As the sun sets in the west, the blood-like setting sun coats everything that is not on fire with a layer of blood red, highlighting the ferocity of the fire.
The gates to the inner city are closed.
When the guard on the city gate saw a guy holding a "huge glowing stick" and riding a giant wolf rushing towards the gate, his first reaction was to shout: "Orcs! Orcs are participating in the siege!"
The king shouted at the top of his lungs: "I am Her Majesty Elizabeth's personal attendant, and I have been ordered to come back to report the situation!"
The soldiers at the top of the city took stock, and a squad leader stuck his head out: "Are you the mage named Wang? Why are you riding a wolf!"
Just as Wang was about to explain, the Druid transformed himself and shouted at the tower: "I am the Druid of Green Field, and I am investigating the disappearance of cats and dogs together."
Wang quickly corrected Xiao Bai's statement: "It was an incident of investigating the evil archmage Erwin's conspiracy to overthrow Langdon City! The scepter in my hand is Erwin's artifact, and he has been taken care of by me!"
The squad leader's head disappeared, and a few seconds later the door began to open.
"The Duke is in his study! Please go and report immediately!"
Wang raised his eyebrows: "What is this bastard in the city doing in the study?"
"You'll know when you go there."
Wang patted Xiaobai's head: "Let's go, I'll show you the way."
Xiaobai immediately started running, not thinking that there was any problem for someone as small as her to carry the 1.8 meter tall mage.
The soldiers who opened the door all stared at this strange combination in stunned silence, as if they had seen a ghost.
Wang rode Xiaobai into the castle atrium and found that a large number of soldiers had gathered here. These are not the standing troops of the Duke and various barons. It is estimated that those elite soldiers have been sent to "put out fires" everywhere.
This is the city guard, mostly civilians from the city, who rotate in the guard every year in lieu of corvee obligations.
These rabble were talking about something, looking panicked.
As soon as the king appeared, the huge eternal burning light of the glowing stick in his hand attracted everyone's attention. Many people raised their hands to shield their eyes from direct sunlight.
When everyone saw clearly what Wang Qi had done, everyone was shocked.
"Lancero is on top! He's riding a kid!"
"No, that's an orc! He has animal ears!"
But Xiao Bai was concerned about other things at this time: "Is there really meat in there? Why don't I smell meat?"
She didn't seem too concerned about being ridden.
Wang directed her through the atrium, into the tower and climbed up the spiral staircase, and finally arrived in front of the second prince's study - now it was the duke's study.
As soon as the study door opened, Xiaobai walked in with his head held high.
Wang was in a worse situation. He just noticed the height of the door frame, and before he could shrink his neck, he hit it head-on.
pound! "Hold!"
Everyone in the room turned their heads and looked here.
Wang stumbled off the little girl's back and pressed his hand on his painful forehead. This was the third time he hit his head today, the previous two times were in the sewer.
Bruce Langdon was changing his armor surrounded by attendants. He frowned slightly when he saw this scene. He looked at the werewolf girl carefully and then said: "I heard that you found a druid to act with you? Is this it? Er How's Irvine doing?"
The king raised the scepter in his hand: "Irwin has been eliminated. This scepter is the artifact he relies on to control goblins and kobolds."
Wang originally wanted to report the function of the artifact, but he held it back.
After all, what if Bruce develops a desire for the artifact after hearing about its abilities? Bruce is not a wolf girl who is as pure and kind as a blank sheet of paper.
Bruce nodded: "That's great. Can it summon endless goblins and kobolds?"
"No." The king shook his head. "It can only give me the ability to speak the language of goblins and kobolds, and I think the worship of the scepter holder may be limited to specific tribes."
Bruce: "What about this light? Can you control the size of the light?"
"No, it can only be this light."
The Duke nodded, and then said: "Now that the crisis of annihilation has been lifted..."
"It's not lifted. In fact...why are you pulling me?"
Xiaobai: "Where's the meat! You said there was meat to eat!"
Bruce motioned to the attendant next to him: "Bring her some dried meat and treat her well."
The attendant left immediately, and Xiaobai quickly followed the attendant and left Wang in the study.
Wang continued: "The crisis has not been resolved, because the two notebooks of Erwin I found did not mention where he got the knowledge of the Mother of Life. I suspect that someone else gave him the knowledge and sealed him with a contract. the possibility of leaking this information.
"I recovered the only personal item on Erwin's desk, which had a dilapidated church drawn in pencil. I will continue to follow this clue."
Bruce: "You can track it down, but you have to do something for me tonight."
At this time, the attendants had completely put on their armor, and Bruce now looked shining and heroic.
The attendants moved the full-length mirror in front of Bruce so that he could confirm his appearance with his own eyes. The Duke shook his head: "No, no, it doesn't look old enough. You guys have been working too diligently on oiling and polishing the armor. This ancestral armor is clearly not for war. Come and change it for me. Let me exchange it for one from my own collection." Use armor!”
Wang: "Are you planning to charge in and kill him yourself?"
Bruce raised his head: "Me? What role can I play by charging in personally? I'm not my elder brother. But what I want to do now requires a capable appearance. Just wait a moment, I also have important things to do later. you do."
Wang raised his eyebrows, and then asked another question: "Where's Elizabeth? I want Marika to check out Erwin's laboratory again. I've marked the route with the powder that rogues use, Marika You should be able to find it.”
Bruce: "She hasn't come back yet. After my druid Cassander came back to report, I sent people to find her, but you see now, the whole city is in chaos, and the people I sent out have not responded. What the hell? Unfortunately, she has been captured by His Majesty the Emperor’s army.”
Wang walked to the window of the study and looked at the flaming city outside through the narrow stone window. The light of the setting sun is disappearing and night is falling.
Bruce: "Are you worried?"
"Huh? Is this feeling called worry?"
Bruce: "Have you never cared about anyone before?"
"No." Wang answered honestly.
"Then let me ask you a question." At this moment, the attendant put a breastplate on him and squeezed his chest slightly, causing him to be silent for a few seconds.
After putting on the breastplate, Bruce continued: "How would you feel if my sister died?"
"I will write it down in my notebook, and wait until I master the Great Prayer Technique in the future..."
"No, no, I'm not asking what you would do, but how you feel."
"Angry." Wang replied truthfully.
Bruce: "Well, at least you'll be angry. My sister will be happy. Back to business, you're going to stand next to me later, preferably holding this magic glow stick, and I want you to use an eye-catching spell. My court mage was given the same order.
"I'll finish my speech later, and I want you to do this! The soldiers don't know what the spell is, but seeing a powerful mage around will boost their morale."
Wang glanced at the "Magic Glowing Stick" in his hand. This artifact could transform him into a dragon for one hour every day, so he nodded: "I know what to use, it will definitely boost morale. However, are you ready?" Use the soldiers in the atrium? I found that quite a few of them only have leather armor and not much chain armor."
Bruce: "The well-equipped standing armies, including ours and the barons, were sent to key places. Did you know that the fleet of the River Valley Territory attacked the port area? Facts have proved that the ballistae on the inner city bunker cannot stop it. The fleet lands.
"Most of my elite forces are in the port area, fighting with the troops of the River Valley Territory. To save the city, we can only rely on these armed civilians."
Wang: "On the way here, I saw enemies looting on the streets. They were all elite heavy infantry."
"Right, so armed civilians need higher morale. That's what I'm going to give them."
While talking, the attendant finished changing his armor. Bruce looked at himself in the full-length mirror and nodded with satisfaction: "This is what I said, this is like a lord who will charge with them. Let's go, watch my performance next."
As he spoke, Bruce put on the dark blue cloak with the Langdon family's coat of arms on it, and strode towards the door leading to the battlements.
The mage glanced at the door Xiaobai left, curled his lips, and followed.
**
As soon as the Duke and his entourage appeared on the city wall south of the atrium, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone below.
After all, the Duke was followed by a man about 1.8 meters tall, holding a magic glowing stick.
The stick was so dazzling that it eclipsed the newly lit torches throughout the atrium. The key point is that the light of this stick is white and bluish, which is in sharp contrast with the soft orange-red light of the torch. As soon as it appears, everyone will naturally focus on it.
The Duke was very satisfied with the effect. He stood on the edge of the city wall, as if he was not worried about falling at all. He looked down at the soldiers gathered below and said loudly:
"Soldiers! You may wonder why there is no knight lord here, no their retinue, no their shining armor and long swords. You may ask: 'Isn't it their duty to protect their subjects? Isn't it their oath?'
"I'm not going to explain to you where they went, and I'm not going to analyze any tactics with you. I just want to tell you, why you!
"Because you are the most familiar with this city! Maybe you have discovered that the people who are organized into the same team around you are all your own neighbors. I did this on purpose. Later, under the leadership of the captain, you will live in your own place. Fight in the neighborhoods to drive out the Emperor's invading army!
"You will find that the streets where you have played since childhood are now burning! The sweets that you were greedy for when you were children have been thrown to the ground and trampled on!
"You will find that the girl you could not help but look at in your youth is now being pinned to the ground by the rude Styrian countrymen!
"You will find that it was your mother who was stabbed to death by the countryman's sword! It was your gold that was robbed! It was your house that was burned!
"This battle is not for honor! It is not for the lords! This is your city! It cannot be defiled by the Steyr barbarians! And I will personally lead you and kill them all!"
Duke Langdon pulled out his long sword. The Archmage had already prepared it and immediately cast a high-level magic weapon. The Duke's long sword burned like an eternal flame, even overshadowing the dragon-headed artifact right next to it. Light.
The guards in the atrium also raised their swords and shouted: "Kill them all!"
The rage seemed to reach straight to the sky.
At this moment, the king, who had been deliberately keeping a distance from the Duke, activated the scepter's ability.
His body began to swell, and in the blink of an eye, the huge black dragon was entrenched on the city wall, spreading its wings that covered the sky and roaring upwards.
Duke Langdon was startled by the roar and almost stumbled off the city wall. He turned around and saw the sudden appearance of the dragon, and he instantly controlled his emotions.
"Look!" he said, "the dragon is with us! Open the gates! Attack!"
