"Learning City..."

Sitting on his beloved war horse and looking at the towering city on the distant horizon, Marshal Barrit, the commander-in-chief of the Fifteenth Fanatic Expedition Movement [Crusader], couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

As a soldier, siegeing cities and territories is the greatest glory. As a believer, fighting for the Lord is also the supreme glory. However, as a human being, an old man in his sixties, he is a little tired of the mutual murder between his fellow tribes, even under the banner of the Lord.

Seven Dragon Chronicle October 30, 1033

After a week and a half of unharmed battle, nearly 100,000 Light Crusaders finally approached the heart of the Duchy of Tiling, the city of Xueshi. The towns along the way either surrendered or were easily captured by fanatical crusaders, with basically no decent resistance, but all this was not beyond Barrit's expectations, because he had long guessed Azel's thought of being smart.

"Since we've all arrived, I guess they should have already made it?"

With a thought, Barrit suddenly turned his sight to the farther east, as if he wanted to penetrate the horizon and see the murderous army of undead behind...

Almost at the same time, the vanguard troops of the Republic of Heles also arrived ten kilometers outside the Xueshi City, and their follow-up troops were also rushing to follow the vanguard. The number of the undead army, which was more surging than the Crusaders, soon suddenly increased to a huge 150,000!

"Camped on the spot and ordered the engineering troops to assemble siege equipment and install magic cannons, but the actions must be secret."

On the bone scorpion, Gan Simmona, the Field Marshal of the Principal of Heles, looked at the distant city, then quickly jumped off his mount and began to plan the camp arrangement.

"That... Marshal, are we going to attack the city later? Wouldn't we fight a field battle with the Crusaders?"

A Death Knight, who is also a zombie, expressed his doubts in a very honest voice.

"Pay attention to the words!"

After glaring at the Death Knight fiercely, Gansimona showed a very playful smile and said in a vague tone:

"The Crusaders naturally want to fight, but why should they fight immediately? As long as we don't move, the church will definitely not dare to move. After all, once we fight, the one in the city will laugh crazy."

"Ha? Don't you fight?"

The honest Death Knight looked at his commander in confusion, and he couldn't think of any reason in his simple mind.

"What are we doing?"

"Haha, I didn't say I won't fight, and even if we don't want to fight, those fanatical believers of the Light will come to fight us. But now both sides have concerns and don't know the truth of each other's body, so there will be no conflict today. No matter what will happen, at least it will happen after tomorrow."

"Oh... I'll fight tomorrow."

"tomorrow?"

Speaking of these two words, Gan Xinmona, who was looking down at the map spread out by the staff members, slowly raised her head and turned her eyes to the west. A strange smile suddenly appeared on her stiff face.

"Tomorrow I can't explain anything..."

"Marson, what do you mean?"

"Haha, it's nothing. You can take a few teams of scouts around to check and see if there are hidden troops in the Duchy of Tiling. If you find it, don't rush to attack. Just come back and report it."

But soon, it seemed that something had come to mind. Gansimona thought for a moment and then gave the second order to the Death Knight.

"Also, go and tell Case and ask him to take his brigade to test the church, remember! Just temptation, don't expand the conflict!"

"Abide by the order!"

After the Death Knight left, Gansimona turned around and began to issue new orders to a ghost adviser beside him.

"Ling, you will enter the Xueshi City as an envoy to clarify the purpose of our army. We are not here to occupy this country, but to help our allies resist the threat of the church and to fight for normal rights and interests for the cemetery tribe. I hope Azel will not think too much. We just want to temporarily take over the defense of Xueshi City. As long as the church army retreats, we will immediately leave the Duchy of Tiling."

"Affect the order."

Then he said to a simple-dressed necromancer and a skeleton knight beside him:

"Anrelia, you ordered all the necromancers, including Skywalker, to leave the camp today and save all your magic energy! Bai, you ordered all the soldiers to stay open tonight and be ready for battle at any time, but the more lively the atmosphere, the better, let everyone know that we are ready for a decisive battle! It is best to make everyone ignore the movements of our engineering troops."

"yes!"

When all the orders were issued, the tent that was the temporary command post was also set up, and Gansimona walked into the tent with the remaining staff. There were still many more work to do...

"It's true that day is coming..."

Standing on the highest bell tower in the city of Knowledge, looking at the two armies of the East and the West, an inexplicable sense of powerlessness hit Qin Yanyang's heart.

The Duchy of Tiling is too weak. The two huge forces on the opposite side, Xueshi City is like a soybean on a mill, and there is a danger of being crushed into powder by both sides at any time.

If you look from the air at this time, you will find that the black army of undead and the shining golden crusaders are like two sharp blades, and the City of Xuexi is the piece of cheese between the two sharp blades. No one can tell how much protection the tall city wall can provide, but no matter what it is good, there is one thing that cannot be changed. The fate of the Tiling people can no longer be controlled by themselves.

"Captain! Latest information!"

Just when Qin Yanyang was in a state of confusion and his heart was in turmoil, a rapid call brought him back to reality. He turned around and found that he was one of his commanders, a fourth-level senior warrior - Carl Juventus.

"What's wrong?"

Although he was wearing a slightly thick full-body swordsman armor, Carl's steps were very light and he walked to Qin Yanyang in a few steps.

"Captain, latest information! The Crusaders and the Undead Army have set up camps on the spot. Both sides have prepared for a decisive battle, and have sent scouts and small troops to test each other. At present, several small-scale battles have broken out outside the city. It seems that the Crusaders and the Undead are really going to do it!"

"oh!"

After hearing this news, Qin Yanyang suddenly felt happy, but soon he calmed down, and the group of doubts rushed into his mind like a tide.

"Well... isn't right? The commanders of both sides are veterans who have experienced battle formations. Can't they see the consequences of the decisive battle?"

After pondering for a while, Qin Yanyang couldn't figure it out, but there was always a voice in his heart telling him that the church and the undead would not be so stupid. One of them had a huge conspiracy, the kind of conspiracy that was enough to destroy the entire Xueshi City!

"Do both sides prepare siege equipment?"

"It seems that there is no information on this aspect yet, so there should be no."

"Yeah……"

After making up the idea of ​​the soldiers coming to block the water and soil, Qin Yanyang felt a little relaxed, but when he remembered the news that he had heard before, about whether the two sides had sent scouts to wander around Xueshi City, his heart was raised again.

"Carl, is it okay at the headquarters?"

"Not yet. Since the camouflage spells that were prepared before have worked, the scouts seem to have not noticed us yet."

"Don't be careless. You can increase the number of secret whistles immediately after you go back... Forget it, I'll go back in person in the evening."

I guess something big will happen in the city for a while, so Qin Yanyang decided to leave Xueshi City temporarily and return to the headquarters to take charge of the command. After all, their hidden power will play a decisive role in the later stage.

"Haha, it's best for you to go back, otherwise, Andrea will be so annoyed to me."

"Now she is at the headquarters? It's really rare..."

Thinking of the subordinate who always likes to stick to him but has superb strength, Qin Yanyang couldn't help but smile bitterly on his firm face. Andrea Aipu, a fourth-level hunter, is actually the strongest among the National Knights in terms of personal strength, but she also has a playful and shy personality and loves Qin Yanyang very much. She often makes some troubles, which has always made Qin Yanyang a headache.

"Forget it, it's better for her to be there. After all, the battle behind her will be less than a large part of the strength."

While speaking, Qin Yanyang raised his head and looked at the sky. The scorching sun that was originally hanging above his head seemed to have begun to shift westward. An uneasy night is coming...

"Is that really going to start?"

On the back of the huge Zeppelin, Yue Yulou, who was holding his chest with his hands, was closing his eyes, feeling the breeze blowing towards him, and behind him was a key member of Mu.

"What a nice weather, I believe there will be a good night."

He slowly opened his eyes, smiled Yue Yulou lowered his arms and walked slowly towards the front of the airship.

"My old enemy, my future old enemy..."

Although he is at a height of altitude and is still standing on such a smooth surface of the airship, every step of Yue Yulou is very relaxed.

"...Attracted by you, I will stare at the continuation of my dream..."

Standing still, the smile on his face was not sure whether it was expectation or joy, Yue Yulou's eyes seemed to start burning again, which almost crazy flames that only appeared whenever he wanted to fight...

"Go forward! Go to the battlefield!"

With a low growl, the originally thick clouds in the air were suddenly washed away by an inexplicable force. In an instant, dozens of huge airships emerged from the clouds. In front of this huge fleet, the dying city was already looming.

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Chapter completed!