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"Is it any of your business where the city lord is?" the soldier replied rudely.

"Stop talking nonsense! This is important. If something goes wrong, can you take responsibility?" Su Rui roared.

"You..." The soldier wasn't so easily intimidated. He immediately drew his knife halfway out, but Su Rui was quick enough. He immediately raised Marshal Salo's token and said, "I am acting on General Salo's orders. You'd better not be courting death!"

"This!" The soldier, who had already pulled the knife out halfway, shoved it back in. He and the other soldiers around him looked at each other, clearly unsure of what to do.

"Enough with the nonsense! Where is the City Lord?!" Su Rui roared.

"Lord City...Lord City has left through the East Gate, and we don't know where he went..." Several soldiers were clearly intimidated by Su Rui, so they said to him.

"East of the city? Could it be that he went to the family cemetery?" Su Rui suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Daryl's mother was buried in the family cemetery in the east of the city.

Su Rui then mounted his horse again and headed straight for the east of the city, quickly exiting the city gate.

East of Xuanwu City lies the area with the highest monster levels near the city. Not long after leaving the safe zone at the east gate, the monsters there start at level 40, while Su Rui is only level 19. He sees everyone as a question mark and their names as blood red.

Therefore, Su Rui dared not deviate from the main road. Even when he was galloping on the main road, he often attracted monsters because of his low level. Fortunately, Su Rui was riding a warhorse, which was extremely fast. Moreover, the monsters were far away from the main road, so they could not catch up with Su Rui for a while. After running alongside him for a distance, they would lose patience and return to their positions.

About half an hour later, Su Rui finally rode his horse to the Genes family cemetery. Unlike the previous monster area, this was a semi-safe zone, with guards protecting the area, so monsters could not get close.

"Halt!" The soldiers at the entrance of the cemetery stopped Su Rui.

"I am here on Marshal Salo's orders to see Lord Daril!" Su Rui said loudly after dismounting, while showing Marshal Salo's token.

"It's Marshal Salo's messenger! Please follow me!" Because Daryl was Marshal Salo's disciple, his soldiers valued Marshal Salo highly. Upon hearing that Su Rui was acting on Marshal Salo's orders, they immediately led Su Rui straight to Lord Daryl.

Soon, Su Rui met Lord Daryl at a new grave. The inscription on the grave was newly carved, bearing the names of Daryl's parents. Clearly, Daryl had overcome all obstacles to allow his parents to be buried together.

"Lord of the City!" Su Rui arrived in front of Daryl in a few steps.

"What are you doing here?!" Daryl said, clearly displeased. This was his parents' graves, and the thought of his mother reminded him of Su Rui, a despicable wizard!

"Lord of the City! The Grand Marshal is in danger!" Su Rui shouted.

"What!?" Daryl turned around abruptly, grabbed Su Rui's shoulder, and asked, "What exactly happened!?"

"That's right! Lord City Lord!" Su Rui recounted everything that had happened to Daril in detail, including the contents of the secret letter, Marshal Salo's conjecture, and General Kova's refusal to send reinforcements.

"Where is the teacher now?" Lord Daryl asked.

"The Grand Marshal was worried that things might change if he delayed, so he led his troops to set off first. But General Kova refused to send reinforcements. I was afraid something might happen to the Grand Marshal, so I came to find you immediately!" Su Rui said.

"Damn it! Kova, you bastard! I'll settle this score with you later!" Lord Daryl roared, then turned to his adjutant and said, "Gather all the elite troops of Xuanwu City. We must set off immediately to rescue our teacher!"

"Yes, Lord City Lord!" The adjutant accepted the order and rode back to the city.

“Lord City Lord, I am a mercenary. I can return to the city quickly. Please give me a token so I can immediately go back and mobilize troops. Once you arrive in Xuanwu City, we can set off!” Su Rui said.

“You?” Daryl frowned.

“Lord City Lord, time is of the essence! What if something happens to the Grand Marshal because of a delay…” Before Su Rui could finish speaking, Daryl took a jade tiger tally from his waist and handed it to Su Rui.

"Quickly gather the soldiers!" Daryl said to Su Rui.

"Yes, Lord City Lord!" Su Rui immediately recited the incantation to return to the city and then disappeared in a white light.

"My lord, do you trust this mercenary so much?" a trusted confidant asked.

"Although this guy is detestable, you can still trust him to get things done!" Daryl nodded. If you disregard Su Rui's identity as a dark wizard, he actually quite admired this mercenary.

"My lord, what shall we do now?" the confidant asked.

"Pack your things immediately and head back to the city!" Daryl said, waving his hand.

"Yes!" The soldiers immediately began packing, and a few minutes later, Daryl, under the protection of a group of cavalry, headed straight for Xuanwu City.

At this moment, Su Rui had already returned to Xuanwu City using the Return to City spell. He was using Daril's Tiger Tally to mobilize troops everywhere. By the time Daril's adjutant returned to the city, Su Rui had already assembled four elite squads of soldiers.

"My lord, this is the tiger tally of Lord Daril. He ordered me to come back first to mobilize troops. You only need to mobilize the city's defense forces now!" Su Rui said as he presented the tiger tally with both hands.

"Hmm!" The adjutant nodded. He knew that Su Rui's intention in presenting the tiger tally was that he didn't want to compete with him for credit. Since that was the case, there was no need for him to be hostile to Su Rui anymore.

The adjutant holding the tiger tally immediately began to mobilize the city's defense forces. Soon, when Lord Daril returned to Xuanwu, four squads of city defense forces had already assembled, and a total of eight squads of soldiers were ready to go, just waiting for Lord Daril's order.

"Let's go!" The teacher-student relationship between Lord Daril and Marshal Salo was genuine, so he didn't waste a second and ordered the army to set off for Lani Valley.

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" Lord Daryl kept urging his soldiers to speed up their march, he was really anxious at this moment!

About an hour later, a warhorse galloped up from the front, carrying a soldier whose armor had been torn off, leaving his entire back covered in bloody wounds.

"Lord of the city... hurry! hurry! hurry and save the Grand Marshal..." The soldier's face turned ashen as soon as he finished speaking.

"Watch out!" the adjutant shouted. Just then, the soldier who brought the message turned into a zombie!

"Agh!" With a scream, the soldier turned into an undead and immediately began to attack those nearby.