The new leader of the Shang Alliance, this is already the third group of leaders of the Shang League in a few years, and in the war, too many people have disappeared.

These new leaders are more ambitious than their predecessors. As the Magic Empire's forces surrounded Manning, where Desik's troops were located, the Merchant Alliance sent their last army, a reorganized army of more than 50,000 men, to the front.

With that came Duke Carman, Monica, Lolita, Gualman, Setie and other magicians, and even the nervous potions master.

"It doesn't matter if he's useful or not, there are many wounded on the front line, so be prepared. That's what Xiao Mu said.

So the nervous Yerus and the sissy Brad had no choice but to follow the army. For all the people of the Business Alliance, this was a rescue operation that had to be done in a desperate situation.

And when everyone was parting in South Madur, Kster took Feida and Rika with him, and had already left in Kaka. Their goal is the city of Kyoto, far to the south, where Merlin, the de facto emperor of the Magic Empire, is the culprit of all this, his countless followers, followers, and admirers who are the cornerstones of the Magic Empire, and countless rebels, those who have betrayed San Jose, Desik, and even the Merchant Alliance and ordinary people across the continent.

"Koster, you can do your business as much as you want. We'll try to attract as much attention as possible to the Magic Empire on the Manning front, so that all the mages in the Empire will mistakenly think that we are in the final battle. Before leaving, Xiao Mu said this to Kester.

"No", Kerst patted Xiao Mu on the shoulder, "Kaka is not on the front line, and the magicians of the Magic Empire will soon realize this, so the defense of the Imperial Capital of the Magic Empire that we are facing must be extremely vigilant." Besides, with Merlin's magical strength, I don't think it's easy to sneak in without alerting him. However, don't worry, Xiao Mu, you save yourselves and wait for my news!"

That being said, Kerster's mood was still a little uneven, and his mind was full of cranky thoughts, not knowing how to realize the Elf King's plan.

Kaka traveled all the way south, and Feida was used to staying on the back of a dragon, but Rika, who had traveled long distances on a dragon for the first time, shivered with some cold. Feida put the leather jacket on Rika's shoulder and whispered, "Bear with Rika, bear with me." ”

For Rika's existence, Feida's psychology has always been quite ambivalent. As early as Koster had taken Rika as his subordinate, Phaeda was quite incomprehensible. Although she was controlled by the dark mage, after all, Rika was the one who assassinated Xter, and Kster never explained to her why he wanted to protect Lika and take her as his servant.

It's just that in the later experience, this servant, who is older than Kerst and Feida, has always shown loyalty, always protecting him by Kerster's side, and never complaining. After Kaka was born, her experience was focused on taking care of Kaka, working hard. Feida gradually accepted her presence.

As for Rika's own feelings, in fact, neither Koster nor Feida are blind, and even other people in the barracks can see it.

It's just that Koster, as a knight lord, didn't say anything, and Rika, who was a servant, naturally couldn't say anything.

But her performance, Feida saw it in her eyes, and Ferda's feelings were also understood.

"Rika, when the war is over, you can live with us. Feida turned back and whispered to Rika.

"Of course I want to be with you, am I a knight servant of the adults?" I don't know if I didn't understand what Feida meant or if I was deliberately playing stupid, anyway, Rika said.

"That's not what I mean," Feida shook her head, "Rika, I understand your intentions, you don't have to worry. If the war ends well, I agree with you and Koster. ”

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Rika has always grown up in the Mossat army, and after becoming a female officer, these female officers who are high above are regarded as the forbidden arms of the Duke of Mosat, and several people, including her and Commander Christit, are not married.

Later, during the assassination of Mosatt, Kerst protected her and took her as a servant, and from then on, one of Ricca's hearts was placed on Kerth.

At the age of 30, Rika's mood has also returned to calm after experiencing violent turmoil. Feida must be her own mistress in the future, but when she asked like this, Rika didn't know how to answer.

"Miss Feida, I—" Rika blushed and couldn't speak.

"Don't worry, I understand, Rika, I'll go talk to Kerth. Feida gave the latter a relieved look.

At this moment, Kest was sitting on the back of the dragon in front of him, closing his eyes and recuperating. Rika and Ferda's whispers were rather whispering and didn't catch his attention.

Feida knew that the man in front of her was only a young body in his twenties, but he was already carrying such a huge responsibility.

"With great power comes great responsibility!" On the day before departure, when he was with Feida, Kerst suddenly said this sentence (Note 1), which surprised Feida unusually much.

Kester explained with a smile, "I don't know why, but this sentence suddenly popped into my head. ”

"With great power comes great responsibility?" said Feida, her eyes brightening.

"Yes, the Great Elf King has taught me all the knowledge of the Knowledge Guardian, and the three dragon spirits of the dragon clan are willing to sacrifice themselves to accompany me", Kerst looked down and looked at the bracer he was wearing on his wrist, and sighed with emotion.

At this time, on the back of the dragon, Kerst was immersed in his own spiritual world. While leaving the Dragon's Lair, Kuta privately taught Kerst how to use the spirit world. Although it is not that the Elemental Awakened have no way to take the initiative to enter the spirit world, there are always some exceptional methods for the Dragons.

When Kerst enters the spirit world, all he has to do is to browse the treasures left to him by the Guardian as quickly as possible. Anyway, the main goal now is to go to the Imperial Capital of the Magic Empire, which is formerly Kyoto City, and complete the assassination of Merlin.

This is not an easy task, even with the help of three dragon spirits, it is not easy, and Kester wants to find out if there is a special way in the treasure of the Guardians.

Time flies, and Kaka flies faster. However, when entering the territory of the former San Jose, Kaka was still under the command of Feida and reduced his speed. According to Koster's plan, their operation here cannot start immediately, at least, they have to wait for the Manning front to move first.

The Manning front line is bustling with activity at this time. The Magic Empire's army besieged Manning City for several days, and found that the rumored Desik dispatch was rarely tougher.

On the first day of the attack, the walls of Manning withstood several attacks by the Magic Empire's army, although the defenders suffered heavy casualties, they fought to the death, and even the magicians, three of them were attacked by the crossbow and unfortunately fell.

This made General Montgomery, who was in command at the front, furious. Within the Magic Empire, it is nothing for a general to lose an army, but if a mage loses a mage, he will definitely be blamed by those at the top. Whether it is the archon or the magical nobles, the last thing they can tolerate is the death of a magician.

"Didn't you say that the Desik don't have the will to fight?, and what do I see during the day!" Montgomery angrily insulted the intelligence officers of the General Staff, puzzled.

At the head of the city, Jim gasped and asked Florian, "Will the merchants really come?"

Florian nodded seriously, "Jim, this is the battle to destroy the country, how could they not come." ”

The belief in supporting Desik's dispatch to continue the fight came from a message brought by the Merchant Alliance Flamingo before the attack began, written by Duke Carman himself.

"De Duc General Florian, the situation is urgent, long story short. Merchant Alliance reinforcements and magicians will resist in the near future, so be sure to hold on to Manning City for more than ten days. The Magic Empire is the common enemy of you and me, I hope you must not give up easily, the Business Alliance will have a final plan. ”

"What will be the final plan of the Merchant Alliance? Will they be delaying us?" Jim was skeptical of the contents of the letter, but Florian reassured him, "We have nothing to lose." I just don't want to see the last of Desik's power lost in the hands of you and me. ”

The Magic Empire's attack was not sluggish, but it was not easy, in just seven or eight days, the head of Manning City was broken through several times by the soldiers of the Magic Empire after suffering a large number of magic attacks. And at this time, the courage in the bones of the Desik soldiers actually burst out again, and many Desik soldiers hugged the soldiers who rushed up to the Magic Empire, and fell off the city and died together.

In seven or eight days, the Desik army, which had suffered tens of thousands of casualties, was still firmly nailed to the head of Manning City, although the city did not belong to them at one time.

On the ninth day, when both Florian and Jim felt that they could not hold on, the commander of the Magic Empire, gathered all the magicians in the barracks, and jointly bombarded the head of Manning City for half a day, and the defense line of the city head was like purgatory. The defenders who did not have time to run down the city were almost all reduced to ashes by magic, and the two Desik generals took refuge in the city with more soldiers.

This attack destroyed all the heavy weapons at the head of the city, and all the archers of the Desiks were killed. Except for a few elite warriors of the wasteland, the Desik soldiers had no strength to fight anymore.

Florian smiled bitterly and said to Jim, "It seems that we can't last ten days, so naturally I don't know if the business alliance is telling the truth." ”

They stood in a line in the street behind the city walls, and the golden wolf's head was solemnly hung around Florian's neck. Now there is no Desik Empire, and naturally there is no gendarme to picket his own discipline.

Florian clenched the weapon in his hand and glanced up at Jim and all the soldiers behind him, "Prepare for the final battle, right?" ”

Jim nodded, drawing his weapon as well.

At this moment, outside the city, out of sight of Florian and Jim, a large army was rapidly approaching. And in the sky north of the city, a dark shadow, which seemed to be a magician, was also flying towards here.

Note 1: Everyone should know this meme.