Erouine's envoy group was stunned by Brando's words. Count Dolant's short and fat hand moved in the air, but he did not swing down.
The forest was filled with a strange silence. The bonfire in the distance flickered, and the crackling sound of burning charcoal could be heard.
The sound was so clear that even a pin drop could be heard.
Brendel could see the disbelief in their eyes. Robert's hand was raised halfway, the female scholar was covering her mouth, and Audine's hand was hanging down from his sword.
Everyone looked at the young noble as if they were looking at a madman.
"So, what do you plan to do next?" Brendel asked with a gentle expression, his voice as light as the breeze in the night.
The nobles' lips twitched.
… …
"Tsk, those fellows can't even control their own people. How useless." Vahina hid behind a rock and stared at the confrontation between Brando and Erouine's envoy group with dissatisfaction: "If this goes on, we won't be able to achieve our goal."
As she spoke, she could not help but turn to look at Viscount Elman with a hint of complaint.
The young viscount was not annoyed and smiled: "Don't worry, the best part is yet to come."
As if to prove his words, Brando suddenly turned his head to the side of the forest. "Who's there?" He roared, and the Halran Gaia in his hand flew out of its sheath like a beam of black light, knocking away a crossbow bolt that flew out of the forest.
The arrow's first target was Count Audine, but it was slightly off target and went straight for the female scholar behind him. The noble lady did not react in time. If not for Brando's help, she would have been dead by now.
But Brando could protect one of them, but he could not defend against more. Count Dolant was hit by an arrow the moment he made his move. Fortunately, the fat man had some swordsmanship foundation. Although he was rusty, he managed to avoid being hit in the shoulder at the last moment.
The noble who lived like a prince had never suffered such an injury before. He immediately howled like a pig being slaughtered.
"Who's there?!" Count Audine's reaction was only a step slower than Brando's. But someone dared to ambush them at this time. The general from the Northern Legion was shocked and angry. He immediately pulled out his sword and faced the direction of the attack.
Brendel's brows furrowed as he looked at the broken crossbow bolt on the ground. With his rich experience, he was able to analyze a lot of things the moment the bolt was destroyed.
"At least this arrow is not the work of a double crossbow. Judging from the strength, it should be the effect of an alchemy weapon.
Erouine's people did not have the habit of using crossbows, so Brando's first thought was that it was an ambush arranged by these people... and he felt that the arrow was aimed at Count Audine.
Erouine's party have enemies here?
He turned around and saw a group of black figures in the forest.
The black figures moved quickly. It was as if they had surrounded the party as soon as they appeared in the forest. There were at least a few hundred of them. Brando squinted his eyes and saw the appearance of the attackers. He could not help but be stunned.
They were humanoid creatures with the backs of bears and the waists of bears. Every one of them had the head of a lion. Gray-gold manes hung down from the lion's face like whiskers and fell to the inlaid leather armor below.
Their palms were also furry claws, but they were much more slender than their four-legged cousins. They wore leather boots and carried all kinds of weapons.
"Toquinin's Golden Mane Lion Men!" Count Audine called out.
The hundreds of Golden Mane Lionmane Beastmen stopped. Then, two burly Golden Mane Lionmane Beastmen, who were almost a head taller than the ordinary Lionmane Beastmen, walked out. The one in the lead had a long scar on his face, which almost divided his thin eyes into two. The one behind him seemed to be his adjutant, who stopped one step behind him.
"Good morning, everyone. I'm Rovak. Sorry to disturb you." When the first Golden Mane Lion Man smiled, the muscles on his face twitched, causing the red scars on his face to distort.
"Toquinin's Lion Men, what are you doing?" The general's face darkened. "Are you trying to start a war?"
Rovak ignored him and pointed his sword at Brando. "Kid, hand over the sword in your hand!"
The expression of the Erouine nobles changed. Even though Rovak was targeting Brando, his arrogance almost made Count Audine and Count Dolant, who was lying on the ground, explode with anger.
They could cause trouble for Brando because they were nobles of Erouine.
They could tolerate the Kirrlutzians ordering them around because of the prestige of the Eagle Empire.
But who the hell were these barbarians?
When Erouine was founded, the Golden Mane Lion Men were just a small tribe on the northwest border of the kingdom. They fought with the Erouine for many years and suffered many losses. In the end, they were tamed and retreated to the mountains.
Even though the kingdom had been declining for the past hundred years, and the Golden Mane Lion Men on the border had been acting strangely, they did not expect them to be so arrogant.
Not only did they surround and attack Erouine's envoy, but they were also fearless.
The first thought that came to Audine's mind was that these unevolved beasts had found someone to rely on, but he could only think of the Cruz people. This was obviously not possible. Compared to Toquinin, Erouine still believed in the Holy Cathedral of Fire.
In the eyes of the Cruz people, these guys were real beasts. They would never stand behind these beasts to fight against Erouine.
That would be against the teachings of the Holy Cathedral of Fire.
But other than that, Audine could not think of any other reason for these beasts to be so arrogant. Of course, he did not act rashly. The enemy had hundreds of people in the forest, while they only brought twenty or thirty guards to Brando. It was obvious who would be at a disadvantage if they fought.
He exchanged glances with Dolant. Although both of them thought that they had to teach these uncivilized two-legged cats a lesson, they knew better than to fight when the odds were against them. At least for now, they had to calm them down and return to the camp first.
Audine's face turned cold and he asked in a deep voice, "Rovak, aren't you worried about the consequences? Or do you think that we are the only people in Erouine's envoy? "
Rovak narrowed his eyes, as if he had only just noticed the presence of other people besides Brando. He sneered and licked his paws, looking at the people in front of him with his light yellow prismatic eyes.
Indeed, he would not have dared to do this before.
But before he came here, he had learned an important piece of news from Cruz. The Erouine in the outside world was now divided and could not start a war. To his amusement, these Erouine nobles, who were usually high and mighty, did not seem to know about this. He was looking forward to seeing their expressions later.
Toquinin had been eyeing Erouine's rich lands for a long time, and he finally had this opportunity in the past ten years. Since he was going to fall out sooner or later, he did not care if it was today or tomorrow.
Besides, Cruz had also told him that Halran Gaia was now in the hands of the Erouine people. This news was even more important to him.
Halran Gaia was originally a sacred object in the wilderness. It was said that whoever held this sacred sword could unite the people of the mountains and the land. The Golden Lionmane Beastmen had thought that the sword was lost in the mountains of Anwa and had fought with the dwarves for it for hundreds of years.
They did not expect that it would appear here.
They had originally come for the rumors of the divine weapon. Now that there was no sign of it, it was not a bad idea to find the sword first.
"Consequences?" Rovak saw the expressions on the faces of the Erouine nobles and could not help but sneer. "If you had said this a few decades ago, I might have been worried. But now it seems that you do not know the situation in your country, do you?"
Audine was stunned.
"What do you mean?" someone asked.
"Your country is now divided into two. The lords in your country are fighting each other. Only you have the leisure to explore here and look for treasures, right?" The tall Golden Lionmane Beastman smiled.
Its words were like a bolt of lightning that struck all the Aouine nobles present, causing their faces to turn pale.
Of course, they knew the situation in Aouine. The old king had ordered them to search for the Lionheart Sword in the south in order to save the kingdom's fate, but they did not expect the kingdom to fall into discord before they could do anything.
What was going on? Was this really the will of Lady Martha?
But just when everyone's hearts were in a mess, Brendel finally spoke up.
"I'm sorry," he replied softly. "I didn't hear what you said to me just now. Can I trouble you to say it again?"
Brando's hand that was holding the Halran Gaia sank slightly, and his face was as cold as water.
He felt that the anger in his chest could burn the world. Brando was already annoyed by these people who came to question him for no reason. He was ready to teach these people a lesson on behalf of the future Princess Regent.
But he did not expect that.
At this time, someone would actually walk into his line of fire. When the tall Golden Lionmane Beastman pointed his sword at him and asked him to hand over the Halran Gaia in a disrespectful tone, he almost could not help but cut this guy in half.
Not to mention that the other party ignored him and mocked him as much as he could.
"What the hell, do you think you're trying to draw aggro?" Brando took a deep breath. If this guy was trying to draw aggro, he had to congratulate him — he had succeeded.
"I say," Rovak was completely unaware of the approaching danger. In his opinion, how powerful could a young man be? He was a warrior of Toquinin, and he had attained Gold-tier combat strength more than a decade ago. Otherwise, he would not have been sent here to find the Divine Artifact. So in the face of Brando's threat, he just smiled casually and said, "I want you to hand over the sword —"
But before he could finish his sentence, Brando had already shot a black line at him, and the young lord raised his hand.
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