At four o'clock in the morning, in the town of Lacia east of Gronia City, Gronia's acting city lord Banos stood humbly and respectfully beside Xiao Chen and his party, watching Xiao Chen standing on a stone fountain in the town square, performing some secret technique with his eyes closed.
The man in front of him was the supreme leader of the Tower of China, a great magician, and a foreign visitor with a mysterious heritage. Compared to him, Banios was just a mid-level knight following Serinda. Although he was now in charge of a city, he did not dare to be disrespectful in front of Xiao Chen.
He followed Xiao Chen and others, and after a midnight trek, they arrived at this town which was more than a hundred kilometers away from Gronia City.
After Xiao Chen and others arrived in Gronia, they hoped to go to a closer location to meet Li Jia and others, so Baños recommended this town.
Lacia Town is located between Gronia City and Lagos City. It is a must-go place from Lagos to Gronia. This town was also captured by Serinda recently. It was originally a town that produced stone materials and had the best stonemasons nearby. However, with the passage of Serinda's army, the town was almost destroyed. Most of the young and strong people in the town were taken away by Serinda as military craftsmen and slaves. Later, it became a city on the transportation supply line. Transport teams and reconnaissance teams were often stationed there. The remaining old people, women and children suffered disasters again and again. Those who did not die also fled to the surrounding villages for refuge. Now, this town, which originally had more than a thousand people, is empty, like a ghost town, and it looks very gloomy in the early morning.
Xiao Chen opened his eyes and floated down from the stone sculpture of the fountain.
"Can you sense Nina's bracelet?" Luo Ling asked.
Xiao Chen stretched out a little finger, pinched a small part of it and said, "I can only feel her presence a little bit, but I can't tell the direction. I need a formation to enhance my perception. I need you to lend me a few people to make this formation."
Xiao Chen waved to Banos, who quickly stepped forward and asked, "Master Xiao Chen, is there anything you need?"
"I would like to borrow a piece of your space in this town to set up a formation. Do you mind?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Of course, it would be my honor to help you. Moreover, this place is almost like the No Man's Land." Banios said, bending over. "I also have a few mages here. Although their strength is far inferior to yours, do you need their help?"
Xiao Chen said, "No need. We are already very grateful that you were able to use the teleportation array to get us here and lead the way for us."
"No, no, you go ahead and do your work." Banos stepped aside.
Xiao Chen and Luo Ling stood in the square. Xiao Chen stretched out a finger and touched Luo Ling's forehead, then told Luo Ling the structure of the formation through the bridge of souls. The latter closed his eyes and thought for a minute or two, then nodded, meaning that he had understood the structure of the formation.
Then, figures began to appear around them. On Xiao Chen's side, there were Tashia and Elaina, while Luo Ling had more than ten mages. After these mages appeared, they began to draw patterns and place crystals on the square in tacit agreement. Soon, a large magic circle took shape.
Banios watched from the side with full of admiration in his heart. He had no idea how these people appeared. He just thought Xiao Chen and his team were very powerful. But his assistant, Ravi, was stunned. He could feel that there was no magical fluctuation of teleportation just now, but these mages actually appeared.
"What's wrong?" Banos asked when he saw Ravi's dull look.
"The strength of these Chinese is too terrifying. Even my teacher, Master Banderas, can't do this. He made a group of mages appear silently, and made so many people draw the same magic circle so quickly as if they had one mind." Lavi held his chin and shook his head vigorously. "Only mages can understand the incredibleness of this."
"You also think that they are more powerful than the Earl, right?" asked Banos.
Ravi nodded.
"Isn't that great?" Baños whispered, "Luckily they are strong enough and have come here. Now we can finally get in touch with them."
Ravi immediately came to his senses and asked, "Are you going to give up the Earl's side and join the Chinese?"
"If we don't surrender to the Chinese, are we waiting for the people of the Temple of Nature to come to Gronia and crush our small city defense team?" Banos sighed, "I don't want to abandon Miss Serinda either. However, the battle between Count Carlos's main force and the Temple of Nature felt like an egg hitting a stone. Such a good situation collapsed in an instant. But look at what the Chinese are doing? They attacked the Black Wood Pass guarded by the Emperor of the Empire, forced back the Saint, and killed the Emperor. Only with their strength can they resist the Temple of Nature!"
"I know, but... it would be great if they could help the Earl." Ravi said regretfully.
"Who told them to be so far apart?" Banos said, "But then again, in a battle between kings, there is usually only one winner. Today's friends may become tomorrow's enemies. This time it was the Temple of Nature that took action and defeated the earl. Perhaps this is a lucky thing for the Chinese."
"However, Lord Xiao Chen doesn't seem to have time to listen to you." Ravi said.
"Isn't there Lord Chen from Alano City?" Banos said.
Seeing Chen Hansheng looking at the ruins around him, he walked up to him and said directly, "Master Chen, I need your help."
"oh?"
"I want the city of Gronia to be under the jurisdiction of Alara. Otherwise, in a few days at most, it will become a dead city like this town." Banos said.
"Are you going to use our power to fight against the Temple of Nature?" Chen Hansheng already had a premonition of what he was going to say.
"No, I'm not asking for help. I'm handing this city over to you completely." Banos said sincerely, "I'm just guarding this place for Miss Serinda. I don't have enough power to defend this city. Rather than letting it fall into the hands of Miss Serinda's enemies, it's better to hand it over to you. Not only that, there are many towns around here that Miss Serinda has conquered along the way. I think if their managers are sober enough, they should make the same choice as me."
"You are thoughtful enough to think this way for the ordinary people in the city. This matter needs to be discussed with Chairman Xiao Chen." Chen Hansheng patted Banos on the shoulder and said, "But I guess his answer should be 'yes'." (To be continued)