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How much power a mage can wield depends largely on whether or not the spells are prepared in advance. Although I have heard that there is a young red dragon standing at the bottom of the cliff for a long time, it is estimated that it will not come to make trouble, and it is estimated that it should be like this in theory.

Now that your 3-ring spell slot is gone, take out the magic scroll that Annette prepared in advance, and cast the 3-ring arcane "Scrooge's Envy" on the red dragon in the sky.

This spell is actually not very useful, it is to make the recipient eager to seize a nearby item and even attack the people around him. It's just that for all dragons, the success rate is extra high. Probably because of the nature of dragons.

The dragon's eyes quickly rolled and stared at the ceremony platform.

You've turned a blind eye to Blood Barnacle's provocations and archery, and you don't have time to deal with the big black cat, Rain...... No, the heavenly flood will come soon. You run at full speed to Tracy's location, perform 2 Rings of "Spider Walking" on yourself, and climb the outer wall.

Although some of the guards saw that you were approaching, they didn't have time to pay attention to you, because the red dragon in the sky roared and suddenly swooped down!

"Dragon...... The dragon is here!"

Except for the dozen or so people who were engrossed in the ritual, the other guards were all panicking. "Dragon Might" is the racial specialty of the true dragon race, which makes everyone who comes close to them tremble, and even the most seasoned and brave heroes will not be able to exert their original strength under the effect of "Dragon Might" - to put it bluntly, the guards are scared.

A mouthful of dragon breath sprayed on the roof, and the screams of surprise were heartbreaking. Before you even climb onto the roof, several enemies jump off the ground.

You have a number in your heart,

Tracey should be fine, for now.

Looking up at the rooftops from the street, you can only see Tracey above her shoulders. In short, Scrooge's jealousy is the young red dragon, and what it forces to seize is an object next to Tracey - you're not sure what it is. In order to capture this target object, the red dragon will not easily spray Tracey to death.

With a scream, Rachel threw off from under the dragon's head, falling no slower than the dragon's. With a thud, Rachel fell into the pile of debris on the roof, but fortunately there was not much drop and cushioning.

You grab the edge, roll over and crouch on the roof. Not half of the enemy is looking at you, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Let's go!"

You tug at Tracey's wrist and turn and run for the edge.

She fell with a thud.

When I came up, I found that the roof was wider than it looked, and there was a fine depiction of spell circles on the ground, and some of the symbols you recognize, probably borrowing from the water elemental plane. The main seat of the ceremony is Tracey, surrounded by a number of merfolk priests to assist in casting spells, these merfolk have long been unable to maintain the shape of their legs due to the non-stop rainstorm and have become tail fins. In addition to the fifty or sixty market guards and the thugs of the horns, there are seven or eight black street killers crouching in the shadows, in an ambush manner, just waiting for you or anyone to run over and send them to their deaths.

All the enemies are watching in horror as the red dragon descends from the sky!

You look down to see that Tracy has a chain tied to her feet, and with a click, it happens to be broken by the red dragon when it lands...... Cold iron, it's just broken.

She had been hit by some kind of spell, and in addition to that, she had a slave collar around her neck...... It's tricky.

really

Tracey pulls out a dagger from her waist and stabs at you. It's not the first time you've dealt with a slave collar, so you've been on your guard, knocking her weapon off and jumping out of the roof with her waist around her waist!

The red dragon spewed spewing hot flames at the half-circle guards. Even if the enemies present are all elites, they can't withstand the direct attack of the dragon's breath, and they suddenly turn into human fireballs and scream, jumping from the rooftop.

You hold on to the eaves, intending to make sure you last time you get to the status quo and then leave...... Unexpectedly, three things were far from expected!

First, Viscount Polz looks at you with wide eyes, stretches out his hand, and walks out of the shadows. Why wasn't he in the mansion?

Second, the "certain object" that "Scrooge's Envy" automatically locked on was actually the ritual core artifact next to Tracy, a large crystal ball. The red dragon burned a dozen people to death, and then used his tail to whip a dozen people away, then turned around and opened his mouth to pick up the crystal ball. Tracey is not there, and if the core artifact is also out of place, the entire ritual will be completely abolished...... Originally, the time had not yet arrived, but the flood in the sky got out of control and fell with a bang ahead of schedule!

Third, everyone tries to escape from the Red Dragon, but Rachel stumbles out of the clutter pile and flies towards the Red Dragon!

You suspect that you are mistaken,

It seems like

Rachel threw a punch and slammed it into the dragon's face! The blow was so awesome that it even sent out a violent flash like day, and it was like day!

Then Tianhong followed and smashed down.

...... You're blinded. You can only rely on the effect of "spider walking" and cling to the wall with one hand, so that you have a little eaves above your head to protect yourself from the rain, so that you will not be knocked unconscious. In the midst of the deafening, mournful screams could be faintly heard on all sides, as if a butcher had walked into the pigsty. Dozens of people on the roof were all hit by the flood and rushed away.

On dispassionate analysis, this ritual should have an effect similar to that of the eye of a hurricane. The floods had already rained down five or six times, but there was no shelter on the roofs to gather heavy troops, presumably they had never been hit by the floods. Now, the spell casting ritual has been destroyed, and this group of people is miserable, and after falling from a three-story building after being knocked unconscious, it is estimated that many people will never wake up again.

Gritting your teeth and rounding out the long floods, when the rain returns to normal, you shudder and look at the rooftop—there is not half a figure left.

The fate of Viscount Polz is unknown. He had been hiding in the house, probably not being knocked unconscious, but had been swept away, the red dragon and Rachel were nowhere to be found, the power of a godly storm could wash away anything, and the crystal ball had disappeared with it.

There aren't many spell slots left......

Two rounds and 2 rings, four rounds and 1 ring, and some magic scrolls that Annette has accumulated on weekdays, some in the staff, and a round of arcane magic in the bayonet of the short musket, to be honest, without 3 or 4 rings, there is always a lack of confidence in my heart.

You stand on the roof and tie up Tracy with ropes that keeps trying to attack you. You didn't go, stayed, stayed here and Viscount Polz would definitely come back here.

Bolts' last look seemed to subconsciously rob Tracy. Although you are not sure about the relationship between the two, ......

hehe

The enemy's hostage has suddenly become your hostage.

Use Tracey to lure Viscount Polz over and deal with him on the rooftop, saving him a lot of trouble from storming the Viscount's mansion.

In the pouring rain, you hold your breath and stare at the only entrance to the rooftop, from where Viscount Polz can only take the stairs and can only emerge. You look down and check that your short musket is a slightly waterproof model commonly used by pirates, and it has always been wrapped in robes, and it probably fires. As long as he is on the first floor, two shots, solve all the problems.

Suddenly, you begin to hesitate whether you really want to kill him.

You begin to consider the possibilities of a post-war tribunal.

Tong'en's voice came from the Psychic Connection: "Lord, we have been scattered by the heavy rain. Where are you?"

The roof of the most conspicuous white house.

"Coming soon!"

Before she could finish speaking, Annette climbed up from the outer wall, followed by Coco, but she didn't see Tong Eun. Annette made a "force field ladder" and found it as quickly as possible, but Coco's cloak was gone, perhaps broken during the battle, and the whole person turned into a reservoir dog, with fur clinging to her body, looking miserable.

Suddenly, a figure appears in front of your gun.

It's Viscount Polz.

You didn't shoot. It's hard to reload in this kind of heavy rain, you only have two shots, and you can't waste them - especially since Blood Barnacle smirked evilly and followed Viscount Polz onto the roof as well, with him, it was impossible to hit a shot from ten meters away.

You're finally face to face with Viscount Polz,

The first meeting was unpleasant, the second time was on the verge of a battle, and now, it's just the third side, but you and he have formed a mortal enmity. It seems that there are a lot of things I want to ask him, but after the real meeting...... You seem to ...... There is nothing more to say.

Blood Barnacle didn't draw his bow, but just stood beside Viscount Polz with a wicked smile. He, like you, is waiting for more companions to come to his aid. The casting ritual was destroyed, and this was the last time the lineup was scattered, both friend and foe. Objectively analyzing the current combat strength, you, Annette, and Coco are evenly matched with Viscount Polz and Blood Barnacles, and if they really fight, Viscount Portz is dead, but Blood Barnacles is estimated to take the lives of at least one of you.

Caught off guard,

The first thing Boltz said was: "...... We can make peace. ”

What the?

"Make peace. Viscount Polz clutched his chest and continued sincerely, "As a businessman, credit is my life, and you can trust me. I'm tired, the losses are too heavy, let's stop fighting...... It's good for you, too. ”

What is this? He tried to kill you several times and almost succeeded, and now he wants to make peace? This war has begun, and there is no way to stop it. You are not the supreme commander of the uprising!

Viscount Polz points to Tracy beside you: "Possibly. The Supreme Commander is right next to you, isn't it? The Supreme Leader of the Rebel Army, the Supreme Leader of the Adventurers' Guild, you are both there, as long as you want. Before you could reply, he added, "but—you need to give me back Tracey at once." Only I can undo the spell on her body and untie the collar around her neck. ”

, you can too. But you didn't say it.

Peace?

Is he serious? Or is he ready to surrender, or is it better to call it "peace"? But ...... It seems that Viscount Polz should still have a fight. What the hell?

Seeing that you didn't react for a while, Viscount Polz sighed and explained: "You are powerful enough, you are not a businessman, you don't care about the gains and losses at all, you just talk about fighting bravely and ruthlessly, and you can do it, but I am a businessman." You have caused me to lose a lot of economic manpower with your indiscriminate means, and I can't raise my head in front of Ms. Sylvana, to be honest, I am convinced, I don't want to fight. I didn't get this piece of the world by fighting and killing at all. ”

"It's about negotiating, negotiating, earning trust, and creating value. Now, we can negotiate—"

Viscount Polz pointed behind him and said word by word: "If you are willing to make peace, I will now have the 'army of a thousand men' stop 'attacking' your 'labyrinth camp'. ”

Belch?...... Say, what to say!

No, no, I don't need him to make it clearer, you suddenly figured it out! The two prisoners caught in the camp looked like "secret agents", it turned out that they were sent by Viscount Polz? The kind of weird hook ropes they use, you have also seen in the Black Street forces. In the morning, I entered the labyrinth camp, walked around and looked around, and only planned to leave at dusk, and I must have sent the relevant information back a long time ago. A thousand? Where did he get so many soldiers? Your camp is less than a hundred!

Hathaway: They were all in the labyrinth camp.

Just when you were shocked, Tong En also climbed up the staircase of the force, and saw Viscount Bolts immediately stunned in place.

Three soaking black street killers also ran up from the opposite side, standing behind Blood Barnacle in a posture.

Tong En whispered in his ear, "...... My lord, something happened...... news came from the "Blade Shield Mufeng" that the city gate had just fallen, and the "army of the old marquis's son" appeared behind him, roughly estimated to be "more than 2,000 people". Geman panicked and is waiting for your instructions......"

Instructions?

Tong En coughed a few times and hung his head: "Geman asked, should I open the city gate and let them in......"

A, tell Geman to defend the city gates.

B, tell Geman, don't resist.

"And ...... The camp was surrounded by the troops of Polz, and it was very sudden......"

You raise your hand to stop Tong En from continuing. It turns out that it's not a bluff.

"And ...... The battle on the harbor side was going well, but just now, it set off stormy waves. Our people are in a low position, and the losses are much worse than those on the market side. Two bands of pirates were engulfed by the waves. ”

Maybe it's just an accident, maybe it's the result of a broken spellcasting ritual. No wonder you heard a strange roar from the direction of the seashore just now, and thought you had misheard.

Now the battle situation in Wuxiang Bay is that the five routes, the cliff bottom and the canal are advancing smoothly, the harbor was originally smooth but now it is reversed, the city gate was originally successful but is now about to be lost, the black street route you are in is in a stalemate, and the rebels have basically died. Three out of five can be won, and your way is crucial.

Elizabeth also climbed up to the roof and stood beside you.

You glance back and see that there seems to be a front-row instructor coming not far from the rain.

1. To fight, now is the best time, you have more people than them.

2, to make peace, now is also the best opportunity, when the marquis's army enters the city, your bargaining chips will be sharply reduced.