At the time of the exchange between the two, the results evaluator reported.

"My lord, the blow just now has worked very well, and we have completely destroyed the enemy's artillery position. ”

Count de Fronna laughed out loud when he confirmed it with a magic telescope.

"Duke, I think they're about to retreat. ”

"Well, I think the François are very stubborn, even though most of the people in front of us are Tutonians. ”

"Oh, duke, I am also strictly a François man, although not a penny of taxes has been paid to King Feli. ”

"Haha, I lost my word, Earl. ”

The high-explosive grenade sent the besiegers' three light siege guns flying into the sky along with their gunners. Both Sallian and Count de Fronne believed that the François army had lost the ability to attack the fortified city, and that a retreat was inevitable.

Sure enough, that night the sentries spotted signs that François's army was retreating. Their camp was dark, and even the lights of the guards were gone.

"Hmph, these cowards want to leave secretly, and they must not be allowed to do so. Earl, please lend me 500 soldiers and horses to pursue it. Salian said happily to Count de Fronna.

"Young man, don't chase after you!"

"Earl, our army has defeated our opponents in succession, and it is the right time to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle, and besides, these people must have been frightened, even if there is an ambush, I can defeat them. It is advisable to chase after the poor bravely, and not to become a famous overlord!"

"Well, then my cavalry is under your command, but please remember to return as soon as your opponent is ready!"

"No problem. ”

Miss Fernanda said to her father uneasily as she watched Salian ride Doros II out of the city with two hundred cavalry from Charlot.

"Dad, is it really okay to let Duke New Mark pursue the enemy like this?"

"I'm a little worried, but I appreciate his courage. ”

Makminus, who was also standing on the castle tower and already knew Salian's temper well, persuaded him.

"Yes, the Duke of New Mark is sometimes too confident! but he is a strong martial artist and cautious, and he is generally fine. ”

Hearing this, Count de Fronna said thoughtfully to his daughter: "My little darling, just in case, go and take out your staff of recovery." ”

"Oh yes, I can do something for the duke, too!"

In the dim moonlight, Salian galloped his horse, and only the rapid gasping of more than a hundred groups of war horses could be heard around. Suddenly, a faint green point of light blocked in front of the cavalry, and all the horses of the Charo soldiers, except for Salion's BMW, were frightened and uncontrollable, and ran wildly. Salian was furious.

"What kind of person! Dare to use the mantis arm as a car!"

The green figure approached, answering in a gentle tone.

"Oh, please go back, guys, if you don't want to die!"

At this time, he finally saw his opponent clearly, the extraordinary face, the delicate dragon scale armor and the green willow leaf spear in his hand, were not the knights of Salion, the tenth heir of Franços, the knight of the tenth in line!

"Haha, it turned out to be His Excellency Little Prince. Look who I am!" said Salian, lifting his longtail helmet.

"Ah, it's His Excellency the Duke of New Mark! Don't come unharmed, your heroic posture on the battlefield in the East still impresses me until now!"

"Don't dare, little prince, it's a pity that now is not the time to catch up, please get out of the way, I don't want to embarrass you!"

"That will not work, my dear Duke, I am now the captain of the gendarmerie under Prince de Quindo, and I have been ordered to be the rearguard of the retreat of the army, and I am not allowed to neglect my duties. And you are a nobleman of the Divine Grace Empire, how can you appear in our country, and you are still chasing after me, why is this?!"

"Hehe, since I am a guest of Miss Lola, daughter of the Duke of Grandi, you François are not doing to her satisfaction, so of course I have to help her. ”

"I see, then we have to be enemies?"

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency!" Salian apologized to Knight de Henley.

"Understood. My mission must also be completed. ”

"Well, then let's settle it between the nobles, I hope it won't damage our friendship!"

"Of course, you are a gentleman of good character, and I am proud to have been associated with you. ”

"Haha, last month Princess Devia told me about you, the number one master of the François royal family. I didn't expect to meet so soon. ”

The two dismounted, and Salian had the torches lit to light up the battlefield, and although there was only one knight de Henry, his momentum was not weak at all, and Salian had to admire his courage.

Salian put the hammer away and took out the Sawtooth Empire two-handed sword, which was not suitable for the skilled spearman.

"Let me teach the strength of the first master of the François royal family!"

"Okay, let's use martial arts to compete!" Both of them were full of fighting spirit and refused to give in to each other.

The Knight de Henry, the Knight of the Lightwing Radiant Divine Knight, his martial arts originate from the François Berlott school and are skilled in the sacred mysteries that have been passed down from generation to generation by the royal family of Franços. In addition, Salian is most coveted by his two artifacts, "Guardian of the Scales" and "Wrath of the Blue Dragon". The rumors about them are also plausible.

In the flickering light of the fire, Salian attacked first, starting from the top with a rooftop attack and slamming the knight de Henley from the top down, hoping to gain an early attack. At that time, the Imperial Sword God Flow was not popular outside of the Divine Grace Empire, but as a famous martial artist of Franços, the little prince knew that this seemingly angry move was likely to suddenly change into a falling attack. Therefore, he blocked with his spear "Blue Dragon's Fury", so that Salian did not have room for change. The knight then relied on his longer weapon to strike Salian in front of the door with his left foot, blocking his opponent's attack with the hilt of his spear. The exciting and fierce competition between the two made the soldiers around them cheer, and even though they were also samurai, it was still rare to see such a high-level duel.

It is different from the core idea of the Imperial Sword God Stream, which emphasizes seizing the initiative and integrating offense and defense. Françose's Belloto's school of defense and counter-attacking is arguably the best in the defensive counter-attacking system, while the little king is even more blue than blue, skillful blocking combined with counterattacks, and the action is smooth and smooth in one go. may be close to the extreme of Bai Luo's sword removal genre.

Salian didn't want to show his strength too much, he didn't use the magic of time and space, and he just wanted to defeat his opponent with martial arts, and after a round of stabbing and onslaught from the little prince, he used the extremely clever "triangular step" of the sword god flow to jump from the knight's side to his other side in an instant, holding the hilt of the spear with his left hand and stabbing the opponent's neck with the sword in his right hand. However, this subtle blow was blocked by the "Reverse Scale Guard", and the anti-shock power of the neck armor even surprised Salian. At the same time, the little prince suddenly took apart the "Blue Dragon Fury" in his hand from the middle, and pierced the armor with the tip of the spear with the willow leaf blade into Salian's heart!

The instantaneous movement immediately caused the Duke of New Mark to lose his strength, and he spat blood from his mouth and fell to the ground.

"Granted, Duke!"

But looking at Sallian who had fallen to the ground, the knight de Henri immediately went over to prop up his head and examined his wounds, and the little lord yelled at the stunned soldiers around him.

"Hurry up and find the carriage, the duke has shed a lot of blood!"

"Yes, sir!"

Just as they panicked, a soft white pillar shot down from the starry sky and enveloped Salian's body.

"What is this warm feeling, I was stabbed in the heart just now, am I dead?" Salian opened his eyes and saw the little lord who was gagging his wounds.

"No, Your Excellency, although I don't know what happened, someone did save you. The little prince replied.

"Yes. Dear knight, I lost to you. ”

"Hehe, I just took advantage of the weapon, please don't hate me because of this!"

"Haha, how could it be, this wound is a testimony to our friendship, you are one of the bravest and most fearless warriors of Franços. Besides, weapons themselves are also an important part of war, and everyone will strive for better weapons!"

The victory was decided, and the little prince finally mounted his horse, said goodbye to Salian and left. He had to catch up with the prince's brigade as soon as possible.

The Duke of New Mark also returned to Charo with cavalry. When they entered the gates, they saw Miss Fernanda rushing out of the tower, and fell into Sallian's arms.

"Your Excellency, I feel that you have been wounded, and you have left a lot of blood, and I am terrified!" The only pretty face that leaked from her whole body was pale, without a trace of blood.

"Dear Miss, don't worry, someone saved me!"

"Ah, that really works, Your Excellency, I activated the recovery staff when I sensed that you were in distress, but fortunately it worked immediately!"

"So you saved me! Thank you, dear Miss Fernanda. But you should be in Charlot, far away from me, how do you do that?!"

The girl shyly did not answer.

At this time, the others also arrived, and everyone accompanied Salian back to the city lord's mansion. Yulia bandaged her lord's wounds, only to find that there was only a shallow trail of blood.

In the small drawing-room, the Count de Fronne explained his doubts to Salian.

"Your Excellency, in fact, the little girl has a special talent, she can transmit magic power to extremely far places since she was a child, and then her mother and I found many famous magicians to educate her, and now the little girl's light magic can act on the three ways and outside the place without any reduction in power. ”

"Amazing magical abilities, thank you again, Count de Fronna. ”

After that, Marcinus and the others stayed in Charo for two days to confirm that Franços's army had retreated. And the reply from the Duke of Grandi came. As stated in the letter, the Mars Confederation in the southeast did not attack, so the Duke led the main army of the Duchy to break the army of the United Province of Nilandes in the swamps to the northwest, capturing and slaughtering the important town of Sunset, and finally forcing the United Province to give in once again and agree not to rebel again.

After bidding farewell to the reluctant Miss Fernanda, Salian left the city of Charo with his lord and headed for Merzig, a small border town on the Divine Grace Empire, where the royal guard of Altenburg awaited Makminus. They carry a dowry and at the same time protect two young men.