After two days of marching, with only a glimmer of light on the horizon, Tempe's large force finally reached the towering walls of the Overwatch Fortress, which was taller than the fortress of Magnus, and the faces of the soldiers on top could barely be seen from the bottom of the walls. The mountains on either side of the fort were steeper, and the canyon was much less wide, probably one-third the width of Magnus Fortress, or narrower. The good thing is that the dark tide cannot be surged up in large numbers at the same time, and can only line up in long columns, and the bad thing is that the number of soldiers on the city wall will be much smaller, and it will not be able to deal a blow to the dark tide in a large area.

The heavy gate was opened, and two chains, thicker than the soldier's arm, grinded against each other, and were released from the two large holes in the wall, and Byron and Augusta rode their mounts into it without stopping.

Rui followed the two great sages and the vanguard troops to ride into the Watch Fort, and as soon as he entered the castle, a familiar figure ran towards it from a distance, Rui was startled, and quickly hid behind Manfred.

Brewster greeted Byron and saluted respectfully to the king. "Your Majesty, welcome back to Fort Watch, my brothers have been looking forward to you day and night. ”

Byron jumped off his mount and laughed. "I'm in Wolfsburg every day trying to get here, but I'll have to wait for the allies. Byron stepped aside and waved his right hand at Augusta. "This is King Tempe, Augusta, who has come to our aid. ”

Brewster hurriedly saluted again, this time with his waist bent lower. "May the Seven Gods protect Wallis, may the Seven Gods protect Tempe, and welcome you, Your Majesty, I am the defender lieutenant of Fort Watch, Brewster. ”

Augusta nodded, motioning for the young knight to look up. "Brusta, can you tell us a little bit about the situation here lately?"

"Of course, Your Majesty, this place has been relatively safe lately, and although there is a small amount of harassment from time to time in the dark tide, it poses no threat to us at all. Brewster took a step back to the right. "My superior, the Commander of the Watch Castle, the Captain of the Imperial Knights, Boyd, has prepared dinner in the drawing room, please come with me, and we can talk in more detail at dinner. ”

Everyone sat down in the drawing-room, but Boyd hadn't shown up yet, so everyone went their separate ways. Rui had been hiding in the back and sat with the two great sages, but in the house, he was still discovered by Brewster, and the knight didn't even care about his own king, and immediately walked towards the mage in three steps and two parts. "Rui! It's really you! I didn't expect you to come too!"

Rui embarrassedly pulled the broken hair from his ear behind his ear, not daring to look into Brewster's eyes. "Ah...... It was you, Brewster, and I didn't expect you to be here. ”

"Your Majesty said that the next battle would take place here, so I volunteered to come here. Brewster couldn't hide his excitement, ignoring Adeline and Manfred on the side. "Are you alright? I mean, have you been in any danger since you parted in the Twilight Forest......? Sorry, you fought off the Dark Tide at Magnus Fortress, so it must have been a thrill. I mean, what did you encounter...... Anyone?"

Adeline smiled as if she had an experienced attitude, picked up a cup of tea, and pretended not to hear, Manfred glanced at Brewster's embarrassment and pouted at the chair opposite. "Young man, don't get excited, do you want to sit down and talk slowly?"

"I'm sorry, but I have to go back to His Majesty right away, I just want to...... Come and say hello. Brewster's face flushed. "You see the fireplace here is so hot, my face is red from the heat. ”

Ray was a smart man, and of course she knew what Brewster's question meant. "Thank you for your kindness, Brewster, I didn't meet any new companions other than Stan and Fern. ”

"Really, that's wonderful!" Brewster suddenly realized that what he was saying seemed illogical. "No, I mean, it's great that you're safe, I need to go back, and I'll have to control the situation here until Boyd comes back. ”

Rui somewhat regretted that she might have sent the wrong message to Brewster by answering truthfully, but the words were out of her way, and she couldn't have said anything better. "Go ahead, I'm fine here. ”

Brewster nodded, but still stood still unwilling to take a step, just as the door was opened, and Boyd rushed in neatly clothed, and Brewster hurriedly trotted back to his post. Boyd walked straight to the seats of Byron and Augusta, and fell down on one knee to salute the kings, the snow on his gray hair melting into snow in the warm room, wetting his gray hair. "Your Majesty Byron, Your Majesty Augusta, I beg your pardon for not coming to take you until now. ”

Byron waved his hand. "No need to be polite, I guess you must have encountered something, come, sit down and speak slowly. ”

Boyd stood up, nodded to Augusta, and sat down in the chair beside Byron, and King Tempe politely returned the salute. "To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, the movement of the Dark Tide during this period of time is very suspicious, each harassment only lasts for a short time, and there is no threat, our scouts dozens of miles away have not found any signs of a large-scale Dark Tide army, so just now I led dozens of people to chase the Dark Tide team far away, trying to catch a demon to interrogate, to see what conspiracy they have, but the demon is cunning after all, seeing that we are about to catch one of them, I didn't expect another demon mage in the distance to launch a magic, burning the demon that has been captured by us, and our two cavalrymen were also burned, we had to quickly send them back for treatment。 ”

"You're doing the right thing, Boyd, and your suspicions are very valid. Byron frowned, glancing in Adeline's direction, and the Great Sage stood up and walked towards the place in understanding. Adeline also seemed to sense that something was wrong. ”

Adeline sat on the other side of Augusta, the four frontmost chairs filled, and Brewster had to stand behind Byron. "Based on their experience at Magnus Fortress, they hardly bothered to harass them until Darktide launched a large-scale attack, and they should know that harassment is pointless for Doyle, whose army is much more experienced than Altoona's, but they still do it, which disturbs me. ”

"Disturbed?" Augusta was no less respectful to the female Grand Sage than he was to Manfred. "May I ask the Great Sage why are you upset? Perhaps this is just another ploy of the Dark Tide, as long as we hold the Overwatch Fortress steadily, we don't have to worry about whatever the Dark Tide does. ”

Adeline's face was filled with worry. "If that were the case, I wouldn't be so worried, in fact, the signs of an anomaly here have to relate it to the situation in the south. ”

"South?" Byron rubbed his hands together, although he was middle-aged, he seemed to have an inexhaustible amount of energy. "You mean Serendra?"

"That's right, Serendra. Adeline clasped her hands and rested them on her lips. "I'm beginning to suspect that Darktide's purpose here is only to keep our large forces at bay so that we don't dare to let go of the defenses of the Watchtower, while there are more dangerous plots elsewhere. ”

"Serendra, for example. Byron nodded. "But Darktide has such a high IQ, and can operate on multiple fronts across Wallis at the same time?"

"Of course, as long as the Lord gives them instructions. Adeline shook her head tiredly. "There is no doubt that the Lord of the Darkness has awakened, and now he is more capable than ever of manipulating the actions of the Tide, and his cunning is beyond our expectations, and his lies and intrigues are far more sophisticated than the most intelligent man in mankind. ”

"But we don't have any evidence, it's just our speculation. Boyd brushed the snow from his hair, and the old knight's body was still strong. "Although I agree with you, Great Sage. ”

"Yes, we don't have proof, and we can't let our guard down here until we get any definite information, maybe Darktide just deliberately made us think so, and then raid the Watch when we let go. Adeline thought with her head down.

Rui glanced at Manfred, who was sitting next to him. "Don't you have any suggestions? I guess you must have something in mind, so why don't you say it?"

"I—Adeline said all my thoughts, what else could I say?" Manfred glanced at Rie, then at Adeline, his eyes full of appreciation. "She's so good, she's the youngest of the great sages besides Ilsutia, but she's really giving the most for Wallis, and I can't imagine where Wallis would have gone without her. ”

"Really?" Reminding of the fight with Adeline at Dagger Mountain, when they still regarded Adeline as an evil person, she would never have imagined that in the eyes of others, Adeline would be a savior. But this time she seemed to be a little at a loss. ”

Manfred's eyes changed to sympathy as he looked at Adeline. "We have to understand her, Rui, when you are confused, you can still hope for Adeline and entrust everything to her, but the great sage is also human after all, and she will also have times of confusion, who can she turn to for help? ”

"Even if it doesn't seem feasible to others. Rui pondered the words as Adeline's words at Dagger Mountain came into her mind. Could it be that releasing the Dark Lord early and then destroying him before his strength was fully restored was the only way she could think of?

As Rui was immersed in his thoughts, there was the sound of armor crashing against the ground, and an officer almost rushed into the parlor, clutching a large raven in his hand, two circles larger than the average raven. "Your Majesty, there is an urgent matter!"