Chapter One Thousand and Ninety
Moreover, even if this archmage is planning to do something wrong, but if she really 'wants' this staff lady away, what can she do?
It's just two women!
If you can use this condition in exchange for the help of an additional archmage, it seems that it is indeed a good deal, even if it is for Edward, maybe you have to consider it?
"Actually, you can too, little Lisa. ”
As if seeing through some of her thoughts, Marilyn covered the corners of her mouth and chuckled softly, and the momentary charm made several girls around her also feel a shock in their hearts: "If you can be my favorite, then I can also listen to your request, or, Miss Claudia?
Her gaze turned slightly, her red eyes as pure and clear as jewels, but the figures reflected in them all turned away from each other, their cheeks crimson, even the Drow Priestess - a year was enough time for them to know a lot of things, and the archmage's quirky hobbies were enough to impress anyone, even with a little contact.
Although in normal times, this is just a topic for recreation after tea, but when this kind of thing can really happen to them, the values formed over the years still make them instinctively choose to escape.
"Master Marilyn, do you need to reconsider this condition, or is there any other workaround......
Anna Sue reluctantly spoke.
Of course, she knew very well what the archmage meant by 'wanting' herself...... But this kind of thing is too unbelievable. It is unlikely that she will accept it immediately......
The staff lady pursed her lips, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly.
She suddenly noticed. He even subconsciously took 'acceptance' as a premise to think about it—compared to being threatened by the Lord of the Dawn, this archmage's request. It's really insignificant. And taking a step back, I'm not a chaste woman who is completely inexperienced, is it still necessary to protect this superficial reserve?
That is already a fait accompli, and who in this room does not know, and what is wrong with the mere exchange of the safety of everyone in the city for the mere sacrifice of this boring disguise?
But why do you have to do it?
How much of this city is its own? I'm afraid that there is not even the slightest bit of it, and that person is just a custodian, and when that person finally returns, he will not be an insignificant little staff. No, it's not even just a servant, a slave! I don't have to do anything for this city! What Burgundy, what Edward's city, let it be reduced to ashes in the wrath of the Lord of the Dawn, what connection can it have with myself? Those tens of thousands of people who have fled and who I almost don't know at all? Or are they the Tumenians who have only been with me for a year and are more familiar? Or, these are the same as those who hate them. The arrogant and cunning lord of the castle has some connections, no kidding, they are the source of their own suffering! They may be already thinking about making their own sacrifices to save the city, right?
Even if you decide to be with Archmage Marilyn...... Leaving together is just to protect your own safety. It's not for the city and these people!
The poor young lady raised her gaze, lowered it again, and opened her mouth. Shut up again...... The cherry lips were bitten and bitten, and the poor delicate lip flaps were already red because of this...... Ultimately. She looked up.
"I ......"
"Ah, there's no need to rush a decision. Little Anna Sue. A certain archmage smiled and waved his finger: "That stupid man of Lansendel, at least this time he was defeated by you, so I think it is impossible for him to gather enough strength to come back again in at least two or three days." ”
She got up, came behind Anna Sui, and whispered in her ear like the temptation of the devil:
"Think about it...... If you agree, I'll give you something that's hundreds of times more interesting than this kind of place, for example, do you want to be the king of most of the cities on the continent and make the most of your talents?
Her Majesty the Queen?
Does that make any sense?
The sudden change disturbed the mind of the staff lady, her chest rose and fell rapidly, her mouth was dry, she felt as if she was about to be burned, but she seemed to have forgotten that she should drink water, until after a while, when she finally looked up, there were only a few girls' eyes left in her eyes - the archmage had disappeared again.
They...... Probably willing, right?
Anyway, in this city, he is not an important person, especially at present, it is just a burden - the business management or personnel arrangements that he is good at cannot save the city from a god, so it is undoubtedly the best choice to exchange belonging for the safety of the city.
And even if you give yourself to that archmage, what can you do? There may be nothing to lose, nothing more than hugging, kissing and touching......
After a moment of eye contact with a few people, many strange thoughts appeared in my mind.
Anna Sue shook her head and stood up, but she almost tripped over the soft carpet, which was obviously abnormal, so Lisa couldn't help but grit her teeth and cursed in a low voice: "This damn Siren! Siren! Isn't it just the material? Just go find a place to get it, let's go to the Central Mountains to dig the dragon's nest! With me and Claudia, it's almost the same!"
"You don't know where the dragon lives, and there are a lot of materials needed to repair the circle, and old Yang Ge told me that if we want to fully deal with such a crisis, we must further strengthen the circle. Shaking her head slightly, Anna Su said, "Turning to an archmage is undoubtedly the best way. ”
"By the way, didn't Edward know an archmage......? What's going on?"
"It's hard, the Academy of Magic has never been a friendly place for outsiders. What's more, His Majesty the King may not want us to come into contact with Archmage Hawking. Anna Sui picked up a bottle of fruit wine, rarely without using the glass. Instead, he took a big sip and gasped softly. Let the red wine syrup streak across the corners of his mouth: "And, do you think that Archmage Marilyn will let us come into contact with the academy now?"
From the dawn of dawn, something strange appeared beyond the west side of the city of Sendria.
At first glance, it appeared to be a grove of trees, with tall and low branches forming irregular shapes, but the thing moved at a slow speed through the wilderness west of the city......
As a minority in the middle of the empire. A large city with more than 100,000 inhabitants, Shandria has one of the tallest towers in the country, with many watchtowers, but the valley to the west of the city is surrounded by the side branches of the Tallinn-Tucker Mountains, and there are few roads leading to the city, and the barren flat slopes slope eastward into the rolling mountains, in which only hunters who wish to hunt for some fine fur will wander in it before the winter falls. Add some sparse popularity to this desolate ground, and the rest any time. It's all calm, a blind spot in the city's defense.
So when the sun jumped out of the hills, these strange 'bushes' approached the range of six or seven miles.
Of course, the so-called blind spots. Not unguarded, and at this distance, the guards at the head of the city finally noticed the silhouettes that could be seen clearly - they were actually simple felled trees. Tied with ropes in a shape, and underneath. It's a huge, box-like body. The morning light crossed the blue sky. In those places where the branches are difficult to completely cover, the reflection of metal is reflected,
"What's that?"
A ten-captain opened his eyes wide in confusion, staring at the pile of trees that were moving slowly, and then subconsciously reached out and rubbed his eyes, but he wondered if he was hallucinating because he was too sleepy- In recent times, there have been too many changes in the temporary capital of the new empire, and the soldiers have undoubtedly become the busiest group of people, especially in the past two days, in order to attack the city where they don't know where they are, and it is rumored to belong to an archmage, and it has become customary to transfer and cancel all vacations, but this is the first time that heavy work such as transporting supplies overnight like last night is ......
After a sleepless and busy night, I have to guard four hourglasses, and I haven't had a meal...... Even if you see the phantom of death, it's not a strange thing. But if the mercenaries or some kind of wood-chopping pariahs are causing trouble, then they will be good-looking! In the name of the Emperor, I will definitely pull the flesh off the backs of these people!
The Captain cursed inwardly, then narrowed his eyes again and looked at the strange 'bushes'.
His pupils contracted suddenly.
The 'bush' was shaking and raising its head...... Although in fact it is difficult to discern any 'head' in the mass of rotten leaves, it seemed to him at that moment that was what he seemed to be - a large foliage slowly lifted upwards to reveal the dark steel color underneath it, and before the Centurion could see what the huge black bucket-like thing was, a red fire erupted from the center of the deep wellhead.
Dark red, orange, bright yellow...... The colorful colors filled the Ten's vision, and it became the last thing he saw in his life......
Bright flames splashed out from the inside of the watchtower, pushing open the bluestone bridging roof and wall, and the loud bang seemed to be striking the whole city, like thousands of bells ringing at the same time, as if to herald the sunrise, but also full of the ominous death of death.
It was at this completely unpredictable time that the war began.
As the temporary capital of the new empire, the city of Stellaria has experienced the original city owner, the imperial duke of the Standland family for dozens of generations after hundreds of years of construction, although it has been strictly adhering to the bottom line of the scale of the provincial capital, but it has been decorated by the wisdom of countless skilled craftsmen into a beautiful and practical city, from a distance, it looks like an arrogant beast entrenched on the hills, and it is a delicate work of art, but at this moment, this work of art is scattered piece by piece. Brilliant light ......
Or, this is the unique beauty that comes from distance. Because in fact, every piece of luster. They are all deadly flowers of death, and every time they shine, they will bring about the fall of dozens or even hundreds of lives.
The light is shining, and the voice is miserable!
The firelight burned on the scattered wood, gilding the hard oak with a pitch-black color, making it creak and twist in the heat, but it was still possible to see the shape of the throwing rod that had belonged to the trebuchet, but unfortunately no one had time to sigh at the good quality of the weapon. Everyone in sight was running, trying to find a safe place for themselves to hide, but whether they were burrowing under the female wall, hiding in the towers at the head of the city, or simply huddled in a corner, the roar and the light of fire would find them the next moment, throwing them into the smoke and crumbling ashes.
"I don't care what they are, but now it's your job to stop them all!"
Above the ramparts, in a well-built fortress. The commander of the Imperial City Guard was roaring at a mage in front of him, although in normal times, an officer like him was not qualified to make a mistake in front of any even a full-fledged mage, but at the moment he couldn't care so much. "If you go on like this, there's no defense on the walls, damn guys. Ah, it's Tonyke. They're going straight to the city!"
After a few roars, all his attention was outside the thick little window of the fortress. Attracted by the vague fluttering black flag, although the distance was really far away, the kind of flag with gold on it was actually the only one on the mainland, and it was almost impossible for him to distinguish it.
With the roar of the earth-shattering thunder, a brilliant fireworks rose in the darkness under the flag, and the ground shook suddenly, and in the window in the other direction, you could see that an enemy tower on the fortress was immediately filled with gunsmoke...... Rubble and fragments of human bodies fluttered out of the dust, spreading like a sudden thunderstorm under the walls.
What the hell is this?
"We've spread all our spell defenses, and the Tumenes aren't attacking us with spells at all!"
The senior mage standing in front of the commander frowned, his face was pale, and he was pointed at his nose and yelled at by a warrior, which was obviously a great insult for a mage, not to mention the other party's attitude and tone of order that didn't care about him at all, if it weren't for the current enemy at this moment, he would have used a lightning technique to teach this stinky soldier what etiquette was.
"Hell, hell, you say it's not a spell, you open my eyes to see what it is if it's not a spell, um? what is it? what can make such a ......."
The knight roared loudly, pointing to the smoke and fire that were billowing from the walls outside the rampart, but a terrible roar immediately cut off his roar, and the solid stone ramparts shook violently as if they had been punched by a giant, and a large amount of sand and gravel poured down from overhead, and the choking smoke and dust surrounded everyone at once. It also made the noise of the city break into this originally closed space in a chaotic manner.
There's not much room left, in fact......
The pale cyan mana field slowly dissipated into particles of light, causing the crumbling rocks on top of it to tilt to the side, revealing the gray-faced commander and mage underneath, who casually raised a storm to blow away the surrounding dust, and let out a burst of shouts: "It should be a trebuchet, an alchemical potion that fires off, like a fierce fire oil or something, but that's not something we can stop!"
Unfortunately, before he could finish explaining, the next flame descended on the wall not far away, and a dazzling orange-red flower swelled in the space.
......
Far beneath the walls, the guns of the steam tanks stopped for a moment before letting out a deafening roar again! The storm tore at the branches of the trees for cover, curling them aside like knives, revealing more of the adamantite armor beneath them, glowing black in the morning light.
The tremors came from under his body, counteracted by the steel springs, but the remaining energy was still enough to make the huge steel beast tremble, and the young king leaned slightly against the open top cover behind him, his eyes showing a look of satisfaction.
After losing all the light and dark fortresses and towers, the defensive capacity of the city walls must have been greatly reduced, especially for the army below the castle, without the magic in the hanging towers, boiling oil and falling stones, holding a shield can resist the sparse arrows shot from the walls, and especially at this moment, the flames and flowing stones on the walls have completely lost the desire to stay on it and resist.
But that's just the beginning.
"Aim for the drawbridge cable!"
The young king, holding a jewel in his hand, gave such an order.
The gunner in the tank was the most skilled of the entire legion, and he had already found the correct position of the drawbridge cable after the first few firings! With the king's order, the cannonball exploded at the battlement at the top of the bridge! The hook and the drawbridge broke in response! The bridge fell rapidly, smashed into the moat, and gradually raised two huge columns of water! (To be continued......