Rose Castle, Council Hall.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Minister of Administration, Aso, spoke first: "Because of the Dark Witch King's declaration of war on us, the business environment of our Rose Territory has deteriorated dramatically, and in the past week, the commercial activities in the territory have decreased by 50 percent, and a large number of wealthy merchants and nobles from other places have begun to leave the country, taking a large part of their wealth and goods with them.

Housing prices in the city have fallen even more dramatically, with many households selling at low prices and leaving through bright doors, and the city's population falling for the first time in months, which has led to the slow progress of our urban reconstruction, and many construction brigades have entered a situation where there is nothing to do.

On the contrary, the prices of various household goods have risen sharply, and the mood of the people is not stable. ”

Victor, the supreme commander of the patrol battalion, immediately answered, and said: "This point is still up to me to explain, since a week ago, the dark wizard unilaterally declared war with us, the patrol camp has entered the highest state of alert, including the gangs and rats under the control of the patrol battalion, we have mobilized to strive to ensure the stability of the territory.

But in just one week, the number of criminal incidents in the territory has exceeded the sum of the previous three months, causing nearly 1,000 casualties and direct economic losses of nearly 100,000 gold guilders.

Of course, these are not the worst, the worst thing is that their destruction has directly led to a great decrease in the sense of security of the people, everyone is in danger, and the confidence in the city to hold on is also declining.

Well, allow me here to make some excuses for the fighters of my patrol battalion. ”

Victor tilted his head slightly: "In just one week, fifty-nine soldiers were killed and seventy-one were disabled in my patrol battalion, and nearly one-twentieth of the number of soldiers was directly reduced. I'm not here to complain, I'm just going to say that the patrol battalion is doing its best to hold on.

By the way, the main ones who caused the casualties of our patrol camp personnel were the dark wizards who had infiltrated in advance, and they intended to destroy from the city to respond and gather intelligence for the follow-up army of dark wizards. ”

"In this regard, I will take care of it, or I will talk about it. There seemed to be anger brewing on the scarred face of the Minister of War, Eliad: "The Guardian Legion has taken over the work of cleaning up the dark wizards' spies, and in a week, we have captured more than sixty dark wizards who want to sneak in secretly in the wizard's tower.

After being tortured, most of them were scattered dark wizards who obeyed the orders of the Dark Witch King, and because of that spell, they were engaged in a final frenzied revenge, but we also have a definite source......"

Speaking of this, Eliad paused word by word: "The army of the dark wizards is already marching towards us, including that one, the Dark Witch King, Marceau. ”

Bad news came one after another, and by the time Eliad spat out the name, the entire ceremonial hall had fallen silent.

At the top of the council chamber sat Muen's wife, Aya. At this time, Aya took off her wizard robe, and instead put on the luxurious costume of the lord's wife, holding Mu En's son in her arms, the heir of the rose collar, Mu Zheng.

When Mu En left, he had already given most of the power to the heads of various departments, but at this moment of life and death, Aya had to come out and preside over the overall situation.

Feeling the silence of the council room, Aya finally took her eyes off the child in her arms, and the moment of maternal love and majesty changed, and it was so abrupt and so natural, after slowly looking at everyone, she spoke: "Go on, what other bad news and difficulties are laid out together?"

"......" Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.

"Since no one said it, I'll just name it, Master Carey Miso, do you have a problem there?"

Kyrie Miso smiled bitterly: "My biggest problem here is that I don't have enough manpower, because of the problem of the magic net, the spellcaster legion is equal to being abolished, and the ivory white witch legion, this, this, after all, is fighting to the death with the dark wizard, and everyone is a little panicked." ”

"Xia Zuo, when Mu En left, he handed over the matter of contacting the Viku Continent to you, how is it over there, how much support can you give?"

Xia Zuo straightened up slightly: "There must be support, in personal relationships, Master Nuke, Master Cologne, Master Steelbeard, and some extraordinary powerhouses from the Hidden Land, it is certain that there will be thirty people who will come to the Rose Leader to help."

This is a very powerful force, and it is also a precious treasure left to us by Grand Duke Muen, and we have contacted two large mercenary groups, which can bring in three professional legions, with a total of tens of thousands of professional warriors.

As for the official, well, there is some uncertainty in the High Council, the whereabouts of His Majesty the Throne of Violent Hurricane are unknown, and we want to ask for a throne support, some ...... Well, it will take consultation with the High Council before it can be decided. ”

In essence, this is the deadliest, the Rose Leader and the Dark Wizard, the biggest gap is not the bottom legion, but the Dark Witch King who has the weapon of the final conquest.

Aya ignored it, but nodded slightly: "What about the others? Brad, what happened to the Rose Leader's Glory Legion?"

Brad stood proudly and glanced at everyone present with burning eyes: "The Legion of Glory is always ready to sacrifice for glory, and we swear that we will not let any Legion of Dark Wizards enter the castle until the legion is destroyed." ”

"Okay!" Aya smiled, the first time he smiled, "Meereen, how are you there?"

"My 'Dark Witch Extermination Circle' is two-thirds of the way through, rest assured, I will be able to complete my masterpiece before the Dark Witch Legion arrives. Meereen seemed to have not rested for a long time, his eyes had heavy dark circles, but his spirit was unusually high, he looked at everyone, and said slowly but firmly:

"I know that many people resent the calamity I have brought to the Rose Collar, and I do not deny it, but in any case, I will shed my last drop of blood for the city, even if it is to pay for my mistakes. ”

Aya smiled slightly again and looked at Asso: "Asuo, I don't care about the current business environment of the Rose Collar, those things can be salvaged after this war." I just want to know, will the supplies and gold shield of the Rose Collar be enough to support us in waging a protracted war?"

"That's enough, of course, ma'am. ”

"Wouldn't that be nice. Aya looked at Victor again: "I don't care about those so-called wealthy merchants and nobles, I just want to ask, if Rose Collar and the Dark Witch King go to war, will the hearts of the people be on our side, or on the other side?"

"Nature is our side, and it is what people will compare, and they will naturally expect our victory when they compare the suffering of the past with the life in the Rose Collar. ”

"The people's hearts can be used, then it will not work. Aya looked at Eliad again: "Master, I just want to ask, will the Guardian Legion do the most blood for the Rose Leader?"

"That's inevitable. Eliad was also categorical: "I can make an oath to the Guardian Legion, all the warriors." ”

"Then Master Kerry Miso, the Ivory White Witch Legion, is anyone leaving?"

"Well, not at this stage. After all, most of the wizards in the Ivory White Witch Legion are from the local cultivation of the Rose Territory, and even in terms of treatment and resources, even the core members of the wizard towers within the Wizarding Alliance are nothing more than that. ”

"So, everything is ready, I don't understand what you are afraid of, what are you worried about?" Aya finally stood up, she restrained her smile, and her beautiful face flashed with the majesty of a queen: "The current situation in the Atlanta continent is a bit special, the war between wizards and gods, because of the magic net, although it is about to break out, but it is in a stalemate, but it is foreseeable that this war will inevitably break out in the near future."

And the dark wizard, because of the spell to exterminate the black witch, is already a fish on the shore, just dying and struggling. The reason why the Dark Witch King dared to provoke the Rose Collar at this moment was because he calculated that no one was willing to face the final madness of the Dark Wizard at this moment. ”

"But in fact, as long as we can block the first wave of attacks from the Dark Wizards, as long as the war between us and the Dark Witch Legion is at a stalemate, there will naturally be enough kings who can't wait to take action and clean up the Dark Witch King Marceau. ”

"When a friend comes, there is wine, when an enemy comes, there is a sword, and since my husband, Grand Duke Muen, took over the Rose Collar, we have never backed down.

And this time, although Mu En is not there, I believe that he is still watching us from a certain position, watching how the Dark Witch Legion will be defeated at our hands, I just ask you, do you have faith?"

"Yes!" At this moment, everyone seemed to have an illusion, it was not Aya who was standing in the first place, but Mu En, at this moment, they almost stood up like an electric shock, and shouted with all their strength:

"Then, let's fight, perhaps, fate decides, the Rose Collar is the final grave of the Dark Wizard. ”

"Whoa!"

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Night, garden.

Aya watched Mu Zheng fall into a deep sleep, put him gently on the bed, she looked at the baby's lovely face, for a long time, for a long time, before she looked up at the bright moon in the sky: "Mu En, no matter where you are, whether you can come back or not, I will defend this territory for you and for our children." ”

At this moment, there is nothing more to her beautiful face...... Refuse.