What did you do with the dice?

The sentence "My heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror, and everything I do is just" is indeed quite cool, especially for those young people who are just starting out, have just been on the battlefield, and have a vague concept of "justice". After listening to Rusalka's words, they suddenly felt like they had met their life mentor.

Carrying the burden of justice, how cool it is! In Rusalka's mouth, these two words seem to have become a sense of mission and belonging. They left their homes and traveled thousands of miles, wasn't it just to find something like this that could make life meaningful?

The enemy was also shaken by Rusalka's words, especially when Rusalka rushed towards the city wall alone, wielding the greatsword shining with holy light. Many soldiers were still wondering whether they were the "ignorant people who were used as shields" in his words.

Once the seeds of doubt were planted, it was only a matter of time before they took root and sprouted. When Sani Iron Tower controlled the magic cannon and blew a small hole in the city wall with one shot, the soldiers on the city wall began to panic. Many of them even left their posts and chose to flee backwards.

Occasionally, a few loyal soldiers would shoot at Rusalka, but their shots could only kill the warhorse under Rusalka's crotch. Rusalka himself, who was close to the city wall, jumped onto the wall with a big leap and began to kill everyone.

"Lord Pearl Tear, this is the end." The commander on the city wall looked at the Esdi army that had poured into the hole, as well as the defenders on the city wall who were constantly being eliminated or fleeing by Rukasha. Knowing that it was hopeless to defend the city, he drew his sword and rushed towards Rukasha.

"It was you who ordered the door to be opened just now, and it's you who are trying to stop it now."

Rusalka didn't kill the commander right away. Instead, she looked at the crying child in his arms and asked in confusion, "You're coming to fight me with a baby in your arms? Do you look down on me?"

The commander calmly lifted his visor and said, "I have no one to worry about. Since she entrusted the child to me, if I choose to turn around and run, I'm afraid I will never be able to get out of this situation. Lord Pearl Tear, you have already won this war. After you kill me, I hope you can take good care of this child. I believe you will do so."

Before Rusalka could agree, the other party raised his sword and shouted, "Come on! For the city of Consenat!", then rushed over.

He was determined to commit suicide, and there was no reason for Rusalka not to help him. After beheading him with a knife, Rusalka took the child.

In fact, he really wanted to ask the other party why he thought he would be the scapegoat, but the guy on the other side was already dead, and people could not communicate with the dead, just like the limitation of the magic of communication with the dead: the corpse would not want to communicate with the person who killed it.

Seeing Rusalka holding the child in one hand and a big sword in the other, the soldiers around him who had completely lost their faith dropped their weapons and ran away. Even those who were still aiming at Rusalka with crossbows from a distance put down their crossbows when they saw him holding the child, and instead gritted their teeth and shot at other enemies downstairs.

Rusalka: (Look, Phineas, shields really work. It's so cool to be a bad guy. I don't want to be a human anymore, jojo!)

After Sanita blasted a bunch of enemies in the city with his fireball, he pointed out the location of the enemy's elite troops to Rusalka: (Stop watching the show, come down and kill those elite units.)

Rusalka: (What about this child?)

Sanita: (Just leave it to your teammates. Paladins love this kind of entrustment story the most.)

Facts have proved that Sanita has a good understanding of living people. After Rusalka jumped off the city wall, she handed the child to a young man. When the young man received the child, he held the child in both hands. His determined little eyes seemed more serious than awarding a medal. He turned around hurriedly, hugged the child, ran to the corner of the wall, squatted down, and put up a shield to block in front of him.

Without the burden, Rusalka completely let herself go. First, she used [Tear Time] to kill the mage who had just cast a spell with a single blow + Holy Slash. Then, facing the two guards beside the mage who had just reacted, she rushed over to fight two of them alone.

The giant sword in his hand, which was emitting holy light, directly chopped off the shield and arm in a man's hand, and then kicked the axe that was coming towards him away. The strong man felt that the axe in his hand seemed to be hit by the tail of a giant lizard. The entire arm holding the axe handle lost consciousness in an instant, probably dislocated or even broken.

"I surrender!"

Rusalka's sword stopped in front of the warrior with a broken arm. The wind from the sword had cut a gash on his face. The latter raised his hands tremblingly, waiting for the verdict.

Rusalka: (Can I kill her?)

Sanita: (A siege isn't a battle on flat ground. Our main goal is to persuade them to surrender, not to kill them.)

Rusalka spat in dissatisfaction, retracted the giant sword and turned to look at the other man, who also decisively raised his remaining hand that could still move in surrender.

"get out."

After receiving Rusalka's forgiveness, the two men thanked her and crawled away from the battlefield.

Of course, there were also those blind guys who came up shouting about friendship, bond, revenge, etc. Rusalka was not polite to these people at all. She chopped them all down, and even had to give them another blow after chopping them down, for fear that a single-surname character like Lin, Xiao, or Tang would be missed in the pile of dead bodies.

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The alarm bells echoed in the city, and the residents of the outer city closed their doors one after another. Even the homeless people who usually hid in the dark alleys tightened their thin clothes and quickly ran deeper into the alleys with the only things they had.

The defeated enemy troops were like rats whose nest was blown up, scattering from the streets and running towards the city lord's mansion in the center - where there was an intact courtyard wall and the Consenat family's most powerful guard force.

A messenger, wrapped in a black cloak and covered in blood, rode a fast horse and rushed to the gate of the courtyard. The surrounding family guards were about to step forward to stop him when they saw that the messenger was holding the family crest of the Consenat family in his hand. He fell off his horse and lay on the ground, shouting in an indistinct voice: "North City has fallen! The Viscount has died, I am dying... Take me to see the young master quickly."

Several guards were horrified after hearing this. The captain of the guards hurriedly instructed the two people beside him: "Xiao San and Xiao Liu, quickly carry him to the Fourth Young Master and the housekeeper. Be careful not to shake him to death."

Everyone hurriedly lifted the messenger's hands and feet and quickly ran through the heavily guarded courtyard gate, shouting as they ran, "Get out of the way! This is an urgent report from the messenger at the front. He's dying. We want to see the Fourth Young Master."

The guards looked at the messenger who was being lifted up by several big men, with blood dripping all over his body and looking like he was about to die. Naturally, they did not dare to stop him and hurriedly made way for the guards at the door.

After walking through the corridor and passing several gates, the guards arrived in front of a solemn lobby door. The old butler was standing at the door, looking at the guards rushing over with a frown. "What are you yelling about in broad daylight? What's going on? Why is there smoke over in the North City?"

"Mr. Messenger, are you still alive?"

"Ahem... Report to the Lord, the Lord of Pearl Tears is attacking, the head of the family has been sacrificed, and the North City has also been lost. I fled here at the risk of my life..."

"How could it be so fast? Damn it, the eldest and third young masters are now with the army, so the fourth young master and the general have to take charge of the situation." The old butler stroked his beard and said hurriedly: "What's the situation in North City now? How far has Rusalka fought? How long can the defenders in the city hold out? Damn it, one of you will take him to get treatment, and the other will go to notify..."

Before the old butler finished speaking, the messenger who was being carried suddenly threw the black cloak in his hand towards him, and the blood and cloak immediately obscured his vision.

He was startled and drew his rapier from his waist, quickly cutting the cloak into pieces. When the black cloth fell all over the sky, he found that the three guards who escorted the messenger had been beheaded, and there was no trace of the messenger.

"No wonder he came so quickly, it turns out to be an assassin." The old butler looked around vigilantly, and when a breeze blew, he turned around and stabbed straight ahead. With the sound of metal clashing, the top of the rapier was firmly blocked by a dagger.

The golden eyes looked at him coldly, and the shadow slowly climbed up the white forearm to the dagger in his hand. The old butler hurriedly raised his arm and used brute force to separate the two weapons. When he looked carefully, he found that the tip of the rapier in his hand that was stained with shadow had been cut off.

He hurriedly shouted: "Guards, gather! There's an intruder!"

But he soon discovered that his throat was opening and closing, his voice was vibrating, but his ears could not hear a sound.

Phoenix slowly threw away a torn scroll from her hand. It was the "Silence" spell scroll that Sani Iron Tower had temporarily occupied a ring position to make.

Before it is used, this ring will enter a locked state and cannot be restored even when resting. It will be unlocked after use. However, even if it is unlocked, it will be in the "used" state and can only be restored after resting again.

Watching Phoenix's figure slowly disappear in the black fog, the old butler retreated inconspicuously. The corridor at the entrance of the lobby was not a good place. He had to find an opportunity to retreat to a narrow place in the lobby to limit the assassin's stealth and surprise attack.

But how could Phoenix do as he wished? At the moment he took another half step back, black fog spread out in front of him. The old butler hurriedly swung his sword, but found that he didn't hit anything. The black fog shrank into two small balls, and two daggers with cold light stabbed at his body from left and right. He immediately fought back and blocked the daggers, but found that there were two small red crystals tied to the daggers, which were flashing dangerous light.

A silent blast swept through the gate, and the old butler's body was catapulted into the hall. He ignored the pain from the burns all over his body, took a deep breath, and used the warrior's breathing technique to recover some strength, but found that Phoenix had rushed out from beside him, with a dagger pointing directly at his throat.

At this distance, he could no longer use his rapier, so he decisively dropped the rapier, turned sideways and used his arm to block the throat-slashing dagger, and pulled out the dagger from his waist with his back hand to fight back. Phoenix did not want to fight either, so he decisively dropped the dagger that was stuck in the opponent's shoulder, blocked the opponent's attack with another dagger, and retreated slightly.

She lifted up her skirt, pulled out another dagger from the weapon sheath on her thigh, and then quickly moved forward and stabbed him like a storm.

The old butler had only one hand, and he was quickly defeated by Phoenix's fierce attack, which was like a cat's claw. New wounds appeared on his body, but he still stood stubbornly, guarding the corridor behind him that led to the office.

The effect of the silencing spell wore off after a hundred seconds. Noticing that he could hear sounds again, the old butler used up his remaining strength to yell, "There's an assassin! Someone, come! Protect the young master!"

The guards standing in the two nearby corridors only then realized the fight that had broken out in the hall. As the sound of iron boots stomping on the ground continued to fall, Phoenix was about to withdraw his attack, but found that the old butler did not dodge, allowing his dagger to pierce his chest, and then opened his arms as if to grab Phoenix.

Phoenix wanted to retreat, but found that a powerful suction force burst out from the other party. This was the old butler burning the last strength in his body and using the warrior's fighting spirit to develop a gravitational aura, which tightly enveloped Phoenix.

"Die with me, bastard!"

How could Phoenix do as he wished? The moment she was about to be caught, she quickly dropped her weapon and turned into countless black lines to escape, leaving behind the old butler who was standing there motionless in the grabbing position with three daggers stuck in his body and bleeding profusely.

Phoenix slowly escaped into the shadow plane. Since she had used up all her life-saving means and didn't know the exact location of the fourth young master, her shadow power was severely depleted. For her own safety, she could only temporarily stop and leave to rest.

"Lord Ayet!"

When the guards arrived, the old butler stared ahead with his eyes wide open in anger.

He did not respond to the guard's words because he was no longer breathing.

A middle-aged man in armor, a longsword at his waist, looked at the old butler's body. He gently raised his hand to cover his eyes, then gave an order in a deep voice, "Issue martial law. Seal every exit of the City Lord's Mansion. Check for any suspicious individuals. Kill anyone who resists on the spot! Also, notify the garrisons on the other city walls to go to the north city to investigate what's happening. If they're under attack, fully support them and hold them back. I'll lead the troops there immediately."

"Yes, General."

All the guards in the City Lord's Mansion began to get busy, but they were destined not to find Phoenix. At this moment, Phoenix was watching them quietly in the shadow plane, and when they opened the door, they followed them out of the inner mansion.

When she reached the outer wall of the mansion, she consumed the power of shadow and passed through the outer wall of the main plane, and left here in a dignified manner.

Although Phoenix cannot be touched by things in the main plane when in the shadow plane, the shadow plane is still a sub-plane based on the existence of the main plane. Therefore, the act of actively or passively passing through things in the main plane from the shadow plane will consume the shadow power in Phoenix's body in order to proceed smoothly.

Rusalka didn't know this, otherwise he would definitely think of something weird like "wall butt".

Chapter 69: The Battle of Consonant (3)

Sani Iron Tower: (Brother Xiao, I've already raised the city gates. The defenders on the east and west sides seem to be still silent. How's the situation on your side?)

Rusalka: (There are no more enemy troops resisting in the outer city military area. We are collecting prisoners and plan to rest for a while before advancing into the residential area.)

Sanita: (Oh, Phoenix successfully sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion and has already engaged the enemy.)

Rusalka nearly spilled the water on his hands after hearing this. He looked around carefully and realized that he hadn't seen Phoenix, who was supposed to be following him, on the battlefield since the start of the war. (Huh?)

Sanitta: (The scroll of Silence I gave her was used, but with Phoenix's skills, she should be able to behead him successfully.)

Rusalka was a little unhappy: (Why did you send her deep behind enemy lines without telling me? What if she becomes a cat? Will you compensate me with a cat? I don’t want anything else, just a white cat with assassination skills named Phoenix.)

Sanita laughed: (Haha, man, you didn't notice she disappeared when you were killing people just now, but now you're worried about Phoenix? Don't worry, what we two couldn't do back then, who in there can do? Oh, the message from the familiar came, Phoenix is ​​returning, but the assassination attempt failed.)

Rusalka's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees: (What? This can fail? This generation of cats is really broken! I ask DM to replace me with a capable cat, any capable one will do.)

Sanitta curled her lips and did not respond, so as to prevent him from going crazy again.

After taking over the North City Military Region, according to Sani Tieta's idea, everyone could temporarily use the facilities within the military region to rest.

There are ready-made wooden houses and canteens here, as well as food, supplies, bedding and beds. It is much more comfortable than camping in the wild.

Rusalka is an iron man, but the soldiers are not. Although victory is the best stimulant, no matter how mentally stimulated they are, they are physically exhausted after two consecutive battles. When they heard Rusalka's order to rest in place, the soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief.

Before cheering, quickly make a fire and cook, then wash up and rest.

Phoenix returned at night. At that time, Rusalka and Sanita were looking through the city's defense tactical map in the small wooden house in the center. They saw a black fog emerging from the door, and then Phoenix slowly walked out of the black fog.

Sanita greeted her and said, "You've worked hard. Take a rest."

When Rusalka saw her, she asked, "Are you not injured this time? Do you want treatment?"

Phoenix shook her head, then lifted her skirt towards Rusalka, which made Rusalka so excited that she almost broke the quill in her hand.

Rusalka: (Man, I'm very familiar with this plot. Did the cat get poisoned by the drug in the little notebook and need this or that to detoxify it?)

Sanita: (I think you had a stroke. Look at her legs.)

Rusalka: (I've seen it now. It's very white, very moist, very smooth, the opposite of fat but not greasy, thin but not...dry.)

Sanita: (I guess you mean: thin but not skinny.)

Rusalka: (Something like that.)

Sanitieta: (I showed you the scabbard on her leg. Is there a possibility that she has run out of weapons and is asking you for one?)

Rusalka was stunned and asked directly: "Where is your knife?"

Phoenix replied, "On the enemy's body."

Rusalka was a little sad. Although he could afford it, losing it was another matter. He complained to his brother in his heart: (Oh my God, the token of love I gave you, you stuck it into my enemy?)

Sanita said in a cross-talking tone: (Phoenix really didn't do well in this regard. If I knew what was going on in your mind, I would definitely keep a knife to stab you.)

Faced with Phoenix's ready-to-attack attitude, even if her assassination attempt failed, Rusalka couldn't refuse to give her a weapon. She took out four daggers from her body and handed them to Phoenix: "Take them all and use them."

At the end, he even said generously, "Come back for me when you're done."

Phoenix didn't bother to be polite with him and walked over and took the dagger from Rusalka's palm.

Rusalka: (Hehe, Phoenix's little fingers are soft, thin, and fragrant. It's worth it to touch her fingers with four daggers in turn.)

Sanita: (Rather than your outrageous imagination, I'm more curious about why you carry so many daggers on you since you don't use them yourself.)

Rusalka: (Guess one of the three answers. A: I'm Sakuya Izayoi. B: I'm DIO. C: I have equipment hamster syndrome.)

Sanita: (Ah, I'll cooperate with you. I guess C.)

Rusalka: (You guessed wrong. Actually, I am Sakuya Izayoi.)

Sanita: (Go to hell.)

After taking the dagger, Phoenix returned to her previous state and asked Rusalka, "Would you like to have dinner?"

Seeing her like this, Rusalka replied, "Go back and change your clothes and take a shower. I'll cook dinner tonight."

Phoenix remained unmoved, and it was obvious that she didn't believe Rusalka could cook, which made Rusalka anxious: "What do you mean, you don't believe it? For example, when I was home alone before..."

Sanitta said hurriedly: (Brother, restrain yourself and be careful with your words.)

Rusalka realized that some jokes were not very appropriate, so she quickly changed the content of the bragging about her past life: "The butler was not here at the time. You know I lived in Esdi before coming to Pearl Tear Territory, so I cooked a few meals myself. It's no problem."

Phoenix wagged her tail and nodded. Although she still felt skeptical, she turned around and left to change her clothes, meaning that she agreed to let Rusalka try cooking for once.

After Phoenix left, Sanita turned around and asked, "Brother Xiao, can you really cook? Don't lie to me. With your previous lifestyle, all the food delivery drivers within a ten-mile radius would have to know your house number, right?"

Rusalka: "Don't slander me. I'm a typical Shanghainese man. Men cook at home. Cooking is in my blood. I must know a thing or two."

Sanita: "Oh, you have style. Then tell me how to cook?"

Rusalka waved her hand and said, "Let's put aside the phenomenon and talk about the essence. Cooking is similar to alchemy. Throw the dead bodies of plants and animals and minerals into a big pot, then add some water and some basic alchemical products, and you can make a pot of edible products with different flavors.

The difference is simply the amount of ingredients, the heat, and the cooking time. Although I don't have a recipe, I have a killer skill: my mouth. I can taste the food while I'm cooking."

Sanitieta then pressed on, "It doesn't sound rich or greasy at all. It sounds more like a Northeastern hotpot. Okay, then I'd like to ask Master Alchemist Rusalka, what is your proudest alchemical creation?"

Rusalka chuckled and replied, "I'm afraid I'll scare you if I tell you this, but I once cooked a bowl of instant noodles in a pot with my own hands, and even laid a runny poached egg."

Sanitieta sighed and asked earnestly, "Brother, is it too late for me to go and eat dry rations with the soldiers now?"