The next day, as soon as it was dawn, the Earl of Hicks received news from his men that General Ivan had left the barracks with two thousand of his nobles' private soldiers and the five thousand troops that Hicks had promised him.

Because he had in his hand a warrant issued by the Earl of Hicks himself, no one dared to stop their army.

"Did you notice which way he left with his army?"

Hicks' eyes were cold when he heard this, although it was indeed the warrant he personally issued last night, and he personally ordered his subordinates to send it over, but he really couldn't help but burst out with a killing intent after hearing that Ivan had left with his troops.

At the same time, Ivan's movements were also expected by him, as long as the general Cecil and the stone man Bray remained in the barracks, Ivan would always have a feeling of sitting on pins and needles.

The wound on his face would always feel hot, and no one would ever dare to punch him in the face since he was a child, not even his father, the Marquis de Boy, Creon.

Not to mention kicking his face with a big foot, which is like rubbing his dignity hard in the dirt.

If nothing else, the future Marquis will not be able to swallow this breath, although his subordinates do not have a master who can fight Bray, but the way to make an earth knight disappear forever is more or less in the hands of these great nobles.

Otherwise, how could the northern countries, which lacked top masters, survive the oppression of the major southern empires?

And......

Earl Hicks glanced to the east of his tent, where Cecil and Bray lived.

This is an alien race, even if they are allies now, but the Holy See has always promoted them as an evil race, which means that if the Holy See knows that Lopez is supported by the hundred races, then they will have an excuse to meddle in the north.

"General Ivan...... General Ivan, he ......"

The subordinate hesitated and stopped, as if it was not easy to talk about this matter.

"Drag it out and cut it down, and call the barracks guard for me!" Seeing him like this, the violence that Earl Hicks had suppressed for so long erupted again, and he glared at the guard with a cold face.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency, your life!" the guard's face changed suddenly, he was just worried about whether he would be angered by the Earl of Hicks after learning the news, but now it seems that he will lose his life if he doesn't say it.

"General Ivan is going southeast with his army!" said this, and the guard pressed his head to the ground, and did not dare to breathe, for he had already sensed that Count Hicks was already furious at this time.

"Ivan he ...... How did he ...... How dare he ......" As he thought, when Earl Hicks heard the news, he was furious, and his eyes were red.

If he had led the troops to other directions, he might not have thought much about it, but where was the southeast direction? That's the direction they came from.

And starting from the Baria Pass, Ivan could reach the southernmost town of the White Sword Province in less than four days, the small town of Nora.

It was one of the hidden war material supply points for Count Hicks' team, and it was a backhand that Phil had left behind before the war began, as the town of Nora had long since been abandoned, and the townspeople had been moved north of Baria Pass by Atum.

If the place was exposed or lost, they would have to call for help from the settling fortress located hundreds of miles away in the glacial canyon to get food.

And when he came, Count Hicks had left five thousand troops to garrison it, and he always felt that Ivan wanted to fight the five thousand troops.

In fact, what he didn't know was that Ivan didn't plan to fight for the command of the five thousand troops at all, he wanted the spare war equipment that was sealed in this material hiding point, as long as he got these siege weapons, he didn't have to look at Count Hicks's face.

He had the ability to storm the city on his own.

"Sure enough, no matter how talented he is, he's still a bullshit on this battlefield!" Earl Hicks roared in the tent.

"How long has he been gone!"

Now he must send someone to chase them back, and if Ivan insists on not returning, then he will send someone to behead him in public, and the reason for not obeying the orders of the commander on the battlefield is enough for him to die several times.

"I left this morning before dawn, and it's been almost two hours now. The guard replied truthfully, but the next moment his head was slapped open by a one-handed hammer.

Earl Hicks threw the hammer in his hand to the side with a cold face, and looked at the guards who fell to the ground and shouted outside: "Someone!"

As soon as the words fell, three guards ran in with their heads down, and then two people dragged the man who fell to the ground out under the "resentful" gaze of another person.

The man who remained saluted respectfully to Earl Hicks, and then spoke, "Your Excellency, I beg your command. ”

"Take my sword and warrant, and take my guards after Ivan Creon, tell him that we are about to begin the siege, and order him to return to the Barya Pass with his army at once!"

Count Hicks coldly ordered, even if Ivan has the power to take charge of the army now, he must not be allowed to leave his sight, this unstable factor is too disgusting, especially Ivan has just suffered humiliation, and these nobles take their reputation too seriously.

"Yes, sir!" the guard replied in a deep voice as he took what Hicks had handed him, and then turned to leave.

"Wait a minute!"

As he had reached the entrance of the tent, the Earl of Hicks stopped him again.

"Take Ron and Hubble, the two Grand Knights, and if Ivan Creon doesn't obey my orders, allow you to kill him on the spot!"

At last Earl Hicks cruelly squeezed a few words out of his teeth: "Come back to me with his head." ”

The guard looked up sharply, the horror in his eyes could not be concealed at all, this General Ivan was the next heir of the Creon family!

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It's just that what they don't know is that in the early hours of this morning, there is a huge figure hovering silently above their heads, because Bree's perception is not strong, and no one would have thought that there would be an enemy above their heads, so no one found out about his existence.

At that time, Astolfo was lying on the back of the eagle and dozing out of boredom, when he was suddenly awakened by the sound of horses' hooves below.