Fidel and Selena then made their way to the lower level of the tower. Before I reached the bottom floor, I heard many people outside the tower shouting: "Open the gate quickly, we Lord Martin want to see Knight Captain Selena!

Selena exchanged a look with Fidel, "Lord Martin was released?!!How would he know we were here?" asked the female knight, puzzled.

Fidel thought about it, and it was very likely that this was a good thing that Rashad did.

The knights of the Church who were waiting at the bottom had gathered, their ears pressed to the walls of the tower, listening to the cries of the soldiers outside.

"Open the gates, or we're going to attack!"

"Lord Martin has become the new owner of Riverland Castle, hand over the traitor Hollis!"

"Is Commander Juan in there? Is he safe now?"

The soldiers outside were generally shouting loudly, pushing something, and judging from the sound it made, it was most likely a ballista cart attacking the mercenary group.

Fide and Selena had already reached the bottom, and they also heard some shouting outside, and just as they were considering whether to open the door, the voice of Lord Martin came from outside.

"Ladies in the tower, if you catch my uncle who betrayed the East Oguna Empire, then please open the gate immediately, because you have all made meritorious contributions!"

Lord Martin's words surprised everyone else in the tower. Catching Hollis turned out to be a meritorious service? It doesn't look like words coming out of the mouth of that resolute Lord Martin. Fei De didn't believe what the other party said, but the female knight chief Selena was very excited, and she said to Fidel: "Maybe Rashad and the archbishop have already conspired against Martin, otherwise the other party would not know about us in the tower!"

Avi, who was standing on the side, also chimed in: "Yes, maybe it's the plan of Deputy Head Rashad?"

The other Church Knights agreed with the female chief knight, knowing that even if they were guarding the gates of the tower, they would only be able to hold out for a long time at most when they were attacked by ballistas. Now that the secret passage has not been able to be excavated, it is impossible to retreat from the secret passage that came in, so it is better to trust Martin once.

Fei De was still hesitating, what he was suspicious of now was not Lord Martin's words, but the reinforcements of the East Oguna Empire who were still eyeing outside. Those people were all loyal to the Imperial Prime Minister and Juan, how could they spare themselves the people who attacked the castle?

But without waiting for Fett to make a decision, the two church knights secretly pulled down the mechanism and opened the closed door. Selena hadn't fully decided to open the door, but after the two knights opened it, she didn't say anything to stop it.

As soon as the gate opened, Fed saw that the outside of the tower was full of soldiers, most of them holding torches and crossbow arrows, pointing in the direction of the tower. Lord Martin, dressed in black aristocratic attire, stood at the front, and behind him there were several ballista carts, all aimed at his side.

Lord Martin smiled slightly, and then suddenly said in a solemn voice: "These bandits who have invaded the castle between the rivers, lay down their weapons at once, and surrender to us!"

It was too late for Selena to resist, and the crossbows were all loaded and ready to go. Patrick whispered behind Fed, "What are you going to do?

At this moment, Lord Martin, who had exchanged eyes with Field, suddenly blinked, as if he had made a look at himself. Now I can only gamble! It is simply impossible to break through the encirclement of tens of thousands of people!

"Lay down your arms, they're not going to kill us. Fidel still looked at Martin, but his mouth was already telling the people around him. The others, except for Ayana and Patrick, all showed helpless expressions, and when they hadn't opened the door just now, they might be able to resist a little longer, and maybe the secret passage would be opened. But now there is no chance, so I can only abandon my weapons and surrender, and be captured.

"The responsibility this time is on me, and I trust others too easily. Selena whispered to herself.

The ballista carts that Fidel saw were a little different from the ones left over from the battlefield during the Battle of River, presumably rebuilt when he arrived at Riverside Castle.

"Very well, now that you are going out of the tower one by one, you can send a companion and tell those who are still in the tower to come out one by one, and at the same time throw your weapons on the ground. Lord Martin, seeing that there was no one speaking in the raiding procession, began to direct Fid and them to surrender.

Now I have to do it. Fidel also had to gamble, just like he had just opened the door of the tower, and bet that there was a secret behind this Lord Martin.

All the knights of the Church in the tower were taken out of the tower and sent to the prison of Rivercastle. The four Fidels were also confiscated of their weapons and sent to a cell in the prison together.

"This shield is ugly, and it's missing a horn!" a prison officer in charge of collecting weapons looked at the moon shield on Feid's waist and walked away.

Selena, the chief of the female knights, hid in a corner, clasped her hands on her knees, buried her head between her thighs, and looked very self-reproachful. The other knights of the Church also looked depressed, some kicking the cell door incessantly, while others took off their armor and lay flat on the ground waiting to die.

"Captain Fed, we still have a chance not to be executed, right?" Avi was terrified of the cell, a fear that had been harvested from the prison in Golden Hoof City. So he was also the most restless of the four, walking around incessantly.

"If you're lucky, the lord might make peace with the archbishop as a condition of a peace talk," said a knight who had been caught in the opposite cell, but his tone was like that of a dying patient, "if we're valuable bargaining chips, of course." ”

When Avi heard this, he stopped moving or talking, but just hid aside. Ayana and Patrick seemed much more calm, since Fede told them that the other party would not kill him, then it would be good to believe Fidel. Anyway, if you have to resist just now, you won't be able to live until tomorrow.

Then there was a sound of the door opening outside the prison, and as footsteps entered, Lord Martin appeared alone outside Field's cell, alone with a torch, and no one else followed.

"Chief Captain Feyder, Chief Knight Chief Selena, are the two adults alright?" Lord Martin lit up the prison with a torch, but Selena still buried her head between her knees.

"It's fine. Fidel replied.

"I'm sure Your Excellency has just seen what I mean, and that putting you in prison is just a delaying tactic," Lord Martin said with a purpose, "You have also seen that I have returned to Rivercastle safe and sound, as I was originally a prisoner. And thanks to your efforts, I was also given the command of Riverland Castle. He was probably referring to the deaths of Juan and Viscount Hollis.

"Congratulations. Fed said.

Martin raised his head slightly, smiled and said, "Actually, I should congratulate you, if you don't kill Juan and my uncle Hollis, you will definitely not survive tonight." ”

"So we can live now?" said Selena, the chief knight, as she stood up from her self-blame, and hurriedly asked.

"That's right, because the deputy head of the Church Knights has reached an agreement with me, the content of this agreement is very simple, but the content of the agreement may not necessarily appear, I didn't expect it to be guessed by the deputy head of the Church Order, you are trapped in the tower. ”

As soon as he said this, Fide guessed what Rashad said "guessed", and it was possible that Rashad had arranged for his men to stay outside the secret passage and intercept Malvin.

"Now that I am able to stand here and speak to you unscathed, we now have a common enemy, the tens of thousands of reinforcements from the East Oguna Empire. ”