The north gate of the Imperial Harbor.

Seeing that 'Elena' had returned with a large number of fully loaded wagons, the Maritinian troops stationed at the city gate were very dutiful and planned to inspect the carriages.

But this inspection led to a tragedy......

The dozens of wagons were not loaded with supplies, but with Leon's guards, the hands of silver led by Klose.

More than 200 fierce men jumped out of the straw pile of the carriage, and more than half of the hundreds of Maritine soldiers at the city gate were killed in a few breaths.

The few remaining who did not participate in the search were also smashed in the head with a short-handled hammer - the 'farmers' who drove the car were all Radiant Knights, and the little hammers were playing with thieves.

Of course, the Maritines were still well-trained, and they managed to send a signal for help to the Maritines soldiers on several other walls before they hiccuped.

The Maritine soldiers from several other military stations also rushed to the rescue, but as soon as they ran near the north gate, they did not dare to move......

More than 200 sturdy men guarded there under the north gate, and more men and horses also came from the north and quickly poured into the emperor's port.

Just looking at the scale, there are at least more than 1,000 follow-up people, and all of them are accompanied by horses.

Of course, these more than 1,000 people are those who are wounded, and they can't fight, and they can only be used as a burden when they really fight.

But the Maritinians didn't know this - the wounded soldiers who had just entered the city were neatly dressed, and the only difference from the Silver Hand was the absence of the Mithril Gauntlets, if only by appearance......

And they also have horses......

The horses were indeed of the Bacchus, the spoils of war that Leon had captured from the forces of Agathon. But the free-legged hoplites could not ride at all, and they were not fit to ride with their wounds.

These horses are now used as pack horses, carrying various equipment on their backs.

However, for the Maritinians, this meant that a thousand hoplites came here......

For them, now that the north gate of the Emperor Harbor has been lost, they have lost their geographical advantage;

The fleet in the harbor had just been driven away by His Majesty Caspars for two hours, and there was no way to escape from the harbor, which meant that they were blocked in the city, and the enemy was a 'cavalry'—they now had nowhere to escape;

The number of enemies is more than three times that of his own, and they all look strong, and they are estimated to be extremely combative......

And this is still the enemy's home field......

This is obviously unbeatable.

Besides, His Majesty Caspars is not here, even if he dies desperately, His Majesty will not be able to see it - isn't that equivalent to dying in vain?

Therefore, the remaining 300 or so Maritine soldiers in the city wisely chose to surrender.

The port of Dilin was once again in the hands of Alina.

Subsequently, the Silver Hand stripped all the captured Maritinians, selected some brothers of suitable size, and once again changed into Maritinin equipment and left the city......

The Knights of the Radiant Cross began to organize civilians to stand guard on the walls—the wounded soldiers brought a large amount of equipment on their horses.

……

At noon the next day, Caspars arrived in Serindil with the fleet.

The journey from the sea to Serindil was actually very fast, and the voyage of two hundred miles took only a dozen hours.

But Caspars wandered around Serindil for a long time, and did not find a single hair, but instead met the army he had sent from Terrinport to the west.

When I asked, I found out that these 1,000 people searched for 'Li Ang' from Dilingang to the west, and they did not meet anyone at all along the way.

Scammed!

Caspass's face was crooked, and he asked the thousand men to return to the ship and hurry to the port of the emperor.

In the middle of the night, Caspars finally returned to the port of Dilin.

He was still standing in the bow of the flagship - to be honest, it was a dangerous position, the average leader would not stand there, and the bridge was much safer......

But this time, Caspars no longer sees an empty city.

"Uh......h Woo...... Woo......"

Just as Caspars's fleet sailed into the harbor again, the trumpet of the enemy attack sounded at the head of the city.

At the same time, a large number of torches were lit on the city wall, and the firelight outlined the whole city into a golden mountain, and the entire Imperial Harbor was like daylight at this moment.

Under the torches, there were dense soldiers...... Countless soldiers.

Blades of all kinds shone in the firelight.

On the docks, there are hundreds of large cars lined up - all of them are overturned, forming a wall of cars and blocking all the disembarkation space.

Behind the carriage, several rows of spears and pestles waited quietly.

A battle flag slowly rose up the watchtower of the city wall—it was the banner of Emperor Marius.

The fleet became silent at this moment, and the battleship was still slowly moving forward, and it was less than two hundred meters from the pier.

The city wall is condescending, and more than two hundred meters is already the effective range of the heavy crossbow.

Alina stood under the battle flag in military uniform, and asked Loris beside her to greet Caspars with a crossbow arrow.

Knight Loris was actually quite good at archery, but instead of shooting Caspass, he deliberately shot at the bow of the battleship, which was the sculpture at the bow.

The bow of the ship is carved with a kavala.

Loris just shot the head of the wood carving.

Caspars stood at the bow of the ship, and of course he saw the arrow, as well as Alina standing under the battle flag.

After being stunned for half a second, Caspars snatched the shield from the hand of a Maritinin soldier beside him, and then ordered loudly: "Stop the boat!" Anchor! Don't come any closer! ”

Then, cautiously, he shrunk into his shield and slowly retreated into the bridge.

"Your Majesty, we'd better get out of here quickly......"

Inside the bridge, Adjutant Leo frowned and made a suggestion - the people on the city wall looked like there were five or six thousand, to say the least, and this was a hairy ......

All the Maritine soldiers also looked like they didn't want to die.

Caspars was also a little shocked, he didn't expect that in just one day, how could so many troops emerge from Dilingang?!

He even wondered if it was some hallucination......

"Alina...... You liar!! Swindler!! ”

Caspar stared at Alina's figure through the porthole, roaring hysterically.

But the roar in the bridge, Alina must not have heard it on the city walls.

Still, Alina was waving at Caspars' flagship...... She could imagine what Caspars's expression would be now.

"Captain Lorris, shoot another arrow, shoot this letter to him."

Alina pulled out a crossbow bolt with a paper roll tied to the shaft of the arrow and handed it to Lloris.

'Woo ......'

The arrow still didn't hurt anyone, because it was a ringing arrow, and it was only used to send a whistle to send a signal.

"Your Majesty, a letter has been shot from the city......"

The adjutant Leo trembled away from the bridge and went to the bow to retrieve the arrow.

"Read!"

Caspars's eyes were bloodshot, and he kept staring at Alina fiercely, seeing the arrow come the whole way.

"Your Majesty Caspers, who has come from afar: Unfortunately, your great quest to conquer the Pander Continent may be coming to an early end. I do not wish to be an enemy of you, but I also do not wish to be an enemy of His Majesty Amorian, Emperor of the Maritin. You should understand what a young, powerful, victorious 'vice-emperor' means to His Majesty Amorian? If you don't become the sole ruler of the Maritin Empire, you'll never be able to win on another continent. I guess I made that clear enough, right? - Alina Justes. ”

Leo read the letter as he glanced at Caspars' expression.

Fortunately, Caspars listened calmly to all the contents.

He was rarely not angry, but frowned and asked his adjutantant: "Leo, do you think we should go back to Maritin?" ”

Leo shook his head, put down the note and took two steps back: "Your Majesty, everyone knows the emperor's intentions...... Over the years, you have fought in the north and south, and eradicated all the enemies for His Majesty the Emperor, but ...... When there are no enemies, you are the last enemy of His Majesty the Emperor...... But in any case, it is you who make the decision, and we obey all your orders. ”

"Maybe you're right...... But I can't leave behind the two thousand fighters who have already been sent! ”

Caspars closed his eyes and gritted his teeth: "Let the fleet retreat a little, retreat beyond their range, and anchor deeply...... I'm going to get some sleep......"

With that, he left his helpless adjutant and turned into the cabin.

Leo sighed helplessly, he was Caspars's personal entourage, the one who knew His Majesty best. He knew that Caspars would go to sleep whenever he had a problem, and that he would usually wake up quickly, and that every time he woke up, he would kill like a demon like a demon until he was victorious.

Leo felt that his Majesty might be a little schizophrenic.

Of course, this can actually be regarded as 'not chaotic' and a famous general's demeanor......

But alas, Caspars slept from night to noon.

This is the third day that Caspars has come to the Pander continent.

When Leo, who couldn't wait for his majesty, to go to the cabin to look for someone, he saw Caspars cowering in the corner with frightened eyes......

Holding his knees, his face was pale, like a poor child.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Are you having a nightmare? ”

After following His Majesty Caspars for more than ten years, Leo saw Caspars for the first time.

"No...... Didn't dream...... I didn't even dream......"

Caspars muttered, tears rolling in his eyes, "I seem to ...... Abandoned by His Majesty Kavala......"

Leo knew that Caspars worshipped Kavala, but he didn't quite understand what it meant to be abandoned by Kavala?

You should have been abandoned by Alina......

But Leo didn't dare to say it directly.

Although Caspars is usually good to his subordinates, if he despises Kavala, he will definitely be killed by Caspars.

But now Caspars's state is obviously difficult to communicate, so Leo can only persuade with practical actions - he did not wait for Caspars's order any longer, but directly ordered to withdraw his troops to Serindil again.

In fact, this adjutant made the right choice, at least he should leave the 'danger zone' of Dilingang first.

Although the abandoned fishing ports of Thrindir were not suitable for warships, it was a good idea to stay there and wait for the 2,000 troops that had been sent out before.

However, it depends on luck whether you can get it or not.

The Maritin fleet left again......

There was a burst of cheers from the top and bottom of the Emperor's Harbor.

In fact, there are only more than 200 soldiers in Dilin Port at present, and more than 100 of them are new recruits in the militia.

The dense 'soldiers' on the city wall are all dressed as civilians.

Anyway, when you put on your armor and take on your weapons, you can't see it from a distance.

Of course, this kind of pure civilians have no combat effectiveness, and most of them are afraid that they will scream at the sight of blood......

But it's still okay to scare people, at least Caspars's fleet is really scared away.

There really wasn't a need for a battle to achieve victory, the only skirmish was when the Silver Hand took out more than a hundred Maritinian soldiers when they took the gates, and it was mainly because the enemy was too cooperative - if the Maritins didn't intend to check the wagons, then even this skirmish wouldn't have happened.

The only price was that Alina did not sleep for three days and three nights - from Kavala to Caspas, Alina did not get a rest after a series of events.

Although she usually sleeps very little, she really can't bear it if she doesn't sleep for three days in a row.

On the contrary, Li Ang was resting well, and the injuries on his body were scabbed.

Li Ang was also in Dilingang at the moment, and he didn't go far, he only waited outside Dilingang for a day before returning with the wounded soldiers - he couldn't run far with his injuries.

When Caspars's fleet had departed, Alina had everything in order and returned to the Doge's Palace, it was already nightfall again.

Alina, who hadn't closed her eyes for three days and three nights, naturally wanted to make up for her sleepiness, so she rushed into the bedroom of the Governor's Palace, and just hugged the quilt and fell unconscious - a real second to sleep.

……

Early morning.

A bedroom in the Governor's Mansion of the Emperor Lingang.

"Ahh

This is a soprano.

"Ahh

It's a tenor.

"Coming ......" "Coming ......"

This is the knee-jerk reaction of both men and women.

"Shhh......hh......h

This is also the same knee-jerk reaction of the two, both of them 'came' changed their mouths halfway through the call, and covered each other's mouths - even the movements were the same.

A few minutes of silence followed.

"You...... Why are you here? ”

Alina lowered her voice and dragged the quilt over to cover her chest.

"I want to ask you...... I didn't notice anyone in this room when I went to bed last night! And...... This is my room! My room, understand! When did you touch it in?! ”

Li Ang also lowered his voice and dragged the other corner of the quilt over, probably trying to cover his chest as well...... But Alina clung so tightly that he didn't succeed.

"Uh...... I want to think about it...... To put it this way...... Did I go to the wrong door? ”

Alina glanced left and right a few times, and realized that this seemed to be Leon's room......

She lifted the quilt and glanced at it, then let out a sigh of relief, smiled a little awkwardly, and then threw the quilt to Leon.

Alina's skirt was still there, although the hem had reached the base of her thighs and her chest was pulled diagonally because of her dishonest sleeping appearance, but at least it was not bare.

Leon now understood what was going on.

When he returned to the Imperial Harbor, he sent Klose out of the city with the Silver Hand and the equipment of the Maritins. That is, his guards were preparing to ambush the enemy in Serindil and did not stand in front of his bedroom - so Alina was so tired that she went to the wrong room in the middle of the night and no one cared for it.

"Hey, you're still laughing! Now what?! ”

Leon asked, holding the quilt over his chest, shrinking into the corner of the bed.

"What to do? Since nothing happened, of course nothing happened......"

Alina said confidently.

"I mean, how do we get out? You see if there's anyone out there......"

Leon was a little panicked in his heart, even more panicked than he was facing the enemy's large army, if this was seen, it would really be impossible to wash it away by jumping into the endless sea.

Don't look at Wendy's usual appearance as a bird, but if this happens, I'm afraid that she will have to heal people with a sword with full martial virtue - and Leon can't beat her......

"Your Majesty Leon, you ...... Hiss...... I didn't see it, I didn't see anything......"

I was really thinking about something, I was thinking about whether there was anyone outside, so I came, and I pushed the door in directly - this is the doctor who treated Li Ang's injuries, and came to change Li Ang's dressing.

The doctors of the Knights of the Radiant Cross came to treat him every day during this time, and he and Leon were no longer outside, and when they heard the shouting of 'come here', of course they went straight in.

It's just that today, this doctor also brought the Knight Captain Loris with him......

Loris actually just came to say hello, but she didn't expect to see Leon and Alina in bed!

And Leon is undressed, and Alina is disheveled......

The doctor was calm, covered his eyes and turned to close the door.

Lorris's eyes widened, still peeping through the crack in the door—that style was a bit similar to Klose's.

(End of chapter)