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Built on an island in the middle of a lake at the top of a hill, Stephen Castle is surrounded by water on three sides, and only a section of the wall of more than 200 meters in front of it is connected to the slope below, which can directly allow the troops to attack. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, this side is also a key defense object, not only the city wall is more than ten meters high, which is unmatched, but also has a moat of nearly 20 meters. It's not so easy to get into.

In general, the students of the academy know that this is a forbidden place, and few people disturb it. Today, however, a troop of more than 3,000 people shattered the calm.

Although the clothing of this unit is rather chaotic, and at first glance it belongs to more than a dozen different forces, but after some reorganization, these soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles have shown good military qualities. They were neatly arranged, well-armoured, armed with weapons better than the regular army, and marched to the front of the castle with boundless murderous spirit.

I saw that they were roughly divided into three parts, the first group was a thousand infantry, all shield-raising and lightly armored warriors, holding a one-handed weapon. There were also dozens of long siege ladders interspersed with them. Apparently this is a unit designed to attack fortifications, with shields to protect against arrows, and light armor to allow them to quickly pass through areas covered by the enemy's arrows, and then climb the walls with the help of ladders.

The second part consisted of a large number of archers, almost a thousand men, who were used to cover the siege troops, needless to say. These people are all about 30 years old, and judging from the standard posture of marching with bows, eighty percent belong to the kind of elite archers who have retired from the army, and they have joined the mercenary group because of their good skills. Obviously, this thousand-man archer is definitely extremely difficult to deal with.

The third part of the people is all cavalry, most of them are wearing heavy armor, and occasionally light armor appears, among which there are several important people, even wearing magic armor, obviously, the masters are hidden in it.

Although these precious cavalry are rare, the most eye-catching thing is the group of white-robed magicians next to the cavalry.

The so-called white-robed magicians actually refer to the magicians trained by the Empire of Light, they are almost the same as the magicians trained by the Griffin Kingdom in terms of offensive means, and the spell systems on both sides are roughly equal, the only difference is that the robes of the magicians of the Griffon Kingdom are colorful, and no one cares about you, as long as the badge is good, but the magicians of the Empire of Light must wear white robes, and they must also believe in the God of Light. Generally speaking, the mages on both sides are well respected, but there is not much contact.

Because the status of the mages of the Empire of Light is not as good as that of the Bright Priests of their country, many mages of the Empire of Light are willing to come to the Griffon Kingdom, which respects magicians more, and in order to stop the loss of talents, the Empire of Light strictly forbids its mages to appear in the Griffon Kingdom for no reason. But I don't know why, it is really puzzling that the Augustus family can dispatch more than 30 white-robed magicians this time.

Strictly speaking, such a team is already very strong. The combination of infantry, archers, cavalry and magicians can fight even if they face several times the enemy. In addition, these people are all veterans of the war, and it is not difficult to command, so for this mission, the temporary commander of this team, Lord Night Stalker, is still very confident.

However, the old evil is now a person with a bad reputation, so the night owl, who has always been cautious, does not dare to be too careless. So, after coming to the castle, he did not rush to attack, but stopped the team first and carefully observed the castle. It didn't matter what it looked like, it made him freeze all at once.

It turned out that the night owl did not even notice the defenders on the castle, and the castle that came into view was full of empty scenes, and there was no one in the various windows that could be defended, and no one was shaking. Even with his sixth-level strength, he couldn't detect any life fluctuations at all, and the entire castle seemed to be empty. And the only place where there are people is on the balcony above the city gate.

The so-called balcony is actually a kind of platform fortification for the frontal defense of the castle, which is more than ten meters high from the ground, and the top of the balcony is the top of the city wall. This large protruding balcony is usually used to protect against large defensive equipment, but at this time, there is no super heavy crossbow to defend the city, only a gorgeous table with some fine snacks and a few bottles of fine wine, and two people sitting next to the table, it is the old evil and the new Catherine, and behind them is the old butler Kristin waiting.

At this time, the old evil was tasting wine in a limited way, and laughed with Catherine from time to time, not taking the people below seriously at all. Catherine, on the other hand, looked a little nervous, and there was a faint melancholy on her smiling face, obviously worried about the battle.

Seeing such a strange scene, the suspicious night owl couldn't help but play some psychological drums, and couldn't understand which one the old evil was playing. So he opened his mouth and asked in a loud voice: "Little Stephen, now that my army is overpowering, don't you hurry up and hand over Catherine, do you have to let me go in before you hand over someone?"

"The army is overpowering?" the old evil then sneered: "Isn't it just a few kittens who dare not see people?

"Kitten?" The night stalker immediately sneered, "Boy, don't underestimate them, these people under my command are all composed of the most famous mercenary group in the capital. Each of them is extraordinary, so it's not a problem to clean you up!"

As soon as they heard the night owl's words, the leaders of the hired mercenary group couldn't help but change their faces, and they all immediately scolded in their hearts, "Damn the night owl, didn't you betray us on purpose?"

You must know that although generally speaking, when carrying out such a big event, it is a good opportunity for the mercenary group to advertise itself, so the mercenary group that accepts the mercenary will do their best to make their own banner.

But this time it's different, because it's against the powerful Stephen family, so those people in the mercenary group not only don't dare to play their own names, but they also hide it. Several regiment commanders even simply found a cloth to cover their faces, for fear of being recognized. They all know how powerful the Stephen family is, who would dare to provoke such a strong enemy? If they don't play the banner, they can still say that the people below will act privately in the future, and at most they will accompany them, and they will be sent away. But now that they are being brought out by the night owls like this, it is tantamount to pushing them to the opposite side of the Stephen family, just thinking about the revenge of the Stephen family in the future, it directly makes several regiment leaders break out in a cold sweat.

In fact, the night owl did this on purpose, the purpose was to get the Stephen family to fight with these mercenaries, and the Augustus family could take advantage of the opportunity to make profits.

The old evil naturally saw the tricks of the night owls, of course he would not be easily fooled, you must know that the reason why these mercenary groups were able to gain a foothold in the complex place of Yanjing was that the interests of many big nobles were more or less involved behind them, and if they were really killed, they would definitely offend many people, and it could be said that there would be endless troubles. Although the old evil may not care, he is unwilling to be used as a gunman.

So the old evil immediately sneered at those people: "Everyone, I know that you mercenaries pay attention to dying for money, but although money is good, it can only be spent if you have a life. I'm putting my words here today, and if any of you dare to help this miscellaneous creature called the Night Stalker attack the Stephen family's castle, I will immediately ask the Stephen family's warriors to smash your headquarters!"

As soon as the old evil said this, those regiment commanders were suddenly frightened. You know, they all brought the elite troops this time, but the soldiers of the Stephen family were left outside because of the rules, once they attacked the castle, by the Stephen family's troops raided, who can stand it? Not to mention that the Stephen family has recently had a group of barbarian warriors, and there is also a sword master named Sven to support it, it can be said that once the war starts, Stephen's castle may not be able to be defeated, but their nest will never be saved.

As soon as they thought of this, the regimental commanders couldn't sit still any longer, and hurriedly came to find the night owls, and one of them said in a sweaty manner: "Lord Earl, you also heard the words of Lord Little Stephen, we, we are afraid that we can only say sorry to you today!"

The night owl didn't expect that his few words would be used by the old evil, and his brows suddenly frowned slightly. However, this guy also belongs to the kind of extremely damaging goods, so he doesn't care about the lives of these people, and directly sneered: "We signed an agreement, and you also received a deposit." The Augustus family is not easy to mess with, if anyone dares to collect money and do nothing, hmph, I promise, you will definitely lose more than one headquarters, even you will go to jail!"

"Ahh

"Can we double, no, ten times the compensation deposit?"

"The Augustus family is not short of money, we just want people now!" The night owl then comforted: "But don't worry, as long as you catch Catherine, you will win the trust of the Augustus family, the three princes, and even the empress and the emperor, when the time comes, even if the Stephen family wants to move you, it will not be so easy, and my Augustus family will not sit idly by!"

Hearing the night owl say this, those regimental leaders finally relieved themselves a little. Seeing this, the night owl immediately hit the railroad while it was hot, "Okay, don't be half-hearted, you guys will go back to coordinate the troops immediately, just wait for my order, and rush in to capture Catherine alive, understand?"

(To be continued)