In the north of the business district, in a vast territory.
Soldiers in military uniforms are stationed around the territory. This is the headquarters of the Outer Wall Military Region. In the depths of the territory, in a magnificent old castle, in a wide hall, seven or eight figures dressed in military uniforms are surrounded by a sand table. These people The medals worn on the shoulders are all golden medals engraved with the head of the goddess Sylvia, some have one, and some have five.
"The golden wall can no longer be defended. The heavy rain continued to fight, and more than ten batches of soldiers were replaced. All of them were seriously ill. Although the medical department treated them in time, they recovered from the serious illness. The effect of being involved in the war is not as good as that of a commoner farmer! "
An old man with a white beard wearing five golden medals had a gloomy face, and said: "These damn savages are much more cunning than we imagined. At the critical moment, there is no hope."
"Hmph!" Another middle-aged man snorted coldly, and said, "It's too late to build a second line of defense now! As I said before, we will fight in the form of guerrilla warfare outside the Red Maple Mountains. The area of the fortress is our territory. We have trained soldiers there and are familiar with the terrain, but you all want to give up this great opportunity and stay in front of the golden wall, thinking that there is no fear of savages with God's artillery. What happened? God Artillery farts are useless, and they will be useless in case of heavy rain!"
"alright."
Another blond middle-aged man frowned and said: "What's the use of arguing about this now, the most urgent thing is to come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible. The situation is so disadvantaged, and Aubenluo's military skills are like a god, so it is difficult to play a big role. This time the savages took advantage of the heavy rain to attack. It must be that we know the existence of the God Cannon in our army, and we are very familiar with it. We understand the weakness of the God Cannon. There may be a traitor in our army. It was sold to the savages, and we can't deal with it any way we open our eyes and beat the blind!"
"The army may not be the only one who knows the existence and weakness of the God Cannon. In the Temple of Elements, some people also know about it. The Lie Yan Family in the Dark Holy See also knows about it, but they will not do such a stupid thing to seek peace with the wildlings. After all Now they are too suspicious." Another person said.
"Listen to you, do you doubt the envoy named Du Dian?" A person next to him said.
"Him? I would like to doubt it, but this person was just a commoner before, and was later selected by the Mellon Consortium to be a scavenger. After he was released on bail, he took refuge in the nobles and showed his talent as an envoy. He has no background and connections, so how did he know about our God Cannon?" The man before said disdainfully.
The former blond middle-aged man frowned and said: "It's difficult to find out about the traitor for a while. Now that the frontline is in a tense situation, we may be surrounded by savages at any time. Let's hurry up and build a second line of defense. In other words, didn't we send someone to urge the inner wall, why haven't there been any news yet, it's only half a day's journey from here to the inner wall, if they send those existences over, they can get to the battlefield in just a few hours, even if they send troops , and it only takes more than half a day to arrive, we notified them as soon as the war broke out, why are you still here?"
The old man with a white beard looked gloomy, and said: "There is no need to count on the inner wall for the time being. They will not stand by and watch, but they are not willing to make a move easily. Hmph, let's delay by ourselves. The Chiwei River is more than 400 meters wide and unfathomable. We also raised aquatic monsters in captivity. Let’s fight by the river. These savages are useless even if they have giant frogs. The only problem now is to repair the barrier defense line by the Chiwei River as soon as possible. Once we retreat out of the golden wall, these savages will definitely take advantage of the situation In pursuit, if they don't attack the commercial area first from the Chiwei River, but invade the civilian area from the side, the situation will be too bad!"
"How about, let's divide part of the army and go to guard the boundary wall of the civilian area?" Another person suggested.
"Difficult!" Another middle-aged man sighed: "The height of the boundary wall is not as high as the gold wall, and its width is also weak. It can accommodate limited soldiers and cannot defend against the attacks of savages. Civilians were introduced into the business district…”
"No!" The blond middle-aged man said decisively: "The situation is chaotic now, and it is already difficult to clear the people in the business district. If these civilians are brought in, if some mobs take the opportunity to attack the nobles, we cannot bear the responsibility! "
The others looked at each other and sighed.
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Another day passed in the blink of an eye.
On the fourth day of the war.
Du Dian is sitting in a spacious hall in the old castle. There are several shelves here, with wooden swords, knight spears and other weapons on them. It is a room for noble ladies and sons to exercise specially, which can avoid being tanned by the sun outside. skin.
At this moment in the room, two small figures were holding wooden swords, and they were chopping at each other, and the wooden swords clashed with each other.
Du Dian held the book, knocked on his legs, and sat quietly beside him, looking up from time to time, while taking a sip of the tea next to him, which was very pleasant.
thump.
Suddenly one of the petite figures couldn't stand upright and fell to the ground.
"Sister." The taller figure hastily withdrew his sword and stepped forward to support him. It was Gabriel, brother and sister.
Du Dian looked up and said, "Let her get up by herself."
Gabriel paused with his outstretched hand, turned his head and glanced at Du Dian, with a complex expression on his face, but he continued to reach out and said softly to the girl, "Come on, sister, get up."
The little girl turned her head and glanced at Du Dian, then looked at him again, shook her head slightly, stretched out her hands to get up by herself, and grinned at Gabriel with a bright smile, her two rows of white teeth were extremely bright, "Brother, I'm fine, let's continue !"
Gabriel breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly thought of something, turned around and bent ninety degrees to Du Dian, and said, "Master, I'm sorry, I..."
Du Dian's expression was very calm, and he couldn't see the slightest anger. He said slowly: "Since you want to protect her, please protect her for the rest of your life. Otherwise, if you give up halfway, you will harm her, understand?"
Gabriel's heart tightened, his head lowered, "I see."
Du Dian nodded slightly, and said lightly: "Now that you know, from tomorrow onwards, you can train with Nicotine, he will not let you down."
Gabriel's expression changed, he bit his lower lip, and said, "Yes."
"Master!" Hecate took two steps forward, with a tear on her pink face.
Du Dian glanced at her and said: "If you don't fall, your brother won't help you, so you don't have to beg me, just beg yourself if you ask, and be more aggressive."
"But, but..."
"Shut up and continue practicing." Du Dian said coldly.
Gabriel turned around to support his younger sister Hecate, and said gently: "Sister, come on, let's continue, don't worry."
"Yes, brother." Hecate choked up.
Boom.
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Du Dian said.
The door was pushed open, and Kruen was dressed in a black suit, except that one of the sleeves was empty, which seemed a little uncoordinated. He respectfully said, "Master, the letter you were waiting for has arrived."
Du Dian nodded slightly, put down the book in his hand, stood up and said to the Gabriel brothers and sisters: "Without my permission, you are not allowed to stop, you can only succeed if you know how to endure, understand?"
"Yes, master." Gabriel replied.
Du Dian turned and left.
Kruen always maintained the etiquette of a noble butler, bowed his head respectfully, and waited for Du Dian to pass by, before turning around and following. Before leaving, he saw the books Du Dian put on the table, and saw five black characters engraved on the cover: peace and war.
He withdrew his gaze, followed Du Dian's footsteps, left the room, and closed the door gently without making a sound.