Dennis was woken up from her sleep, and Grand Tutor Erin simply verbally told her to meet in the hallway in five minutes. In a daze, Dennis had to get up and change his clothes, the battle robe, which is rarely worn for formal occasions, and if it does, it must be something big.

At first, she didn't know what it was, and it wasn't until she saw the hallways filled with the best battle witches from the entire Academy of Magic that Dennis realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Sisters, the mob has gathered in front of the gate of the Winter Palace of Ice and Snow, and Her Majesty the Merciful Queen has given in again and again, but this group of thugs does not know how to be grateful at all. Determined to storm the Bhandagh Palace. Be ready, wait for my orders, and if necessary, magic will be our weapon to help the Ice Queen eradicate these thugs. ”

The Grand Mentor Erin gives a short speech in front of the battle witches. Only then did Dennis realize that the growing tide of refugees had finally sparked a large-scale riot. In other words, tonight, they will not face aliens and beasts, but a group of hungry, almost defenseless civilians. Of course, in the mouths of Erin and the Ice Queen, they became a mob.

Dennis is not without combat experience, having previously single-handedly fought against the undead army, and then the Greenskins came to the city and assisted Her Majesty in the blizzard. If there is anyone in the magic academy who has more combat experience than himself, I am afraid that there are only a few great mentors and high-level battle wizards.

Others, most of them are apprentices.

It's not difficult to deal with a group of unarmed civilians. But Dennis felt extremely depressed. After being sent to the Academy of Magic for so long, trying to learn magic, he ended up doing this?first helping the Ice Queen cast a blizzard, and although he stopped the orc invasion, he also devoured and destroyed the farmers' farmland, and hunger and poverty fueled the riot...... And now, he has to answer the queen's call to use incomparably powerful magic against these so-called mobs?

They were indeed mobs, burning buildings, smashing and looting in the city, and raping the people's women...... However, who forced them down this path? Under the fierce and distorted faces, there were ordinary civilians who were originally simple and law-abiding.

Outside the walls, sporadic gunshots could already be heard, and Dennis tried to force himself not to think about it. She had to pretend to be calm and resolutely carry out all the Ice Queen's orders. But...... How she still longed that she didn't take matters into her own hands and use the cold and cruel frost magic to kill the "mob".

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"Father, are we really going to do this?"

Kislev Town Square, where the Snow Eagle Legion is heavily armed and occupies the place. Five hundred soldiers of the Shooting Corps were sent down from the city walls for the command of Count Vladimir. Young Boris questioned his father's decision even before the war.

Of course, this was not Vladimir's decision, he was simply following the orders of the Ice Queen to suppress the riots with an iron fist.

The burned city buildings burned not far away, and billowing smoke filled the sky, obscuring the moonlight.

Vladimir didn't know how to explain it to his son, or if he did, he couldn't understand it at his current age. Fun read

"Quiet, Boris! Vladimir looked at his son and pulled him forward. "We have to do this, and the duty of a soldier is to obey orders. ”

"There must be a better way, they are not orcs, they can make peace, or some other way?"

Boris's face was contorted with pain. He saw that among the so-called mob were old people, children, scrawny hungry people, and beggars who had nothing. Most of what they hold in their hands is not real weapons, but various farm tools, clubs, and sickles...... Such a team is not a real army at all. Just a dozen shooting soldiers in the alley are enough to kill thousands of such civilians. He really didn't want to do it, and he didn't want to see it.

But the father, Vladimir, had already received his order. He had no choice. The Snow Eagle Legion is not his alone, but belongs to Kislev, this is the Queen's army, and if he doesn't do it, someone else will do it. And his family will become a new refugee because of this. In order to protect his family and perpetuate his family, Vladimir had no choice.

He looked at his son meaningfully, and as a father, he was happy to see his son become a qualified warrior, however, the cruelty of the world is not something that can be solved by brute force.

"There's no other way, kid. ”

Vladimir sighed heavily, and ordered the guards to pull Boris behind him. In front of them, the first wave of mobs had already rushed over.

The dense gunfire resounded in the night sky, and Boris could only keep his eyes open, and he saw dozens of civilians rushing in front of him instantly lying in a pool of blood. Soon, a second wave of gunfire rang out, and dozens of civilians fell on the charging path, and the people in the back row were shocked by the power of the firearms, some began to flee with their heads in their hands, while others continued to rush forward without hesitation, they stepped on the corpses of those in front, grabbed the weapons they had dropped, and hysterically rushed towards the regular Tsarist army.

The shooting corps had withdrawn to the rear, and the knight Povel led the chainmail-clad legionnaires in the front row.

In the night, the flames were blazing, and Boris saw the homeless rushing towards the wall of steel. Only a dozen Povel knights and two hundred hoplites of the Snow Eagle Regiment blocked the road that rushed into the square. In front of the regular army of Kislev, armed with large shields and chain mail, a large number of mobs fell under the regular army lines. Blood stained the streets leading to the palace.

However, this is not the end of the story.

The mob, who could not break through the lines, began to retreat, fleeing in all directions like frightened rats. Some of the elderly collapsed in the rout, their bodies trampled by countless feet, and some children, sitting next to their dead parents, crying loudly. Under the firelight, it was like a scene of hell on earth.

How Boris wanted to rush over, pick up the child, and even save his parents. But this is impossible, he does not even have the power to choose a side. His family swore allegiance to the Tsar, and the Ice Queen, Katerina, was the Tsar of Kislev......

When the riots were suppressed by fire, the people lost the courage to continue to rush forward. But the commander of the regular army in the city of Kislev had prepared a plan for encirclement and suppression in advance. He didn't want the mob to leave the city alive.

The gates of the outer city walls were closed and sealed. Archers and crossbowmen were already standing on the walls and waiting.