When Roland and his army hurriedly entered the Baria Pass, he found that the situation was even more tragic than he had imagined.

The 5,000 troops commanded by Atum had already lost more than 1,000 men under the enemy's onslaught in just three days, and even himself, as the commander-in-chief, was assassinated, causing Atum to be seriously wounded and unconscious.

However, the assassin also paid a lot of price for this, and in a fit of rage, Aprill made a brazen move, leaving behind one of the killer's arms, from which they concluded that the killer was a woman.

And it is very likely that it was the woman next to Earl Hicks, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, when Atum was on the verge of coma, he ordered Arnie to temporarily act as the commander of the garrison of Baria Pass, and then sent a message to Jason asking for help.

It is said that before dawn the day after General Atum's assassination, Count Hicks launched an attack on the Baria Pass, and it was a reckless and frenzied assault.

Even he himself ran into battle with red eyes, only to be pulled back by his own soldiers.

In that battle, Ani, with the help of the war equipment brought from the Iron Fangs, left more than 1,300 of Earl Hicks' soldiers at the foot of the walls of the Baria Pass forever.

It's just that the Barya Pass is not having a good time, and nearly six hundred soldiers are asleep.

From that day on, Count Hicks commanded a daily assault on the Barria Pass, which was already covered with corpses at the foot of the walls.

"Is he crazy?"

Roland's eyes were a little shocked after hearing this, he didn't like to fight with this kind of person who injured 800 enemies and lost 1,000 himself, because this kind of person was too difficult.

"Could it be because of that woman?"

Standing in the shadows, Aprile suddenly spoke, he had seriously injured the Assassin the night before, and even tore off one of her arms, and the next day Count Hicks went crazy, and he thought it had something to do with it.

But Astolford doesn't seem to agree with this explanation: "Do you think that this kind of person who leads a large army can be affected by a woman's emotions?"

"It's not impossible, is it?"

April didn't back down because he was Jason's henchman, but directly retorted: "And the coincidence in this is too suspicious." ”

"Judging by the information about the Earl of Hicks, this possibility is not impossible. Roland opened his mouth and said that this woman was very clearly mentioned in the information compiled by the crows, and she was not simply the identity of the lover of the Earl of Hicks.

Even her status may be a little higher than that of the Countess of Hicks.

"Now is not the time for you to argue about such meaningless details, and what we are now facing with the task left by Your Highness is how to work together to resist this army of 50,000 for two months. Then Roland spoke again in a deep voice.

As soon as he arrived at the Baria Pass, Ani handed over the command to him, and Roland was now the supreme commander of the army at the Barya Pass, so as soon as he spoke, everyone obediently shut their mouths and did not speak.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, he turned his gaze to Astolford, who was eating fruit on the side: "Astolford, please watch the enemy's actions in the sky with Junying in the past few days." ”

Compared to the enemy, their side occupies a lot of advantages, including the ability to monitor the enemy camp, and the Earl of Hicks does not have a master who can shoot down high-altitude targets.

"No problem, I'll leave this matter to me. ”

Astolford ate the last bite of fruit in his hand, then took two more apple-like fruits from the fruit bowl and stuffed them into his pocket, and swaggered out of the chamber.

"Sir Leonidas, from this day onwards the two of us will alternately sit on the walls day and night to prevent the strong men of the enemy army from attacking. Roland glanced at the generals present and ordered again.

Because Siegfried is now on standby outside the city with a cavalry unit, only he and Leonidas are the strongest among the people present, and they can react accordingly as quickly as possible if they encounter an accident.

And he didn't think that there was only one woman in the huge enemy camp who was an extraordinary powerhouse in the Great Knight realm.

"Yes, sir. ”

Leonidas had no objection and bowed to the order.

Then Roland's face turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Now, everyone returns to their posts, before the reinforcements of His Highness Jason arrive, even if we fight with our own lives, we must defend the Baria Pass!"

"Yes, sir!"

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On the other side, the enemy camp outside the Baria Pass was not as full of fighting spirit as everyone imagined, and several strong attacks did not yield the slightest result.

Even the most recent attack was taken by surprise by the sudden arrival of enemy reinforcements, who hastily dropped the bodies of nearly a thousand soldiers and withdrew to the barracks.

So now there was a sense of negativity in Earl Hicks' barracks, which became even stronger when they knew that they were working so the front line, and that Count Hicks had never left his tent.

Fortunately, they did not know that the reason why Count Hicks ordered the storming of Barria Pass at all costs was to avenge his woman, otherwise the soldiers might have to mutinied.

At this time, there were no less than ten commanders, large and small, kneeling outside his military tent, and these were all people who had come to beg Count Hicks not to continue to be willful, and to beg him to carry out the orders of His Highness Phil.

It's a pity that they ate the closed door, and the Earl of Hicks bluntly said that whoever dared to break into the military tent would be killed.

This caused their group of big men in the army to kneel outside with their necks red, and they didn't leave or stay...... The atmosphere was particularly awkward.

"My lord, there are so many people kneeling outside, why don't you go out and have a look?" The tent was filled with the smell of medicine, and Heti, who was usually charming and seductive, had a bloodless face at this time, and her lips were extremely pale.

Her right arm, in particular, was completely gone, not severed, but ripped off alive by April, in a fit of rage.

"Hmph, I don't know what they're thinking?"

Count Hicks's already gloomy expression became even more gloomy, and he snorted coldly and continued: "If you don't break through this Baria Pass as soon as possible, and don't break the body that hurt you, I can't be at ease!"

"It's all my fault, I should have listened to you, and I shouldn't have assassinated Atum without permission. ”

Hetty's expression was sad, and the lack of an arm not only made her charm diminished, but she also had even fewer places to help Earl Hicks in the future.