Lord: Taken away from inheritance at the beginning.

Thirty-four years ago, the Kingdom of Alduin and the Kingdom of Tricia fought a war in the City of Misty that lasted for several years in order to claim legitimacy and destroy each other.

The course of the battle was extremely tortuous, but the final result was that the Kingdom of Alduin lost the City of Misty Places and retreated a hundred miles to the north to establish the current defense line.

This line of defense stretches for hundreds of miles from the north to the south in the west.

Over the years, the nobles would send squads or groups of knights to the line of defense to perform defensive tasks, and the great nobles would also have their designated areas of responsibility.

For example, the Twin Peaks Canyon of Count Ibn Tolansi, the Scarlet Front of Duke Andrea, the West Wind Hill of Moonlight Valley, etc.

But there are also special ones, such as Wushan Fort.

In the battle more than 30 years ago, the Wushan family suffered heavy losses. At that time, King Alduin IV Klinsmann, either out of sympathy for the Wushan family or out of guilt, did not assign an area of ​​responsibility to Rulans. Instead, he ordered Wushan Castle to transport a certain amount of food and supplies to the front line every year instead of taking military action.

Located in a red pine forest, Hongsong Fort is both the middle area of ​​the defense line and the command post of the entire defense line.

This place is garrisoned by the royal knights all year round. Ever since Crown Prince Garrett came to the front line, Count Iben has been concentrating on the defense of the Twin Peaks Canyon, and Red Pine Castle was handed over to Garrett.

In name, Garrett is already the commander of the entire line of defense.

At this time in Red Pine Castle, Garrett was listening to his intelligence officer Matt Romero's information about the movement of the noble army.

"That means Ronin's Knights will be able to reach West Wind Hill in ten days at the latest?"

Garrett was a little surprised. According to his expectation, Roning might not come until the end of this year, but he didn't expect him to come in August.

"How many people came?"

Matt replied: "There is no detailed data, but according to the intelligence sent by the nobles, Ronin's group should have two knight groups."

"Two Knight Orders?"

Garrett frowned, then shook his head in disdain.

"I admit that Ronin's personal strength is not bad, but the two knight groups he put together temporarily are probably just for show. As for their combat effectiveness..."

His words revealed dissatisfaction and contempt, and he seemed to be completely unconvinced of Ronin's military talents.

"Your Highness, although his team's combat power is not very good, Ronin himself and his dragon are very terrifying. If a fight really breaks out, Viscount Placido, the enemy of West Wind Hill, probably won't be able to handle it."

When the dragon was mentioned, Garrett's expression became serious.

Ever since he last saw Carlos in the capital, the image of this huge beast had left an indelible mark on his mind, so much so that in the past six months, he had often dreamed of Ronin's dragon spitting fire on him.

It's just a nightmare.

"Placido is just a meteor knight. Although he is a veteran in the battlefield and has magicians to help him, he is still not strong enough to fight against Ronin and his dragon."

Garrett slowly stood up, paced around the room, and finally stopped by the window, looking into the distance.

Once the battle begins, West Wind Hill should win if nothing unexpected happens.

Thinking of this, Garrett felt a little unhappy. He always felt that Roning's journey had been too smooth.

If things continued to go smoothly, it would probably not take many wars before his father promoted Rhonin to Duke in order to consolidate the relationship between Alduin and Wushan.

He knocked on the windowsill, thinking about how to suppress Ronin's development.

With Roning's strength, any action against him personally would definitely be ineffective. Even if he really wanted to assassinate him, he wouldn't be able to find a suitable killer.

Therefore, if one wants to suppress Ronin's development, one can only consider it from the perspective of weakening his subordinates.

It’s not easy to do it in the territory, but now that we are on the battlefield, there are suitable conditions and environment.

Garrett turned around and waved Matt over. He whispered, "Didn't you place someone with Placido? Try to get him information about Ronin so he can know the details of his opponent."

Matt was stunned for a moment, "Your Highness, is this...appropriate?"

Garrett snorted, "Matt, watch your attitude and never question my decision!"

Matt immediately lowered his head, patted his chest and said, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have questioned your decision!"

Garrett patted the other man's shoulder and said slowly, "A person who is too powerful is dangerous to the kingdom. You should understand this."

Matt raised his head and nodded slowly, he seemed to realize the key.

Garrett waved his hand, "Go ahead."

"Oh, by the way, when Ronin arrives at West Wind Hill, ask him to come to Red Pine Castle to see me."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After watching Matt leave, Garrett suddenly felt happy.

He didn't know whether Placido had any information about Ronin, but if he notified him in advance, the other party should be prepared.

Apart from anything else, there should always be more magic cannons, magic arrows, etc., right?

Even if we can't deal with Ronin and his dragon by then, at least we can eliminate a group of Knights Templar members, allowing Ronin to spend a lot of money to rebuild the team.

He suddenly understood something his father said -

A Sun Knight may be able to conquer a territory by force, but in order to rule it well, he also needs a group of qualified subordinates.

If Ronin's subordinates were broken up and weakened, it would be of great help to the stability of the royal power.

"Father still doesn't trust me enough!"

Garrett's tone was somewhat complaining.

There was a civil war in the Kingdom of Theresia a while ago. He requested to take the initiative to attack many times, but was suppressed by Bruno every time. As a result, the enemy country seems to have stabilized now, and he missed the opportunity to attack.

"Now that Roning has arrived at the front, it should be okay for me to ask for permission to go into battle, right?"

He quickly returned to his chair, took out a pen and paper and began to write a new letter of request for battle. He once again wrote down the favorable conditions in detail and emphasized the role of Ronin, hoping to take the initiative to cancel the peace agreement signed with the Kingdom of Tricia and advance in an all-out manner.

Garrett folded and sealed the letter, then held it in his hand with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Father, if you agree this time, then it's just as I guessed. You haven't taken any action so far because you're waiting for Roning."

He put the letter on the table and began to feel unhappy again.

He had always been trusted and relied upon, but he never expected that his limelight would be overshadowed by an outsider.

"Mika," he called.

The herald pushed the door open and walked in. "Your Highness, what do you want?"

"Take this letter to the capital and give it to my father."

Garrett earnestly instructed, "Return as quickly as possible. I hope you can bring me satisfactory news this time."

Mika had delivered the letter many times before, and he could roughly guess the content of the letter without even reading it.

He quickly put the letter into his arms and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will be back in five days at the latest. I hope Your Majesty will respond to your determination to strengthen the kingdom this time!"