Ruen's night was completely "ignited". Of course, ignited is just Jenkins' description. In fact, "frozen" is more appropriate.
It was useless to hint at Jenkins and Salhi II. After Dolores and Salot Stuart learned of the appearance of the Snowman Legion, they took the initiative to reconcile and temporarily reached a cooperation agreement. They pooled their armies together to assist the Northern Legion in the face of the terrifying Yeti.
The church's bestowers team also assembled, marching towards the snowmen's entry into the city with the determination to die.
At this moment, many of the props used by Jenkins and Salhi II in the first half of the night's duel played a real role. Because all the human forces in the city are now in the same camp, the effects of the persistent props they use can all be covered by the army and the extraordinary.
Healing, dark vision, unity, spying on weak points... Although the counterattack was hasty, under the effect of the Snowman Legion's deliberately keeping hands and those chessboard props, the first human attack actually drove the Snowmen out of the city.
This is what happened in the third and fourth rounds after midnight. In these two rounds, Jenkins and Salhi II were sitting in Nolan, commanding the chess pieces to help the army and the church resist the Snowman Legion, and did not do anything superfluous. This is really a bit like a war chess game, except that the two players belong to the same camp.
His Majesty the King is worried about his own country, and Jenkins is of course acting, after all, the Frost Legion belongs to him.
And because of their outstanding performance in cooperating with the resistance against the Snowman Legion, Dolores and Salote jointly won a chance.
In the north of Loen City, Roddale Avenue, which was originally a bustling commercial pedestrian street, became the rear of the human army on this night full of accidents. In addition to the temporary command posts of the Church, the Northern Legion, and the Stuarts, it is also the center for transporting the wounded and allocating supplies.
At this time, Dolores and her sisters were standing on the roof of the third-floor apartment facing the street and looking at the battlefield in the north of the city. Of course, she understood where the snowmen came from, so she was not worried about the outcome of this "war".
The temperature tonight has dropped nearly ten degrees, so even though it is summer, the princesses are still wearing white fluffy shawls, and these clothes were found in a hurry.
Soon a servant sent a message that the queen of Hampawa, who had lived in the palace for a long time and rarely showed up, also came here and asked to meet Dolores and Salote.
Dolores on the roof smiled, and then jumped directly from the roof to the street below under her sister's worried eyes.
When she was in the air, the ice crystals in the air briefly formed ice plates, allowing her to relieve her force step by step, so the whole process was like Dolores continuously jumping down in the air, with ice flowers blooming under her feet every time she paused, and finally But it landed safely on the ground.
The queen saw the princess and the prince in the temporary tobacco shop at the end of the street. Neither Dolores nor Sallot was born to the queen in front of her, and their relationship was relatively indifferent, so they didn't even greet her politely after seeing her. Instead, he asked directly and tacitly:
"Where is the thing that father entrusted to you for safekeeping?"
There was a violent explosion in the distance, and the wind that rushed through the street a few seconds later disturbed the tobacco shop with its door open. In the howling wind and the swaying kerosene lamp flames, the two Stuarts dressed in military uniform looked at the stepmother seriously, while the beautiful woman looked at this scene in a state of bewilderment, and spoke softly after a while :
"Your father demanded that only the fittest get that..."
This is an extremely beautiful and elegant woman, but she does not have enough ability and courage to try to make the two children understand who is the elder.
"I'm going to bribe you."
Saying that, Salot took out the coin, with a bit of impatience in his tone.
"I'll bribe you too."
Dolores was also not interested in listening to what her stepmother said next, but instead took out the symbol of the [Seed of Blasphemy].
They all held out their palms to the queen, and the two coins shone brightly in the steadying light of the fire.
The woman's hand was raised uncontrollably, and she closed her eyes not to see her next move, but this couldn't stop that hand from finally choosing Dolores' coin.
"This is left by your father..."
As soon as the blood-red seal was taken out, Dolores snatched it away. Then he took a step back and looked at his elder brother warily.
Salot had an unexpected expression on his face. After taking back his coin, he slightly raised his head to look at his sister:
"Dolores, you don't think that I will forcibly snatch other people's things, do you? As the prince of this country and the eldest son of the Honor Stuart family, I still can't do that kind of thing."
After saying that, she turned and left. Dolores on the other side stroked the seal in her hand, a smile appeared on her face, and then she also turned and left.
From the beginning to the end, neither of them paid any attention to the other woman in the store.
"I originally thought that the atmosphere in your family was very good. Although it wasn't particularly harmonious, I didn't expect it to be like this..."
Jenkins at Nolan's table rested his arms on the chessboard and rested his head on the chessboard. He seldom heard Dolores talk about his stepmother, and he didn't know the relationship between the Stuarts and the queen before.
Salhi II did not speak, but the eldest princess behind him shook her head to signal Jenkins not to talk about this topic.
With the private seal of King Salhi II and the ring representing the family inheritance, Dolores immediately obtained two artifacts that symbolized the power of the Hampawa Kingdom.
She came very close to victory, but was limited in movement for the next few rounds as Jenkins only had three princesses on his side. And Salhi II had a large number of chess pieces. Two hours before dawn, he also obtained the small and luxurious silver crown of the queen by searching for his mother's original family.
This ornament was made when the original queen married Salhi II. After the queen passed away due to illness, the tiara was collected by Salhi II and was not handed over to the next queen for continued use.
"It turns out my father kept it all the time."
Dolores quickly learned of her elder brother's progress, and because she heard about the tiara here, she muttered to herself somewhat disappointed. But she quickly adjusted her state and actively searched for the last artifact.
Jenkins didn't quite know what Alexia did tonight, but what was certain was that she planned the small-scale war that happened in Loen. After being repelled beyond the city walls after midnight, the Snowman Legion broke out with even stronger combat effectiveness, and no matter how the human army attacked, they would not retreat half a step.
They moved forward at a slow speed, finally forcing humans to abandon Loen's northern city, and move the residents to a safe place. When Nolan's clock struck the fourth time in a row, the Snowman Legion had already occupied one-fifth of the entire area of Loen City.
This is a terrible progress. If Alexia really wants to occupy the entire Loen, then the humans who are still resisting now will definitely not be able to support the arrival of reinforcements.
This kind of thing would not happen in ordinary times, but now at the end of the era, disasters are happening frequently everywhere, and the demigods who should have been stationed in the city have set out to "fight the fire" everywhere. There were only three demigods left behind in Ruen tonight, but the head of the Snowman Legion, strengthened by Alexia, could barely stop them for the time being.
At four o'clock before dawn, the headquarters of the human coalition had already moved from the commercial street to the royal palace at the commanding heights of the city. Right now, the entire northern city of Loen is on fire. This is a flame deliberately lit by humans in order to prevent the Snowmen from attacking.
Just like Salhi II said, when Loen is gone, it can be rebuilt, and people can tell which is more important.
The soaring flames made the entire western part of the palace red, and the young prince who hurried up from the hill gave a black iron pendant to his elder brother.
"what is that?"
Jenkins asked.
"The token of free access to the palace at night, after the Ice and Snow Festival, my father did not allow anyone to do so, so all these ornaments were put away. Since it represents the power to enter the palace, it is also acceptable as a symbol of power. "
The eldest princess replied.
Jenkins nodded and asked his opponent:
"The last artifact, won't it be your crown?"
The development of the matter up to now has also exceeded Salhi II's expectations. Since a few rounds ago, he has not said a word during the round. Maybe it's because of physical reasons, maybe it's because of mental reasons, but seeing his country being invaded by alien monsters, even a king with a normal body may not be in a good mental state.
The dawn was getting closer, and when Jenkins was thinking hard about what Alexia wanted to do, it was Salhi II's turn again and he made an astonishing decision:
"Abandon Loen and lead the local residents to retreat to the southern plains. Our army is strong and we have sufficient firearms. If we leave now, at least half of the people's lives can be saved."
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Viscount William, I don't see any hope of them being able to defeat those monsters. Ruen is there, not Nolan. There aren't that many supernatural beings from the church who can help ordinary people."
From the perspective of Salhi II, although this decision is painful, it is definitely justified. Jenkins also had to admit the king's decisiveness, but he knew that Alexia's goal would definitely not be to occupy the capital of the Northern Kingdom.
In the penultimate round before dawn, the Stuarts who were discussing the retreat with the church in the palace were attracted by a voice. Everyone looked towards the door of the conference room, where Salhi II was standing.
Nolan's Jenkins snorted, looked at the king who had fallen asleep on the chessboard opposite him, and did not express his opinion.