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A sky monster that looked like a passenger plane slowly landed at the foot of the mountain. Three professionals wearing black robes and two wearing armor jumped off the back of the monster.
After looking around for a few times, the middle-aged magician with long golden hair who seemed to be the leader turned around and said, "Set up a sealing array. The Mad Lion Legion will ride on mushrooms to block the southern passage of Gul City."
"As ordered!"
Two rows of round holes opened up on the belly of the sky monster, spewing out powerful airflows that lifted it vertically into the air and flew far away.
"Sir Brando." A knight stepped out from the four people standing side by side. "Lake has fallen. I can't believe that the city of Gul, which has blocked Lagu for hundreds of years, has become what it is now."
Recalling the scene he had just seen from the air, Brando's mouth curled up: "The broken dirt road, the mottled city walls, haha, there was not even a single soldier patrolling outside the city."
Among the remaining three people, a magician with his head tucked into his hood said: "Don't be careless. King Lagu died a thousand years ago..."
"Mahamuda, you are too cautious." The knight who spoke first turned his head, "Being too modest is the greatest arrogance."
The wizard's hood moved and he fell silent.
"Mahamuda is right," Brando said, easing the tense atmosphere. "We should be more vigilant.
Especially before the enemy is still breathing."
After saying this, he looked at the vague outline of Gul City in the distance and said, "Hurry up and set up the sealing array. I'll go find Joey."
"As you command, Master Brando."
The four of them bowed and saluted, then ran in different directions to place the magic crystals at the nodes of the magic circle.
Brando took his time, stuffing his staff into his wide cuffs and walking towards Gul City.
He didn't walk fast. The 30-kilometer distance took him twenty minutes to reach the city gate, even with his strength as a mage.
He looked up at the three words "Gul City" on the top of the city gate for a while, then glanced at the dozing guard with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
"Gul City."
Muttering to himself, he stepped through the doorway and wandered among the crowd on the street.
"It's been more than three hundred years." Brando looked at the roadside shops leisurely, "I have forgotten the way to the Deputy City Lord's Mansion."
He stopped passers-by and asked how to get to the Deputy City Lord's Mansion.
When the honest citizens of the city saw the man in front of them dressed as a magician, they knelt down and answered.
When asked for directions, Brando took out a gold coin from his sleeve and threw it to him, then continued walking forward.
After being stunned for a moment, the citizens picked up the gold coins rolling at their feet. Before they could be happy, they suddenly felt something was wrong.
On the front of the gold coin, there is not a statue of a griffin with its wings spread, but an unknown strange creature.
It has a round and flat body and a thin tail.
Throwing the gold coins away in anger, the citizens stood up and cursed: "Damn bastard, you actually pretended to be the magician!
The gold coins used were fake!"
Brando quickened his pace and arrived at the deputy city lord's mansion ten minutes later.
There are two deputy city lord's mansions in Gul City, and the citizens don't know which one Joey's is.
Brando was too lazy to ask anyone else, thinking that if he got the wrong place, he could just walk the extra distance and just go shopping.
Go up and talk to the guard at the door.
Luckily, it was Joey's house.
"Please wait a moment, Master Magician." The guard turned around and trotted into the gate.
Brando said nothing and waited quietly at the door.
It's not that I have a good temper.
This is a human gathering place established by a church in the city.
If anyone dares to kill someone, the church will come and tear him to pieces on the spot.
After a while, through the half-open door, he saw Joey striding towards him.
"Mr. Brando, hello."
"kindness."
Under the surprised eyes of the two guards, Deputy City Lord Joey greeted Brando as if he were a servant, with a flattering smile.
The two walked through the front yard and the hall, along the wall-less viewing corridor to the end, and entered the bedroom.
"Mr. Brando." After closing the door, Joey approached Brando who was facing away from him, put his right hand on his left chest, and bent down slightly. "I have been waiting for this day for a full one hundred and fifty years."
"Thanks a lot."
Without looking back, he continued, "As long as we capture the city of Gul, it will only be a matter of time before Lake is incorporated into the kingdom's territory."
At this point, Brando turned his head abruptly: "Also, the Lord of Gul mentioned in your letter..."
"Yes, the perfect plan made before has to be changed."
Joey promised various conditions and offered many practical benefits. He was ecstatic after he finally succeeded in persuading the city lord to rebel.
When Lagu's army arrived, the city lord immediately opened the gate and surrendered, and the Lake royal family was absolutely unaware of it.
Lagu pretended that nothing was wrong in Gur City and continued to send reinforcements into the city.
Once the troops are sufficient, they will move out at lightning speed. The Lake royal family, which knows nothing about this, will probably not realize it until most of the territory has been lost and even the capital has been surrounded.
Well, the idea is great and it’s not difficult to execute.
But Joey couldn't understand why a city lord at the level of a mage, who had been rampant in Gol for two hundred years, disappeared just when he had just established contact with him.
In fact, it is a good thing to die outside. Joey took the opportunity to temporarily take over the position of the city lord, which made it easier for him to move.
result……
Joey frowned and said, "I haven't investigated the true identity of the fake city lord, and I don't even have any clues about where he came from.
At present...all we know is that he is very strong.
I estimate that he is at least a magician. After entering the city lord's mansion for a few months, he has mastered the city lord's famous magic, Solar Storm."
How many months?
Brando asked in surprise, "Are you sure it's a solar storm?"
Solar Storm is a master-level magic, and only a few people know how to use it.
The low probability of being unearthed in a maze is one reason, but the most important reason is that it is extremely difficult to learn.
This is not unexpected.
Normally, it would take thirty years to learn a master-level magic, twenty years for a genius, and ten years...
Brando could count on one hand the ones he had seen and heard of.
"determine."
Nodding his head, Joey explained, "I saw him condense the storm seeds with my own eyes."
"What if it's possible that it can do it by itself?"
“Mage, fire element, found the solar storm in the maze, the magic book, and pretended to be the city lord.
It is too demanding to meet all the above conditions, so it is basically ruled out. "
"Too."
Brando lifted his long golden hair and said, "Compared to the solar storm... I'm more interested in the Atlas Fallen Spirit you mentioned.
Since the solar storm was controlled by the fake city lord..."
Atlas Fallen Spirit, an earth-based master-level magic, was an unexpected gain for the city lord.
After having sex with Joey, the city lord learned that his superior, Brando, was an earth mage, so he gave him this magic book as a gift of surrender.
Of course, the city lord was not stupid. He rejected Joey's request at the time and said that he would only do so after meeting Brando himself.
Brando came to Gol City alone. In addition to asking Joey for information in case of any changes in Gol City, another reason was the magic book.
Or rather, mainly for the latter.
As for the former, a sealing array is set up so that not even a mosquito can fly out of Gul City.
No matter what you do, there's nothing to worry about.
As for why I care about Straus's Fallen Spirit, it's because its power is invincible at the same level.
Seeing Brando's thoughtful expression, Joey guessed what he was thinking and said hurriedly, "Don't worry, Sir Brando.
Since the fake city lord released the solar storm, it means he is a fire magician. It is impossible for him to learn Stratus's Fallen Spirit and then destroy the magic book."
"That's true." He smiled. "Even if we occupy the city of Gul, Strauss the Fallen Spirit will still..."
Before he finished speaking, Brando's face suddenly changed and he took out a sound transmission crystal from his sleeve.
Before he separated from the main force, he specifically told them not to contact him unless it was an emergency, but now the crystal lit up...
He closed his eyes and held the crystal with a serious expression.
After a few seconds, he suddenly opened his eyes, said nothing, grabbed Joey's arm and rushed out of the deputy city lord's mansion. Without any pause or hesitation, he rushed madly towards the city gate.
Chapter 217: The Silent Forest Encirclement and Annihilation Campaign Begins, Zhang Mu’s Trump Card
The rolling mountains stretch to the end of the horizon, and the lush forests block the beams of light from the setting sun.
In the dim woods, the Lagu soldiers who had finally escaped their pursuit for a short time leaned against a tree or found an open space with sparse bushes and sat down, panting heavily.
"Sir!"
The professional vanguard commander was wearing half-armor and standing by a tree, concentrating on thinking about something. A soldier trotted over and saluted.
"The head count is complete, and there are approximately 800 soldiers remaining."
The commander told himself to stay calm, but his calm expression still turned ugly.
The pursuit lasted from noon to dusk, and of the 10,000-strong vanguard, only one in ten survived.
Although he understood that not all the soldiers who fell behind would be killed and might be separated from the main force, given the enemy's combat effectiveness, they had no chance of escaping the subsequent raid.
"Those bastards sitting in the house! Don't they even verify the authenticity of the information?!"