The grasslands around the royal capital were not naturally formed.

After the first monster girl tide occurred hundreds of years ago, in order to leave enough vision and strategic space, the king of the Seven Shields Alliance at that time ordered tens of thousands of troops to cut down the trees within several kilometers around the royal capital, which left this endless vast grassland for future generations.

The first to appear in the field of vision is the monster girl in the first three floors of "Ayn Grant".

Due to the continuous crusade of the people and aborigines during this time, the scale of this first batch of monster girls obviously cannot be called "tide", and the total number is only more than a thousand.

Although this small fight was far from a battle, the undamaged victory finally boosted a lot of morale, and the faces of the soldiers and people defending the city inadvertently hung smiles, and there was a little more relaxed atmosphere in the conversation and laughter.

About an hour after the first wave ended, the second wave followed.

This time, the monster girl is from the fourth to sixth floors in terms of type, and the number has obviously doubled compared to before, but for the well-prepared Seven Shield Allied defenders, it is just a matter of taking more time and arrows.

The same is true for the third and fourth waves.

In the blink of an eye, at noon, the soldiers defending the city who had been fighting all morning exchanged guards with other troops, and the people, under the protection of a small number of soldiers and traversers, went out of the city to deal with the corpses of the monster Niang who were piled up outside the city, dug up the demon core, and buried the corpse on the spot.

"Your Royal Highness, it's time to eat."

The guards brought lunch to the command fort at the head of the city, and Princess Alicia ordered the generals in the tent to rest and eat for a while, and at the same time asked the guards who came to deliver the food, "How is the situation outside?" Are there any casualties? ”

"Back to Your Highness, except for one archer whose hand was cut by the bowstring while drawing the bow, there were no casualties."

Princess Alicia nodded to signal the guards to step down, but her brow remained furrowed.

Having commanded many battles of the royal capital, she knew better than anyone that the morning battle was just an appetizer before the big battle, and that the fifth wave of attacks could be regarded as a real war from the beginning of the fifth wave.

While everyone was eating, Luo Jie leaned next to Alicia and asked the question in his heart.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I'm curious about one thing, how did these monster mothers from other layers get down to the first layer?"

"Actually, we can't figure out how these monster girls appeared on the first layer, but one thing is certain, not all the monster girls in the upper layer of the previous monster girl tides, otherwise the huge number is enough to flat......ten the entire Seven Shields Alliance."

Toot ——! Toot ——!

Everyone was only halfway through their lunch, and the horn sounded again outside on behalf of the attack of the monster mother.

Princess Alicia immediately stood up and drew her sword, and said with a solemn face: "The fifth wave has begun, I believe that everyone who has participated in the defense of the royal capital over the years should understand what this means!" I don't want to say meaningless rhetoric, take up arms and fight! ”

With that, Alicia tightened the hairband that tied her hair at the back of her head, untied her ornate coat and threw it on her chair, and took the lead in carrying her sword and walking out of the tent.

The married woman knight "Claudia" also drew her sword, and when she walked past Luo Jie's side, she smiled meaningfully: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is very charming, isn't it?" ”

And not far behind Luo Jie, Asuna looked at the back of the eldest princess "Alicia" who walked out of the camp, and her heart suddenly tightened for no reason.

"Sister Asuna, what's wrong with you?" Due to her silent personality, Gui Yanye is more delicate and sensitive than ordinary girls, and she immediately discovered Asuna's abnormal mood.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Asuna pretended to smile meaninglessly, paused for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Yanye, what do you think of this "Alicia"?" ”

"It's good, beautiful, handsome and responsible, still blonde, very close to the image of the princess I listened to when I was a child......

"yes, and it's a giant ......," Asuna muttered with a pout.

Gui Yanye blinked, suddenly seemed to understand something, and asked cautiously, "Sister Asuna, are you ...... Are you talking about Dire-kun? Although he always put ...... all day long "Choose big breasts" is on his lips, but I can feel that he is not the kind of superficial person. ”

"I ...... But it's just a sigh. Asuna was a little out of the question.

"Sister Asuna, since you like Dire-kun, why don't you tell him about him?"

After all, the two have lived together for nearly two months, and there is no less whispering between girls on weekdays, how could Gui Yanye not see Asuna's thoughts.

"I ......" Asuna tried to hide it, but she was quickly defeated by Gui Yanye's clear eyes that seemed to be able to see through her heart, "Okay, I'll admit it, but liking and confessing are two different things......"

"Yes...... Because of me? ”

Gui Yanye's sudden question made Asuna stunned, she who had always been calm suddenly inexplicably flustered, and wanted to laugh and tell the other party that there was no such thing, but she found that she didn't dare to look at Gui Yanye's melancholy and pitiful eyes.

"Original...... It's not my delusion. Gui Yanye lowered his head, and his slightly drooping eyes hid in the long sea.

Her mind was seen through, and Asuna felt a sense of relief after a short period of embarrassment.

"Yan Ye, you are my best friend in this world, even like my own sister, I ...... I don't want to ruin this precious friendship between you and me because of this. Asuna said frankly.

"So, you've been letting me, haven't you?" Gui Yanye's voice became deeper and deeper.

"Perhaps." Asuna smiled reluctantly, stroked the hair in her ear and said, "The point is that I think Dire-kun may like you more, after all, he is a chest star......"

"Sister Asuna." Gui Yanye interrupted Asuna's words in an extremely unusually tough tone, her voice calm with a hint of indifference, "If I like Dire-kun, I will fight for it myself, please don't do anything superfluous." ”

After that, Gui Yanye lifted the curtain of the door with the knife in his hand expressionlessly and walked out of the tent.

Asuna stood stunned, not knowing for a moment whether to catch up or let the other party leave.

"Words and Leaves ......"

……

When Luo Jie rushed to the front line of the battle on the city wall, the fifth wave of monster mothers had already begun to attack the city.

As Princess Alicia said, from this wave, the royal city can be regarded as a real war.

On the horizon at the end of the line of sight, tens of thousands of various monster mothers were like a black tide, kicking up billowing smoke and dust rushing towards the direction of the royal capital, and thousands of meters away could vaguely feel the tremor caused by the wild running of ten thousand beasts.