Crow City,It is the closest city to the southwest of the six towns in the north,The city lord Warren is a vassal of the Bretton family,His father was the captain of the escort of Lolo's great-grandfather,Earlier, Warren also received the news of the monster crossing,But he didn't pay too much attention to it,First, I heard that those monsters don't attack the cities along the way,Second, the distance between the Margan Desert and the north is very far,There are two small cities in the Duchy of Morton less than sixty miles south of the White Crow City.,If the monster really appears,The two small cities will get the news first.。

However, the situation suddenly changed four days ago, and in just one night, all the clergy and magicians in the city disappeared, the church and the Magicians' Guild were empty, the cavalry of the temple was the last to evacuate, and the official version was to go on a secret mission to Morton not far away, but Warren still smelled something unusual from it.

Two days later, Warren received an urgent letter from Angsai, asking the Crow City to urgently enter a state of first-level security, mobilize all the armed forces in the city, and evacuate the people as quickly as possible.

Warren's heart was full of doubts, if it weren't for the private seal of Ang Sai on the letter, and the fire paint was intact, Warren must have thought that someone had secretly changed or forged the letter, because at this time there was calm outside the White Crow City, and there was no sign of danger at all, and the two small cities of Morton sixty miles away were also peaceful, and there were merchants carrying goods from there at noon.

Warren could not imagine where the so-called "enemies" in the letter would come from.

However, after receiving the urgent letter from Angsai, he still made corresponding preparations according to the requirements of the letter, mobilized the defenders and militia, issued a commission in the adventurer's guild to hire adventurers, and even forcibly requisitioned the guards of some minor nobles, Warren did everything he could, but there were about 100,000 civilians in Raven City and nearby villages, and most of these people's first reaction after receiving the emergency retreat order was to scold their mothers.

Many people have never left Raven City since they were born, they have lived here for generations, buying land and property in the city, and losing it means starting over, so immediately after receiving the evacuation order, some people went to protest outside Warren's residence, and some expressed their willingness to join the defenders, just begging not to let their families leave.

The retreat plan did not go well from the beginning, Warren's political level was average, but the army was well built, and it was basically able to do what was ordered, but this time, no matter how hard his men tried, the residents of White Crow City seemed to be determined to stay, and by the next night only barely evacuated a third of the city's population, and a considerable part of them went to seek refuge with relatives in the villages outside the city.

Warren knew that some extraordinary methods must be used at extraordinary times, so he sent a scout team to persuade the nearby villagers to move to the northeast, and even used some violent means if necessary, but the scouts who were familiar with the terrain were obviously not as good as those who had lived in the local area for a long time, and each village would send three or four people to look at the wind, and those who saw the army coming from a distance to watch the wind would notify the villagers to hide in the woods, and when the army left, everyone would return to the village to live as usual.

In this way, it would be difficult for those scouts sent by Warren to be effective.

Standing on the city wall and looking at the black crowd at the city gate, Warren's heart became more and more uneasy, and he didn't know how many times he asked the people around him, and how long it would take to complete the evacuation.

The fat sheriff at the garrison wiped the sweat from his forehead and stopped talking.

Warren frowned, "Baron Hollins, if you have something to say, just say it." ”

"At this rate, let alone two days, even twenty days will not be able to evacuate everyone. Hollins smiled bitterly, he was the main person in charge of the evacuation of the people, so he knew the current situation in Crow City best, "Most people don't believe the garrison at all, there is danger that will come to Crow City, unless extreme violence is used, it will be difficult to drive away the remaining people, by the way, what does Lord Angsai say, where is the enemy coming from?"

Warren handed the note he had taken from the crow's feet to the sheriff, who took it and looked at it before his expression changed dramatically, and his hand holding the note trembled, "Those monsters in the Malkan Desert, the target is the north, this is ...... How is this possible?"

"Do you know why this note was delivered to me today?" Warren calmed down at this moment.

Hollins wasn't as stupid as he looked, otherwise he wouldn't have been in the position of sheriff of Raven City for eight years, he quickly thought of something, and the sadness on his face was even more victorious, "Lord Angsai, is this afraid that we will abandon the city and escape?"

Two days is not far for ordinary people with their families to run, but for rulers like Warren and Hollins, they still have a chance to escape, especially the two cities of the Duchy of Morton are not far from the Raven City, if they really make up their minds to slip away, there is no good way for Angsai.

So in the first letter to Warren he didn't say who the enemy really was, and it wasn't until two days later that the second crow brought the truth, and even if Warren wanted to, it was too late.

The commander of the defenders is Warren's former deputy, and after the latter was promoted to the city lord, he also took over the garrison of Raven City naturally, but in peacetime, the military affairs are still decided by the paladins of the temple, and now that the church has withdrawn, the military power of Raven City has fallen into his hands, and at this moment he is stepping on the stone steps and walking up quickly, and he doesn't care about saluting and reporting directly, "City Lord, there is a team of scouts and two villages that have lost contact after sunrise, and half a magic time has passed." ”

Hollins gasped, "So fast? those monsters, it'...... Are they already here?!"

Warren was concerned with something else, "Which two villages?"

"The westernmost villages of Halsta and Link. The commander replied.

"West?" This time Warren's expression also changed, even if there was an enemy, he always thought that he would come from the south, because the roads in the south extend in all directions, which is convenient for the army to march, and the crow city is the city closest to the south in the north, and the strategic location is very important, in the past, other countries wanted to attack the north first to take the crow city as a bridgehead, and most of the arrangements made by Warren before were aimed at the enemy from the south.

As for the west, another forty miles is full of rolling mountains, and no army has ever been able to cross the moat in recorded history, but this time the White Crow City is not facing an army at all.

(End of chapter)