Warlord: King of All Clans

Leo was silent for a while as he listened to Noreen's story.

Not many people believed that the princess was alive, and many people thought it was a rumor. Even after the official large-scale search at the first time failed, they gradually gave up subsequent efforts.

After all, it is very common for airships to explode and leave no corpses behind.

Only Norin and other Rose Knights who are the princess' personal guards are still holding on to this slim hope.

She was originally a noble lady from the southern territory. She had been traveling in the cold northern territory for two years, enduring hardships that were hard for ordinary people to imagine.

In contrast, he just happened to pick up a little girl and raised her.

Noreen's voice was low as she continued, "I originally planned not to come to the North to look for her again when I returned to the Imperial Capital last year, but then Denise came to me and provided me with information about Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"She was my roommate in college. Although we didn't have much contact afterwards, she was honest and smart enough. I also had the pieces of Her Royal Highness's pajamas as evidence, so I decided to trust her this time."

"However, I didn't know that we had already been planted with magical marks by hostile forces, which would be triggered the first time we came into contact with the princess."

"I came to the river bend, but brought danger to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Having said this, Noreen lowered her head, and by the light of the campfire, Leo could vaguely see tears glistening in her eyes.

Leo could only comfort her, "Isn't it all right now? Even though the process wasn't smooth, you're still the princess's savior. It was you who successfully sent the little mouse home."

But Noreen said, "But I feel, little mouse...Her Royal Highness the Princess is very happy living in Riverbend. She loves you and Olivia very much."

Leo's eyebrows immediately beamed with joy, and he laughed, "Of course, after all, I'm so strong and so handsome!"

Noreen rolled her eyes, and her guilt was diluted a lot. Then she glanced at the other person inconspicuously, and her heartbeat quickened slightly.

It is indeed very strong and indeed very handsome.

Just a little silly.

Leo didn't notice Noreen's actions, but asked curiously: "What hostile force dares to attack the royal family? There is still no clue?"

Norin shook her head and said, "To be able to attack an alchemical airship guarded by twenty Griffin Knights and forty Rose Knights, this force must be very powerful. There are no more than ten such forces in the entire continent, but in this day and age, anyone could be the one."

"For the past hundred years, it has been difficult for the royal family to have children, and the lineage has almost always been single. Now, there is only one bloodline left, the princess. Many people are eyeing the throne. His Majesty the Emperor is nearly fifty years old, and he has not left the palace for nearly ten years."

When Leo was chatting with the Grand Duke of the Northern Territory, he heard a lot of information about the royal family of the Southern Territory.

Not to mention the conspiracy forces, even the Grand Duke of the North was somewhat dissatisfied with the royal family of the South.

Count Beowulf, an armed separatist group that had nothing to do with the South, did not take the Emperor of the South seriously at all.

If the northern border is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the Grand Duke of the northern border is the Jin State that dominated the Central Plains, then the royal family of the southern border is the royal family of the late Holy Roman Empire.

Although he had nearly three hundred duchies, earls, viscounties and baronies under his name, the land he actually controlled was not as much as the Grand Duke of the North. Even in the South, he was not among the top three.

He could control the noble feudal lords near the capital, but he could not control the foreign countries far away.

The strength of the Southern Territory Royal Family is not weak. The imperial capital is ruled by the powerful Griffin Knights and the Holy Order, and it occupies the rich province of Orlantiri. With the influence of the thousand-year-old royal family, it can barely maintain its position as the overlord of the Southern Territory.

But the territory of the Orlantis Empire is so large that the three territories combined are larger than the whole of Europe.

Even the southern border had become feudal and divided, and the northern and western borders were only a name hanging under the title of empire, and even the superficial obligation to pay tribute had been discontinued for hundreds of years.

Many powerful forces are no longer satisfied with the title of earl and want to start a kingdom.

Under such circumstances, if the conspiracy forces overthrew the royal family, many local separatist regimes might even applaud.

Even the Grand Duke of the North, who is wise and has an alliance with the royal family of the South through marriage, would not mind becoming the High King of the North if he saw that the royal family really fell.

Maybe he could take advantage of the opportunity to fight his way through the southern border and avenge his beloved daughter.

After a campfire dinner, Leo and Noreen sat on the edge of the cliff, watching the night view for a while and chatting some gossip.

With the little mouse as a bond, the two of them were obviously much closer. At least when it came to protecting the little mouse, their positions were completely unified.

And now, in Leo's eyes, Norin is no longer the arrogant female knight, but has more life.

The previous Rose Knight Norin gave people the impression that she was the type who could never get along with a country bumpkin like him.

When it was time to go to bed, Leo felt constrained. Although the tent was spacious, there was only one sleeping bag.

Norin took off her protective light armor and wore only a thin shirt, revealing her graceful figure. She said to Leo, "Don't worry, the sleeping bag is big enough for two people."

The empire's customs are relatively open, and noble ladies are not feudal ladies who never leave the house, let alone an extraordinary knight like Noreen.

Being born into an open-minded family that is willing to train the women in the family to become extraordinary, it is destined that the Rose Knights are not obedient girls who follow the rules.

Leo said angrily: "Am I worried about the sleeping bag? I'm worried about you!"

Noreen's face turned red immediately. She glared at Leo, then fell asleep and ignored him.

When he woke up the next day, Leo got dressed, walked out of the tent, and came to the edge of the cliff, where he saw Freya chasing and playing with several foals.

Their elders quickly adapted to this strange species that had only sneaked in yesterday and did not expel it.

After a while of making a fuss, Freya came over here with a few ponies and shouted to Leo, "Leo! We are going to steal some honey! Do you want to come?"

Leo nodded immediately, "Go, why not!"

He called Norin and followed Freya to steal honey without even having time to pack up the tent.

The ten-meter-high cliff was not a difficult task for Leo and Noreen. They jumped down directly, and after a few cushioning steps on the protruding part of the cliff, they landed on the ground.

The four and a half-grown Pegasus, which were just foals in front of the Pegasus, were actually not short in height and were almost as tall as the horses from the West.

As for their elders, the adult Pegasus are taller than the heavy war horses of the North and are big enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the dragonscale horses, but they do not have those terrifying edges and dragon scales.

Two people, a bear, and four Pegasus. This adventure team looks a bit strange no matter how you look at it.

But with Freya's help, the little Pegasus was no longer afraid of strange humans who walked upright.

In fact, in the eyes of Pegasus, the two strange humans in front of him were small and medium-sized animals and did not pose much threat.

Pegasus does not have the ability to hover, so if it wants to steal honey by itself, it can only fly over the cliff and kick the hive down, which is a very risky move.