The shouting became clearer and clearer.
"Miss Serinda! Miss Serinda!"
"It's Nina." Serinda stood up. "Something must have happened, otherwise she wouldn't bother me at this time."
Serinda pushed open the door to the rooftop and saw her maid Nina rushing up to her in a hurry, with a look of panic on her face and tears on her face, as if something terrible had happened.
When Nina saw Serinda, she ignored etiquette and grabbed her arm, stammering, "Miss! Something bad has happened. Your father was defeated. My father sent the news. He just arrived downstairs and was seriously injured."
Serinda grabbed her and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"That's... that's... the Earl's army was defeated, and only my father escaped and brought the letter." Nina repeated.
"Calm down, where is your father?" Serinda asked.
"It's... downstairs." Nina said.
"Let's go! Let's go take a look down there!" Li Jia said.
"Take me to see him!" Serinda pulled Nina down the stairs, and Li Jia hurriedly followed.
Nina's father, Knight Holmes, was lying on a bed in a bedroom. He was injured a lot and his face was as pale as paper due to excessive blood loss. He leaned on the cushion at the head of the bed, his eyes were almost closed, but he still tried hard to open them, trying not to fall asleep.
When Serinda rushed into the room, Holmes propped himself up and said, "Miss Serinda, there is an extremely urgent military situation! The Earl's army was ambushed by the Blazing Sun Knights and the Heavenly Punishment Legion of the Temple of Nature!"
"Why did the Temple of Nature suddenly launch an attack on us? There was no sign before! And we have reached a tacit understanding with Priest Roland, how could such a thing happen suddenly! What is the current situation of the Earl himself? How are his troops?"
"I don't know if your father escaped their siege in the end, but I followed his orders to break through the siege to inform you. There must be troops from the Temple of Nature gathering near you. If we are right, the main attacker will be the Temple Guards led by the Knights of Rage." Holmes said in one breath. After he finished speaking, he coughed several times and spat out a mouthful of blood. Nina was so scared that she hurried over to wipe it off.
Serinda shouted to Nina, "Don't make trouble here, go find a healing mage."
"Oh, yes." Nina looked at her father worriedly and hurried out the door.
Serinda had been in command of the army for some time. She had a sullen face and spoke with authority: "Holmes, tell me in detail what happened."
Holmes raised his head and looked out the window. "Everything happened three days ago."
He paused, as if recalling what had happened: "In the past ten days, the Earl has been leading us to besiege Rock Castle. That fortress is very strong. Although Duke Hoval has been defeated by us many times, he still has a lot of troops under his command. These people are hiding in Rock Castle, making every inch of the Rock Castle wall full of enemies, making it very difficult to deal with.
We set up three camps in the northwest and south of Rock Castle. The main camp is the west camp where the Earl is. Although the defense of Rock Castle is strong, with the pneumatic cannons given to us by the Chinese, it is only a matter of time to knock down the wall. Four days ago, we blasted a gap during the day. Then we kept suppressing the enemy, so that they could not use magic to repair this section of the wall. The Earl was ready to launch a general attack at night, break through the gap in one fell swoop, and take over Rock Castle.
But just as our team began to attack Rock Castle from several directions at the same time, and the main Berserkers began to attack the gap in the castle wall, many Temple Knights and Temple Guards suddenly appeared from behind our team, and under the cover of magic, they launched a surprise attack on us in the night.
No matter how powerful the army is, it cannot resist the enemy rushing out from behind, not to mention that these enemies are extremely powerful. The enemy troops in Rock Castle also rushed out of the castle and attacked our troops from both sides. "
"That night..." Holmes shook his head with a bleak look on his face. "It was a complete defeat."
"What about their main Berserkers? Were they also defeated?"
"Those were the Knights of the Blazing Sun. They formed two cavalry teams with mid-level knights and above to harass our Berserker troops. You all know that Berserkers lose their minds once they go crazy. They used this to divert our Berserkers from their original attack route and lure them into the trap prepared by the temple priests. They controlled them with vine magic and trapped them to death in the vines."
"So what happened to my father-in-law?" Li Jia asked.
"Because the West Camp couldn't stop these crazy guards, the Earl led us, the Knights of the Royal Guards, and some of the soldiers who had gathered together to retreat to the city of Bavaria. But we didn't expect that when we arrived in Bavaria, we found that the city had also fallen into the hands of the Temple of Nature. After a night of fighting and fleeing, everyone needed rest and supplies, so the Earl could only take us to a nearby small town called Sedara. However, we all knew that it would take only a few hours for the Temple of Nature to find us. The Earl believed that the Temple of Nature would not attack him alone, and would definitely come to deal with your flanking force. Therefore, I must tell you what happened to him.
The Earl ordered me and five other knights to come to you separately, but when I came out, I ran into the enemy troops that were chasing the Earl. I was later spotted by their scouts and I fought my way out to get here. It seems that I was the only one among us messengers who finally broke through the encirclement. "
“What does he want us to do?” Serinda asked.
"Retreat, retreat to Ariak, and then send a messenger to the Tower of China to seek help. It is impossible for you to continue to move forward or to hold on to Lagos City now. There is a lack of people's support for defending the city. Only the Chinese can change the situation and help you get out of the siege. Your army is all pieced together, the city walls here are damaged, and the residents do not support you. Once you encounter the siege of the Temple of Nature, you will be attacked from both inside and outside. Only by retreating immediately can you survive the attack of the Temple of Nature." Holmes suddenly said in a very solemn tone, "The Earl has specifically instructed me to emphasize one point, you must not think about saving him!" (To be continued)