It rained all the time.

The biting cold mixed with the rain rushed to the face, making the militia standing on the sentry can't help but shiver. He gasped and tugged at the poncho on his body. In order to shield himself from the cold outside, now he only hopes to be able to change shifts and go to the warm tavern below to have a few drinks to offset the cold on his body, otherwise if he continues like this, he will definitely get sick!

But now...............

Thinking of this, the militia sighed helplessly, and continued to stare at the qiē in front of him. In fact, he also knew that there was panic everywhere right now. The army of the Shining Gold Empire is outside, and it is not known when it will drive in. As a resident of Passus, he had no affection for the arrogant Empire. In fact, even within the Passus, there were many different voices, some who believed that they should resist to the end, while others believed that they should surrender. After all, they knew better than anyone how remote and small the place of Passus was. With the strength of Passus, it is simply impossible to confront the empire -- of course, although they do not know how powerful the empire is, it must be very strong. Anyway, it's not something that a small place like Passus can deal with.

He was dismissive of the capitulationist rhetoric, and it was no secret how miserable life was for the Skars under the Empire. The Skars knew very well that once they captured Passus, they would be loaded into carts and transported as slaves to the Shining Gold Empire, where they would be bought by some nobles or merchants as coolies or slaves. This is the consistent "tradition" of the Shining Gold Empire, and some people are willing to be slaves in order to survive. Some people are clearly not. But those who did not want to be slaves remained, and those who wanted to live began to disappear. Where they went no one knows, but everyone knows that they fled. And is it dead or alive......... They will never come back here, they will leave their homeland forever, and they will never return.

But can we really protect our homeland?

Thinking of this, the militia clenched the spear in his hand, and the news circulating outside seemed to be true, the army of the Shining Gold Empire was stationary in front of the stronghold, and the militia who had changed guards before told them over and over again how the other party retreated. This made him fascinated too, but it didn't matter, according to the lord's rules. In a few more moments the militia will have to change their guards, and he may also be on the front line...............

And at this moment, a flash of light tore through the darkness.

The militiaman's eyes only had time to reflect a tumbling and spinning fireball, and he didn't even have time to ring the bell to show the scene, and the next moment, the fireball that broke through the rain curtain hit the wooden guard tower in front of him, enveloping it in a bright red flame.

"Your Excellency the Archmage!"

Charlotte frowned and glared at the mage standing beside her.

"We said before, don't be too obtrusive!"

"So what?"

Hear Charlotte talking. The archmage glanced at him obliquely and snorted coldly.

"Do you think this little trick can really hide from the other party? For the legendary powerhouse, it makes no difference a little earlier or a little later. Right now. I'm going to do my thing, and you'd better go about your own thing!! ”

"You're ............!!"

Hearing this, Charlotte gritted her teeth. At this moment, he wanted to draw his sword and stab the old fellow to death. You must know that for the sake of the current qiē, he and General Barkley have wasted all their strength. Fifteen hundred soldiers were transported from that tunnel and secretly entered the territory of Passus. According to their original plan, it was the archmage and his group of mages to attract the attention of the other party, and they would split up in several ways. In the shortest possible time, control the villages and towns of Zì Passus. In this way, the lord is isolated, and there is nothing they can do, and as long as he can control Passus on a practical level, then the remaining problems will naturally not be a problem.

Of course, this does not necessarily include the intention of taking the people of Passus as hostages to force the young lord to submit, because according to the previous investigation, the new lord of Passus is very good to the people under his rule, not only generous, but also reduced taxes, and sent his own personal guards to help those villagers eliminate the bandits and bandits that plagued them, no matter from any point of view, this is a kind lord who "loves the people like a son". In this case, if the lives of the people under his rule were used as a shield, the lord who might be forced to throw a mouse trap and not dare to attack without permission. Of course, even further, even if he insisted on attacking the army of the Shining Gold Empire without caring for the lives of his subjects, then his reputation in Passus would be bankrupt, and at that time, it would obviously be impossible for a rebellious lord to stay for long.

For the Empire, they don't care even if this attack fails, anyway, it's not the first time that they have failed here, and considering the strength of the other party, Barkley and Charlotte don't really plan to solve this trouble all at once, but it doesn't matter, they can do it all over again if they fail. But the lord ............ How many times can you fail?

It's just that I didn't expect this plan to be messed up by my own people at the beginning, and I'm really not afraid of god-like opponents, but I'm afraid of pig-like teammates. Although Charlotte didn't know that this famous saying had been widely spread in Jenn's world, his thoughts were not much different from this at the moment.

However, Charlotte also knew that it was not a wise choice to clash with the other party at this time. And what the other party said is not unreasonable, but as a soldier, he obviously thinks that ordering and prohibiting is a better attitude than carelessness, and the attitude of these damn mages who don't take the overall situation into account also makes Charlotte quite unhappy, he stared at the archmage and didn't speak, but deep down he has decided that if this operation fails in the end, then he will definitely throw this archmage out of the pot.

The archmage didn't notice Charlotte's thoughts, or even if he did, he didn't care. Now there was only a burning rage in his heart, and the unbearable defeat of the wolf bèi before made him angry and furious. It seemed that because of that defeat, he felt that the soldiers, and his men, and the other mages looked at him with a hint of contempt - behold, it was a shame that this great mage should be defeated in a small attack on a fortress.

The thought made him almost mad, and he wanted to prove his strength to everyone again, and let them wail in their terrible magic, and then they would understand how to respect an archmage!!

Fortunately, what little sanity he still had left had prevented the archmage from venting his anger on his own people, and if he had changed his previous words, perhaps he would have split him in half because of Charlotte's attitude, but for now, he still forced himself to divert the anger boiling in his heart and vent it on these villagers.

A series of fireballs rained down from the sky, and the poor villagers didn't even have time to figure out what had happened, so they were buried in the flames. The rest lamented and tried to flee, but soon the cavalry of the Shining Gold Empire caught up with the fugitives and began to drive them back towards the town.

"They're toying us!!"

The captain of the militia at the head of the group clenched his sword tightly, his eyes were red and angry as he glared at the cavalry not far away, he saw with his own eyes that the imperial cavalry laughed and stabbed the spear in his hand, pierced the right leg of a child who tried to escape, and then dragged the poor child backwards with the barb of the spear. Behind them, the child's parents cried and chased after them, trying to snatch their child back from the cavalryman. But the other party didn't care about this at all, they just dragged those villagers and beat them to the ground mercilessly.

These damn imperial pigs!!

Seeing this scene, the militia captain's eyes turned red, and he roared angrily and raised the long sword in his hand and threw it at the cavalryman with all his might. He himself is also a full-time swordsman, his strength is naturally not to be underestimated, and the knight was caught off guard and was almost slashed by the long sword, he only threw down the spear in his hand, and then drew the long sword at his waist to block the blow of the militia captain, and at this moment the pair of parents also cried and came to the abandoned children, but at this moment their children can no longer respond to their calls.

"You're looking for death, hillbilly!!"

"Come on, you damn beasts, I'm fighting with you!!"

Seeing that the cavalry turned their heads and rushed towards him, the militia captain took out a dagger from his side and stared at the cavalry in front of him with red eyes.

Even if it is death, tear off a piece of their flesh!!

Silver flashes.

The next moment, countless silver and white threads appeared in front of the militia captain's eyes out of thin air, and the cavalry that galloped over was completely cut into pieces, the sturdy war horses were cut by the sword qi, and the sturdy armor and sharp swords were turned into fragments, flying in the air, and then fell to the ground with a bang.

The militia captain stood there in a daze, not even having time to wipe the blood sprayed on his face, and he turned his head with difficulty, only to see behind him, a young man in a pitch-black gown standing quietly. Beside him were dozens of young knights riding silver and white war horses.

By the way, that's Lord Lord.........

"It seems that the people of the empire really don't hit the south wall and don't look back."

Looking at the burning town in front of him, Jenn's face was as cold as ice. He stroked the hilt of the sword at his waist, and a hint of indifference flashed in his eyes.

"But since they're here, don't think about going back."

As he spoke, Jenn raised his right hand.

"Everybody listens............... Target, Imperial Army, Attack! (To be continued......)