What did you do with the dice?

The original intention of GG is not to mock, but good game. He equally respects everyone who fights to the last moment, even the enemy's soldiers. It is precisely because they are insignificant soldiers, but rush to the front to defend their country without hesitation, that they appear great.

Regardless of whether their actions were correct, they did fulfill their responsibilities as soldiers with their lives, and they are enemies worthy of respect on the battlefield.

The commander defending the city was also stunned. He did not expect Rusalka to do such a thing. When he thought of the mages he was fighting for and the believers of the Church of the Seven Sins who did not value human life and sent people to die without any regard for it, and then saw Rusalka, who was obviously an enemy but did not hesitate to take huge risks and walked here alone on foot just to express her respect and comfort the sacrificed soldiers, he suddenly felt mixed emotions in his heart.

He could only slowly take off his helmet with red eyes and saluted in the direction of Rusalka.

Almost all the soldiers on the city wall laid down their weapons and saluted Rushaka solemnly. At least at this moment, they were not enemies, but were part of Sinidi, communicating with each other spiritually as the purest warriors on the battlefield.

But it was obvious that the other party was overthinking it. His frankness made Rusalka below a little confused. She didn't expect that his salute was so deep. Respect was only part of it.

He even paid tribute to the best pilots in the Middle East and the two Gemini satellites on the Internet.

It was mainly so I could give my speech on stage and show off my composure as a victor who typed GG on the public screen. What were you saluting for? Congratulations on wiping out your men?

In his mind, this commander sent his subordinates to be suicide soldiers. According to his thinking, such pure-blooded people should commit seppuku to apologize on the spot. Why should they play the good guy with him? It was disgusting.

Oh, I see. You're planning to show respect to your opponent at the beginning of the debate, right? Okay, then I'll play along with you.

Rusalka took out a megaphone and put it to her mouth, shouting, "Fellow soldiers from Snidi on the city wall!

Just as he opened his mouth, a light suddenly lit up on a wizard tower, and several beams of magic cannons directly bombarded Rusalka on the ground, leaving the soldiers on the city wall stunned.

The commander couldn't help but shout towards the rear: "What have you done!"

Almost everyone present was cursing the Mage Tower’s sneak attack in their hearts: a bunch of heartless lunatics. The Lord of Pearl Tears just wanted to comfort the souls of the dead soldiers. Why did they do this!

The old wizard in the tower ignored the allies' doubts and sneered, "What a fool! How dare you come here alone to taunt us? How childish! This is a battlefield. I wonder how he survived until now."

However, he soon found out how Rusalka had survived until now. When the smoke and dust cleared, and the unharmed Rusalka slowly put down the shield in front of him and raised a middle finger in the direction of the Mage Tower, the soldiers on the city wall actually felt a sense of sincere relief for the strength of this enemy.

"Don't worry. That cowardly Cricket Mage is no match for a true Snidi Knight like us. I remember that it takes time to charge the magic cannon. If the masters in the Mage Tower don't dare to come out and fight, I will continue without hesitation." Rusalka dusted himself off, raised his shield again to block a magic cannon, and immediately turned up the taunt: "Steamed bun, are you not convinced?"

He had figured out ideology. The Snidi Mage and the Knights seemed to have always been at odds. It seemed that most mages who had left their apprenticeships had a sense of "superiority" that their brothers never had, or they themselves found it incredible that "Sanitta seemed to get along well with the soldiers", and instead thought he was a bit too saintly.

Of course, this is also because of Sanitita's identity as a "master", so he is a "saint" in the hearts of mages. If he were an ordinary rookie mage, he would most likely be secretly ridiculed as a "saint" or a "turtle".

This is also what Rusalka has recently observed from the daily behavior of those "Saslins", because even when they communicate with him, they always have an indifferent attitude, just because he is just a great knight and is not proficient in magic. If it weren't for the fact that Rusalka is a "Paladin", they probably wouldn't bother to pay attention to him.

It's no wonder most mages are unwilling to serve the nobility. How could Rusalka, the 21st-century Fire King, tolerate this? He must be trying to deflect the conflict and gain leverage.

Therefore, when faced with the difficult problem of "how to solve the problem of the Mage Tower", he certainly has his own unique new ideas.

Is the Mage Tower difficult to deal with? Easy, I just lure out the mages inside and kill them! Watch me use my eloquence to piss them off before casting spells on me, then I'll just use [Pearl Tear Time] to enter the Mage Tower and shoot them all down. Isn't that a one-man showdown? It's perfect! He thinks he's a genius! How could these mages have thought of this? How could they possibly defend against it? They're bound to be humiliated and slaughtered by Rusalka, the Great Knight, until not a single one remains!

I want to see those mages die with unwilling looks on their faces, I want to see this!

However, after he had been shouting for a long time, the wizards did not come out with red eyes to fight him in a duel as he had imagined, or prepare some super spell to use on him. He curled his lips and cursed in his heart how these turtle shells could be so patient and not fall for it.

I want to see how long you can endure.

In fact, Rusalka misjudged the strength of the mage. For a magic spell like the one from the mage tower to reach his position, generally speaking, it would take at least ten minutes to prepare. After all, not all mages are called Sani Iron Tower.

Seeing no one paying attention, he continued, "Every brick and tile of our great and sacred nation of Snidi is forged from the tough bodies and steel bones of warriors and knights. It can be said that without warriors and soldiers, there would be no Snidi as it is today. Since ancient times, on every battlefield, starting with the Demon War, countless compatriots, led by knights, rushed to the front lines with swords and shields, forcibly pushing those demons and cultists back into the spatial cracks in the Seven Sin Domains. Therefore, I can say that Snidi is a true nation of knights."

Of course, what he said was pure bragging, and it was part of the unofficial history that was called history.

Let’s not consider how outrageous the idea of ​​pushing back the space crack is. Anyone with a little common sense of magic knows that this is pure nonsense. It’s as outrageous as if somewhere in the 21st century suddenly announced that it had developed a room-temperature superconductor. Are you a powerful subspace master who can push back the space crack with your physical body?

Besides, it was probably the Church of the Seven Sins that sealed the devil back then. Even if there was no Church of the Seven Sins and no magic was used, could it be that human flesh was used to plug the gap?

But these themselves are no longer important. If these soldiers were well-read in scriptures and familiar with ancient and modern times, they would not be standing on the city wall and risking their lives. Therefore, Rusalka's nonsense hit the heart of their hearts at this moment and resonated with them.

Anyway, let's just ask you whether warriors and knights are great. Of course they are great! Then he will continue to talk based on this unofficial history.

"And let's look back. What about the mages? In this turbulent time in Snidi, how many mages are willing to stand up and sacrifice their lives for their country? Even just now, I only saw a thousand cavalrymen shouting slogans and rushing to their deaths, but I didn't see a single mage on horseback. Is this just my illusion?"

After hearing this, the mages in the Mage Tower were so angry that their magic circuits were about to explode. They shouted, "Bullshit! What nonsense! During the early Demon Wars, without the Mage Corps of us who believe in the Supreme Arcane, humanity would have been dead long ago! Even the seal was created by the combined efforts of ten great mages! The ancestor of the Mebius family was also a fucking Arcane Knight!"

What he said was all true, but unfortunately his voice could not be spread. Even if it was spread, those on the city wall would rather believe the "wild history" from Rusalka's mouth.

"A ragtag barbarian from the border who can only bully us here because he has at least two great wizards under his command. Now he even dares to openly look down on us wizards. He's such a mean-spirited person! He even calls himself a great knight! Bah! Are all the apprentices operating the magic cannons dead? Turn them all around! I don't believe the protection the great wizard gave him could have saved him from so many blows. He likes to talk, right? Blast him to death!"

The floor under the base of the magic cannon began to rotate, and the wizard tower on the southwest side that was not covered by the barrier immediately mobilized all the magic cannons that could cover Rusalka's position at a shooting angle and began to charge.

Sanita: (The enemy's magic cannon is charging. They should have 6 shots in the next round. Rusalka, can you withstand it?)

Rusalka: (What a joke! Mage Tower, can you even keep up with the mana reserves? Look at me!)

The more anxious the enemy was, the more afraid they were. He was ready to continue talking without any care, and the horse next to him had already galloped away. He just lay in the distance and watched Rusalka, and a feeling came to his heart: Don't let blood splatter on me, I will just watch you show off quietly.

"I've said so much, but there's actually not much I want to say. But even if I don't say much, I must say it. Now let me take seven steps and recite a poem to express what's on my mind: Boiling beans with bean pods, the beans weep in the pot. We share the same roots, so why are we so eager to harm each other? That's right, we Snidi people are one family! Those cultists from the Seven Sin Realms next door are our common enemies. What are you doing now? Have you ever thought about who you are working for? How can we tolerate others trampling on the country we cherish?"

The commander on the wall held a loudspeaker with no amplification, relying solely on the power of his fighting spirit to amplify his voice. He shouted in Rusalka's direction, "What's the point of you saying so much! Where were you when Alice fell? To put it bluntly, it's because you nobles are selfish and trying to overthrow the royal family and establish your own people that His Majesty the Grand Duke has no choice but to resort to this desperate measure and cooperate with the Church of the Seven Sins! At least the Fourth Prince has the right of inheritance! Sinidi is still Sinidi!"

Rusalka: "What a joke! If I abandoned Sneidi, then why would I come back? Ask around, everyone knows that I, Rusalka, am a Paladin. Wouldn't it be better for me to stay next door in Esdi and develop well? The reason I came back is to prove one thing: I, Rusalka, am a loyal patriot. I once swore an oath to my sword. Maybe one day the Pearl Tear Family will go bankrupt, but the Pearl Tear Family's beliefs will never change!"

There were so many flaws in his words that even Sunita didn't know where to start complaining.

Chapter 267: Fierce Battle Outside the Kingdom's Capital Castle (7)

Sanita first asked Rusalka: (Uh, are you sure our actions after taking Alice City are worthy of being called patriots?)

Rusalka: (If I'm not a devoted patriot, what am I? I, Lu Ailing, have dual citizenship and can switch between Snidi and Esdi freely. I love both countries equally! As a noble, I love my motherland Snidi. As a paladin, I love my motherland Esdi even more. I'm even willing to give Snidi away. How can I not be a patriot? I think my purity is too high.

And as the saying goes, if you think your country is not doing well, you shouldn't complain about it, but instead devote yourself to building it. I saw that many places in neighboring Esidi were not good, so I went to build it. But when I returned to Sinidi, I felt that everything here was good and there was nothing to build, so I left.)

Sanita, overwhelmed by Rusalka's Whispering Surf, said: "Have you ever thought about what you'd do if Theresa fulfilled her promise and you handed the country over to her? Playing with people's hearts will only lead to trouble."

Rusalka said in a very innocent tone: (It was me, Rusalka, who signed the contract with Theresa. What does this have to do with my newly crowned good brother, Sanitta I of Esdi? What do you mean by a deadbeat? I don't have any executable assets under my name! If you don't believe me, check it out!)

When Sanita heard about his professional knowledge, he immediately laughed: (You are such a genius! Where did you learn that? Are you going to take the bar exam?)

Rusalka smiled and said: (I learned this from you. I will pass the bar exam immediately when I get back!)

Just as he finished speaking, the magic cannon finally finished charging. A white torrent penetrated the space, and the waves of destruction condensed into a beam.

Rusalka threw away his shield and grasped the hilt of the black giant sword behind him. The blessing of 18 points of perception and 20 points of agility made him draw his sword as fast as the wind. At the moment the laser was approaching, his arm moved, and a black afterimage drew a crescent arc in front of him. He swung the sword steadily and accurately to cut out the center of the beam. The energy beam collided with the weapon, but it was as fragile as paper and was easily cut off. The two residual beams passed through his side and exploded behind Rusalka.

In ancient times, the katana could cut through the wind and suppress it, but now the great sword can split through the light and explode!

However, this was just an appetizer. As the coordinates it provided were calibrated, five beams of light followed directly, like a pack of wolves that had been gathering strength for a long time, pouncing towards Rusalka, determined to tear him into pieces.

Facing this combined attack, seemingly enough to annihilate any great knight in the kingdom, Rusalka remained unmoved. He stared at the pop-up notification in the lower right corner, stating, "Successfully selected 'Non-attribute Magic Beam' as the blocking target," and sneered, gripping his sword. "Ridiculous! I'm using Parry Master!"

The moment the light beam was approaching him, his body seemed to be controlled, and he unconsciously made a "slashing" action, actually cutting the light beam in two without any error. His movement was so fast that even the speed of the magic cannon was outstripped by it. The whole person twitched for a moment, and then as if he had grown five arms, he swung out 5 swords in an instant, perfectly shattering and blocking the light beam with a difference of only a few milliseconds.

Swing the sword, put the sword away, stand up straight, clasp your hands together, bend slightly and bow. The whole set of movements is seamless and smooth!

"Thank you! Your magic cannon may be powerful, but it seems my Parry Master is still superior!"

After saying this, he bent down to pick up the shield discarded on the ground, put it back on his left arm and fixed it, then swung the white "Crusader's Cloak" that he had instantly summoned behind him with his right hand, turned around and left in a dashing manner.

However, just as he turned his back completely, the last beam of light that had been accumulating for a long time shot out from the top of the tower like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity, aiming directly at Rusalka who was facing away and looked full of flaws.

However, the latter did not even look back. Facing this despicable sneak attack, he seemed to have eyes on his back. He quickly drew his sword with his backhand and stabbed the man in the back without hesitation. Then he immediately reversed his sword grip and inserted the sword into the scabbard behind his back with his right hand, finishing the job.

It was not until Rusalka finished her move that the beam of light slowly exploded and dissipated in the air, and in the end, it did not hurt her at all.

Rusalka: (Brother, I don’t know what just happened behind me, or which idiot threw soap at me, but I think I must look really handsome right now.)

Sanita: (To be honest, the first part was okay, but the last back-to-back sword attack was really cool.)

Well, he himself really didn't know what happened. At the moment of blocking, his body was indeed out of control for a moment, but this out-of-control did not interrupt his existing movements. It felt like the grandfather in the mouse temporarily took over the control and then immediately switched it back. His whole set of movements might still be very coherent, but he interspersed it with several "blocking" movements that violated the common sense of physics and speed theory. After finishing, he immediately restored himself to the original movement in the previous frame, which was very weird.

Rusalka thought about it and thought that Einstein was probably right. Time could really be stopped when the speed was equal to the speed of light. After all, she didn't feel that she had made any move. She only felt the afterimage of the greatsword turning the scene in front of her into darkness. When she came to her senses, she found that the magic cannon beam in front of her had suddenly shattered and disappeared by itself, or was cut in two.

He put his hand to his mouth and blew a whistle, and the white horse came running to meet him. Rusalka jumped on the horse, and the horse carried him away quickly.

Leaving behind were the stunned mages and apprentices in the Mage Tower. This completely overturned their stereotypes about magic: could someone use a greatsword to shatter magic? Was this still human?

"This damn Lord Pearl Tear must be a divine messenger who has been granted power by the gods. There's no doubt about it. And that weapon exudes a strange aura. I heard that there are ruins discovered near the border. This must be an ancient artifact he obtained from there. That's why it has such magical properties."

That was all they could think of. If it was a divine artifact, it wouldn't be surprising if it could easily counter the magical cannon's unstable, attributeless magic flow. So, what else could they do? They could only angrily curse Rusalka for his bad luck, saying he could find a divine artifact just by digging up any ruins. Then they complained about the shameful inaction of the city guards who had watched him leave.

After returning to the camp, Rusalka left the horse aside and waited for it to disappear on its own. Then, amid the soldiers' salutes, she declined to report on the battle results and losses, went back to the tent to eat something, said to Phoenix, "I have plans tonight, I'll rest for a while," and then fell down to take a long rest.

Sanita: (So what did you do when you ran over there? To show them how powerful you are and make them more vigilant?)

Rusalka: (Oh, forget it. This time it's purely a matter of the opponent's mage being too weak. Let me ask you, if you were standing on the mage tower and saw the enemy's general leader coming over and delivering a fierce Knight Fist, as a mage, you must have attended academy and recovered from your internet addiction before, so you can resist casting a spell to kill him, right? Who would have guessed that? A weakling defeats a master. End of story.)

However, his behavior was not without benefits. After his provocation, the wizard tower in the southeast corner naturally began to silence its fire to preserve its magic power under the pretext of "preventing a sneak attack by the great wizard on Rusalka's side". In addition, the wizard tower on the northeast side had already been blown up, so the entire eastern city wall was in a state of having no magical fire support.

For the Grand Duke Delai family in charge of the east, this was like taking off a heavy burden. However, the continuous shooting crossbows on the city walls had a limited impact on morale. Alice City would just become an ordinary city, and at most could only rely on the barrier to hold on for a while. It was just a slightly longer siege. At least they didn't have to worry about a thunderbolt striking their heads every day.

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At this moment, in the military tent of Duke Gaode, who had already called back his troops, he was holding a routine war meeting with his subordinates.

As the leader of the Guardian Knight Family, Gao Dewei is naturally a serious knight. He has a figure even more exaggerated than that of the Komodo on the top of Mingyue City. He is only wearing a thin cloth robe, which can hardly hide his explosive muscles. With a height of two meters and two, when he sits there, people can't help but worry whether the chair under his crotch can withstand such a behemoth. At first glance, he looks like an iron tower even more than Sani.

Although Sanita is not an iron tower, Rusalka is not a knight.

Unlike those generals who were wearing armor and carrying swords, Gao Dewei was dressed in casual clothes, as if he had just come out of the gym; but his physique was completely different from that of the group of counselors. Sitting in the main seat, he was the one who looked the least like a warrior in the entire meeting.

However, no one felt anything was wrong, as if they had already gotten used to it, and they began to raise their own questions:

"Why is this Knight Pearl Tear so ungrateful? Why doesn't he just have the archmage extinguish one of the mage towers to our west with magic? The Dray family is doing better, but nothing's changed here. I heard he had a falling out with the Dray family before, but then he helped us take down the Calbes stronghold and created a safe logistics line. I thought he would support us, but now he's pushing the ballista back in Alice City? Whose side is he on?"

Although no one here knows much about magic, but according to the report of the professional wizard consultant who did not intend to sit in the meeting, the archmage of Rusalka's army must have used some special magic to make the wizard tower fall into silence, and it was not due to their own internal strife or they finally ran out of magic.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why the engine over there suddenly stopped while the engine over here is still running at full power.

The seed of doubt is like a cockroach. If you discover a questioning voice in the open, it means that a nest of problems is secretly breeding and multiplying behind your back.

It was obvious that almost half of the people present nodded slightly after listening to this, indicating that they agreed with this view.

Upon seeing this, Duke Gao Dewei reached down and pressed down to signal everyone to be quiet. Then he took out the letter and badge from Gao Hong that Sanita had specially sent. He held up the opened letter and said, "This is a letter written by my sixth brother. It can't be easily forged."

He put down the letter and picked up the badge.

"The badge is extremely difficult to replicate or forge."

Then he put down the badge and folded his hands on the table.

"As for the battle reports, I assume you're all veterans. While some of them can be falsified, the battle lines and soldiers' words can't be lied to. As far as the current situation is concerned, the supply lines in Chaudhary City are more stable than before. The transport soldiers also stated that since the Kalbes stronghold was eliminated, transportation has become very safe. This can't be falsified."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the generals with a look that was intimidating without being angry, and they couldn't help but subconsciously lower their eyes to look at the table, not daring to look at him.

"In that case, then the Knight Pearl Tears has perfectly fulfilled his promise to us, helping us resolve the Calbes problem without even a single soldier being involved. Now he's even willing to come to Alice City to offer support and extinguish the enemy's mage tower, which we've been attacking for over a month and haven't been able to capture. Everyone, I really don't understand how you can conclude that he's 'not an ally.' Is it because you're used to putting all the blame on others?

Because he has a great wizard, he should naturally help us. If he doesn't, he's not an ally. Fighting like this makes me very worried that our family will be isolated and helpless. Since the founding of our Guardian Knight family, in the kingdom's 500-year history, we have never fought alone, nor have we ever thought of taking all the credit. The Kingdom of Snidi has never been a kingdom ruled by a single family. Therefore, I hope that everyone will not regard every victory as the inevitable result of their own strength, but instead strive to win every ally they can.

Finally, I want to ask, are you still fighting this war with the mindset that the Dray family on the east wall is your enemy? If so, I urge you to calm down and consider the current situation. Don't let your experience with the nobles in the city, or your own aristocracy, lead you to adopt their faults. Remember, before we were nobles, we were knights. And before we claim to be knights, we were warriors. If you can't even grasp the most basic truth about who our current enemy is, then I don't think you deserve to be here.

But since you are all sitting here, I think you can still correct your mistakes, so what is the answer?"

Everyone nodded and replied in a low voice: "You are right."

Gao Dewei shouted loudly: "It's too quiet, I can't hear you! Didn't you have dinner just now?"

"You taught me a lesson!"

The shouts resounded throughout the tent, startling the guards standing guard at the door.

"Very good. I hope everyone can maintain this momentum. Our allies have demonstrated their sincerity and strength. Given this, we, the Guardian Knights, cannot be underestimated. Next, we must focus our attack on the isolated Mage Tower in the southwest, which has lost contact with the southeast. If we can capture it, I believe Lord Pearltear will not refuse our proposal to move south and attack alongside him."

Duke Gao Dewei paused and said, "That's all I want to say. Now, you can start reporting to me on this week's battle results."

Chapter 268: Fierce Battle Outside the Kingdom's Capital Castle (8)

Grand Duke Delai's third brother, Delai Luca, was shaking his wine glass at the moment, frowning as he asked, "Who is this Rusalka, to have two great mages following her?"

The staff officer nearby thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe it's just luck. Before he returned to Sinidi, he brought back a great wizard from Esidi. Perhaps after the wizard built the wizard tower, he introduced his friends here. After all, most famous wizards have personal connections. But it's not a problem. After using top-level magic, a great wizard needs at least ten days to half a month to recover. During this period, they shouldn't pose any threat to our army, so there's no need to pay too much attention to them."

Luca looked unconvinced. He put down his glass and said sternly, "Really? Send someone to contact those two great wizards and ask them if they're willing to assist our family. We'll share our achievements with them and treat them with the utmost courtesy. If they want a wizard tower, we'll pay for a new one after the war."

After Luca was born, it was discovered that he had no talent to become a great knight, nor did he have the talent to sense magic and learn magic to become a wizard. He was indeed a loser among the nobles. There was no such thing as a loser's counterattack in this world, at least it was not shown in his case. He was the third child for the rest of his life.

However, he was still a little clever, and the grand duke family behind him was strong enough. It would be embarrassing if the news of an idler in the family got out, so he was put in charge of the family business. He did not ask for merit, nor did he expect to avoid mistakes. As long as he did not ruin the family, he would be considered a success. If others told others about it, he would be considered a businessman.

However, whether it will be successful in the end remains to be seen. After all, a pig can fly if it stands on the right wind, and a dog can enjoy the shade if it leans against a big tree. From a macro perspective, he has also handed in a satisfactory open-book test paper - the De Lai family has indeed developed well in recent years.

But he obviously did not have the quality of Zengzi's self-examination, so he took the resources brought to him by these family platforms and the flattery of his subordinates seriously, believing that he was indeed a gifted business genius, and began to repeatedly regard himself as the economic pillar of the De Lai family. Over time, some people in the family who did not know the truth believed this statement. Even if they did not believe it completely, many people would follow the crowd and leave the impression that "Luca is a talent."

Now that Grand Duke De Lai is dead, he, as the third oldest, has automatically moved up one position in the clan. The family is leaderless, Wangsheng is too young, and it is also the critical battle of Alice City that will affect the future of the family, so he responded to the call and returned to the clan to assist Wangsheng.

In terms of reputation, Delai Wangsheng is indeed a great knight who has passed the traditional Sinidi great knight assessment project "Bravest Three Armies". The so-called Bravest Three Armies is actually an assessment proposed by a knight who believes that he has the qualifications of a great knight, and then three knights with more than three years of experience are randomly selected for a one-on-three round-robin battle.

In order to ensure the fairness of the battle, no one will deliberately let the opponent win. If the challenger fails, he will be deprived of his knighthood for one year on the grounds of "arrogance and lack of self-awareness" and will need to take the exam again.

If the challenger succeeds in defeating three knights, those three will be stripped of their knighthood and will need to take the exam again the following year.

This is a great humiliation in the eyes of the Snidi people who truly abide by and respect the honor of knights, so basically every successful promotion of the Great Knight is indeed of high value.