In a large city hundreds of miles away from the city of Saint-Coaux, Bartman sank like water in the small manor building behind the temple.

As the days passed, he had already anticipated that something was not going to be good.

He sent three teams of men and horses, a total of 110 air knights, plus a thousand elites, but since Kito left, there has been no news back.

Bartman couldn't figure out what was going on.

Not to mention anything else, a red flag knight like Kitto, with thousands of golden knights, even if he captures tens of thousands of indigenous cities, there is no problem.

But now he just went to chase and attack a team of only more than 500 people, but there was no news.

No matter how strong the killing god is, can it be stronger than Kitto?

Killing God has a few catties and a few taels at the beginning, Baartman has also seen it in the arena, and he must not reach the realm of the Red Flag Knight.

Even if Kitto really can't take down the killing god, then he can always escape back, right?

Now it is deep and no one is dead, no body is seen.

Since then, Bartman now has to speculate in his mind whether he is calculating to kill the gods at the same time, Sky City is also calculating himself.

Because this is the only way to explain why Kito and more than a thousand elite soldiers disappeared out of thin air.

In addition, what is even more incredible is that even the air knights of the squadron that went to look for Kitto have not been heard from.

The air knight is no better than the ground, his air team is composed of rapid dragon birds, and even the griffins of Sky City cannot compare with their flight speed in a short period of time.

Moreover, he has excellent aerial vision, and if he really encounters an enemy, he can detect it at the first time, and he believes that no matter what, the griffins of Sky City will not be able to annihilate his Rapid Dragon Bird squadron.

But now that the Rapid Dragon Bird has also lost its news, things are so weird that Bartman no longer dares to send people to investigate over there.

Now there are not many dragon bird knights that the Golden Shield family has worked so hard to cultivate, only two-thirds, which has been accumulated for decades.

Knock knock!

"Come in!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside Bartman's study, and Bartman immediately replied in a slightly gloomy voice.

"Lord Duke, what are you looking for your subordinates?"

Bartman's study was opened, and a middle-aged man in armor walked in.

This middle-aged man has tattoos on his face and chapped skin, and he is the strong man who was sent to the Golden Shield family by the descendants of the divine servants who had befriended the Golden Shield family at the beginning.

"How's your connection?"

Bartman's face recovered slightly.

"Lord Duke, the news has been passed back, but how long it will take to get over, and the subordinates can't be sure, after all, the land of the Godsfall is too vast!"

"Well, if you receive the news, report it to me as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Lord Duke!"

……

Back at St. Ann's, Gervais watched the slave soldiers practice fireball skills for a while, and then returned to his small building.

Coming to the small building, Gervais went directly to the backyard, and when he walked into the backyard, he saw from a distance that the little guy Vali was constantly flying in the back garden, and the little arm was carrying two small buckets of water in the fountain of life, and then poured the spring water from the top of the sacred tree.

"WALL-E!"

This scene was very interesting for Gervais, and he immediately stepped forward and called out to Vali.

"The hosts! Master! You've come to see WALL-E! ”

When Vali heard Gervais's shout, a happy smile immediately appeared on his little face, and he immediately fluttered two pairs of transparent little wings and flew over.

"Little one, thank you for your hard work!"

Gervais stretched out his palm and let the little guy, who was only more than twenty centimeters long, stop on his palm.

"It's not hard! Vali loves big trees, big trees are very comfortable! ”

Vali knelt on Gervais's palm, shaking his head vigorously, his ponytail tied to his back flickering.

"Huh! If you like it! Bub! ”

Gervais was also amused by the little guy's words.

I don't know if this elf worm is specially prepared for the sacred tree, Edward told Gervais in the beginning.

The sacred tree must be taken care of by the elves, and such things do not even need to be ordered by the master, as long as they see the sacred tree, the elves will automatically start to take care of the sacred tree.

Maybe it has something to do with Vali's saying that 'the tree is comfortable', maybe the sacred tree has some special effect on the elves.

After interacting with Vali for a moment, Gervais checked the sacred tree again, and there was nothing out of the ordinary.

The goddess of the sacred tree did not contact him, and perhaps, as she said that day, was in a deep sleep during this time.

After that, Gervais left the backyard and returned to the study.

When he returned to his study, he took out his letter and began to write.

Now that he has a plan for a trade route, Gervais needs to speed up his efforts to complete it.

And there was a Red Flag Knight in that small town, and Gervais was now ready to find help.

After writing the envelope, Gervais directly found a soldier of the direct guard and asked him to ride a rapid dragon bird to send it to several dukes of Johnson.

Originally, Gervais could have called Alec and Hayden to do the letter, but the two guys still haven't returned.

When he returned yesterday, Gervais learned that the two had not found the city of Saint-Cove, but had flown to the cities behind the city, and had been detained as spies of the Golden Shield family.

Fortunately, they had Gervais's letters on them, so they were just seized.

The news was supposed to be given to Edward for decision, but because the Great War could not be delivered, it was not until the Great War was won that Gervais inquired about it.

And Edward's several city lords have also conveyed the order back after Gervais left, and they must confirm their identities when they see the rapid dragon bird in the future, so this time they don't have to worry about the messenger being detained.

After the letter was sent, Gervais began to work his cultivation in the next few days.

In the blink of an eye, it was a week later.

On this day, more than 400 silver knights and 98 slave soldiers under Gervais were all assembled.

After so many days of preparation, he was about to set out to attack the small city.

"Gervais, be careful!"

Caroline stood at the gates of St. Ann's City, looking at Gervais sitting on the back of a giant crocodile.

"Don't worry, I've already found several strong people to help, there will be no problem, I can return in a week at most!"

Gervais nodded at Caroline, signaling her reassurance.

"Hmm!"

At this time, it was an expedition, and Caroline didn't dare to say anything, so as not to affect her morale, so she immediately hummed and obediently stepped aside.

"Gust, father, the city of St. Ann will be handed over to you during my absence!"

Gervais set his sights on Gandalf and Gust again.

He brought Hayden with him on this expedition, so Gust and Gandalf needed to stay in the city.

"Rest assured, Your Majesty!"

"Gervais, there is a father and Earl Hayden in the city, don't worry, I wish you a speedy victory!"

Gust and Gandalf immediately replied.

"Let's go!"

Nodding to a few people, after everything was explained, Gervais gave an order, and then their team, which was only more than 600 people in the logistics team, slowly drove out of the city gate.

……

Since there were no cities or enemies along the way, Gervais and the others marched very fast, and after two days of trekking they reached the outer part of the small city.

When Gervais and the others arrived, hundreds of birds and monsters flew from the ground on the other side of the river, converging towards Gervais and them.

"Lord of Gervais!"

"Lord of Gervais!"

"Haha! Duke Johnson, Duke Bruno, Duke Sole, the three of them have come to help! ”

It was Johnson and the other three Holy City Lords who came on the flying.

The letter sent by Gervais the week before was for them, and they agreed to wish themselves a helping hand to conquer this small city today.

"Haha! Lord Gervais doesn't need to be so polite, we are all allies, just helping each other, and I want more of the barrel of wine sent by Lord Gervais, it's really delicious! ”

"Yes! I wish the wine of Lord Gervais would be sold in our city soon, so that we wouldn't have to save on it! ”

Gervais also asked the messenger to bring three barrels of wine when he delivered the letter, one for Johnson, Bruno, and Sole.

And Johnson and the three of them have been soaked in wine every day because there has been no war these days, and they feel uncomfortable if they don't drink a pot a day.

"Haha, don't you just ask the three city lords to help, and when the trade route is opened, you won't have to save your drink!"

Gervais laughed out loud, these Holy City City Lords were the ones in charge of life and death in the eyes of ordinary people.

But as long as you get their approval, you don't get along much different from ordinary people.

"So we're going to thank Lord Gervais! Then you have to work hard today! ”

"Don't dare! Can't! When the trade route is opened, I will definitely invite the three city lords to have a good drink!" ”

Gervais hurriedly waved his hand and greeted the three of them politely.

"In that case, then Lord Gwes, let's start now, shall we?"

At this time, in the small city more than a mile away, the soldiers guarding the city had already discovered their group.

The alarm bell in the city was ringing rapidly at this moment, and the city wall, which was only more than 900 meters long, was running up in a steady stream.

"Let's get started!"

Gervais nodded, and did not delay any longer, even when he turned to look at his subordinates.

"Ryuichi! Now you guys get started! ”

"Hayden! You take your immediate guards to wait six hundred meters away from the city wall! ”

"Alec! You set up your artillery five hundred meters outside the city! ”

"All according to the plan made in advance!"

"Yes! Master! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As Gervais gave orders one after another, Long Yi, Hayden, Alec and others moved one after another.

And as the team moved, Gervais and several city lords also flew into the air in flying magical beasts.

In this sacred continent, there are flying demonic beasts, so the way of fighting has become diversified, and the defenders of the city not only need to take care of the enemies on the ground, but also have to guard against the sky knights.

And this city, which is comparable to a small fortress, is naturally equipped with weapons to defend against air knights, that is, ballistas with a range of hundreds of meters.

Because of the existence of these ballistas, the rapid dragon birds of Gervais did not attack immediately, but hovered at an altitude of more than four hundred meters, at such a height, the ballistas on the city wall no longer posed any threat to them.

At this time, Ike had already led dozens of guards soldiers to pull small steel cannons to a place more than five hundred meters away from the city wall.

Arriving at the intended location, Alec quickly began directing the guards to place their artillery and reload their ammunition.

When all five guns were placed and loaded, Alec spoke loudly on his own, without the need for Gervais to give another order.

"Target enemy ballista, aim in one minute!"

"Fire!"

Boom Boom!

A minute later, under Alec's orders, the soldiers in charge of the fire set the cannon on fire with torches, followed by five deafening explosions outside the small city.

Bang bang bang!

The sound of the explosion was still echoing in the wilderness, and the fiery cannonballs had already fallen on the city walls.

Suddenly, the bricks and stones on the wall were splashed, and people turned on their backs.

However, although the blow was aimed at the huge ballistas, only one of the five guns actually hit in the end.

Other shells were smashed into other parts of the wall, killing and wounding some of the soldiers on the wall.

When the natives saw that the strange thing outside the city could attack from such a distance, they immediately aimed their ballistas at Alec and the others outside the city, and then swished out crossbow arrows with the thickness of their forearms.

Tuk tuk!

Unfortunately, the distance of 500 meters was a safe distance obtained by Gervais after experimenting with the ballistas on the walls of St. Ann's City.

The limit distance of this ballista is only more than 450 meters at most, and it is only more than 300 meters into the air, so it can't shoot Alec and the others at all.

"Calibrate the angle of the artillery, aim in one minute!"

In just a few moments, the five guns were reloaded, and Alec ordered to recalibrate the firing angle.

Following his orders, the soldiers began to recalibrate their guns, relying on previous errors.

"Fire!"

Boom Boom!

After the second calibration, Alec gave the order to fire again, and puffs of white smoke rose again from outside the small city, and a deafening explosion was heard.

Bang bang bang!

Five fiery red shells slammed into the walls again at a speed uncatchable by the naked eye.

And this time, because of the second calibration, four out of five shells actually hit the ballistas on the city wall.

……

"Good!"

In the first round of firing, the effect of the artillery was not very significant, but it was a little more dynamic.

But this second round destroyed the four ballistas on the city wall in one fell swoop, which immediately made Johnson and the others light up and couldn't help but cheer.

"Lord Gervais, what is that, it has such an effect!"

Subsequently, several people couldn't help but ask about the origin of the artillery.

Johnson and the others had the most headache when they attacked the city, such a ballista, don't see that the realm of the Golden Knight is not afraid of the damage of ordinary arrows and crossbows, but that's talking about ordinary arrows and crossbows,

In the face of the elves, as well as such a large ballista, the arrows are still made of Mithril, not to mention the Golden Knight, even if the White Flag Knight is not careful, he will capsize in the gutter.

So every time the city is attacked, the ballistas on this wall are the existence that takes the lives of many soldiers every time, and now Gervais has such a good thing to destroy the ballista in advance, which makes Johnson and others interested.

"It's called artillery, and I got it by accident, but it needs a black substance to fire, and there's not a lot of it! So I only have a small number of artillery too! ”

Gervais knew what Johnson and the others were thinking, and quickly broke off their thoughts, although artillery is of little use to the strong, it still has a lot of effect on siege.