Due to the special status of the city in the west, Count Ould had to receive visiting lords and nobles and tribal leaders frequently, so many independent courtyards were built in the sunset manor for reception.

The Retreat is one of the many large courtyards in the Riyao Manor that are used to entertain visitors, and it is lavishly decorated so that only guests of high status are accommodated in it.

As an envoy to the Duke of Celts, Erguya and the people he brought with him lived in the Silent Court.

After noon, in the small three-story building near the side of the artificial lake, Erguya stood behind the window and quietly observed the castle of the central island through the cracks, and could see that there were many soldiers and magicians standing inside the castle walls and quadrangular towers.

Detection of the glow of magic comes and goes.

Then a barbarian leaned sideways through the slightly narrow door of the room, and then beat his chest to Erguya: "My lord, the warriors are ready. These days we can't go out in this small place, which makes us very uncomfortable, and the soldiers want to have a good fight.

Sacrifice the blood of the Augustinian family for the compatriots who died in battle in the Tedgar Hills. ”

Erguya slowly closed the gap in the window, and then turned to look at his most trusted subordinates: "The defense of the castle on the central island has always been very tight, and the people who protect Agatha are the most elite soldiers and mages of the empire, we can have a high fighting spirit, but we can't have any contempt.

Go back and restrain our warriors, and don't make a mistake at this most critical moment. Rest well, our victory in the evening is the best gift to the Duke. ”

The barbarian slammed his chest: "Yes, Lord Erguya! Victory to the Duke of Celtic! ”

Erguya hammered his chest, then let his men leave.

The room was silent, and in one corner, shadows spread out of the walls, gathering into a woman in a mask. The woman wore a long black dress like smoke, her mask was bone white, and her eyes were filled with red light.

When Erguya saw the woman coming, she immediately stood up straight, and applied the elegant aristocratic etiquette of the human race: "Lady Sylvia, you should have heard the news of tonight's operation. ”

Sylvia is the sixth apostle of the Abyss Temple, and this time she was sent to assist Erguya in attacking the Western Realm, and she is the strongest force that Erguya can use.

Silvia floated like smoke as she sat down on the edge of a chair, black smoke swaying like a silk veil in her dress. A red gaze shot out of the black smoke, and an emotionless voice echoed in the room: "I already know, the Altar of Blood Oath has been arranged. At the beginning of the operation, I will join all the Abyss Mages in applying Bloodoath brute force to all Barbarian warriors to help you achieve victory.

Kill Agatha, and the Meteor! ”

Sylvia said the name of the meteorite very seriously, and her tone was bitterly hateful. Two of the three Abyss Apostles who died died in the siege commanded by Meteorite, and Clear Sky, who killed the three Abyss Apostles, had an unusually close relationship with Meteorite.

The seven Abyss Apostles founded the Abyss Temple in the past hundred years, studied the Abyss together, and formed emotions that surpassed their best friends. But who would have thought that in this short period of less than two years, the three abyss apostles passed away one after another.

It was an unacceptable blow to both the Abyss Temple and the remaining Abyss Apostles.

Through the violently shaking smoke, Erguya could feel Sylvia's irrepressible anger.

He sat down in the chair next to him and said to Sylvia, "I've heard that Morris once sent news from the city of St. Lun that the elven clear sky knows many, many secrets of the Abyss Temple, and even some secrets that only you Abyss Apostles can know.

Morris had been in operation in St. Lun for so long, claiming to be able to destroy half of the city if necessary, but was easily defeated and killed by Clear Sky, which seemed to confirm this rumor. ”

The smoke shrank, and Sylvia said alarmedly, "What do you mean?" Are you suspecting that there is a betrayal within the Abyss Apostles? ”

Erguya said in a threatening tone: "The Duke should not have taken care of the internal affairs of your Abyss Temple, but the traitors among you have not only caused heavy losses to the Abyss Temple, but the Duke has also paid a very big loss.

Tonight's action was very important, and Agatha and the meteorite were under heavy surrounding. If the two of them can escape in such a desperate situation, I will certainly apologize for my death, and you will probably be suspicious of Lord Victor the Apostle. ”

Before his death, Morris sent a lot of information from the city of Saint Lun to the Tedgar Hills, including his speculation that there were high-level inner ghosts inside the Abyss Temple, otherwise it would not be possible to explain why Clear Sky knew the secret techniques unique to the Abyss Temple.

Through the analysis of all the intelligence related to the clear sky, the Abyss Temple can conclude that there are definitely traitors in the upper echelons of the Abyss Temple!

There was no room for surprise in the siege of Agatha and the Meteor, so Erguya issued a warning to Sylvia regardless of the face and relationship between the two parties.

In the face of Erguya's distrust, Sylvia did not make a fierce argument, she said, "Clear Sky stealing the temple scriptures, and knowing so many temple secrets, has attracted our highest attention. Victor believes that there are indeed traitors inside the temple, and there is a system that can cooperate in stealing the top secrets of the temple, but the abyss apostles can still be trusted.

We are the closest apostles to the abyss, with a common goal......"

"But Clear Sky has the Book of Calamity in her hand, and she's the closest to the abyss." Erguya insisted on his distrust, and he warned, "The Abyss Temple has purged many Abyss mages since the accident of Morris, and even seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Barbarian Legion. I can only hope that you have killed all the traitors, and that the Abyss Apostles are really enough to trust.

Tonight, I don't listen to your promises, I just look at what you do! ”

Sylvia replied, "I personally arranged and released the Blood Oath Brute Force Secret Technique, and something went wrong...... I don't need you to pursue it, and Victor won't let me go. ”

After saying that, Sylvia turned into a cloud of black smoke and seeped into the wall, completely lacking the momentum and arrogance of the previous Abyss Apostle.

The death of the three Abyss Apostles was too great a blow to the Abyss Temple, not only the loss of the three most important Apostles, but also the exposure of the deep holes that the Abyss Temple had long been infiltrated.

Although the remaining four Abyss Apostles still insist on trusting each other verbally, cracks have appeared in the century-old strong relationship. Especially after the large-scale purge of "traitors" in the Abyss Temple, the more suspicious the Abyss Mage is, the more suspicious it becomes.

This has seriously affected the strength of the Abyss Temple, which in turn has affected the combat effectiveness of the Barbarian Legion.

In the face of Erguya's suspicions, Sylvia could not make any confident counterattack, and could only prove herself with her actions at night.

In the basement of the Silent Court, barbarian warriors sat cross-legged around a dark blue fire that burned dry bones. They took off their shirts to reveal their toned large muscles, and together they hummed old tunes in a deep, rich tone.

The abyssal mages carried barrels filled with blood, and used brushes dipped in blood to draw arcane patterns on the barbarians' bodies. He lifted out the armor made of bones, and nailed it to the barbarian's body one by one. The sharp and long bone spurs on the skeleton penetrate the skin and penetrate deep into the muscles, and the blood flows out of the puncture place, forming a set of formations with the secret art patterns drawn by the blood.

On the walls of the basement, a black shadow like a cloud flew above the green firelight. A graceful woman could be faintly seen dancing in the clouds, and the atmosphere in the room became more and more depressing, and even the blue fire in the middle couldn't help but suppress the fire.

The abyssal mages took the helmets made of the beast's skulls and mounted them on the barbarian's head. The mages struck the helmets with hammers, causing bone spurs at the bottom of the helmet to sink into the barbarian's skull.

Not a single savage cried out in pain, not even the singing of the ballad was interrupted.

After the preparation stage of the arcane arts, the abyss mages put the arcane auxiliary words made from corpse pieces in place, and exited the basement one after another.

The black mist peeked through the wall and circled the barbarian, and a withered hand reached out from the mist, and the sharp fingertips cut through the back of the barbarian's neck.

Blood Oath Brute Force!

A large amount of blood spurted backwards from the barbarian's neck, and this blood gathered in the air to form a cloak. The bony armor components were pressed deep into the flesh by an invisible force, fusing with the bones of the barbarians. The blood pattern turned into a red ribbon that wrapped between the barbarian's body and bone armor.

The ribbon was tightened, the bone armor was closed, and some of the tendons and flesh were meandering through the skin and clinging to the fulcrum of the skeleton.

The song ceased at this moment, and a beast-like roar came from inside the bone helmet......

The barbarians and abyssal mages of the Silent Court were preparing for the battle at night, and in the small buildings and courtyards surrounding the artificial lake, the nobles of the Western Realm had gathered their best forces.

The servants put on the armor of the knights, and the knights took up their swords and recited the oath of allegiance to the lord.

In the light of the fire, everything looks solemn and sinister.

In order not to die under the butcher's knife of the empire, the great nobles of the Western Frontier decided to follow the instructions of their ancestors and use the swords in their hands to express their opposition to the Golden Shield royal family. After tonight, the eldest princess of the empire is dead, and the entire western realm will gather a large army and rush to the Crescent Oasis.

Together with the Duke of Celtic, overthrow the treacherous House of Augustine.

"As the Brotherhood of Blades grows weaker, the Duke of Celts and the nobles of the Westlands are the last backbone of the Brotherhood.

This time, the eldest princess Agatha went to the western realm, and she actually brought the representative of the pseudo-aristocracy, the meteorite. They will tear our bodies apart, suck our flesh and make us work for a year, but we cannot afford to eat meat or drink wine.

We had to sell the sword in our hands, the armor on our bodies, and the land and honor left to us by our ancestors.

If we don't resist today, we will lose the last chance to resist; If we don't support the Duke of Celts today, we won't get any support anymore.

Hold up your swords, my brothers!

The friendship of our ancestors is with us! ”

"The friendship of our ancestors is with us!"

……

After nightfall, the entire Sunrise Manor was silent, save for the croaking of frogs by the lake and the croaking of insects in the jungle. The full moon hung high in the clear night sky, and the wind blew the wind and sand on the leaves like raindrops.

The castle on the center island is heavily guarded, and the darkness of the night makes the halo of detection magic exceptionally beautiful. In particular, the light emitted by the underwater detection alchemy props makes the waters around the central island beautiful.

There is no blind spot for such a defense, and if you attack the castle on the central island from any direction, you will immediately be detected by the guards inside the castle.

But what can be done?

In the face of the strong attack of superior forces on all sides, the troops in the castle of the central island did not have any power to stop them. The key to this battle is that Agatha and Meteor must not be allowed to escape.

And it's better to let the barbarians from the Tedgar Hills kill them.

The nobles of the Westlands quietly watched the castle in the center of the lake from their respective residences, waiting for the time to launch a general assault.

It was two o'clock in the morning, and the troops involved in the assault on the castle of the central island walked out of their dormant residence under the contact of the guards of the Sun Yao Manor. Now they don't need to hide, and in the face of absolute power, the people in the castle are lambs to the slaughter.

Armies of different costumes march to the edge of the artificial lake, and the mages cast spells to freeze the lake. The shields or armor of the soldiers were beaten, and the whistles sounded to provoke the guards inside the castle.

When the castle of the central island found a large number of troops gathered in the lake, a large number of soldiers climbed the city wall and set up loudspeakers to shout at the lake.

"This is the palace of Her Royal Highness Agatha, the eldest princess of the Golden Shield Empire, and any attack by you will be regarded as a betrayal of the Empire. Immediately cease all hostile behavior and dissolve on the spot. If you have any demands, you can send a representative to accept the summons of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess! ”

"This is the palace of Her Royal Highness Agatha, the eldest princess of the Golden Shield Empire, and any attack by you will be regarded as a betrayal of the Empire. Immediately cease all hostile behavior and dissolve on the spot. If you have any demands, you can send a representative to accept the summons of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess! ”

……

The castle's shouting had no effect, but instead drew a burst of noise and laughter. The mages continued to create ice, and some soldiers fired crossbow arrows at the castle.

The ice creeps towards the castle.

However, the defenders inside the castle did not react to the extended ice, neither using magic to destroy the ice, nor using special means to attack the mages who made ice on the shore.

Let the ice stretch to the central island.

At this time, the noise on the shore gradually decreased, and then gradually became quieter. Looking at the ice that can directly charge and attack the castle, but no one steps on it.

All the nobles of the Western Realms had two questions at this time.

Why are the defenders inside the central castle so calm?

Why are the barbarians in the direction of Jingting so quiet?

Even, they didn't even make ice.

On the artificial lake, the ice covers almost the entire surface of the lake, and only the lake in the direction of Jingting is still covered by waves.

What are the barbarians doing!

We're waiting for you to be the first to get there!

Looking in the direction of the Silent Court, there was obviously a large army gathered with heavy torches. In the firelight, it can be seen that this army contains a large number of barbarian soldiers, and their armor and identification objects show that they are soldiers of the Oasis of Sun.

The nobles of the Western Realm wondered again...... How did the Count of Ould give all his soldiers to the barbarians, was he in a hurry to show his loyalty to the Duke of Celts?

Just when the nobles of the Western Realm were facing this somewhat strange battlefield and did not know what to do, Agatha, dressed in armor, ascended the walls of the central castle.

The loudspeaker carried her voice throughout the Riyao Manor.

"I really think highly of you, and no warrior dares to rush at the ice surface that has worked so hard to create. In this way, you only have a rebellious heart, but you do not have the courage to rebel.

I have been sent to the Western Frontier by order of His Majesty the Emperor, just to meet with you and talk about the position of the Western Frontier in the Empire in the future. Since you're all here, let's walk over the ice together.

By the time Earl Ould and Viscount Meteor have eliminated the rebels from the Tedgar Hills, we will be able to get the question of the West clear. ”

Agatha was standing on the city wall at this moment, her long golden hair fluttering in the wind, and there was only one scolding in the hearts of all the nobles of the Western Realm.

"Ould, you traitor!"