Half past one in the morning,

Under the cover of the barbarian soldiers' reverse charge, Prince Nulifu led nearly two hundred elites to raid the empire.

Wren, who had just taken office, and his deputy Aemond, immediately commanded the post headquarters to encircle and intercept the troops of Prince Nuliv.

Half an hour after the fierce battle,

Nearly 200 men of Prince Nulif's command were almost lost,

However, Prince Nuliv himself and several important members of his entourage 'succeeded' in breaking through the siege and escaping into the nearby primeval forest.

In the distance, Pedy, who had been observing the battle, saw this, a golden halo flashed in his pale red eyes, and then said to Sir Ike beside him: "The prey is ready, it's time to start our hunt." ”

"A special hunt, it's really exciting. Sir Ike's favorite thing was hunting, and his eyes were inexplicably excited when he heard Pedy say this.

Pedi smiled noncommittally, turned his head to look at the magician captain Raven and said, "The task of tracking is up to you, remember, you and your people are just tracking, no matter what happens, you can't do it without permission." ”

"Don't worry, sir, my men are more likely to obey their commander's orders than professional soldiers... Because, they are timid. "Perhaps because of this rare victory, the magician Ravon finally smiled a little under his serious and old-fashioned expression, and learned to joke.

"Then I'll wait for your good news. ”

"Don't worry. Ravan immediately regained his seriousness, winked at his attendant, and the two of them walked away quickly,

Pedy looked at the back of Ravin leaving, and said, "Did you say that barbarian named Kebot would be fooled?"

Sir Ike thought for a few seconds before he said, "It should be, is there any news of him now?"

"Half an hour ago, Cowlier sent back the news that the other party had agreed to meet. ”

"Asking him out?" said Sir Ike was stunned.

Pedi shrugged, "Do you have any other way? at least, to prove that he's still here." ”

"What assignment did you give Cowlier?" asked Sir Ike subconsciously.

"Just to make sure he's still in the area, and of course, it's good to kill him like that if there's a chance. Pedi smiled faintly, "But I don't think Cowlill has a chance." ”

Sir Ike furrowed at this, "Kebot gives me a dangerous feeling. ”

Knowing that the other party was accusing him of joking with the lives of his subordinates, he didn't care about such accusations, and said with a faint smile: "We should believe Cowlier." ”

"Sir, you don't have to worry too much about these things. Sir Ike thought for a moment and said, "People like Kebot are more confident and paranoid, but he's just one person after all..."

Speaking of this, Sir Ike lowered his voice, "It doesn't matter if you let Kebot run away, it's just that the next war with the barbarians will be a little more difficult, and a country is not something that can be changed by one person in just a few decades, unless he is a genius like Archduke Partved!"

Pedi listened quietly, and then nodded lightly as if in agreement, but did not speak, he agreed with his chief of staff,

But, perhaps it was the memory of his other world that made him have a special fear of some special talents, so he had a hunch that if he couldn't kill Kebot at this time, the barbarians would become particularly troublesome in the future.

Although, in the future, there may be no room for him to interfere in the affairs here.

...

Just as Pedi set a trap and waited for Kerbot to drill in,

Kebot himself had already met with Collier, sent by Pedi, in a part of the mountain on the right side of the Canya Mountains.

"It seems that our cooperation has ended, is it necessary to meet again?" said Kebot, standing on the slope of a cliff, holding a vine in his right hand, for it was night, in this gloomy environment, and his whole body seemed to be a creeper entrenched on the cliff, staring at the passers-by with a cold gaze.

"Didn't you show up again?" Cowlier smiled.

Kebot said coldly: "That's because your marks are all over the mountain, and I just came out to remind you that if you want to live a little longer, you'd better stop your stupid behavior!"

"It seems that these marks will reveal your identity?" Collier's eyes sparkled.

"Sometimes, it's not good to be too smart. Kebot's voice was even colder, "You are looking for me at this time, I think you are going to kill me?" When he said, 'Kill me', his eyes were surprisingly bright, that was only a cold light, but his cold eyes were not looking at Cowlier, but staring at the dark snowdrift behind Cowlier.

Kebot's unreserved killing intent made Cowlier get goosebumps all over his body, and his eyelids jumped suddenly because of the other party's words, he looked at the figure that seemed to have changed a little in the dark, and secretly said 'damn mission' in his heart, and at the same time took a slight step forward, and shouted anxiously in his mouth: "They are just my guards, after all, the magician can't face the snow wolf in the deep mountains alone." ”

He remembered Pedi's instructions to do it when he had the chance, and if he was not sure, he would rather give up, but he had never thought of making a move with Kebot, and if it wasn't for someone to follow, he only planned to go out and go back after a walk.

"Really, then, the reason for this meeting?" said Kebot, who had a free hand holding the dagger at his waist.

"It was Nullif who ran away, and Sir Pedy asked me to inform you and apologize to you!" Cowlier looked at the torch in his hand, "I wouldn't mind saluting you to apologize if it was daytime." ”

Kebot was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled 'hehe', "It seems that your commander doesn't trust you at all. ”

Collier was stunned when he heard this, his fingers lightly outlined the magic circle on his clothes, secretly guarded, and said: "Perhaps, after all, a person with such a noble status, his trust will not be so cheap." ”

Kebot stared at Cowlier and said, "Your magic has no effect on me, so, if you don't want to die, stop being stupid now... Don't worry, I won't kill you, I have no interest in needless killing, you can go back and tell Sir Pedy that I'll show up on time, and I hope your drinking ceremony won't disappoint me too much. With that, he jerked the vine in his hand, and his body scurried and disappeared into the shadows.

'Sha!!' At the moment when Kleper disappeared, there was a sound of footsteps behind Collier, and after a few breaths, two tall men in thick armor appeared on Cowlier's left and right sides,

These were two ascetic warriors who were originally a low-ranking officer in the garrison of the Fortress of Coron, who were later selected by Sir Ike to serve as Pedy's own soldiers.

"You let him escape, don't forget Sir Pedy's orders!" said the warrior on the right.

"We survived," Collier wiped the sweat from his forehead and crouched down to lift the snow near his feet.

"Magic Array!" the other warrior exclaimed, his face changed, and the warrior who had just spoken bowed his body, his face muscles were agitated, and his body was full of guard...

Collier let out a sigh of relief, looked left and right and said, "Yes, so I said he let us go!"

...

Outside the fortress of Cologne, at half past two in the morning.

The battle is drawing to a close, and the Imperial army is now doing the final work: take out the fish that slipped through the net!

No prisoners are needed in this battle!

This was an order given by Pedi after the start of the battle, because, after the war was over, he needed to support the Klan Territory with the main force of his subordinates, and the capture would only add unnecessary trouble.

Temporary command post outside the fortress,

Pedi was quietly listening to the adjutant's report, with obvious impatience on his face, and next to him, Andy was lying upright, looking like he was about to fall asleep.

"It has been confirmed that the main force of the barbarians has almost been wiped out, and according to the news coming back from inside the fortress at this moment..."The knight of Alfred carefully read the good statistics recorded to Pedi,

"Alright, my lieutenant. Pedi waved his hand, "Put all those materials here, I'll find time to read them... My main concern now is whether there is any news from Lavin?"

"There should be, Sir Ike has been waiting outside for a while. ”

"You mean you told Sir Ike to wait outside, and then let me listen to you here and talk this nonsense?" Pedy looked angry, but was quickly suppressed by him.

"I'm sorry, sir!" said the knight of Alfred, bowing his head at once, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes, and then invited Ser Ike into the tent.

"Is there any message from Lord Raven?" asked Pedy as soon as Sir Ike entered.

"Yes, maybe it's time for our paladin squad to go. Sir Ike kept a smile on his face.

"Yes!" Pedi nodded, "You go and prepare, I'm going to go myself." ”

"You?" said Sir Ike.

"The cause of all this is me, and the end should be solved by my own hands. ”

"Sir, with all due respect, Kebot is nothing more than a brute who has gained momentum for a while, and you don't need to do it yourself, and I don't think the traps that have been arranged now are superfluous. "Sir Ike clearly thinks differently from Pedy,

No, not only him, but many people in the army didn't understand why Pedi was doing this, they didn't think the same way as Pedi.

"I stand by my opinion!" Pedy didn't care what Sir Ike thought, nor did he care what the others thought, "is there anything else?"

"No, sir. Sir Ike said, "The Paladins are always waiting for your orders. ”