Pierre smiled helplessly and explained again: "No, I'm really not the boss. ”

After handing over the gold coin to Belle, he continued to hold his stomach: "If nothing happens to me, then I'll go back to sleep first." ”

Belle took the gold coin, looked at Ari, who was shrouded in shadows, and said, "Do you know Sister Dinah?"

"Hmm. But it would be more pleasant to leave it for tomorrow. Ari yawned, "My name is Ari, how about you take me to my room?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, please come with me......"

Towards noon the next day, Belle returned to the tavern after finishing her course and saw Ari, who had moved in late last night.

She had silver hair, and her blue eyes looked at Belle with the same curiosity.

Belle saw at a glance that she was different from humans. Because he didn't have a wide hood, his long silver hair was tucked behind his pointed ears.

Part of her hair was combed together and tied up with coarse tree strips.

"Sorry, I woke up in the morning and found no one, so I grabbed two fruits in my hand. ”

"Well, it's okay...... I thought you'd get a little more sleep in the morning, so I'll get lunch ready now. Belle pinned a handful of hair to the back of her head and walked towards the kitchen with the basket.

Ari nodded, was silent for a moment, and took Belle's rattan basket over, "I'll help you, what about your parents?"

"They...... Passed away. ”

"I'm sorry, but who's called Carey?"

"Brother Kyrigo, he's taken me in, but it'll be a few days before you can see him. ”

Belle rubbed her somewhat sore shoulders, stepped on the stool, and expertly prepared all the vegetables in the basket and tossed them with a salad.

"I'm sorry, I'm just going to make something simple. ”

At this time, Pierre also yawned and walked down, but he was a little distracted, and he was still muttering something.

"Monsieur Pierre, would you like some salad?"

"Ah...... Miss Belle, sorry I was distracted, thank you so much, this is exactly what I needed......"

After the three of them settled lunch with bread and salad, Pierre took his leave and left the tavern.

He always felt that something was not quite right with Van Manor, but he couldn't think of anything wrong for a while. He decided to check it out again today and see if he could find any clues.

Seeing Pierre leaving, Ari asked softly, "Did I shoot too hard yesterday?" ”

Belle was a little confused, and she didn't know that Ari was beating him up in Pierre's room, and asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

"Ah, nothing...... Can you tell me how Dinah and you met?"

"Yes, Sister Ari, are you also from Sister Dinah's clan?"

"No, I'm from the elves, but I've known Dinah since childhood. ”

"Oh, then your relationship must be very good, Sister Dinah was brought back from the barren forest by Brother Carey and was seriously injured......"

......

As soon as it was light, Roy opened his eyes. In the past few days, he has kept his sleep to about four hours, all in order to deal with the emergencies that will arise in the war.

As soon as he lifted the curtain, he saw It, who was rushing to report.

The two exchanged a few brief words, confirming that the attack had not occurred as expected last night. An unexpected Christmas Eve.

But Roy was even more convinced that Fort White Eagle had the help of defectors. Only temporary help from defectors will suddenly cease to exist.

It looks like there will be another tough battle today!

"My lord, the few village teams that came to support White Eagle Fort are gone, and they should have returned to the village. While enjoying breakfast, one of the guards informed Roy of his investigation.

Taylor mumbled with food, "That's good news, it's much safer even if we have to retreat." ”

Roy took out the note full of words and gave it to the two of them: "I have made several plans based on the existing situation, and you can also see if you have any comments - maybe there are situations that I did not expect." ”

Carey took a closer look and silently gave him a thumbs up: "Awesome, I didn't even think of so much." ”

"But you're saying that last night on Christmas Eve, it was possible that the Star Spirit Defector entered the White Eagle Castle?

"It doesn't rule out the possibility ......"

"I think they're probably just waiting for reinforcements and trying to gather more people. Taylor guessed.

As the three of them spoke, the horn suddenly sounded, indicating that there was movement in the White Eagle Castle.

Carey hurried back to his tent and put all his gear back on.

He and Taylor stood next to Roy on the left and right, and the three of them came to a vantage point, just in time to see the gates of Fort White Eagle slowly open, and the drawbridge was completely lowered.

But no, as last time, the cavalry rushed directly out of the city gates. The first to come out was a group of soldiers with large shields and spears, and after crossing the drawbridge, they formed a formation.

Behind the large shield is followed by a group of soldiers with crossbow arrows.

After the soldiers with crossbow bolts came out completely, the cavalry team quickly rushed out, and then dispersed as fast as possible, and rushed into the Ghost Leaf Forest.

Originally, the cavalry should have been suppressed by muskets in the Ghost Leaf Forest, but after they dispersed into groups of two or three, the threat of muskets to them was much reduced.

They will not be wiped out by a wave, and the Ghost Leaf Forest has become a natural help for them.

"Ready, keep an eye on the shield in the front row!" Taylor raised his throat and gave the order with a full breath.

"It seems that this baron is not stupid, what should I do next?"

"Indeed, if I were to switch positions with Fort Whitehawk, I would not have thought of a better countermeasure. It's just a pity that they know too little about us. ”

Roy first complimented, then smiled: "At least it's still expected." ”

He whispered a few words to Taylor, and Taylor answered and went down to carry out Roy's orders.

"What about me?" said Carey, gesturing to himself.

"Just protect me. ”

Carey shrugged, "What a nice task. ”

A cannon slowly adjusted its position, and Ban expertly placed an iron ball into the muzzle.

"Launch!"

Boom ——

When Ban heard the order, he pressed the source stone in his hand to the end of the cannon—and with the activation of the source text, the fiery red light flashed and disappeared.

Everyone saw a burst of flame erupt from the muzzle of the cannon, and a black ball flew towards the walls of the White Eagle Fort at great speed.

The loud roar not only attracted the attention of the soldiers of Eternal Light City, but also made the soldiers of White Eagle Fort even more nervous.

Bang—— iron ball slammed into the city wall! This time the pure iron ball was used, and compared with the grenade, it was naturally a solid bullet that had a more offensive effect.

The originally hard city wall was blasted out of a large hole like papier-mâché. The wall that was hit collapsed in a small area in an instant.

"What's going on!?" Hearing a loud roar, Cliff stepped out of the room and looked, his pupils narrowing.

The walls that were supposed to be hard and give them a sense of security were now broken.

Before the enemy could fully launch a move, the city was breached?! This was completely beyond his common sense of warfare! The guards who had been guarding that section of the city wall were crushed under the stones because of the collapse, and they let out a constant wail.

"How could it be ?......" Cliff really didn't understand what kind of weapon this was, or was it an ability?

"Has anyone explained to me what the hell is going on?!" Cliff asked, his face flushed, and he snarled.

"Big ...... My lord, my subordinates don't know what it is...... A loud bang was heard, and a black object collapsed after it hit the city wall. ”

"My lord, this is it!" reported the Black Axe as someone brought a somewhat deformed black iron orb.

"Eternal Light City seems to have an incredible weapon that can easily launch heavy objects at extremely long distances, and it is very powerful. ”

Cliff crouched down to try to pick up the ball, only to find that it was extremely heavy—a small one, probably heavier than an adult's.

No wonder it was able to blast down the walls.