Knight with Wand

Seeing the griffin flying towards his tower fort first, Ivan turned back and shouted loudly to several familiar soldiers on the city wall.

".Norris! Where is Norris?"

"Sir, Sergeant Norris has died in the battle." A soldier answered.

".Where is Tim?"

"Sir Tim was pulled down the city wall by a monster, and his body has not been found yet."

"."The sadness in his heart and the injuries on his body made Ivan cough repeatedly. He asked about the whereabouts of several other soldiers, but they were either sacrificed or missing. The only one left was seriously injured and unable to take care of himself. It was a question whether he could survive.

Looking around, except for the seventy or so family soldiers who could still stand on the top of the city, Ivan could hardly see any familiar faces among the surviving two or three hundred town conscripts.

Now in the town guards, more than half of whom were killed or injured, he couldn't find a sergeant to take charge of the army and the aftermath for himself.

As for the refugee leader's number of refugees, who still number no less than a thousand, let alone, Ivan felt uneasy when he saw the spears, axes and swords in their hands.

In this short period of time, he has stopped several conflicts with his own guards that almost broke out because the refugees stripped the armor off the soldiers' bodies.

Feeling dizzy and helpless, Ivan had to consider and temporarily promote a few people from the family soldiers to sergeants to command the scene.

"Sir Ivan, let's cooperate."

Ivan turned around and looked at the refugee leader who was walking not far away.

"What do you mean?"

Looking at this guy who threatened not long ago to lead the refugees to attack the city if the food was not released, the knight frowned.

"Of course, it means to recruit us refugees." Ron shook his head at the young man: "Are you afraid that I will do something bad? Don't be silly, we are now on the same boat. We lack food, and you lack manpower. Moreover, now that the refugees have entered the city, so many people are armed. If I really want to make trouble, unless the lord riding the griffin intervenes, the soldiers in your hands can't stop me at all."

Ivan stared at him straight: "Are you threatening me?"

Ron smiled bitterly at the young man and raised his hand to point to the city.

"It's not a threat, just a kind persuasion. You have to understand that in addition to the nearly 1,000 people behind me, there are at least 2,000 disaster victims who have fled into the city.

These refugees are not the army. If it weren't for the survival, I couldn't restrain them at all. Once the disaster victims rioted and looted, how would you deal with it?

Shatai City has suffered so many casualties, can it still withstand such a disaster? Even if you can ask the griffin knight to help you, he won't stay for too long. What if the lord leaves?

While I'm still able to control the thousands of people behind me, you Why not incorporate us into the Shatai territory? I will help you organize the city guards and rebuild the order in the city. Lord Iven, these people are not bandits, but civilians from all over the place. We don't ask for much, just a way to survive. "Survival" Faced with the sudden request from the refugee leader, Iven fell into deep thought. Such a big matter should be handled by his father, followed by the general manager and the eldest brother. His mother, who has a weak personality, has always been insignificant in the family, and he, who was not well-received in the past, has never had the experience of deciding major affairs. The family has always treated him as a pure warrior and used him back and forth. But now his father is missing, and his eldest brother is taking the army to follow the king's army to the king's territory. At this moment, he is the only one left in Shatai City. "I will think about it and give you an answer, but you have to restrain your men, at least return the guards' armor that they have robbed, to prove that you will not mess around again." Iven said carefully. He did not ask the other party to return the weapons distributed previously, that was too unrealistic. Ron looked back at his team, thought deeply, and nodded, saying, "I can return most of the armor to you, but I will leave more than a dozen sets to arm my confidants. In addition, you must provide enough food in exchange, which is also a reward for our sacrifice to defend the city. I promise to gather the team and control their hands and feet."

It's not that he doesn't want to show more sincerity to the young knight, but if he rashly orders the refugees who have snatched the armor to take off the "trophies" on their bodies, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce his prestige in their eyes, and it will be more difficult to control the team later.

And if you let the trusted subordinates have the advantage of weapons, maintain internal deterrence, and exchange them with enough life-saving food, this will be more acceptable to the refugees than unilateral concessions.

"Okay, I hope you keep your promise, otherwise." Ivan paused. As the weaker party at the moment, he really couldn't come up with a deterrent "otherwise" except to fight to the death with the other party.

The young knight had no choice but to say: "Otherwise, I will ask the upright Griffin Knight to come to arbitrate and uphold justice for the city of Shatai."

"Ha, don't worry, Sir Ivan, we are just a group of rabble, and we dare not be enemies with that powerful knight. Now let's take this as the first step to put aside our past grudges."

Ron smiled, showing weakness in his words, leaving enough face for the other party.

Ivan forced himself to stay energetic and ordered the guard leader and the militia to push a cart of food. When he saw that Ron also returned to the refugee team and indeed returned the stolen armor as promised, he felt a little relieved.

I am weak and alone, and there is a big mess in the city to clean up. There is really no better way to deal with it.

Flying over the ruined city of Shatai, Leon looked down at the vague outlines of the bodies lying on the streets below.

The number of exposed corpses was not high, but the doors and windows of those houses that were damaged by ghouls because they were not strong enough indicate that the number of civilians killed indoors may far exceed estimates.

Driving the death claw across the arch bridge of the city's river, and landing in the city where the Lord's Solitary Castle is located, Leon looked at the outer wall of the small castle-like tower in front of him.

Looking at the closed gate in front, Leon was confused.

He remembered that the refugee leader named Ron on the city wall just now said that Baron Shatai might have run away, so why was the gate of the Solitary Castle still closed from the inside?

After thinking about it, although the outer wall was useless to the griffin, Leon did not fly into it rashly. After all, it was someone else's house, so he should wait for the Evan knight to take him in.

Letting the Death Claw lie down and wait, he looked sideways and noticed a long ladder leaning against the outer wall.

Someone climbed in using the ladder from outside and tried to escape?

After a while, Ivan endured the pain and finally entrusted the affairs to the newly promoted sergeant. Under the escort of several soldiers, he arrived belatedly on horseback.

Seeing his door closed from a distance, Ivan was also stunned.

Then he thought that his father might still be holding on in the lonely castle, and he was a little relieved. He only felt that the other party might have been timid and did not face the battlefield directly, but after all, he did not abandon the town and escape alone as the refugee leader speculated.

He lowered his head and found that the war horse was frightened and did not dare to approach the griffon lying under the outer wall. He had to call the soldiers to help him get off the horse and walk.

"Wait a moment, your Excellency. I will take you to rest right now." Ivan said to the gryphon knight sitting on the giant beast, and came to the gate and called the guards to open the door.

Unfortunately, after shouting for a long time, no one in the hospital came out to respond.

"Better, let me go in and open the door."

Looking at his embarrassed expression, Leon patted the death claw, took off and flew into the courtyard of the tower.

He and Olivia jumped out of the saddle, Leon kicked open the small door next to the wall gate, went in and shook the lift switch wrapped with iron chains, and helped people outside lift the portcullis.

After locking the switch, Leon asked the Deathclaw to wait in the open space, and followed Ivan who came in to lead the way and continued walking towards the tower.

"I want to rest in your room on the top floor. My griffon can stay at the top of the tower. Also, my companions and I need hot water to take a bath." Leon made one request after another.

"No problem, sir. I will arrange for servants to prepare it for you as soon as possible. Do you need to send someone to help you clean your armor?" Ivan said happily.

"Then it's hard work." Leon nodded.

Before approaching the tower, Olivia sniffed lightly and frowned slightly.

When everyone reached the half-opened tower door, everyone smelled the blood rushing into their noses just like her.

Ivan looked shocked, threw away the guard's support, and quickly went up to push the door open.

What caught his eye were the corpses scattered on the front porch.

Seeing such a bloody scene in his home, Evan could panic.

But when he took a closer look, he found that among the corpses torn apart by the corpse demon, there were no traces of his family members. They were all townspeople dressed in civilian clothes.

"Father! Are you there?!" Ivan immediately shouted into the dark fortress. He drew his weapon just in case, and led everyone to speed up.

Stepping through the blood caused by the undead monster, Olivia and Leon followed behind vigilantly.

Stepping into the gloomy lord's hall, the smell of blood became even stronger. With the dim light cast by the stone wall window, the hall seemed to be smashed into chaos.

Leon raised his hand and used a little magic power to light the candle holder that had not yet collapsed. The light illuminated the messy corpses on the floor.

There seemed to be some civilians, some dressed as servants of lords, and even two corpses of winged corpse monsters.

Ivan looked around the hall, wondering, could his father have run away after all? Are the people who closed the floodgates actually the refugees who climbed over the wall?

After all, he didn't see any corpse of the lord's guards along the way. Moreover, if only a few corpse monsters invaded the fortress, no matter how bad the guards were, they would not be able to let them wreak havoc like this.

But when the father of those servants who had served the family for many years ran away, why didn't he take them with him?

Hurrying through the hall, several people pushed open each door, searching for possible survivors and potential dangers.

Until I got to the upper floor and saw the ornate door panel, I suspected it was the lord's room.

Olivia heard the nervous breathing in the room, and used simple Uriah words to remind Ivan: "There are four people inside."

Ivan tilted his head and was doubtful.

But recalling the bravery of this powerful girl like the "Valkyrie" on the city wall, he also felt that the other party would never lie.

He stepped forward and patted the door of his father's bedroom. The knight shouted: "Open the door! I am the knight Ivan, the son of the baron. It is safe outside. Come out quickly. Is the person hiding inside a servant or a town citizen? I forgive you. It’s not guilty of trespassing into the lord’s mansion!”

Ivan's continuous knocking seemed to alarm the hider.

For a while, he felt a little impatient for the intruder and was about to let the soldiers knock down the door.

I heard a familiar sobbing voice coming from behind the door.

"Evan! Is it you? Is it really you? I'm so scared."

The young knight was stunned. He never thought that he would hear his wife's voice at this moment.

But soon, I heard my mother's fragile voice behind the door: "Evan?"

Followed by a trembling childish voice: "Father, mother and grandma are very scared. They are afraid that you are like a ghost in disguise like in the legend!"

My family has always been in the city! ?

Ivan took a deep breath, thinking of the dead bodies he had just seen, and a strong sense of relief and fear surged in his heart.

"I am right! Mother, Nina, open the door, those corpse ghosts have been repelled, you can look out the window, we are saved!" The knight clarified loudly.

After a while, the sound of the cabinet moving was heard, and the women and children inside seemed to confirm safety from the window. Only then did the sound of the bed frame and the table cabinet being moved and overturned come from behind the door.

The door handle turned, and a young woman poked her eyes out. When she saw her husband's face, she burst into tears of joy.

Ivan pushed open the door and was hugged by his wife crying. He looked around the room.

In addition to his wife, he found that his mother, who was frightened, and his children, and even his father's mistress were there, hugging their legs and huddled in the corner in fear and confusion.

He didn't pay much attention to the woman. He was relieved that his loved ones were safe and sound, but he was stunned by his mother's question.

"Ivan, by the gods, I'm glad you're okay. How about your father? Is he okay?"

The young man felt a flame rising in his chest, and an outrageous anger came over him.

The next day.

In the room on the top floor of the tower fortress in Shatai City, Leon woke up from his sleep, and finally relieved some of the fatigue caused by the exhaustion of magic power.

Recovering the magic power in the body by eating, drinking, resting naturally, and meditating is not very efficient.

If he doesn't overdraw magic power, it will take him at least five or six days to recover from normal magic power exhaustion to full state. Apart from this, the only way to quickly replenish magic power is to find Corvis to replenish magic temporarily.

But unfortunately, his guard knight is still in Avalon trying to tame the eagle, and he didn't go with him this time.

Looking at the dim room, Leon turned his head to look at Olivia, who was sitting on the bedside with a sword beside him, taking turns to guard each other and rest.

"How long have I slept?"

"Not long, it's just dawn. Are you hungry? How about I go find you something to eat?" Olivia lowered her head and answered.

"Dawn?" Leon was stunned.

"Well, the dark clouds in the sky have dispersed." The girl nodded.

Hearing this, Leon immediately got up and walked to the window and opened the window leaf.

The summer sun shone in, and looking at the sky from a distance, the dark clouds covering the earth really disappeared from this area.

"Leon, do we still need to continue to go east? Those corpse ghosts seem to come from the east. Is it related to Rolandar where we are going?" Olivia walked behind Leon, a little worried.

".Don't worry, I'll ask Laura later. If it's too dangerous, she won't ask me to continue moving forward." Leon turned around and comforted the girl: "Let's find a local to investigate first and find out what happened here."