Chapter 493: Surrender

Melis ended her meditation, and her depleted magic and mental strength had recovered a lot. She opened her eyes and looked at the simple camp hall.

This place is very simple, just like the castle of a down-and-out baron.

In terms of defense strength, West Wind Hill is not as powerful as Watch Castle.

But once the two sides start a war, the battlefield will definitely not be here, but at Watch Fortress.

There is absolutely no need to discuss whether the fortifications at Zephyr Hill are feasible.

"Rudal, as the commander here, has left the camp. I'm afraid it's because of something urgent."

She easily thought that the Kingdom of Alduin might take military action.

After all, something like this happened in the Kingdom of Tricia. If she were to take charge, she would not let this opportunity go.

While she was thinking about it, she suddenly felt a palpitation in her heart, and her heart felt inexplicably blocked.

Before he could think about it carefully, he saw a tall and handsome man walking in from the outside. His silver hair was particularly eye-catching.

Melis stood up quickly, bowed, and sent her sincere greetings: "Melis Carmen of Watch Castle, it is an honor to meet you, the respected Marquis of Moonlight Valley."

"Ms. Melis, welcome!"

Luo Ning stepped forward and shook hands with the other person, "I have long heard that there is a young magician from the Carmen family in Fort Watch. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true!"

"Compared to you, I'm really nothing." Melis said modestly.

The two of them greeted each other politely and sat down.

Luo Ning took the initiative to ask: "The last time I talked with your brother Placido, although we did not reach an agreement, we still retained room for cooperation. I wonder what news you will bring to me this time?"

Melis took a deep breath. She had already planned this conversation in her mind many times, so she knew exactly what she was going to say.

"Two days ago, the commander of Misty City, Earl Ural, sent an order, requiring us to defend the Watch Fort with all our strength and delay as much as possible until the kingdom's reinforcements arrive at the front line."

Luo Ning was a little surprised, "Mist City has arranged reinforcements for you again?"

Melis shook her head, "There are no new reinforcements."

Luo Ning laughed, "Then how are you going to hold on?"

Melis sighed, and what she said next was the real topic, and it was also the choice that completely changed the fate of their family.

Now that she has reached this point, she has no hesitation.

Melis repeated Count Ural's order, and at the same time told about the situation of her family in Dragon City.

"Sir, in order to ensure the safety of my family, please forgive me, we cannot surrender to you directly, and there are also foreign knights in the Watch Castle, which are not completely controlled by us."

Melis said solemnly: "So this battle is inevitable!"

Luo Ning understood that Placido wanted to surrender, but because his family and the defenders of the Watch Fortress were not a united front, he could not open the door directly to welcome him.

"Tell me, how are you going to fight?" Luo Ning asked.

Melis stood up and took out a large piece of paper from her arms. The floor plan of the Watch Castle was clearly drawn on it, and there were also obvious markings.

"My brother and I have already discussed the defense plan. This is a detailed troop distribution map."

Luo Ning walked over and looked at it carefully.

I have to say that Placido’s work on the pictures was very impressive, and it was obvious that he had received professional training.

Next, under the introduction of Melis, Luo Ning took full control of the overall defense of Watchfort.

Although Melis didn't say it clearly, Ronin had already heard it. Placido completely separated his own people from the Knights of the Mist City and the Magician Team who came to support him in defense.

To put it simply, their positions are dispersed from each other, and there is no situation where two knights or knights and magicians cooperate with each other.

This is obviously deliberate, and the purpose is self-evident.

Melis was worried that Luo Ning didn't see the trick, so she said directly: "Although this war is unavoidable, I still hope that you can take care of the team at Fort Watch during the attack, and vent the flames of war on the Knights of Misty City. body."

Luo Ning laughed, "Are you planning to use my hand to eradicate the uncontrollable forces in Watch Fortress?"

Melis did not deny it, "People will die after all. I also hope that our people will die less, which will also be beneficial to you. As for Licard's Knights, their leader Licard has not come. The person leading the team is just a team leader of the Golden Knights, not even the deputy team leader.”

Having said that, they really believed the other side's lies at first, saying that their leader Licard would come over before the war started, but now it seems that it is impossible for the other side to come over.

Therefore, Ural had long been prepared to sacrifice the Watch Castle and the supporting knights and magician team.

It was precisely because Placido saw through this and was affected by various factors such as coercion and foreign races that he finally chose to surrender and surrender to Luo Ning.

And this method is different from betrayal in the eyes of the outside world.

If Placido opened the city gates and surrendered voluntarily, he would undoubtedly be stigmatized as a traitor.

If you were captured after defeat and then surrendered, your reputation would be better.

But no matter which way it is, it will be difficult to save their relatives in Dragon City.

This was Placido's helpless move.

He didn't know whether his son and daughter were still alive.

What if they were already dead, and he and Melis were cannon fodder in this war, then the Carmen family would be completely destroyed.

He didn't dare to bet.

After listening to Melis's statement, Ronin nodded, "I understand, but the war is ruthless, I can't guarantee that your people will not be killed."

Melis bowed and said, "It's already very good to be able to preserve our team as much as possible!"

Ronin sat down again, thinking about another question.

"I'm curious, does your Carmen family have a grudge against Count Ural?"

He asked, "Why would he rather let you be cannon fodder than support your troops or temporarily retreat?"

If it were Ronin, facing a situation with no chance of winning, he would let Placido lead the team to gather in Misty City and concentrate the troops to resist stubbornly, instead of letting Watchtower be cannon fodder.

Of course, the opponent's excuse is to delay the offensive pace of West Wind Hill.

Maybe it can indeed delay for a day or two, but then what?

Could it be that in the next one or two days, the reinforcements from the Kingdom of Tricia will arrive at the Misty City?

Melis shook her head: "We and Count Ural are both vassals of the kingdom. In theory, we are independent of each other and have not had any conflicts over the years."

She and Placido did not quite understand why the other party did this.

And according to her understanding, several other positions also received orders to hold on, but those positions were not reduced to cannon fodder.

After all, they not only have Silver Moon or several Meteor Knights sitting in, but also do not have the terrifying Sun Knights and dragons, which is much better than the situation of Watchtower.

Ronin did not figure out the key point. He could not help but carefully observe Melis's expression, wondering if the other party would hide a trick and play a trick of false surrender.

"What's wrong, sir?"

Melis was a little surprised by such a look. Could it be that the other party wanted to play a game between men and women?

She heard that Ronin had just married the princess of the Alduin royal family not long ago.

However, the party that surrenders in a war often has this kind of transaction, so Melis is not surprised.

"Your Excellency, please feel free to ask for anything. The Carmen family and I will try our best to satisfy you!"

Ronin retracted his gaze and smiled, "Just do as you and Placido planned."

Although he could not see any signs of false surrender from the other party's expression, he could not relax his vigilance after the war started, and he had to fight as he should. (End of this chapter)