Her gaze lingered for a moment on the wall-divided horizon outside the city, and Anna Sue shook her head slightly.

The danger of actual combat is somewhat unpredictable - in this region where various forces are intertwined, a mistake in the news may cause heavy losses to the team, and it may also be seen as a dangerous provocation against certain forces, too many will not find a suitable opponent, and too few will be surrounded and annihilated by various forces on alert.

Although there are quite a few new weapons called artillery, they are not inferior to mages. But Burgundy today is very lacking in use, and the human hands to make these things-

If she could, Anna Sui would also like them to travel with artillery. But artillery is not perfect...... The biggest problem is that the production of those shells is very time-consuming, a high-level mage can only make a dozen rounds a day at most, and the mages still need to build and improve the main defense circle, as well as the anti-teleportation circle in the new city, etc., so our current storage capacity is about more than 2,000 rounds, and these are used on more than 200 guns, which can only support about two battles at most. ”

So showing the power of those cannons to the Tumenis side was still only intended to scare people......

In addition, there is food......

Most of the grain was purchased from the New Empire in armor, but the price was completely disproportionate, and a set of armor could only be exchanged for about 300 pounds of grain at present, and the New Empire continued to keep the price down. As a result of the war, the harvest in several of the Empire's major grain-producing regions has been drastically reduced this year, so the amount of food that can be exchanged for it is now very limited.

If it really doesn't work. I can only use those 'secret weapons' made by him, but. That thing was more lacking in operators than artillery, and it was not suitable for a capable mage formation. Unless there is a powerful enough mage to accompany them, it is easy to become a target if it has caused a huge impact.

To put it simply, this is a very powerful cavalry, with great mobility, heavy armor, and a certain amount of magic, but it also has the disadvantage of being similar to that of cavalry. There are certain requirements for the ground, and if you run into a formation of magicians, you will fall into a certain passivity.

Moreover, this thing is not easy to produce, so several old mages have built it as a kind of last killer......

Not to mention those metal chariots, Tumenis also has them - there is still a big advantage in numbers. Of course, you can also let them bring earth elemental creatures with you, but such a fanfare will also attract unwanted attention.

Of course. War does not necessarily come immediately.

In such a confrontation, no matter which side of the enemy is, it is necessary to consider the risk of rashly sending troops, as long as they know. Even if they were able to defeat Burgundy, they would inevitably lose more than they gained, and their losses would be lost. That's enough, isn't it?, but the headache is that Burgundy and Tumenis are too close. As Tuminis advanced, tensions over the city of Burgundy on the part of the Empire grew. How will they react? Will they preemptively attack?

If they attack, then presumably it will not be small-scale...... Burgundy now has fifty high-level mages and a group of mage apprentices, plus the Dark Lady's priesthood and the druid's group, and in terms of the number of spellcasters, it is one of the few powerful city-states on the continent that can match it.

However, the number of mages that the new empire can come up with is at least three times this value, and the most important thing is that it has the two imperial elector legions of withered white phoenix and scarlet Yan, and each of those elite magic knights can almost compete with a mage, and even surpass it, in terms of killing, mages are not comparable to those knights, although their side also has a big knight, and they are dragonborn, but the other party has two knight leaders, one of whom is still a spellcaster......

"If only there were no refugees. ”

The half-elf's gaze was reflected, but she was clearly only complaining - refugees were the easiest source of faith, and they could easily fix their faith after ensuring food and clothing, and the priests of the Goddess of Darkness were becoming more and more important in the city, healing the wounded and calming the hearts of the people...... At the cost of these efforts, it is also extremely necessary to make overtures to Her Majesty Bellena.

But have you gone too far?

If it was the lord of the castle, he would probably have rejected Miss Lisa's request outright, he has never had a good impression of God......

In fact, all the Yiqiē is basically running according to what he left behind, and he is just dredging and managing the details of the operation, but even this is still very hard, a large number of problems that she had never thought of appeared in front of her one after another, making her tired to deal with, and every time, things deviate from the tone he originally set, often bringing trouble, which seems not difficult to solve, but in the end, there will be such and such problems accumulating.

The city really belongs to him...... But without him, it is like a body without a heart and a mind.

Or to be more precise, a body that lacks all the vital organs, and the city, from beginning to end, is just an appendage of him.

Anna Sui couldn't help but reach out and press her chest. There, a small piece of delicate crystal was hanging silently under the costume.

With a slight tremor, the earth elemental creature had already walked up the city wall, sending a large expanse of blue sky under the bright sun into view, Anna Sui exhaled softly, and then raised her gaze......

She was stunned.

Right in the center of the field of vision, very close, the figure of a man stood on the broad city wall. The afternoon sun cast a hazy golden rim around the black garment, but it seemed to make the black even more somber, and he stood there, his head slightly down, as if looking down on the city......

Edward?

At that moment, the staff lady almost screamed, but then she suppressed her voice to the bottom of her heart.

That man certainly wasn't Edward, though he did look a little like ......

This is a very tall person. His broad shoulders and muscular waist made him look even taller than he actually was, and he wore a long black coat. But it hung down to the knees, revealing the boots underneath. And his hair is black, a bit like Edward's hair color...... But unlike the hunter who likes to be depressed, cold, and look forever inconspicuous? Psychic Warlock. He was taller and stronger, and even wore a long sword.

No, it's completely different...... What the hell is wrong with you?

Why do you suddenly think that it was him? just a dress of the same color, did I really want to see him? that hateful, cunning. Cool bastard again?

The staff lady shook her head slightly, as if she wanted to throw the ridiculous idea out of her mind. And at this time, the man turned his head and met her gaze.

"Hello, this beautiful young lady. He nodded his chin slightly, and then, as if noticing the difference in Anna Sui, smiled gently, his angular features. Let this smile with a rather charming: "I beg your pardon, I was attracted by this beautiful view, so I walked up unconsciously. And then found out that it actually looks better here......"

This is, of course, nothing more than a lie.

The inner walls of Burgundy are no longer the first layer of defense. But it's not a place where people can roam freely. After all, there are at least many ways to threaten the safety of the inner city when you come here, so there are usually two or three soldiers in the watchtower on the side. The only way to pass through guò is to come up except for a few people who have a special identity like themselves and everyone knows. Anyone is subject to a certain amount of interrogation, even the soldiers of the same city administration.

Is this guy a spy?

If yes. It was probably a very skilled spy, but it was also the stupidest of all—the unobstructed walkways of the city walls, which could be seen by others as well......

So, why wasn't he found?

The earth elemental creature swayed and placed Anna Sui on the ground, and in an instant it had been retracted from a horse into a small sphere, curled up in her hand—it could turn into a shield or a sharp blade with a single thought, or even a row of stone ridges that would shatter people directly from the opponent's feet.

"Civilians are not allowed to come up at will. ”

Anna Su said coldly, but did not directly order the stone elemental creature to arrest him. Or the other party's calm attitude, which made her hesitate a little.

The man's smile didn't seem to be pretentious at all, as if he had no idea what the consequences would be if he came to this wall—but there was probably no city on the continent whose walls would allow strangers to climb at will, unless they had a distinct identity.

"Ah, yes, but I'm probably not a civilian. The young man was stunned, and then his expression became a little embarrassed, as if the answer of the staff lady was beyond his expectations: "What about the first failure......" He muttered in a low voice, shook his head, and straightened his expression again: "I am looking for your city lord, Lord Edward." ”

"The lord of the castle has gone out and has not returned. ”

"I guess you're probably the acting lord of the city, Miss Anna, Susanna, and Miss Zorgen? The man smiled.

But Anna Sui's heart was suddenly shocked!

Her own name, the full name of the one who walked in the empire, with two illustrious family titles, was rarely mentioned even in the empire, and even she herself was a little rusty...... But this man said, who is he, what does he want to do?

She lifted her hand up.

In a piercing roar, countless rock thorns suddenly protruded on the ground! The last time she remembered that the matter of those imperial spies and the incarnation of the Lord of Dawn were entangled with each other, leaving an indelible impression on Anna Sui, so she almost did not hesitate to use the attack power of the earth element at this moment, and those rocks that protruded from the city wall suddenly enveloped a radius of nearly twenty feet, which was ten feet high, and directly stabbed that person!

Worst!

The staff lady's eyes contracted, she didn't expect the killing intent she had just transmitted to the earth element to be so strong, but in her eyes, the pierced figure was suddenly plated with a layer of bright silver. Then I was afraid of exploding and turning into countless flying crystal fragments!

"What a fierce and terrible young lady......" the man's voice said. From behind the ridges of a rock came leisurely, and with the sound. He had slowly risen from behind the stone sword and looked at Anna Sui condescendingly: "I just called your name, and I wasn't going to stab me to death, right?"

"You violated the city's ...... According to the law established by the city lord, I have the right to take any action against you!"

Anna Su slowly took a few steps back, reached out and took out a few chess pieces from her waist, and threw them out casually - the origin of the person in front of her was still unclear, but it would definitely not be harmless to be able to survive unscathed under the Turquoise Sword without warning.

A slight gurgling sound. Several chess pieces have swelled separately, occupying all directions, the silver empress raises the staff in her hand, the black iron castle spreads its blade-like arms, the scepter in the bishop's hand flickers, and the knight's mount steps on the rocks on the ground with a string of fire!

"Oops, this is a ...... Well, I was rude and introduced myself late...... Well. I'm Strand, Sivor, Ryan, Fernandis. Glaring over the murderous constructs, the young man floating in the air shook his head, as if sensing something absurd: "I want to see Edward Vincent, my trainer." Are these reasons enough for you to drop the charges against me?

"What?"

"Ah, I'm not lying this time, I'm Stran Sivor, Ryan Fernandis. I think. Maybe not many people are willing to fake this name, right?"

Anna Sue looked up, her pale gray pupils wide open. Surprised by the name - anyway, the so-called Strand-Sivor-Lane Fernandis. I am afraid that the name will not be repeated. It's also hard to be faked...... Because it represents not only a person, but also a family and a country!

The fourth majesty of Fernandis, the young and promising monarch, the man who set off the wars on the continent, and the butcher and executioner who conquered more than a third of the empire and killed tens of thousands of imperial civilians...... King?

Is it fake? or is it real?

Anna Sui had to take a deep breath to calm the waves in her heart.

"Is there anything that can confirm your identity?"

She asked, as she carefully examined the man's appearance—nothing at all to the preconceived impression of a king, without the slightest extravagance or splendour: a simple black robe with a slight hand-embroidered pattern, but indistinct in the afternoon sun, and the sword at his waist was no more than an ordinary knight's style, without a cage handle, and the brass ornamentation was even somewhat black. It looks like a common thing for the small aristocracy with a certain amount of assets in the countryside of the empire.

But in him, these things seem to have a different meaning. Without the narrow-mindedness and vulgarity of those little nobles, it feels as if it is completely suitable for him......

A thought suddenly arose in Anna Sui's mind - what he resembled Edward was not his appearance, but something inside. What he has is a dignified bearing, as if he looks at all things and the world is his own.

Should I say self-confidence, or arrogance?

"Even if I can get it, how can you verify it?" The young man sneered: "Forget it, if Edward is not there, then I have to ask you to tell him that I want to borrow his city teleportation circle to transfer a group of soldiers and resources." ”

"This ......"

Anna Sui was silent for a moment...... Yes, nominally, this is still the city of Tumenis, and of course he has this right to give orders, and there is nothing wrong with that. But this reason is, of course, absurd here, considering that Burgundy at this moment has long since left the territory of Tumines, and in essence, Edward is no longer a subordinate of this king at all,

"What is the reason for your hesitation? because this is no longer Tumenis, or because you want to get the right advantage from me?" asked the young king, after a moment of silence. "It's funny, I should say, you really deserve to be his man?"

Anna Sue smiled slightly.

Of course, she did have a psychological bias towards the Empire, but she was also well aware that the city was not hers...... Although the ratio of the Imperials has now greatly exceeded that of the Tumenians and Half-Elves who originally lived in the city, they are in control of the management of the city, and whether they can psychologically accept the Empire is a very important question.

"The Empire will not give you much what you need, especially food. ”

The young king's words made Anna Sue squint her eyes slightly - in terms of grain production, although the land of the empire is also abundant, after all, it cannot be compared with the Tuminis, who can generally grow twice a year with grain, not to mention the mage's manipulation of the weather and the problem of crop growth. In addition, the Empire's grain collection and collection was a protracted activity - although the lords everywhere could scavenge everywhere at any time under the banner of collecting, their fruits would not soon be gathered in the hands of the upper echelons, only after the autumn

In the process of their conquest, the intensity of their grain collection was obviously higher than that of the empire itself

As conquerors, they can (to be continued......