The Silver Elf Commander removed his golden peaked helmet, shook his head, and let a beautiful silver hair cascade down like a waterfall, and let out a long breath. His pale silver eyes looked at the battlefield with some indifference, the corpses of the lizardmen were scattered among the ruins, the blood flowed into streams, trickling, and the air was filled with a pungent fishy smell, which was enough to make most normal people sick to their stomachs, but for the blood-soaked elven warriors, it was the smell of victory wafting in the air.

No, far from victory.

Yukhkir ran away, and his men tried to pursue, but Namenes stopped them. The Silver Elf commander sheathed his gilded openwork sword, then struck the others to the advantage, gathering them together for the next move. His orders were decisive and precise, without any delay.

At the same time, he had already seen the sparrow come from the other side of the battlefield with another group of elves.

It was not the first time that the tiger sparrow had seen the appearance of Namenes, but he still couldn't help but be slightly stunned, after the bloody battle, Namenes exuded an amazing beauty all over his body. He was already a little too feminine, but the blood stains on the golden armor instead set off a sense of discordant contrast, coupled with the silver elf's traditional long silver hair and indifferent expression, it actually made people have a strange attraction in their whole life.

"Commander." Tiger Sparrow was slightly stunned, but immediately reacted: "The battle here is over." ”

"Yes." Namenes nodded.

He turned around, and the gray flag in the direction of the festival hall was still flying high, but no one knew exactly how far the battle had gone there.

"But it's far from victory." Namenes replied, "We will return the way we came, as we had planned, and may your lord truly fulfill his promise, and not play with his own life." ”

"Wait," Tiger Sparrow interrupted, "That's not what Lord Lord originally ordered. ”

Namenes looked at him condescendingly.

"You saw that monster, even if we faced it in its heyday, it would take three against one to not fall behind. Do you really believe that your lord can hold him back for more than half an hour? The Silver Elf Commander asked coldly, "Mr. Captain, my criterion for judging the battle situation is to win as the ultimate goal. On the battlefield against the dark dragon, there is no room for a woman's kindness. ”

"But ......"

"I don't have time to discuss it with you, I'm just keeping friendly forces informed of our actions as is customary." The elven commander replied, "Or to put it another way, Miss Antitina, or your lordship, the latter is far more important in this battle than the former, which side do you choose?" ”

The sparrow fell silent, and couldn't help but glance in the direction where Antitina was.

Namenes shook her head: "Well, human, I will explain to you one more thing: it may seem strange to you that Métissa gave her life for this reason, but in our history, tolerance for oneself is to give up hope for tomorrow, and I hope you will understand that." Then he lowered his head and whispered, "On this point, in fact I have privately sought Miss Antitina's consent. ”

With that, he stood upright and waved his hand.

"Phoenix Guards, Prepare and Go"

……

In fact, as expected by Namenes and Tiger Sparrow, the first battle commanded by Antitina did not go well. With no danger to defend, the lizardmen quickly penetrated the first outer wall, and because there were no obvious obstacles, the mercenaries were exposed to the range of the opposing crossbowmen, and it was difficult to form a scale even if they returned fire from a distance.

However, at this moment, the tenacious will to fight of the Lubis mercenaries was undoubtedly revealed, and under the onslaught of the outermost three mercenaries and the enemy who were nearly thirty times their number, they lost their positions three times in a row, and recaptured them three times. The density of the lizardmen's attacks was so great that Antitina twice ordered another team of mercenaries to support but was stopped halfway through, and the last remaining of the three eventually detonated the only disintegrating crystal on his body, causing the lizardmen's biggest casualties since the war began in this direction:

Nearly fifteen lizardmen collapsed on the ramp between the first and second outer walls.

But then the battle turned bloody, with a brutal tug-of-war between Lubis' mercenaries and the lizardmen, with both sides fighting for meat at almost every stronghold that could be defended. After paying a 22:4 swap ratio, the lizardmen finally broke through the outer walls and began attacking the central platform outside the altar hall.

At this time, nineteen minutes had passed since the two sides had begun the battle, and ten minutes had passed since the first contact between the rear.

The mercenaries began to shrink back, but this was not a long-term solution, as the space left for them to shrink their defenses gradually became narrower. After that, it's Antitina.

An arrow flew almost across the white face of the nobleman's daughter—

Beads of blood quickly seeped out from under the cut skin, but the latter was unaware. She held the flagpole in both hands, always standing firmly on the edge of the platform - the girl was calculating the changes in time and the tide of battle, waiting for an opportunity. However, the death of every mercenary on the battlefield made her heart heavy, and Brando had never suffered any casualties when he led them, but it only took more than ten minutes for her to be handed over, and the casualties were like this.

Especially when the elven girl named Tia pounced on her to block the fatal arrow, the aristocratic daughter, who had never experienced any war, almost felt the tears in her eyes burst uncontrollably. But she still bit her lip tightly and stoic, and with one hand lay the pale, serene elf girl flat on the ground, her body was still warm, as if she had just fallen asleep.

Then Antitina felt someone bring her a handkerchief.

She turned her head in surprise and saw that Flo was looking at her calmly, she was the sister of the dead maiden.

"You're hurt, Miss Antitina."

"No, it's okay......" Antitina took a deep breath and choked up, "I'm sorry......"

Flo's pink lips moved, and she wanted to say something, but she still endured it. Brando didn't say it, and she couldn't open her mouth lightly.

"Please give me the flagpole, Miss Antitina, it's too unsafe here." After a moment's hesitation, she said.

Antitina shook her head.

"No, this is my place." This was her promise to Brando, and she told herself that she had to do it.

The lizardmen had broken through the fourth line of defense, and the mercenaries had retreated once more, approaching the gentle slope created by the collapse of the side of the platform below. In terms of distance, it is less than fifty meters. Flo saw that the crossbowmen among the lizardmen had raised their crossbows and aimed them into the air, and although they did not dare to compliment the accuracy of their shots, they managed to find the position under the banner after repeated attempts.

The elven girl frowned and stood in front of Antitina, one hand holding down the elven rapier at her waist. Like her sister, she no longer has any spells, but even so, she still has to fulfill her mission.

"Flo."

"Huh?"

"Thank you......" Antitina whispered, coughing.

The elven girl smiled slightly, but her gaze fell down again, and the expression on her face quickly became stern again. The lizardmen were tightening their crossbows, and there was a quick creaking sound in their swarm, but when they raised their crossbows again, she wasn't sure she could stop them all. She gritted her teeth, her hand clenching the hilt of her sword unconsciously.

The crossbow was raised—

Antitina and Floro both felt their breath suffocated, even if they saw death as home, but the moment before they really faced death, everyone felt a sense of imminent despair. However, it seemed that the imaginary scene did not happen, as a small, glittering crystal suddenly flew out from behind the two of them, and then fell into the group of lizards below in a beautiful arc.

It seemed to be a blood-colored flower blooming in a dark green ocean, and with a loud bang, the severed limbs and internal organs of the lizardman suddenly scattered and flew in all directions, and then fell like a rain of blood. Everyone was stunned, including the lizardmen, the mercenaries, and even Antitina and Flo. The only disintegration crystal left among them was the one in Antitina's hand, but she had already given it to the three mercenaries to use

Antitina subconsciously turned her head-

She immediately heard a clang, and a long sword was thrown up from under the rubble behind her, and then she immediately saw Roman below crawling up with his hands and feet. As soon as she came to the platform, she lay there as if she was going to die, panting for breath while looking at Antitina with a super smug smile: "Whew, almost lost, okay...... Whew, whew...... It's not easy to find this place...... Huh, Titina, I've learned swordsmanship and can protect you...... Whew...... Oops, I'm exhausted......"

"Wait," the nobleman's daughter couldn't help but ask after being stunned for a moment, "Roman, why did you get here...... It's not this, I mean, didn't you give your disintegration crystal to Brando? ”

When the merchant lady heard this, she showed an aggrieved look, she pressed her bag and whispered, "That...... Antitina, I'm hiding just a bit. ”

"How much, wait......" Antitina suddenly reacted, no wonder she had always felt that the power of the explosion that night was not quite right, she immediately grabbed Roman's shoulder: "Damn, didn't those ten or so pieces say that they were used by you last night?" Isn't it those? ”

"Absolutely, absolutely not that much, Roman assured, Roman only has nine...... No, eight. ”

Roman's face changed, and he immediately shook his head like a rattle, and replied with a roll of his eyes.

……