In the small square below the tower, a teleportation light dissipated. Garriott appeared on the ground, squatting, and one-third of his scaly body had been shaved off, with many horrific wounds on the exposed flesh.
Marquis Baldini, Marco, Primo and the rest of the Black Guards gathered in the square, surrounding Sacheri's half-headed corpse.
Seeing Garriott appear here with a miserable look on his face, the healing mage among the Black Guards rushed over to treat him.
The scales and other dragon features on Garriott's body began to slowly fade away, but in the process of regaining his human appearance, many of his wounds slowly healed. This is the power of the bloodline warriors. In the process of their transformation from a powerful form to a human, many of their injuries will be healed by the body and gradually return to the range that humans can bear.
However, this is not without cost. It will further consume their bloodline power. The less bloodline power there is, the worse the effect of the next transformation will be. This can only be recovered slowly through recuperation.
When he completely regained his human appearance, his injuries had healed a lot. He was no longer bleeding, but his face was terribly pale. He walked to Sacheri's body and sighed, "Poor Sacheri and Miguel, they were unfortunately caught in a battle with such a powerful enemy, but they maintained the honor of the empire until their death."
There was silence at the scene, even Marco stopped talking. They had just watched the entire battle from the tower, and although they were far away and couldn't see some details clearly, everyone knew how much of an advantage the Chinese had.
Garriott raised his head and said to the Marquis Baldini who was hesitant to speak: "This is a battle with great cost. No matter how many of your soldiers died, it is not worth the death of Sacheri and Miguel. So don't say any more complaining nonsense. We have paid so many sacrifices and finally understand what kind of enemy we are facing."
"What kind of enemies do you think they are?" Marco asked.
Garriott looked at him as if he were an idiot and said, "Of course it's an enemy we can't defeat."
He poked Marco's heart with his finger and said, "I'll remember you, kid. Aren't you good at giving advice? You'd better come up with an idea as soon as possible about how to rush out and cause some damage to the Chinese outside. I'm waiting for your action. Otherwise, I will throw you out in two days."
"Sir Garriott, how can I do something that you can't do?" Marco said.
"You have to do it even if you can't." Garriott ignored him, walked up to Marquis Baldini, pointed at the shield in the sky and said, "You'd better hope that this thing can hold out long enough, otherwise..." He shook his head and led the remaining black guards towards his own base.
After Garriott and the Black Guards walked away, Marquis Baldini said to Marco, "Marco, you shouldn't have provoked Lord Garriott. We can't keep this city without his Black Guards. Even if we can't keep this city, we can't do without his help."
Marco said, "Sir, I am only making suggestions based on tactical needs. I have no selfish motives. Even if there is a little bit, it is to protect our own strength."
"But the fact is that we didn't preserve our power and also offended him," said Marquis Baldini.
"Sir, do you really want to follow them till the end of time?"
"What kind of talk is that! Don't you know what kind of people the Chinese are? They are fundamentally opposed to the nobility! We can do business with them, but you want them to deprive me of my noble status and make me sit with those people of lowly origin? That is a stain on my family name." Baldini frowned and waved his hand, saying, "Do your job well. Don't provoke Lord Garriott these two days. Just follow me peacefully. You won't regret it in the end."
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In a tunnel somewhere underground, Tashia, Elena and Xiaobai were groping their way forward. After receiving the warning, the enemies at the barrier control center sent more people to block the passage to the inner layer and placed the Eye of Truth at the door, making it impossible for Tashia and the others to get close.
Because they were too far away from Xiao Chen and there was a barrier on the ground, the connection in the meditation world became very weak, but they had a vague feeling of the situation Xiao Chen was in. Although they didn't know the specific situation, they understood that Xiao Chen and Master Kona's actions were very unsuccessful, and the barrier had already risen, so the problem of solving the barrier fell on them.
"We have to find other ways to get in," Tashia said. "We've been wandering around the entrance for a long time. However, these passages are guarded very tightly. If we don't lead them away, we won't find any chance. There are three entrances to the control center, and each is guarded by seven or eight people."
"We can destroy them if we want," said Elena.
"Then there are reinforcements coming from afar." Tashia shook her head, "We can't handle so many people."
"But if I go and attract their attention, you and Xiaobai will have a chance." Elena said.
"Xiao Chen will never agree to this. You are playing with your own life. Both magic and fighting spirit may destroy our souls."
"Okay. I just think it's boring to be as cautious in the second life as the first. What's more, this life is not quite complete."
"Xiao Chen has always treated us as complete people." Tasia argued.
Elena stretched and said, "It's just a suggestion. Xiao Chen is this, Xiao Chen is that, you are really Xiao Chen's housekeeper."
Tasia wanted to retort, but Elena suddenly pulled her back and pointed in a direction and said, “Look at what that person is doing?”
Tasya looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a man who looked like a wizard, escorted by two warriors, walking towards them.
Tashia and Elena hurriedly moved away. The mage came to a stone wall behind them, took out a basket from his storage ring, and took out a crystal from the basket and placed it on the wall. As the magic arrays lit up layer by layer, the stone wall behind them showed the outline of a stone door. When the magic words ran through the entire stone door, the door slowly opened. The two took a quick glance and found that the inside of the stone door was covered with complex magic arrays. These magic arrays were running at full capacity, and bright light shone from inside.
The wizard walked in carrying a basket, and then the stone door slowly closed. About half an hour later, he walked out again, still holding the basket in his hand.