"I just … I just don't want to cause trouble for him. But now that I think about it, it seems that I'm the one who is causing trouble for him … "
Naifei felt a little awkward. Of course, she liked being spoiled by Roddy. After all, no girl would reject the feeling of being spoiled by someone. But when this kind of spoiling was too "excessive" … the consequences would be unimaginable.
"War itself is troublesome. You're an arcanist, not those wounded soldiers."
Akasha looked at the girl in front of her. She did not say any nonsense like "you have to pull yourself together". Instead, she just helped her tidy up her robe. "If you have the ability, you have to use it. If there's a problem, you have to solve it. If you don't treat yourself as a child, then do what you should do."
"Only Roddy is protecting you. Haven't you thought about protecting him?"
This was actually Akasha's question in her heart. From the time she was saved by Roddy until now, she had actually been living this sentence.
Naifei stared at her blankly, as if it was the first time she met Akasha. She nodded as if she understood. Akasha did not say anything more. After drinking half a bottle of magic potion, she continued to patrol the wounded soldiers.
Naifei quickly came back to her senses. She took out her wand and looked around. She immediately began to use level zero spells such as "Levitation" and "Magician's Hand" to help the soldiers move faster. As the spells were released one by one, many slow moving wounded soldiers quickly caught up with the team. Thus, the whole team moved a lot faster …
At this time, she finally found her place in this team.
But Roddy, who was at the back of the team, did not notice this at this time. He was anxiously watching the team moving slowly, thinking about the enemy's movement.
In the past, the team always moved together. They had never carried so many "burdens" together. At this time, the marching speed was much slower than he expected. But there was no other way. If the enemy caught up with them immediately, they could only choose to delay as much as possible.
Natha once again stepped on the Needle Tail Sand Cone and went forward to scout. The effect of a ranger and a flying pet was undoubtedly outstanding in this battle. The ability of "aerial reconnaissance" gave Roddy the initiative on the battlefield. Even if he had to "voluntarily retreat", it was still much better than passively taking a beating.
Sodelor's expression was cold, and Roddy knew that he was actually unhappy that he hadn't been able to kill Sienna, but the march was more important, so no one brought up this topic again.
The Dragon Spear Knights followed behind the team in silence and order. Time passed slowly. Twenty minutes later, the team left the edge of Da Vinci Forest. At this time, Natha's warning had yet to appear.
When they passed by the camp that had been massacred, the entire team did not stop at all. However, when they saw the small hill of human heads on the grass, everyone's faces turned extremely ugly. Especially when they saw those noble girls who had been humiliated to death, Catherine and the other nobles' breathing became hurried …
But no one dared to stop. Instead, they sped up. They all knew one thing: if they were caught by the orcs behind them, they would definitely meet the same end.
Lady Luck seemed to be protecting this team, or perhaps the three confident barons had "taken the bullet" for them. After Godard fought fiercely for a while, he was extremely disappointed to find that this group of fellows were not the "enemies" he was looking for. He did not believe that this group of weak private soldiers could kill his elite subordinates, so after a short rest, he continued his search.
When the wolf riders finally confirmed that a team of 400 had left the forest, Roddy and the others had already reached the outskirts of Pacaro City.
Needle-Tailed Sand Awls streaked across the sky, and the sound of arrows rang out, indicating that the wolf riders behind them had already discovered their tracks and would arrive in half an hour.
However, for Rody and the others, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The soldiers panted and stopped in their tracks, and the nobles looked at the greenish-gray stone city walls, silently thanking the gods. Many of their armor had long been soaked in sweat, and Catherine's soles had a few blisters. More than ten barons and viscounts following on foot sat on the ground with pale faces …
As long as they entered the city, these wolf riders would not be a threat to them.
With such thoughts in mind, the team of more than 400 people rushed straight to the city walls. But what surprised them was that Pacaro City had actually closed all the city gates!
"Guards! Open the gates! Let us in! "
An impatient noble shouted upwards, but the soldiers standing behind the wall poked their heads out, took a few glances, and then shrunk back, not responding.
"Guards, I am Lord Sally of Efta, Lucifron. As the Duke of the Kingdom, I order you to open the city gates! "
Roddy, Sodelor, Wellington, Titus, and the others crowded around Sally. As the lord, she did not let her subordinates shout, and directly made her request.
But the reply she got was a rather familiar voice.
"Kill her! She is a traitor of the Kingdom who colluded with the orcs! "
Following these words, more than ten crossbow bolts suddenly rained down from the city walls!
Sally's expression changed, but she did not dodge. When the arrows came, at least five kinds of shields appeared in front of her. The knight's "Battle Aura" shield, Akasha's "Divine Spell" shield, and Neffy's "Arcane Spell" shield were cast in an instant, directly repelling the arrows.
On the other hand, Rody raised his bow and counterattacked. He killed three guards who were closer to him.
This counterattack stunned the soldiers on the city walls, and their firepower suddenly stopped —
"Kill him! Use the ballista! Idiots! "
However, a few flustered and exasperated shouts could be heard from the walls, followed by the sound of the huge ballista capstan turning. Rody and Sodelor looked at each other with grim expressions.
They could tell that the person who spoke was Sienna.
"Retreat!"
Sodelor immediately retreated with his men, while Roddy directly switched to "Explosive Arrows" and shot upwards. The accurate arrows blew up the ballista that was rotating on the pedestal, and at the same time, killed several soldiers who were operating it …
"Kill him! Shoot! All of you, stand up and shoot! "
Sienna's voice was no longer disguised. His actions made Roddy feel an unprecedented anger. Since the enemy dared to directly attack Sally, Pacaro City was probably no longer a shelter for this team — and exposed to the threat of the Orc Wolf Riders in the wilderness, this team was definitely doomed!
This was a classic case of one's own people harming one's own people!
The mayor, Baron Panini, had already been killed, and Sienna was a rather prestigious noble. After he and Viscount Anru returned, they quickly took control of the original "city defense" with the help of the four Orc heads and quickly arranged their own soldiers to defend the city …
So now, only Viscount Anru's guards were on the city walls!
Faced with two arch enemies, Roddy knew that the city gates could not be opened — he really wanted to kill his way up the city walls, but Pacaro City was not a small fortress. The seventeen to eighteen meters tall walls had stood for two to three hundred years, and without siege weapons, it was impossible to climb up.
More and more soldiers appeared on the city walls. Under the rain of arrows, Roddy could only retreat. However, he still continued to shoot under the cover of the four defensive panels, forcibly suppressing the firepower on half of the city walls. He only stopped when the troops behind him had all retreated to a distance of two hundred meters.
At this time, the atmosphere in the team had fallen into an unprecedented awkwardness.
Other than Sally and the others, the rescued nobles like Catherine could not imagine that they would encounter the problem of "having a city but not being able to enter". When they came to ask for the reason, the truth of the matter made most of them speechless.
The Milnor Family had colluded with the Viper Cross' assassination plan …
They had used the mine auction to attract most of the nobles …
The Orcs' sudden attack and massacre …
The nobles never believed in coincidences. When the city gates were closed and everyone was forced to face the enemy, everyone had to admit one thing: they had all been tricked!
"Now that things have come to this, Sienna still has the cheek to call me a 'traitor' … I wonder who the real traitor is!"
Sally was extremely sensitive to this word. Back then, her brother, Francis, had colluded with the Orcs to kill her. She had thought that no one in the kingdom would be so crazy, but who knew that Sienna would actually do the same thing …
She was furious, but there was nothing she could do. "What do we do now? Do we turn back and fight the Orcs? "
Looking back, the nobles and soldiers in the team were all travel-worn. Because they had rushed all the way, most of them were sitting on the ground, panting heavily from exhaustion …
Titus and Wellington did not make any random suggestions. They only pressed their swords forward, silently expressing their loyalty.
Sodelor did not speak. He had rich experience on the battlefield, and naturally understood the consequences of a head-on battle. Although the "Dragon Lance Knights" were well-equipped and the barbarian infantrymen were also strong, it did not mean that they were "battle puppets" with unlimited stamina — soldiers without stamina were no different from civilians. At this time, a head-on battle was basically courting death.
But he still did not speak. At this moment of life and death, if he really had to lead the troops forward, Sodelor would still not have any hesitation.
"Why don't we hide in the nearby village?"
"Where's the nearest stronghold?"
"Where should we go?"
The nearby nobles also asked in low voices, but their eyes were filled with confusion — most of them knew nothing about military affairs, and their judgment at this time was not even as good as that of the few Grand Knights.
And at this time, Roddy, who had been silent all this time, finally said after scanning the "map column", "Now is not the time for a battle. Even if we fight, we have to delay it until tomorrow."
The surroundings quieted down, and everyone looked at the "temporary" commander.
"The Orcs will not move at night because they are generally night blind. Once it is dark, they will stop chasing. As long as they do not catch up before sunset, we still have a chance. "
His words immediately caused a huge uproar.
"Really? Orcs are night blind? "
"How do you know?"
The nobles who did not understand the Orcs questioned, but Roddy did not bother to explain. He jumped off the "Train King" and used a dagger to draw a simple map on the compacted dirt road in front of the city. He frowned and said to Sally and the three Grand Knights, "The Orcs are chasing from the north, and they will probably arrive soon. If we go around the city now, enter the forest from the southeast, and hide our tracks, then go around in a circle and rush back to the 'Davinci Forest', they will not be able to find us in a short time. "
"Then we will march towards the village in the east of the forest. If the team can get supplies in the village at night, then tomorrow morning … the soldiers will have the strength to fight back."
"That is too risky —"
A noble beside him interrupted.
"If we don't take the risk, we will die!"
Roddy directly interrupted him and lifted his foot to flatten the map. His expression was frighteningly calm, "Die now or let them die tomorrow, which will you choose?"
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P.S. I saw some people saying that the style of writing has become more white. Actually, I do not know what your standard for judging "white" is. I have always been committed to constantly changing and improving my writing style. Seriously speaking, every single volume of this book will have a different style. This is because I am constantly trying new writing styles. If I see a writing style that is well received by the readers, I will immediately copy it and not change it. That would be really boring.
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