- Ready! Get ready!

There seemed to be a loud shouting of a man in his ears.

There are apparently people in the towering towers, and there seem to be quite a few of them!

Who could be hiding in the castle towers? The question is too simple, you can guess without looking, it must be the archer. Only archers will ascend.

Use archers against a flock of black scavenging birds...... That's the right idea. Long-range gram flight, this is also considered common sense. But if you really want to put it into practice, it shouldn't work very well.

To put it simply, exchanging a bow for a scavenging bird is an absolute loss-making transaction. Even if a bow and arrow were exchanged for three scavengers, the trade would still be a loss. The exchange ratio must be at least one to five, then it is possible to be even. But if you want to "kill multiple birds with one stone", this is not only a test for archers, but also a test of character. What's more, archers are human beings, not undead who are tireless in anything. Each arrow fired is physically exerted, so a dense rain of arrows cannot last for a long time.

The three arrows in battle not only refer to the time to shoot three arrows before the engagement, but also refer to the inability of the archers to maintain a long period of arrow rain suppression.

A scavenger that launches a brainless charge can completely ignore casualties and gains. It doesn't matter how many of them die, necromancers need very little dead breath to wake up a large area. And as long as you can take out an enemy, you will earn it for the army of the undead. The army of the undead has earned it, which means that the defenders of Fog Castle have lost.

The friendly forces were ready to attack, which certainly made Fang Qiuling's tense nerves relax slightly. However, if the allies suffer unnecessary losses due to insufficient attack, this puts the cart before the horse.

Fang Qiuling rode the Pegasus and galloped past the tower. With a slight turn of his left hand, the Sword of Flame, a card of destiny, appeared in his hand.

As long as the volley of archers in the tower didn't succeed in suppressing the "Kuroshio", then he wouldn't mind activating the Sword of Fire again for a big sweep. One of the biggest differences between the second level of power and the first level of power is that you can directly switch between "single attack" and "area attack" at will, which can completely suppress the black scavenger in a short period of time.

At the same time, he unfolded his empty consciousness and swept towards the tower.

- Let me see how you are preparing, and I can cooperate immediately.

Fang Qiuling thought about it like this. Of course, he could actually ignore this and follow Franz directly to the small square in the center of the castle.

The small square is the core area of the castle, and there must be additional means of defense, so you should be safe after landing. But...... Franz and the griffin carrying two non-combatants in front of him are still within range of the black scavenging birds, so let's help stop them first!

- Steady! Steady! Hold it all for me!

Through the outer wall of the tower, Sora "saw" a bearded man in his prime raising his hands and roaring loudly. Around him, more than a dozen soldiers with bows and arrows were waiting for orders with full attention.

- Only a dozen archers? Too little! People can't stop this!

When the empty knowledge swept the bows and arrows in the hands of the soldiers, Fang Qiuling's heart immediately relaxed. Because the arrows on the bowstring are all magic arrows. Judging from the logo on the end of the arrow, most of the arrows are "flames" and the small half are "wind nets".

Magic arrows are expensive and difficult to make. However, you get what you pay for, and the power of magic arrows far exceeds that of ordinary arrows.

"Flame" is similar to a Storm Bolt, and is also a magic arrow that uses explosion and fire as the main means of destruction. However, the focus is on the range generated by the explosion, which is much less powerful than the Storm Bolt.

When the "Wind Net" arrows are fired, they form dense wind blades within a certain area, like a net woven by the wind, hence the name.

The two magic arrows work together to cover a significant area with a few archers.

Fang Qiuling was completely relieved. He raised his sword and slashed down a noisy black mourning crow, then pointed his left fist at the densest spot of the scavenging birds.

- Let's help do something before landing!

“Oas！”

With a clear drink, the wind centered on the left hand of the fist, turning into several winds visible to the naked eye.

The trail of the wind stretched straight to the black flock of birds. At the moment when the two merged, the scavenging birds that came like a tide were like a hammer head-on, and a large area was concave in an instant.

The middle-aged man commanding the archers in the void was visibly stunned for a moment, but he reacted immediately.

- Good opportunity!

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

In the mournful scream, the red and cyan brilliance echoed.

Before landing, Fang Qiuling saw gorgeous ceremonial flowers blooming in the air.

……

"You're Viscount Norn? Seurik V. Norn? ”

In the square in the center of the castle, a sturdy man did not shy away from looking up and down Fang Qiuling, who had just jumped off the heavenly horse.

His eyes were very bright, a little unbelievably bright. When he made contact with his gaze, Fang Qiuling's intuitive spiritual world was suddenly pierced. Nothing actually hurts, but there is a feeling of being suppressed.

His expression was not kind, with the most obvious pickiness and disgust, as if ...... It's like going to the first internship company for an interview just after graduating from college, and the boss of the internship company has a critical and impatient gaze. In particular, this gaze is very penetrating, giving people a feeling of being stripped naked and having nowhere to hide......

And what is particularly strange is that in the empty consciousness that has not yet been put away, this person's figure is so distorted that it is almost impossible to capture it completely. Fang Qiuling didn't know why this strange situation had occurred, but it was speculated that it should be the influence of the realm, which made him immediately know the identity of the person in front of him - Count Otis Obreen von Diharus.

"Yes, it's Shulik down there......" Fang Qiuling greeted the sturdy man with aristocratic etiquette, "Excuse me, are you the Lord of the Mist Lake, Count Deharus?" ”

Count DeHarus did not reply, but kept looking at him with a not-so-friendly, somewhat malicious gaze.

- Is there anything wrong with the behavior? Or is it rude to dress? Or is it...... Does this Lord Earl have some special hobby?

Fang Qiuling's expression froze, and his eyes immediately became a little more cautious, and he quietly raised his vigilance.

"Father, I'm back......"

A female voice with a distinctly childlike voice came from the side. Alina appeared beside the Count with a swing, and then pulled up her skirt and saluted.

The little girl had just come down from the griffon, and her clothes were still clearly strangled. There are traces of pecking by black scavengers on the calves and arms, especially the small calves, which have turned red.

"Hmm." Count DeHarus glanced at his daughter and nodded noncommittally, "Go down." Don't go far, I'll call you later. ”

"Yes, Father."

Alina pulled up her skirt again, saluted, and limped aside.

The little girl's stubborn and strong performance moved Fang Qiuling slightly, and her eyes couldn't help but favor her a little more.

If it were in this world, a little girl of her age would definitely cry to find her parents, and then the parents hurried to the hospital with a nervous face. But at this moment, Alina had a solemn face, as if it was not herself who was hurt. Even though her body had begun to sway, she seemed to be a little unsteady on her feet.

Count Diharus immediately caught Fang Qiuling's wandering gaze, and spoke in a tone full of malice: "What's the matter, you have taken a fancy to my child?" ”

"Huh?"

Fang Qiuling was stunned for a moment, and his fully guarded brain instantly shut down. At the moment of the crash, he wondered if there was something wrong with his ears, or if he was having auditory hallucinations.

"I mean, do you have a crush on my daughter Alina?"

Alina, who hadn't walked a few steps, suddenly stopped, her face full of surprise as she turned around...... No, not surprise, but panic and horror!

Fang Qiuling, who faced Count Diharus, was not much better, and his whole person seemed to be petrified.

- What does Count DeHarus mean? Is he tempting? What is the purpose of temptation?

Count DeHarus was not an easy one to get along with. As you can tell from the nickname "Old Groom", his temper must be stinky and hard. But if you really think that he is a vulgar and reckless man, you are very wrong!

“…… Count Deharus, there are already people who like it below. ”

Fang Qiuling did not answer positively, but refused in a more tactful way.

"Got someone you like?" Count DeHarus grinned, "It's okay, just let her be small." ”

- Huh? Make no mistake!

Fang Qiuling's body was not only petrified at this moment, but even his gaze froze.

Before I could think of how to respond, there was a sudden "bang" in my ears, and it seemed that someone had fallen. Fang Qiuling kept his gaze unchanged, swept it with his empty sense, and then saw a thin figure getting up from the ground.

The figure of the fall was thin and short, but it was easily recognizable as the youngest child of the Count's family, Ronald Otis von Diharus. He had just climbed down from the griffon, and his clothes were also marked with straps. He seemed to be much luckier than his sister, not injured at all.

The griffin knight beside the little boy quickly reached out and helped him up. As soon as the little boy got up, he didn't have time to pat the dust off his body, so he hurriedly asked:

"Father, are you going to give your sister to this uncle?"

- Send? Uncle?

The petrified Fang Qiuling was no longer able to make any response. Although it is said that there is no taboo, but ...... Now on this occasion, no matter how you look at it, it can't be regarded as a child's talk!

- Little Lori plus uncle, and then take it to see the goldfish. Well, Lolita's name is solid!

"Ronald, you're going to call this brother."

Count Deharus corrected his youngest son's title in a serious manner. His words not only shocked the attendants and retainers around him, but the other party a little further away was even more shocked.

"Viscount Norne, how about it, you can take it, right? My daughter is still a little younger, but she will definitely be a big beauty in a few years. There is a dowry! You can also be knighted! ”

Fang Qiuling didn't know what to say at all, so he had to repeat what he had said before.

“…… Count Deharus, there are already people who like it below. ”