Although the damage to the magic cannon caught the Stoke defenders in Tide City off guard, it was no joke to capture such a large city.
The soldiers of the Hawke Empire have been very angry these days because of the magic cannon. Today, those annoying cannons suddenly misfired, so they naturally worked hard and pounced on their enemies like hungry wolves.
But even with the disparity in strength and morale between the two armies, the siege lasted for more than ten hours. The horn of the war was sounded at dawn, and by the time the Hawke Empire cleared the battlefield, it was already midnight. At this time, Haichao City was still quite lively. On the one hand, the Hawke Empire army had just entered the city, and things such as setting up camp and so on had to be temporarily settled. On the other hand, it is also because of the warm welcome of the residents of the city.
As mentioned before, Tide City was originally a city of the Hawke Empire, and most of the residents in the city considered themselves to be subjects of the Hawke Empire. The oppression and bullying of the residents of the city by the soldiers of the Stoker Empire in the past two years is also obvious. So when the Hawke Empire's army pressed around Tide City, it caused quite a commotion in the city. And when the Hawke Empire really recaptured the city, the residents naturally welcomed their country's warriors very enthusiastically with local specialty rice wine and dried fish.
For this reason, General Manhattan also very sensibly ordered all the Hawke Empire troops to take holidays in batches. They have been fighting for a long time to retake Tide City, and now they deserve a rest. Of course, this order cannot be implemented until everything settles down in Tide City.
At this time, some of the soldiers of the Hawk Empire have been stationed in the former Stoke Empire's military camp in Tide City, while others still can only live in the wild due to the city's capacity problem.
Originally, Manhattan invited Regnar to come to Tide City to rest for a few days. But Regnar refused, because Kordak's independent brigade was still camping in the wild without any changes. Regnar felt that instead of going to Tide City to enjoy the comfortable environment, it would be better to stay in the wild and follow his boss. After completing this mission and leaving, he didn't know when he would see Kordak, so he still wanted to know more. Two days with Kordak.
But Regner was destined to be unable to have a drink with Kordak tonight, because Kordak's independent brigade also participated in the siege. During the battle, soldiers were killed, wounded, missing, and other things that required his help. Now Kordak was so busy that even Vera ran away with him and disappeared.
Eberron, on the other hand, had nothing to do anyway. After completing the task of guarding the prisoners, he followed Regnar back to the military camp. The two of them first handed over all the prisoners to the guards for good care, and then Regnar hurriedly returned to Annelotte to report the results of his mission.
"Speaking of which, I am the director. Why have I started reporting tasks to my assistant?" Regner thought a little depressed. In terms of his official position, he is the new director of the Military Intelligence Department, and Annelo Teze joined the Military Intelligence Division as the assistant to the director. Therefore, under normal circumstances, Annelotte should be the one to help Regnar.
But Regnar is Regnar after all, and Annelotte is Annelotte after all. The gap in social status cannot make up for the gap between two people. Considering the two of them alone, Regnar will always be the one in the lower status. It was precisely because of this that there was such a thing as Annelotte talking and Regnar broke his leg.
"Annie, are you asleep?" Regnar asked softly. After countless bloody lessons, Regnar finally learned to ask before entering Annelotte's personal space. Otherwise, if Annelotte happens to take a bath, happens to be sleeping, happens to do this or that...
Regnar shuddered when he thought about it. He heard that the alchemy department of the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild accidentally helped Annelotte awaken her fourth attribute ability after studying the secrets of her attributes? Although this girl has never said anything mysteriously, Regner no longer dares to imagine how terrifying the frost girl with the fourth attribute ability is.
"I'm not asleep, come in!" Annelotte's plain voice came from the tent.
After getting the girl's permission, Regnar walked in. After seeing Regnar's arrival, Annelotte closed her magic book and put it into her dimensional pocket.
"Are you reading a book?" Regnar asked casually.
"I'm trying to study level nine spells. I've reached level seventeen now. It's very necessary to learn to use one or two level nine spells as your trump card." Annelotte stood up, and then he discovered Regnar's body was covered in blood, and there were even some small wounds. The Frost Girl couldn't help but be stunned: "Are you injured?"
"Ah, the scene was so chaotic. I'm afraid only people of the old man's level could escape unscathed." Regnar smiled: "But it's nothing serious, basically just minor wounds."
"..." Annelotte couldn't help but be startled after hearing this. Then she realized that Regnar seemed to be traveling on the battlefield of siege battles all day long. She is not an innocent girl who has never seen war, so she naturally understands how dangerous and cruel the battlefield is. Originally, Annelotte just asked Regnar to discuss with Manhattan and hand over all the mage prisoners captured in this siege to her. After all, she was just an assistant. In this capacity, she could directly make demands of military bosses like Manhattan. Something is inappropriate.
But Annelotte didn't expect that after receiving Manhattan's promise, Regnar would foolishly run to the battlefield to capture the prisoners himself. What on earth was this guy thinking
"I just asked you to go up and discuss it with Lord Manhattan..." Annelotte said softly.
"I know." Regnar grinned: "But if we only let those soldiers fight, I'm afraid a lot of Stoke mages will die there. I went there and saved a lot of people. Young Master, there is also a mid-level mage among them! And don’t believe it, when I bumped into Uncle Rondo this morning, this guy was on the city wall specifically looking for a mage to kill him. If I hadn’t stopped him, I’m afraid this guy would have been able to get away today. What a title of Mage Killer!"
"..." Annelotte was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Take off your clothes."
"Ah? Isn't this reward too exciting and too sudden?" Regnar couldn't help but say something mean.
"I just want to help you heal." Annelotte said calmly.
"Isn't this going to trouble you? There are military doctors and priests here. Besides, I've been running around all day and I'm dirty and smelly." Regnar said awkwardly.
"Stop being so nagging, I'll help you heal your wounds!" Annelotte seemed a little impatient. She wrinkled her slender eyebrows and her face turned a little pink.
"Uh... Okay... Okay..." Regnar was stunned by the girl's attitude, but since she was angry, Regnar could only follow her wishes. He awkwardly took off his leather jacket, and then folded his arms to cover his chest.
"Is there...what is there to hide?" Annelotte finally showed some embarrassment and nervousness at this time. She deliberately raised her voice and said: "When you were injured before, I helped you heal your injury. I have seen...how many times … What’s there to cover up?”
"The critical few times before, either I was in a coma or the situation was urgent, but today's situation... I always feel weird..." Regnar said helplessly.
"Idiot!" Annelotte said irritably: "It's all because of you, and I feel a little strange now. You'd better go find the priest!"
"No, I've taken off my clothes and you just let me go?" Regnar looked aggrieved.
"This... okay..." Annelotte hesitated before agreeing: "But you can't do that again!"
"Okay, okay, no problem!" Regnar gritted his teeth, then put down his hands and stood directly in front of Annelotte with his bare chest.
"Ah! What are you doing!" A look of anger flashed across Annelotte's face, and then she almost reflexively threw a magic missile at Regnar's stomach.
"Ouch!" Regnar was hit by the missile and almost vomited. He waited for a long time before saying without tears, "Sister, you asked me to be more natural, okay?"
"Oh... yes... I'm sorry..." Annelotte said in a weak voice.
"Really, I shouldn't have listened to Sister Lisanna... I feel so awkward now!" Annelotte couldn't help but regret.
Indeed, Annelotte's behavior today was a bit strange. Not to mention Regnar, Annelotte also noticed this. Why did she become like this? In fact, all of this has a lot to do with Lisanna.
Maybe he was grateful to Regnar for standing up for him without hesitation, maybe he was asked by someone, or maybe he just couldn't stand the awkward combination of Annelotte and Regner. But no matter what the reason was, Lisanna made some moves to bring these two people together when she was studying under Malolite.
With Lisanna's smart mind, she naturally knew that the main problem between the two people still lay with Annelotte. Therefore, Lisanna had used her convenient status as "father's disciple" to talk to Annelotte several times.
Of course, there is no need to elaborate on the specific content of the conversation, but even Annelotte had to sigh that Lisanna was a very smart girl. Under her earnest persuasion, Annelotte went from denying her feelings for Regnar without hesitation at first to acquiescing to Lisanna's ambiguous statement that "he is different to you from other men." statement.
In the end, Annelotte reluctantly listened to some of Lisanna's suggestions. One of them is: Don't be so cold and fierce all the time. Sometimes, it would be very good to show a little gentleness and liveliness.
Maybe it’s the effect of Regnar’s previous injury! Annelotte kept thinking of Lisanna's advice tonight. This sentence circled in the Frost Girl's mind countless times, and finally Annelotte reluctantly had to try this suggestion. Now it seems that this attempt seems very foolish...