The inhabitants spontaneously gathered in the square, and their leader, old Zolen, raised his cane:

"We want to protect Xingyue Bay!"

"Guardian Starmoon Bay!"

"We want to protect our homeland!"

"Defend your homeland!"

"We want to protect Lord Annam!"

"Guardian Lord!"

"Guardian Jack!"

"Protect the apple pie!"

As soon as the courageous leaders rushed to the city wall, armed with their forks and axes, they heard shouts of victory from above.

"We won?"

The leaders looked at each other, and a head poked out from the side of the city wall: "We have won!" It's so fast that they don't even have time to cry! ”

So the cheers spread under the city walls and spread between the towns.

The guards cheered at the disparity, unexpected victory with the help of the city walls, but there was an eerie silence around Annan.

"There was no difference between letting the cavalry storm the walls and sending them to their deaths, but they did it anyway...... Arrogance or conspiracy? Annan felt that it was not so simple, staring at the corpses scattered outside the city walls, the knights were playing dead to trick them into opening the city gates?

"Their chief master hasn't dodged my arcane rays." Mr. Schwaro said, "The chief mage didn't make a move. ”

"You think he did it on purpose? But what is the reason? ”

Mr. Schwaro was about to answer when there was a sudden chaos under the walls. Several figures attacked the people in a frenzy in the crowd, like butterflies fluttering in the fallen leaves.

"Stop them!"

Twisted ropes emerge from the void and easily entangle the culprits of the chaos.

"Thank you, Mr. Evaro." Annan breathed a sigh of relief, let the earth elemental shackle them with rock and soil, and sent guards to the dungeon.

The guards began to clean up the battlefield and count the casualties.

The two white dragons were wounded, and the blue dragon's wings were also pierced with dozens of arrows. They attracted the attention of most archers for the guards on the city walls. Only two of the guards were wounded, one of them hit his foot, and the other was so frightened by the sound of the cavalry that he did not grasp the iron sword and pierced the soles of his feet.

And the Order left five seriously wounded captives and thirty-four corpses...... Among them was the Grand Master of the Order, Galth.

But inside the fortified walls, the only casualty was caused by the three lurking scouts, who killed seven innocent inhabitants and seriously wounded five.

This makes this defensive battle no longer perfect.

Annan could only console himself with "it is better to break out now than to lurk in Xingyue Bay and cause more casualties".

The corpses of the knights lay out in the clearing, and Annan saw the Galth. His armor was almost intact, with only signs of damage on the back.

"Galt, Grand Master of the Loyal Knights." Lily read.

"You know him?"

"There's a portrait of him in the big library."

The chief commander of one of the three major cavalry regiments of the Rikaner Kingdom, a well-deserved big man, died in the little-known Xingyue Bay.

"Is he really dead?"

The last time Annan knew about the epic of the dead was Olmedo's father, but the power of manipulation was already heavy on them......

"The soul has left the body." Mr. Schwaro sealed the coffin for his death. "Boy, that's why mages stand at the apex of professionals. Nothing can stop them from leaving as long as they want. ”

"At least the legendary warrior will not be killed by the peasants with dung forks." If Annan were also an epic, he would probably answer Mr. Evaro like this. But he wasn't, and he could only cooperate to reveal his longing for the mage.

"Annan, their armor is mixed with a small amount of secret gold, which gives the armor some of its anti-magic ability......" Copperbeard swirled in front of the corpses of the Knights like a rolling wine barrel.

"They are the relics of the dead." Annan said.

"Are you sure? A set of armor can sell for 100 to 200 gold coins. ”

"Strip off their armor and put on clean clothes." Annan looked at Mr. Svarro, "Can you go with me to the Knights' station?" ”

……

A special convoy emerged from the open gates and followed the heavily trooped road to the Order's station.

The knights began to gather, pouring out of the rudimentary fences, ready to wash away their shame.

"I've sent your companions."

The knights' anger turned into a mixture of guilt, irritation, and hatred, making way to the camp.

The chief mage stepped out of the tent with a knight captain in dark gold armor but without a lion carving.

"What are you doing here!" The Knight Captain roared.

"Send your chief and knights." Annan, who was standing next to Mr. Evaro, said flatly.

"Rebel King...... Knights! ”

"Loyalty!"

The knights around the camp raised their weapons and pointed at Annan and Shvarro.

"Stand back, Pad." The chief mage stopped the knight captain and said in his reluctance, "I should ...... Thank you? ”

"I need to apologize more than thank you."

Annan's words made the knight captain's eyes split, and he continued to ask, "I want to ask you, as a knight stationed on the frontier, why did you leave the garrison and invade the territory of a king of the north? ”

"Because you intend to rebel!" The captain of the knights roared,

Annan ignored him and only looked at the chief mage: "You know the truth, right?" Mr. Mage. ”

The chief mage tilted his head: "Call the knights of the royal capital." ”

The suspicious captain of the knights brought the knights of the royal capital, and as soon as he saw Annan, he exclaimed: "He is the wanted rebel king!" Get him! ”

Annan looked at this guy from the royal capital: "I wonder where the wanted warrant comes from, Chloe?" ”

"How dare you call the king by his name!" The knight of the royal capital let out a shrill cry: "Master Mage, the king orders you to arrest him!" ”

"Acting King." The Chief Mage said.

The anger of the knight of the royal capital disappeared, and his lips moved in astonishment: "What do you mean......"

The chief mage looked at him indifferently: "Galt and thirty-three knights died in battle, someone needs to bear the consequences, and the knights will confirm to the royal capital where the arrest warrant came from." ”

"Of course, you can catch me and go back to the royal capital with him!"

"A captain of the Knights who guarded the frontier died worthless in deception......" Annan's sarcasm came from the side, "is this your foolishness?" ”

"Pad, control him."

The Chief Mage said. He didn't say who he controlled, but the knight captain had realized something, and grabbed the royal knight with a complicated expression.

"It's over, King of the North." The Chief Mage said, "We will leave your territory. ”

"I have a question, if the acting king takes off the acting ...... Will you ever listen to him again? Annan asked him.

"Yes, because we are the Knights." The Chief Mage replied.

"What do you mean?"

"The virtues of a knight are to abide by the creed, to uphold justice, and to support the weak." The Chief Mage looked at the knights in silence. "The virtue of the Knights who are attached to the royal family is loyalty."

(End of chapter)