Chapter 96: One hundred people belatedly arrived

The assistance that the pioneers have been waiting for for more than a month has finally arrived.

Earlier in the day, a clipper ship sped down from the upper reaches and stopped at the edge of the lumber camp to the west. Then the envoys who got off the ship and the soldiers stationed at the lumber camp conducted a discussion. After communicating with each other and informing them of the imminent arrival of the team from the royal capital, the soldiers boarded fast horses and quickly delivered the news to the camp. After Gawain learned about it, he immediately stopped what he was doing and went to the camp dock to prepare for the reception.

This pier was added and renovated on the basis of a temporary pier. Although it has not yet reached the standard for long-term use, it already has a wider plank road and a stronger structure. There is a sawmill on the west side, and a large open space is left on the east side to prepare for future expansion. There are already many people standing in the open space - everyone is curious about what the team from the royal capital looks like, and almost half of the entire camp people have gathered here.

Gawain did not stop all this. On the contrary, this was his charter: the support team from St. Sunil City played a big role in stabilizing the people of the territory, and there was a lack of various entertainment in this area. In places where boring labor itself will accumulate pressure, something new happening on the territory is one of the most effective ways to increase the vitality of the masses.

Hu Huo stood on the plank road of the pier, standing on tiptoes and looking in the direction of the upper reaches of the Baishui River. Her body was swaying back and forth. After waiting for a while, she couldn't help it anymore: "Why are you still here?" Don’t come... I feel like I’m about to grow a spider web.”

“That spider is so fast,” Gawain rolled his eyes at the girl, “You just arrived, and you only stood there for fifteen seconds.” How about a minute?"

"Hey, what do you think the people from the capital look like?"

"Don't act like a country bumpkin, you didn't go there? What's going on in the capital?"

"Hey, it's really boring to talk to you," Amber pursed her lips, but she didn't hold on for a few seconds before she started talking again, "Hey, you heard that What's up - the person leading the team this time seems to be very unusual..."

"Veronica, the only daughter of Francis II, the saint who converted to the God of Holy Light two years ago. "Princess," Gawain said expressionlessly, "Well, it's indeed a bit beyond my expectation. I didn't expect that this princess who is said to have stayed in the Holy Light Cathedral all year round and never participated in any political actions would actually run out and personally give The leader of this team... Tsk, it's a pity that I don't know her well and can't guess anything."

Amber sighed disdainfully through his nostrils: "Hey, you nobles are thieves. "Everything has to be analyzed into a conspiracy. I wish there were consequences for every fart."

Hetty, who was standing behind Gawain, immediately frowned: "It's vulgar and completely useless." Make progress."

Amber's eyes suddenly widened and she was about to argue with Hetty, but Gawain suddenly raised his hand: "Save it, people are coming."

A beautiful white ship and several small and medium-sized speedboats that looked like escorts were going down the river.

The big ship has the obvious emblem of the Ansu royal family, and its appearance is consistent with the situation reported by the envoy. There is no doubt that it is it.

At the same moment, the people on the "White Oak" also saw the camp vaguely appearing beside the river bank in the distance.

The craftsmen and apprentices had been bored in the cabin for many days, and their endurance in all aspects had actually reached the limit. They had been looking forward to docking for more than a day or two. At this time, they heard the destination The approaching news was naturally extremely exciting. Many people poured out from below the deck, crowded to the side of the ship and looked into the distance, and a large, neat and brand-new camp appeared in everyone's sight.

The scale of the camp was far larger than they imagined, and its neatness was surprising.

The people on the boat couldn't help but talk in low voices - they knew what happened in the Cecil Territory, and they also knew that the construction of the pioneer land had just started more than a month ago, and they participated in the construction. There are only 800 refugees in total. At the construction speed that people are familiar with in this era, with such a small number of people in such a short time, it is considered an incredible progress to be able to set up a mess of tents and surround it with a fence. The camp area downstream...

It doesn’t look like it could be established in such a short period of time!

They even saw a beautiful wooden dock next to the camp, and there were even many wooden houses in the camp!

Veronica was also standing on the deck, but on the upper deck at the bow. Craftsmen, apprentices and vulgar sailors could not get close to this place. Standing next to her was only a man in white. A plain-looking woman with short hair in a priest's robe, and a middle-aged man wearing a silk coat and the emblem of the Royal Knights on his chest.

Unlike those people who only know how to gather together and scream in confusion, Veronica just quietly looks at the Cecil pioneer land in the distance, her bright eyes can only See things more, further, and more clearly.

She clearly saw countless intimidating things lined up on the north side of the camp and on the south bank of the White Water River.

After Veronica used the holy light to enhance her eyesight, she took a closer look, and her heart suddenly trembled. Even her normally calm and calm mood, immersed in the holy light, began to fluctuate uncontrollably, and even It almost affected his complexion.

It turned out to be countless blood-red skeletons that looked like the remains of giants. They were piled up like mountains on the river bank, and some huge skeletons were arranged hundreds of meters away along the river, with hazy black-red smoke. Floating out from those skeletons, the skeletons themselves seemed to be decomposing every minute. With just a glance, she saw that several of the supported skeletons were actually severely damaged and weathered, as if they would turn into sand at any time.

Obviously, those skeletons were placed there deliberately, just like the warriors displaying their military exploits.Goods are average.

Veronica controlled her emotions well, but the middle-aged man next to her did not suppress her surprise. The guard with the emblem of the Knights noticed something next to the camp. Afterwards, he recited a few mantras in a low voice, and then a layer of arcane energy appeared in his eyes. He glanced in the direction of the camp with Eagle Eye, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "In the name of the king! Those What kind of monster's bones are these?"

"More than two months ago, Duke Gawain Cecil warned my father that the aberrations in the demonic tide had reappeared in the world. However, in my opinion, this warning did not attract enough attention," Veronica said lightly, with a holy and alienated rhythm in her voice, "There is no doubt that these monsters are They really existed, and the ancient hero defeated them again."

The middle-aged man said in a serious tone: "This matter must be reported to Your Majesty!"

"Yes. "Deputy Commander Cohen," Veronica said quietly, "But this way, the situation will become more difficult."

"You mean the east..." The knight known as Cohen. The deputy commander of the regiment hesitated to speak, and in the end he could only sigh, "Natural disaster and **."

The White Oak finally docked.

Gawain watched the beautiful white ship slow down steadily, its sails had been completely furled, and some unnatural waves with magical reactions surged on both sides of the hull, The ship was accurately pushed to the dock. Many people were standing on the deck, looking curiously at the direction of the camp. Several sailors came out from behind the crowd. They pushed out the gangplank and set it up on the deck and Between the piers of the pier.

The crowd on the ship retreated to both sides. A group of soldiers first ran down the gangplank and stood in two rows on the trestle. Then three people appeared on the deck, one wearing a priest's robe and a faceless man. The woman with a strange expression is a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of an officer of the Kingdom's Knights, but he does not look elegant like a military commander. Between the two people, there is a man wearing a simple white robe with long pale golden hair. A soft, quiet young lady with an impressive temperament.

Gawain could confirm with just one glance that the one standing in the middle was the legendary saint princess Veronica - because he had seen the portrait when he was in the royal capital...

"Mom, she's so beautiful," Amber couldn't help but murmured in a low voice, "She looks even more beautiful in real life than in the portrait... What did she eat when she grew up..."

On one side Muttering in a low voice, she glanced at Gawain, but saw that Gawain's eyes almost didn't stop at the beautiful and inhuman saint princess. Instead, he kept staring at the plain-looking girl next to the princess. The woman was watching, which made her confused: "Hey, hey - what are you looking at? Could it be that... there is something wrong with your aesthetic sense?"

Gawain suddenly woke up, He looked at Amber in confusion: "Aesthetics? What aesthetics?"

"There is a beautiful and inhuman princess over there.If you don't look, why are you staring at the person next to you? ”

Gawain responded casually: “Don’t make trouble, I just looked a bit like someone I knew in my lifetime, so I took a second look.” "

As he spoke, the three people who got off the boat had already walked to the flat ground. Gawain decisively ended the conversation with Amber and stepped forward to greet them: "Welcome, welcome, your arrival is such a big deal. The biggest good news in a while. ”

“It is also a great honor for me to meet the legendary hero from seven hundred years ago. "Veronica lowered her head slightly. Her special ethereal and holy temperament and the vaguely mixed rhythm in her tone of voice made Gawain slightly startled, but then he returned to normal.

Tight Then, Veronica smiled: "Should I talk to you like an elder? ”

With these words, the peculiar temperament she had inadvertently revealed before quickly subsided, and her whole person became more “lively”.

“No need to stick to any etiquette. If you talk to an old guy like me who crawled out of the grave, if you really pay attention to etiquette, we will both struggle to death." Gawain has now become very accustomed to his status as "the ancestor who rose from the coffin" and said in a few words Then he brought the atmosphere to his familiar rhythm, "Let's talk as equals. Let everyone on the boat go ashore to rest first. Although there is nothing too good here, standing on the flat ground is more comfortable than standing on the boat. Then I will take you Visit this camp..."

As he spoke, he inadvertently glanced at the ordinary-looking short-haired woman next to Veronica.

The "acquaintance" he told Amber before was of course false.

Because he couldn't explain the real situation to anyone.

In his eyes, Veronica was in trouble. The person standing next to her was not a woman wearing a priest’s robe at all—but a translucent light with human features!