Sure enough, as Brando had expected, Count Jean and his army had entered the area one night earlier, and there was no meteor or flame burning in the sky, let alone any artifact resonance. What he saw was no different from what Brando and Nimesis had seen last night, only a galaxy of stars in the middle of the sky, a starry winter night starry sky.

Now why is this count left here alone, as if the truth has been revealed, whether it is the Count of Orcons, the Moore family, the Walker family or the Cooper family, after all, the Cruz nobles gathered here obviously reacted as soon as they saw the artifact fall, compared to the artifact, what is a mere Earl of Eruin? Therefore, they rushed to the north as soon as possible, hoping to be the first to rush to the place where the meteor fell, even if they could not take the artifact for themselves, but as the first discoverer to dedicate it to the supreme of the empire, or the Temple of Fire, then they and the family behind them would share this unimaginable glory, even if it was a step to the sky, it may not be impossible.

The knights of the inner court who belong to the royal family are naturally no exception, as the overseers of the Floating Cloud Hills, it is impossible for them to ignore such a big thing that has happened in this land, in fact, Rogers is very aware of the weight of the artifact, so he brought all the knights of the inner court in Hill Villa to beware of those nobles from doing irrational things.

But the problem is --

Count Guien didn't see it, he didn't know what was happening in the area of Varges and Linye Avenue less than twenty miles away, but he was leading his men to reconnoiter the battlefield in the night that night, occupying the favorable terrain. So the qiē that happened after one night can be explained.

Rogers' face was a little ugly, he was sure that the strange scene of last night should be clearly visible at least a hundred miles away, let alone the hilly area close to Woodleaf Avenue and Vargues.

"Don't you say?" The female knight seemed to react: "...... Is this a trap under Jogandigang? ”

Large Illusions.

That's the term that first came to Rogers' mind, but when he and Fret looked back at the black-haired young man, the latter shook his head affirmatively, "That's artifact resonance." The young man replied affirmatively, and then said no more, as if it was none of his business whether you believed it or not.

"Kui. It doesn't make sense. Trevor said, "Okay, I know you're the best, but the problem is that you're still young, and you have to admit that there are a lot of old immortals in this world who are much better than you, and it's not a big deal to be planted in the hands of those people." ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw the young man look at him lightly, making the second half of his sentence stuck in his throat, so he had to spread his hands and say, "Okay, when I didn't say it." ”

Trevor didn't finish. Then I heard a soft sneer: "What a pathetic, stupid man who doesn't know it." The knight of the inner court changed color and looked up in that direction, only to find a short little girl looking at him with her chin upturned and looking at him with contempt. Trevor was so angry that he had a heart attack, but then he thought that it seemed undignified for him to scare a little girl with an imperial knight, so he had to pout and say, "Forget it, don't care about the same as the uneducated yellow-haired girl." ”

But what he never dreamed of was. The little girl dared to snort lightly, and replied with great disdain, "Shut up." Guys with no brains are not qualified to speak! ”

"You ......"

"The law of the artifact is the law of the upper level, the law of magic is the law of the lower level, and the law of the upper level can simulate the power of the law of the lower level, but this process is irreversible, which is also the basic principle of the Tiamat holy scriptures, otherwise what is the difference between magic resonance and artifact reaction? You don't even know that. What an unworthy person! Chiara shook her head as if disappointed, the little lady of the Siphah family had a childish voice, but she spoke to the truth, giving a very strange contrast. But Trevor sounded like a slap in the left and right in the face, and his face was swollen - though he didn't understand most of it. Finally, the little lady summed it up crisply: "Apologize to your companions. Because you have insulted knowledge, if I have the slightest shame, I will choose to die on the red pine tree over there. ”

"Do you know why?" She snorted softly, "Because the red pine tree is called the Fool's Tree by the mountain people, this title is intended for Your Excellency thousands of years later. ”

Trevor was dumbfounded, but even the companions behind him couldn't help but snicker, if the Eruin were to make a provocative statement, they would naturally defend their companions. But the problem is that the one who opened his mouth is still a child, who would bother with a little girl? The black-haired young man couldn't help but look at Chiara twice, and the female knight patted the tall companion on the shoulder with great sympathy: "Trevor, who said in Eno that as long as you pass the swordsmanship class, you can graduate?" ”

The knight of the inner court had a bitter face, regretting that his intestines were about to turn green, of course, what he regretted was not what he said at the beginning, but that he should not provoke this sharp-toothed little lady.

Brando knew that the eldest son of the king was terrible, and he only later learned that the other party's mentor was Xia Zian, that guy was Tulaman's old friend, the master of ancient linguistics in Eruin in this era, and a pivotal plot NPC in the era of the Slate Wars. He had seen the kind-hearted little old man, but he had never seen Chiara, and he didn't know how the other party spoiled this genius girl of the Sifah family, and cultivated the character of a little witch for her.

He also didn't want to provoke Chiara, because he understood that the other party was still worried about his 'knowledge of the Bugas', so he diverted the topic and said, "Mr. Rogers, let me ask you a question, before the artifact resonance happened, did anything unusual happen to Vargus, Woodleaf Avenue, and even Hemlock Town?" ”

Rogers glanced at Brando, and instinctively felt that the other party seemed to be deliberately not mentioning the meteor falling, but he quickly put this vague premonition behind him, thought carefully for a while, and replied: "The artifact resonance happened after nine o'clock, and it had been very calm until then, and most of the nobles did not leave their station, except for Count Jean who set out from the Leaf Avenue in advance and headed to this place. He glanced at Brando's eyes and continued, "Until the last time our eyeliner delivered a message before the evening, actually. It should all be relatively normal. ”

"Did your eyeliner contact you after that, you should have used magic to communicate, right?" Brando knew that these knights of the inner court were mainly in charge, but they should have a lot of outside informants.

"Lord Earl, the magic communication throughout the region has been artificially interfered with with by spells." Rogers replied.

Brando was slightly stunned, and then suddenly realized that dimensional anchor and suppression spells were not uncommon in Vaulnd. The underground armies of Jorgandegon were apparently capable of enveloping the entire region with these spells - the Hive Lords and the Blind Priests were excellent spellcasters. He wanted to ask something more, but saw that the knightess was about to stop talking, but whispered something to Rogers, who nodded, and she mustered up the courage to reply, "Lord Earl, there is one more thing. ”

"Please."

"There was a long time before the artifact resonance occurred, and a very harsh sound could be heard throughout the Varges region, and it must have come from above the clouds." The knightess replied.

Brando patted his forehead, a voice he hadn't heard at all. He thought for a moment and asked, "Does that sound like the sound of a fleet moving through the clouds?" ”

The non-commissioned officer from the province of Yanila Su raised his head keenly when he heard this, and glanced at Brando with some curiosity, the floating ship was still a new weapon in this era, and there were not many people who were familiar with it. But the female knight shook her head: "That sound sounds more like thunder, rumbling. ”

Brando exchanged glances with Nimesis again before asking, "You met the caveman halfway, didn't you, when did that?" ”

"Early in the morning." Rogers replied in the affirmative.

Brando pondered for a moment, "Well, let's assume that this qiē is all a conspiracy of the people of Qiaogandigan. Mister Rogers, do you know what natural entrances and exits there are to the underground in this area? ”

"I know there's one near Hemlock." The tall knight replied, "Once I wanted to go on an expedition." It's horribly big, but unfortunately I didn't go that deep. ”

"Is it dark inside, Mr. Knight?" A crisp voice asked, and when the knight of the inner court looked at it, he found that it was a little Lori asking himself again, and he hurriedly closed his mouth without saying a word. It seems that the little loli from Eruin is a demon with horns on her head.

Naturally, it was the daughter of Archduke Golan Elson who spoke to him, but this little Lori didn't expect Trevor to quickly put on a straight face as soon as she saw her speak, and glared at her angrily, which frightened the little girl into tears.

"There's also one near Leaf Avenue." Rogers replied as well.

Brando thought about it for a moment, and it was more or less in line with what he remembered. He looked at Nimesis again, who nodded. "That means that when you meet the cavemen, it won't be more than an hour before Jorgendegon attacks." He thought for a moment, replied, then turned to Metisha and said, "Bring us our map." ”

Métissa smiled and nodded.

Probably noticing the puzzled gazes of Rogers, Brando explained: "The people of the underworld are gloomy and cunning, especially the Minotaur and the Harpy, they rarely fight unprepared wars, they must have figured out your deployment before launching a surprise attack, except for Earl Guien, we have not found any trace of other noble armies, which is very telling." It's no secret that you've been in Hillat Cottage for a while, and they've been eyeing you for a long time, almost an hour's journey from the underground exit of the Leaf Avenue to the vicinity of the farm where you meet them, at the speed of the cavemen. ”

Rogers and the others are knights of the inner court, and their task is to monitor the movements of the local nobles rather than be responsible for defense, so it is not surprising that they don't know these things, so Brando patiently explained that if the knights of the Knights of the Folding Sword can't even see these here, then Brando will probably think that this guy is a liar who deceives the world.

"And what shall we do now, Lord Earl?" After listening to Brando's analysis, Rogers seemed to have some confidence in the Lord Earl of Eruin, so he asked.

Brando didn't answer him directly, but waited until Medisa brought the map, and Rogers and the others could read the map, but they were blind about how to deduce the movements of an army. Brando's tactical knowledge is mostly inherited from the original memories of this soul, and the militia will teach some rudimentary map knowledge, and he was the leader of the player adventure group and mercenary group in his previous life, and presided over local defense. He also barely understood some military knowledge, and in this life, he could be regarded as commanding several battles, so he could barely judge Qiao Gendigang's offensive intentions.

But the most professional of all was obviously Nimesis, the female knight was a top student who graduated from the Royal Knight Academy, a standard academy, and she glanced at the map. He said to Brando: "The Floating Cloud Hill is too far away from the nearest place to the Rogotzi-Broken Sword Mountain Fortress Group, and there are not only these two entrances and exits to the underground world from here to the south, if they want to raid the fortress group from behind, they don't need to enter the surface world from this place. ”

"In other words, if Qiao Gendigang has indeed allied with Torquinen, it is very likely that the force in front of us is not the main force?" Kiara asked at this time.

"This is a harassing force," Brando replied, looking at the map, "their goal is to stop the build-up of Imperial forces in the hinterland behind the fortified group. ”

His gaze crossed Hemlock Town, over Vargus and Leaf Avenue: "For them to achieve this, they must attack a few of the most critical points. ”

His eyes and Nimesis' eyes fell on a town at the same time.

Asaph.

Anzeruta to the north, between the towns dotted among the mountains. This is undoubtedly one of the brightest stars. Known as the White City of Cruz, the city had in common with the White City of Faenzan in addition to the fact that both cities were built with the same white rock walls, and that they were important overland transportation hubs, Asaph was the southern end of the Evergreen Walkway, which connected the central part of the empire, with the Mosaic Collar to the north, the wilderness to the east, and the plains north of the Violet Valley, the heart of the empire, to the west. Once the city fell, then it meant the entire southern part of the empire from Rokozi to Anzeruta. and then the two wars in the field of the four realms collapsed on all fronts.

Although Rogers and the others could not understand the strategic intentions of the army of Georgand, they still understood the importance of Asaph, and when they saw that Brando and Nimesis's gaze fell on the map, the faces of several Imperial knights turned white, obviously understanding what kind of situation the Empire would face once those rats from the underground succeeded.

But Brando wasn't so nervous. First, it was none of his business, and second, he understood that the situation was not bad enough to be that Cheng Dù, and the eagle above the Cruz Heights was an eagle after all, and how could it be a complete failure because of a sneak attack. The geographical location of Asaph was so important that there were strong local legions in all four directions of it. Not to mention the Imperial Navy stationed west of Rokozy, if the harassment forces of Jogendegan could capture Asaph, then they would not be harassing forces, but the main force.

The intention of this force is obviously to attract the attention of these local legions, so that they have no time to spare their hands to rescue Rokozy - the fortress group of the Broken Sword Mountain Range, if this 'rat' really achieves its goal, even if it is only to reach the vicinity of Asaph, it will basically declare the Empire's defense line in Anzeruta is finished, and such a blow alone is absolutely unacceptable to the Empire.

Brando's gaze moved back to the north of Vargues and Leaf Avenue.

"Hemlock Town, crossing Varges and Leaf Avenue won't be their goal, they should have crossed these places earlier today." Nimesis replied.

Brando nodded in agreement, and the results of the reconnaissance confirmed this judgment, he stared at the map in silence, but several of the Cruz Knights looked a little anxious, as if they were one step slower, and the empire would be in a situation from which it would never be recovered. Brando seemed to sense the obvious anxiety of the other party, he deliberately looked at them, and Rogers finally couldn't help but speak: "Lord Earl, I don't know if what you said before is true or false?" ”

"What?" Brando asked rhetorically, feigning ignorance.

Chiara watched the conversation between the two men with interest.

Rogers licked his lips before replying, "Your Excellency, you have a more perfect idea, if we can hinder the footsteps of these uninvited guests, maybe the situation in the south of the empire will not become as bad as imagined." ”

Brando seemed to remember this, and he nodded: "My army is here, assuming that the harassment force of the Jogendigon is a whole legion, then do you think it is possible for us to defeat them?" ”

Rogers thought for a moment and shook his head.

"So suppose that all of us here fight to the death, fighting for everyone's life, and can delay the pace of the Qiaogandigang, do you think we can do that?" Brando asked again.

Rogers had a hesitant look on his face, and then shook his head a little heavily: "Lord Count, although you are an ally of the Empire, the Empire has no right to ask you to make such a sacrifice. ”

Brando looked at this guy in surprise, thinking that this guy actually had a bit of chivalry, but he didn't know if he was forced to say this out of desperation. He shook his head and replied, "Suppose I sue you, I might have a way to do what I said above, do you believe it?" ”

Rogers was already completely hopeless, and his only hope now was to be able to follow the Earl to break out, and then send a message to His Majesty in the shortest possible time, but when he heard Brando's question in a trance, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then raised his head in disbelief and asked, "...... What did you say, Lord Earl? ”

"Why, what I'm saying is hard to understand?" Brando replied in one original sentence.

"No, but—"

Rogers was about to say something, but Brando interrupted, "It's not a question of yes or no - I have only one request, and that is to obey my orders, and you know that it is impossible for us to shake the army of Jorgandigan, so I must get your help." Of course, if you don't want to, if you don't feel like you're going to be under the command of an Eruin, then we'll go with the first option. ”

Rogers and his companions glanced at each other, and the knight of the inner court immediately nodded, "I see, Lord Earl, what do you want us to do?" ”

Brando glanced over at the red pine forest.

"It's very simple, you go and convince Count Guien to join us first, he still has more than a thousand people under his command, we can't let them disband on the spot, can we?"

…… (To be continued......)