A convoy was slowly moving forward on the wide road, with more than a dozen well-armed cavalry lined up in two rows, walking at the front of the team, following the three carriages were two teams of tall and burly elite soldiers.

Nicole rode a particularly strong war horse at the front of the team. Her long chestnut hair was fluttering in the wind, her facial features were bright and charming, and her bright silver lady armor was elegant in shape. The close-fitting design outlined graceful curves, and the exquisite patterns were carved on it, which looked both beautiful and sturdy. Thinking that she would soon see her lover, Nicole's red lips, which were as beautiful as petals, had a faint smile. The softness of the women and the heroic posture of the knight were combined to show a moving charm, which attracted the surrounding cavalry to bet on her from time to time.

Bruce looked through the car window and looked a little strange. He didn't expect that Nicole, who was always shy, would have such a burning side after becoming a knight. He was about to return to Black Castle Town. Nicole did not stay in his carriage, but instead wore tailor-made knight armor and rode a war horse, for fear that others would not know that she was a female knight.

The Knight's full body armor is made of 100-forged fine iron, and even women's armor weighs 150 pounds. This amount is nothing for the Knight, but it is uncomfortable to wear hard armor on it after all. Therefore, Bruce would rather stay in his carriage in a comfortable hunting suit.

This time, Bruce and Nicole escorted Master Edwin to return to the Silver White Tower far away in the Kingdom of Al. The round trip was more than 8,000 kilometers, and it took six months. In fact, they only took four months to return to the family territory, but Master Edwin asked the forging master of the Silver White Tower to tailor a female knight armor for Nicole. Therefore, they stayed for nearly two months.

Bruce is a knight, but he doesn't know that female knights and knights are completely different creatures. They are about to arrive home, and if they don't wear beautiful new armor, is it still a female knight?

A strand of long hair wrapped around Nicole's white and slender fingers. After six months, the short chestnut hair turned into soft and smooth long hair again. Every time she played with her hair, Nicole would remember that when she was most desperate, Victor rushed out and his courage to face the ogre. That scene was deeply engraved in her memory and would never be forgotten.

"What kind of expression will Victor look like when he sees me again? That girl Lilia should have become his personal maid? With Lilia accompanying him, has he missed me?" The towering black castle was clearly visible, but Nicole's heart was full of tenderness.

A team of riders galloping at the cavalier interrupted the reverie of the female knight. Nicole looked at her and found that it was the family's messenger. The three riders also saw Nicole's team, and each showed joyous expressions, turned the reins and ran towards the convoy. Bruce noticed the movement outside and walked out of the carriage.

"Master Bruce! Madam Nicole!" Three ingenious riders jumped off their horses and saluted Nicole and Bruce.

"What happened?" Bruce asked with a frown. The one-man and two-horse messenger must have urgent information to pass on. He came straight to the convoy to send messages to him and Nicole.

"The Earl issued a war order, requiring all the family knights to return to Black Castle. This is the Earl's order." A rider who led the lead handed a sheepskin scroll to Bruce.

After taking the Earl of York's warrant, Bruce and Nicole looked at each other and saw the solemnity and shock in each other's eyes.

In order to rule the vast territory, the lord implemented a feudal system. Since the income of the territory mainly comes from land ownership, the lords would provide a large piece of land in the property, including farms, villages, villagers, livestock, mills and all other accompanying property to the vassals. In addition to paying offerings to the lord, the vassals should also train armed forces to defend their fiefdoms. When necessary, they should respond to the lord's call and mobilize all their forces to join the lord's army. This is the war order.

As the knight of the York family, Bruce has 7,000 acres of fiefdom, a farm, a village, and a horse farm, and more than 700 leaders. Bruce not only needs to organize production, but also provide for 20 soldiers and train all young and strong leaders. Bruce usually serves the family and receives knight pension, but the family will not recruit his soldiers. But once a war order is launched, Bruce must lead all his armed forces, including soldiers and all militias, to join the family's army and accept unified command.

Issuing a war order means that all the adult male leaders of the family must be armed to participate in the battle, and the production activities in the territory will be minimized, which will consume the family's savings over the years. Therefore, the lord will not issue a war order easily until the moment of life and death.

After Bruce unfolded the scroll and read it carefully, his face became extremely serious.

"Where is my wife and children now?"

The messenger replied respectfully: "Your lady has arrived at the town of Black Fort with all the villagers she belongs to."

Bruce breathed a sigh of relief. His wife was also a family apprentice knight. Even in the face of such a disaster, she would not be as helpless as ordinary people.

"What the hell happened?" Nicole asked Bruce.

Although Nicole is also a knight, she has no fief yet, so she naturally cannot receive the war order. However, Nicole is a disciple of the family's great knight, Trisley, and is also her vassal. At this moment, she must follow Trisley to fight for the family. Moreover, Trisley invested and commissioned Edwin to customize a set of knight armor for her, and the cost alone is 7,000 Kingsol. This shows that Nicole has a close relationship with the family.

"A large group of monsters attacked the entire hills of the human horses. The castle of Baron Porta was captured and the Baron died in battle. Viscount Kovaan's leader was captured and the Viscount's army was wiped out. Only Viscount and his knights successfully broke through. The family's Fang Legion was severely damaged, the Knights of Phimette were killed, and the Knights of Uval were killed in battle." Bruce said in pain.

A feeling of grief surged in Nicole's heart. Fimite and Uval were both knights of the York family and officers of the Fang Legion. Even they died in battle, which means that the Fang Legion was indeed severely damaged.

"Let's go! Go back to Black Fort!"

Bruce jumped onto a war horse and rushed towards Black Fort. Nicole and all the cavalry followed closely, and the bloody setting sun pulled out a long figure behind them. At this moment, if you look down from the sky, you will find countless teams gathering towards Black Fort Town. The family war order has been issued, and it is time for everyone to be united.

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The road in the south of Heibao Town was built along the banks of Heiju River. The heavy rains for several consecutive days made the road particularly muddy. A team of cavalry rushed towards Heibao Town. The strong war horses were breathing, and the four hooves were flying to bring about a large area of ​​sludge.

Lilia rode on the war horse with a pale face and her smooth forehead was covered with fine sweat beads. Her bright eyes showed a strong look. Some people collapsed in the face of hardship, while others were sublimated. It took more than twenty days from Victor to Black Fort Town. Lilia shortened to ten days. The tenacious will she showed moved the cavalry guarding her. Black Fort Town was already in sight. When she arrived here, the cavalry around Lilia had changed from the initial twenty to more than ten. Not everyone could persevere in a high-intensity marching.

Lilia saw the south gate of Black Fort Town and also saw the shadow of war. Teams of vehicles loaded with supplies drove into Black Fort Town, and empty carriages drove out of Black Fort Town. The caravans that had been waiting to pay taxes to enter the city were missing. The hotels and horse sheds that provided services to the caravan were also empty and could not see a figure. The city wall was crowded with people, all with crossbows. Looking east along the city wall, countless people were surrounding a gap in the city wall with stones and soil, where they were originally reserved for the construction of an auxiliary castle.

The York family is preparing for a defensive battle! Who are their enemies? The endless army of Ant-Man comes to Lilia's mind, causing her heart to sink to the bottom.

After Lilia showed her identity, she did not receive too much interrogation or difficulty. The soldiers guarding the city told Lilia to go to Black Fort to find the secretary Max, who was responsible for receiving the family of the lord who came to take refuge.

With Kahn's assistance, Lilia squeezed out the panic crowd and walked towards the Black Fort. The buildings in the trade zone and the vassal area had been demolished, and the demolished building materials were sent to build the city walls, and dense sheds were built on the open space. The free people outside the city obviously also entered the city to take refuge.

In the Black Castle, Lilia met Max, the clerk who usually pays attention to elegance, wearing leather armor, long swords on the waist and hips, and looking like she was ready to go to the battlefield at any time.

"Mrs. Lilia, I'm going to send an envoy to Baron Victor, but you didn't expect you to have arrived." Max was silent for a while and continued, "Has Victor Victor been attacked by monsters?"

"Yes, the monsters entered our territory from the entrance to the Everglades, and the hill camp has been captured."

Lilia bit her bloodless cherry lips. When she entered Black Fort Town, she already knew that it was not just that the Victor tribe encountered a monster wave, but that it was a full outbreak. In this case, how can the York family send troops to support Victor?

Lilia calmed down and described the situation of the territory to Max in detail.

"Lord Victor is a real lord!" Max was moved when he heard Victor retreating to protect the corpses and stayed until the end. He did not expect that the seemingly weak Baron Victor had such responsibility and courage.

The lord abandons territory in the war against monsters and orcs means losing the legal ownership of the territory. Sticking to the territory and protecting the people is the basis for cooperation between the Glorious Church and the nobles. However, there are not many lords who truly live and die with the territory. For thousands of years, knights have formed bloodlines. Even if they lose their lord status, there is no need to worry that there is no family to take in them. In fact, if it weren't for the purpose of protecting the alchemy tower, Victor would have run away long ago. Everyone understands the principle of surviving people and losing their land.

"Max, I hope the York family can help us clear the monsters in the territory." Lilia asked in a hoarse voice. Although Victor is not a vassal of the York family, his interests are closely connected. Moreover, the Earl of York is responsible for helping the lord clear out the monsters with the title of Governor of the Man and Hills.

Max was a little unhappy. The family had reached a critical moment of life and death, and there was still time to rescue Baron Victor, and most of the Baron was dead. Without a castle or a knight, Max did not think Victor could survive the tide of ant. However, Max had no intention of stimulating Lilia. It would be good to absorb more people at this time. At least the girl in front of her still had more than 400 young and strong hands, and she would be a good cannon fodder if she had a little arm.

Max pondered for a moment and asked, "Mrs. Lilia, how many monsters are there in Victor?"

"It's about 20,000, maybe more, and I don't know much," Lilia replied in a low voice.

Max shook his head with a wry smile. "It must be more than 20,000. There is an outlet of a swamp in Victor Corps. There are three such exits. Let me tell you the truth that more than 70,000 monsters poured out from the other two exits, and the monsters entering Victor Corps will not be less than 30,000, and it may be more than 30,000."

"The Barons Porta connecting the exit of the swamp has fallen, the Baron Castle has been broken, and the Barons Porta has been killed in battle. The Viscount Kovaan, the other exit, has also been occupied by monsters, and the Viscount's army was completely wiped out by monsters. Viscount Kovaan only escaped with his knights."

"Now, there are 30,000 monsters siegeing the castle of Count Terrandon, and Baron Velpen Castle is also besieged by monsters. Therefore, we are not able to destroy the monsters under the Victor Territory for the time being." Max said regretfully.

Seeing the big tears rolling down from Lilia's eyes, Max comforted: "We have asked for help from the Kingdom and the Church. Bishop Pero is coming with the Paladins, and the Kingdom will definitely send a knights to support us. At that time, we will definitely clear out the monsters under Victor. Before this, your people can enter the Black Fort Town to take refuge, but obey our enlistment."

"I want to meet Mrs. Sylvia. Victor has important things to hand over to her." Lilia said in a deep voice. At this time, she could only place her hope on the brick. Although she herself did not believe that this inconspicuous brick could save her life.

"The Countess is very busy now. I can hand over something for you." Max said coldly, he was becoming more and more impatient with Lilia.

"No need!" Lilia stood up and walked out the door. Victor had instructed that the bricks should not be given to others.

Walking out of the Black Fort, Lilia finally couldn't hold on.

The York family is unable to protect themselves, so how could they lend a helping hand to Victor? Perhaps this brick is just an excuse for Victor to let him escape. Thinking of this, Lilia sat softly on the ground and cried softly.

"Lilia!"
Chapter completed!