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Death is not always associated with joy.

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As the light faded away, darkness descended upon the earth.

The paulownia trees, which had become upright because of their free growth, bent low, and let the wind that had become arrogant pass over their heads, and the leaves rattled as if someone were rudely turning the pages of a book. But when the wind passed, the rain in the sky immediately became a piece, and even slipped violently in order to make up for the previous gap, and the sky, the ground, and the waterline were white and connected".

A hideous lightning bolt streaked across the sky for a long time, halving the atmosphere of the sky that had just been dusk but already like midnight, and also bringing a light comparable to noon to the city wall that had been shrouded in darkness...... It's a pity that there is only a brief moment. Not only will it not bring the light it deserves, but the muffled thunder that roars like a monster behind it is an inexplicable irritability that rises in people's hearts. The earth-shattering sound made every qiē in the rain shake violently for a moment,

Oh, and that doesn't include the façade of the Kada Fortress...... Legend has it that the stone was mined from a reef hundreds of miles away, and the transported stone was piled up using a special method...... After hundreds of years of wind and frost, they did not falter in the slightest, but became as stubborn, steady and strong as they were when they were in the sea.

It's just that this kind of thing, how much can it rely on?

Terrence Kingston reached out and stroked the rough masonry that flowed with rain, the cold and hard feeling coming from the palm of his hand was as familiar as ever, a feeling he loved as the owner of the city...... Whenever he is upset, touching the hard stone that his ancestors have built and guarded for hundreds of years can often make him feel stable, as if his heart will also become this stone. Calm, solid, fearful.

But for some reason, that strange feeling of stability didn't seem to appear today, as if it was the rain rattling in his ears, which made his mind also upset.

"Your Excellency the Earl......"

The sound that pierced through the rain curtain woke Terrance from his musings, and he turned his head to sweep over the icy rain of the few knights standing behind him, washing over everyone's cloaks. The water splashed on many people's cloaks, gradually forming a mist. Yet they still stood tall in the rain, as if they were made of the same tough masonry.

"Alright, let's go, there's a little more to go. ”

The Count withdrew his palm and shook his hood. The rain rolled down the brim of the middle-aged man's hat, almost forming a curtain of water, covering his eyebrows, head, and beard.

Although the footsteps are still methodically pacing through each familiar battlement. Watchtowers and women's walls. But the rattling of the rain seemed to have a strange magic, and Terrance's spirit seemed to start flying outward again...... Drifting on top of the question that had become more and more tangible in his mind recently.

The teleportation circle is no longer valid.

Bad news.

Suspiciously, in the thirty-nine years of the Earl's life, there seemed to be no news that could shock him so much, and then this shock became a heavy stone that had been weighing on his heart for the last ten days.

Losing the teleportation circle is equivalent to losing reinforcements. Lost a stable food supply, lost a way out...... This would amount to losing more than half of the fortress's defenses out of thin air, no, given that there may have been a large number of mages in the aid lost at the same time. Therefore, even if it is optimistically estimated, the loss of the teleportation circle means that the city's defensive strength has lost more than two-thirds.

The reason why Tumenes was able to confront the empire for so long, so that the monster whose area and military strength were more than twice the size of the kingdom did not dare to provoke lightly, this flexible connection and movement between cities is suspected to have played the greatest role...... And now, how much respite can the Imperials leave for Tumenis?

It shouldn't matter, because this mutation covers the entire Big 6, and Tuminis will certainly become weak, but the empire has also lost the power to quickly mobilize troops.

So, or your own worries are just unfounded, right?

This kind of self-consolation, only in his mind for a moment to be able to become the owner of a city, especially a fortress like Kada, needs not only a title, ability, enough caution is an absolute must, but because of this, all kinds of possibilities are like this dark rainy night, sticky wrapping him, making him so cold that he just wants to shiver.

Terrance's eyes froze.

The wind howled, and a stream of rain swept across his cheeks, taking away the only body heat on it, and the current of water produced ice cubes, and the numbing sting made this true knight count, who was proud of having experienced three wars on the border, reflect in an instant, and with a wave of his palm, he had already drawn his sword!

No, or the reason for the trembling, it was because a voice sounded at this time.

"You're the Lord of Terrence Kingston, Third Earl of Kada, and Fortress of Kada?"

The continuous questions cut through the rain curtain, but the voice was not high-pitched or high-pitched, even a little weak...... It's just surprisingly clear. Even in this extremely messy environment, every syllable reaches the ear, as if the speaker is close at hand, and there is a way to shelter from the wind and rain......

The middle-aged nobleman tensed the muscles of his whole body in an instant...... This was the only thing he could do after going through the battle, the ability of a knight, but when he looked into the rain curtain with a mixture of surprise, he realized that the person who appeared in front of him at some point was actually quite a distance away from him.

How did he get here? Passing through the defense of three hundred guards, he landed on this wall thirty feet above the ground?

Using magic?impossible, this terrible rainy night and the vigilance that came with it had already ordered the surveillance of the True Eye to be opened, and coupled with the anti-teleportation circle that was not in effect at any time, no mage could casually fall into the city through that kind of strong interference.

"What people!"

In the thoughts that flashed in the city lord, although the people around him shouted the words of inquiry, several guards around him had already handed out the long sword in their hands in an instant on the ground in this tense situation, in such a rainy night, appeared on the city wall, this is already a crime of killing.

However, the stabbing swords had instantly turned to one side in a layer of flickering bright white light. There was a harsh grinding sound......

At this time, everyone seemed to notice that the other party was wearing a long, wide, slightly wrinkled robe...... The face is also deeply hidden by the hood, and only a pale chin protrudes. As his movements lifted slightly, it seemed that in this way, he observed the others with a gaze hidden under the black shadow of the hood.

"A full-fledged mage, no...... Maybe maybe it's a high-level mage?"

Almost immediately, Terrance noticed the strange gray color and the fine burrs on the edges of his robe, which looked like durable objects that had been tested by a long journey, but the increasing number of passers in the last two years had increased the eyes of the middle-aged nobleman, and the gray was completely devoid of any material worn, not even the slightest rain staining it...... A faint glimmer of light circulating on the exterior of the non-leather and non-cloth is inconspicuous. But it's very much in line with the luster of magical items that only appear in rumors.

Of course, in his astonishment, the Earl did not forget to retreat methodically, hiding himself behind the battlements of a city wall, although a high-ranking mage was a rather formidable opponent, but in such a place on the city wall. A couple of knights and a couple of dozen well-trained soldiers should ......

"The God of War is on top!"

What happened next was completely unexpected by Terrance, who blinked to make sure what he was seeing. Even involuntarily recited a prayer that had been ingrained, and more than a dozen stood in the shadow of the city wall. The soldiers who rushed out of the rain curtain or elsewhere had already fallen in unison like wood.

But what was reflected in the earl's eyes was nothing more than a simple movement of the other party just a hand stretched out from the long and wide rolled sleeves, a pale and slender palm......

"You...... Who are you and why do you ......?"

The tragic situation of his subordinates made Lawrence tremble, obviously, the gap between the other party and him in strength was not at the same level at all, and he subconsciously wanted to retreat. alerted the others on the city wall, but at this time, an inexplicable luster was already flickering in front of his eyes, and Terrance tried. He only reluctantly raised the sword in his hand, but the next moment, with a loud sound, a terrible numbness and tingling pain burst out on his wrist, so that the knight couldn't help but let go!

Click.

The sound of rubbing, ringing in the ears, came from the light shining in front of you, when shadow-like things crossed each other.

The black shadow flickered for a moment, and the cold breath froze the rain, leaving a rotten aura in the air, which was the smell exclusive to negative energy spells, but such a strong smell may be enough to indicate that it is an instant death spell that is powerful enough to instantly turn people into ashes.

However, this surging negative energy did not cause any life to disappear.

At the moment of concentration, in a strong flash, the terrible electricity condensed every drop of water along the air, jumping into a circular arc of light, and the lightning condensed and differentiated like hands and feet...... Large and small, but soaked in the whole space! weaving each other like lines, and actually covering the terrible negative energy like that.

For a while, everyone's vision was almost filled by this blue lightning!

The electric light reflected the rain curtain and jumped towards the negative energy off-plan room, but a hand stretched out from the robe there, curled a finger, and then, the storm rolled up out of thin air created a circular wall of air flow in the space, and the fierce lightning was turned into scattered dust the moment it hit!

"The Supreme Guide...... How did he do it?"

Lawrence, the blind man, turned around and saw an exclamation from the old mage not far away.

However, it was the last thing he could say.

Without a warning, the spell shield around him exploded! And the mage armor didn't have any effect, and the film visible to the naked eye only flickered before being squeezed by five brown things.

That's a hand.

It's just that this hand is unusually huge, like the claws of a monster, just a simple closure has already wrapped the mage's entire brain in it, leaving only eyes and mouth that widen in the gaps. And the owner of the hand is not a monster. It's just a giant man with a body of at least seven feet, and if the body is almost half as wide as his height, he can also be a normal person.

One hand grabbed the mage's head and lifted him up, and the mage reflexively reached out and grabbed a few fingers of the hand, trying to move it away, but he could only kick his legs and feet in despair, and was carried in the air!

In the other hand of this man, he holds a two-handed greatsword that has become quite popular in recent decades and is nicknamed a mongrel, but in his hand. But it is as inconspicuous as an ordinary long sword...... He bowed his head, and on a very ordinary, ordinary face that was hard to remember, there was not even the beard that is common for a stout man, only a messy head. Covering the eyebrows,

"Have you seen this man?" he asked. The sound was like a muffled thunder in the sky. And the mage who was caught by him in the head, but his eyes could only widen in vain, he wanted to shout, but he couldn't shout at all,

"I don't know? You're useless. He said in a gruff voice, which ended with a disgusting harsh cracking and rubbing sound, a viscous yèti splashing in the rain. The remnants of the water flowed from between his fingers like a spring, and the pouring rain washed it away in a moment, and the pungent smell mixed into the air around him, even a sting. It's also disgusting.

But the big man just shook his hand casually without care, and the mage, who was originally noble and proud, had already drawn a white line in the rain and fell to the city like garbage.

"Bruce, that's enough,"

This mage is a mage hired by the family, although he is only a high-level mage, but his perennial experience of living in a border city has given him a certain battlefield

"I'm asking you, are you the Lord of Terrance Kingston, Third Earl of Kada?"

His voice is magnetic, clear, with a certain strange rhythm, but when it falls into the eardrum, it always makes people feel a kind of discomfort inexplicably, that is a kind of arrogance, engraved in every bit of blood, in every bone marrow, and even, in every breath.

This is a young man's face, and the proportions of his facial features are surprisingly beautiful, if it weren't for the broad shoulders he still has, and a little firm outline between the arch of his eyebrows and the bridge of his nose, then it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is a beauty in men's clothes, but a pair of peach blossom eyes flashed with luster that made the hearts of everyone who looked at him cold, as if what was burning there forever was a layer of arrogance and blazing ...... Ice.

The young man spoke, and after a pause, he turned to Lawrence: "My name is Tiberius Gracchus, Marquis of the Empire. ”

"Oh, I thought they were robbers, well, then, Lord Marquis, what do you have to say when you come here late at night?" said Lawrence, with a calm expression and a sarcastic expression.

"Well, I'm just going to tell you, Your Excellency the Count, that we have taken over the city, and from this moment on, Dhaka is already the sacred territory of the Empire, and the people here have become the subjects of the Empire, but that does not include you. ”

Being scolded as a rooster and dog thief seemed to have no effect on the young man who claimed to be the Marquis of the Empire, he lowered his gaze and said step by step: "Because of your noble status, I can naturally guarantee your life, and I will forgive your ransom and give you the necessary things to get out of here safely." ”

As a soldier, you may not know what it means to be a soldier. The Count was stunned for a moment, then sneered. He was not the least grateful for this favor.

"Believe me, Your Excellency, I don't know any more about duties than you do, but here's a simple example that I think you can understand. The young man raised an eyebrow or due to the provocation in the other man's words: "You think that your fortress was lost inexplicably, and then you also died here so that we can"

Fail?

The Count sneered loudly,

"If you want me to cooperate with you and dominate this place, then unfortunately, it can only be your delusion. He raised his voice so that his words could reach as many people as possible to hear them: "I can sacrifice my life for the sake of His Majesty the King at any time, but with your strength, whether you have the ability to fight against the five thousand soldiers and six high ...... in this city"

Six high-level mages.

This was what Terrance wanted to say, but unfortunately he could only get stuck here, because even though he had widened his eyes more than ever, what was happening in his field of vision turned his perception upside down.

With the leaping light of the fire, he could see clearly

"Yes, six high-level mages, I know. "To be continued. )