Full Time Mage Lord

What's going on? Who lowered the suspension bridge!?

Charlie shouted. The fire burning inside the city wall made him very uneasy. At this time, he found that the city gate guarded by the squadron he led began to slowly open.

Charlie has been the guard captain of the third gate for three years. He could have chosen to retire after one year.

The empire's retirement benefits are still very high. For a veteran in his forties, there is nothing more worth looking forward to than retirement.

Yes, Charlie doesn't want to serve in the Imperial Army all the time. He wants to become an instructor after retirement to teach children how to become a knight.

Charlie wanted to play with his grandchildren and grow up with them, and he just wanted nothing to happen on his watch.

The war still came. Charlie's two sons left the imperial capital, leaving behind their wives and children. During the war with the Holy Alliance, there was no news for more than a year...

Standing on the city wall, Old Charlie had already seen the cavalry of Longhui Leader on the opposite side. They made a detour and then attacked the city gate here.

Quickly, start the ballista and turn around. Can't these damn guards below stop these rebels?!

Charlie looked at the commotion coming from inside the city wall. He became more and more uneasy. He could no longer stop the city gate from opening. Could it be that the capital of the Motu Empire was about to be breached for the first time since its founding...

Charlie knew that everything started the day before yesterday, when the prisoners entered the city...

On the day that the Elegy Fortress fell, when the imperial capital received the news, the entire government and the public were moved. The prince who oversaw the country ordered martial law throughout the city. At the same time, he sent a message to other villages and towns in the Kinki region to recruit mercenaries to prepare for the enemy. However, these orders were sent to Most of the Royal Knights were intercepted by Charlotte.

The Elegy Fortress is the barrier of the imperial capital. The fall of the fortress means that the entire imperial capital is directly exposed to the enemy.

But the enemy only has thousands of them!

The empire's defense minister was in the palace trying to persuade the prince to take the initiative to send troops to eliminate the enemy forces outside the city.

The prince sat on a smaller chair next to the throne. He could not reach that position at this time. His eyes were completely focused here. He did not pay attention to what the minister said.

When the minister raised his voice again, hoping to get the prince's permission, he was drowned out by the scoldings of other ministers.

Shut up, do you want the Imperial City to fall like the Fortress of Elegy? Are you as stupid as the Marquis Martial of the Fortress of Elegy?

Your Highness, please don't be deceived by villains. Even if they attack the city wall of the empire for half a year, they won't be able to break it. Now as long as the emperor comes back, every one of those people will be tied to the stake to thank the gods. shelter!

Your Highness, I think the imperial capital should be sealed off immediately, and then the surrounding villages and towns should be armed to slow down the enemy's attack...

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While the debate was going on in the imperial palace, a team of tens of thousands of people appeared outside the gate of the imperial capital, and they were also soldiers from their own side.

However, their clothes were in rags, and almost all of them had their hair hanging down. They looked more like a team of refugees.

But they are indeed warriors of the empire, some are knights of Elegy Fortress and Dirk City, and many are even Lords of the empire.

The guards at the city gate naturally recognized the military dignitaries among them, but with such a large number of prisoners of war being released, the guard captain did not dare to make the decision, so he had to quickly send someone to ask the prince for instructions.

In the huge imperial capital, even from the city gate to the palace in the inner city, it takes more than ten minutes by fast horse. Coupled with the cumbersome procedures to enter the palace, nearly an hour has passed by the time you see the prince.

Tens of thousands of prisoners of war were released?

The prince finally looked away from the throne because he heard something very interesting.

What, the prisoners were just released like this? the prince asked the guard guarding the city.

Yes...yes Your Highness, there are tens of thousands of people. We dare not make any arbitrary claims. Please make it clear, Your Highness.

hehe!

The prince smiled lightly, This is really a crude trick!

The prince of the Motu Empire, Oudek Aleph, is only twenty years old.

He is not the eldest son. According to legal principles, he should not even be the prince.

However, he inherited the same mind as his mother, Princess Sona of the empire. Princess Sona gradually gained more power than the queen in the harem of the empire, and her son also gradually overthrew those in front of him. Brothers, when the emperor was away, he naturally became the crown prince overseeing the country.

Now, he thought that his wisdom could finally be displayed in front of the ministers.

Only the southern barbarians can come up with such a clumsy strategy!

The prince has always been disdainful of that rumor, which is the youngest and most outstanding lord in the history of the continent, Xiuin Neumann.

What is there to discuss about the war between a bunch of barbarians?

Now, the opportunity to compete with the barbarians came. The prince could see the other party's intention at a glance, They must have placed their spies among the captives sent back, trying to sneak into the imperial capital. Haha, that's ridiculous. Go down and send more. Manpower, check them one by one!

Yes, it's Your Highness!

The guards hurried back to carry out the orders of His Royal Highness.

Your Highness, Holy Ming!

Your Highness's glory lies with the Motu Empire!

These barbarians also want to hide it from His Highness...

The ministers were all flattering the prince. Even the defense minister of the imperial capital couldn't say anything. His Highness's consideration was correct. The enemy might have planted spies inside.

So the tens of thousands of soldiers from Elegy Fortress and Dirk City who arrived at the Imperial Capital in the afternoon, as well as some of the citizens, waited outside the city until late at night before the interrogation was completed.

As a result, everyone's identity has been confirmed.

No spies!

This is impossible!

The prince shouted in the main hall, There is definitely a problem. Isolate all the people in Elegy Fortress and keep them under strict supervision!

More than 20,000 soldiers of Elegy Fortress were placed in a deserted construction site in the imperial capital, because the imperial capital could not afford more cells to detain them at a time.

It would be impossible for the warrior who had been hungry all day not to complain at this time.

Those who were eager to show their merits to the prince took away those who complained and were accused of being spies.

The evidence was forged, and self-confessions were easy to process. Just beat the soldiers until they were inhuman form, and then press them with their bloody hands.

So the next day, His Royal Highness the Prince laughed heartily in the main hall, Reward, reward heavily!

Food, water, disappointment, when these things are mixed together, the soldiers of Elegy Fortress look at the eyes of the compatriots guarding them with disgust and hatred...