On a barren black cliff in the border area between the Cursed Lands and Erus, Rog and Catherine crouched on the edge of the cliff and looked out at the mighty human army in the flat lava fields in the distance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At the forefront were knights in silver-plated heavy armor, the banner of Eros fluttering high in the ranks, and the hoplites following closely behind the knights' horses, their faces obscured from their full helmets, making them look as unscrupulous and expressionless as puppets cast of steel.

Rogge and Catherine watched the advancing team for a while, and saw a long silver dragon coming from the south in an endless stream, seemingly endless, Rogge gasped and said to Catherine beside him: "It seems that the Three Duchyes have made full preparations this time, and their troops are far stronger than last time. ”

Catherine nodded silently, looked at the silver dragon slowly marching on the black wilderness, and said: "The troops on Antonio's side are not the same as in the past, if this battle really starts, I don't know how many of these people will be able to return home alive." ”

"That's why we're here. Rogge stood up as he spoke, turned back to the lantern god floating behind him, and said, "Take us south and take a look at the border, I guess these are just the vanguard, we'd better go and see what fun things the big army has prepared for the King of Blood." ”

The god of lights immediately opened the door of the dimension, and after sending them into the dimension, he opened an exit on a mountain near the border, and as soon as Rog and Catherine stepped out of the door, they saw that the mighty people and horses on the main road below the mountain were marching in a northeast direction, like a raging tide.

"I guess the Three Duchyes have prepared at least two or three hundred thousand people this time. Looking at the heavily armed soldiers at the foot of the mountain, Rogge whispered to Catherine beside him.

Catherine silently looked at the soldiers in Itali uniforms and carrying firearms directly below, and saw the longing, excitement and apprehension on the young faces, she shook her head uneasily and said to Rogge beside her: "They don't know what they will face, they will be torn to pieces!"

"Maybe they're not the only ones torn to shreds. Rogge pointed meaningfully to the line south of the border, and Catherine looked curiously in the direction of his finger, only to see some carriages pulling heavy two-wheeled weapons slowly approaching the border.

"That's ...... Dwarven artillery?" Catherine looked back at Rog in surprise, she couldn't believe her eyes, Rog shrugged his shoulders and shook his head: "That's not Old Odin's thing, there is no dwarven imprint on the barrel, it is an imitation of humans, Itali's firearms technology is no less than that of dwarves, they can completely imitate similar things." ”

"Who is more powerful than these cannons or Captain Jack's?" asked the little furball, leaning on Rogge's hat, curiously looking at the slowly moving artillery team in the distance.

"Of course, Captain Jack is more powerful. Rogge said without thinking, glanced back at the super gun on Catherine's shoulder beside him and said, "I guess the range of these cannons is a little farther than Catherine's 'Luna Gaze' at most, and Captain Jack's cannon can hit wherever he wants." ”

"Hmph, that's weak!" said the little furball, pouting disdainfully.

"Even then, I guess no one wants to be hit in the face by a shell the size of a watermelon. Rog looked down at the artillery team that was getting closer to the bottom of the cliff, and said to Catherine beside him, "However, I don't think it's wise for them to do this, using artillery to attack demons is simply giving weapons to the enemy." ”

"What do you mean?" Catherine looked at him in surprise, and Rogge bowed slightly, "That's right, if Antonio wants to, he can completely let the demon legion capture these cannons, and then turn them around and bombard the humans, do you guess it's easier to hit a demon or a human soldier?"

Catherine suddenly looked down at the artillery team down the hill, a wrinkle of worry between her brows became more and more intense, she hesitated for a moment and turned back to ask Rogge with a hint of expectation: "Is there nothing we can do to avoid a war? ”

"Of course we can do something, like follow them and destroy all these cannons at night. Rogge said this, but the look on his face seemed to tell Catherine that it wasn't that simple.

Sure enough, then he changed his words, shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and said: "However, this may not be able to stop such a huge army from advancing, if the kings of the three principalities really organize an army of two or three hundred thousand, then their goal must be to break through the royal fort, and they will not turn back easily." ”

"Unless...... Rogge's words came to an abrupt end, and Catherine looked at him with a look of curiosity and anticipation and asked, "Unless what?"

"Nothing, just an unrealistic assumption. Rogge shook his head as if to himself, and suddenly, the little flower spirit, who was sitting on Catherine's shoulder, pointed to the south and shouted, "You see, something strange seems to be coming over there." ”

Rogge, Catherine, and Little Furball looked back together, only to see a shining magical light in their eyes, Rogge stared at the person in the center of the magical light for a moment, then turned back to Catherine and said, "It seems that something is wrong, we must rush back immediately and tell Antonio about it!"

When they met Antonio, he was already in the Bloodline Castle, and Antonio had already told Elizabeth and Shirley about the invasion of the human army, and Elizabeth joined her army with Antonio's army, and sent the vanguard to hold the key checkpoint and prevent the enemy from approaching the castle.

As soon as they met, Antonio and Elizabeth didn't have time to talk about their own side of the matter, Rogge couldn't wait to step forward and grab Antonio and said: "It's not good, the three principalities are prepared, Catherine and I saw your parents in the army, they are controlled by the army, obviously they are coming for you!"

Hearing this, Antonio stayed in place like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Elizabeth on the side saw this and asked, "Since you saw them, why don't you just snatch them over?"

"If I could, of course I would!" Rog noticed the same question on Antonio's face, and he spread his hands to the two of them helplessly, "Your parents are in the hands of the people in the Mage Tower, and there are eight magicians around you to form a magical barrier to keep the others out, and I can't get close to them at all." ”

Hearing this, Antonio silently turned around and walked to the throne and sat down, holding the armrest of the throne with his hand and sighing, and said: "I didn't expect that after all, my father and mother were still implicated, and the two elders traveled a long way to this barren land, and they also had to bear the torment and pain in their hearts, which is my sin!"

Elizabeth, who was under the steps of the throne, looked back at his sad look, turned around and strode to the throne, grabbed his hand, and said, "Your Majesty does not need to worry, no matter how powerful the Algorithm Tower is, we will definitely have a way to rescue them, and when we take your parents to the royal castle to protect, see what else those guys can do." ”

"No, you can't bring my parents!" said Antonio, looking up sharply and holding Elizabeth's hand tightly.

Elizabeth looked at him in amazement, and Antonio looked up at Rogge and said, "Do you remember what happened to Tully?"

Rogge nodded silently, already guessing what he meant, only to hear Antonio say, "My parents are honest farmers who have never experienced any of these things, and they have had a lot of trouble connecting with Tali's mermaid identity, and they can't accept me becoming a member of the Blood Clan. ”

He stood up and said to Elizabeth beside him: "Thank you for your kindness, it's not that I have any prejudices about the blood clan, I know my parents, if they know the truth of the matter, they are likely to lose their minds because of fright and misunderstanding, they are too old to accept these things, I am afraid that they will have an accident." ”

Elizabeth looked at his earnest appearance, gently hugged him to show that he understood his heart, Antonio let out a long sigh, turned back to Rogge and said: "Not only that, I'm afraid I can't show my face in front of them, this matter can only be entrusted to you, rescue them, send them to a safe place, don't mention me to them." ”

Rogge looked at Antonio's pleading appearance, scratched his head with a frown, and sighed lightly: "Okay, it seems that no one else can do this, so be it, leave this matter to me and Catherine, but we need a plan, first of all, to contain the advance of the army, if you save people while fighting, bad things may happen." ”

Antonio and Elizabeth looked at each other approvingly, and Antonio beckoned to them and led the group to the operations command room, where he showed the location of the enemy according to Rogge's intelligence, and then looked for terrain on the map that could be used.

"You just said that there are two or three hundred thousand human troops?" Elizabeth looked up at Rogge across the table, Rogge nodded lightly to her, Elizabeth looked down at the position of the human army on the sand table and searched for a moment, frowned in embarrassment: "I'm afraid there is no favorable terrain in the south to block the attack, the terrain over there is flat, even if there are mountains, it is impossible to form a pass." ”

"Then let them go north. Antonio pointed to a valley a few dozen kilometers south of the castle and said, "Bring them here, and then seal the mouth of the valley, and you can seal them in the valley." ”

"I'm afraid this valley can't accommodate that many people. Elizabeth looked at the position he was pointing at and said, "I have thought of a good place, but we may have to take a great risk, for the valley is too close to the castle, and if they do not follow us and approach the castle, we may be in trouble." ”

She showed everyone where she had in mind, and Antonio and Rogge saw that the valley was only five kilometers away from the castle, a dead valley with only one entrance, and that if the way out was blocked from the mouth of the valley, the people inside would have no way out.

"It's a really good place for us to trap the army in and buy time for Rog to save people. Antonio looked up at Rogge and Elizabeth and said.

"However, it is too close to the castle, if the human army does not follow the temptation and attack the castle directly, we will be crushed by the soldiers, and a fierce battle is inevitable!" Elizabeth looked at them with anxiety and said, "If that happens, I am afraid that your parents will ...... in the chaos."

"Wait a minute......" Rogge, who had been looking down at the map, suddenly raised a hand and interrupted Elizabeth, "Why do you think humans don't follow the temptation?"

He looked up at the crowd and said, "The only possibility is that the bait is not good enough, but what if the bait is something that can help them win?"