"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the commander of the Armored Knights, Flannis, has sent a message that the enemy forces have been routed and the Mochizuki City area has been successfully controlled." At the command post of the USS Independence, Jacqueline, who was a temporary guest communicator, was reporting to Roland: "Captain Aurora and Captain Dewey have jointly petitioned for battle, suggesting a tactical bombardment of the castle where the Doge's Palace is located to force Hurd's party to surrender. ”

"It's nonsense!" Roland was angry and funny, "Blow up the castle, let me sleep on the street tonight?" It is enough to let those two guys settle down, keep an eye on the front and back exits of the castle, and don't let go of those big fish with fat brains, and as for the battle to capture the castle, it will not take the air force officers and men to take action. ”

Roland turned to look at Lyudmila, Veronica and Tonya, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "We're all here, it's so boring to just watch a play here, are the three ladies interested in accompanying me to visit the Governor's Palace?" ”

"Then we don't need to ask, we're impatient to wait!" Lyudmila spoke on behalf of the sisters.

"It's been a long time since I've been in battle in person, and it's really a little itchy." Veronica moved her hands and feet, intentionally or unintentionally showing her slender and soft figure in front of Roland.

"Wouldn't it be too risky to have just four of us?" Tonya is the most stable of the three.

"To deal with this kind of small scene, the four of us are enough~" Veronica's voice didn't fall, and a heavy cough came from behind her.

"Your Highness Princess, please allow us to follow you for the sake of safety!" "Meteor Knight" Marcus had a serious expression.

Veronica shrugged helplessly, turned to look at Roland, and listened to his decision.

"Ronnie, there should still be stubborn mercenaries in the castle, leave it to Yuric, Marcus, Tita, Eudocia, and the Redstone Guards to deal with, so we can save some effort." Roland finished arranging the battle plan for the capture of the castle, turned to Sand Rose and said, "The battle in the city is not completely over, Ms. Sand Rose, please assist Mr. Joseph in pacifying the people and maintaining law and order. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Sand Rose bowed to him slightly, then walked down the gangway, gathered his druid disciples and half-giant psychic warriors, and escorted Joseph Davidovich back to the office building where the Mochizuki City Hall was located, taking back the management of the city for the first time in three years.

At the same time that Joseph Davidovich returned to the city office of Mochizuki, the governor's palace, which was located on the high ground of the city, also welcomed a group of uninvited guests.

Knights in crimson armor rode in a procession, holding reins in their right hands and torches in their left hands, and surrounded Prince Koras and Princess Parnia, like a fiery dragon, and in less than half an hour they came to the magnificent castle.

"We can't get close to the castle or we'll be out of range of enemy batteries." Lyudmila reminded Roland after observing.

Roland nodded, and raised his hand to signal the Redstone Guards to stop their advance.

It was more than a mile away from the city walls, and it was not a good idea to charge at the risk of artillery fire, not to mention that the castle was surrounded by a moat twenty yards wide, and in the river lurked the piranhas that Baron Hurd had deliberately put into the river, these strange fish as small as fingers seemed inconspicuous, but they were extremely ferocious, and any creature that fell into the river would immediately be surrounded by thousands of piranhas, frantically gnawing and biting, and in less than two minutes the flesh was gnawed, leaving only a bare skeleton to sink to the bottom of the river. Baron Hurd often ordered the guards to strip death row prisoners or disobedient subordinates and slave girls into the moat, and watched these poor people scream and struggle, gnawed to the bones of piranhas in excruciating pain and despair, until they were swallowed up by the churning waves of blood in the river, so as to satisfy his perverted sadistic desires.

If you want to cross this river of death safely, you must first try to lower the castle drawbridge. However, the steel suspension bridge had long since been retracted, and it was tightly embedded in the doorway of the city wall. The towering walls are 30 feet high, and the walls are exposed with the rust-colored patterns characteristic of granite, but there are no gaps in the stacks, as if the entire wall is a single oversized stone. It is unlikely that there is such a huge block of granite in the world, and even if there were, it would not be possible to carve a circle of walls directly, so it can be seen that after the initial completion of the city wall, engineering magic such as "stone shaping" was applied to erase the gaps between the stones, making them integrated and indestructible.

The cross-section of the castle is hexagonal, the six city walls are concave inward, the surrounding hexagons protrude outward, there are towering guard towers and arrow towers, the city walls also have dense disc mouths, the magic crystal cannon is fixed on the city head, and the thick cannon barrel shines in the moonlight.

This "bastion" shape is the standard pattern for Fortress Castles, where the enemy is exposed to crossfire from the defending side regardless of which direction they attack. Roland did not bring artillery troops with him to quell the chaos in southern Xinjiang this time, and it would take some more time to conquer this heavily guarded castle.

The Dawn and Independence had taken control of Mochizuki Castle's air supremacy, after Aurora had suggested dropping bombs to destroy the forts on the city walls. Roland vetoed this suggestion in order to capture the castle as completely as possible, not to mention that the fortress guns were also an expensive property, and it would be a pity to blow them up.

"We'll have to find a way to control those forts on the walls...... Roland said thoughtfully.

"I'll try."

"Leave it to me!"

Tonya and Veronica spoke at about the same time. As if sensing some kind of competitive pressure, the moment the two men looked at each other, it seemed that a spark burst out, and Roland even suspected that he heard the sonorous sound of swords clashing.

The eyes of the two girls shifted to his face at the same time, and both beautiful eyes implied anticipation. The double sense of oppression prompted Roland to make a decisive decision: "It will be more efficient for you to work together, and I don't force you to cooperate, but remember to be more careful." ”

Tonya's cheeks burned slightly when she heard the teasing meaning of his words, and she turned away from everyone's gaze and lowered her head to chant a prayer in praise of the spirit of nature, and a flickering electric light appeared in her eyes.

Spell time-lapse, summon a storm of thunder and lightning!

The 5-Ring Druid Spell "Summoning Thunderstorm" is a power-enhanced version of the 3-Ring "Lightning Summoning", but the duration has not changed. When Tonya prepared this magic technique, she added the super magic skill "Spell Delay", which was upgraded to a 6-ring magic spell, and the benefit was that the spell lasted for twice the duration of the spell, and with her 13-level career level, she could release a total of 26 powerful lightning strikes.

Of course, it is not possible to stand here and cast spells, as spells have a limited range and cannot attack turrets placed on high walls. Tonya temporarily suppressed the surging thunder and lightning rage in her body, poured a bottle of "Protective Arrow" potion, and used the druid class ability "Wild Transformation" to transform into a blueback swift and take off.