"I beg your pardon, I don't understand what you mean. ”

Bella suddenly felt a chill rise in her back, and the woman's instinct told her that it was not a good omen. "Your goal is too conspicuous for humans—"

"We, to be exact. ”

Iroh corrected, "Tokamak faction everyone. ”

"This ......"

Bella almost exclaimed, this is crazy, four dragons follow her back to the town?

Wait, if this explosive news doesn't get out, then it's just-

Thinking of this, Bella shuddered slightly.

The town is so close to the valley that even if there are no relics, it is only a matter of time before the valley is exposed, given the tendency of adventurers to explore everywhere...... Iroh is going to pull out this nail completely, and further delay the day when the exposure will come.

And she could imagine that Iroh would definitely let Falkenridge take the initiative to take this responsibility!

Sure enough, this dragon is not a fool, when he used him, why wasn't he used by him?

Bella also has no reason to refuse, and Falkenridge and Stasi, as feuds, actually know each other's situation very well. While Grand Duke Jon knew about the fall of this generation of the Falkenridge royal family, Bella also knew that the other side was not really ready for war.

The reason is very simple, there are also several small countries around the Principality of Stasi, and some time ago, Walla and the Tadoya Empire, among the four major empires, extended an olive branch to Archduke Jon at the same time.

Nowadays, on the western continent, the four most powerful camps are led by the four empires, and all the countries on the continent have joined or tended to one of the camps, and those countries that insist on "neutrality" have either been destroyed or have been supported by the four empires to support puppet regimes.

For example, the Kingdom of Falkenridge is nominally headed by the Khavar Empire - but given its weak strength, the Khaval Empire does not care about its specific movements.

The Duchy of Stasi was originally on the side of the Walla Empire, but before the Grand Duke Jon inherited the throne of the Duke, he once wandered around the continent as an adventurer. During this time, he became acquainted with a high-ranking priestess of the Dawn Holy See, and then captured the heart of the other party.

The Tadoya Empire is a peculiar country with divine power higher than imperial power, and the Holy See of Dawn, as a church serving the God of Light, is of course the de facto leader of this country, so Grand Duke Jon naturally entered the eyes of the Holy See's upper echelons.

It is not uncommon for the four camps to dig into each other's walls, so after Jon succeeded to the throne, the Duchy of Stasi naturally became the object of competition for the Tadoya Empire - and it was impossible for the Walla Empire to sit idly by and watch a young brother with good potential being snatched away, so during this time, the two countries could be said to be secretly wooing the Duchy of Stasi in various ways.

In other words, the Principality of Stasi, which is calm and powerful on the surface, is actually already undercurrent. All it takes is one mistake on the part of those in power, and the country can be overturned by the ensuing waves!

Grand Duke Jon is not as glamorous as it seems, after all, no matter how strong and potential he is, he is only one person, and the Duchy of Stassy is only the strongest in the principality, and it is not even in the middle of the nine kingdoms. And the Nelson Kingdom, the strongest of the nine kingdoms, is simply different from the Havar Empire, the weakest of the four empires!

He simply can't get rid of these two superpowers, so instead of settling a feud, he needs to think more about how to deal with the two empires without being annexed.

In this case, the Duchy of Stacy is definitely much more constrained than Falkenridge. Even if destroying a small town could cause the wrath of Grand Duke Jon, as a wise leader, he would never risk blowing up the situation for a while.

"Even so...... "Bella is worthy of being the princess of a country, and it didn't take long to figure out these places, "Castelgate is located in a disputed area on the border between the two countries, and even if the real barrier of the Duchy of Stassi is a hurricane fortress a hundred kilometers away, the town's defenses will not be too weak. ”

"So what?"

Iroh made an expression similar to a smile, and the next moment, something happened that made Bella's eyes widen again: I saw a flash of white light, and the huge body of the black dragon began to shrink rapidly, and in just a few seconds, it became the size of a pet lizard!

"It's just a simple transfiguration, and I can only change my body shape now. ”

Facing the black dragon's small, delicate eyes like black crystals, Bella felt that she had to admit that this dragon ...... I'm afraid that no matter how much I overestimate him, it will not be enough!

At midnight, Castelgate fell into his deepest sleep. Even this small town, which is on the border between the two countries, cannot resist the power of sleep. Except for a handful of guards patrolling, even the halls of the town's liveliest tavern, the Drunken Dragon, were empty.

In any case, although relations between the two countries are poor, it has been five years since the last war broke out. Not to mention the ordinary residents, even the principality squad stationed in the town gradually forgot the atmosphere of war.

The few guards still patrolling were the best proof of this: although they were in good spirits and kept an eye on the movements around the town, they had obvious tiredness and languidness on their faces.

Every night has been so calm and so ...... for five years At ease.

"Who? Stop!"

With a loud shout, the three guards guarding the east gate of the town hurriedly raised their spears and signaled to the man who came out of the darkness not to act rashly.

"I ...... I'm Villeret......"

Bella sniffed hard, with a sad expression, and walked over to the guards with her hands raised.

"Miss Villette?"

One of the guards recognized the female mage who had been in the town during the day, screamed in surprise, and then lowered his weapon: "Oh my God, why do you walk alone at night!

"yes, yes, come in first!"

The other guards nodded their heads and opened the door for her.

Hearing this, Bella hurriedly trotted all the way to the front of the guards. The petite girl was carrying a backpack behind her, she was obviously in great sadness, and there were two lines of tears on her face, coupled with her beautiful face and weak temperament, which suddenly completely dispelled the suspicions of the guards, who were still a little skeptical.

Something must have happened to the poor girl in front of her, and she must have needed the comfort of a reliable man more than cross-examination—they thought.

"Miss Villeret, what is going on, and what about your teammates?"

One of the guards asked softly, holding her body.

Who knew this question, the girl's tears flowed out again: "Sister Camilla, ...... They're all dead......"

The guards gasped, the Flame Squad was one of the top five powerful teams in the Principality of Stasy, but they didn't expect that most of the personnel in this mission would be reduced by half!

"That'...... Shall you go back to your accommodation first?"

Originally, the guards still wanted to ask a few more questions, but seeing Bella's appearance, no fool knew that her emotions were very unstable, and poking the wounds of this helpless girl was not a reliable man.

"Hmm...... Thank you for ......."

Bella pretended to be strong and wiped away her tears, "At least the mission is completed, I have to take everyone's share and live together." ”

As she spoke, she deliberately showed the guards the large backpack behind her, which was obviously the relics of her fallen comrades.

And the guards naturally no longer doubted it and let it go directly.

After a few moments, Bella finally returned to her room.

"Adults, you can come out. ”

She tossed a detection spell and sensed that everything was safe before placing her backpack on the bed and opening it.

"Iroh, I swear there will be another time, you can't send me away with such a thing!"

The first to emerge was Hilkat, the black dragon who had also been shrunk to the level of a pet lizard by Iroh, who was now struggling to drag a few silver coins out, and then lazily lay on the bed.

In fact, when Hillcat was still in the backpack, he realized that he had been fooled, and Iroh had previously made a condition, saying that as long as he became smaller, he could scavenge the money in Bella's backpack at will - "As long as you can take it, it's all yours." Iroh promised.

Hilcart was greedy for a moment and agreed, who knew that he was getting smaller only to find out that he could only take a few silver coins at most......

"So, you're still too weak. ”

The second one came out, and he was about the same size as Hillcat at this time. Vis didn't ask for any money, because he was quick to think and realized immediately how much reward he would have if he could break through a small town!

Compared to Bella's money, he still can't look down on it.

Next was Karamank, the young blue dragon who was obviously the most dissatisfied.

"I said, it's taken me more than ten years to grow that big, and if you can't turn me back, I'm going to bite you to death. ”

"Don't worry, if you don't have to do it if you can't go back, they'll be enough to kill me. Elo, who came out at last, replied in a helpless tone.

It's no wonder that Karamank cares so much, because the original size is Karamank's largest, and he is even a lap bigger than Iro, and now they are all back to the same running line, which makes him a little unbearable.

"Adults, when will you do it?" Bella asked in a respectful tone as she looked at the four "little" dragons arguing with each other, trying to suppress a trace of subtlety in her heart.

"First go and get the treasure you said. ”

Iroh motioned to Bella. Although he was in the backpack just now, his spiritual power was always shrouded in the nearby area. There is no clear relationship between the strength of mental power and body size, even with the tiny size now, Ello's mental power has not been weakened.

This town is a nail in the coffin on the border......

When he entered through the east gate of the town before, Iroh's spiritual power detection told him that the town was surrounded by high and thick walls on all sides, and the four gates located in the east, west, south, and north were thick wooden doors wrapped in iron sheets, and I was afraid that even if he regained his size, he would not be able to break through easily.

On top of that, there were a lot of crossbow arrows on the walls, and this powerful weapon also had in Eloh's memory. It's a great invention of humanoids, and if a dragon is attacked by a crossbow bolt unsuspectingly, it will definitely have a big hole in its body!

In fact, more than a hundred years ago, an unlucky dragon proved the power of crossbow arrows firsthand: this guy tried to plunder a king's castle, only to be shot down by a hundred bolts as soon as he got close.

As for the results?

Iroh didn't have to think about it to know that he would either be dismembered or become a servant of the king.

He chose to use Transfiguration to infiltrate the Tokamaks precisely to bypass these powerful human defenses!

And now, all the members of the faction are inside Castelgate. This town is like a nut that has been peeled off, revealing itself in front of them.

Slaughter...... It's time to get started!