"No need? But you didn't cry." Joel said.

Is it possible that she still has to cry?

Elena was a little depressed.

Keyol's serious expression and unreasonable "willfulness" made her compromise to this request.

She pinched her thighs hard and rubbed her eyes hard, trying hard to look like she was crying.

When she came back to her senses, she found that Joel's attention was completely focused on the gem he had just picked up, and he didn't pay attention to her at all.

This guy..

Igna saw that Joel did not agree or do what he just proposed.

Although it was a pity, he still focused on the food. His relatively long dragon tail secretly extended to the table, rolled up the food and brought it down.

Yoel's dragon tail explored the results achieved by Ignar and divided half of them.

The banquet continued, but the host of the birthday banquet, Archduke Tobias, did not appear for a long time.

Half an hour had passed since the originally arranged time. Faced with this situation, the nobles turned to Archduke Tobias's wife, Lady Ermelo, for help.

If they were a normal couple, they would definitely know the reason.

But this obviously does not include Ermelo, who has also been living in the Lemu family's villa recently.

"Fidelra, please explain the reason..." Ermelo threw the question to Phildra.

"It seems that the Grand Duke has been delayed due to some matters." Feldra explained, "I think he will arrive soon... Before that, everyone please enjoy the feast of delicious food."

Faced with this statement that what was said was the same as what was not said, the nobles did not dare to complain.

They continued to immerse themselves in the banquet, and this atmosphere continued until the soldiers rushed into the banquet in a panic...

"Invasion.. Orcs have invaded.."

The moment I heard the news, my joy was completely shattered.

The nobles who heard the movement and news also gathered around the soldiers, as if to confirm... the news.

"What did you say!?" Ermelo suppressed her shocked look. As the person in charge, she needed to preside over the matter.

"The orcs... invaded E. Palenque," the soldier repeated.

"Orcs? Those animals actually resisted?" El-Melloi said in surprise.

She expressed the sentiments of most nobles. When she heard the news, the biggest feeling was that it was unnatural. The peaceful life and the regulations for exploiting orcs gave the nobles the illusion that they could control orcs.

"What about the quantity?"

"More than...a hundred thousand..." the soldier responded.

An exaggerated number, one that might even annihilate E. Palenque.

With the dissolution of the Mage Association and the disappearance of the two saint magicians, the remaining scattered magicians were unable to resist at all.

There are only a few thousand soldiers stationed in Palenque.

Even if the mage tower can block it, how long can a city without reserve resources resist?

"How is it possible...are the countless troops in Duke Ridge just for display? How is it possible that they were allowed to arrive at E. Palenque smoothly? You should stop joking in moderation!"

"How could it be a joke? No soldier would make such a joke. If that's the case... then it's true." Feldra interrupted inappropriately.

This made the surrounding atmosphere of panic even deeper.

"What do you mean...?" El-Melloi heard a different meaning from his words, as if he already knew it.

"Do you think...the soldiers guarding Duke Tobias Ridge would not find any trace of the orcs at all?"

As El-Melloi said just now, this is impossible.

After everyone understood this, Feldra then continued: "Even the soldiers responsible for delivering this news should not appear here directly. When this situation occurs, it stands to reason that the people who come here

It can only be His Excellency the Grand Duke, but the soldiers have appeared here and brought news that is enough to cause chaos."

"he.."

Ermelo wanted to speak out, but Fidela spoke first.

"This is something that His Excellency the Grand Duke has tacitly approved of!"

El-Melloi frowned and breathed faster.

This was something that all the nobles present could not help but do, even the big-hearted Fuztel... the same was true.

In fact, he has already thought of...

"Is it the orc sent by my brother Lanfric?"

"Master Lanfric has brought in the orcs, and Master Foztel can... use the power of Duke Ridge and E. Palenque to resist. This is a consideration and the real choice of the successor."

An important piece of news came from Feldra's mouth.

"He... is really cruel." Ermelo calmed down after hearing the news.

She already knew this news early in the morning.

Arranged the scene of brothers killing each other, but I didn't expect it to be such a big drama.

From her understanding of Archduke Tobias, it was impossible for him to do anything "out of line". Since the orcs' attack was known to him, it must be within his control.

"It's just a process," Fielder replied.

Faced with this thought that he had already guessed, Fuztel still showed a panicked look on his cheeks.

"With the few thousand guards of E. Palenque, it is impossible to withstand the army of 100,000 orcs. The magic stones in the inventory can provide protection for the mage tower for about three days."

"I remember that the reserve was clearly more than a week...!" Foztel saw Feldera's sly eyes.

One week was abruptly reduced to three days, but it was an arrangement due to his job... With Feldlar's resourcefulness, he would usually use construction as an excuse to use the magic stone to reasonably reduce his time.

"Because of the birthday banquet, many nobles brought guards. Coupled with E. Palenque's original private army of nobles, we should be able to barely scrape together 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers. In this case, the city defense battle can be fully supported.

Several days. Ask for help from nearby cities, the round trip time is about six days, it can be done." Feldra gave an idea.

But it is an unsolvable idea.

When Foztel looked at the other nobles, they averted their eyes.

Since they already knew that the orcs this time were arranged by Archduke Tobias, there was no need for them to get involved.

Many private armies are the result of decades of cultivation by nobles using their wealth.

It's not worth it to just pay in vain and strive for an unstable result.

Feldra smiled quietly. He really understood the psychology of these nobles. If he told the matter... then Foztel would lose the help of these nobles.

With thousands of troops and several mage towers in his hands, the Mage Association disappeared.

Waverley's army, which had been able to organize quickly, also collapsed.
Chapter completed!