Chapter 229: Reality and Ideals

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By the time Farin and the others landed on the ground, the battle had already ended. Many soldiers www.biquge.info saw the figures of these mages, and they hurriedly bowed to them. Soon, a guy who looked like he was supposed to be the commander of the group trotted over and came to Faradin.

"Honorable Mage, is there anything you can do?"

The commander opened his mouth to ask, and at the same time he had some doubts in his heart, you must know that in the past battles, these mages usually left after fighting, and they and others hardly saw each other. And now, these mages will actually land on the battlefield, can it be said that things have changed?

"No, nothing. ”

Farin shook his head, then looked at the city not far away.

"We wanted to go into town and see. ”

"Into the city?"

Hearing this, the commander's face changed slightly, and his body instantly stiffened, and then he regained his enthusiastic smile.

"Why do you suddenly want to go into the city? It's not safe now......"

"Haven't you already taken the city?"

Faren looked curiously at the commander in front of him and asked. In the distance, you can see that the flags representing the kingdom and nobility of the West have been taken down, and in their place a banner of the rebels is being raised. This already means that they have taken the city. So Farin didn't think much about it, and walked forward. Seeing her actions, the commander who was originally standing next to him immediately changed his complexion, and then he stepped forward with an arrow and blocked Faren.

"No way!"

"Huh?"

Because the commander's movements were too sudden, and the voice was louder, Fa Lian was startled for the first time, and she subconsciously jumped back, and almost at the same time, the red-robed mages behind her were training to "brush" and take out their staffs and aim at the man in front of them to prevent him from making any unfavorable moves towards Fa Lian.

"No, no, I mean ......"

Looking at these dozens of wands shining with magical brilliance, the commander also secretly broke out in a cold sweat, and he said while desperately squeezing out a smile. Holy grace above, how powerful these mages were, they knew all too well, even the heavy walls were shattered in front of their magic. If you change your own flesh and blood, I'm afraid the end will only be worse.

"I mean, this ...... Dear Mage, in fact, the city is very dangerous right now, so I suggest you don't go?"

"Dangerous?"

Farren tilted her head and asked with some curiosity.

"What a danger. ”

"Remnants. ”

At this, the commander put away a smile on his face, trying to appear seriousβ€”or indeed serious.

"I'm sure you've seen it before, those noble lackeys don't have the power to fight back in the face of your powerful spells, and they only hold their heads and run away. But the war did not end so simply. After all, we're fighting siege warfare, not the kind of village and town battles that can be won if the opponent is defeated. In fact, this siege is only half the battle, and the fleeing soldiers will lurk in the corners of the alleys and take advantage of the opportunity to sneak attack. They will disguise themselves as civilians and give you a sword when you are not looking. There are too many of these kinds of things, and if you push them too hard, these guys will jump off the wall in a hurry, which is very difficult to deal with. The mages' spells are indeed extremely powerful, but as they stand........."

At this point, the commander paused for a moment.

"If you enter the city like this, then I'm afraid you'll be attacked, and even if you're not afraid, it's such a densely populated place...... If you hurt the innocent, it's not good. ”

"That's ........."

Horim is a genius for magic and swordsmanship, but he clearly has little talent for military affairs. She looked at the man in front of her, and felt that the other party did not seem to be lying, and it sounded like there was some truth in it. So all she could do was nod her head and say no more.

"So...... Please don't enter the city for the time being, and wait until we have cleared the threat from the city in the next few days, and then invite you to enter the city, how about that?"

"Good......... Let's .........."

Originally, Faren planned to go down to see the battlefield, but it was an impulsive decision made because of Yuren's words, but now what the commander said is still very reasonable, so she couldn't help but hesitate for a while, and in the end, Faren only nodded reluctantly, and then turned around, and soon, with the fluctuation of magic, the mages flew into the sky again.

"Hoo ........."

Seeing the figures of this group of mages disappear into the sky, the commander wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and then snorted coldly.

"It's such a difficult group of women, and I don't know where so much trouble came from. ”

At this, he snorted and spat coldly, then turned around and began to give orders to his subordinates again.

"Alright! Hurry up and get into town! Get what we're going to do!

"Yes!!"

Just as the commander was once again giving the order to march towards the city as quickly as possible, in the sky not far away, Farin was holding her huge battle axe in both hands, looking down with a playful smile.

"Hehe, I knew that they wouldn't find out, okay, now is the most ripe time!"

"Commander, you are ........."

"I'm still going to check it out. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing Faren's answer, the surrounding mages showed a hint of surprise.

"But ........."

"It's okay!"

Farin turned around and shook his fist with a smile.

"I'm a magic knight, even if there is any danger in the city, I am not afraid, and don't forget, I am still an archmage, and ordinary dangers will not help me at all. I'm still going to sneak a peek and see what kind of battlefield we've created. ”

"But, Commander, the Twelve Star Mages have asked you to report to her as soon as you return?"

"Don't worry, you just said that I left for a little bit, and I will report it to the teacher as soon as I get back. ”

"This ..............."

Hearing Fa Lian's words, all the red-robed mages looked embarrassed, but they were also very aware of their temper as a little master, and once they decided, they would never change anything. Moreover, the more the other party blocked, the more interested she became. Although the commander said a bunch of dangerous things before, but Faren is a gifted knight, although she may not be able to compare with other people in the battles she has passed, but after all, she is also a gifted knight, how could an idler hurt her?

"So, should we come along?"

"No need. ”

Farren shook her head, rejecting the offer of a red-robed mage beside her.

"Too many people are easy to get into danger, and what the commander said still makes some sense, so I'm going to go and see it alone, and you guys should go back first." I'll use invisibility spells to sneak in and won't be noticed. ”

"This ......... All right. ”

Although they were a little reluctant, these red-robed mages also knew that this was also a solution. After all, Faren's own strength was the most powerful of these people, and if she went alone, then there would be a way to get out anyway. But if she and others go with her, then there is a risk of unnecessary accidents.

"Well, be careful along the way. ”

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon!"

As she spoke, she lifted her tomahawk behind her back with one hand, stretched out her right hand, and drew a few intricate symbols in the air, and then, with the sound of a soft incantation, her form began to distort, become transparent, and then completely disappeared without a trace.

And only then did the mages next to them look at each other and smile bitterly.

"What's next?"

"There is no way, I have to go back to the camp and wait for the head of the regiment first, as for the twelve-star mage......... There's always a way. ”

The rebel commander had no idea that the lies he had painstakingly woven had no meaning or any effect -- just as he was shouting orders for his soldiers to rush into the city and occupy the central square, Farin had already quietly fallen into the city from the sky.

"This is the battlefield........."

Standing on the edge of the city wall, the invisible Faren's eyes widened curiously, looking at everything in the vicinity, although she said that she had not seen the city, but the city that had been destroyed by the war was the first time Faren had seen it. Those originally majestic and mighty city walls have now been shattered and completely turned into a pile of rubble, which is a very new sight for Faren. It's as if something that was unchanged has suddenly changed.

However, this fresh mood did not last long.

As Yuren expected, although Horene is a gifted knight who became famous earlier, the Mage Guild is not the Church of Grace after all, and it kills and kills there all day long in the name of eliminating harm for God. In their eyes, it was barbaric, stupid, and ignorant. Therefore, mages rarely go to battle, and Farin hardly does. All of her combat experience comes from training and dueling within the Mage Guild. Although most of the people who fought with her were people with rich combat experience (otherwise they would not have the strength and qualifications to fight with talented knights), however, combat skills, beliefs and even theoretical judgments can be taught, but the mood on this battlefield is ten people and ten colors, each different, some people will be excited, some people will be sad, some people will be angry, some people will be dazed, and some people don't care at all. And these things, obviously, are impossible to teach.

Faren had also learned a lot from her instructor such things as "fighting is cruel, killing is cruel", but for her, these things were too far away, and the Mage Guild had always paid little attention to mundane matters, let alone any life-and-death contradictions that had to fight with each other--or life-and-death organizations that could be qualified to fight with the Mage Guild, except for the Church of Holy Grace, there was really no third one.

But there was no real war between the Mage Guild and the Church of Grace after all.

And now, Farin has finally seen with her own eyes what the battlefield is like.

On the muddy ground, blood flowed incessantly, and several corpses lay on the side of the road, most of them guards of the city, dead at the moment, some with their weapons thrown aside, while others still clung to their swords as if they still wanted to fight. But they never got to.

The breath of death, the smell of fire and blood.

Farin frowned, she had read about this scene countless times in books, and in normal battles, because she was often floating in the sky, she couldn't see the battlefield below. And now, when she was there, she found that this was completely different from observing it in the sky.

"Grace is above...... What the hell is going on?"

The further you went, the more corpses there were, almost on both sides of the road, and, to Faren's surprise, there were not many soldiers among them, but many civilians dressed in ordinary clothes. She is still very confident in the combat power of herself and the Demon Knights, in the previous battles, they all experienced controlling their firepower only at the city wall, and did not affect the city, but now it seems that the city wall is not very fierce, but why are so many people dead inside?

"Woo............"

Faren felt that her body was already a little uncomfortable at the moment, a thick sour water was reflected upward from her stomach, which made her very uncomfortable, she tried to close her eyes and not look at all this in front of her, but the scene of the fiasco in front of her seemed to have some kind of indescribable magic, which attracted her attention.

Years of rigorous training still worked, and although it was very disgusting, Farin gritted his teeth and endured it. Not only that, but her inner doubts became more and more numerous, she originally planned to just take a look at the battlefield and experience the real situation here. But now, she didn't think so, and Farin wanted to go in, find the commander, and ask what was going on. How did these civilians die?

Thinking of this, Faren clenched her fists, but at this moment, suddenly, a loud bang broke out next to her, startling her, and then, a white thing fell not far in front of her, and she cried "wow".

It was a baby.

"Child, my child!!"

At the same time, a woman ran out of the house and stumbled at the child, but before she could run to the child's side, she suddenly screamed and fell to the ground. And at this moment, two soldiers dressed in rebel clothes walked out of the inside with a grin.

"What are you running, miss? We just want to play with you, why do we want to run?"

"Please, please don't do this, let me go, let my child go!!"

The woman pleaded bitterly as she crawled forward, her face covered with mud and water, and her tears mixed into a stain. Blood was dripping from her calves, but the woman didn't seem to feel it at all, and just crawled forward with all her might.

"My children, you can't do this, Grace above, you demons ........."

"Hey, do you hear me? She said we were the devil. ”

"Shouldn't the devil look like a devil?"

The two soldiers smiled and talked to each other, and then a man strode up to the woman, standing next to the baby, and observing the child carefully. And at the same time, the woman's movements froze in an instant.

"You, what do you want!No, you can't!!"

The woman suddenly got up from the ground, screaming and rushing at the soldier in front of her, but she was still a step too late.

"Soldier Mark, let's get moving!"

The soldier screamed loudly, and then he made a gesture -- and then kicked the baby hard and hard.

"Wow...... Ahh.!h

The crying stopped, and the baby now crossed an arc, and then fell heavily into the ditch next to it, and disappeared without a trace.

"You demons! I'm fighting you!!"

Seeing this scene in front of her, the woman's eyes immediately turned red, she screamed and stretched out her hand, and pounced on the soldier in front of her, but the next moment, her movements turned into refinement -- the sharp sword passed through her chest from behind, ending her life completely.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? I haven't had enough of it!"

"Okay, let's go, these are all women who have been inserted, are you still interested? Hurry up and gather, let's go find some young ones to play, those virgins are only interesting when they scream, this kind of old girl, what's the point, let's go, let's go." ”

The other soldier laughed and shook the blood off his sword, then patted his companion on the shoulder before the two turned to leave.

"Ah...... Yes......... Ah.........h

I don't know when Faren felt the touch of the cold earth beneath her, and she stared at all this in front of her in a daze, completely unsure of how to react. The scene in front of her was a thousand times more brutal than any description of war that Faren had seen in the book, and just now, watching the child being kicked to death and the child's mother being killed, Faren's brain felt a blank space. She never imagined that people could kill people like this, and in Faren's understanding, killing is part of the battle, and only in the battle will there be killing. But now, the scene in front of her was completely beyond her expectations.

The demeanor of the genius knight of the Mage Association is no longer visible at this moment. All the girl had was trembling and fear. She gasped and trembled as she tried to stand up, but she found that her legs were not growing on her body at all, and she didn't feel any "Holy grace is above...... Grace on ........."

Faren's hands gripped her battle axe, she supported it hard, and stood up mutteringly, at this moment, Faren's brain was already blank.

What is this? What are you for? The teacher said that these rebels are fighting for the freedom and good life of the people, but now, no matter how you look at it, this is just a group of terrible monsters! I led the Wizard Knights, not to see such a thing!!

"Grace is above...... Divine grace is above...... Grace on ........."

Faren leaned on her tomahawk and whispered to herself, her trembling body finally quieting down.

"Be calm, Farien, calm, calm, calm...... Don't get excited, calm down...... As the teacher said, don't panic, calm down slowly, and don't pay attention to the outside world......"

After a few minutes, the girl finally calmed down, and when she looked up, her face was now as pale as paper.

Then, Farren looked ahead with a complicated expression.

She could hear the commotion coming from afar.

What's going on there? Is the same thing happening there?

At this moment, Faren has completely lost the curiosity and excitement she had at the beginning, and has been replaced by an emotion that even she does not know.

Either way, we have to keep ...... I have to use these eyes to see the end......... Eventually, Farren gritted her teeth and continued to walk forward.

(To be continued)