"What do you mean?" Luo Ling asked.
Xiao Chen said: "This woman has revealed her greed and short-sightedness since she stole the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of Consciousness". Even if she knew that the people from the Temple of Nature would come to besiege her city, she would still hold on to a fluke mentality. After all, Lagos City is an important town in the south that she spent a lot of effort to conquer. Do you think she will give up this piece of fat meat that has already been swallowed
She asked Li Jia to defend the city, but she hoped that the power of the Temple of Nature was not as strong as the legend said. But although the army of the Temple of Nature is small in number, its quality is far from comparable to their current subordinates. "
"She took your support into account as well." Luo Ling said.
"Even if we send out reinforcements right away, how long do you think it will take to get to that city?" Xiao Chen shook his head helplessly. "I asked Wang Jiyuan to calculate. Even if we use the teleportation array regardless of the cost, it will take at least three days to deploy the army to Lagos City. Not to mention the size of the army and the crystals consumed."
Luo Ling nodded and said, "Even if we send out a small team of experts, this problem cannot be solved. It is impossible for a city to be defended by just a few experts, not to mention that the Temple of Nature is not short of real experts at all."
Xiao Chen said: "Besides, no matter whether it is the army or the masters, once we withdraw our forces, we will definitely not be able to take care of the defense of our own town. Would the Temple of Nature not want to fight us? They just haven't found the right opportunity yet. Once we reveal any flaws, their knights will attack mercilessly.
If we show even the slightest sign of weakness, those Mage Towers and nobles who flatter the Temple of Nature will bite us like hungry wolves.
Even if the priests of the present world sect and the God-coming sect are at odds, how can we be sure that they will not participate in this war? After all, most of them are people who truly value interests and can put faith aside.
It's not that I don't care about Li Jia or his wife, it's just that I have to be responsible for more of my companions. It's not that I don't want to help him, but now I... Even if I have to gamble my life, I have to gamble on something more valuable.
So since we can't go, we can only invite him back."
"It seems that you have thought it through clearly. In this case, don't think too much about other things. They will only interfere with your judgment, or make you feel painful after making a judgment." Luo Ling put a hand on his shoulder and squeezed it gently, "You have made a decision like a leader. A true leader."
Xiao Chen looked at Luo Ling, her clear eyes were full of sympathy and understanding. Xiao Chen, who had hardened his heart to make the analysis, suddenly felt soft in his heart, and his eyes became sore. He blinked and said, "Hey! I'm not like this for that brat Li Jia, I just feel lucky. Compared to him, my vision is ten thousand times stronger. And then I was moved by my own luck."
"Just keep talking nonsense." Luo Ling pinched him, "I know what Li Jia means to you."
"Don't talk so weirdly. It gives me goose bumps." Xiao Chen said with gritted teeth.
"He is actually a flaw. You always think that your support for his relationship with Serinda and your approval of his marriage to Serinda are the key reasons for a series of mistakes and the current situation." Luo Ling stared at him and said word by word, "But that's not the case. It wasn't you who made him fall in love with Serinda, nor was it you who made those choices for him, and it wasn't you who made him decide to become Serinda's husband. As an adult like him, he should take responsibility for his own actions. You don't have to blame yourself for others' naivety, ignorance, selfishness and blindness."
Xiao Chen looked at Luo Ling and opened his mouth slightly: "If I didn't have confidence in my mental power, I would really doubt that you cast some kind of mind-seeing magic on me."
"Is it still necessary to cast a spell? When you were talking to Nina just now, all your emotions were written on your face." Luo Ling rubbed his head again and said.
"It's really bad to be seen through. I'm so embarrassed." Xiao Chen touched his nose and said, "Now I just hope that everything goes well for Nina and the others."
Nina and her group hurriedly left the Duke's Palace. Guard Miro carried Nina's father, Knight Holmes, on his back, Guard Loreto was responsible for carrying the unconscious Li Jia, and Officer Farot was responsible for leading them to their own defense zone. He had just deliberately left a relatively low section of the city wall and sent away the soldiers on it.
"Miss Nina, which direction should we escape to after leaving the city?" asked Farot.
"Miss Serinda has already gone to the northwest city of Macal, so I told Mr. Xiao Chen that we will go to the west city of Groya." Nina said.
Farot suddenly asked in a low voice: "Ms. Nina, do you think we are betraying Miss Serinda?"
Nina was stunned and said, "Don't we count as saving her husband?"
Farot nodded slowly: "I feel much more at ease when you say that."
Nina smiled, but she found herself feeling very upset. She looked at her father, then at Li Jia, and then she let out a long sigh of relief.
A group of people came to the city wall, lowered a rope from above, and climbed down from the wall one after another.
Nina and Farot followed at the end. Nina saw the people in front of her get down safely and was about to roll over, but she seemed to see a few reflections in the distant forest.
"What's wrong?" asked Farot.
Nina said, "There seems to be some movement over there."
Farot asked, "Could it be an enemy?"
Nina cast a Mage's Eye spell, and the invisible Mage's Eye flew from the city wall to the previous position. Half a minute later, Nina covered her mouth and exclaimed, "It's the army!"
Farot said, "They must be people from the Temple of Nature! They really attacked at night."
"what to do?"
"According to their current speed, they will attack the city in half an hour at most. We must first find out from which directions the enemy is coming. If we want to escape, we must avoid their army." Farot said.
"Right, right." Nina controlled the Mage's Eye and looked in other directions. After a while, she pointed to a hill in the distance and said, "It seems that the enemy is divided into five teams and is coming from all directions. If we go in that direction, we can get in between the two armies."
"Okay. Miss Nina, take them away quickly. Remember to use the Mage's Eye to find out the situation ahead." Farot said.
"Well, let's go." Nina was about to jump down with the Feather Falling Technique, but she saw that Farot didn't move at all. "Why don't you leave?"
Farot said: "The enemy is coming, someone must inform the brothers in the city about this matter, I want to stay."
"It won't make any difference if you stay. If the enemy gets any closer, the other sentries will spot them," Nina said.
"Maybe, but giving the warning earlier will probably give us a little more initiative... I think this will make me feel at ease." Farot gently pushed Nina and let her float out. "Hurry up and leave the city before I sound the alarm! Take care!"
(To be continued)