On the Seven Towers

The shouts became clearer and louder.

"Miss Selinda! Miss Selinda!"

"It's Nina." Selinda stood up, "Something must have happened, otherwise she wouldn't bother me at this time."

Selinda pushed open the door to the rooftop and saw her maid Nina rushing up with a look of panic and tears on her face, as if something terrible had happened.

When Nina saw Selinda, she ignored etiquette, grabbed her arm, and stammered: "Miss! Something big happened. Your father was defeated. My father sent a message. He just arrived." Below, he was seriously injured.”

Selinda grabbed her: "What are you talking about?"

"That's it... that's it... Lord Earl's army was defeated. Only my father escaped and came here with the letter." Nina repeated.

"Calm down, where is your father?" Selinda asked.

"It's...downstairs." Nina said.

"Let's go! Let's go down there and have a look!" Li Jiada said.

"Take me to see him quickly!" Selinda pulled Nina and rushed down the stairs, and Li Jia hurriedly followed.

Nina's father, Knight Holmes, was lying on the bed in a bedroom. He suffered many injuries and his face was as pale as a sheet of paper due to excessive blood loss. He leaned on the mattress at the head of the bed, his eyes almost closed, but he still opened his eyes very hard, trying not to fall asleep.

When Selinda broke into the room, Holmes pushed himself up and said, "Miss Selinda, we have an extremely urgent military situation! The Earl's army was ambushed by the Knights of the Sun and the Legion of Punishment from the Temple of Nature. !”

"Why did we suddenly attack the Temple of Nature? There were no signs before! And we have reached a tacit agreement with Priest Roland. How could something like this happen suddenly! What is the situation of the count himself now? How is the army under his command? "

"I don't know if your father escaped their siege in the end, but I followed his order to break out of the siege to inform you. There must be troops from the Temple of Nature gathering near you. If our judgment is correct, If so, the main attack will be the Temple Guard Heavenly Punishment Army led by the Raging Wave Knights," Holmes said in one breath. After finishing speaking, he coughed several times and spit out a mouthful of blood. Nina was so frightened that she quickly went up to wipe him.

Selinda shouted to Nina: "Don't cause trouble here, hurry up and find the healer."

"Oh, yes." Nina glanced at her father worriedly and hurried out the door.

Selinda has been commanding the army for some time, and now she has a stern face and speaks with dignity: "Holmes, please tell me in detail what happened."

Holmes raised his head and looked out the window, "Everything happened three days ago."

He paused, as if recalling what had happened: "In the past ten days or so, the Earl has been leading us to besiege Rock Castle. That fortress is very strong. Although Duke Howal has been defeated by us many times, his men still remain. There were many troops, and these people huddled in the Rock Castle, making every inch of the walls of the Rock Castle full of enemies, making it difficult to deal with them.

We set up three camps in the northwest and south directions of the Rock Fort. The main camp is the West Camp where the Count is located. Although the defense of the Rock Fort is strong, with the pneumatic cannons given to us by the Chinese, it will only take time to knock down the wall. question. Four days ago we blasted a breach in daylight. Then they kept suppressing the opponent, leaving them unable to use magic to repair this section of the city wall. The Earl is preparing to launch a general attack at night, break through this gap in one fell swoop, and capture the Rock Castle.

But just when our team began to attack Rock Castle from several directions at the same time, the main berserker group began to move out of camp to attack the gap in the castle wall. Many temple knights and soldiers from the temple guard appeared out of nowhere. They suddenly appeared from the rear of our team, and under the cover of magic, they launched a surprise attack on us under the cover of night.

No matter how powerful the army is, it cannot resist the enemies rushing out from behind, not to mention that these enemies are extremely powerful. The enemy troops in Rock Castle also rushed out of the castle together, attacking our troops from both sides. "

"That night..." Holmes shook his head sadly, "it was a complete defeat."

"Where are their main berserker warriors? Were they also defeated?"

"That's the Knights of the Burning Sun. They specially used middle-level and above knights to form two cavalry teams to harass our berserker troops. You all know that berserkers will lose their minds once they go crazy. They took advantage of this to drive us crazy. The warrior diverted the original attack route, lured them into the trap prepared by the temple priests, controlled them with vine magic, and trapped them alive in those vines. "

"Then what happened to my father-in-law?" Li Jia asked.

"Because the West Camp couldn't stop these crazy guards, the Earl led us knights and some soldiers to retreat to Bavaria. But when we arrived in Bavaria, we found that the city had also fallen into the hands of the Temple of Nature. After a night of fighting and running, everyone needed to rest and replenish supplies. The Earl could only take us to stop in a nearby town called Sedara. However, we all knew that it would take only a few hours for the Temple of Nature to find us. The Earl believed that the Temple of Nature would not attack him alone, and would definitely come to deal with your flank force. Therefore, I must tell you what happened to him.

The Earl ordered me and the other five knights to come to you separately, but when I came out, I ran into the enemy troops who came to pursue the Earl. Later, I was spotted by their scouts and came here after fighting my way out. It seems that I am the only one among us messengers who finally broke out of the encirclement."

"What does he want us to do?" asked Serinda.

"Retreat, retreat to Ariak, and then send a messenger to the Tower of China to seek help. It is impossible for you to continue to advance or to hold on to Lagos City now. There is a lack of people's support for defending the city. Only the Chinese can change the situation and help you get out of the siege. Your army is pieced together, the city walls here are damaged, and the residents do not support you. Once you encounter the siege of the Temple of Nature, you will be attacked from both inside and outside. Only by retreating immediately can you survive the attack of the Temple of Nature." Holmes suddenly said in a very solemn tone, "My Lord Earl has specifically instructed me to emphasize one point, you must not think about saving him!"