The sound of the crossbow turning behind him startled Anusen, who was overlooking the woods. He spun back quickly, and for a moment there was a violent resound in his ears with the firing of a giant arrow.

The dragon hunting arrow came at him, and flew towards the knight at high speed with a loud sound. Taken aback, he subconsciously removed the shield behind him and swung a swift horizontal blow.

The powerful vibration of his arms and the metal impact of the arrows being sent flying were heard in an instant, and the knight staggered backwards, slamming into the battlements and nearly falling off the tower. However, during this period, the opponent had already completed the loading at a rapid pace, and re-pulled the crossbow string with a fierce look on his face.

"Hall Gaston, what are you doing?!" The stunned half-crouched body raised his shield to resist another shot, and the knight's left arm ached faintly, gritting his teeth and roaring, "Is there something wrong with your brain?!"

However, even so, the other party did not respond at all, and viciously grabbed another arrow and wound it. Angrily clenching the amulet, the knight gathered divine power and launched a pure white spherical shockwave with one palm.

Hit by the shock wave, the guard wailed and covered his right arm, and the dragon hunting arrow in his hand was instantly knocked away, and it fell to the ground. However, he did not give up at all, drew his sword and roared and rushed towards the knight, trying to fight for his life.

But this guy's martial arts are obviously not exquisite. He swung his sword too widely, revealing a fatal flaw. A shield smashed his neck, and the knight kicked the enemy sideways, sprang away alertly, staring at the corpse: sure enough, the corpse began to emit black smoke. But it didn't go away.

This may mean that his deity has been frozen in black ice. However, it is uncertain whether the clones will disappear after death. It's like it's all random.

Why is this guy attacking me?, the knight listened to the nervous shouts of the guards below in Brna, and gritted his teeth: Is this also a clone?

But he was so normal when he had just spoken to me, he didn't look like a clone at all!A chill welled up from behind, and the knight suddenly remembered what he feared most: perhaps many of the defenders had been transferred.

That's why we wanted to find the ruins so much...... Imagine what would happen if half of the enemy mutinied and started fighting from the inside while the enemy was attacking the city, and the floodgates were also opened...... It's terrible.

But now the guard chose to take a dangerous move to sneak up on me, instead of hibernating with his companions. Not to mention the current mishap, what if I succeeded? How could my life be worth more than this whole ambush plan?

Looking at the dissipating black smoke and the belated support guards, the knight frowned.

Copies act largely of their own volition, and unless ordered to do so by the black ice mage who controls them, they act on subjective judgment. This can be seen from the clone's irrational approach to assassinate Lucina.

But what exactly is it that deserves to be assassinated? Can I find out who are clones? But that kind of ability to perceive evil, the release time is slow, and the efficiency is inefficient, and it is impossible to investigate all the soldiers, and it is difficult to determine whether it has any effect. Moreover, using that ability to investigate will only cause confusion and vacillation among the soldiers.

Crucially, it only works on replicas that have been created within a few days. This is also the reason why there is no way to dispel the suspicion of the old snow crow of Myerton.

If the assassination was successful, they would be suspicious, although they would not be able to find out which of the remaining soldiers had been copied. Maybe the rest of the soldiers didn't have a replica, but the internal chaos will make morale and unity continue to be low. Suspicion and mistrust are the most terrifying.

So if the other side has a good plan, it can be deduced from his meaning - obviously, there are almost no clones in the defenders. Because it's very difficult to freeze a person in black ice without being detected. As for this man's assassination of me, it was most likely ordered by the Black Ice Mage - this guy was trying his best to disguise himself.

"Are you alright?" a soldier who looked like a commander shouted a few words at his subordinates (basically complaining about why they didn't come to support earlier, but they were fast enough, and they were already on the scene in about half a minute), then turned around and hurriedly asked in Eurasian language, "I really didn't expect a clone to attack you...... I can't afford anything to happen. ”

"You're in charge here?" Trying to make his tone appear without the slightest reproach, the knight patted the long cloak that had just been scratched and frowned: I had to sew it up again when I got back.

How many times has this robe been torn today?

"That's right. I'm Commander Brand Dameen of Southgate. Nodding, the commander's expression was apologetic. Unlike the clone just now, the man's lingua franca was a little stiff: "It's really dangerous just now, if you react a little slower, you'll be killed." ”

"I don't need you to remind you again. Too lazy to listen to this nonsense, Anusen's tone was slightly annoyed: "What does this soldier do?

"It's just an ordinary guard, and it's not his turn to know about big things. So don't worry about intelligence leaks. Looking at the guard's body with a complicated expression, the commander gave a brief order for the soldiers to notify their families and burn the body. After shouting these two voices, he looked irritable: "I thought that there would be clones mixed in, but I didn't expect to do such a thing...... If you had known, you should have sent more people to follow you. ”

It's useless to send more people, and if it's all clones, I'm not going to be completely planted in it...... Still feeling that something was wrong, the knight frowned, looked in the direction of the corpse that had been carried down, and pondered for a moment: "This guard named Hall Gaston, has he ever gone out of the gate to carry out a mission before? ”

"This ...... Wait. Turning, he shouted the name of the next man, and whispered something in Brna as the man hurried to the top. After a while, Brand turned around and said in a confident tone, "He hasn't been out on a mission, so he can rule out the possibility of being killed outside." We will investigate his family and notify Frost Castle when the results are in. ”

"Okay, please. Frowning, the knight always felt that there was something disobedient: "This soldier ...... Where does his family live?"

The commander turned around again, and after talking to the man for a moment, he gave a not surprising answer: "Old Town." ”