With reinforcements arriving in Kalan the next day, Ceders' forces had to temporarily abandon the royal city and retreat to the eastern fringe cities.

Ankka, on the other hand, heard that Karan's fleet was coming, and asked the fleet to temporarily retreat to a tall and chaotic reef.

At noon, Anka and Bittel saw Kalan's military prowess in full display.

Fifteen huge iron ships with new guns slowly sailed into the northern harbor of Sitan from the west, and those with half-body armor numbered about tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of cavalry in the royal city of Sitan to show their strength as best they could.

Some of the Kades soldiers, seeing this from a distance, all thought that the Kahlan army would be difficult to defeat, but to their surprise, none of them fled.

Ankh pointed to the fearless soldiers and said, "Look at them! The soldiers you train are like a bunch of cold battle puppets, and you're well trained, but be careful that these soldiers are human and don't let them be too ruthless. ”

Bittel bowed to the side and said, "Thank you for your trust." ”

Ankh looked at the Karan soldiers with a telescope and asked, "What are our odds of winning?" ”

"Open it in half! Even if our soldiers are not well equipped, their morale is definitely enough. ”

At this moment, the naval officer of the battleship Karan leaned into the sea and said, "Let those barbarians of Kades see the power of the guns we have purchased from Santa Seca!" ”

The shells fired by the artillery in unison fell into the sea and exploded instantly, stirring up waves of several meters.

Ankka listened to the loud sound of cannons in the distance and said, "Do they have cannons too?" It seems that it is more difficult to attack hard. ”

Bitter asked, "Wasn't the former management of Fortress City the nobles of Kalan?" Can you get him to help? ”

"If you contact him now, it's easy for him to be suspicious."

After Ankka and Bitter returned to the camp, Ankka said: "Go and tell Sodeyth to produce as many fuel barrels as possible, now we and Kahlan are too poor in combat and can only use some extreme methods, and inform the people to move as far as possible to the border cities, if a large-scale war breaks out across the territory we can quickly bring those people to the safety of Kades." ”

After arranging everything, Ankka went to wander around the large meadow near the royal city, where there was another Karan scribe on horseback.

Dressed in a crimson uniform, Kahlan was extremely conspicuous on the grassland, and his blonde hair hung down naturally without any restrictions, which made Anka, who was standing in the distance, think that he was the crazy young commander he had met last time.

The messenger dismounted and slowly walked up to him after noticing Ankka, who gradually let go of his hostility after seeing his face clearly.

The correspondents were the first to speak: "I am a correspondents of this army, and you are the king of the Cades?" ”

Ankha asked with some confusion, "What did you say?" ”

"The princess once fought with you, and after returning to China, she has been whispering in my ear that she wants to kill you."

Ankh thought to herself, "The princess he said should be the first Karan officer I caught!" ”

The messenger and Ankh walked slowly on the grass, and the correspondent, seeing that Ankh had been silent, quickly stopped and bowed down and said, "I'm sorry, I was rude just now. ”

"It's okay, why can you leave the legion?"

"I'm the exclusive messenger of the princess, and I don't need to stand with other warriors."

"So the princess is also coming?"

The correspondents nodded in response.

Ankha asked suspiciously, "Why did you casually reveal this kind of thing to me?" ”

The messenger was silent for a moment, then looked at the cadets soldiers in the distance who were helping the people carry their goods, and asked, "What should I call you?" ”

"Ankh."

"Mr. Anka, I think you are the saint who brought light to the land of Cades."

Ankha shook her head and said, "It's over, I just don't want there to be any more poor people in the world who were as oppressed as I once was." ”

The messenger smiled and said, "I hope you can keep this idea and protect those poor fellows all the time." ”

After saying that, the messenger looked sadly in the direction of his legion and said, "There are too many madmen in my country, who only want to spread death and slavery everywhere, and I don't think it's right. ”

Ankka wanted to join him in criticizing the kingdom of Karan, but he didn't continue to speak after thinking that he had also used trickery to set foot on a foreign land.

The correspondent, who seemed to see Ankh's troubles, stepped forward and said, "You may be confused about some of the things you have done, but I believe that what you have done must be for the good of the people. ”

"Why?"

"Because Kades has been resurrected from the flames of a hundred years of war, I believe that a country that has experienced a hundred years of suffering knows best what it feels like, and I also believe that Kades will not pass on this suffering to the poor people of other countries after knowing what it is like, and I feel from your words and deeds that you are not as stupid and arrogant as those Kahlan nobles."

After a deafening trumpet sound in Kalan's army, the messenger shouted, "Mr. Anka, I hope we won't see you on the battlefield." ”

After the messenger left, Ankh sat alone on the rock, wondering whether he had said these words from his own heart or as a ploy of the enemy on the battlefield.

In the evening, Ankka still didn't think of anything, so he walked towards the camp with some disappointment.

On the way, Ankh looked at the frightened residents of the Racean who were busy fleeing, and said to himself, "Do you really want the war to burn here?" But I can't let the flames of war burn in Cades, nor can I let the borders of Cades be threatened all the time. ”

Ankka shook her head and walked through the slum-like neighborhoods.

There are still a large number of people who have not been evacuated throughout the neighborhood, and strangely enough, these are women who are numb to their homes, stepping on spinning machines and carrying their children in front of them.

Ankha stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, why don't you run away!" It's so close to the palace that it could easily affect you. ”

The woman lowered her head and said as she worked, "I'm waiting for my husband to come back, and I'm not worried if he doesn't come back." ”

"What does he do? Who are you working for all the time with this? ”

"He is a soldier of the royal city, and for every piece of cloth I weave and hire my nobleman, he can give me three copper coins."

"War is about to start, leave when your husband returns!"

The woman asked in confusion, "Isn't it the same where to go?" And I can still get this job here, and I may not have a job if I go somewhere else, which will make my husband more tired! ”

Ankka didn't speak, just nodded and left.