In the summer of the second year of the Longhan calendar, the Red Panther Knights, who had been stationed on the frontier for more than 20 years, evacuated Tallinn Fort. Tens of thousands www.biquge.info of knights wept as they looked at the steel-like walls they had built, and many of them brought a handful of Tallinn Castle soil with them. What everyone didn't know was that the vast majority of them never had the chance to see Tallinn Fort again.

Because of the previous attack on the envoy group and the robbery of the convoy later, the knights of the Red Panther Knights were very cautious. Heavy cavalrymen in heavy armor surrounded the grain and grass and conscripts in the middle, and the light cavalry on the outside kept moving around, and the sentinels had enlarged the warning range to ten kilometers away. Even so, Hebrew was not at ease, and every place he went to was steep, he had to ask Cosimo to take it to the air.

But they were still too cautious, and they had been coming down for several days, let alone the enemy, and not even a single traveler passing by had found them. Because of the recent war between Satya and Osland, and the sudden appearance of alien soldiers, notices have been posted in cities near the borders of the Empire, so no one would be impatient to take this risk.

Lisbon, the capital of the Oslan Empire

Miguel, the chief magician of the Empire, was playing chess, and sitting in front of him was Duke Goodrich, the Marshal of the Imperial Army.

"It's your turn. Miguel kindly reminded him. But the Duke was slow to hold the sunspot.

"But is there a concern? are you worried about Hebrew?" asked Miguel again.

Goodrich sighed and said, "Heh, I can't hide anything from your eyes. Goodrich put down the chess pieces in his hand and continued: "You are the smartest in the court, and if I were as smart as you, I wouldn't be so distressed." ”

"Hehe, you old fox, don't sell compliments to me, I don't know you yet? The famous imperial marshal has a bad brain, so he will make people laugh out of his big teeth when he says it. Miguel laughed and debunked him.

Goodrich replied disapprovingly: "What's wrong with the Imperial Marshal? Who said that the Imperial Marshal should be smart, you see that Hebrew boy is stupid, and the boy of Nicolaus of the Praetorian Guard, isn't he also stupid. ”

Miguel was also an old fritter, and said with a slight smile: "Hebrew, what kind of father is this honest child, let's say, what is going on." If you don't say it, you're willing to gamble and lose, but I won this game, and you have to give money. ”

Goodrich smiled and said, "Brother, I want to ask you something." ”

Miguel had a look on his face that I knew, and just stared at him without speaking. Goodrich then said, "I want you to send a few high-level mages with outstanding abilities, preferably magisters, to the front line to support. ”

Miguel immediately shook his head like a rattle, "What a joke." Even if I agree to this, but according to the regulations of the Empire, any high-level magician who joins the army in the form of a regular army must have the approval of the military department......" Miguel looked at the military boss who was smirking at him in front of him, and suddenly had nothing to say.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" asked Miguel.

Goodrich shook his head, put away his smile and said, "If Your Majesty had asked me to come, I wouldn't have come to beg you." His Majesty meant that the current situation on the front line was unclear and it was not appropriate to mobilize troops near the imperial capital, mainly for fear of causing riots. ”

"In that case, why are you still looking for my help? As far as I know, Tallinn Fort has twenty high-level magicians stationed for a long time, is there still a shortage of one or two I sent here?" Miguel couldn't understand, Goodrich had already transferred three brigades of soldiers to the front line, and two brigades of soldiers were being assembled, and the ten brigades formed by that time Tallinnburg was estimated to be unable to fit in, what was he worried about such an impregnable defense.

"The Red Panther has been ordered to withdraw from Tallinn by His Majesty. ”

Miguel's eyes widened, and he didn't believe how the empire could easily abandon the hardest wall in the west. Seeing that he did not understand, Goodrich immediately explained, "What I am telling you now is a secret, and I hope you will keep it a secret for me." ”

Seeing his solemn face, Miguel solemnly agreed. Goodrich looked around to make sure that no one was there, and then lowered his voice: "A group of unknown enemies has appeared near Tallinn, the besieging Satyan forces have been routed, and Maxim has been killed. Yesterday received information that the logistical supply lines in Tallinn had been cut off and the Red Panthers had been forced to withdraw to Budapest. ”

"How is this possible? Even if the supply is cut off, there is no need to withdraw, right? The food stock is not enough to support the supply line when the supply line is opened? You tell me honestly what happened?" Miguel's suspicions were not unreasonable, it was really unwise to withdraw troops immediately just because the logistics line was cut off, and how much blood would be needed to retake the city then.

Goodrich hesitated, but decided to tell the whole story: "Between the city of Budapest and Tallinn, all the villages were slaughtered, and not a single one was left alive, not even the old and the children. ”

"Bang" Miguel slapped the table with a roar, and the pieces on the chessboard were bounced high. A swear word almost popped out of his mouth. "Do you know who did it?" asked Miguel, suppressing the anger in his heart.

"It must have been done by unknown people. I told Hebrew not to tell the people below me about this, for fear of arousing the anger of the soldiers and affecting the movement of the troops. Dude, I want you to keep it a secret for me. ”

Miguel nodded solemnly, "Who are those people, and how can they be so brutal?"

"That's why I'm here, according to the report of Celtic's son......" Miguel interrupted him suddenly, "Wait, who? Celtic?

Goodrich knew he would react this way, and a strange smile appeared on his face: "That's right, Bert Harvey, the diplomatic ambassador of your Academy of Magic. ”

Miguel slapped his thigh hard, "Lure the wolf into the house! What a sin! When he reported his home, I never thought he would be the guy's son! I thought he would die!" Miguel angrily stood up and walked back and forth, forgetting to ask what was happening on the frontier.

"You don't have to curse people like this, no matter how you say that people are also in love with your daughter......"

"You're farting! My daughter hasn't been in contact with that kind of person!" Miguel blurted out a swear word, regardless of his status.

Celtic once had a marriage contract with Miguel's family, but Celtic fell in love with someone else during a mission, and the news of one-sided breaking the contract and eloping with someone once spread throughout Lisbon City, making Miguel, who had just become a Magister at the time, lose face, and it is no wonder that he was so angry.

"Okay, okay, let's not get down to business. Goodrich hurriedly reassured him, he recognized Celt as his godson, this son does not teach, the father's fault, this godfather also has to wipe his ass.

Goodrich reached out and grabbed Miguel and helped him carry it smoothly, these are all seventy or eighty years old, in case he gets burped, it's not good, he has to ask him for help.

"Brother, if you want me to say, we can't take care of the affairs of their younger generation. What's more, Bert is two generations younger, is it possible for you, the top leader of the Magic Academy, to give him small shoes to wear in the future? After so many years, you should also let go. ”

Miguel gasped for breath, and when he said this, he calmed down a little. "I understand that Bert has a good heart and is different from his father, and I will not be embarrassed for him. The most important thing is that I only have grandchildren, not granddaughters, so I am not afraid that they will abduct my children again. Miguel's neck was horizontal, and he looked righteous.

Goodrich said with a smile on his face: "Yes, yes, you have a lot of them, so don't worry about them." It's time for us to get down to business. ”

The two of them immediately calmed down, and after the uproar just now, the atmosphere was not so depressing. "Bert infiltrated the enemy and found that the group had been teleported through a black ** circle, and it was said that they were sacrificed to the body of the Magister. ”

Miguel listened sentence by sentence, and in a few short sentences he stood up again, his eyes full of fear. Goodrich also stopped watching his strange behavior.

It took a long time for Miguel to calm down, and Goodrich was about to ask a question when he reached out to stop him: "Don't ask. It's too complicated, and I don't want you to be involved. But I will help you in this matter, and also help the empire. I'll let Donna and Tom, who are most familiar with teleportation magic, do your bidding. ”

Goodrich didn't expect that he would give himself two Magisters, one of whom was his own sister.

"Dude, thank you. Goodrich bowed his head and thanked him slightly.

"What else did the two of us say thanks. You can take care of them for me. Miguel's voice grew softer and softer, as if he had been drained of his strength, and he seemed to be ten years older than Goodrich, who had looked as strong as Goodrich.