The area where the city guard Baron Hans lived and lived was on the gatehouse of the fortress, and this section of the city wall was pre-arranged with comprehensive protective magic, even if it was constantly bombarded by fireballs, it could withstand it for a long time.

Although it was almost the middle of the night, Baron Hans, who had just worked on his favorite slave girl, still did not feel sleepy.

The little slave girl, who still had traces of love on her body, was carefully beating her master's legs, not yet sixteen years old, but her body had developed like a luscious and juicy pear, although she was a half-breed, she could hardly see the characteristics of the Pearl Islands, but her complexion was slightly dark, but this was not a disadvantage, and her smooth skin was as smooth as satin, which made Baron Hans especially love.

A good spring festival should have been enjoyed, if it weren't for so many troubles! Thinking of this, Baron Hans couldn't help but take a sip of the high-end wine produced in the Ilia Peninsula. Things have been going really hard lately, because the relationship with the Griffin family has been deteriorating, and even wine has started to be in demand lately.

Fighting on the front lines became more and more frequent, and there were constant voices within the Cato family calling for the transfer of troops from Black Harbor, which Baron Hans was naturally firmly opposed.

As a trusted side branch of the family, although Baron Hans's territory was in the valley, he had been hereditary in the position of Black Harbor City Defense Officer for more than 40 years since his grandfather's generation - what an eye-popping fat shortage! This position alone has a legal income of up to 10,000 gold dragons per year, and as for the illegal income, it is ten times that.

A sage once said, "The golden dragon is combat power", although this statement is a little straightforward, it is a rare insight.

The best example of this is Baron Hans.

His talent is average, and his martial arts training is not hard, but with the oil and water that his family has fished over the years, he has built a level 7 warrior with a golden dragon. However, the parallel goods piled up by resources are not as good as real high-level warriors after all. Baron Hans, who is fully aware of his own strength, is never willing to go to the Dwarven Hills and fight the Griffin family.

"Looks like we're going to bleed again. Baron Hans was thinking about which of Count Cato's cronies to bribe so that he could speak for him, when a hurried alarm sounded outside the door.

"Damn!" Baron Hans's first reaction was a pirate attack, but after thinking about it, the surrounding pirates had either been bought or died at sea due to various "accidents". As long as you think about it calmly, there is no doubt that the Griffin family is more likely. Realizing this, Baron Hans was so anxious that he kicked away the little slave girl who was lying at his feet.

Baron Hans, who was naked, picked up the mace and shield placed beside the bed and was about to rush out, but as soon as he pushed the door open, he was blown by the cool breeze outside the corridor, and he felt a chill in his lower body, and even goosebumps came out.

"A few minutes of delay should be out of the way. Baron Hans gritted his teeth and closed the door again with a snap.

Hans turned back, quickened his pace to the weapon rack, and hurriedly put on his armor as he shouted at the little slave girl, "Are you dead? ”

A few minutes later, Baron Hans, dressed in high-grade full-body armor made by the dwarves, hurried straight to the entrance of the fortress.

By the time Baron Hans arrived, the situation had reached a precarious point.

At the gate of the city, Stone and Thorn had already joined the first batch of assault teams to come ashore, and the soldiers in heavy armor continued to pour in under the rain of arrows shot from the city. Baron Hans's squad placed in the gate of the city gate was wiped out in less than two minutes.

Because of the raid, most of the soldiers in Black Harbor had just woken up and crawled out of their covers, and many of them didn't even put on their leather armor. The entrance had been breached, and the chaotic defenders were now standing out of the magic control room.

"Don't panic, the captains gather their subordinates as soon as possible. Seeing that his subordinates could not even organize effective resistance, Baron Hans's heart suddenly cooled half, but as a city defense officer, he still had to struggle.

Now he does his best, even if he can't turn the tide, but the longer he persists, the less punishment he will receive in the future - Baron Hans will naturally not fight to the death, as long as the situation is not right, he will surrender decisively. Even if the Count of Cato is unwilling to pay the ransom, with Baron Hans's own family background, he is not afraid that he will not be able to buy back his freedom.

"Turn on all the guards at once!" Baron Hans, who rushed into the control room, raised his hand, and the ring on the middle finger of his right hand emitted a burst of white light, placed in the center of the room, and the crystal prism about the thickness of an arm began to hum and vibrate.

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Griffith was almost the last to make it ashore, and by the time he stepped onto the beach, the attacking forces had split up, with the main force taking control of the entrance to the fortress under the leadership of Stone and Thorn and storming the magic control room, and a small number of soldiers under the leadership of Sir Buck Babel preparing to blockade the docklands.

"Uncle Buck, do you want to help?" Because Stone didn't assign a specific task, Griffith and Anna became idlers on the battlefield. To be on the safe side, Griffith first blessed himself with a mage armor, and when he saw that there seemed to be some movement on the other side of the docks, he rushed over with Anna.

As for the fortress side, not only Stone and Thorn were in charge, but even Sir Philip had personally gone into battle with his guards, and there was a mysterious high-level shadow mage hiding in the shadows, Griffith felt that he was a level 2 mage, and there was no need to go over to join in the fun.

"It's just a little miscellaneous fish, I'm enough for one, why don't you need to mix it. Buck said this, but he didn't object to Griffith and Anna coming closer.

There was no guard from the Cato family in the docks, but there were seven or eight merchant ships moored tonight, and there were quite a few sailors who stayed on board for the night, and if they could be organized, they would be a force not to be underestimated, and they had to be divided into troops.

In fact, when the battle began, the people on the ships were awakened by the shouts of killing coming from the fortress.

It was a cloudy night tonight, and only the outline of the moon could be faintly seen through the clouds. Even the most discerning lookouts could not see what was going on on the other side of the fortress, so the captains could only be on guard and order the sailors to put away the anchors so that they could leave the harbor at any time and escape.

Sir Buck led the men into the docks, only to be on guard from a distance, and did not try to approach any of the ships, but the sudden appearance of strange troops still greatly deepened the suspicions of the sailors, and some people could not help but shoot the leading Sir Buck with arrows.

The sailors' cold arrows did not really threaten Sir Buck, but they did succeed in igniting the wrath of Anna's father.

"Prepare to rush with me—" Buck was about to give the order to attack, but Griffith stopped him from making a reckless move, "Sir Babbel, wait." I remember that Baron Stone gave you an order to blockade the docklands, not to attack these merchants. ”

While grabbing Buck, Griffith quickly used a hallucination, and his voice was loud enough for everyone to hear: "Docklands guys, please be quiet. We are the Griffin family's troops, and we have only one goal for tonight, and that is Grey Isle. I am here to assure you that as long as you stay on board, the Griffins will keep you safe, and if you take Grey Island, you are welcome to continue your trade. ”

After listening to Griffith's words, the tension was gone, after all, these people were only here to do business, most of them had nothing to do with the Cato family, and it was impossible for them to go to the trouble for the sake of the nobles who had been exploiting themselves in the past.

"If you don't feel at ease, you can leave immediately, and we will not hinder you. After listening to Griffith's words, several impatient captains were already directing their sailors to prepare to hoist their sails and leave port. Although Griffith said that he would ensure the safety of merchant ships, no one could guarantee that the ships left on the dock would not be affected by the battle.

At this moment, Baron Hans activated the magical protection of the entire fortress at any cost, and the hideous statues on the city wall, under the infusion of magical energy, opened their eyes one after another, flapped their bat wings, and flew into the sky.

There are twenty gargoyles, and this is one of the Cato family's hole cards.

"Sir Griffith, Sir Philip, please come at once. A familiar attendant trotted over and gave the order.

"Uncle Buck, Anna and I went first. Griffith whispered in Barker's ear, "Watch out for the three-masted ship on the left, judging by the flag they fly, it should be a chamber of commerce close to the Cato family." ”