Mount and Blade

He strung the bow and drew the bow like a full moon. The arrow instantly pinned Madwuxiu's mount to the ground, and the owner on its back fell straight forward and fell hard. Dog chews mud.

Sickle and Benedicut took the opportunity to rush towards the city gate. The silver wolf with bleeding mouth suddenly accelerated and turned into a silver lightning, entering the "Fire Dragon's Lair" before the gate was completely lowered.

When the shadow hand chasing the two people outside the city gate saw that the situation was not good, they immediately picked up Madwuxiu from the ground and left the place.

Gulenberudo strode down the city wall without hesitation. He saw that Benediku seemed to be injured! !

"Benedicut, are you okay!"

Gulenberudo rushed to Benedicut's side. Ludvik had already been hit by several arrows. In the last moments of his life, he rushed Benedicut into the dragon's lair and fell to the ground exhausted. .

Gurenberg caught the girl's soft body at this moment, and the pure white hem of the miko's clothes was dyed with a dazzling thorn red.

Grumberudo anxiously checked her wounds. A crossbow arrow shot into Benedicut's shoulder armor from behind, passed out from under the collarbone, and directly penetrated the left side of the pipa bone. As long as it moved downwards a little further, It is the position of the heart.

At this time, her face was pale, but she endured the pain and forced a smile, "I'm fine, it's just a minor injury. I hope you're fine."

Gulenberudo gently held her hand, as if he could feel the life passing between those cold green fingers.

"It's all my fault... for putting you in such a dangerous situation. I should have taken you directly to the Fire Dragon's Lair..." The fire dragon, who had always treated Benedicut like a fragile treasure, seemed to have been severely beaten. I felt deep remorse and guilt as if I was clenching my heart.

"I'm sorry, Gulenberudo, I didn't protect Benedicut-sama well..."

At this time, Hickel also came over. Although her left arm was injured, fortunately it was not fatal. She pulled out the force arrow by breaking off the arrowhead.

"But now is not the time to blame ourselves. The Grand Duke's conspiracy has gradually surfaced. We must discuss countermeasures as soon as possible."

Gulenberudo nodded, and then looked at the two Hickels nervously, "What happened? Did the person who assassinated Benedicut come again? Where is Edward?"

Sikel's aqua blue eyes overflowed with complicated emotions of unknown meaning. He didn't want to look into Gulenberudo's pure golden eyes, and gritted his teeth and said: "He betrayed us and colluded with the Grand Duke."

"What?! How is that possible! He obviously still..." Gulenberudo's expression changed. He didn't believe that Edward would do such a thing!

Edward clearly sent a letter eagle to warn him to be careful about the actions arranged by the Grand Duke this time, and then he rushed back in time. But the current situation is urgent and there is no room for overthinking.

At this time, the sentry standing on the top of the tower came and reported: "Sir, we found that a large number of enemy troops are moving this way, not only the deployment of Judah, but also the deployment of the Grand Duke from Norud Kahuati!!"

Gulumberudo took a deep breath and his eyes became firm, "Everyone is ready to face the enemy. Even if we die in battle today, we will never let the enemy step into the Fire Dragon's Lair!"

All the soldiers shouted in unison, and their morale was high. Gulenberudo turned his head and looked at Hickel and Benedicut who were being taken away by military doctors to treat their wounds, thinking that they must be protected this time. This battle will determine the fate of everyone.

.........

At this time, Edward on the other side was leading the army non-stop behind Madwood Xiu who was chasing Hickel and Benedicut. When he saw Madwuxiu's drawn bow and arrow pointed at Shikel, his heart seemed to have stopped for a moment.

Fortunately, Hickel was quick and avoided the critical point. I don’t know if Madwu Xiu, who has always hit the mark with perfect accuracy, had a deviation caused by his right hand being bitten hard by a silver wolf.

Seeing the shadowmen who were so frightened by Gulumberudo come back with crossbows, how could Edward not guess whose idea it was!

Seeing the scene in front of him, Edward roared: "Madwood, are you crazy?"

When Madwood saw Edward, a flash of panic flashed in his eyes but he quickly calmed down, "Your Highness, please stop being stubborn. The only way out is to join the Grand Duke with me. I am doing this all to achieve your hegemony!!"

"That's enough, I know what to do!" Edward's angry look looked terrifying, but all of this... including this path he chose right now.

Why does my heart still feel so painful? Damn... that kind of thing...

No matter what kind of scene it is, it is not what he wants to see. He cannot be easily swayed by Benedicut's words!

However, Gulenberudo's return from this mission seemed to be uneventful. The dragons have already left their nests. Juda's 20,000 troops are indeed useless...

No, maybe Gulenberudo had already received the letter eagle he sent early in the morning. Lucky guy...

It was obviously already at this time, but at this time, Edward, who was the enemy of Gulenberudo, suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Since that man is in the dragon's lair, it is not impossible for Hickel to survive.

Ah, if it's that guy... then it must be okay, right?

.........

In the Fire Dragon's Lair, Gulomberudo was nervously directing the soldiers to prepare for defense. Fortunately, the Fire Dragon's Lair in the past could barely cope with such a scene.

However, the two-sided attack situation still made the number of troops in the "Fire Dragon's Lair" tense. It would be okay if it were the Judah army to the south, but the side of "Fire Dragon's Lair" facing Nodkahua had almost no defense measures.

Benedict's injuries were temporarily stabilized after simple treatment by military doctors, but her face was still pale.

After Shikel took off the protective gear on her left arm and bandaged the wound, she was about to go into battle. She wanted to fight side by side with Gulenberudo.

But she still couldn't figure out why Edward betrayed him. Everything was clearly...

Hickel climbed the city wall together with Gulenberudo, and the first to arrive was the Archduke's troops. The totem of Grant's royal horn was painted on the military flag.

The leader was none other than Edward, and with his order, the army immediately took up their positions. Edward rode his horse leisurely out of the battle formation from an army of less than five thousand men, with an indifferent expression on his face.

Looking up at his old friend from the past, Edward smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly. It was really... Even at this time, he couldn't let him ride on Gulenberudo's head for a while.

...Looking up is very tiring.

"Oh, it's really strange. Those losers from Judah didn't even cut off your fingernails? It seems like that guy Abecasis should really be buried in his stupidity."

"...You guy!"

Gulenberudo felt a pang in his heart when he saw Edward appearing in front of the enemy's formation. However, he still didn't want to believe that Edward had really betrayed him, and confronted Edward loudly: "Edward, do you really want to collude with the Grand Duke?"

Edward was riding on the horse with a calm expression. He suddenly broke the silence and chuckled a few times before responding: "Gulun Berudo, the situation is now beyond our control, and I can't help it. If you surrender now, maybe It can also save lives.”

Sickle shouted angrily from the side: "Edward, we have experienced so much together, how could you betray our friendship and this land so easily!"

Edward tightened his grip on the reins and avoided Hickel's angry gaze. Although he felt guilty in his heart, he still said: "You won't understand. Everything I did is for a better future for the Principality of Grant. The Grand Duke promised I will bring the principality to a more glorious state."

Gulenberudo snorted coldly: "Collude with Juda and sacrifice the lives of countless Grant people. This is what you call a better future? Edward, you disappoint me so much."

As he said this, Gulenberudo clenched the weapon in his hand, his eyes full of determination. Hickel also pursed his lips with a look of resentment, pointing the sword in his hand directly at Edward. If he had any disagreement, he rushed towards him in a desperate posture.

Edward looked at their eyes, his heart was already numb, and he didn't know that his actions had deeply hurt his closest partner. It's just that now the arrow is on the string and he has to shoot, and there is no way back for him.