For Lucien, it was also an unforgettable night.

When she saw the soldiers fall in front of her, she couldn't even hold the staff in her hand. It was the first time she had faced such a battlefield, and under the dark night and firelight, there were screams of killing and screaming one after another. The soldiers who didn't even have time to put on their armor were mercilessly killed, and their bodies were thrown aside.

"Bang!!"

Another corpse fell down heavily, and Lucien screamed even more in fright at the sight of the other's wide eyes and hideous expression.

"Hey, there's a woman here! Kill her!! ”

At this time, the fortress soldiers who heard Lucian's shout suddenly rushed over, raised the long sword in his hand at Lucian, and looked at the fierce soldier in front of him, Lucian screamed even more, and stood there dumbfounded, watching the other party's long sword slash down ............!

"Bang!"

However, at this moment, suddenly the wall next to Lucien suddenly cracked, and then a tall steel body emerged from it, completely ignoring the opponent's attack, and punched the soldier directly in the head. Lucien then watched as the soldier's head was broken by the huge fist, as if a ripe and rotten apple had been blown by the wind and flew out like a leaf, while the headless corpse spurted blood and fell directly to the ground.

"What are you doing here?"

Duanmu Huai turned his head and glared at Lucian viciously, and the latter collapsed to the ground with weak legs under Duanmu Huai's gaze. Seeing this familiar action, Duanmu Huai suddenly remembered.

"Oh, you're the slave?"

"Yes, yes......... Adult ..............."

"Alright, stand up."

Duanmu Huai looked around, then at Lucien.

"The fight is almost over, and there's only a few guys to deal with next. Don't be here for fear of being killed......... Forget it, come with me. ”

"Yes..............."

Although Lucien's legs trembled as if she had just been born and had not had time to stand firmly, she still gritted her teeth and stood up and followed behind Duanmu Huai.

The entire inside of the fortress was already a mess at the moment, with blood and corpses everywhere. Of course, they are basically the corpses of the soldiers of the Bonn fortress, after all, it was the elite of various countries who raided them, and there was a world of difference in strength alone.

“…………… Why, do you have to kill someone........."

Following behind Duanmu Huai, looking at the corpse in the fortress in front of him, Lucian couldn't help but ask. And Duanmu Huai heard her inquiry, and just glanced at the other party.

"Because this is war, war naturally kills people."

"That......... Why war? ”

"As far as the Inquisition is concerned, Herman and the AL Sect have joined forces to attack us, and it is simply a matter of life and death that they are killed. Of course, it's even simpler for the rebels, who just want to live. ”

“……… Survive? ”

"That's right."

Duanmu Huai walked out of the fortress and looked at the dim night sky in front of him.

"The country is almost finished, the top 1 percent has 90 percent of the wealth, and the average person can't even eat......... Hehe, have you ever tasted the bread that those civilians ate? It's almost indistinguishable from a stone. ”

“…………………”

Lucian nodded slightly, as a slave, of course she had eaten that kind of bread, in fact, that kind of bread was just like Duanmu Huai said, it was a stone, she couldn't even bite it, and it could make a "knock" sound when it was placed on the table, so that people didn't know whether it was bread or stone for a while.

"The commoners even have a problem with their survival, but those nobles, rich businessmen, and high-ranking officials are big fish and meat, and they have a good time, and at this time, the struggle is almost a matter of course. After all, there were only two ways for Herman's citizens to follow, either they were exploited to death by nobles and merchants, or they would rise up and fight hard. ”

Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"Anyway, for them, the worst outcome is death. And now for them, there is no way to live, sooner or later they will die, it is better to fight, maybe there is hope. ”

“………………………”

Hearing this, Lucien lowered her head, clenched the staff in her hand, and said nothing.

Duanmu Huai didn't care, now he also believed in Qierti's judgment, this girl named Lucian is estimated to be a noble lady who ran out of somewhere, otherwise she wouldn't even know the basic common sense of this kind of commoner.

But Duanmu acacia doesn't matter.

At this moment, he also came to the square in the center of the fortress and said hello to An and Gureya and the others who were guarding there.

"Yo, how's it going?"

"All the best, Mr. Knight, it's just a little too exciting for everyone."

While speaking, Ann winked at Duanmu Huai playfully, and looked at her line of sight, and sure enough, Duanmu Huai saw that several girls not far away were bending down and spitting out———Well, they are all graduates of Manalia Academy, obviously, compared to Ann and Gureya, who have followed Duanmu Huai back and forth on several planets and participated in many wars, these freshly baked Manalia fresh graduates are obviously not used to the real battlefield.

"Alright, cheer up!"

And in front of them, Hannah was also cheering them up with a serious face.

"You're the elite of Manalia! This is the battlefield! Not a drill ground! Here, if you are negligent, you will die! will turn into a corpse! So now, I want you to be on your guard! Do you understand? ”

"It's ............!!"

Although the students' answers were also a little weak, they stood up, and seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai also nodded and didn't say anything. After all, this is their first time on the battlefield, and it would be nice if they didn't scare their pants.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai made a gesture.

"Suzume."

"Meow here, bear with me! (>^ω^<)”

As soon as Duanmu Huai's words fell, he saw that the bell girl suddenly came out of thin air from behind him, startling Lucian next to him.

"You take the Valkyrie back and tell Klim that the first phase of the battle has been successful, and ask her to send someone over to take over the fortress immediately! It must be done before dawn! ”

"Roger!"

After capturing the fortress, what Duanmu Huai had to do was to immediately let the soldiers of the Fourth Army replace the original fortress soldiers, disguise the fortress as if the fortress had not been attacked, to confuse the First Army and the Second Army. Luckily, he had the Night Raven Black Star and the Valkyrie Gunboat in his hands, so it wouldn't be a problem to sneak some soldiers over while the night was dark and windy.

At this time, Kirti and Uruzer also rushed back.

"My lord, someone in our team is missing......... Ah, here it is. ”

Qierti, who ran back in a hurry, was also relieved to see Lucian standing beside Duanmuhuai, and the latter saw Qierti and immediately hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I ............... before"

"It's nothing, this kind of thing happens often, all in all, let's treat the wounded first."

"Yes."

Lucian nodded in agreement, then looked at Duanmu Locust again.

"Thank you for saving me......... Thank you so much.........! ”

With that, Lucien turned and left, returning to Kirti's guards to begin treating the wounded.

Duanmu Huai only glanced at her, then withdrew his gaze and looked at the night sky.

Next, it's up to the other side to decide how to act.

At the same time, in the camp of the First Legion, Kriolev was staring at the same night sky.

"General, it's so late, you should rest."

Adjutant Karl stood behind him, whispering a reminder, while Kriolev shook his head.

"I'm not tired, huh......... How long will it take for reinforcements from the Second Army to arrive? ”

"It will take at least three days, and we are not very adequate in terms of supplies."

Saying this, Adjutant Karl frowned.

"The excuse on the council side is that the supplies are insufficient, and we have to figure it out ourselves!"

"Hmph....................."

Kriolev snorted coldly, of course he understood why his adjutant was so angry, originally according to Kriolev's idea, the deployment of three corps should be carried out in secret, after all, the art of war is cloudy, the real is virtual, and the virtual is real. As long as the other side doesn't know how many troops they have, then they can make a big fuss about it.

But the council was good, and they sold them all when they opened their mouths, and they almost reported their ID numbers to the rebels!

Now that the rebels know that there are three legions working against them, a total of 100,000 people, their side is now completely exposed!

Not only that, but Kriolev understood better why the Council was reluctant to give him more supplies. Because Kriolev's plan was to not move the enemy, and to rely on his own numbers to bloom from all sides, so that the rebels would be exhausted, after all, there was only one iron giant, and he could only take care of one direction. If attacked from all sides, the Iron Giant would obviously not be able to catch up with every battle.

But this tactic will consume a lot of time and materials, and the council doesn't like it, they are afraid that the other party will ignore it and drive the iron giant directly in front of the royal city, and it will be over.

So they made excuses for not giving sufficient supplies, just to force Kriolev to fight quickly.

Of course, this will cause a lot of casualties, but for the Council, they wish that the First Army would have killed more people, so that the army would be less of a threat to the Council...............

"Hey..............."

Kriolev sighed again, the Bonn Fortress was deliberately given up by him, in order to use the Bonn Fortress as bait, after all, the other party wants to do it, and they will definitely not let go of the Bonn Fortress, and as long as they attack the Bonn Fortress, then it is equivalent to having been hooked, and at that time, he will be able to lead the First Army, the Second Army and the Fifth Army to break through in one breath......... Maybe there will be a chance of winning.

"There's no news from the Fifth Legion yet?"

“…………………”

Adjutant Karl shook his head silently, the Fifth Army was originally a guerrilla force, so it can be said that the whole country was running around, I wonder where they were wandering around when the council gave orders.

In case it was blocked by the Fourth Legion, it would also be a problem.

But now......... Kryolev had a bad premonition.

Something seems to have gone wrong.

But forget it, things have come to this point anyway, and we can only take one step at a time.

(End of chapter)