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"The Marquis is not here?"
"Yes."
"Then where is he now?"
In the middle of the camp on the east side of the Mirror Lake, in the largest and most luxurious tent, a man and a woman were talking.
If Colin were here, he would immediately recognize that the man who was kneeling on the ground was the knight of the Saint Hilde family who had previously issued an emergency call to the Firefox Mercenary Group.
The arrogant knight at the beginning, but now he looks humble.
"Master Marquis..." Facing the question of the woman in front of him, the knight seemed a little hesitant.
"Knight Bliss, if this question involves military orders, you don't need to say it." The woman said softly, not embarrassing a knight.
This is a tall woman, wearing a slightly large snow-white fox fur coat, with beautiful golden hair hanging from her shoulders, and her hair is flashing with light and shadow, which seems to have a certain magical power, which makes people feel comfortable. Dare to take a closer look, and can't help but indulge in it.
A layer of translucent black veil covered her face, but the elegance and nobility that went deep into her bones could not be concealed.
Her every move has an irresistible temperament.
This kind of arrogant temperament can only be possessed by the real nobles.
However, the mage hat on her head and a purple staff in her hand indicated that this was a mage.
This is a bit strange.
Because, in the human empire of this world, nobles, and mages, although not dead enemies are two incompatible creatures.
The reason is simple - the mages have no faith.
In the eyes of these spellcasters, only arcane truth is the eternal pursuit.
The gods are just powerful mortals who have mastered the truth of arcane magic.
Therefore, in the eyes of the noble knights who believe in the Lord of Radiance, the group of mages is a complete blasphemer, a heresy that should be burned to death on the scaffold.
However, in the Glorious Empire where the nobles had absolute authority, although the mages were not welcome, they did not suffer too much persecution.
The reason is also very simple - the mages are strong enough.
Of course, these non-believers are the same as the warrior profession, the ceiling of strength is the sixth rank, and there has never been a sanctuary mage.
However, it is somewhat different from a warrior.
Even if the mages cannot enter the sanctuary, they have a way to exert their strength above the sanctuary.
This method is a forbidden curse.
Sufficient preliminary preparation, expensive spell-casting materials, and extremely terrible price can enable the sixth-order mage to release the forbidden spell.
During the most fierce struggle between the Glorious Church and the Mages Council, ten sixth-order mages once joined forces to release the forbidden curse - [Fall of the Stars].
This terrible curse once wiped a city with millions of people from the map!
Of course, the mages also paid a very heavy price for this forbidden curse.
Seven of the ten sixth-order mages died on the spot, and the remaining three also died in the next five years.
However, their sacrifice also gave the church and nobles a deep understanding of their terrible strength, and eventually the two sides reached a certain degree of reconciliation.
However, the enmity left over from the millennium struggle cannot be easily resolved. Coupled with irreconcilable contradictions in beliefs, nobles and mages are basically two forces that are strangers.
Therefore, at the moment, this female mage, who can be treated respectfully by the knight of the Saint Hilde family, and is suspected of being a great noblewoman, seems particularly strange.
When the knight Bliss saw that the female mage did not continue to question the whereabouts of Marquis Charles, he breathed a sigh of relief.
But after hesitating for a while, he reminded again: "Miss Vera, you'd better stay away from this camp as soon as possible. It's...not safe..."
"There's no such thing as safety on the battlefield." The female mage said a little strangely to the knight, and continued nonchalantly, "Since I'm here, I'm ready to fight."
"No, you don't know what I mean." Knight Bliss increased his tone slightly, "I mean, it's very dangerous here!"
The female mage's expression changed. She stared at the knight who was half-kneeling in front of her through the black veil, and asked in a condensed voice: "Knight Bliss, what is the mission the Marquis gave you?"
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"My task is to patrol the camp on the west side and maintain order."
Raymond said to Colin.
The two walked into the camp on the east side, which was much quieter and solemn than the chaotic camp on the west side.
However, it was a bit too quiet.
Colin frowned, looking at the situation in the camp, his anxiety became more serious.
"Only patrol and maintain order? Are you allowed to go to the surrounding areas?"
"No." Raymond shook his head, obviously with the same doubts, "It's not just our squad, I haven't seen any cavalry squad disperse as a sentry."
Colin's brows furrowed tighter.
The importance of vision in war is self-evident.
But now, the camp stationed at the Mirror Lake has directly given up on the surrounding situation.
This is simply a tactical suicide!
Except for the possibility that Marquis Charles is an idiot commander, it can only show that the importance of this camp is very low.
Or, it's simply a bait!
"I'm afraid that the main force of the army has left the camp long ago." Colin looked at the overly quiet east camp and asked Raymond.
"Yes, young master. These days there have been troops leaving the camp, but they have not come back."
"Therefore, the main force of the regular army has left quietly, and now there are only the mercenary groups and civilians who were recruited by the emergency call-up order. Of course, there are also knights like you who have lost their lord."
"Yes, our real task is actually to watch those miscellaneous soldiers and prevent them from running around."
"Looking at this..." Colin was halfway talking, and he saw a group of cavalry come out from the center of the camp.
The headed rider on the white horse turned out to be a woman.
Moreover, Colin recognized at a glance the knight behind her, the one who issued the emergency call for the Firefox Mercenary Group.
This is a big shot!
Colin, who had realized that he was in danger, immediately walked over.
Since the Marquis of Charles could not be found, then looking for the big man in front of him should also get him out of the destiny of being a cannon fodder.
However, Colin was still taking a few steps before he was frightened by the harsh bugle sound.
"Woo-"
Colin suddenly turned his head and saw a group of flying birds startled in the northern woods.
Then, amidst the tremors of the earth, a thin black and white line appeared on the horizon.
The trolls are here!
As if drops of water were dripping into the hot oil pan, the entire Mirror Lake camp immediately boiled.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"Don't run around! Line up! Line up to meet the enemy!"
...
The shouts of the officers had no effect at all, and the mobs gathered in the camp on the west side were completely confused and frightened.
This is the evil result of not possessing sentry. When the enemy attacks, there is simply not enough time to react.
In fact, even if there is enough reaction time, it is impossible to resist the regular army of trolls just by the group of soldiers who were urgently conscripted in this camp.
Colin knew very well that the next battle must be one-sided!
So, he pointed to the woman who hurried eastward, and said solemnly to Raymond:
"Go, let's follow her!"
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