"Little Duke, are you scared?"

A faint voice came from behind Duke, and even if Duke didn't have to turn his head, he knew who the man behind him was, and only Hera would say that in the entire Storm Castle.

"I'm afraid, so many ice demons and ghouls appear, of course I'm afraid?"

Duke replied with a wry smile on his face at this time, he was never the kind of person who wanted to fight hard in front of his acquaintances.

Hera was a little surprised to hear Duke's answer, because this guy has always been the kind of person with a dead duck's mouth, and it is rare to see his weak and compromising side today.

"My lord, thank you for taking care of the witches and giving them a haven to call home. So this time, all of us will stand with you and fight side by side to protect our homeland!"

As Hera finished speaking, from the top of the stairs of the city wall, witches in black robes walked out. Here are Nicole, Rose, and Alice, who came to Stormcastle a long time ago. There are also new witches who hurried to Stormcastle tonight, they gave up Duke's suggestion to rest, and after hearing the news of the ice demons' assembly, they rushed to the city wall as soon as possible, choosing to fight side by side with Stormcastle.

Looking at the faces of these young witches, their faces were determined, determined, and excited. There is also fear, fear, and confusion. Especially those new witches, after seeing those terrifying ice demons in the distance of the city wall, they will inevitably appear in a state of fear, after all, when they come to a place that they are not familiar with, the first thing is to encounter a terrifying ice demon attack.

If it weren't for the absolute trust in the witches of Hera, if anyone said that they would take them to a warm home, but they saw such a situation, they would probably be called liars, don't want them to help defend the castle.

In the face of the fear of these witches, if according to Duke's character in the past, it is estimated that he will wave his hand at this time, and say very boldly: "War makes women go away, so that they are all safe in the rear." ”

But now in the situation of Stormcastle, Gandalf's magic power is exhausted, and there is basically no way to help defend the city, and the witch and the few dark mages are the only magical counterattack force in Stormcastle. People are poor and short-sighted, and Duke can't keep these little girls, who are obviously underage, away from this bloody battlefield.

So at this time, Duke looked at the group of new witches in front of him, squeezed out a smile on his face as much as possible, and said to them: "I know your fear in your heart, and I also know that you are at a loss for your current state, for all this, as a lord, I can only say sorry to you. ”

"But I ask you to believe that Stormcastle is definitely a place worth guarding! I will not say how comfortable and satisfying you will be here, nor will I promise you any treatment and money, because it is up to you to work hard and earn it. But I can assure you that Stormcastle will give you respect and freedom, and that you will have the same rights as the citizens of Stormcastle, and that's what the Great Witch of Hera meant when she told you about home!"

Listening to Duke's words, the expressions on the faces of this group of new witches slowly returned to calm, and even began to look at Duke with excited eyes. Because of this passage, before they came to Storm Castle, the Great Witch of Hera told them that Storm Castle can give them respect and freedom that the world can't give, and now the little witches have finally heard it come out of the mouth of the lord with their own ears, which means that all the previous visions will become a reality!

"My lord, we'll be guarding Stormkeep!"

"That's right, my lord, I know magic, and I won't let these monsters and villains destroy Storm Castle!"

"This is my future home, and I will protect all this with my life!"

At this time, the witches all responded to Duke excitedly, expressing their determination to defend Stormcastle.

Hearing their immature words, Duke bowed to them at this time to express his gratitude.

In the face of Duke's bowing and thanks, these little witches had extremely surprised expressions on their faces, because any lord on the continent, let alone bowing to them and thanking them, would not even look at them squarely, Duke's action was beyond their imagination.

However, Duke didn't have much idea about this move, because in addition to their identity as witches, they were just a group of little girls. But the reality of the situation is that they are required to risk their lives against the ice demons, and it is nothing to thank them by himself.

After doing this, Duke didn't pretend to be too much with these little witches, because he had more important things to do at the moment. However, he turned around and whispered to Hera beside him, "Thank you." ”

Hearing Duke's thank you, Hera smiled charmingly, stroked her hair and replied: "Do you still need to be polite to me, if you really want to be polite, even if you owe me a favor, pay me back when the time comes." ”

Duke was a little apprehensive when he heard the words "owe", but he didn't just say thank you. It's Hera, a woman, if she owes her a favor, it is estimated that the price will be very high.

Hera saw Duke's frowning small movements, and the corners of her mouth smiled mysteriously, and then led the group of little witches to the side, ready to arrange the magic array. At this time, Rose and Nicole look at Duke, and the two of them want to guard Duke's side, so as to ensure Duke's safety.

But they also understand that this group of witch sisters are the weaker ones in the Dark Witch Society and the more rusty ones with magical talents, because only in this way can the Holy See not detect the magical energy on their bodies, and they can stay in the relatively prosperous territory of the Fran Empire, instead of staying in a cold place like Mont Saint-Michel on the border, like Rose.

Therefore, this magic array cannot lack Rose and Nicole, even if they are extremely uneasy in their hearts, they can only go to the side to arrange the magic array.

While Duke was talking to the witch, the ice demons in the distance were almost finished. According to Duke's visual measurements, the number of ice demons and ghouls is about the same, both of them are about 5,000 people, and the total size is tens of thousands.

But when it comes to individual combat effectiveness, if you convert it according to the average elite soldier of the human race, it may be far more than 10,000. Not to mention the ghouls that Duke is not familiar with, even if it is an ice demon, it can be counted as at least 50,000 people.

This extreme gap in combat effectiveness can no longer be made up by defensive fortifications such as fortresses, and if you want to defeat this group of ice demons, you may only hope for a miracle to happen.