"I see. Duke Weber said, "Chairman Xiao, I understand the determination of all of you. If that is the case, then I will feel honored to be among you. ”

"Are you willing to embark on this path, even at the cost of fighting the gods?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Yes, I do. And not only me, but our entire family will join in this battle and be on your side. Duke Webb looked at Franko and Gramm. Both of them were still shocked, but when they saw their father's gaze, they each nodded hesitantly.

Duke Webb said, "Chairman Xiao, to be honest, I feel both excited and stressed right now, and the gods are not a topic for us to talk about easily, let alone fight against them.

However, after listening to what Liu Yisheng Sage said, we felt that our previous idea was actually to put all the initiative in the hands of the other party, and once the gods wanted to deprive us of our power, we could only accept it helplessly. This is not the path that humanity should take. The reason the world is the way it is because we can harness magic. If one day we lose the power to use magic, then our empire, our civilization, will collapse. Rather than live in that kind of world, it is better to fight to the death. ”

This is the consensus that all the strong human beings should have. Xiao Chen said, "Slowly you will learn more things." I will temporarily assign the three of you advisers in the army, so that you can use your power to participate in the next war. At the same time, the Ministry of Intelligence will bring back your family from the Empire at your request. When all the fighting is over, we will have a unified resettlement process, and the people who have joined us in this war will be placed in various cities. ”

"Chairman Xiao Chen, don't worry about these things now, I have a strategic suggestion I want to put forward. Duke Weber said, asking Franco to take out a map from the storage ring, "Today, the empire failed very suddenly, and the news that Emperor Alfred died in this valley should not have been transmitted back to the empire until now. So, this is an opportunity for us. ”

Duke Webb spread the map on the ground, found the location of the stronghold of the canyon, and then pointed to a certain location facing north and said: "Twelve or thirteen kilometers north from here, is the Holy Sword City, an important town in the south of the empire. This is a very ancient and strong fortress, in the history of the southern kingdom mastered the Black Wood Pass, the northern kingdom was based on the Holy Sword City to block the enemy from attacking the hinterland of the country north. On the other hand, if the southern kingdom is in control of the city, it will be a new 'Blackwood Pass'. If you build a defense with the Holy Sword City as the core, you can protect a large area of land, including this canyon. If we want to attack, then there is a large plain north of the Holy Sword City, and as long as we have enough troops, we can take the fiefdoms of several surrounding nobles at any time. ”

"It's really a strategic point. Wang Jiyuan agreed, "To be honest, our most radical plan before was to break through the southern camp in the offensive and defensive battle with the empire, and then take the Holy Sword City by chance, so that one-tenth of the empire's territory was cut off by us." Holy Sword City will also become a bridgehead for our next attack. But what do you mean?"

"Make a run and take this city this morning. Webb said.

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At six o'clock in the morning, Duke Weber and his two sons, surrounded by a group of soldiers, came to the outside of the Holy Sword City. Judging from their appearance, they were a group of routs, most of them in poor armor and tattered clothes. Franko and Graham didn't even wipe the blood off their bodies, so they came here directly with their troops. However, in the midst of this group of ragged and emaciated men, there was a group of people in robes, and although their robes were also a little tattered, they did not have the dejected air of a defeated soldier.

Xiao Chen slightly pulled up the hood on his head and looked at the city, this is a fortress with a tall city wall, although the height of the city wall is less than half of the height of Heimu Pass, but it is far higher than the average city. And around him there are several mages such as Luo Ling, Liu Yisheng, Lorenzo and Glade, as well as warriors such as Morette and Evelyn.

Although the number of this team is small, the strength is very impressive.

Now the Holy Sword City doesn't seem to be too tense, the city gate below is open, and it is when the surrounding farmers send their vegetables to the city to sell, and some convoys from the rear just arrive at the city gate.

Webber came to Xiao Chen's side and said, "Legend has it that thousands of years ago, the empire in the north of the continent was far inferior to the southern empire, but there was a northern sword saint stationed in this city, preventing the southerners from taking a step forward. His sword aura pierced the heavens and the earth, and he was able to slash an army with a single blow, and it took a full hundred years to block the advance of the Southern Empire. In the past hundred years, the emperors of the Northern Empire have carefully governed the country, and finally let the power of the North surpass that of the South. The Sword Master was defeated by the Sage from the South in the final battle, but by this time, the North had accumulated an army capable of overpowering the South, and finally took Kuroki Pass to avenge the Sword Master.

The body of the Sword Saint had been wiped out in the battle, leaving only the holy sword that had accompanied him for a hundred years, so the emperor buried the holy sword in this city, and they later called this city the Holy Sword City. ”

Xiao Chen said: "Nice story. ”

"Looks like Duane didn't flee with Gandath, otherwise the people in the city would have been on guard. This is the best we expected. Duke Webb said.

Luo Ling said: "But this is the nearest city with a teleportation array. ”

Webber said: "Maybe Duane thinks it's not very safe here, so he bypasses this city, after all, his griffon blood is good at flying, and it should be possible to fly directly to a few cities in the east." ”

Xiao Chen asked, "What kind of person is Viscount Anderson, the lord of this city?"

"It's just a gold-plated disciple who went to the front line, although he has inherited the holy rank bloodline of the hydra, but his strength is only a high-level. Because there is a large camp in front of it, the Holy Sword City is just a transit place for materials, and there is no master in this city.

Anderson himself is good at calculating accounts, but he has little experience in combat, and someone like him should be easy to control. ”

"In that case, let's get started. Xiao Chen said.