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The inner city gates were closed.
When the guards on the city gate tower saw a guy riding a giant wolf and holding a "huge glow stick" rushing towards the gate, their first reaction was to shout: "Orcs! Orcs are joining the siege!"
The king shouted at the top of his voice: "I am Her Majesty Elizabeth's attendant, and I have been ordered to come back to report the situation!"
The soldiers on the top of the city wall gathered together, and a squad leader poked his head out: "Are you the wizard called Wang? Why are you riding a wolf?"
Just as the king was about to explain, the druid transformed himself back and shouted to the tower, "I am the druid of Green Field. Let's investigate the missing cats and dogs together."
Wang quickly corrected Xiaobai's statement: "It was an investigation into the conspiracy of the evil wizard Erwin to overthrow the city of Langdon! The scepter in my hand is Erwin's magic weapon, and I have dealt with him!"
The captain's head disappeared, and a few seconds later the door began to open.
"The Duke is in his study! Please report there immediately!"
Wang raised an eyebrow: "What is this city jerk doing in his study?"
"You'll know when you go."
Wang patted Xiaobai's head and said, "Come on, I'll show you the way."
Xiaobai immediately started running, not thinking that there was no problem for such a small person like her to carry the 1.80-meter-tall mage.
The soldiers who opened the door were all staring at this strange combination in amazement, as if they had seen a ghost.
The king rode on Xiaobai and entered the castle courtyard, where he found a large number of soldiers had gathered. These were not the regular soldiers of the duke and the barons, but probably those elite soldiers had been sent to various places to "put out fires".
This is the city guard, most of whom are civilians in the city, who rotate in the guard every year to replace corvée labor.
This mob was discussing something, looking very panic-stricken.
As soon as Wang appeared, the huge ever-burning light of the glow stick in his hand attracted everyone's attention. Many people raised their hands to shield their eyes to avoid the direct light.
When everyone saw clearly what Wang was riding, everyone was shocked.
"Lancelot! He rode a kid!"
"No, that's an orc! With animal ears!"
Xiao Bai was concerned about other things at this time: "Is there really meat inside? Why can't I smell meat?"
She didn't seem to mind being ridden.
The king directed her to cross the atrium, enter the tower, and climb up the spiral staircase until she finally arrived at the former study of the second prince - now it was the Duke's study.
As soon as the study door opened, Xiaobai strode in.
Wang was in a more miserable situation. He had just noticed the height of the door frame and had no time to retract his neck before he was hit head-on.
lbs! "Fuck!"
Everyone in the room turned their heads to look over here.
Wang stumbled off the little girl's back and pressed his hand on his forehead. This was the third time he had hit his head today, the previous two times were in the sewer.
Bruce Langdon was changing his armor surrounded by his servants. Seeing this scene, he frowned slightly. He looked at the werewolf girl carefully and said, "I heard that you found a druid to act together? Is that it? How is Erwin?"
The king raised the scepter in his hand: "Erwin has been destroyed. This scepter is the artifact he relied on to control the goblins and kobolds."
Wang originally wanted to report the function of the artifact, but he kept it to himself.
After all, what if Bruce develops a desire for the artifact after hearing about its power? 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 an endless supply of goblins and kobolds?"
"No." The king shook his head, "It only grants me the ability to speak the languages of goblins and kobolds, and I think the worship of the holder of the scepter may be limited to a specific tribe."
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 world-destroying crisis has been resolved..."
"It's not lifted, actually... why are you pulling me?"
Xiaobai: "Where's the meat? You said there was meat!"
Bruce signaled to the attendant beside him: "Bring her some dried meat and treat her well."
The servant left immediately, and Xiaobai quickly followed the servant and left the king in the study.
Wang continued, "The crisis has not been resolved, because the two notebooks I found did not mention where he got the knowledge of the Mother of Life. I suspect someone else gave him the knowledge and used a contract to block the possibility of him leaking this information.
"I recovered the only personal item from Erwin's desk. There was a pencil drawing of a dilapidated church on it. 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 servants had already put on their armor completely, and Bruce now looked golden and heroic.
The servants moved the dressing 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 oiled and polished the armor too diligently. This ancestral armor is obviously not for war. Change it for me, a combat armor from my own collection!"
Wang: "Are you planning to charge in and kill them yourself?"
Bruce looked up: "Me? What effect can I have if I charge in myself? I'm not my eldest brother. But what I have to do now requires a capable appearance. Wait a moment, I have something important for you to do later."
Wang raised an eyebrow, then asked another question, "Where's Elizabeth? I want Marika to check Erwin's lab again. I've marked the route with the powder that the wanderers would use, and Marika should be able to find it."
Bruce: "She hasn't come back yet. After my druid Cassander came back with the report, I sent people to look for her, but you see now, the whole city is in chaos, and the people I sent out have not reported back. Maybe she has been captured by the Emperor's army."
Wang walked to the window of the study and looked out through the narrow stone window at the city on fire. The light of the setting sun was fading and night was falling.
Bruce: "Worried?"
"Hmm? Is this feeling called worry?"
Bruce: "Have you never been concerned about anyone before?"
"No." Wang answered honestly.
"Then let me ask you a question." Just at this moment the servant was putting on the breastplate for 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 when I master the Great Prayer Technique in the future..."
"No, no, I'm not asking what you would do, I'm asking how you feel."
"Angry." Wang answered truthfully.
Bruce: "Well, at least you'll be angry. My sister will be happy. Back to business, you'll be standing next to me later, preferably holding this magic glow stick, and I want you to use an eye-catching spell. My court wizard has received the same order.
"After I finish my speech, I want you to do this! The soldiers don't know what kind of spell it is, but seeing a powerful wizard around will boost their morale."
The king looked at the "magic glow stick" in his hand. This artifact allowed him to transform into a dragon for one hour every day. He nodded and said, "I know what to do. It will definitely boost morale. But are you going to use the soldiers in the atrium? I found that a considerable number of them only have leather armor, and not many have chain mail."
Bruce: "Well-equipped standing armies, both ours and the barons', have been sent to key locations. Did you know that the fleet from the Riverdale attacked the port area? It turns out that the ballistae on the inner city bunkers alone cannot stop the fleet from landing.
"Most of my elite forces are in the port area, fighting against the troops from the Valley Territory. To save the city, we can only rely on these armed civilians."
Wang: "I saw enemies looting in the streets on my way here. They are all elite heavy infantry."
"Yes, so the armed civilians need higher morale. This is exactly what I am going to give them."
As he was talking, the servant finished changing into his armor. Bruce looked at himself in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction: "That's more like a lord who will charge with them. Let's go, let me show you next."
Bruce put on a dark blue cloak with the Langdon family crest on it and strode towards the door leading to the battlements.
The wizard glanced at the door that Xiaobai left through, curled his lips, and followed him.
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As soon as the Duke and his entourage appeared on the city wall south of the courtyard, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone below.
After all, the Duke was followed by a 1.8-meter-tall man holding a magic glow stick.
The stick was so dazzling that it eclipsed the torches that had just been lit in the atrium. The key point was that the light of the stick was white and bluish, which formed a sharp contrast with the soft orange-red light of the torches. As soon as it appeared, everyone would naturally focus their attention on it.
The Duke was very pleased with the result. He stood on the edge of the wall, not seeming to worry about falling down. He looked down at the soldiers gathered below and said loudly:
"Soldiers! You may wonder why there is no knight here, no squires, no 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, nor am I going to analyze any tactics with you. I just want to tell you why it was you!
"Because you are most familiar with this city! Perhaps you have already discovered that those who are assigned to the same team are all from your own neighborhood. I did this on purpose. Later, under the leadership of the captain, you will fight in your own neighborhood to drive out the emperor's invading army!
"You will find that the streets where you played as children are now burning! The fruits you coveted as children are thrown on the ground and trampled on!
"You will find that the girl whom you always looked at more than once in your youth is now being pinned to the ground by the rude Steyr countryman!
"You will find that it is your mothers that are stabbed to death with the swords of the peasants, your gold that is plundered, and your houses that are burned!
"This battle is not for honor! Even less for the lord! This is your city! Do not allow the Styrian barbarians to defile it! And I will personally lead you to kill them all!"
Duke Langdon drew out his sword. The great wizard was already prepared and immediately cast a high-level magic weapon. The Duke's sword then burned like an eternal flame, even covering the light of the dragon head artifact next to it.
The guards in the courtyard also raised their swords and shouted, "Kill them all!"
The overwhelming rage seemed to reach the sky.
At this moment, the king, who had been deliberately keeping a distance from the Duke, activated the power of the scepter.
His body began to swell, and in the blink of an eye, a huge black dragon coiled on the city wall, spread its wings that covered the sky, and howled towards the sky.
Duke Langdon was startled by the roar and almost stumbled and fell off the city wall. He turned around and saw the giant dragon suddenly appearing, and instantly controlled his emotions.
"Look!" he said, "the dragon is with us! Open the gates! Attack!"
Chapter 53 Night falls
At this time, Xiaobai was feasting in the restaurant downstairs from the study.
The Duke's servant brought out the steak that the Duke had not finished eating this afternoon, along with various fresh fruits and bread in a basket. However, the werewolf acted as if he did not see the bread and fruit and just started to eat the steak.
As she ate, she complained: "Why did you only give me this little food? Give me another piece of meat! This is not even enough to fill my teeth!"
The two servants looked at each other, then looked at the cook together.
The cook sighed and opened the door to the pantry.
Xiaobai's nose twitched, then she jumped up from her seat with a steak in her mouth, quickly got behind the cook, squeezed through the gap between the cook and the door frame, and rushed into the preparation room.
"Ooooh!" She exclaimed in admiration at the huge ham hanging in the pantry, and the meat in her mouth fell out!
The werewolf caught the fallen meat in mid-air, jumped onto the table in the pantry, and took down the whole ham hanging on the ceiling.
She stretched her neck, swallowed the meat in her mouth, and took a big bite of the ham.