Due to the special status of Sun Yao City in the Western Region, Earl Urd often received visiting lords, nobles and tribal leaders, so he built many independent courtyards in Sun Yao Manor for reception.

The Jingting Courtyard is one of the many large courtyards used to entertain visitors in Ri Yao Manor. It is luxuriously decorated and only distinguished guests will be accommodated there.

As the special envoy of the Celtic Duke, Erguya and the people he brought lived in the Quiet Courtyard.

After noon, in the three-story building on the side of Jingting near the artificial lake, Erguya stood behind the window and quietly observed the central island castle through the gap. He could see many soldiers and magicians standing on the walls and four-corner towers of the castle.

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The halos emitted by the detection magic come and go.

At this time, a barbarian slipped through the door that was slightly narrow for him, and then beat his chest to Erguya: "Sir, the soldiers are ready. We have been stuck in this small place these days and cannot go out. Let us

It was very uncomfortable, and the soldiers all wanted to have a hearty battle.

Use the blood of the Augustine family to pay tribute to our compatriots who died fighting for the Tedega Hills.”

Erguya slowly closed the gap in the window, then turned to look at his most trusted subordinates: "The defense of the Central Island Castle has always been very tight, and those who protect Agatha are the most elite soldiers and mages in the empire. We can have a high-spirited

Fighting spirit, but without any contempt.

You go back and restrain our soldiers, so as not to make any mistakes at this most critical moment. Have a good rest, our victory tonight is the best gift to the Duke."

The barbarian hammered his chest hard: "Yes, Lord Erguya! Offer victory to the Celtic Duke!"

Erguya hammered his chest and asked his subordinates to leave.

The room became quiet. In a corner, shadows spread out from the wall and gathered into a woman wearing a mask. The woman wore a smoky black dress, the mask was bone white, and her eyes were filled with red light.

When Erguya saw the woman arriving, he immediately stood upright and showed the elegant aristocratic etiquette of the human race: "Ms. Sylvia, you should have already heard the news about tonight's operation."

Sylvia is the sixth apostle of the Temple of the Abyss. This time she was sent to assist Erguya in conquering the Western Territory. She is the strongest force that Erguya can use.

Sylvia was floating like smoke. She came to a chair and sat down. The black smoke like silk gauze of her dress swayed and covered her inside. Red eyes were projected from the black smoke, without emotion.

The voice echoed erratically in the room: "I already know that the Blood Oath Altar has been set up. When the action begins, I will work with all the abyss mages to apply the Blood Oath brute force to all barbarian warriors to help you win.

Kill Agatha, and the meteor!"

Sylvia said the name of the meteorite very strongly, with deep hatred in her tone. Two of the three apostles of the abyss who died died in the siege commanded by the meteorite, and Qingkong, who killed the three apostles of the abyss, also

It has an unusually close relationship with meteorites.

The seven apostles of the abyss founded the Temple of the Abyss in the past hundred years, worked together to study the abyss, and formed a bond that was beyond close friends. But who would have thought that in less than two years, three apostles of the abyss would pass away one after another.

It was an unacceptable blow to the Temple of the Abyss and the remaining Apostles of the Abyss.

Erguya could feel Sylvia's uncontrollable anger through the violently shaking smoke.

He sat down in the chair next to him and said to Sylvia: "I heard that Morris once sent news from the City of St. Lun. The elf Qingkong knows many secrets of the Abyss Temple. There are even some secrets that only you apostles of the abyss can Only then is it possible to know.

Maurice has been operating in the City of Saint-Lun for so long, claiming that he can destroy half the city when necessary, but he was easily defeated and killed by Qingkong, which seems to confirm this rumor."

The smoke shrank, and Sylvia said alertly: "What do you mean? Are you suspecting that there is betrayal within the Abyss Apostles?"

Erguya said with a threatening tone: "Your Majesty the Duke should not be involved in the affairs within the Temple of the Abyss, but the traitors among you not only caused heavy losses to the Temple of the Abyss, but the Duke also paid a very heavy loss.

The operation tonight is very important. Agatha and Meteor are surrounded by many people. If the two of them can escape in this desperate situation, of course I will die to apologize, but I am afraid that you will also be suspected by Apostle Victor. Bar."

Before his death, Maurice passed on a lot of information from St. Lun City to Tedga Hills, including his speculation that there was a high-level mole inside the Abyss Temple. Otherwise, it would not be possible to explain why Qingkong knew the unique secrets of the Abyss Temple.

Through the analysis of all intelligence related to Qingkong, the Abyss Temple can conclude that there are definitely traitors among the high-level officials of the Abyss Temple!

There is no chance of any accidents in the siege of Agatha and Meteorite, so Erguya issued a warning to Sylvia regardless of the face and relationship between the two parties.

Faced with Erguya's distrust, Sylvia did not make a fierce argument. She said: "Qingkong stole the temple's scriptures and knew so many temple secrets, which has attracted our highest attention. Victor believes that the interior of the temple is indeed There are traitors who are organized into a system and can cooperate to steal the temple's top secrets, but the apostles of the abyss can still be trusted.

We are the apostles closest to the abyss and share the same goal..."

"But Qingkong has the Book of Disaster in her hands, and she is the one closest to the abyss." Erguya insisted on his distrust, and warned: "Since the incident in Morris, the Abyss Temple has purged many abyss mages, and even seriously affected The fighting power of the Barbarian Legion. I can only hope that you have killed all the traitors. The Apostles of the Abyss are really trustworthy.

Tonight, I won’t listen to your promise, I will only listen to what you do!”

Sylvia replied: "I personally arranged and released the secret technique of blood oath brute force, and something went wrong... I don't need you to pursue it, Victor will not let me go."

After finishing speaking, Sylvia turned into a black smoke and seeped into the wall, completely lacking the momentum and arrogance of the previous apostle of the abyss.

The death of the three apostles of the Abyss was a huge blow to the Temple of the Abyss. This not only lost the three most important apostles, but also exposed the many holes in the Temple of the Abyss that had been penetrated for a long time.

Although the remaining four apostles of the abyss still verbally insist on trusting each other, cracks have appeared in the century-old friendship. Especially after the large-scale purge of "traitors" in the temple of the abyss, the more suspicious abyss mages are arrested, the more suspicious they become.

This has seriously affected the strength of the Abyss Temple, and thus the combat effectiveness of the Barbarian Legion.

Faced with Erguya's suspicion, Sylvia was unable to make any confident reply and could only prove herself with her actions at night.

In the basement of the Quiet Courtyard, barbarian warriors sat cross-legged around a blue fire burning dead bones. They took off their shirts to reveal their large and toned muscles, and hummed ancient tunes together in a deep and deep tone.

The abyss mages carried wooden buckets filled with blood and used brushes dipped in blood to draw arcane patterns on the barbarians' bodies. They also took out armor made of bones and nailed them to the barbarians' bodies component by component. The sharp edges on the skeletons

The long bone spurs penetrated the skin and penetrated deeply into the muscles, and blood flowed out from the punctured places, forming a set of formations with the mysterious patterns painted in blood.

On the wall of the basement, illuminated by green firelight, a black shadow like a cloud was flying on it. A graceful woman could be vaguely seen dancing inside the cloud, and the atmosphere in the room became increasingly depressing.

Even the blue fire in the middle couldn't help but suppress the intensity of the fire.

The abyss mages also took helmets made from beast skulls and installed them on the barbarians' heads. The mages hit the helmets with hammers so that the bone spurs at the bottom of the helmets were embedded in the barbarians' skulls.

During the whole process, not a single barbarian cried out in pain, and there was not even any interruption in the singing of songs.

At the end of the secret technique preparation stage, the abyss mages placed the secret technique auxiliaries made from corpses in place and exited the basement one after another.

Black mist came out of the wall and revolved around the barbarian. A dry hand stretched out from the mist, and its sharp fingertips scratched the back of the barbarian's neck.

Blood oath brute force!

A large amount of blood spurted out from the barbarian's neck, and the blood gathered in the air to form a cloak. The bone armor components were pressed deeply into the flesh by invisible forces, and merged with the barbarian's bones.

The blood pattern turned into a red ribbon, entwined between the barbarian's body and bone armor.

The silk ribbons were tightened, the bones and armor were closed, and some muscles showed through the skin and snaked around the fulcrum of the skeleton.

The singing stopped at this moment, and a low roar like a wild beast came from the bone helmet...

The barbarians and abyss mages in the Quiet Court were preparing for the battle at night. In the small buildings and courtyards surrounding the artificial lake, the nobles of the Western Region also gathered their most elite forces together.

The servants put on armor for the knights, and the knights raised their swords and recited the oath of allegiance to the lord.

Under the light of the fire, everything looked solemn and desolate.

In order not to die under the butcher knife of the empire, the great nobles of the Western Territory decided to follow the instructions of their ancestors and use the swords in their hands to express their opposition to the Golden Shield Royal Family. After tonight, the eldest princess of the Empire dies, and the entire Western Territory will gather a large army and rush to

Crescent Oasis.

Join the Celtic Duke in overthrowing the treacherous Augustinian family.

"When the power of the Blade-bearing Brotherhood is getting weaker and weaker, the Celtic Dukes and the nobles of the West are the last backbone of the Brotherhood.

This time the eldest princess Agatha went on a mission to the west, she actually brought meteors, representatives of the pseudo-nobles. They want to tear our bodies apart, suck our flesh and blood, and make us work for a year, but they can't afford meat or drink wine.

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We have to sell the sword in our hands, the armor on our bodies, and the land and honor left to us by our ancestors.

If we do not resist today, we will lose the last chance to resist; if we do not support the Celtic Duke today, we will no longer receive any support.

Hold high your swords, my brothers!

The friendship of our ancestors is with us!"

"The friendship of our ancestors is with us!"

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After night falls, the entire Ri Yao Manor is silent, with only the croaking frogs by the lake and the chirping of insects in the jungle. The full moon hangs high in the clear night sky, and the wind blows sand and hits the leaves like raindrops.

The castle on the central island is very tightly guarded, and the dark night makes the halo of detection magic extremely beautiful. Especially the light emitted by the underwater detection alchemy props makes the waters around the central island beautiful in circles.

There is no blind spot in such a defense. An attack on the central island castle from any direction will be immediately detected by the guards inside the castle.

But what if you find out?

Facing a strong attack from all sides with superior forces, the troops in the central island castle had no stopping power. The key to this battle was that Agatha and Meteor must not be allowed to escape.

And it would be better to let the barbarians from the Tedga Hills kill them.

The nobles of the Western Region quietly observed the castle in the center of the lake from their respective residences, waiting for the time to launch a general attack.

At two o'clock in the evening, under the contact of the guards of Ri Yao Manor, the troops who participated in the attack on the Central Island Castle walked out of their lurking residence. Now they no longer need to hide. In the face of absolute power, the people in the castle are like lambs to be slaughtered.

Troops in different attires marched to the edge of the artificial lake, and the military mage released spells to freeze the lake. The soldiers knocked on their shields or armor and whistled to provoke the guards inside the castle.

When the Central Island Castle discovered that a large number of troops had gathered at the lake, a large number of soldiers climbed onto the city wall and set up loudspeakers to shout at the lake.

"This is the palace of Her Royal Highness Agatha, the eldest princess of the Golden Shield Empire. Any attack by you will be regarded as a betrayal of the empire. Immediately stop all hostile actions and disband on the spot. If you have any demands, you can send a representative to accept the request.

Summoned by Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

"This is the palace of Her Royal Highness Agatha, the eldest princess of the Golden Shield Empire. Any attack by you will be regarded as a betrayal of the empire. Immediately stop all hostile actions and disband on the spot. If you have any demands, you can send a representative to accept the request.

Summoned by Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

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The castle's shouting had no effect, but instead caused a burst of noise, laughter and curses. The magician continued to create ice, and some soldiers fired crossbows at the castle.

The ice spreads towards the castle.

However, the defenders inside the castle did not react at all to the extending ice. They neither used magic to destroy the ice nor used special means to attack the magicians who were making ice on the shore.

Let the ice extend to the center island.

At this time, the noise on the shore gradually decreased, and then gradually became quieter. It looked like the ice surface could be directly charged to attack the castle, but no one stepped on it.

At this time, all the nobles of the Western Region raised two questions.

Why are the defenders in the central castle so calm?

Why are the barbarians in the direction of Jingting so quiet?

In fact, they didn't even create an ice layer.

On the artificial lake, ice covers almost the entire lake surface, except for the lake surface in the direction of Jingting, which is still full of waves.

What are the barbarians doing?

We are waiting for you to come first!

Looking in the direction of Jingting, it was obvious that a large army had gathered there with dense torches. In the light of the fire, one could see that there were a large number of barbarian soldiers in this army. Their armor and identification showed that they were soldiers of the Sunlight Oasis.

The nobles of the Western Region were wondering again...why did Count Urd give all his troops to the barbarians? Was he anxious to show his loyalty to the Celtic Duke?

Just when the nobles of the Western Region were facing this strange battlefield and didn't know what to do, Agatha, wearing a suit of armor, climbed onto the wall of the central castle.

The loudspeaker carried her voice throughout the Sun Yao Manor.

"I really think highly of you. You have put so much effort into creating the ice, but no warrior dares to rush over it. It seems that you only have the heart to rebel, but you don't have the courage to do so.

I am sent to the Western Territory on the order of His Majesty the Emperor, just to meet you and talk about the future position of the Western Territory in the empire. Since you are all here, let's walk across this ice together.

Once Earl Urd and Viscount Falling Star eliminate the rebels from Tedga Hills, we can discuss the issues in the Western Territory clearly."

At this moment, Agatha was standing on the city wall, her long golden hair flying in the wind, and all the nobles in the West had only one curse in their hearts.
Chapter completed!