's voice was a little hoarse after a sleepless night, but the words she said made Roddy heave a sigh of relief. At this time, she was lying on top of Roddy. Although her nose was filled with the smell of sweat, this did not make her feel disgusted. She only felt that her heart that had been hanging in suspense was finally at ease at this moment.
She wanted to say something, but in the end, she could only choke intermittently. Such a reaction was entirely because Sally was frightened.
Yesterday, she and her father happened to see the scene of Roddy and Magda fighting on the clock tower. Because they were far away, they did not know what exactly happened. But when the scene of the eight crossbow bolts creating a huge cloud of dust, she realized that the development of the situation in front of her was far beyond her imagination.
Martin went to check, but the news that came back made Sally feel dizzy: Roddy was seriously injured and unconscious, and the enemy had escaped!
In such a situation, the Dukes Of Angmar decisively gave up the escape plan and directly took over the control. He immediately ordered everyone to treat Roddy, and then began to mobilize all available troops in the city to pursue the escaped assassin. And when Sally crazily rushed to the bottom of the clock tower, she only saw Roddy lying silently in a pool of blood …
This scene made Sally's head "buzz", and she almost fell off the horse!
If she did not see Rubens with the help of Titus, gritting his teeth and casting a divine spell to save Roddy, perhaps Sally would have rushed over crying.
Even so, the unconscious Roddy made Sally extremely anxious. She directly asked Martin to take Roddy back to the Ducal Palace, and did not even greet her two superiors, Rubens and Benjamin. She almost did not eat or drink, and sat by the bedside until now.
At this time, seeing Roddy covered in cold sweat like he was haunted by a nightmare, Sally only felt very distressed, but did not know how to ask. When she realized that she had pushed Rody down on the bed, she felt extremely embarrassed. However, she did not know why, but she gritted her teeth and refused to get up.
The bedroom was quiet, and only the breathing of the two people could be heard.
Roddy's eyes stared at the ceiling above his head, and all he could smell was Sally's body fragrance. His chest was squeezed by two soft things, and he could not breathe. He laid there in a daze for a few seconds, wondering if Magda would take revenge on him. He then felt that a guy who couldn't even hold a weapon was basically useless now, and he was relieved.
"It's good that you're fine, it's good that you're fine. Oh yes, the wound on my chest? "
"The Bishop used a high-grade divine spell, so the wound should be fine. But he said that you lost too much blood, and may need to rest for a few more days …"
Hearing Roddy ask about the wound, Sally finally lowered her head and left his embrace. But she did not go back to the chair, and instead sat on the bed, almost leaning against Roddy.
Her face was very red, and when Roddy sat up again, he felt that her beautiful oval face was as red as an apple. But he did not have the time to sigh about how beautiful this girl was. He reached out and tore off the pajamas that he did not know who had changed him into, and looked down. Unsurprisingly, he saw a faint red mark.
He reached out and touched it, and the flesh that was originally cut open did not feel any pain at all.
The messy emotions gradually subsided, and a feeling of fatigue came over him. He looked up at the sun, and roughly confirmed the time. When he turned his head, he suddenly found that Sally's cheek was almost touching his …
Because of the "pounce" just now, this girl's hair was unusually messy, her red face was slightly lowered, and her robe was also twisted. But even so, Roddy inexplicably felt that the girl in front of him was a little dazzling.
Sally lowered her eyes. Even though she knew that she was a little too close to Roddy, she did not have the intention to retreat. Instead, she tried to maintain her composure and asked in a low voice, "Just now … was it a nightmare?"
"Yes."
"I heard what you said …"
Sally still lowered her head, but her eyes carefully glanced at Roddy. Seeing that he was slightly frowning, her heart was even more perturbed. The words that she wanted to say were stuck in her throat, afraid that she would make this guy feel even worse.
Roddy frowned, trying to recall what he had said in the dream, but then he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the side. He turned his head and looked, and saw that the maid named Julie in the Ducal Palace was staring at the two people in front of her with her mouth open, unable to say a word …
A man and a woman were sitting on the bed alone. Sally's hair was messy, and her clothes were wrinkled. Roddy was sweating all over, and the clothes on his chest were torn open. Anyone who saw this scene would …
"Miss … Sister, I … I'll come back later, I didn't see anything …"
Julie turned and left. Sitting on the bed, Roddy was stunned. He did not understand what had happened at all. When he looked at Sally in confusion, he felt that this girl's face was so red that it was about to drip blood …
"Julie! Wait! "
She turned over and jumped off the bed. When she walked to the door, she did not forget to look back and said, "I … I'll call the servant to help you change your clothes!"
Although she was trying to restrain her emotions, Sally's voice was still a little trembling. She rushed out of the bedroom and slammed the door. Seeing that Julie was looking at her with a helpless face, her face suddenly became even redder.
"Roddy just woke up, go tell my father, just … just now we were just chatting … he … that …" She searched for a long time, and finally stamped her feet fiercely, "Anyway, it's not what you think!"
At this time, she could only pretend to be an ostrich and vaguely answer this question. After rushing back to her bedroom like crazy, Sally suddenly threw herself on her own bed and buried her face deep into the pillow —
"Bastard! I haven't asked you … who is Naifei!? "
*****
While Sally was complaining about Roddy's "sleep talk", the pale faced Roddy had already sat on the table in the guest room after a simple wash up. He was staring at the "Biography of Frost" on the table in a daze.
The side effects of losing too much blood were still present. Although his wounds had healed, he still felt extremely dizzy after just walking a little. But this dizziness did not hinder his thinking. After sitting there for a few minutes, Roddy also had a basic idea of his gains and losses in this battle:
The short bow was gone. It was a handy weapon, but it was directly cut in half by Magda.
The leather armor's breastplate was severely damaged. Even if it was repaired, the weapon's grade would probably drop by a level. The cut made by Magda's dagger was shocking, and it was thanks to it that Roddy's chest was not directly cut open.
[Moloch's Blessing] was used up. A powerful and dazzling trump card was carelessly thrown away.
It could be said that the losses were heavy, but the silver lining was that there were no casualties among the scouts. The few who died were from the Ducal Palace and the Cloisters. As for the rewards, Roddy could not say that he was very satisfied.
[Moloch's Blessing] brought the effect of "Rose Cross" permanently increasing his reputation by 1000. It was just that there was still a long way to go before he could reach [Reverence].
[Stop Anzadin's Conspiracy 3/3 (Completed)] brought him a total of 35,000 EXP, but now that he had not completed the Class Advancement Quest, he could only keep the EXP for later use.
Just looking at the rewards alone, it was a loss.
So the only thing that Roddy could hope to "earn back" was the "rewards" that Rubens and Angmar could give him. After taking such a big risk, if there was anything that satisfied him, it would be that his "friendship" with these two old men could be said to be "through life and death".
Rubens had obtained a pile of undead corpses and the head of a small leader, Derbi. This kind of achievement would probably immediately attract attention in the "Holy Cathedral". And Angmar had once again safely passed through a life and death crisis. Roddy knew what it meant to have an undead's body destroyed. Magda's injuries were so severe that it would probably take at least a year or so to recover. It was even more likely that she would have to go back to Tasman and sleep for tens of years before she could recover, unless …
Rody thought of a possibility and kept an eye on it. He wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Ankama alone.
His mind was no longer filled with the ambiguous scene in the bedroom. It was completely overwhelmed by a boundless sense of urgency. He needed to become stronger: no matter if it was an individual or a force, he could not delay it for even a moment.
Orcs, undead, heretics, these were all visible threats. Facing this group of foreign enemies, Roddy found that he had no way to resist at all. Because he had not yet established a foothold in this land!
Right now, he had relied on a few "small" incidents to build a relationship with Duke and the Bishop. Although it sounded like he had no worries about his future, if he really wanted to realize his dream of saving this country, it was simply too far away. Soldiers, rations, land, money, spies, political status, timber, mines, equipment, and so on were all in a mess. Until now, Roddy had not even seen a shadow of them! Without even a foundation, how could he talk about saving the country?
If he really waited for a disaster to happen, would he really place his hopes on the kingdom's noble parties who only cared about pushing each other? Then he might as well hurry into the forest and find a cave to live in seclusion … Because Roddy's impression of these nobles could be summed up in one sentence: "Internal strife, no backbone."
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