It's noon.

In order to complete the commission of the forging as soon as possible, Emile and Sain mobilized all the craftsmen to help.

Because I don't know when the demons will attack, the faster the better, and in the end, with the efforts of everyone, six swords were completed in a few hours, and the quality was similar to the one given to Daniel.

Immediately after the mission was completed, the emir went to the city gate with his weapons and distributed them to the six knights.

After that, he came to the top of the city wall again, only to be startled by what he saw.

I saw that the big pit outside the city had been filled with water, and it had turned into a small lake.

There was only a shallow layer of water at the bottom in the morning, and he wondered how Lydia did it.

"Oh my God, this, is this something that humans can do?" Sain's expression was even more exaggerated.

"Haha, what's this called, it turns out that I'm not human." Lydia's reaction to him was angry and funny.

"So, can you tell me the truth now?" The emir asked earnestly.

"Hey, guess...... Uh, well, okay," Lydia said embarrassedly, "here's the thing, maybe you don't know, the reason why the town of Blackpool is called this is actually because it was originally a waterhole, it is said that more than two hundred years ago, the whole area was a lake, but due to a severe drought, the water evaporated, even if it finally rained after a few decades, it could not be restored to its previous appearance, at most it could only form a small pool, which is the location of the big pit today, and later people built a town here, which is now the town of Blackpool." ”

"So, what I saw in the morning was groundwater."

"That's right, if you don't come up with this solution, the big pit will be filled with water sooner or later, but it will take several days, and now I have specially asked someone to dig a few holes at the bottom of the pit, and as a result, a large amount of groundwater will gush out."

"I see." The emir nodded.

Now, everything is ready, just waiting for the demons to attack the town again.

At this time, Lydia suddenly remembered something important.

"By the way, Emile, how did you and Margaret do last night? I'm sorry, I should have asked you in the morning, my brain is really ...... Alas, I can't remember anything. ”

"It's okay, it's not too late to say," Emir quickly comforted her, and then said, "Although we met the people of the demon race, we finally saved the day, and we recaptured the body tissue of the monster. ”

"Oh? Can you show me? Lydia was interested.

"Well, I'm afraid not, because Margaret kept it by magic."

"Uh, okay then...... However, there is another question, why haven't I seen Margaret until now, I'm worried that something has happened to her, can you go and see the situation? ”

"Of course," the emir agreed, "and where does she live?" ”

As a result, Lydia scratched her head, looking confused.

"Well, that, I haven't left her alone since I kicked her out of the manor."

"Ah," said the emile, dumbfounded, "Margaret is so pitiful, she's ......"

However, just as he was about to speak, Margaret suddenly appeared.

She stood beneath the city gate and beckoned to them, as if to signal them to go down.

The emir looked at where he was standing, and only the part above the gate was forty meters high, and it was so crowded that there were too many people to stand.

Only then did he understand why Margaret had told them to go down instead of coming up herself.

"What's wrong?" Lydia asked her as soon as she came.

"Hehe, I have important information for you." Margaret couldn't hide her excitement.

"Oh? Let's talk about it. ”

"Didn't I tell you before that I came here to collect information related to the demons?"

"Well, so did you find something?"

"That's right, this is important information, we all know that the leader of the demon clan is called the Demon King, right? He leads the entire demon race, and all the monsters are directly loyal to him, that is to say, we have always thought that there are only two levels of the demon race, but now it seems that this is not the case, from this long-sealed book, we can know that the monsters are actually loyal to the dark knight, and the dark knight is directly under the orders of the demon king. ”

"Dark Knight, what's that?"

"This is recorded in detail in the book, there is a kind of monster called the Dark Knight among the demons, they have the same appearance as humans, they are obviously intelligent species, they are wearing knight-like armor, holding a huge magic sword, and the earth will shake when they are swung out, and their strength is second only to the Demon King, and there are only four dark knights recorded at present, representing the four elements of wind, fire, water and earth."

“…… There is such a thing. The emir could not help but fall into deep thought.

In this way, they must prepare for the worst, because the current commander of the demon clan is likely to be the Dark Knight.

If the opponent's strength is really second only to the Demon King, then do they still have the ability to resist the attack of the Demon Clan?

The emir doesn't know how strong the demon king is, but it can be seen from the history of the empire that the first heroes used countless sacrifices to seal the demon race, in exchange for the survival of the human race, even the dark knight, presumably at that time, the human race paid a terrible price.

So can he, Emir, come up with this method that I don't know if it will work, and can resist the attack of the Dark Knight?

If the answer is yes, the emir himself does not believe it.

Although he also understood that the Demon Commander was not necessarily the Dark Knight, this thought was nothing more than blind optimism, after all, he couldn't afford to gamble.

However, he found that Margaret was not panicked, and after understanding this, she looked very excited.

"Well, Margaret, why aren't you worried at all, it would be bad if the enemy was really the Dark Knight."

"Hmph, there's nothing to be afraid of, we're going to fight the Dark Knight someday, aren't we?" Margaret said, crossing her waist.

Emir really didn't know where she got her confidence, but when she thought about it, she was right.

"Then you must have a way, right?" The Emir could only think of this possibility.

"Of course, no matter what kind of dark knight he is, there is nothing that cannot be solved by one magic bullet, if there is, then another shot." Margaret said it for granted.

“…… Belch. ”

The emir was speechless, and even Sain and Lydia on the side felt incredible, they could probably guess how powerful the Dark Knight was, and no matter how much they thought about it, a witch could deal with it.

"Don't worry, even if the other party is a dark knight, I will still defeat you." Seeing that they didn't believe them, Margaret hurriedly comforted them.

Actually, she didn't brag, although she didn't seem to be able to deal with Allison last night, she didn't use her full strength, she still has the last killer weapon, so naturally she won't use it against such an enemy.

……

Unlike Margaret's deluded self-confidence, Emile was very sad.

However, just as he was about to consider a better countermeasure, there was a sudden commotion outside the city gates, followed by the continuous sound of trumpets.

The emir was secretly frightened, he knew very well that this was the beginning of the demon attack.

He quickly climbed to the top of the city wall and looked towards the battlefield, but it didn't matter if he looked at it, he was a little suspicious of his eyes.

Because it wasn't a large group of monsters that appeared on the other side of the lake, nor did they have a huge body, but just a thin figure.

It was likely to be the commander of the demon race, and Emir never expected that the other party would come alone.

Strangely, with the arrival of the enemy, the sky above the town changed color and clouds, and at the same time the wind became stronger, and the trees in the forest outside the city were blown to the ground, and the emir could not help but feel a chill.

"How can you pick such a time to change the sky?" Lydia looked at the sky with a little sorrow.

"No," Margaret looked serious, "could it be the monster?" ”

When the emir heard her say this, he couldn't help but glance at the figure on the other side of the lake.

The two sides were a few hundred meters apart, but perhaps because of the size of the other party, the emir could barely see its shape.

I saw that he was more than two meters tall, burly, wearing heavy armor, helmets, shoulder armor and other parts of the armor covered with spikes, and he did not hold any weapon in his hand, but stood there with his hands on his chest.

Just standing still could make one feel a sense of intimidation, which made the Emir even more convinced that he was the commander of the demons, or even further, the Dark Knight.

"What to do? Still going to go according to the plan? Lydia asked, "Since there is only one person on the other side, should we let the soldiers withdraw from the battlefield and concentrate on helping the people evacuate?" ”

"Hmm." The emir agreed.

After all, now is not the time to win by numbers, and even if the soldiers go to battle, they will only become cannon fodder, and it may drag Margaret to release magic.

"Emir, I can feel the huge magic in the enemy's body, that guy should be the Dark Knight." Margaret reminded.

"Really?"

After Margaret's confirmation, the Emir's mood grew even heavier, but no matter what, they must bring down the enemy here.

Seeing that the other party showed no signs of immediate war, Margaret planned to test it first.

She directly took out her wand and launched dozens of missiles, several green trajectories stretching forward.

When she was about to come into contact with the enemy, Margaret couldn't help but snicker, she thought how strong the so-called dark knight was, but she didn't expect that she couldn't even defend against the most ordinary attacks.

However, the next scene still disappointed her hopes, and the other party didn't care about it at all, and let the missile hit her, but nothing happened.

"Tsk." Margaret smacked her lips to herself.

"Don't be delusional, that guy is at least stronger than last night's monster, so let's take it seriously." The emir reminded her.

"Hehe, don't be so nervous, I'll just give it a try." Margaret said with a smile.

The emir was noncommittal, and he could probably guess that Margaret was trying to calm down.

It's not just that she thinks so, looking at the other party's appearance, it must be testing their strength.

So what's next? Directly let Lilith come out and give him a dismount, so that he understands that the human side is not easy to mess with?

Or let the knights go up with them, and then use Margaret's magic to forcibly defeat the enemy?

Emir's brain was racing, and countless schemes were formed in his mind, but they were immediately dismissed, and in the end, he could not come up with even one satisfactory.

However, Lydia suddenly patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"It's okay, I'll take the lead with the knights, you can take this opportunity to observe the battle, maybe you can think of a way."

"But ......"

"It's okay, as a knight, you have to be a little responsible, you can't always hide behind you."

"Yes, since Lord Lydia is going, then I will accompany you to the end." Margaret followed suit.

Seeing that they had made up their minds, the emir was embarrassed to refuse.

"Well, I want to go too, is that okay?"

At this point, Sain suddenly spoke, and as he listened to their discussion, he felt as if he were an outsider.

Lydia persuaded him, "O Sain, now is not the time to show your personal ability, you must focus on the overall situation, so stay and protect the emir." ”

"Yes, Sain, didn't you say you wanted to protect me?" The emir also persuaded.

He knew too well how Sain was feeling, but he couldn't let his best friend take the risk.

Now his hometown is likely to be attacked by demons, which means that his only relative is no longer there, so Sain is his last "relative".

“……”

Sain was pained by their persuasion, but he had to listen, because he knew that he was indeed incapable, and he would not be able to survive a second in the face of such an enemy.

"Well, I'll protect the emir, and you can fight with confidence."

"That's right." Lydia smiled happily.

Then, with the exception of Emir and Sain, everyone walked towards the city gates.