Chapter 12： Female mage

"The Marquis is not here?"

"Yes."

"Where is he now?"

In the middle of the camp on the east side of the mirror lake, in the largest and most luxurious camp, a man and a woman are talking.

If Colin were here, he would immediately recognize that the man who was kneeling on the ground was the Knight of the Saint Hild family who had issued an emergency call to the Firefox mercenary group.

The arrogant knight at the beginning, but now he looks humbly.

"The Lord Marquis..." Facing the question of the woman in front of him, the knight seemed a little hesitant.

"Knight Bliss, if this question involves military orders, you don't need to talk about it." The woman did not embarrass the knight, and said softly.

This is a tall woman, wearing a slightly large snow white fox fur coat, with beautiful golden hair hanging from her shoulders and back, and her hair is flashing with light and shadow, as if it has a certain magical power. Not daring to take a closer look, but involuntarily indulged in it.

A layer of translucent black veil covered her face, but the elegance and nobility that went deep into her bones could not be concealed.

Her every move has an irresistible temperament.

This kind of arrogant temperament can only be possessed by the real nobles.

However, the mage hat on her head and a purple staff in her hand indicate that this is a mage.

This is a bit strange.

Because, in the human empire of this world, nobles and mages, although not dead enemies, are also two incompatible creatures.

The reason is simple-the mages have no faith.

In the eyes of these spellcasters, only arcane truth is an eternal pursuit.

The gods are just powerful mortals who have mastered the truth of arcane magic.

Therefore, in the eyes of the noble knights who believe in the Lord of Radiance, the group of mages is a complete blasphemer, a heresy that should be burned to death on the fire.

However, in the glorious empire where the nobles have absolute authority, although the mages are not welcome, they have not been persecuted too much.

The reason is also very simple-the mages are strong enough.

Of course, the non-believers of the gods are the same as the warrior profession, the ceiling of strength is the sixth level, and there has never been a sanctuary mage.

However, it is a bit different from a soldier.

Even if the mages cannot enter the sanctuary, they have a way to exert their strength above the sanctuary.

This method is forbidden curse.

Sufficient preliminary preparation, expensive spell-casting materials, and extremely terrible price can enable the sixth-order mage to release the forbidden spell.

In the most intense period of the Glory Church and the Mages Council, ten sixth-order wizards once jointly released the forbidden curse—【Stars Falling】.

This terrible curse once wiped a city with millions of people from the map!

Of course, the mages also paid a very heavy price for this forbidden curse.

Seven of the ten sixth-order mages died on the spot, and the remaining three also died in the next five years.

However, their sacrifice also gave the church and the nobles a deep understanding of the terrible mage, and eventually the two sides reached a certain degree of reconciliation.

However, the enmity left over from the millennium struggle cannot be easily resolved. Coupled with irreconcilable contradictions in belief, nobles and mages are basically two forces that are strangers.

Therefore, at the moment, this female mage who can be treated respectfully by the Knights of the Saint Hild family and is suspected of being a great nobleman, seems particularly strange.

The Bliss Knight saw that the female mage did not continue to question the whereabouts of the Marquis Charles, he was relieved immediately.

But after hesitating for a moment, he reminded again: "Miss Vera, you'd better stay away from this camp as soon as possible. It's...not safe..."

"There is no safety in the battlefield." The female mage glanced at the knight strangely, and said nonchalantly, "Since I have come here, I am ready to fight."

"No, you don't understand what I mean." The Bliss Knight said a little more heavily, "I mean, it's very dangerous here!"

The female mage's expression changed. She stared at the knight who was half-kneeling in front of her through the black veil, and asked in a condensed voice: "Knight Bliss, what is the mission the Marquis gave you?"

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"My task is to patrol the camp on the west side and maintain order."

Raymond Knight said to Colin.

The two walked in the camp on the east side, which was much quieter and solemn than the chaotic camp on the west side.

But, it was a bit too quiet.

Colin frowned, looking at the situation in the camp, his anxiety became more serious.

"Only patrol and maintain order? Didn't let you go to the surrounding area to watch?"

"No." Raymond shook his head, obviously with the same doubts, "It's not just our squad, I haven't seen any cavalry squad disperse as a sentry."

Colin frowned tighter.

The importance of vision in war is self-evident.

But now, this big camp stationed at Jinghu Lake has directly given up on the surrounding situation.

This is simply a tactical suicide!

Except for the possibility that Charles Marquis is an idiot commander, it can only show that the importance of this camp is very low.

Or, this is simply a bait!

"I'm afraid that the main force of the army has long been out of the camp, right." Colin looked at the overly quiet east camp and asked Raymond.

"Yes, master. There have been troops leaving the camp these days, but they have not come back."

"Therefore, the main force of the regular army has left quietly, and now there are only the mercenary group and civilians who were recruited by the emergency call-up order. Of course, there are also down-and-out knights like you who have lost their lord."

"Yes, our real task is actually to watch those miscellaneous soldiers, UU reading to prevent them from running around."

"Look like this..." Colin halfway through his words, he saw a group of cavalry come out from the center of the camp.

The white horse rider headed by 　　 turned out to be a woman.

Moreover, Colin recognized at a glance the knight behind her, the one who issued the emergency call for the Firefox mercenary group.

This is a big shot!

Colin, who had realized that he was in danger, immediately walked over.

Since the Marquis of Charles could not be found, finding the big man in front of him should also get him out of the fate of being a cannon fodder bait.

However, before Colin took a few steps, he was frightened by the harsh bugle sound.

"Woo—"

Ke Lin suddenly turned his head, and saw a group of flying birds startled in the northern woods.

Then, amid the tremors of the earth, a thin black and white line appeared on the horizon.

The troll is here!

Like water drops dripping into the hot oil pan, the whole Jinghu Camp immediately boiled.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Don't run around! Line up! Line up to meet the enemy!"

...

The shouts of the officers had no effect at all, and the mobs gathered in the camp on the west side were completely confused when they were suddenly frightened.

This is the evil result of not being sentry. When the enemy attacked, there was not enough time to react.

Actually, even if there is enough reaction time, it is impossible to resist the regular army of trolls just by the group of soldiers who are urgently called in this camp.

Colin knew very well that the next one must be a one-sided massacre!

Then, he pointed to the woman who hurried eastward, and said solemnly to Lei Meng:

"Go, let's follow her!"