William Sam, Duke of Lion's Horse, read Father Edgar's complaint carefully, and suddenly felt a trembling sense of fear.

He knew the emperor of the empire Philip very well, and knew that this emperor with the blood of the two gods Bruno and Molda was gifted, and he was not a dumb king who could be fooled casually.

Although Emperor Philip is old, he is also an old legend. Once he is angry, the coercion he exudes is truly astonishing.

William Sam's title was inherited from his legendary father, who was not only a legendary professional, but also a great meritorious service to the Hardmar Empire.

It was thanks to this credit that the William family was made a ducal family and also received 280,000 square kilometers of hereditary territory on the northern border of the empire. Such a huge hereditary territory is already equivalent to most of the northern Xinjiang provinces.

The Lion Territory of the William family is also close to the Orc Wasteland, and the population is not as large as that of the Northern Provinces. In the event of an orc invasion, they will also be hit, and their losses may exceed those of the northern provinces.

For the Hadma Empire, among the six provinces close to the Orc Wasteland, in addition to the territory directly under the Ice and Snow Church, the most important is the Northern Frontier Province.

Now that the Emerald City has been lost, the orcs can easily attack other regions, and losing this geographical advantage is equivalent to losing most of the northern provinces.

Looking at Edgar's angry letter of complaint against Coubert, William Sam suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

He was also very angry about Coubert's reckless behavior, he spoke for Coubert at that time, and it was also out of kinship in the same family, and he didn't expect Coubert to poke out such a big basket.

William-Sam didn't dare to defend Corbett at all, bowed his head and knelt on the ground and said: "Please give me a chance, I will lead the Lion Knight, cut off Cobbert's head, and recapture the Emerald City for Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Philip sneered, smashed the copper basin on the desk on the head of Duke Lion, and scolded: "What are you talking about? You took the Lion Knights to the Northern Frontier, who should the Lion Leaders rely on to guard it?"

You go back at once and lead the knights of the William family back to the Lion Ring. Since the orcs dared to occupy the Emerald City, it was not an ordinary attack, but a large-scale invasion.

If you can keep the Lion Clan, you can also reduce some of the charges, otherwise your family will be demoted immediately.

Remember, your only chance is to be able to make a mark in this battle, or else you will have to lower your title and reduce your fiefdom to compensate for the inhuman and heavy losses of the Empire. ”

William the Elder, Duke of Lion, was an old comrade-in-arms of Emperor Philip for many years, and a close person who was also his teacher and friend.

Although the elder William has been dead for more than 30 years, Philip still takes care of his descendants and gives the Duke of Lion a chance to lead the Lion Knight to make more achievements in resisting the invasion of the orcs.

In this way, when he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds after the war, he could also be relieved of the crime of not knowing people.

"Thank you for the mercy of His Majesty the Emperor, I will use my blood to guard the honor of Duke Lion, and not let the honor of my ancestors be tarnished by Coubert. Duke Lion fell to his knees and solemnly swore an oath.

After Philip angrily reprimanded Duke Lion, he convened his ministers overnight to discuss countermeasures, preparing to immediately mobilize forces to recapture the northern provinces.

Although the Hadma Empire was thousands of miles away, relying on the advantage of the information transmission magic array, it got the news one step ahead of Tang En and the others, who were close at hand.

Tang En and the others were in the camp in the Oxhorn Forest, and they didn't hear the shouts of killing dozens of miles away.

Even if the orcs were close enough to carry out a massacre in the Emerald City, Tang En and the others had no idea about it.

Because it was a festival of festivities, the mercenaries slept late, and it wasn't until dawn the next day, when Celtic hurried to find Donn, that they noticed the difference.

"Don, something is wrong, the orcs have captured the Emerald City. Celt looked panicked, pulled up the sleeping Donn, and said.

Don was in a daze when he heard this terrifying news, and his first reaction was disbelief. His eyes widened and he said, "What are you kidding, how is this possible?"

The Emerald City has more than 10,000 city defense troops, and there are temple knights of the goddess of ice and snow, who can organize tens of thousands of militias at any time, how can it be conquered by orcs overnight?"

"Last night, taking advantage of the festivities, the orcs chose to attack the city at night, and Colbert fled without a fight with the city defenses. The city defense army has no commander, and the organization is completely chaotic, and it is impossible to stop the orc attack. Celt said in shock.

"Isn't there still a Templar Knight? With the Templar Knight's powerful combat power, how could the orcs possibly conquer the Emerald City. Don said before he could wake up from his shock.

"The power of the orcs is even stronger, three gold-level professionals are dispatched, the Knights of the Templar are defeated, Cremond is killed on the spot, and Priest Edgar also dies in the Ice Temple. Celtic said with a look of horror on his face.

"How do you know this?" asked Don before he had time to get dressed.

"An officer of the city defense force, with some civilians, entered the Oxhorn Forest and inadvertently came to the vicinity of our camp.

They were noticed by the sentry and told us the bad news. Celt wiped the cold sweat from his head and said.

"Let's go, go and inform Marianda, Todak, Rednor, Lucia and the others, and arrange defense by the way, don't be caught off guard by the orcs.

In addition, the surviving officer is also to be brought, and we are to be questioned in person. Don didn't have time to get dressed, so he hurriedly put on his leather coat and hurried towards the cave where Marianda lived.

Before Marianda could fall asleep, she suddenly found that early in the morning, Don ran into the cave in a hurry, and he didn't even put on his pants. She immediately knew that something was wrong, so she hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, is it Corbert leading the city defense army to attack us?"

"Ten times worse than this, the orcs have begun a large-scale invasion and captured the Emerald City, the civilians in the city have been slaughtered by the orcs, and will soon be slaughtered completely. Don said with a sad face.

Hearing the news, Marianda, who has always been unfazed, also showed a little horror.

After a while, the three deputy commanders of Todak, Rednor, and Lucia also arrived, and soon all the professionals of the mercenary group got the news and gathered in Marianda's cave.

After a while, an officer of the city defense army was brought in, this person was actually a professional, but the rank was very low, only one level, and it seemed that the time to successfully promote to a professional was not long, it should not be more than a year.

"Marlowe, what's going on with you? Are you okay now? What the hell is going on in the Emerald City. Brand asked with a look of surprise when he saw his old friend.