The Ruined Fortress was home to the Guards, and the flames were surging under the dark night sky, and the soldiers enjoyed the rare peace of quiet night in their respective camps.

Outside the gate of the garrison command post, Saike-Mara exhaled a turbid breath, and the smell of sweat in the barracks and the cold wind at night made him frown. The attendant who was waiting next to him saw the appearance of his master, and immediately took out the black cotton cloak from the belt of Cruma beside him and draped it over the old sir's body.

The old man subconsciously tightened his thick cloak, and when the warm feeling slowly spread from his back to his whole body, he whispered to his entourage: "Call the top ten chamber of commerce bosses in the alliance in terms of trade volume to Capitatown." ”

The attendant immediately responded, "All right, sir. ”

...

Inside the command post,

Sheila Marne looked at Seker-Marat in the light outside, and her mind was full of what the old man had just said.

The cool breeze under the night of the 'Whoo' Highland blew the thin practice clothes on her body, drying the sweat on her body, she scratched her itchy hair again, and said to herself in a low voice: "Are we really down?"

There was confusion in the noblewoman's eyes, and there was a hint of fear for the future on her face.

Her aristocratic education and reality have created conflicts, and she is confused about the path of the future, but also afraid of the changes that may occur in the future.

"Say, what should I do?" asked Sira Marne in a low voice.

She asked about another female knight in the office, who had been a knight of Sirah-Marne for five years, from Hunie, who had just been canonized as a regular knight.

Hughny stood straight in the doorway in a suit of hard leather armor, her bulging muscles making her look stronger than most men, and the crystal pendant on her chest showed that she was not only a knight, but also a church priest.

"Your Excellency, you have already made your decision. "You once told me that a soldier only needs to follow orders... As for the big things that Sir Saike said, Lord Pedi and the upper nobles of the empire would consider it. ”

"It's that simple. Although Sira Marne was educated by her father from a young age and was nurtured by an aristocratic education, she also maintained an independent mind.

Sira hated knights who were desperate for their lords, and she whispered softly, "Countless things have happened in history that prove that even the most upright knights can do stupid things, because they will be swayed by a stupid lord. ”

Hughny was stunned for a moment and said, "But Master Pedi is not a stupid lord, I think he is as wise as an old man. ”

"You've been brainwashed by church propaganda. Sila laughed suddenly, her gaze resting for a moment on the crystal pendant on the knightess's chest, which symbolized the priesthood, and then said, "What's the matter, the church is also going to be loyal to Lord Pedi?"

"The church will support Master Pedi, but will not be loyal to him. ”

The female knight's words made Sila Marne's face change slightly, and she heard another layer of meaning from the other party's words!

"Even the church thinks that the order of the empire cannot be sustained?" Sira Marne frowned, "are you going to throw away the oath of three hundred years ago?"

"We're just thinking about the future. Knight Hunie's tone was a little indifferent.

"Looks like I really don't have a choice?" said Ciara earnestly, wiping the sweat from her face with her hand.

"We don't have a choice. Hughny followed.

"Go get Sergeant Elton from MIA, we need to get some preparations now. Sira shrugged and turned her head to look at the glowing station outside, "You go now... No, tomorrow at noon you go and tell Sir Seker that he has enough supplies for the Guards to fight for a month. ”

...

Late at night on October 2,

Twenty miles from the aristocratic garrison, in a small village between two high grounds, in the western part of the Sixt Territory of Fort Herain, two guards in chain mail and round helmets sat by the campfire and whispered interesting things and laughed from time to time.

Nearby, snoring thundered in the small tent covered by the light of the campfire.

Around the stake stool next to the campfire, three pairs of round shields were placed one after another, and the family crest painted in white on the front of the shield appeared in the light of the fire.

Apparently, it was a certain nobleman and his domestic servants who were camping here.

"Whoosh!whoosh!" Suddenly, two faint blue arrows from far and near in the darkness, and the strong wind brought up the campfire and ignited sparks.

And the two guards did not notice the dangerous approach at all,

"Poof!poof!" The arrow pierced the chain mail around their necks and pierced the throats of both of them, spilling a little blood into the fire next to them, making a strange sound.

The smiles on the faces of the two guards were suddenly replaced by pain, and their eyes subconsciously looked at the owner in the camp next to them, and the silent cry of "Woo Woo Woo" showed how desperate they were at the last moment of their lives.

At the moment when the two guards fell, the faint light of the campfire suddenly rose into the sky. As the tongue of fire rose, a looming fiery dragon devoured the camp in the blink of an eye.

In the scorching flames, a golden holy power suddenly rose,

But I saw a figure holding a heavy hammer jumping out of the flames.

The fire dragon flying in the flames immediately followed, and in the blink of an eye, it was about to surround the figure that had just jumped out of the fire ring again.

The figure that fell to the ground rolled on the spot, able to dodge the attack of the fire dragon, and when he stood up, he held the heavy hammer covering the holy power in his hand with both hands, and then swept out directly.

The collision of the two elemental energies caused a slight spatial concussion, and the paladin with the hammer in hand used the force of the shock to retreat further into the darkness.

"Ding", but in the darkness, two figures flashed left and right, blocking the paladin's retreat, and their whole body battle streaks flashed, and the long axes in their hands hit the paladin's throat and abdomen.

The Holy Spirit helped the paladin block the two men's attacks, but he was forced back again.

"Do you know what you're doing?" the paladin's face slowly became clear in the firelight, he was actually Sir Glick, the captain of the Knights of Kawar Castle Guard!

"Whoosh!" the magic arrow, which had been glowing blue, answered Glick's question.

At the same time, a giant man with a huge steel knife came from the other side, and the explosion of the steel knife in his hand that pierced the air was tingling when he waved it.

At this moment, two other Assassins armed with long axes also flanked Glick left and right.

Glick snorted coldly, and instead of retreating, his whole body was shaggy and his hair was unkempt, and he smashed the assassin who was attacking him on the left with a heavy hammer...

"Bang", but a sudden earthy yellow magic shield blocked Glick's blow!

Gerrik, whose arm was numb from the shock of his own strength, was startled when a foul smell of iron in his nose and a constant whistling sound in his ears reminded him that a steel knife behind his head was about to cut off his head.

The "ding" firelight splashed, and the deadly steel knife was blocked from the 'Holy Shield Technique', but the strong inertia caused Grek to fly backwards towards the flank.

The paladin collapsed in a dense pile of grass,

Greek quickly got to his feet, and just as he was about to move his body, the grass behind him suddenly grew at an incredible speed and quickly wrapped around Glick's feet.

"Whoosh!whoosh!" Two magic arrows struck at Glick's ankle with powerful piercing power.

"Poof!poof!" Blood spilled on the dense grass, and the sharp pain in his ankle caused Grek to fall to his knees with a muffled 'grunt'.

The paladin raised his head and saw the three slowly approaching gritted his teeth and said, "Do you know what you're doing?"

He struggled to stand up, "How can the majesty of the Reagan family be provoked at will?

But the Assassins ignored his words, and they continued to approach slowly, intending to surround him in the middle.

The expression on Glick's face was solemn, and slowly turned resolute...

"Two magic warriors, an ascetic warrior with strength comparable to that of a paladin, two magic archers, two magicians. Grek whispered to himself, "Looks like you've made up your mind." ”

The Assassin remained unheeded by Glick's words, and the arrows in the darkness struck again, and the insanely long vegetation was as hard as the ropes of a catapult and had wrapped around Glick's entire lower body.

Just as the cyan arrow approached Gorrik, the originally weakened holy power around him rose again!

"When!when!" The magic arrow that came at him was about to bounce away, and the arrow wound on his foot healed at a very fast speed, and Greek's eyes glared angrily at the three people who came over and roared, "Didn't your instructor tell you not to fight with a paladin?"

The Assassin remained deaf, and the three closest to Grek had already charged with weapons.

"Collapse, collapse!" The vegetation wrapped around Glick's body broke in an instant, and he met it with a heavy hammer surrounded by holy power.

...

Five minutes later,

The fire in the camp is gradually extinguishing, and the battle next to it is over...

Two of the three exposed Assassins died, and the one who survived was the tall ascetic warrior whose left shoulder had been deformed by the hammer blow.

Glick, on the other hand, collapsed in a pool of blood, the color of his face gradually losing color.

The ascetic warrior was crouching on the ground to check Greck's breath, and when it was confirmed that he was completely dead, he made a gesture into the darkness in the distance.

"Sha" several figures flashed out quickly, led by Muvet Filer, who held a pitch-black magic wand with blue light in his hand, and when he appeared, he pointed at the two corpses not far away, and the two tongues of fire rose up and immediately devoured the two corpses.

"Deal with this..."Muvet was fascinated by the mixed smell of blood and fire nearby, and pointed to Glick's corpse, "Spread the news of his death, and say that he instructed the guards to loot all the nearby villages, and was finally besieged to death by angry villagers!"