Chapter 24: The Siege and the Spellcaster

Seeing Grace shed tears, like a lonely little girl, Willis gradually regained her composure. "Give me the map, and I'll give you both a way out. Willis stared at Grace and said slowly, "I'm in my mother's name." ”

Grace looked at his younger brother, who had never paid attention to him since childhood, as if she knew him for the first time. "I'm sure you're not going to lie. Grace's tears were not yet gone, she choked up and said, then took off the sapphire necklace around her neck, pressed her fingers on both sides of the gem, and the pure sapphire opened like a clam shell, this is a hollow sapphire, from the outside, you can't find it at all.

Inside the gemstone is a knuckle-sized parchment roll and a black ring. The parchment scroll is a map through the Murphy Forest, and the black ring is a token of the estate of the Karaman Kingdom.

Willis took the parchment and the ring and let go of Grace, Christine and the maid Rafite also ran over from next door, Willis didn't pay much attention to the three people, and rode his horse to lead his men away, this city can't be defended, there are at least a thousand Faustan troops outside, and the guards in the city are only three hundred plus the number of refugees who have been pulled, and it is impossible to hold it, but the sooner or later the city will be broken. He assigned all those who could fight to the four gates, giving the Faustins the illusion that they were defending the city to the death, and in fact leading the fifty horsemen who were most loyal to him to break through from the weakest part of the attack.

"What about Sharp, and what about the others?" said Grace, noticing that the old butler was missing, and called out to Willis, who was not far away.

"I resisted too much and was killed by me. Willis left without looking back.

Grace fell to the ground weakly, if she was still holding under the protection of the housekeeper and the maid, with the map she remembered across the Murphy Forest to the Karaman Kingdom, now she is really dead, there is no low-level squire-level strength of the old butler, only the lower strength of the maid, whether she can approach the Murphy Forest alive is still two words.

"Miss, what shall we do. The maid Rafi held Christine in her arms and ran over and crouched down to look at Grace. Christine also looked at her obediently, but she didn't sleep all night, plus Willis's rude treatment of forcibly separating several people before, Christine's condition was obviously worse, her face was full of abnormal flushing, and her eyes were foggy, as if she would faint at any time.

Grace reacted immediately, she couldn't fall, her niece still needed her to take care of, and the blood of the Philip family couldn't be broken. She still has assets in some places in Charlotte, so the only way to do this is to disguise herself as an ordinary commoner in Charlotte, and then unearth those riches in the future, even if she can't be a nobleman, she can be a wealthy ordinary commoner. And as a famous honorary countess of the kingdom, she will definitely be able to summon a group of people who defend her in the future, and her life will definitely be bad. Grace fantasizes about a bright future, but how can she guarantee that Faustin's army will not find her, and how can she guarantee that she will survive the breach, Grace, who has never experienced war and killing, is just a caged canary after all.

Before, she and the housekeeper and the other four people were caught by the guards sent by Willis around the city lord's mansion as soon as they went out, and now the housekeeper is also dead, although she has not experienced the war, but the eyes of those refugees in the city who look at others also make her afraid, there is no strong person to protect, God knows what those refugees who have nothing will do. "Go back to the previous yard," Grace said to the maid.

Outside the city, Locke was rushing forward with a shield he had found out of nowhere against a rain of swords, and Captain Monte of the first squadron had already stopped under the city walls, and was directing the surrounding soldiers to climb the ladder and rush up. The rest of the squadron leaders also led the soldiers to move closer to Monte, this city is somehow, although the resistance is strong, but there is no order, the city defender will be a fool, the fire oil and rolling stones are smashed to one place, Monte Squadron Leader just used a little trick, a false shot, and occupied a little under the city.

Baron Kaidozi also seemed to have discovered the Charlotte side defending the city, although the defense was turbulent, but the internal and external weakness, and the follow-up was weak, and decisively dispatched the fourth squadron and the third squadron that had just been repaired for a while. I'm going to take the city in one go. Whoever breaks the city gate first, the last distribution of benefits will be higher, Baron Kaidozi, who was born in a military family, obviously believes in his own judgment, he has a hunch that he must be the first to break the city, and Baron Kashgar even has a magician to help him, and he can't.

Locke and the others have approached the city gate, and at this moment, the leader of the Monte squadron under the city has already set up three ladders, "Bend, Morrit, drive the ladder!" There were more than 20 people around Locke who followed him, all of whom were old brothers from the previous squad and several team leaders with good strength. Most of the others were left to Jerson, and the safety of Young Master Sauron could not be compromised.

"Uncle Monte, Uncle Yoshak, what about them. "Locke had seen that several of their squadron leaders had already met here, but they were not seen at this time, and Locke had a bad feeling. "Oh, Locke, Joshak and Clariant have all gone up, and I have too much fighting energy to stay here first. Monte panted and said that the reason why he was able to occupy the city was almost all the credit of Captain Monte alone, and it was normal to overconsume many rolling stones and arrows with fighting spirit.

When Locke heard this, he immediately became anxious. "Gulas, Hans, Kane, follow me!" Locke grabbed a ladder, took his sword in his mouth, and climbed up with his hands and feet. Uncle Yoshak has taken care of him for so long, he has long regarded Uncle Yoshak as a member of his father's generation, although Uncle Yoshak is strong, but when the horse has a hoof, he does not dare to gamble, so he can only rush up to fight with Uncle Yoshak.

The power of example is endless, and the surrounding soldiers see that the squadron leader is in the lead, and they are not afraid of death to rush up. Gulas is even more so, to say that he used to look down on the thin Locke Squadron Leader, but at this time he was impressed by Locke's bravery. Hans, who was as strong as Locke, climbed up the ladder and climbed up the ladder with a bow and arrow, clearing the few men who were moving forward with obstacles and hidden threats.

Locke bit the long sword in his mouth, and climbed up with his hands and feet, and the city wall area directly above the ladder here should not have a firm foothold, because from time to time there were arrows and rolling stones falling down, fortunately, Locke's half-body armor had a helmet, and the arrows could be blocked by such a close distance, and the rolling stones were nimble dodged by Locke.

The soldiers below Locke are not so lucky, whether it is arrows or fire oil, the first middle school must fall down the city wall, although the city wall is not particularly high, but if you don't die if you fall like this, you will be seriously injured, and as for the rolling stones, it will be a large smash, and the squad leader level of the second class and the individual strong third class soldiers can follow closely behind Locke. It is no wonder that after each battle, the servants and privates were among the most casualties.

Locke didn't look back, but he could get a rough idea of the soldier's losses from the dull sound of the heavy objects falling behind him and the screams of the soldiers. He used to be a squad leader, and it was good to take care of his own team on the battlefield, but now he is a squadron leader, and many of the soldiers behind him are his subordinates, and he doesn't want to be a bare-bones commander.

As soon as Locke lifted his breath, he guided the few fighting spirits on his right foot, kicked hard, and actually rose into the air, this move shocked the enemy troops on the city wall, and also shocked the soldiers behind Locke, and even shocked Locke himself.

This time it actually consumed a quarter of Locke's fighting energy, and this hasn't started yet.

"Another knight, brethren, don't let him come up!" shouted the Charlotte soldier on the rampart.

Locke couldn't help but be surprised, and after rising into the air, he moved left and right with the help of the city wall and the ladder, and finally got up to the city wall without danger. Of course, this is also due to the coordination of Yoshak and others on the city wall.

After Locke came up, the battle on the city wall was really not optimistic, and the three squadron leaders, including Joshak, were forced into a small area of twenty square meters, and the ground was full of dead bodies, some of Faustin and some of Charlotte.

Locke looked around and found that there were only two enemies with the same fighting strength as them, but these two people were surrounded by soldiers, and coupled with the encirclement, they couldn't move when they were completely overwhelmed by Yoshak.

Fortunately, the ladder is still there, and Faustin's soldiers are constantly coming up, as long as the ladder is guarded, the city wall will definitely be able to be captured. Charlotte's side obviously also knew that Faustin's side actually had four knightly squires with vindictive spirit, and their reinforcements had not yet arrived. However, their task was to hold the city walls, and they had to continue to order the soldiers to rush upwards, which was bound to crush the Faustin soldiers.

Unlike the battle that was still raging on the city wall on this side, the two gates attacked by the Kashr Baron were less intense. Baron Kashgar is also very anxious, he is different from Baron Kaidozi, he can send people with the strength of low-level knight squires to charge into battle, and the strongest knight in his hand only has a low-level squire's guard, of course he can't send his own guard.

According to the agreement, whoever breaks the city gate first has the right to give priority to the selection of loot and the sharing of more loot, which was given in the past, but this is a city of the son of a marquis, and the harvest is self-evident, so it can't just be let go.

"Master Jackson. Baron Kashr called in a low voice.

"Lord Baron. An old man in a black robe appeared from the shadows at some point.

"Be sure to break through this door first, please. Baron Kashr said.

In a short time, everyone on the battlefield heard a loud bang. Those with sharp eyes even noticed that there were three fireballs suspended above the gate where Baron Kashr attacked.

Locke and the others heard it, "Magic ......" Locke whispered, this is a harvesting weapon on the battlefield, it is a mysterious and powerful power.