"Sure enough, automatic weapons are the easiest to use..." Erica picked up the AK-74M rifle that had just been maintained from her lap and adjusted it. Then she turned to look at the window behind her and clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction.

, then she packed up the various cleaning tools placed on the windowsill, walked to a carpet covered with sleeping bags in the distance and said to Aurora: "Those garrison soldiers outside are still pointing at us...

…It looks so annoying.”

"What can be done about this? Who asked to hurt their people?" Aurora, who was sitting on the carpet reading a book, lazily closed the ancient book in her hand, then stretched hard and took out the obviously sheepskin book.

The book made of paper was thrown into a broken box far away.

This is a house in the West Guard Fortress. It was originally just an empty abandoned building. After all, this independent house has been in disrepair and is in a remote location, so it seems suitable for Erica and the others to use as a temporary residence. In the house

There are a lot of messy things piled up, but most of them are "useless things" thrown by the enemy during the war. Including the unknown book in Aprila's hand just now, there are them everywhere.

There are some artworks or tapestries that look similar to the battle but also seem to be of some value. The reason why the enemy packed and piled these things here is probably just to store the loot. After all, the area of ​​​​the fortress itself is not large.

, the number of rooms is not many, and the enemy's garrison and material storage here require a certain amount of space.

Last night's night attack went very smoothly. Although Erica and the others said it was their first time to cooperate with Michael's army in a joint operation, considering certain problems, Erica finally chose to help Michael's army open the drawbridge of the fortress.

Later, they developed a more independent combat strategy. But in the final analysis, the most important reason why they came to this fortress was because of Agnes, who was lying next to Aurora and had not woken up.

After entering Mary Castle a few days ago, they had no intention of meeting Chris's brother, the person in charge of this place and the supreme commander of the war, Count Adrian of Cero. After all, he never stood in the way of Mary Castle.

The guard at the gate of Leah Fortress learned that the earl was busy commanding the troops to regain the lost territory, so he did not have time to face Erica and the civilians, so Erica simply handed over Chris's letter.

In the hands of Agnes who was about to leave the team. The original purpose of Agnes traveling with them was to come here to report to her boss, and she currently needs to report to her boss about the Earl of Ronan and her friends.

News that all members of Delilah’s team were killed.

Erica and her team didn't say anything about this fellow traveler leaving the team. It was just a chance encounter, and the opportunity for her to join the team was also a bit subtle, because Erica had just experienced "Alea" at that time.

Betrayal, so at that time Erica did not expect to have the chance to meet her again.

But no one expected that the next day when Erica was busy investigating the enemy's movements in the field, she would meet Agnes again, but Agnes was in a trance at that time, like an unknown person.

As if he were an empty shell without a soul, he was walking in the forest between the West Guard Fortress and the Maria Fortress. If he hadn't happened to meet Puffy using the power of the elves to sense her existence, who would have known that the lost Egg would have

What will happen to Nice in the end?

But as for the reason why she encountered this situation, it was because she learned that her sister had died in the West Guard Fortress when she was in Maria Fortress, and then she used her identity to come into contact with some people who witnessed the situation at the time.

The prisoners of war confirmed the situation at that time from their mouths. Erica didn't know what kind of relationship there was between the two sisters, but it was obvious that the tragic death of Agnes's sister really hit her very hard.

Although Agnes can only be regarded as half a companion in Erica's eyes, she can still be regarded as a companion, so Erica does not intend to sit idly by. After passing through Aurora and Puffy,

After the person was cured by magic, Agnes's mental state finally stabilized, and then she expressed that she wanted to go to that fortress. Although she did not say what the purpose was, it could be a visit or a memorial, but she would still do it later.

They would pass through that fortress to the west to scout out the enemy's situation, and Erica also felt it was necessary to capture some officers and prisoners to interrogate the intelligence. If that was the case, there would be nothing wrong with taking Agnes with her along the way again.

So after a whole day of investigation, yesterday afternoon everyone met Michael's northern garrison who came to plan a sneak attack on the fortress. For the sake of "friendly forces", Agnes, a night owl, was asked to come forward to contact

After arriving at the opponent's general, they quickly decided on the plan for the night attack after a brief discussion.

Things started to develop very smoothly. With the cover of a sudden heavy rain, Erica and the others caught the fortress defenders off guard with their skilled raiding skills and magic assistance, and then opened the door before the opponent could react.

The fort's drawbridge and gate allowed the garrison to successfully regain the garrison.

The intensity of normal battles is very low, because the effectiveness of the enemy's smoothbore flintlock rifles is limited due to heavy rain. When fighting indoors, compared with the garrison's sophisticated protective gear and short weapons, the enemy troops equipped only with muskets are naturally more vulnerable.

They were quickly defeated. But what was beyond everyone's expectation was that during this battle, Agnes, acting alone, began to inhumanely kill the enemy with very cruel and bloody methods, and in a short period of time.

Hundreds of people were killed in a short period of time. When Erica heard the news and came over, the furious Agnes had been knocked unconscious by the magic of Aurora who came in advance, but it is said that Agnes, who was out of control at the time, came to dissuade her.

Her friendly troops were also seriously injured. If Aurora hadn't rescued them in time, these people would have been drained of blood and died like the enemies in the pool of blood around them.

It is precisely because of this incident that Agnes and Erica and the others who forcibly protected her have become the most unpopular "companions" here. The reason why the other party was expelled from the fortress by Erica and the others is probably just

She was just worried about the strong combat power here. Speaking of which, Erica didn't know whether Chris's letter had successfully appeared in front of her brother Adrian, Earl of Cerro, and it was probably even after he had read it.

That letter may not open the door to Erica and the others as suggested in Chris's letter. The current attitude of this group of defenders can almost explain some problems.

However, Erica did not intend to cause further conflicts with them, so after that, she took the unconscious Agnes to the most remote corner of the fortress to rest.

Erica sat next to Aurora, looked at Agnes who was breathing rhythmlessly in the sleeping bag next to her, and asked, "Is she feeling better?"

"The injury has healed, but mentally... she is dreaming now..." Aurora looked back at Agnes, then sighed softly and said nothing more.

Erica knew very well that Agnes's dream with a painful look on her face was definitely not a sweet content, but it was not suitable to disturb her rest at this moment. After all, it could be understood from the black circles under her eyes that she wanted to sleep comfortably at this moment.

It's the response her body needs most.

"What are you going to do next?" Aurora leaned against Erica without any scruples, and then she lay down directly on Erica's lap.

"The intelligence in this area is almost collected. Let's wait and see the results of Liz's interrogation. But I think Agnes's matter is not over yet, because it has been 7 hours since the battle ended. Even if she walks, she can probably get through it.

I've been going back and forth to Fortress Maria, but there is still no verdict regarding the 'Agnes Injury Incident'..."

After Erica finished speaking, although she wanted to just throw away Aurora who was leaning against her, after all, it was a bit awkward for her to give someone else a knee pillow. However, it seemed that Aurora's attitude was very determined, and she felt her

She must have secretly used magic to do something. Anyway, Erica couldn't move the rock-steady Aurora, so she had to give up.

"Well... I think you don't need to pay attention to the orders from Maria Fortress. The count has no intention of contacting you anyway, so we might as well just go west and deal with the prince." Aurora said lazily.

Lying on Erica's lap, he shook his head and licked his lips and said: "After the fight, go home early, and we can take a boat directly from the Cassan Pass to the Peradoro River for a stroll. Listen

Said the fish soup there is very delicious..."

"Are you hungry?" Erica raised her hand and looked at her watch. She found that it was already past 11 o'clock in the morning, and it was indeed almost time for dinner, so what Aurora said just now was obviously a manipulation of appetite.

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"Yeah, I'm hungry." Aurora pouted as if complaining, and then complained: "But I don't want to eat in this musty-smelling room."

"What can I do about this? There are patrolling guards everywhere outside, and I always feel that they are deliberately besieging us..." Erica casually took out a chocolate bar from the pocket of her coat and opened it.

Entered into Aurora's mouth and said: "Wait until Agnes wakes up. No matter what, we need to leave this place quickly. I'm worried that if we stay any longer..."

"What? Are you still worried that they will come over to provoke you?" Aurora chewed the chocolate bar and raised her hand to snap her fingers at the door.

Suddenly, Erica felt a biting cold wind blowing in front of her, and not long after, Erica heard a noisy sound outside, which seemed to be the footsteps of many people and falls.

A crashing sound on the ground.

Erica turned her head and looked around. Although she couldn't see the situation outside the door, there was a thick layer of ice on the ground at the door, and there was a cold air under the bright sun.

"There's no one outside, can we go out and get some food now?" Aurora jumped up from Erica's legs happily, then drilled her fist and used fire magic to remove the piece of wrapped chocolate in her hand.

The plastic paper burned into a thick smelly smoke.

"Okay, you go get ready first. I'll go check on Liz's side." Erica also stood up from the ground, then looked at Agnes, whose expression seemed to be getting more and more distorted, and said, "You

Are you sure she's okay?"

"I don't know." Although Aurora's expression looked relaxed, her eyes looked a little tangled. After thinking about it for a while, she said: "Puffy said that she has some kind of elf power that is affecting her.

We don’t know whether this power is good or bad, but we can’t interfere at will. After all, this power seems to have been with her when she was born. If she touches it rashly, it may cause accidental consequences.

Unexpected or... I mean that in a negative sense."

"Mysterious power...?" Erica rubbed her eyes and looked at Agnes, as if she could see nothing else in her eyes except a bright face suffering from nightmares.

, the disappointed Erica had to give up, but just when she was about to leave the place, she suddenly remembered something she had heard from Agnes before.

"Ave, do you think this matter has anything to do with that wolf god?" Erica walked up to Avrola and asked, "I remember she said before that there was a very powerful person in the village where their family used to be.

Could the mysterious wolf god, who also takes good care of their family, have anything to do with this matter?"

"Wolf God? That natural elf..." Avrola briefly recalled the previous events, and then thought about it for a long time with a solemn expression. Finally, she shook her head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "It's possible, but if

If this is true, then it seems that we can’t interfere in this matter.”

"Why?" Erica followed Aurora outside the warehouse and asked.

"If nothing else, I think she or her family are of the bloodline favored by that elf, so her current situation is obviously being interfered with by that elf's spirit. If she is really a dependent, then this kind of interference is likely to be

An act with a positive meaning, or maybe the elf is trying to enlighten her..." Aurora suddenly paused, then looked back at the door of the warehouse with concern: "This doesn't seem quite right..."

"What's wrong?" Erica, who was observing the masterpiece created by Aurora just at the door, asked in confusion.

"Even if that guy is an elf, in the final analysis it is just a beast. Even if it lives for thousands of years, it is still just an elf born from a beast. It has no power but its thinking cannot transcend the limitations of a beast." Aurora suddenly said

He turned and quickly returned to the house, and kept mumbling: "Go and call Puffy, I think we need to confirm first whether it is the wolf who is causing trouble."

Erica looked at the ice and snow-like scenery outside the door and sighed. Then she opened the communication and called Puffy who was elsewhere to follow Aurora back to the warehouse.

At the same time, on the southwest side of the Bar Plains, Gia Kalil was leading her Ilesian cavalry to fight a cavalry force from Nosk.

This cavalry team is the reinforcements that have just passed through the Salanka Pass from the Duke of Nosk's order. However, this group of cavalry is not the cavalry of the Duke of Nosk, but Aledo's musketry cavalry at the bottom of the box at the rear.

.These modern cavalry, who wear similar military uniforms to the musketeers, are just like that in the literal sense. In addition to the traditional sabers, their weapons are also equipped with imitation Dresser needle guns that are consistent with Aledo's guns. At the same time,

Each cavalryman is also equipped with at least 5 more primitive black powder grenades.

Although the power of black powder grenades made from clay pots is far inferior to that of yellow explosives, in this world the power of these grenades is indeed considerable for Mihail, who is still wielding swords and guns in battle.

It is a very difficult killing weapon, especially for the Iles side. They were originally a group of prairie cavalry, which belonged to the light cavalry category and were not equipped with any decent armor. If it were not for the command of the Tiger Regiment later,

Officer Tighar followed Chris's order and prepared enough chain armor for them. It is estimated that their casualties in the previous battles will be more serious.

However, compared to the armor, the tactics used by the opponent's musketeers also gave Gia a headache. The muskets held by these people were not only powerful but also had a high rate of fire. After all, they used paper shell bullets.

, the efficiency of reloading while riding on a horse is much faster than that of a smoothbore flintlock. Although the Iles side also has relatively elite horse archers who can mediate with it, the quantity and quality of both sides are not the same. After all,

The cavalry archers cannot always hit the target in mobile warfare, but the enemy's muskets can hit wherever they point. If the chain armor on the cavalry archers hadn't provided them with a certain degree of protection, it is estimated that at the beginning of the battle
To be continued...