after being forced to become a heartthrob

Seth's expression was obviously shaken for a moment because of his words.He stood up, and looked into the eyes of the priest kneeling in front of him.

"My sister, she..." Seth's voice trembled.

His appearance, of course, was understood by Wen Rao as longing for his sister, "Princess Wang is very worried when she hears that you were taken away by Vanesse." Rao also showed Seth the ring given by the princess as a token from his neck.

"This is my sister's ring." Seth calmed down a lot after seeing the ring.

Seeing that his expression calmed down, Wen Rao knew that he believed it, so he stretched out his hand again and took back the ring hanging around his neck, "I hope this will make you believe me—including the way I can help you escape .”

Seth nodded hesitantly. Wen Rao looked back and saw two figures standing outside. For absolute secrecy, he chose to be close to Seth's ear and told him the plan he had just thought of.

After finishing all this, Wen Rao came out from the yurt where Seth was imprisoned.The man in Vagne watched him come out, his tone was not respectful, but it was definitely not the tone he used to treat prisoners, "My lord priest, you have spent too long talking with the king."

"After all, it is not an easy task to persuade him to increase his tribute to Nurian, and to make him not suspect that I am in collusion with you."

Vane's men didn't speak, arranged for someone to send Wen Rao away from their base camp.

When Wen Rao left Sanforth, he brought two servants along with him, but this time when he returned from Wagner's camp, the two servants had disappeared.Wen Rao didn't need to ask, he probably had already disappeared, he had already turned around before the gate of hell, if it wasn't for his good acting skills, the man from Vagne who was bluffing was stunned, maybe he would have to confess There went.

Not good or bad, the result is good.

The two Vannes men who sent him away from the base camp placed him by the main road and left.Wen Rao watched their backs on horseback completely disappear in front of him, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and a layer of sticky sweat broke out in his open palms at some point.

……

Ares, who had already set up camp in front of Vanesse's base camp, was discussing with his subordinates about the surprise attack on Vanesse tomorrow. Just halfway through the discussion, a person told him, "Prince Ares, the priest wants to see you." you."

Ares and his subordinates raised their heads together, frowning suspiciously, "Priest? Is he here?"

As soon as the words fell, the curtain in front of him was lifted, and the priest whose face was half illuminated by the fire came in.

Ares saw that the person who appeared suddenly was really gentle, and narrowed his eyes, "Shouldn't the priest stay in Sanforth well at this time to appease the civilians?"

"I have come to convey the will of God."

The battle with Vane is tomorrow, but the priest suddenly jumped out with the will of God, which made Ares a little unhappy anyway.

Wen Rao has already taken off his hood, his appearance and hair color are his best identification marks, relying on this characteristic, he can come to Ares unimpeded all the way.

"God's will?"

"God told us to withdraw our troops tonight and go back to Sanforth. Three days later, Vanne will take the initiative to return the king." Because there was no horse, after Vanne who sent him to the side of the road left, Wen Rao relied purely on his feet came over.When he came to Ares, his feet were already blistered, but he just stood up straight in front of him.

Ares thought he would say something constructive, but after hearing the word withdrawal, he sneered, "In the eyes of the priest, is fighting and sending troops as simple as children playing?"

Wen Rao pursed his lips even tighter, he knew Ares would say such a thing.At the beginning, he also encouraged them, hoping that they could fight Vanessa, but now he has a better way, and he can completely minimize the casualties and win.Thinking of this, he became more determined, "If you don't obey God's will, you will be condemned by God."

Ares originally had an indifferent attitude towards the illusory gods, but now before the battle, he was suddenly jumped out by the priest to point fingers, and it was strange that he would be in a good mood.Fortunately, the person in front of him was a priest. If his adjutant had said such stupid words, he would have drawn out his knife and pressed it against his neck, telling him to take back that bullshit decree.

Faced with Ares' unfriendly eyes, Wen Rao still insisted, "As long as you withdraw your troops, you can win with the lowest casualties. This is God's will."

"Come on, send the priest back to Sanforth."

Soldiers came out from the left and right sides, because the priest was standing in front of him, they dared not offend, so they could only ask him to leave here.

"Ares, are you going to ignore God's will and use the blood of Nurian's soldiers who fought with you to usher in this victory?" Wen Rao saw that Ares couldn't speak directly, and began to instigate he came.

"The victory of the war is won by blood!" Ares is not so easy to be confused, "If God can lead the victory of the war, then right now, show a miracle to make Vanne surrender .”

"..."

"Since the gods can't do it, then why should I believe that victory can be won by waiting?" Ares's expression became more serious, and the cynical side he usually showed in front of Wen Rao was almost the same. It's like two different people.

Ares doesn't believe in God, but others do. Wen Rao saw obvious hesitation on the faces of the soldiers beside him, and he took a step forward in the face of Ares' anger, " You can choose not to listen to the will of God, but this battle with Vanesse will definitely be extremely heroic—countless children will lose their fathers, and countless women will lose their husbands. Their corpses will be buried here with the Vanessa clan In a desolate land, suffering."

If it wasn't for Ares's recalcitrant personality, Wen Rao wouldn't have said such vicious words, but it was because he said these words, a soldier who believes in gods and regards gods as his spiritual support, all of a sudden They all panicked.

"Please! Please stop talking!" A soldier stopped the priest's words, then turned to look at Ares with a sullen face, "Prince Ares——"

The role of priests in a country is largely to establish faith and hope for people, but at this time, priests defeated this belief and hope before the war, people's hearts are floating, and Ares can guess without gentle expressions To see how bad their mental state will be when they fight Vanesse.

The defeat of a war may lie here.

Ares looked at the culprit who caused all this in front of him, and for the first time showed the ferocity he had honed on the battlefield, "I can withdraw my troops."

Wen Rao intuited that he would say something he couldn't wait for in the next sentence, and his heart beat violently. As he expected, Ares pulled out his saber and threw it on the table in front of him, "But, three days later , if the victory you predicted does not come—"

Wen Rao, who had already walked in front of him, stopped breathing because of the momentum emanating from Ares at this moment.

Ares twitched the corners of his lips, showing a malicious smile, "I can think that you no longer have the ability to communicate with the gods, and by then, you will no longer be a priest of Nurian, but a slave." .”

It is a big test no matter who it is to meet the eyes of a battle-tested person like Ares.But Wen Rao persisted abruptly, on the surface, he was still calm, "Okay."

Ares withdrew his gaze from staring at him, and he sent an order to withdraw his troops.The horn sounded from behind Wen Rao, and Ares strode towards Wen Rao, but this time he didn't stop at all, but bumped into his shoulder abruptly, and continued walking outside without stopping. go.

Wen Rao followed and walked out, because the soldiers camped outside didn't know what happened inside, and they were all talking about——

"Why did you suddenly withdraw your troops?"

"Is it an order from Prince Ares?"

"Impossible, Prince Ares never gave the order to retreat!"

Ares in front had left him and rode away. Wen Rao saw his back from behind, and silently stretched out his hand to pull back the hood that he took off just now.

……

After returning to Sanforth, Wen Rao immediately drafted a letter and sent it to the people of Vanne.

He discussed with Sett, and after he left, Sett negotiated with the Vanners in the name of cooperation.He was in charge of getting Ares to withdraw his troops, making Vanesse think that Nurian's purpose was really to kill Seth, and Seth was in charge, making Vanesse's people believe that in order to save his life, he would do everything he could to save his life. With the power of the whole country, they paid them a ransom to buy their own lives.The ransom will be paid after Nurian's reinforcements leave, and he will return to Sanforth to pay. He also promised that he will open the country and let them go to get the reward.

After Wen Rao sent the letter, he ordered the Nulian reinforcements to leave Sanforth with the decree of God, pretending that he was about to leave Sanforth.

Ares, the commander, watched his actions coldly.

The appearance of the silver-haired priest is certainly attractive, but if he is always self-willed, it is really impossible to touch him other than his appearance.

Ares has been fighting for Nurian since he became an adult. He has experienced large and small battles, and a few have more than a dozen battles. Now, because of the priest's words, he retreats without a fight in front of the mouse-like Vagne. , This is simply a stain on his life. He has already decided how to let him get bored with the priest's beautiful face after the priest becomes a slave.

"Flickering—"

A black crow hovered and fell from the sky, and finally landed on the shoulder of the priest standing on the city wall.

Ares raised his head and looked at the priest who was shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun.The black crow by his side added a bit of ominous feeling to him, but when he turned his head and the silver hair in the hood fell down, those slight ominousness were replaced by a sense of holiness—as if it was real It is shrouded in divine light.

No, there is no God.

Ares forced his gaze away from Wen Rao, lowered his head, and continued to look at Sanforth, which was now devastated by the war.

……

The gentleness on the city wall has long noticed Ares' aggressive gaze, and he has been worried these days. He has changed from a priest to a slave, so don't be too cruel, okay?But if Ares hadn't withdrawn his troops at that time, his lie of deceiving Vanessa would have been exposed, and Seth would have fallen into a more dangerous situation as a result.This method seems to be the most risky, but it is also the safest.

The pitch-black crow was the one he brought with him when he came with him.When he left, he hesitated for a long time, whether to bring a crystal ball that could be used for divination, or a crow that could be driven as a servant. In the end, the fragile crystal ball made him choose the latter.But because of the absolute secrecy, he didn't bring the potion to restore the crow servant to his body.

The crow that carried the letter flew into Vanesse's camp last night and sent a letter to Seth. What he brought back today was Seth's reply.

Wen Rao read the content of the letter clearly, and after a few days of anxiety, he gradually calmed down—he will be assisting the princess in the future, how could he be defeated in the first battle as the empress of Nurian? ?

Wen Rao raised his arm, and the crow standing on his arm flapped its wings and flew up, its black feathers swirling and falling.Looking at the magnificent sunset behind him and the devastated Sanforth King City, Wen Rao felt a sense of fighting spirit and arrogance that he had never had before out of thin air—it's all here, there must be something big to do, right?

breaking Dawn.

The three-day deadline agreed with Ares is coming soon.In the city of Sanforth, Nurian's large army has almost withdrawn, leaving only the priest Wen Rao and Ares and several of his direct subordinates.

Ares heard the news that Wen Rao was on the city wall. He walked up to the city wall and looked at Wen Rao looking into the distance.

"Master Priest, today is the third day." Ares reminded when he walked to him.

Wen Rao didn't make a sound, and kept looking into the distance. Ares' gaze followed his gaze, and there was a vast and desolate horizon in the distance.

"It seems that God's will is not what you perceive." Even because of Wen Rao's displeasure in making him withdraw his troops before the battle, when he approached Wen Rao, he would still be amazed by his miraculous beauty dumped.

Wen Rao's voice was quiet, "Gods can't make mistakes."

"Really, this time..." Ares was just about to satirize the deities enshrined in gentleness, when he heard a sound of horseshoes.On the horizon, many black dots appeared, and it was only when they got closer that they could be seen as Vanner's troops.They roared forward on horseback, and within a short while they had rushed to the city of Sanforth from the horizon.

Ares hadn't reacted yet, thinking it was their surprise attack, and was about to send the subordinates who were still staying in Sanforth to send a message to the Nurian army camped not far away, but the city gate had already been blocked by Sanforth. The civilians opened it by themselves.

Wen Rao saw Seth sitting on the horse with his hands bound, the corners of his tightly pursed lips turned up, revealing a smile.He turned his head, looked at Ares, who was looking at the Vanner army below the city, and repeated what he said just now, "Gods can't make mistakes."

Ares didn't know how to answer for a moment.

The gentleness in front of him, the priest's black robe was blown by the wind, and his silver hair also floated up, especially at this moment, there was a determined smile on his face.All of this made Ares have to admit his charm.

The next thing is out of the control of Ares. He watched Vanne's troops enter Sanfors, and after returning the king, he prepared to drag the jewels offered by Sanfors away.

At this moment, Sanforth's soldiers suddenly shouted, "Close the city gate!"

The opened city gate was closed tightly again, and the Vannes who rode into the city were a little confused about the current situation.Standing still and wandering.

"Shoot arrows!!"

A dozen rockets shot over from the low city wall, and even Ares didn't know when Sanforth's soldiers were ambushed there.Those rockets were inserted into the boxes containing jewels, but the people in Vagne didn't know that under the boxes was the fuel used for lighting. As soon as the rockets were ignited, the flames shot into the sky.

Sett, who had just escaped, was supported by Sanforth's guards and walked up the city wall.He greeted Wen Rao, "My lord—" At the same time, he also glanced at Ares standing next to Wen Rao, "Prince Ares."

The Vanie people under the city wall are already in a mess.No weapons, no armor, no matter how powerful the horses are, they are easily defeated by the scorching flames.

"It's good that you're fine." Although Wen Rao has been using crows to send messages to him for the past three days, it still feels good to see a person standing in front of him alive.

Seth's face was a little pale, even with the firelight shining on him, there was no blood. He smiled gently at Wen Rao, "It's all thanks to you."

Wen Rao just used the token sent back by the crow to give orders to Sanforth's soldiers in the name of the king.

The Vannes soldiers surrounded by flames under the city looked for the exit, ramming around like headless flies. Seth coughed twice, walked to the city wall, supported the dilapidated city wall, and looked down at the barbarians who robbed his subjects .

Wen Rao knew what he was thinking at the moment, the revenge must be avenged, "Time is running short, I only prepared these things."

Seth didn't respond to him, but asked the guard beside him to come over with a bow and arrow. He pulled the bowstring and shot the flaming arrow down.Wen Rao originally thought that he was a weak king, but he didn't expect his arrow to shoot the tall man headed by Vane, who had been slashing at rockets with a knife, from his horse.The force of the shot was great, and the arrow pierced through the head and hit the city wall with blood.This arrow directly changed Wen Rao's impression of Seth's weakness.

The people in Vaine found Wen Rao and Seth standing on the city wall, and they were deceived in anger, making them growl and climb up.

Ares, who reacted, drew out his long sword, and drove down a few people who climbed up, but there were too many people trying to climb up. When he was not checking, a man from Vanir climbed up, He has a strong physique and a ferocious face, because the blood from the injury just now made his face even more terrifying, and he screamed and ran towards Seth.Wen Rao stood next to Seth.

"Be careful—" Ares, who had just sent the two people off the city wall, saw that the man from Vanesse had already run in front of Seth.Seth took a step back, and the gentle man next to him, as if he hadn't reacted, was still standing there.

Seth's bodyguard was chopped open from the middle with the huge sword in his hand.Blood and stumps splashed onto the city wall together. Ares watched the giant sword move in the direction of Wen Rao, and slashed across, obviously wanting to cut Seth and Wen Rao in half.

Set pulled Wen Rao to dodge, and the giant sword directly swept down a brick on the city wall.

Having escaped the blow, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the blood-stained giant sword was lifted up again.

Ares only saw the black priest's robe move twice, and instead of dodging, he rushed towards the Vanir.At the moment when Ares felt that his breathing was about to stop, Wen Rao rushed forward, and his body rushed under the arm of the tall Vanir at a flexible and incredible angle. At the same time, he turned around and pulled out With a flash of light, the dagger pierced directly into the back of the man in Vanessa.

The blow wasn't fatal, and only caused the man to howl even more angrily.

Wen Rao's hand holding the dagger was trembling unbelievably, but at this moment, he calmed down instead. The peaceful life in his previous life did not completely paralyze him. He still remembered that he and Shiloo escaped from desperate situations several times look.Including, how they kill, how dodge, how...

The hand holding the dagger was pulled upwards fiercely, as if opening a cloth bag, and the human skin was cut open like a fragile cloth.

Ares was stunned by this scene.

Pulling the dagger to the back of the man's neck with one hand, the tall man Vaness finally collapsed out of breath.Gentle's hood has been scattered because of the running just now, his silver-white hair is covered with the blood splattered from the man's body in Vanessa, and his too fair face.

Heavy panting.

After recovering, Wen Rao finally raised his head.

In addition to Ares who was stunned, Seth also froze in place.He looked at the priest in front of him, his cheeks were still stained with blood, but there was already that gentle smile on his face.

Wen Rao's instinctive reaction just now was to protect Sett and self-protection. He didn't realize that he was a priest until everyone died. I wanted to hide my embarrassment.But he forgot that he still had blood on his body, so when he laughed like this, besides being gentle, there was also a bit of permeation.But Seth didn't seem to care, and bent his eyes, responding to a smile that Wen Rao hadn't seen on his face.

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Scumbag author: Do you think a person who can still laugh when you see blood on your face would be a good thing?

Gentle: ...

Scumbag author: Wake up, it’s all white and black

Wen Rao: ... I think that after you finish writing this book, no one will want to be the protagonist for you

Scumbag author: ... [knowing blow]