When Webber arrived at the gate of the Holy Sword City with a group of more than a hundred defeated soldiers, an officer of the city guard was already waiting there with a few soldiers.

According to the strength of these people, any master on Xiao Chen's side can take down this gate city. But they are still not ready to startle the snake, but want to infiltrate the city and reach the city lord's mansion to control the city lord Viscount Anderson. As long as Viscount Anderson can surrender, he will be able to take the entire city without blood. Xiao Chen and the others can be said to have made all preparations, but they acted extremely carefully.

According to the original rehearsal, Graham said to the officer: "I am the Imperial bloodline master Gramm, this is my father, Duke Weber, the Imperial army suffered a crushing defeat at Heimu Pass, His Majesty the Emperor Alfred has died, the Imperial army has been scattered, let me in, I will inform the Prime Minister of the specific situation in the imperial capital." ”

The officer was a man in his thirties, looking a little nervous. But what he said was beyond the expectations of everyone present: "Lord Webb, and all the lords from the Tower of China, Lord Anderson is already waiting for you in the square of the city, and Count Duane is also waiting for you there. ”

"What?!" exclaimed several people present. Graham grabbed the officer by the collar and asked, "What's going on? You arranged a trap?"

His brother Franco hurriedly looked above the city, but saw no ambush. Luo Ling and the others behind them also prepared defensive magic, and a faint magic streamer began to envelop this group of people.

However, Xiao Chen seemed very calm, he motioned for Graham to put the officer down, and then asked, "I am Xiao Chen, the Great Magician of the Tower of China, answer me a few questions well." ”

The officer looked up at him, and although his eyes flickered a little, his expression was quite determined: "My lord, I am only a junior officer, just a messenger, and I don't know any secrets. If you want to enter the Holy Sword City, you can walk directly to the square from here. If you don't want to go in, please go back. ”

Xiao Chen said: "The courage is good. But it's not a secret that I'm asking you. I wonder when Count Duane got here?"

The officer, perhaps thinking that this was not a big deal, said, "About three hours ago." ”

"Who else but him?" Xiao Chen asked.

Seeing that the officer hesitated to answer, Xiao Chen said: "Since you are waiting for us here, it means that the people inside are actually ready to see us, and they still want to talk to us." Tell me, who are they?"

When Xiao Chen spoke, with the power of shock and charm, the officer involuntarily opened his mouth, "It's the people of the Nature Temple, and the nearby Silver Leaf Priest Lord Margaret, with a few priests and Templars, is also waiting for you in the square. ”

"Oh, why are they in this city?" Xiao Chen asked again.

"Lord Margaret is the chief priest of the nearby temple, in charge of a large area in the southern part of the empire, they got the news of the loss of the Blackwood Pass from somewhere, and suddenly came here in the early hours of this morning. The officer said.

"The people from the Temple of Nature actually got involved...... Could it be that the temple is starting to change sides? They have not intervened much in this war from the beginning, and have remained on the sidelines. Luo Ling said.

"Everyone who is watching actually wants to end up, but they just feel that the time has not come. The fact that the Temple of Nature had not participated before was not that they were not interested in the war, but that they were waiting for some outcome. Xiao Chen said.

Liu Yisheng said: "It's not surprising, in several worlds, there has been a war similar to the current one, basically whenever there is a big imbalance of forces in the middle of the war, and when it is nearing the end, the Temple of Nature will interfere. ”

Luo Ling asked, "What is their purpose?"

Liu Yisheng said: "The purpose of the Divine Presence Sect and the Present Sect to intervene in the war is different, and the outcome will be different each time. But for those who are interfered with, it must be a troublesome matter. ”

Luo Ling asked, "Then what faction does this Margaret Priest belong to?"

"I don't know, my memory is incomplete, and I don't have any image of this person. Liu Yisheng said.

"Margaret is supposed to be a close confidant of Gibran the Golden Bough, but since Gibran's death in the kingdom, her position is not very clear. Webb said.

"When we see people, we know what they want to do. Xiao Chen squinted his eyes and looked at the city gate, his gaze seemed to pass through many houses and reach the place where those people were, "Since others are waiting for us, let's go meet them." ”

Now that their identities have been exposed, Xiao Chen and the others have taken off their hoods. Xiao Chen walked to the front of the team and walked towards the city first.

Walking in the city, Xiao Chen found that the rhythm of the city had not changed at all. It seems that ordinary people still don't know the news of the loss of Kuroki Pass, and they don't know that their emperor has died. They were just living their lives as usual, not knowing that they were walking in front of them the heads of hostile countries and top masters on the other side of the mountain.

Seeing this, Webb said, "It seems that Viscount Anderson and Earl Duane trust the Temple of Nature enough that they have given up even the most basic defenses. Whether it is a civilian or a guard, the situation is not much different from peacetime. ”

"If there is an offensive and defensive battle, there will definitely be a lot of civilian casualties in our way, and maybe they hope that will avoid such an outcome. Xiao Chen's eyes fell on a few children running by, "No matter how it ends today, it would be best if we could not disturb the lives of these ordinary people." Truth be told, the conflict of interests between countries, or the struggle of ideas between people at the top, is too far away for them, but the trauma of war is too close for them. Actually, I can understand the concerns of the Sage Morales. ”

Webber said, "You are really merciful, in fact, this is also in line with the tradition of our Radiant Lion bloodline. Protecting those who need to be guarded is our family motto. ”

The group of them exuded blood, and when they crossed the street, the noisy people would be quiet, the adults would pull the children away, the residents would close their doors and windows, and everyone would realize that something unusual was about to happen.

After passing through the main road behind the city gate, Xiao Chen and the others soon came to the city square that the officer said. In the distance, there were more than a dozen people waiting there.

Standing in the middle was not Viscount Anderson or Earl Duane, but a woman who wore priestly robes but did not look very old.