When the troops of the Shining Gold Empire appeared in front of the sentry post of Passus, they did not even have any cover. The scouts knew as well as Pastan what the hell was going on in the hellish place of Passus, and in fact they had seen the frightened faces on the faces of the militiamen standing guard at the sight of them, which made them laugh out loud and look at them with triumph. This time, Pastan did not choose to attack at night, but attacked in broad daylight, in order to make the stupid people in these places clearly understand the strength of the Shining Gold Empire, and then completely lay down their weapons and open the door to surrender. These scouts were nothing more than vanguards, and in fact Pastein believed that when the five thousand well-armed soldiers at his disposal appeared in front of this small stronghold, they would make a decision immediately.

In a way, he wasn't wrong.

"Get out of here!!"

Looking at the first column of the front-line legion that was gradually approaching outside, Battle said with a trembling roar, he clenched the weapon in his hand, and felt that his palms were full of cold sweat. Although he had known that this day would come sooner or later, he still felt weak all over his body when he watched the soldiers of the Shining Gold Empire running around outside the stronghold, showing off their might. This represents the coming of a war, but what will it become? The Passus had less than a thousand soldiers, most of them were militiamen, and now there were even fewer of them, and they were not trained very seriously, and many of them never even thought about going to war!

But now, they have to face that possibility. They are about to go into battle, and their opponents are battle-hardened. Well-armed Imperial soldiers, will they really be able to hold off these terrible guys?

"Ring the alarm bells. Let the others evacuate, hurry. Send a horse to the manor to report that the Lord Lord's mongrels from the Golden Empire have come to our defenses. ”

Speaking of this, Battle couldn't help but show a wry smile. Defense? Just by this wall that is less than three meters high? It might be able to stop some goblins and nezumi like that, but what good can this low wall do against an army?

"Are we going to light a beacon fire? My lord? ”

A soldier trembling with a torch asked, if there was any communication between the lord and Battle, it was that he had promised Battle that they would light a beacon fire in the event of an invasion of the border, and that he would send his men to assist in the battle.

"No, not now."

Hear the inquiries of the subordinates. Battle was silent for a moment, then shook his head. The lord had warned him that he should only light a beacon fire after the enemy had crossed the creek in front of the line. Battle knew why, because that stream was one of the borders of Passus, so although the soldiers of the Glittering Gold Empire were flaunting their might and even showing off their strength right under their noses, as long as they didn't cross that stream, then these people didn't enter Passus.

"When they cross the stream, we light a beacon fire. Then you can evacuate. ”

Then, staring at his subordinates, Battle said earnestly. Hearing him speak, everyone else's eyes widened in surprise.

"What about you? My lord? ”

"I'll stay here."

As he spoke. Battle drew his sword.

"At least don't let the Imperials think we're a bunch of misgivings, I don't know what the lord wants to do, but I do know if we turn around and flee before we have even fought the enemy. Then we will be the laughing stock of everyone on the Eagle Plateau, so at least I will stay here........."

Said here. Battle glanced at the soldier beside him.

“……… And now, you can leave. I know that many of you are not real soldiers, and you did not expect to fight your own people one day when you were trained. If you want to leave, then you can leave. ”

“……………”

No one answered, the soldiers just looked at Battle in front of them with complicated expressions, they had privately thought more than once that Battle was able to sit in this position only because he had a relative who was the mayor of the town, just because it was as simple as luck, but now, they finally found that the man in front of them was indeed more qualified to sit in this position than they did.

"I'll stay, my lord."

At this moment, the adjutant, who had been following Battle and was ready to light the beacon fire with a torch, suddenly spoke. He just stared at the soldiers who were showing off their might, and his eyes spewed with unprecedented rage.

"Sure, Passus may not be worth mentioning to the Glittering Empire, but that's not a reason for those damned Imperial pigs to flaunt their might in front of us. It seems to me that these filthy creatures are no different from the goblins, maybe they're smarter and speak the lingua franca, but don't they still look like dehaired goblins? That being the case, then how different are they for us ?! ”

"Well said!!"

Just then, another soldier shouted.

"These guys are just a bunch of lowly goblins! Hahaha, I can't wait to see what it will look like for him to fall in the mud, and when his body stinks from the mud of the swamp, I'll put that bright armor in my bedroom as my footbath! ”

"The Shining Gold Empire will definitely hate you to death!"

"Hahahaha........."

The laughter of the soldiers dispelled the original tense atmosphere, and now everyone had a smile and confidence on their faces, they did not think that they could really resist these mighty Imperial soldiers, but they did it anyway - no one spoke again, and soon the soldiers returned to their posts and resumed their full attention to their work.

For some reason, Battle believes that they will not leave.

"What are those hillbillies doing?"

Looking at the low city wall from afar, the soldiers of the first column were also curious, thinking that these militiamen who had never seen the world would be frightened by them. But in fact, although the hillbillies on the city walls did look chaotic at first, now they have regained their composure. This made these soldiers a little incomprehensible, it was not that they had never seen those local militias before, they had no combat effectiveness at all, and they were frightened and weak just by seeing the banner of the Shining Gold Empire. But these guys look a little different -- or at least look different.

"Who knows, maybe I'm scared to death?"

"I don't think so."

Hearing the ridicule of his companions, the commander of the first column glared at him. And in the face of his words, the other party didn't seem to care. It's no wonder that the militiamen's cousins along the way are really difficult to make them vigilant, not to mention a poor little place like Passus, in their opinion, is simply a food delivery. And at this moment, a scout cavalry from behind rushed over.

"Lord Pastan's legion is behind!!"

"What instructions does Lord Pastein have?"

Hearing this, the column commander asked. Hearing his inquiry, the other party nodded.

"Lord Pastan asks you to attack immediately and test the strength of the other party."

"Temptation?"

Hearing this, the squad leader frowned. Before, they weren't just playing with the militias, they were also watching their reactions. Now it seems that this stronghold should not be much different from the information they have obtained, and it has little defense. As for the low city walls, these battle-hardened soldiers of the Shining Gold Empire didn't pay attention to it at all.

Do you also need to be tempted to deal with such a guy? Could Mistress Pastan be too cautious?

Although he was slandered, the column commander still gave the order. Soon, the soldiers of the first column immediately lined up, raised their shields and walked slowly forward.

Here it comes!!

Seeing this, Battle clenched his sword and stared at the soldiers. Watch them go forward, forward, and forward, through the swamp, through the meadows, and then over the stream.

It's now!!

Just as the soldiers of the Glittering Gold Empire stepped out of the knee-deep stream and stepped onto the land of Passus, Battle finally gave the order.

"Light the beacon! Put a signal!! “

Hearing Battle's order, the soldiers soon raised their torches and lit the beacon fire around them, and immediately after, puffs of black smoke rose into the sky and drifted into the air.

"They lit the beacon fire? Right now? ”

Seeing this scene, the column commander frowned, this timing seemed a little unsatisfactory to him, if it was to rule the rear, then it should have been done when they appeared. But if it's a warning, isn't it a little early? What the hell are these people thinking...............

“――――――――――！！”

And at this moment, suddenly, a strange scream sounded, attracting the attention of the column commander, he raised his head, only to find that a shining meteor cut through the sky like this and rushed in his direction!

This is............

"Boom!!"

Before the column commander could react, the next moment, the dazzling meteor smashed into the crowd, completely blasting away the soldiers of the Shining Gold Empire, and for a while, the scorching wave of explosion mixed with the deafening roar spread far away to the surroundings, almost impossible to look at.

And then in the smoke of gunpowder, a crisp, immature voice sounded.

"It's finally here! You pigs!! Miss Ben is itching to wait!! (To be continued......)