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The carriage that escaped from Ascension headed west along the central avenue and turned north before reaching the gates of the 1st East District. Their goal is the Order & Discipline Inn in the North City. The soldiers in the car maxed out their horsepower and tried with all their might to escape from a possible pursuit. Of course, there was no joy on the faces of the three defendants under house arrest, and the atmosphere in the car was deadly silent.

"Whose man came to our rescue just now?" was the first to break the silence by the First Secretary of State, who had a plaster statue-like expression.

"I think it's probably our people. The two people who shot just now are probably the best people we have in the South......"

Vlasol replied. Thinking back to the magic he had just seen, he couldn't believe it now—it wasn't just the best level in the South. People who can use this level of arcane and divine magic may also be ranked very high in the entire empire. He felt a slight sense of pride: his homeland did not hesitate to send such a strong squad to save him, and even if he failed, he was satisfied.

Govar smiled bitterly: "What a savage salvation. With all due respect, even if this salvation is successful, I am afraid that I will not be able to sign the annexation treaty you want when I return safely to Kengele. ”

"That's okay, the Emperor doesn't really want to merge with Julock. Hearing the marshal's refusal, Viscount Rasta simply pulled out his hole cards, "Your Majesty just wants a neutral buffer state. As long as Julok remains neutral, we will have enough forces to overwhelm Phatese and Imeas. We can also be your protectorate and make sure you don't get harassed by your former companions......"

In the middle of speaking, the soldier driving the car suddenly coughed. Rasta suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly stopped. To his surprise, the coachman spoke instead.

"Ahem. Your Excellency, you are leaking state secrets. It's not appropriate to give up hope so early, maybe God will give you a new turnaround?"

Hearing this voice, several people in the car opened their mouths in surprise, especially Chase, who was remotely controlled by Lily.

"You're Jett, Nieton, you're all Imperial agents?!"

"Good memory, worthy of being a politician, you have a talent for this. The middle-aged pastor replied, "Everyone, hurry up, fasten the car door, it's going to drift!"

"Drift ......?" Rasta subconsciously repeated the word he had never heard before, and closed the door shut.

"Hold on!" said another driver aloud. The passengers in the car all rolled to the side, feeling like they were going to be thrown out. Rasta grabbed the doorknob and looked out the window.

He saw the huge carriage rushing straight to a three-story building—

— and climbed up!

As if it had just turned a corner at an intersection on flat ground, the carriage ran up the side of the building.

"Oh my God. You have this magic......" Chase watched the scene, his mouth wide open, his head hitting the roof of the car unsuspectingly, and he fainted.

"Guys, we're going to take a journey on the rooftops. Please don't be afraid. "I'm the acting head of the Royal Ministry of Security's Southern Director. ”

During their conversation, a second carriage, which had been following closely, crashed headlong into the fruit stand below the building. The Fathesian cavalry, who was in charge of driving, stared blankly at the wall in front of them, not knowing what was happening. With a blushing face and his military cap, Betsy pushed the door open and stepped on an orange, and he angrily threw his pale cyan military hat on the ground.

"Those bastards, it turned out to be all cover, the real agents are here!

Clad pushed the door open and helped his lieutenant out. His face wasn't much better.

"General Betsy, please go to the nearest police station immediately to issue a general lockdown order, it should be too late. Close all the gates and keep an eye on them! Even if their carriage can climb the wall, it will not be possible to climb five roads in a row! Mobilize all the soldiers, and never let Marshal Govar fall into the hands of Imperial agents!"

Wiener, Betsy glanced at the good opponent and said thoughtfully, "If you want to guarantee this, you have to use the last resort." ”

Clad took a step back: "You mean kill?"

The Phaetes nodded. Clad's face was uncertain, but he nodded anyway.

"But there is one condition, you have to let me try it first. You can't hurt the life of the former marshal unless they're about to escape. He turned and handed the unconscious Hull to the non-commissioned officer who was driving, "Lieutenant Colonel Tedwood will be handed over to you." I'm going to chase it. ”

The general took a deep breath, used a spell of unknown knowledge, and leapt to the roof on tiptoe, chasing the black carriage. Betsy looked at the brown-haired man's back, thoughtful.

"You immediately go to the nearest police station and issue a supreme martial law order. All the soldiers returned to the unit and participated in the pursuit. Tell Robert to rush to the North Gate, only he can defeat the Knight. At last...... Go to the arsenal and call up all three 'implosion guns'. If someone asks, they all block it in my name. ”

After assigning the task to the escort cavalry, he patted the dust off his body and walked quickly to the nearest barracks.

"Looks like our race is going to be going to the last minute, Clad. ”

*** ***

While blood was pouring and fighting raged in front of the Supreme Court, Anne was enjoying her lunch.

"It's all home-cooked food, just eat it. Think of it as your own home, okay? It's hard for a young girl to be the head of someone. ”

The nun smiled at her, a smile so kind that it sent chills down Anne's back. She knew that the nun must have misunderstood, but she didn't know how to defend herself.

"Misunderstanding is misunderstanding. The blonde girl shook her hair and thought helplessly.

She had dropped her plate in front of Naimon before, shed tears, even slapped him, and finally burst into tears and laughed...... No matter what she says now, Sister Viren and Fran will certainly not take it seriously. These adult men and women will only smile knowingly and make a "we understand everything" look. Explain it to Soleton and take his time.

In fact, after learning about Nammon Soleton's "true" identity, she didn't want to defend herself...... Let them be.

"By the way, do you want to read Denica's letter?" Zart pulled it out of his pocket, "You must be concerned." ”

Anne, knowing that the lie had been exposed, blushed and took the letter embarrassedly. When she saw that Danica had changed her surname, her hands shook involuntarily. She searched through her memories of history and remembered a remarkable woman......

"Damn, I should have known this a long time ago. Since this Soleton is Naimon, then Denika will definitely not do nothing...... But I didn't expect it to be ......"

Just then, her earrings rang softly. Anne immediately stood up, suppressed nervousness, and asked, "Where is the toilet?"

"Around the corner at the end of the hallway. The nun pointed.

Anne thanked her and walked out the door, only to reach a safe corner before pinching her earrings to answer.

"What's going on? Did Clad fail? Hey, hey?"

No answer came. Anne took off her earrings and examined them carefully: it was indeed a communication buoy, and it had already been connected.

"What are the two of them doing? Did they accidentally pinch this thing? Or ......?"

She hesitated, arguing whether to rush to the courthouse, but finally the thought of going back and continuing to eat prevailed.

"Damn, anti-magic array! it's over......"

Andrew, the intelligence agent of "Pure Gold", lay flat in the auditorium, feeling that his waist was about to be broken. The magic items in his hand had already formed a circular circuit, but under the influence of the urgently activated anti-magic array, it didn't make any sense. By the time Anne got the news through other means, an hour had been wasted.

It was a three-red fireworks salute.

These cross-shaped highest-level warning signals were resupplied only a week ago, making the Pure Gold Consortium a small fortune, and no one expected that these new signal cannons would be used again so soon. The difference is that this time a blue star and a green star were added.

"Wow!

The children in the orphanage cheered. Naimon stood up and looked at the fireworks that bloomed in the sky not far away. The three red fireworks had nothing to do with him or her, but the blue five-star boy vaguely remembered where he had seen them. It seems to be ......

"Miss Sefir, the star-shaped fireworks are an emergency call from the army, right? I've seen it on the supply list before. ”

Anne thought back and replied, "Probably." There is only one possibility of martial law throughout this festival......"

"Radetz and Govar were rescued from the courtroom. Naimon judged without hesitation.

"You're right, Soleyton. This is a problem......"

Anne bit her lip worriedly, remembering the silent emergency communication from earlier: that was exactly an hour ago.

Assuming that Radetz had just escaped on horseback at the time of that communication, he would have been almost at the North Gate by now. The prospect of the former marshal's escape terrified her: at least a third of the Free Army would unite around the city of Kengrad! She did not dare to expect the other three republics to tolerate such betrayal. That would give birth to a much larger Fortiburg...... Blood will soak the land.

- And that's without taking into account the Emperor's Regiment. Thinking of this, the blonde girl repented of her error in judgment. She hastily stood up and said goodbye to her masters.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to take my leave. The army is calling me, and I have to go back and report for duty. Thank you very much for your hospitality. ”

"Have a safe journey, don't have an accident!"

Bidding farewell to the enthusiastic nun couple, she put on her red military cap and overcoat again. Just as she was about to go out, she suddenly found Naimon following her, picking up the fire pouch and bullet pouch from the shoe rack.

Anne was stunned and asked, "You don't have to go, Soleton?"

"Why? I'm also a soldier, and I'm also going to follow this emergency call-up order. I'm going. The boy accentuated the tone of the answer.

"You're not a full-fledged soldier. Anne retorted, "Your order has not yet taken effect. "How could she allow him to follow? With him by her side, she couldn't hide her identity and abilities.

"You're not supposed to go, Miss Seffer? That's the signal from the North-Central Army and the Phaethes, but not the Redcoats. Naimon immediately retorted with another reason.

"It's too dangerous! The other side is a death squad that can snatch people out of López and Ral, and your magic is not worthy of them! Stay, Soleton, there are people waiting for you to come back, don't take unnecessary risks. ”

"The same goes for you. Isn't there anyone waiting for you to go back, do you have the confidence to compare with them?"

(I do - just don't want you and others to see it.) When your life is in danger, I will definitely subconsciously save you...... It's too dangerous. Anne thought to herself, thinking about what reason she should use to keep the other party. But Namen's next sentence hit her memories directly.

"Let's go together and fight together. ”

It was a very ordinary sentence, but it made Anne involuntarily overlap the figure of the young man in front of her with the shadow in her memory. Fight......

(Damn, this is another person in another world!!)

"Let's go, we've been delayed for too much. Be careful, don't hold me back. ”

She changed into leather boots and fastened them.

"Let's go to the nearest warning point to report first and find out the situation. ”

*** ***

The main headquarters of the pursuit was located at the Eastern Police Station, not far to the west of the institution. Robert rushed to the North End to manage the pursuit, and was left behind to deal with Admiral Betsy and Hull, whose right half of his body was bandaged and his cast, hanging from his chest.

"Damn, only two corpses left, hunt down the rest and torture them for their plans!"

"How's the crowd going?" "Most of the streets are empty. ”

"Are there people on each of the five walls?" "The basic fitting has been completed, and all the monitoring magic arrays inside and outside the five-story city wall have been opened. ”

"The three- and four-walled watchtowers still don't have any reports?" "No, everything is fine!"

"Is there any news from Chief López?" "Not yet, sorry. ”

Despite being seriously wounded, Hull managed to sort out the entire pursuit plan very smoothly. Originally, the admiral planned to help him manage it together, but the lieutenant colonel politely declined. The newly formed Lenny garrison is the unit of which he is the chief staff officer, and as long as he is conscious, there is no reason to hand it over to the commander of the friendly army.

"What if you could climb the rooftops? This is the city where I grew up...... Don't think it's so easy to escape from the 'Impenetrable City'. ”

With his left hand, Hull pointed at Lenny's map and ordered his soldiers to watch every important intersection. He could not find the carriages that were high and high in the walls, but he was confident that he could catch the prisoners among the five walls. In total, there are nearly 1,000 defensive towers that can be used for surveillance purposes inside and outside the five walls of Lenny, one every 200 meters, which take care of each other and are also useful firepower points for defense in wartime. Inside each tower was a magical alarm that connected directly to the map in front of him, allowing them to intercept fleeing wagons wherever they were found.

The city's defenses don't stop there. Seven years ago, in order to defend against a possible aerial assault of the Empire, Lenny's magicians modeled after the Empire's "Great Detection Network (SOR)" to build a detect-destroy circle that could block the sky and the earth, and this magic circle called the "Lennie Great Detection Network" was erected on the outermost wall. All creatures that attempt to pass through the magic circle from outside the "gate" will be detected, recorded, and sealed, paralyzed, or even killed as appropriate. Now, he has turned on the second level of the "paralyzing" effect. If you take into account the emergency anti-caster equipment that each watch tower is equipped with, Lenny can be called a magical city that "defends magic with magic". The only problem with these defenses was that they couldn't cope with the melee, so no one took advantage of them during the melee on the night of the seventh.

Such a defense is costly, but it is only with countless large-scale magic that the United Provincial Republic can barely compete with the North in magic. The North has more new magical technologies at its disposal, but the South has a more powerful economy to put it into life and armaments, and the balance is delicate.

(Plus the terrible General López...... Even if these agents are all mages above the platinum badge and priests above the archbishop, I'm afraid there is no hope. ）

"But...... Why didn't they just go over the third wall? Do they know we've defended?"

Hull counted the last remaining reserves in his hands and struggled to which area to send them. Add a company to search the central area, and a company in the direction of the North Gate, where the enemy is most likely to force a surprise attack on the territory of the Juloks.

"Report to the sir, the armament department has sent the implosion gun. ”

Hull didn't look back and said, "Let them stay." Give one of them to the company supporting the North Gate and have them pick a special shooter to use in case of danger. ”

"Wait a minute. Please keep two of these implosion guns for me. Admiral Betsy suddenly interjected, "My prime shooter will be there soon." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. The lieutenant colonel agreed, and continued to busily assign troops......

"Report to the sir, there is a female second lieutenant and a lieutenant back to the team. ”

"Do you want to report this to me, let them search for it at once!" said Hull, impatiently.

Anne took two steps forward and gently touched his injured right shoulder: "Lieutenant Colonel Tedwood, your attitude doesn't seem to be very friendly." I'm here to help on the orders of Miss Yui, and our headquarters of pure gold is in the north, and we can help you provide the defense of the northern city. ”

Hel was in pain, and was about to turn around to get angry, but when he saw that it was Anne, he smiled reluctantly: "As you can see, I'm not in a good state right now." It would be great if you could help......"

The blonde girl unbuttoned her coat and pulled out another bottle of dark blue healing potion from her inner pocket and tossed it to Hel. Naimon saw her bold gift method on the side, and quietly stuck out his tongue.

"Is this a gift from Miss Yui? Thank you. Without hesitation, Hull tossed aside the rule that "no magical objects of unknown origin may be used on duty" and drank it down.

Anne took a step forward and looked at the map: "Is this the legendary 'Great Detection Network'? Green is normal, what are those red dots?"

The potion choked into the lieutenant colonel's trachea at once. "Red, red?!"

"Yes, near the third city defense......"

Anne's words were drowned out in the chaos of Command.

"Tell all the personnel to rush to the North Fourth District, and be sure to catch up with the black carriage that broke through!"

Hull coughed and ordered loudly, and countless signal smoke rose along the city walls, reaching the northern city one by one. If the Free Army had any magical advantage over the Emperor*, it was "scale". He wants to counteract the "quality" of his opponent with scale.