What did you do with the dice?

Rusalka: (How come this spell check is even more annoying than Yu-Gi-Oh? Can you tell the difference?

Card effect is invalid/Card activation is invalid/Card effect activation is invalid/Card activation effect is invalid/Card activation effect is invalid/Card effect is invalid/Card effect on the field is invalid/Effect activated on the field is invalid/Cannot activate card/Cannot activate card effect/Cannot activate effect activated on the field/Effect is not applied/Effect is not processed.)

Sani Tieta: (Master, stop talking. If you have time to act crazy here, can you chase me and give me a finishing blow?)

Although Rusalka was muttering on the spot, he was still very focused on the battle, his eyes were fixed on the position of the mage. As soon as Sanitieta urged him in the private chat channel, he burned a second-ring casting ring without hesitation and used the teleportation function of [Phantom Step] to catch up with the opponent. Before the latter and the surrounding guards could react and provide support, he directly found the right direction, raised his sword and slashed it down accurately, shattering the thin layer of mage armor around his body, which seemed to have an imperfect casting structure, like glass.

Because this layer of magic armor was too close to his body and was so thin, when Rusalka shattered the armor, the holy light on the greatsword slightly burned his body. The power of the holy light ignored the resistance and caused him damage. Although the damage from the [Holy Weapon] was only a small 1 point, it could activate the hit judgment from the Holy Slash.

Rusalka turned his back to the man who was still fleeing in panic, swung his sword into the air, raised it high above his head, and shouted, "You're dead!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Holy Slash was activated, and the opponent's body was instantly engulfed by golden flames, exploded, and then turned into charcoal and fell to the ground. The golden light witnessed the fall of another mage.

Rusalka yelled, "I declare that knights are better than mages!"

Sanitieta knew he was playing a cliché again, so he wanted to say: Zhu Leiqing is right. (From "Sword of Dawn")

But then he thought again, it's not right. He is a poet who uses ability points to combine with the mage system. From the perspective of construction, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a mage with the cheating abilities of a poet. This is a bit embarrassing.

However, the friendly troops who had climbed onto the tower were all Paladins or potential Paladin templates. After hearing Rusalka's declaration, they couldn't help but cheer and shouted in unison, "Great Knight Pearl Tears is awesome!"

Rusalka: (Haha.)

Sanita: (Okay, pretend I don’t exist.)

Chapter 74: The Battle of Consonant (8)

The general looked at the Rusalka troops who had been pouring onto the outer wall and gradually taking control of the wall, and he knew that the situation was hopeless.

The mage on his side had also been killed. Facing a heavy-armored paladin who could use space teleportation skills, and a mage hiding in the enemy army, there was no expert in the Viscounty alone willing to unite and stop him. In addition, most of the troops in the city had been taken to the front line, so the idea of ​​killing the enemy with piles of lives could not be put into practice.

In this way, the defeat of the defenders in the City Lord's Mansion is only a matter of time. Although staying here may cause more casualties to the other side, it will have almost no impact on the direction of the battle.

So he turned and went down the city wall, quickly went to the mansion, and took the other members of the Consenat family to escape from the south gate while the city wall was not completely lost.

When Rukasha returned to the city wall and was ready to cooperate with Sanita again, she found that she could not find the warrior master.

Sanita: (The enemy should have retreated. Not everyone is willing to die bravely.)

Rusalka could only secretly lament the loss, but the enemy's retreat also gave him a great advantage. For example, he could shout, "Your commander has already escaped. Are you still going to die for him? Lay down your weapons and surrender now, and I will forgive you!"

The commander-in-chief's escape on the battlefield was a much greater blow to morale than his own death. Soon the guards on the outer wall surrendered one after another, leaving a mess on the ground.

After the battle ended and she calmed down a little, Rusalka noticed the strong smell of blood and burnt things in the air.

Since it is difficult to escape during a siege, if you don't want to lay down your weapons and surrender, everyone can only grit their teeth and fight hard. The casualties were very tragic. It's just that Rusalka was in the mountains at the time and didn't feel how fierce the fighting around her was.

There was no telling how many corpses there were on this small battlefield. The four words "blood flowing like a river" were not enough to describe it. Looking around, there were only less than a hundred people left of the 150 people brought by Rusalka. This was undoubtedly the most tragic casualties in history.

His teammates were searching for wounded soldiers who could still be saved. Ono, tears in his eyes, finished off his dying teammate. His guilt-ridden behavior silenced everyone gathered around him. He then waved his hand and said through a sob, "Come and comfort me when you have time. Go and see if you can save a few more people."

Rusalka was also quite moved by the separation of life and death after the battle, and turned her head away, not daring to look again: (Do we consider this a victory?)

Sanita: (No, there should be some assassins left behind to cover the retreat.)

Just when Rusalka was about to gather herself together and gather the soldiers who were still willing to fight to attack, she saw flames suddenly appear in the courtyard in the center of the manor. The fire spread very quickly and was out of control, directly setting the whole house and several small courtyards around it on fire.

When Rusalka arrived, all that was left at the scene were charred ruins and a cat with a slightly burnt tail. It was sitting on the rubble fiddling with a dagger in its hand. When it heard footsteps, it looked up at Rusalka who was running towards it.

Phoenix was the first to enter the City Lord's Mansion. She was unwilling to accept the failure of her last attack, so she took advantage of the fierce fighting outside and used the shadow plane's ability to ignore barriers to sneak in, intending to perform a hat trick to see if she could assassinate the direct descendants of the Consenat family.

There were more than a dozen bodies of guards lying around her. It seemed that these were the retreating warriors that Sanitieta had mentioned, but there was no one among them who was dressed luxuriously. Obviously, her second assassination attempt had failed.

"Mage." Phoenix said this word that made Rusalka a little confused.

Sanitta, a professional cat-speaking translator, told Rusalka, "She meant that the fire here was set by a mage, who also delayed her assassination attempt. Apparently, Viscount Consenat's family has another mage who's skilled in arson. He's quite skilled, and he was able to block Phoenix and set fire at the same time. He's at least much better than the one outside."

When Rusalka heard that there was a master, her eyes lit up immediately: "Where is that magician?"

Phoenix: "Run away."

Rusalka suddenly felt a little discouraged.

Sanitta: "Indeed, a family as large as Consenat can't possibly put all their forces on defending the city. It's only natural that they still have some trump cards in hand."

Rusalka: "Tsk, burning Luoyang."

But he soon became happy because he found some good things made of gold in the ruins caused by the raging fire - gold has a higher melting point.

Since gold is heavy, it is not suitable to carry too much when escaping. Once the fire starts, the gold coins that cannot be taken away in time will naturally be exposed outside. Although these should have belonged to Rusalka, the excitement brought by searching for them with great effort and now having them spread out in front of her like trophies is still different.

Soon, the soldiers found some servants who had not been taken away in other places. They were hiding in different corners. Rusalka originally planned to pull them to put out the fire, but the fire caused by magic did not conform to the laws of nature. After losing the magic supply, the fire did not burn for long before it turned into red magic residue and went out.

(At the same time, on the other hand... I really want to say this. After all, I finished the first half of the floor so quickly. If Sarolt fails and I can't get the three-star reward, who will give me the 50 primogems I'm missing?)

While talking nonsense to Sanitta, Rusalka gathered the servants and appointed Phoenix to be promoted to head maid.

None of the servants, including the "former head maid", questioned Rusalka's decision - the main reason was probably because the dagger in Phoenix's hand was still dripping with blood.

"Phoenix, arrange for them to help clean up the ruins over there. I'll find someone to come and renovate the room later."

Phoenix nodded and put away the dagger. Without her command, the servants exerted 200% of their subjective initiative at this moment and ran to work quickly.

Not long after Rusalka captured the City Lord's Mansion and hoisted the Pearl Tear Flag on the top of the bell tower, a messenger from Sarolt arrived nearby, saying that Sarolt had won a great victory in the street fighting and the enemy had retreated.

Originally, Sarolt wanted to ask Rusalka if she wanted support. After all, the two patriarchs who came to join the war were assigned to his side. But when he saw the Pearl Tear Flag flying on the bell tower, the messenger did not ask this question.

While Rusalka was receiving frequent reports of victory, the city defense army was at a loss as to how to deal with the defeat in the street fighting.

The army was originally assembled in the afternoon with the intention of raiding the North Camp, but they did not expect that Rusalka's army would be so thorough and leave no way out. There was no soldier left in the camp, and the remaining group of people were all refugees who ran over from the lower city and were looting supplies.

A long time was wasted, so they had to turn the army around to support the City Lord's Mansion, intending to encircle Rusalka's army. However, when they arrived at the lower city, they were stunned before they took two steps. A heavy armored paladin stepped directly into the street and created a sea of ​​golden fire, blocking the entire street. After the first few soldiers and their armor were melted by the flames, everyone realized that there were more than just Rukasha in Rusalka's army.

The commander of the city guard thought for a moment and thought that Rusalka had sent all the main forces to attack the city, so he led the army to pick on the weak. However, the other side had already arranged guards for street fighting, and there was even a paladin among them who was definitely not weaker than the great knight. This step of dedication seemed to be at least a level that he had never heard of but certainly could not afford to offend.

Are the elite troops from next door, Esidi, invading? What the hell? I'm not from the Conesnat family. How could I drag myself into a dangerous street fight? Retreat.

He felt that his decision was extremely wise, because less than half a day had passed and the moon had not even had time to rise when the City Lord's Mansion was lost and the Pearl Tear Flag was replaced.

"Commander, Lord Pearl Tear has already taken the City Lord's Mansion, and the people of the Consenat family have already escaped through the small gate. Should we still attack?"

"No, send someone to negotiate for peace with Lord Pearl Tear."

The messenger was stunned: "A request for peace?"

The legion commander frowned and shouted in a low voice: "What, you still want to surrender?"

The messenger had no choice but to obey the order. In order to prevent being killed by the ambushed troops in the northern residential area, he planned to bypass the northern city area and head to the city lord's mansion from the south.

A day later, Rusalka, who was using the restaurant next door as a temporary office, saw a messenger escorted in by soldiers.

"Respected Lord Pearl Tear, I am an envoy from the City Guards, and I have come to seek peace."

Rusalka: (Are you asking for peace? How many Phoenixes do you have? Have you asked for my opinion on the magic cannon?)

Sanitieta: (He was being rather tactful, trying to save face. Did you listen to what he was saying in his plea for peace?)

Rusalka: "So how do we ask for peace?"

The messenger said, "We are willing to recognize you as the city lord. The legion commander has voluntarily resigned his position and you will send someone to take his place. Everything else will remain the same. We hope you can treat the residents of the city well and maintain order. After all, we have family members in the city as well. If you can govern this city as well as the Consenat family, we are willing to obey your management."

Okay, let’s just play a word game and save some face. The content is actually surrender.

Rusalka: "Of course that's no problem. We Paladins follow the rules, right?"

Ono, who was standing next to Rusalka, nodded and rolled his eyes imperceptibly. Caster also nodded and turned his face away slightly. They had fought several battles with Rusalka at close range. They didn't know much about Rusalka on weekdays, but she was really shameless on the battlefield.

You say he doesn't follow the rules, but Rusalka never kills prisoners of war or civilians. Even if they are enemies, he basically lets them go if they surrender (they don't know that Rusalka killed the surrendered ranger). After the battle, he also comforts the people on the spot and never allows his subordinates to burn, kill and loot. He even asked Sanitieta to execute a subordinate who offended the people. He did a very good job in managing the army.

But you say Rusalka is a man of the rules. He can really refuse requests for duels, and always picks on the weak. He relies on sneak attacks half of the time when fighting. He has no martial ethics at all, and chivalry does not exist. Even a five-star general will have to take a Holy Kick from him.

By the way, Rusalka himself did not know about the execution of his subordinates to rectify the military spirit. This was done by Sanitieta in his name, and he reported it directly on the list of casualties.

Since Rusalka never cared about battle reports, the matter just passed.

After all, most of the infantrymen on Rusalka's side were refugees and desperadoes, and they had difficult-to-control tempers by nature. They were no match for the paladins from Esdi next door.

However, because of this, 14 out of the 20 people brought by Rusalka have survived so far (including the one who was executed). You must know that they went to the battlefield after only half a year of training. This casualty rate can be said to be very low, and they can be said to be veterans in saving lives.

Sanitta did not object to the old-fashioned style of trying one's best to survive on the battlefield. After all, the outcome of the small-scale war here depended on the top strength of both sides. As long as the soldiers did not watch the show and let Rusalka be surrounded and beaten, and occasionally touched her, it would not actually affect Rusalka's killing spree over there.

However, no behavior that affects military discipline and Rusalka's reputation is allowed outside the battlefield. Reputation and credibility are extremely important in the Kingdom of Sinidi. Having these two things can even avoid many unnecessary wars. It is also the basis for whether an army can quickly gain the hearts of the people, build a foundation, and then win battles in the long run.

Even veterans who committed such a crime would be executed without mercy, even Custer.

Therefore, it is not that Sanitta is using Rusalka's name to establish a puppet regime. The main reason is that he is afraid that Rusalka will say some outrageous words after hearing it. They have just captured the city and there are many things to consider. Sanitta does not want to waste time bragging with Rusalka at this critical juncture.

He knew that it was difficult for Rusalka to distinguish between public and private affairs. Once she became familiar with someone, it would be almost impossible for her to order their execution without mercy. Sanitta could only do it himself in his name.

As for Phoenix, Sanitta was also a little troubled by this. He didn't know what Phoenix's specific purpose was.

Although in his opinion, Phoenix inexplicably has a good impression of Rusalka, but if one day she really turns against him for the secret she hides, Sanitieta feels that unless he is willing to sacrifice himself and force himself into a desperate situation, Rusalka will probably let Phoenix go and choose to give her one or even countless ways to survive.

Although this body wouldn't get sick, Sanitieta felt a phantom pain in his stomach. Looking at Rusalka, who was happily checking off the harvest accounts, he privately chatted: "There's so much to do. You need to be more proactive and personally visit the various factions in the commercial street. Also, the armor foundry in Pearl Tear Territory should be finished by spring. I'll have to go check it out myself then. Damn it! I wish I'd brought a few more brothers with me when I traveled through time."

Rusalka: (Ah, so you're planning to drag your sisters into the adult entertainment industry? Now I know, you must have been in collusion with DM. Were you jealous of your brother's good life at the time, so you deliberately dragged him over to accompany you?)

Sanitta rolled his eyes, glad that he hadn't told Rusalka about the execution of his teammates.

Chapter 75 Let’s name the new city

The process of "seeking peace" went smoothly. As the Consenat family was already in name only, the city of Consenat temporarily belonged to Rusalka, and Rusalka did not hesitate to declare himself the lord of the city.

Of course, Rusalka seemed to have inherited Consentnat's fate, and was even not as good as Consentnat. After all, he was only the nominal city lord, and all military power was in Sarolt's hands.

Rusalka: "It doesn't sound good to call it Consenat City anymore. I want to give it a new name."

Sani Iron Tower: "Sure, what do you want to call it? I'll post it for you."

Rusalka: "I want to call it Silver City. Doesn't it sound nice?"

Sanita: "Tsk, no creativity."

Sarolt, who was standing by, thought for a moment and said, "Is it to commemorate those fallen comrades? You're so thoughtful. I think naming this place after them will surely comfort their spirits in heaven."

What he said reminded Rusalka and Sanitta that most of the people who came to fight this time were indeed the core forces transferred from Esdi next door, that is, members of the Silver Knights. Rusalka, who was playing the Yu-Gi-Oh and Castlevania memes, accidentally made a double entendre, and everyone was happy.

So the new name was finalized without any complaints, which made Rusalka, who originally just wanted to provide a point of complaint and didn't really want to name it Silver City, feel at a loss.

But now that things have been said, it would not be nice to say "I was joking" at the last minute, so Rusalka could only suppress her unhappiness.

Rusalka: (Actually, I wanted to change the name of the capital to Silver City. This city is small and ugly, and it doesn't fit the Silver City I imagined at all.)

Sanita: (It’s too late to tell you to be so rude.)

Rusalka: (Alas.)

Two days later, at the meeting time of this month, Rusalka entered the divine meeting.

This time Theresa was wearing the black mourning dress again. Rusalka looked around and found that there was indeed one less partner in the meeting room.

Fate is so fickle. I have lost two companions in just half a year. It makes me sigh at the high death rate in this world.

This time, it wasn't Theresa who came to announce the death, but the God of Truth who took the initiative to speak: "Everyone, Leo died in the divine judgment battle."

Rusalka is very familiar with this. Sanitta once questioned the fairness of the God's Judgment Battle. Now it seems that there are indeed many doubts in it.

He later investigated whether dueling itself was a function of God, but was just a thing the kingdom had to prove the honor of knights. Moreover, the whole world tended to advocate the use of force and the law of the jungle, so naturally this customary rule came into being.

However, "Divine Judgment Fight" is different. It is actually one of the divine powers of the God of War. The reason why the people of the Kingdom of Sinidi think that the success rate of Divine Judgment Fight is low and the initiator has a chance of sudden death is actually due to their misunderstanding - because they are not believers of the God of War, there are of course risks in borrowing the power of the God of War.

In fact, the Kingdom's understanding of "only when there are no distractions in the mind can it be successfully launched" is not correct. To be precise, the probability of successfully launching a "God's Judgment Battle" is based on the "fighting will" in the initiator's heart. The fighting will bonus rate of non-believers may be lower. If converted using data, 1 point of fighting will from a believer can be exchanged for a 1% success rate, while 1 point of fighting will from a non-believer can only be exchanged for 0.5% or even lower, and there is also a cap.

As for Rusalka, he was 100% lucky.

Of course, the two of them didn't know the hidden setting of this worldview yet. Even if they did, Rusalka wouldn't act recklessly. Things related to gods are very risky. What if a non-believer were to duel with a believer? What would happen? Could you really compete with someone with connections in his domain? Did he really think the gods were blind and didn't care about believers?

Now, this is not a real-life example of sudden death.

Theresa sighed. "Yes, he was originally a high-ranking member of the War God faith. What a pity! Now we have lost our source of intelligence from the El Empire."

Well, it seems that the believers must die too, he is worthy of being the God of War.

Rusalka was in a good mood today, playing the role of a supporting actor: "Indeed, I think he's a bit too reckless. Who would bother to fight against the judgment of humans and gods?"

When Theresa saw Rusalka speak, the sadness in her eyes instantly disappeared. She looked at Rusalka with her smart and seductive eyes: "Gemini is very active today? Is there something good?"

Rusalka: "I just received intelligence that we have captured the city of Consenat with the support of the Saint."

Theresa seemed to have not yet received this information. After hearing Rusalka's words, she also smiled a charming smile that made people feel dizzy. "Really? That's really hard work, Gemini."

Rusalka thought to herself, "A thank you should show your breasts to show your sincerity," and replied in a serious tone, "So, what's the Saint's plan next?"

Theresa: "Establish a teleportation point in this city and use it as a base to launch an attack on the Alice Capital... or something like that. But since Gemini took the initiative to propose it, I assume you have a better plan, right?"