The blades of light came out of his hands, and after concentrating the last necromancer, Julian grabbed Orlando's hand and climbed onto the back of Link's transformed steed. The ensuing rain of arrows from the Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info skeleton archers all fell on the hard masonry, and their targets jumped up the walls in three or two steps in an eerie manner out of the center of the earth, and landed steadily into the devastated fortress amid the cheers of the soldiers.

When the commanders who had heard the news saw that Julian was the only one to return, they knew that most of the guards who had gone out with him were already unlucky. No one wants to mention the 'traitor' that the Child of Nature once said at this time, and the most important thing at the moment is to defend against the enemy, the enemy of all living beings.

"How's the battle going?" Turning back into his human form, Link walked past Archduke Kolk, who had a look of displeasure in his eyes, and asked Mario, the Imperial Commander.

"It's not optimistic. Mario leaned slightly, revealing the entrance to the command post hidden deep underground, and motioned to enter.

The group returned to the underground command post, standing in front of the holographic map constructed by magic, Mario pointed around the fortress and explained the current situation to Link: "The undead are really generous this time, I don't know where to get the dwarven gunpowder, chiseled through the mountain wall and buried it, and easily broke the natural defense wall against the army." Since it's not magic, we can't detect it at all, and we don't have any precautions against it. ”

After a slight pause, Mario pointed to the valley behind the fortress that had lost its verdant green and continued: "But that's not the deadliest, the tree of life in the Emerald Valley has been destroyed, and the life barrier that is based on it has been lost, and the walls of the fortress can no longer stop the undead like a tide. ”

The elven commander Romero's face was gloomy, and if the fortress was lost, the next thing the undead would have to deal with would be the glow elves.

Julian glanced at Romero along Link's line of sight, and then returned to the magic projection, Bernard's jaw dropping to the ground in shock.

Is this still the grumpy Julian? What happened this day and night, and what happened to him, and what could make him change his temperament drastically?

The mountain wall of the arch guard, the tree of life that supports the enchantment, without these two things, the fortress is indeed no longer impregnable, but...... That's why the fortress was lost......? There is something missing, something decisive, overwhelming, irresistible......

Link squinted at the Shadow of Magic, he didn't know tactics, couldn't provide a substantive strategy, and couldn't overuse his divine powers to change the course of history. If you don't make a move, your conscience is uneasy, but if you really do it, according to his temperament, maybe you will overdo it if you are not careful, this degree is really difficult to handle.

"What now?" asked Ortega, the mage leader of Hohenheim, who had no clue in the face of such a large battle.

Everyone looked at Nature's Child in the hope that another miracle would happen.

After a long time, Link pondered again and again, and finally said the word retreat, and the entire command post exploded.

"What?"

"What did you say?"

"Impossible!"

"Why?"

"That's nonsense!"

"What the hell are you thinking, we are clearly besieged in this situation, and there is no way to retreat. ”

Link glanced around and said word by word, "Except for the disabled who remain, the rest will be withdrawn, and I will cover you." ”

As soon as the words came out, the command post, which had been chaotic before, suddenly fell silent.

The Child of Nature is the strongest combat force in the fortress, and it is also the last guarantee, if he is willing to stay behind the palace, he can indeed drag the undead, but ...... In this way, even the divine envoy would not be able to retreat in the face of such a powerful attack.

"Your Excellency......" Romero had just begun to speak, but Link raised his hand to stop him.

As long as history remains unchanged, the defeat of the glow elves is inevitable, and it is better to retain strength than to die.

"I have foretold that this battle will be lost, and the more you delay, the more people will die. ”

There was another uproar at the command post, and the Child of Nature finally uttered his first prophecy after coming to Brenda Fortress, premised on foreknowledge.

Link beckoned to Orlando, who was cowering in the corner trying to reduce his presence.

Under the unexplained gaze of everyone, Orlando, who is half-elf half-blood, came over nervously, he fled to the north to find the only child of nature who is not afraid of the empire and has a transcendent identity to protect him, but when he arrives in Brenda, he is confused about the future again. The undead are attacking the city, and the child of nature may die here after he wants to stay a little, what should he do in the future?

"This is the second son of Grand Duke Blumberg, Orlando, and he brings bad news. Link spoke succinctly, "After killing the Grand Duke, the Emperor, with the support of the Knight Chief's rebellion, killed Andreas, the High Priest of the Dawn Sect. ”

Once again, the command post fell silent, and the commander and senior officers looked at each other. The emperor's absurdity is not a matter of a day or two, taking the opportunity of the feudal court to see the princess by name, and imprisoning her in the imperial capital for half a year, even if it is located on the northern front line on the border, they also learned about this absurd thing from the mouths of past merchants, and it is from this that the rebellion of the princes started, and the Grand Duke of Kolk had to go around in a big circle to avoid the rebel area to reach the fortress. Can...... How is this possible? Even if the chief knight who is the deputy of the sect betrays, how can anyone in the world be able to kill a transcendent saint other than the great sage, who combines martial arts and divine arts?

"Is it true?" Archduke Kolk's attention was initially focused on the Children of Nature, and when Orlando approached, he immediately recognized that the young man, who was a mixture of elven and human blood, was indeed the son of Duke Brumberg.

Orlando nodded with difficulty as a room watched.

"It's the Lich, who has taken the form of Edmundo, the archmage of the court, and has bewitched the Emperor, killing not only my mother, but also the High Priest. ”

There are so many lichs in the Undead Empire, but there are ......

People invariably think of one of the three major leaders of the Immortal Empire, the mysterious Lich Lord, whose name is unknown, and even the undead are only referred to by their positions, but since its appearance, countless heroes have been destroyed in its hands.

"No, the Royal Archmage you're talking about, Edmundo, probably didn't exist in the first place. Link waved his hand, with his knowledge of Frost and Cold, he was meticulous in his work, and he could lurk for years, or even decades, for a plan, even a demon who was good at conspiracy might not be able to match it. Frost Cold doesn't do things that are easy to drop the chain like halfway possession, and it prefers to do everything by itself to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

"Are you saying Edmundo is the Lich Lord?—How is this possible?" Orlando hurriedly looked at Archmage Ortega, could it be ...... Hornheim was also involved?

Ortega's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly scolded angrily: "Hohenheim did not collude with the undead!"

The charge was too great for even the detached Hohenheim to bear.

"Hohenheim may not have colluded with the undead, but ...... A fully transformed lich who wants to infiltrate the City of Mages without knowing it is obviously impossible to hide from Bray. ”

This is a contradiction, on the one hand, he defends the mage without collusion, and on the other hand, he says that he can't hide it from the great sage. Archduke was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and the child of nature spoke in such a startled manner that he frightened a room full of people.

"It's literal, don't think too much about it. Although Frost is a lich, it is also a mage, and if he gives Bray some benefits in exchange for studying and looking at the library collection that is not released to the public, I think that as long as the conditions are good enough, the great sage will not refuse, or ...... The managers below him wouldn't refuse, after all, Bray had been on the ladder long enough. ”

As soon as Link said this, everyone understood.

Bray had indeed been a transcendent saint for a long time, so long that people had seen him as a living saga that had seen the rise and fall of an entire empire, and if the Lich Lord had something enough to allow him to transcend the limit and truly become a god, how could Bray refuse. Just under his own nose, he can control its location and information at any time, and he is not afraid that it will do something that endangers Hohenheim, which is Bray's confidence as the strongest human in the material world.

"But Frost just wants an identity that can enter and leave Hohenheim, a prestigious archmage. It used this as a springboard to become the emperor's personal advisor, a royal court mage, and everyone could guess what happened next. The emperor, the princes, and the high priest may seem unrelated, but when they are connected together, they form a complete plan, and its ultimate goal is to conquer Brenda and eradicate the last obstacle in the path of the undead empire to the south. This game of chess has been arranged for many years, and it is finally time to close the net. Link's analysis was so good that even Archduke Cork, who had a bad impression of him, couldn't find anything wrong with him. This is the most plausible and most likely explanation.

Several veins on Julian's forehead were stretched.

I see, I'm just a pawn in the plan, although the most important but also essential, otherwise how can I divert the attention of the sect.

"Therefore, we will lose this battle. Romero struggled. He understood the words of the Children of Nature, the emperor ignored political affairs, the princes rebelled, the Dawn Sect lacked the main battle faction's chief priest, and the Lich Lord had planned for many years, and it was impossible for the coalition to save the defeat.

"Yes, you don't need to defend to the death, keep your troops, after the undead go south, it will be the time for you to really fight hard, not now. "This is the best way Link can think of without changing history, to retain as much combat power as possible.

Mario slammed his hands into the fist, and the props on the table that held the magic image shook with it.

"We have fought for so many years and died so many people, and we have come to such an end, I am not reconciled, and I am unwilling to die for those who died defending their homeland!"

Dent the dwarf came over and patted him as a sign of comfort. After fighting the undead for so many years, all races have suffered a lot of damage, but most of them are humans, and no one wants to see such a result.

"Without further ado, prepare to retreat. "Archduke Kolk gritted his teeth, and he had to withdraw if he was unwilling, otherwise the loss of troops here would not outweigh the losses, and the Son of Nature was right. (To be continued.) )