"——!!!! of Shark"

Looking at the smoke and flames billowing in the distance, the stunned Lusen and the demon hunters changed color, and immediately pulled out the sharp sword behind their backs and glared angrily at the elven warriors.

At about the same time, the elven warriors behind the little prince unsheathed their swords and confronted the witcher, and the tension was like a taut bowstring, ready to erupt.

Earl Eckert, who was aware of the direction of the gate from the tower in the distance, had quickly ordered a team of Byrne Knights to come to the rescue - but it was too late, the fire of the explosion had already spread to the city walls, and the strong gate was gradually shattering and collapsing.

Screams and exclamations, one after another in the sound of alarm bells, found that the fire could not be contained, Count Eckert had to order the city wall to be blocked, and watched the gate of the ferry gate be breached.

Not far away, six long-awaited elven warships took the opportunity to sail in and occupy the Jewel River crossing in front of the Ebolden defenders.

The wreckage of the barrage gate, gradually submerged under the moving battleship, and there was nothing left.

The little prince who blinked his eyes smiled more and more, and looked at the black-haired wizard with an innocent face, and there was a faint look of expectation in his expression, as if he was planning to deliberately provoke him.

Is this deliberately provoking yourself?

Loren squinted his eyes, and his left hand with the "spellcaster" was raised tightly, slowly reaching out in front of the little prince.

The little prince, who was unconscious, still stood motionless.

"Bell ——!"

The sound of the collision of blades exploded between the two, and two afterimages flashed from the sides of Loren and the little prince at the same time—the twin swords of Lusen could parry the long knife swung by the elven girl.

"Last time, because of Lord Loren's tolerance, I let you run away. The gray-eyed boy said coldly, staring at the blindfolded elf girl: "Not this time!"

But the elven girl ignored him completely, and looked up at Loren very anxiously: "Lord Lord Byrne, please calm down!"

His Royal Highness Rodria is not honorable, but it is also a tactic, and if you do it rashly, it is likely to cause a riot between the two armies, and the consequences will be ......."

"Luo~Li~" The little prince said with a smile: "You seem to have interjected." ”

"Why be so abrupt, it's too reckless, Your Excellency Loren Turin just wants to shake my hand, not so nervous at all. ”

Feeling the gaze behind him and in front of him, the black-haired wizard patted Lusen's shoulder with a calm expression.

The gray-eyed boy gritted his teeth and retreated behind Loren with some reluctance, and the elf girl who was secretly relieved also put away the long knife that looked like a crutch.

The entourage behind the two sides silently took half a step back, but they still clutched the sharp blades in their hands, tensing their nerves.

"See, I will say that Duke Byrne will not make inappropriate moves when the two sides negotiate for peace and friendship. While smiling, the little prince took the initiative to hold Loren's hand and said with a smile:

"Even if we can't make peace today, we will ...... one day"

Before the words fell, the little prince's complexion changed suddenly, and his smiling face was distorted to the extreme.

"We will never make peace—and even if we do, it will be the peace that the Empire has imposed on you. ”

Lorensen, who had an indifferent expression, said abruptly, his tense left hand continued to increase his strength, as if he wanted to crush the little prince's hand: "Do you think you have seized a good opportunity, thinking that you can win by stabbing me in the back while I am not careful?"

"You're thinking too much!"

"As for Ebolden... I don't really care, but now, if you want to keep fighting, then I'll fight with you for as long as you want, until you and the Azorean kingdom behind you are in tatters and shattered!"

Bang!

The next moment, the little prince, whose palm was already unconscious, shook violently and collapsed on the beach, and the surrounding elven warriors hurriedly rushed forward and looked at Loren vigilantly with their knives.

The indifferent black-haired wizard turned abruptly, looking at Lusen and the witchers on either side with a blushing face:

"Let's go!"

Holding his left hand, he was helped to stand up by the elven warriors, and the frightened little prince looked at the back of the black-haired wizard leaving, and the cold and fierce threatening voice was still in his ears, making the corners of his mouth tremble slightly.

"Your Highness Rodria, are you alright?"

The chief wizard of the Imperial Court on the side, Anson Zade, asked with "concern", with a look of concern: "Do you want to chase and take revenge?"

He waited until Loren and his party had already gone far before saying it.

But the little prince didn't bother to pay attention to it at all, staring at Loren's back, flashing with a strange luster, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly.

At that moment, he was convinced that the other party really planned to kill him.

But he held back—for he saw that it was a trap, and knew that he must have come prepared for such a provocation, and that the Ebolden garrison, less than half his own strength, had no chance of winning in the open field of the beach!

Obviously so angry, but this human who killed the chief of the Overseer, Eugen, can still hold the blade in his hand and maintain the most calm judgment in the midst of anger, this is really ......

It's so much fun!

The pain distorted the little prince's expression, but he still couldn't control the rise of the corners of his mouth, so much so that he looked particularly convulsive.

In the distance, trumpets sounded on the towers of the Ebolden walls, and the troops gathered under the city began to retreat into the city in an orderly manner, calmly arranging their defenses, and in a matter of moments, flags were raised on the walls, and under the flags stood heavily armed figures.

The hussars with their long whistles also retreated to both sides of the city wall, disappearing like a fading tide in the blink of an eye.

Looking at the Ebolden defenders who had quickly completed their preparations, the elven warriors under the city walls had very complicated expressions.

The arrival of reinforcements not only boosted the morale of the defenders, but also greatly increased the level of combat strength of the defenders - at least a few days ago, the Ebotden defenders would never have been able to advance and retreat in such an orderly manner.

This battle has become more difficult than before.

But the little prince did not change his face.

On the contrary, he was so excited that he needed to desperately contain it so that he didn't show it, and he was ecstatic about such a tough and challenging opponent.

"See, valiant warriors, our friends, expressing his anger in this way. The little prince got up slowly, and beat the dust on his body:

"He was warning us, provoking us - so confident, so arrogant, that even the proud Azorean warrior looked so inferior to him. ”

Hearing this, the elven warriors knelt down on one knee one after another, bowing their heads and not daring to speak.

"Alright, don't look like this, I look like I'm particularly brutal. The little prince waved his hand and picked up the painting on the ground very distressed: "Clean up the battlefield and prepare to attack before midnight." ”

"Inform the Second Fleet to occupy the Gem River crossing before the enemy again blockades it, and to fire indiscriminately at the city of Eboden with launchers. Demoralize the defenders. ”

"Our Lord Lord Byrne is angry right now, and easily loses his mind - we need to seize this good opportunity to tempt him out of the city to fight us, or to do something else irrational. ”

Right now?!

Looking at the red sun that was already drooping behind him, Anson Zade, who wanted to refute, twitched his throat, put what he wanted to say back into his heart, and silently and respectfully lowered his head:

"Yes!"

..............................

"Angry, why be angry?"

On the tower of the Ebolden wall, looking at the worried Count Eckert of Fort Fury behind him, the black-haired wizard chuckled and turned to look at the busy soldiers on the wall at his feet.

The arrival of reinforcements gave Loren great confidence and greatly boosted the morale of the defenders - the city defenders, who were already desperate, were now staring at the scarlet eyes one by one, standing motionless at their posts clutching the spears in their hands. , just to be able to stab the killer at the moment when the enemy ascends to the top of the city.

The momentum is like a rainbow.

"From the very beginning, this so-called 'negotiation' was a complete trap. Loren said softly, with no look of annoyance on his face at all: "The appearance of reinforcements disrupted the plans of that Prince Ródría, so he had to find a way to break the impasse in front of me and induce me to lose my mind. ”

"It just so happens that I'll need to spend some time putting together the Ebolden garrisons and reinforcements and completing the rest of the deployment plan – so to a certain extent, we're taking what we need. ”

"And the sluice gates at the mouth of the Gem River?" said Count Eckert frowned.

Loren shook his head, his expression a little helpless.

"The fall of the gate is indeed beyond my expectation - but it is also a helpless thing, losing the ancient castle, we will not be able to hold the gate to the sea at all, and it is only a matter of time before the enemy captures it. The black-haired wizard changed his words:

"But so what?"

Well?

Count Eckert looked confused.

"Yes, having captured the gates, the enemy could attack Eboden from two directions at once - but I guess His Royal Highness would have done a better job of having his army land at the Jewel River crossing, besiege us from all sides, and trap us. ”

"But the price for doing so is that he scores. Loren smiled and shook his head, staring at the sun setting over the sea level: "In this way, the Ebolden defenders can calmly withdraw from the city wall and enter the inner city to defend it." ”

"The only thing he can do is to bombard the houses and fortresses in the city with the heavy ballistas on the battleships, but the sewer network is under the city, and even the evil god puppets can't smash through it, so it's even more impossible!"

Count Eckert finally understood: "So... The reason why you deliberately acted angry was to deceive the elven prince?"

"Yes, I'm going to make him think I've fallen for him, and I'm so angry that I can barely keep my sanity. The black-haired wizard faintly hooked the corners of his mouth:

Only in this way will he not hesitate to seize the opportunity to attack before the sun sets - in a hurry, the elven army will definitely not have time to deploy on all fronts, and only a very small number of elites can be put into battle, and the rest will be used to encircle the city at most. ”

"Seize this opportunity, we can withdraw most of our forces into the fortress in the city at night, and hold him back, so that his gains outweigh the losses!"

After a moment of silence, Count Eckert, who looked at Loren's back, was a little distracted.

It is obviously a battle against the water, it is clear that the enemy is twice as large as itself, and it is clear that it has been surrounded by the whole line, and it is in a dilemma......

But as long as you look at the thin, still very young figure in front of you, you don't have the slightest experience of the end of the road, and even on the contrary, there is an illusion that "maybe you can win".

It's been a long, long time... I haven't experienced this illusion anymore.

In his memory, the tall figure that Count Eckert saw when he was a child was gradually overlapping with the black-haired wizard in front of him, and he couldn't tell which was memory and which was reality.

"Okay, look at their posture for a while, they won't be able to attack. Turning to look at the somewhat stunned Count Eckert, the smiling Loren patted him on the shoulder:

"Take this opportunity to go and see our reinforcements first!"

The silent Earl of the Castle of Fury followed behind his duke, following in his own footsteps.

Inside the tower, the reinforcement commanders of the three principalities were already waiting at the map table, and when they saw the black-haired wizard coming, they took the initiative to flock to it, with a very confident smile on the corner of their mouths.

It was as if it was not Ebolden who was surrounded on all sides, but the elven fleet on the opposite side.

"Everyone's expressions look good... Very well, I don't need to go to any extra lengths to cheer you up. Loren shrugged and said very easily:

"In that case... Do you know what we're going to do?"

"Hold on to Ebolden until His Majesty Conrad's reinforcements arrive!"

The first to speak was the commander of the Elemon Legion, who was not tall but had a very resolute expression: "Before that, as long as there is a soldier in the city, the flag of the empire cannot be lowered!"

"Please rest assured that the 7,000 men of the Elemand Legion have sworn to the Duke before coming that they will not let an enemy enter the city unless the whole army is killed!"

Sure enough, the Elems counted one by one, and all of them were such stubborn dead brains.

"It's not that serious, you're thinking too much. Laughing silently, the black-haired wizard hurriedly waved his hand: "Actually, what we have to do is very simple - winter is coming, and the elves on the opposite side can't wait to enter the city for the winter." ”

"And those of us who are already in the city are going to do everything we can to keep them out - or even if we let them in, we're going to lose so much that we can't stand our ground. ”

"They have 100,000 men and we have less than 40,000, but the control of the city is in our hands, and they think we will fight them on the walls and on the battlefield at all costs, but we will not do that, because that's where they have the advantage. ”

Loren looked around and looked at the pair of eyes that were gradually brightening: "His Royal Highness Prince Rodria Azores, he thought he could make me angry, and then he lost his mind and obediently went in the direction he had predetermined, he thought he could provoke me and then gain the upper hand. ”

"He succeeded... But he didn't know what the consequences would be for provoking me off. ”

"We have to make this naïve prince understand that he has caused the wrong person!"