Catherine came to Luke and Orlando with elegant steps. Ryan, Alando and Faras all followed Catherine up the city wall. Luke and Orlando quickly saluted Catherine, but were stopped by Catherine.
"Lord Luke, General Orlando." Catherine asked directly: "There are rumors circulating in the city now, most of them are related to the opening of the magic teleportation array. A large number of people are full of worries. They don't know what their future is. I I hope you can allocate manpower immediately to comfort these people. The empire failed to bring them peace and happiness, but it cannot let them live in doubt and danger."
Both Luke and Orlando were silent in the face of Catherine's request. After a moment, Orlando said to Catherine with a ashamed look: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, we can't spare any manpower now."
"Why, aren't there still hundreds of thousands of troops?"
"That's right, Your Majesty the Queen." Luke rushed to explain: "There are indeed 200,000 troops in the imperial capital, but this is our most elite army. It is really a waste to use it to do these things, and these elite troops are undergoing Mobilize, be sure to enter their defense area before the orcs arrive."
"Then, didn't you say you wanted to recruit more warriors?"
"Now a legion of 60,000 people has been reorganized, but their top priority is to immediately move or destroy the residents, buildings, and materials outside the city. They cannot get them out at all. Besides, even if there is indeed surplus military strength, at this time When the time comes, it would be better to train them more than to let them serve as messengers all over the streets."
After hearing Luke's explanation, Catherine was very disappointed, and it immediately showed on her face. However, Catherine knew that Luke did not mean to make things difficult for her. She sighed and stared blankly at the north of the city wall, where the orcs should be. The location you are about to depart from,
"Please go back immediately." Luke advised Catherine: "Time is tight now. Ryan's mercenary group has just been formed and needs a certain amount of running-in. Moreover, the teleportation array in the palace is now activated. According to every ten minutes, After a teleportation calculation, almost all the officials and nobles will be teleported away by tomorrow afternoon. It just so happens that we can reorganize 4 legions here. At that time, Orlando will personally lead the team to receive the personal belongings of those officials and nobles. Soldiers and industry, if everything goes well, we can complete the defense of the imperial capital by dawn the day after tomorrow."
"Do you need me to do anything? I can't just watch."
"Pray, Your Majesty the Queen, pray to all the gods you believe in, hoping to protect us."
"Okay, as you wish." Catherine nodded, turned around and walked down the city wall.
Luke said to Ryan in a short sentence: "I'll leave it to you here. Please protect Farasi in case of emergency."
"Father." This was the first time Faras heard Luke speaking to her in a tone that was close to explaining the aftermath. She was stunned for a moment, while Ryan stretched out his left hand and held Faras's right hand tightly. Then he shook his head and said to Luke: "Nothing happens, Uncle Luke. I hope you can watch me and Faras live happily for a lifetime, instead of silently blessing us somewhere. Brother Orlando and sister Sophie must also That’s what I thought.”
Orlando smiled and said: "Don't be so pessimistic. No matter how powerful the orcs are, they are far outnumbered by us. Besides, the holy knights of the Royal Knights are all protected by the gods of light. If they want to defeat us, they must destroy us." faith."
Ryan let go of Farasi's hand, then raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist, and lightly beat his left chest. This was the etiquette of the Holy Knight. Orlando followed the same method and responded skillfully,
Ryan stretched out his arms and hugged Orlando fiercely, and then hugged Luke again. After doing this, he turned around and left without looking back. Alando followed Ryan closely without saying a word. After his death, for this druid, the only reason why he stayed in the human city was his friend Ryan.
Suddenly a sparkle appeared in Farasi's eyes. She leaned on Luke and whispered: "Father, take care." Luke smiled and stroked Farasi's soft hair, and said self-deprecatingly: "I think I don’t want to go to Hades yet. Besides, if I go too, there won’t be many people left in this city. Don’t worry, Fanny, I will accompany you and Sony after defeating these green-skinned bastards. Have a good few days, I remember that when you were a child, you loved catching butterflies at the farm in the suburbs."
"I'm waiting for you, father." Faras kissed Luke on the face, stood up straight, and said to Orlando: "Brother-in-law, don't let your sister wait too impatiently."
"Don't worry, the power that can destroy the Holy Knight's faith has not yet appeared on this continent. Even the huge undead army 200 years ago was not wiped out under the sword of the Holy Knight."
"I'm leaving." Faras reluctantly left the city wall, while Luke and Orlando adjusted their mentality slightly, put their children's personal affairs behind them, and then continued to carry out their affairs.
Christina did not go up to the city wall with Catherine. She saw Calvin under the city wall, her teammate who had participated in the Royal Athletic Competition with her. She talked to Calvin for a while with Catherine's permission, but unexpectedly, the conversation didn't come out. After a few words, she saw Catherine walking down the city wall. Christina hurriedly said hello to Calvin and quickly followed. Catherine returned to her carriage without saying a word, signaling Christina to go back. At this time, Ryan and Allendo also came over, Christina asked Ryan with her eyes, and Ryan shook his head slightly, indicating that he would talk later, and then gave the order to return.
After Catherine returned to Luke's mansion, she went straight back to her room and never came out. Even dinner was brought into the bedroom by the maid. Christina guarded outside Catherine's room, while Ryan and Ai Londo, Flanner and others are all here,
Ryan's intention is to discuss a careful protection plan with everyone. It is best for several people to take turns on duty, otherwise everyone will not get a rest. This was very bad before the war. Fortunately, now we are fighting orcs, Ryan You don’t need to think too much about spies and assassins, otherwise Ryan’s hair will definitely turn gray.
"Captain Christina" Ryan took the initiative to speak, but Christina directly interrupted him and said: "Just call me Christina. Now you are the captain of Queen Catherine's guard. Lord Luke has handed over this position to You, no matter what form you use.”
"Okay, now we are no longer opponents in the Royal Athletic Competition, but are all comrades. Let's just call each other by name." Ryan said: "As for Catherine's safety protection, I suggest dividing it into two groups and rotating them. Go on, Christina, you and Faras are each in a team, and the female knights around you are evenly distributed and responsible for rotating close protection."
"No problem." Christina said directly: "I will make arrangements in a moment."
"Well, because you are a knight and Farasi is a magician, Allen and I complement each other, that is, you and I are on a team, and Allen and Farasi are on a team, so that the strength will be more balanced, Fran I’d like you and Alan to be in one more group, Colin and Thomas.”
"Yes." Colin and Thomas answered almost in unison.
"You allocate your manpower. Each of you will bring 200 soldiers to follow me and Flanner's group respectively. The remaining 100 people will be used as a reserve team and will not be used for the time being."
"As commanded."
"Then let's be like this. I will be on duty tonight, and the other group will go to rest. But Faras, you have to work harder. You take some people to the Cathedral of San Nebiro to find Master Ibel, hoping that he can help. We provide some manpower, and if there are enough manpower, it would be best to allocate some more to Luke's side."
"I'll go too." Alina said, "I just happened to be looking for that guy Red. I haven't seen him much since he started practicing hard."
"Okay, be safe on the road." Ryan waved his hand. He didn't realize that he had a hint of leadership in his movements. Although he was imitating Orlando more now, compared to when he just left his hometown, , Ryan has grown too much,
Ryan sat on the floor, taking big bites of the barbecue in his hand, while Christina stood not far from him, holding a big plate and eating. It was almost midnight, and Ryan and Christina realized that they were busy. He hadn't had dinner yet, so he asked someone to get two portions. Ryan naturally let go as usual. He wouldn't pretend to be polite just because Christina was a woman. In fact, Ryan didn't regard Christina as a woman at all. Girl, because the latter brings him more male tenacity and persistence,
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Catherine walked out in an ordinary robe. Christina quickly put down the food in her hands and walked over in a few steps, while Ryan just walked over with the large piece of barbecue. , don’t care about the so-called etiquette at all,
"Ryan, immediately send someone to the palace to invite the four magisters on duty here." Catherine said: "I have decided that since Luke and the others don't have the manpower, I will do it myself."
"Okay, but that's your plan."
"There is a loudspeaker transmission array on the royal viewing platform in the center of the city. I am going to turn it on and spread my voice to every corner of the city. I want to tell my people, even all officials, The nobles have all run away, but I, Queen Catherine, am still with them and will never abandon them."
"Luke once said that all the royal magicians are now working on opening the magic teleportation array, I'm afraid"
"The sooner the better." Catherine said: "After the amplification magic circle is activated, I will stay at the royal viewing platform until I defeat the orcs or coexist with this city."