"Gu...but...!"
"Your Majesty, don't continue to argue about this matter." Amy quietly pulled Ella's sleeve from behind, "You will be suspected."
"But...gu...okay."
Amy's original clothes have been torn and can no longer be worn, and now she only wears a piece of rag that she picked up. Considering Amy's figure, this outfit is a bit uncomfortable in a sense. Ella was still wearing the purple robe she brought from the palace. Although this dress is particularly conspicuous in the army, there is no other way. If not wearing this dress, Ella can only wear a rag like Amy - they have almost nothing now, although the red-bearded pirate has left His brother's armor, but they needed ordinary clothes now more than heavy armor.
"Your Majesty, I heard that in the army, as long as you kill the soldiers on the opposite side on the battlefield, you can take off their clothes and equipment as trophies. Then we will have other clothes to wear."
"Gu...I will never point my sword at the heroic soldiers who defend the empire!"
"Your Majesty...I feel like it's very cold down there and the wind keeps blowing in!"
Amy clutched the cloth on her body tightly, her cheeks were as red as if she was drunk. What happened last night seemed to have caused great trauma to her, causing her to start talking nonsense:
"If Your Majesty is not willing to take action, I will go find the clothes myself! I will take off a hundred pieces of clothes, so that even if they are torn off a hundred times, there will be no problem!"
"Urgent report—urgent report—" a drawn-out voice came from far and near from behind. The pirates along the road moved out of the way, and a twelve or thirteen-year-old child was seen rushing through the middle of the team, running all the way to the general's flag at the front of the team. His speed was completely comparable to the full sprint of an adult. The scary thing was that he chased all the way from Brusis at such a speed without showing any signs of fatigue.
Amy was startled a little and whispered to Ella;
"He is a person protected by Hermes. For such a young child, the level of protection has actually reached the 'natural' level."
Dan spit on the ground for some reason:
"This kid Gan, his body is not growing, but his speed is getting faster and faster."
After a while, Gan had delivered the message to the front of the team. After a brief silence, an urgent order was passed from the front of the team to everyone's ears:
"Everyone, run forward!"
"What kind of orders is that guy Bjorn giving out! Are you running from here to the destination to tire me to death?" Dan cursed. Then, he lowered his head and asked the earth with a deep voice that seemed to come from the abyss: "Bjorn, what order did you receive, and why are you so anxious?"
Soon, another completely different voice came out of Dan's mouth:
"Dan, Boss Hestein just sent a message that the troops stationed in the opponent's capital have begun to march towards Brusis. He wants us to capture the castle as quickly as possible and then go back to support him!"
Amy is going crazy:
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, it's the protection of Hermes again! To be able to have such a conversation, his protection level is above 'natural'! Why are there so many high-level magicians in a group of pirates? Your Majesty , wouldn’t a hundred pieces of clothes be enough? I...should I prepare a thousand pieces?”
Ella was not the only one who was crazy. Dan also held his head and wailed:
"Those cowards from the Seven Hills Empire actually charged over like this? It's over! Lord Hestein doesn't have enough men left, and the entire army will be annihilated!"
Only Ella was pleased with Berengar's heroic attack. If it weren't for a group of pirates staring around, she would have almost applauded.
A castle appeared ahead. A very simple castle, unlike those walls described in epics that can give people a huge sense of oppression, but it has the most basic defensive function. There are about 10,000 remnant troops who fled here gathered in the castle. In addition, there are some private soldiers of the owner of the castle itself. Although they are not elite troops, this makes the castle like an eyesore in the front.
On the other side, the number of pirates was only five thousand.
"Hahahaha! Let these pirates be wiped out right here!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Don't say such things here!"
Fortunately, Ella and Amy were left far behind the team, and no one heard Ella's words.
"Hahahaha! Just let these pirates be wiped out here!"
——Above the city wall, there was a person saying the same thing as Ella. That was Mamelkus, the owner of this castle, the current head of the Aemilius family who made Ella spend a year investigating the source of the funds. He is a short, fat man with red skin all over his body. There were not many senior generals in the defeated army, so the current head of the Aemilius family, who had not held a palace official position for several generations, became the commander-in-chief "at a critical moment". Originally, as Mamelchus, he would never have the opportunity to command an army of ten thousand people in battle, so now he is high-spirited and arrogant, and he barely read a poem.
"Sir, we have twice the number of people on the opposite side. We should attack them. Should we let the soldiers go out of the city to attack?"
Mamelkus glared at his adjutant: "Go out to attack the city? Who will command? Can you command the troops of the 'Barbarian Alliance'?"
"But the people down there are just a bunch of pirates..."
"What kind of pirates! I am a noble, hiding from a group of pirates and dare not go to war. Is it okay to spread the word? Call them Heystein War Army! We are holding on to the castle under the fierce attack of Heystein War Army, just for the sake of the empire Rise and fall!”
"Okay, okay sir, then how should we deal with these pirates... no, the Hestein War Army?"
"What should we do? Just defend the city. I don't believe this group of infantry can get wings and fly up the city wall! By the time they prepare their siege weapons, Lord Berengar will have already dealt with the enemy! Then we will cooperate Berengar, attack from both front and back. At that time, I was the one who held back half of the Hestein war army. Fortune and fame are waiting for me in Constantiniya!"
The pirates formed their formation beyond the range of their bows and arrows. The general named Bjorn stood at the front of the line. It was a young man in his twenties, with red hair and red eyes, and his armor was fully decorated with red ribbons and feathers, making him look like a burning fire. He stared at the city wall in front of him for a long time with his red eyes that seemed to be burning. Suddenly, he raised the two-handed ax high above his head. At that moment, a sense of fear from the deepest, most natural and primitive form of human memory emerged from the hearts of everyone on the battlefield!
Mamelkus suddenly became a little slurred: "Elf... Elf-level Protector of Ares?"
"M-Lord Mamelkus, let's get down from the city wall quickly!"
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Among the people at the scene, only Ella did not understand the situation. She looked left and right, and asked doubtfully: "Ella, why did the defenders on the city wall start to run away?"
"That's because they are afraid of falling to death if the city wall collapses! Your Majesty, please don't ask such common sense questions!"
"Huh? To destroy the city wall, doesn't it require the protection of Ares at the 'Elf King' level?"
Amy squatted on the ground in fear, covered her ears and shouted:
"That refers to the Diosido wall of Constantiniya! Normal city walls are built to the standard that the Ares Guardian of the 'elf' level cannot be easily destroyed. In other words, as long as the 'elf' level If the Protector of Ares strikes with all his strength, the city wall may be destroyed!"
