The bandits are menacing, but after all, they are only a rabble, and no matter how many people there are, they lack the means to effectively fight against the mechanical armored forces. After Octavir left the town with more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles, he experienced not a battle in the formal sense at all, but a one-sided crush. No matter how much the robbers screamed, roared, howled, and pleaded for this, they could not change their fate of being easily crushed like ants.

At first, the eldest princess thought that the battle would end soon, but when she eliminated the thieves who had invaded the interior of Mangrove Ridge and hurried to the mountain pass to reinforce the garrison, she realized that something seemed to be wrong.

Instead of charging on horseback, the girl chose to hitchhike on a tank and go with the team, now standing at the top of the turret looking at the pass in the distance, frowning tightly.

It was already dawn, and the warm sunlight was shining all over the land, giving a clear view of the situation at the pass. Reasoning, the battle does look very fierce and even tragic, but the bodies of the dead on both sides are inevitably too close, and many people even died in hand-to-hand combat.

To make matters worse, the gunfire and shouting on the walls of the pass had all stopped, no one was fighting, and the figures were moving in twos and threes, more as if they were busy cleaning up the battlefield - unfortunately, these guys were not wearing the uniforms of Imperial soldiers, but all kinds of miscellaneous clothing.

Octavir let her troops stop, biting the nail of her thumb hard, the expression on her face cloudy.

Charlot, who was accompanying the girl, hurried to the vicinity of the former from another tank, looked up at her on the ground and said very seriously: "Your Highness, it seems that the pass has been captured. It was a problem, the garrison that was responsible for holding the choke point must have been armed with anti-tank weapons, and there were many artillery pieces of all kinds installed on the walls, but at the moment they all fell into the hands of the bandits. It is unlikely that a few of us want to take the pass back. ”

"Why, don't you think that the ignorant and the fearless bandits who dare to fight against the Empire because they have not read to increase their knowledge know how to effectively use anti-tank weapons and artillery?"

The girl's coldness and disdain did not have much effect on the knight, who replied very seriously: "If they had the money to study, they would not choose to be robbers." In short, I am against retaking the pass now, because if a robber happens to knock out even a single car, it will be an unacceptable loss, and it will have an unpredictable impact in the future, because we have no capacity to produce these weapons now. ”

After the collapse of the main forces of the Empire, these factories and cities that specialize in the production of all kinds of weapons controlled by the royal family will definitely become the target of competition for the surrounding careerists, and now the place where Ley's order can still take effect is probably only a small area near Mangrove Ridge.

And that's not even counting the Echo Canyon in the area, which is still in the midst of recalcitrant resistance.

However, the eldest princess's thoughts did not change, she raised her hand and pointed to the pass in the distance and asked slowly, "Now, what do you see over there?"

"Hmm, what did you see, the battlefield that just ended the battle not long ago?"

Charlot, who was full of doubts, said that there was nothing worth noting when he looked at it, but Octavir looked extremely solemn, and continued to point to the pass and asked: "If you take a closer look at the open gates, and then consider that the robbers themselves did not carry any siege weapons and artillery, then how did they climb the city wall and engage our soldiers in close combat?"

Of course, the knight is not a fool, and even if he woke up after being so little by the girl, the whole person suddenly oozed cold sweat: "Wait, what do you mean ......?"

"Ah, isn't that enough that the gates have been opened but not much damaged, and that someone has opened the gates from the inside out and launched a surprise attack, otherwise how could the garrison not be able to cope with the attack of the bandits?" said the eldest princess, jumping from the top of the tank turret to the ground with a very light step, and the lace skirt was slightly upturned up. However, the old man Toronso has never done anything evil to the people in the territory, and he will not be opposed by them, so naturally not many people will be co-opted by the robbers, so the matter is even more serious. These ...... who took the initiative to open the gates of the city What's wrong?"

Charlotte, who raised his hand and touched the bridge of his nose, turned his face away from the girl's gaze with a rather strange look, and said with a sneer: "It's nothing, please don't care." In short, Your Highness, do you mean that the robbers' ability to break through the defense and capture the pass is not just a simple accident, but someone is doing it inside?"

Unaware that he had just jumped out of the car, he had just sent a benefit to the knight with his beautiful pure white fat, Octavier, who was puzzled strangely for a moment, and then didn't pay much attention to it, and continued to himself: "It's not a ghost that ordinary people can make, the other party must have a very powerful energy, enough to arrange people to infiltrate the old man's territory without being noticed. This kind of thing is not something that can be done in a day or two, and the opponent has been playing it for a long time, and it is only today that the card is decisively used. ”

"Who the hell is he, he must be too bold!"

After snorting, the girl shrugged helplessly at Lord Knight and said, "Which guys are the ones who jumped out after the rout on the front line and wanted to take me and Ley back to their territory [to provide protection]?"

"Horses, Masaka?"

"After the defeat of the main forces of the Empire and the loss of Redana, Rye and I will choose to flee to the old man's Mangrove Ridge is something that even some stupid goblin who likes to play with frozen frogs can think of with his toes, whether it is an alliance or an abyss, it makes much difference to them. Therefore, here we must and can only launch a counterattack to retake the pass, otherwise it will not be long before the regular troops of the guy who infiltrated and planned this incident will continue to pour into Mangrove Ridge through the pass. ”

If it was Mangrove Ridge in peacetime, the brave troops under the command of the old Duke Toronso would definitely beat the invasers until their noses were blue and their faces were swollen, but now it is different from the past, the elite of the old man supporting Ridana, along with the main force of the imperial army, were torn to pieces by the abyss, and there were not many troops in the territory, and if they lost their geographical advantages, they would be completely useless.

Originally, there were special reinforcements on standby near the pass, and they would be dispatched to the pass immediately when the situation was unfavorable, but when the old man went to Luo, he transferred a lot of manpower, and then ...... There is no then. And it's likely that there are also infiltrators arranged by the enemy, so that in a short time, only Octavir's team near the pass can launch a counterattack.

The rest of the people should be on their way at this moment, but the far water can't save the near fire. Besides, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess did not mean to contact Toronso by radio, and the old man would definitely yell at the girl to wait until his troops arrived before acting, and by then it would probably be too late.

This is the eternal truth on the battlefield.

After explaining, Octavir slowly drew out the thin sword that was his temporary weapon, tilted the corner of his mouth and tilted his head at Charlot, who was speechless next to him: "That's the general situation, would you like to accompany me to the pass city wall for breakfast?"

At this time, the knight was so eager that he could say something, so he had to touch his chest with his hand and greet the girl: "Since it is an invitation from His Royal Highness, his subordinates should accompany him." However, please don't rush too fast. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm controlling the wind, and there's absolutely no way to guarantee you that!"

Before the words fell, the eldest princess turned into a green wind and rushed straight out, startling the robbers on the city wall in the distance to shout, and all kinds of light and heavy weapons hit the girl together. It was only then that Charlotte noticed that some of the people on the other side were trying to stop the bandits' indiscriminate shooting, and behaved completely differently from the others.

The main reason Octavir stopped the team at this distance was that it was out of the range of the opponent's artillery, so no matter how fast the girl charged, it would not be enough time for her to get into the enemy's fire, and the bandits were wasting ammunition. However, there are people who obviously know the essentials of combat to stop these idiots from making stupidity, and most of the eldest princess's previous guesses seem to be true.

"Looks like I'm going to have to work hard!" The knight drew his sword and followed closely behind the girl with long green hair, and without hesitation, rushed towards the barrage that had no desire to weaken at all.

It is clear that the robbers want to settle unknown dangers with guns, such as two people who can run faster than an airplane on the ground, completely beyond their imagination. So even though the people in charge of the internal response were desperately yelling not to open fire and wait for the opponent to get close before fighting, they were still pouring fire like crazy, as if by doing so, they would turn the opponent into immobile corpses.

The rabble really didn't have any cooperation at all, and if it weren't for the internal response, they wouldn't even want to touch the edge of the city wall. Octavir pursed her lips contemptuously, and suddenly sped up again when the firenet could reach her, dragging a long afterimage through the air.

Seeing this, Charlotte was suspended and fell to the ground, but he also staggered a few steps unsteadily, and finally regained his balance. No wonder the eldest princess just said that there is no guarantee, can the speed of the dare girl continue to improve? This makes no sense, when she was fighting with the abyss a few days ago, the girl's speed was only about the same as the previous charge, why did she eat Jin Qila today?

The knights who entered the range of fire strikes and were in a hurry did not know that every son of the plane was open, and Nangong Rong was no exception, and their growth was extremely rapid. At this time, he could only sigh and compare with the eldest princess with things such as geniuses or monsters, and by the way, he covered the bullets and shrapnel that flew at him with his sword with his fighting spirit, so as not to overturn the boat in the gutter.

The eldest princess's whole body turned into an afterimage, which made the firepower on the city wall even more chaotic, but this did not mean that everyone was paying attention to the girl, and there were still a few Centaur dogs who had their eyes on Charlotte, intending to use him to brush up their achievements.

After all, compared to the erratic Octavier, the slower knight can at least be accurately captured with the naked eye, and is a target that can be hit.

Maybe it should be safer to retreat before being set on fire by the enemy, although the fighting spirit is strong, it is also just too easy to break, Charlot knows very well that once he is consumed by a simple firearm, he can't even beat a weak woman holding a dagger, and when he was considering whether to call the eldest princess to withdraw for the time being, a moon-arc-shaped cyan wind blade visible to the naked eye suddenly appeared, and went straight to the head of the city.

Octavir is good at manipulating the wind, so it's definitely her attack - but who can tell me that the wind blade is nearly ten meters long!?

It is usually said that only when you lose will you know how to cherish it more, but the eldest princess realized something because of loss in the battle with the abyss. The girl is still looking for and seeking a powerful weapon, but it is only a weapon, not something to rely on.

The girl is fighting with her own powers, not with the power of her weapons.

The wind blade sliced through the reinforced concrete wall like chopped tofu, and one of the cannons erected there immediately broke into two pieces, smashing into the ground with a loud crashing sound. As for the few robbers nearby, although they were not directly hit, they were also blown out, and it is estimated that they will not be able to continue the fight if they fall from the height of the city wall.

I don't know if Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was lucky, when the cannon collapsed, the nearby cannonballs seemed to have collided, and after a few seconds of silence, there was a violent explosion in that place, enveloping several unlucky people who were caught off guard in the distance.

The smoke from the flames drifted high, and perhaps the girl thought it was amusement, so she beckoned several other cannons in the same way, but failed to cause an explosion. However, the closer the eldest princess got to the city wall, the firepower of the bandits became more and more intensive, and just now a bullet almost grazed the girl's cheek, and she could even feel the heat of the other party through her skin.

It's time to raise your shield to strengthen your defenses, there is no such thing as a full-screen barrage attack that will never miss, and the enemy can't hit you not because you've been protected by the goddess, but simply because the opponent lacks European energy.

But no matter how dark the other party is, if he gets too close, there will be a situation where the blind cat will encounter a dead mouse. Octavir, who had not been able to see her true body in the eyes of the robbers, finally slowed down, and the remnant of the old man disappeared, but the girl also jumped high into the air at the same time.

It was high, so high that they didn't have time to adjust the angle of their weapon's fire.