"Lawn, what's that?" Brandt asked, pointing to a large ship on the sea.

The dragon-winged angel's eyesight is much stronger than that of humans, he looked down in the direction pointed by the prince, and saw that the blue sea was densely dotted with black warships, and the flagship led by him was branded with a blood-piercing sword flag, "It's a fleet!" ”

"Come closer," Brandt patted Lawn's wings, "let's see how many ships there are in this fleet?" ”

"About fifty," Lawn was exceptionally obedient after being brainwashed by little Elia, probably due to his relatively low status in his clan, and his habit of obeying orders in everything. "Can't get any closer, they'll shoot us with spears." Apparently, he was also apprehensive about the attack on his first flight carrying Ilia.

With a hundred sailors per ship, this can be called a medium-class fleet. Brant looked at the banner on the flagship, with the dusky desert in the background, two blood-forged swords piercing through his heart, surrounded by a totem of an ancient divine bird. He searched in his memory for which family had ever used such a family crest, no, none of the most prestigious nobles in the six ancient kingdoms and the three free city-states had ever appeared in this emblem.

"Yellow sand and sacred birds?" Back in Crescent City, Brant drew a pattern of the emblem he saw, some of the generals claimed he had never seen before, while others began to discuss how to defend themselves against the fleet.

"My lord, I think I know this divine bird." One of the guards standing at the foot of the stairs hesitated and said to Brandt, "It's an oriental artifact, it's called Phoenix, and we're calling it 'Phoenix.'" ”

"Phoenix!" Parson shouted the name, frightened, and he walked up to Ilia and knelt down, grabbing the princess's skirt with a trembling hand, "Dear princess, that's General Koman's concubine!" Everyone said he was as vicious as a barb on a sand scorpion's tail! Let's hurry up and escape, it is said that he executes prisoners in different ways every day, and it is not the same for more than 30 days! ”

"You coward!" Someone shouted curses at the foot of the steps.

"Is that really the case?" Others will be skeptical.

"How much do you know about this man?" Brandt grabbed Parson from the ground, "I need to know it all." ”

Unfortunately, the unseeded clown was too frightened to speak, until Illya screamed at him, "Say! ”

"Polly Gawen sent me to Neverwinter to seek an amnesty from Queen Chloe for exemption from taxes in the outlying areas, but I was delayed for a few days on the way," Parson's little eyes looked around uneasily, and continued, "When I arrived at Neverwinter, I found that the throne of the Land of Midsummer had changed hands, and that it was Phoenix who was at the side of General Koman—he was charming," Parson narrowed his eyes and looked fascinated, "like a perfect statue of Eros, Not even the greatest sculptor can replicate his beauty! ”

"No one asks you to remember your love affair," Brandt interrupted Parson, with the crowd looking impatient, "I want to hear what this man has done." ”

"He insisted that Crescent City pay half of the tax," Parson replied hastily, "not even if I promised to submit to General Coman." Seeing that everyone showed disdain, the clown was busy covering up for himself, "In that case, with a frying pan and a baking fork by my side, I can't help but give in to him!" ”

"Roast fork?" Someone sizzled and inhaled, "Oil pot? ”

"Yes, that man," Parson recalled as he gasped, "and he threw the opponent into the pan and closed the lid to keep the oil from splashing; Insert the hesitant lord from the anus into his mouth and nose with a huge iron fork, and then roast them on a firewood fire. And that's not the most terrible thing," he swallowed, "I heard that Sir Allison of Port Nautilus sent his son to the palace as a chamberlain, and Corman promised to return the child to Allison before the war began, but after Phoenix intervened, he replaced it with a part of the child, first the hands and feet, then the torso and the head, Allison went crazy after receiving the pieces of his son, and afterwards it was said that Phoenix didn't know what magic he used, and the child's head was still alive when it was delivered to Allison, He can still speak, and you say that he is evil or not. ”

"This man must be eliminated." Everyone gritted their teeth and discussed.

"What's the magic of Phoenix?" Brandt ignored the crowd's verbal curses.

"That's the best thing about him," Parson replied shudderingly, "he has a magic that makes your blood at his mercy, and so many of the people he kills die die with a little blood coming out of their bodies, just as God has taken away all the threads of a doll; More often than not, with a snap of his fingers, he can turn you into a bloody hedgehog at any time. ”

"If he can control the blood, then he can also control the water." Brant analyzed, then asked Parson, "Have you ever seen him use water control magic?" ”

"No," Parson involuntarily shortened, clutching the hem of his shirt, "I was scared, agreed to their tax increase as soon as I could, and escaped from Winterfell. ”

"It's a useless thing." The generals cursed. The others turned to Brandt, and even Ilia frowned as she waited for the prince's judgment.

"I'm afraid the battle is imminent," Brandt said to everyone, "I don't know who is in command of the land route, but the four gates of Crescent City are in danger to defend, and I believe they can still support it for a while," he looked at the new chief of the guard, Swank, "Sir, I need you to take full charge of the land defense of Crescent City," and then he turned to Tyritan, the Minister of Coastal Defense, "Tai, how large is the coastal defense fleet now?" ”

"There's only one convoy outside the Eclipse Gate," Tyritan and Brant walked to the sand table and pointed to the halfway of the sea outside Crescent, "but those ships were used to escort the returning ships, and they weren't very aggressive, and they were pitifully few in number. ”

Brant tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyes, "What about the fishing boat?" He pointed to the Erosion Gate, Wangfeng Harbor, and Sweet Sleep Harbor, "As far as I know, the ships in and out of these ports are all large merchant ships, and they are all equipped with sophisticated weapons, and once a war starts, we can use their combat effectiveness." ”

"This will work," Territan's eyes lit up, "if we agree to exempt them from customs duties in the future, or open the waters off the coast of Crescent City, I'm sure they'll be happy to take a gamble." ”

"And one more," Brandt was inspired, "and whatever enemy ships and booty that merchant ships have acquired are at their disposal." He turned to look at Ilia, "I'm not going to let you have anything to do." ”

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