The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

Chapter 107
Orens stood up abruptly, but felt dizzy in his mind.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

"There is poison in the wine!"

Orens turned his head and looked aside, only to see Dio's face was pale, and a guilty conscience flashed in his eyes.

"Didn't expect that, Orens!"

At this time, a familiar voice suddenly came, and the blood lion knight Rocas, led a group of soldiers, had appeared at the door.

"Viscount Dior has surrendered to Duke Fels!"

With a sneer on his face, Rocas said quietly: "The unification of the western region is the general trend. If you surrender now, you may still have a chance to survive!"

Orens' face was gloomy, and he didn't speak, but drew out the cross sword at his waist in response.

"Humph! Courting death!"

The blood lion knight Rokas snorted coldly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

……

Western Territory, Night Crow City.

"Finally successful!"

In the room, Sauron slowly opened his eyes, feeling the changes in his body, his eyes flickered slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.

His mental power broke through five points, and he was successfully promoted to a third-level apprentice.

Around, fragments of magic stones were scattered, and the energy inside had been evacuated, and there was no more value at this moment.

After being promoted to the third level, Sauron felt that his strength had become stronger. Even if he faced the mysterious old man in the Tower of the Dead, he might not be invincible.

After ordering the maid to prepare hot water, Sauron took a comfortable bath.

Afterwards, he put on his clothes and prepared to go back to his room.

However, at this moment.

Sauron's eyes flashed, and through Raven's vision, he saw a broken army running wildly under the night on the plain outside Night Crow City.

"Conrad?"

Sauron's heart sank.

Why did the Steel Heart Knight who was supposed to be in Yueshan City appear here?

In the night sky, the crow Lal spread his wings like a falcon.

Through Ral's vision, Sauron gazed at the scene below.

The Konrad knight on horseback seemed to have been seriously injured, and his figure was shaky, followed by hundreds of remnants as if they had thrown away their armor.

"What's going on?" Sauron frowned slightly.

Afterwards, he got up and walked out of the castle, came to the city wall, ordered the guards to open the city gate, and let Konrad and a group of defeated soldiers enter the city.

thump!
As soon as he entered Night Crow City, the Steel Heart Knight fell from his horseback, as if his strength had been completely exhausted, he fell to the ground and fell into a coma.

The hundreds of remnants behind them seemed to be alive after a catastrophe.

"what happened?"

A trace of solemnity flashed in Sauron's eyes, and he ordered someone to help Konrad back to the castle, and then grabbed a soldier and said in a low voice, "Where is Lord Orens?"

"No...don't know."

The soldier was pale and trembling as he recounted what had happened not long ago.

The war between the Alliance Army and the Western Region Army has been going on for several months, and both sides have suffered casualties, but the outcome has never been decided.

Not long ago, Orens seriously injured the blood lion knight Rokas on the battlefield.

Afterwards, Rocas led the Western Territory Army to retreat, and Orens took advantage of the situation to seize Yueshan City and supported Dio, the son of the former Earl of Yueshan City, as the new lord.

However, all of this is the plan of the Duke of Westland.

Dio, who obviously had a feud with the Western Territory Army to kill his father, surrendered to the Duke of the Western Territory, Phils, because of cowardice, and launched a night attack war after the Alliance Army entered Yueshan City.

The Western Territory Army led by Blood Lion Knight Rocas trapped Yueshan City.

Both Orens and the Alliance Army became the shackles in the urn. The lord of Redwater City, Sonis, died, and the lord of Riverrun City, Welch, was severely injured in the chaos.

In such a bad situation, even Orens was powerless.

In the end, Orens and Conrad tried their best to break out of the siege, and Steel Heart Knight Conrad led some remnants to escape back to Night Crow City.

As for Orens, his life and death are unknown.

"Didn't the Blood Lion Knight have been seriously injured by his father in the previous war?"

After listening to the soldier's narration, Sauron's expression darkened, and he said in a cold voice, "Why can the alliance army be hit to such an extent now?"

In the wars of this world, the victory or defeat is largely determined by the upper-level combat power.

Although the Alliance Army has a small number of people, it has four high-level knights. Although the Western Region Army has 1 people, there are only two high-level knights.

Moreover, Rocas, the blood lion knight, was severely injured by Orens before.

According to this situation, even if the alliance army is trapped in Yueshan City, Orens and Connard should be able to break the situation forcefully with their own force.

But now, this war ended in a disastrous defeat for the Alliance Army.

The four high-ranking knights, except Connard who was seriously injured and fled back to Night Crow City in embarrassment, the lord of Redwater City Sonis died, and Orens and Welch were also unknown.

"Devil! Rocas has mastered the power of the devil!"

The soldier in front of him was pale, with a trace of fear flashing in his eyes, and he said in a trembling voice, "Lord Sonis was beheaded before the war even started."

"Then, there was a loud noise outside!"

"A group of shadows followed Rocas, and it was that group of shadows that seriously injured Lord Orens!" Recalling the terrifying experience in Yueshan City, the soldier couldn't help but tremble all over.

"shadow?"

Sauron's heart sank, and his eyes flickered slightly. When he heard the soldier's description, he immediately thought of the wizard.

In terms of force, there was not much difference between Rocas, who was also a senior knight, and Orens.

When the two fight against each other, it is difficult to tell the winner in a short period of time, and even if Orens is accidentally injured, it may not be a problem to break out of the encirclement.

Therefore, Rocas's ability to seriously injure Orens must have relied on the power of the extraordinary.

"Describe that black shadow carefully!" Sauron asked in a deep voice.

"I'm not so sure."

The soldier hesitated, and said, "That black shadow looks very strange, but from the shape, it seems to be a woman."

Sauron's heart moved.

"Malice?"

A hint of thought appeared on his face, remembering that the person who poisoned Ander in the capital was an extraordinary person from the tower of the dead.

Not long ago, under the instigation of Malice, Pierre, who was also the Tower of the Dead, tried to assassinate Sauron and capture Night Crow City.

However, the opponent failed.

On the spot, Sauron's eyes flickered, and then he ordered the guards to close the city gate, strengthen their guard, and then turned back to the castle.

The rooms on the second floor of the castle are brightly lit.

Konrad was lying unconscious on the bed, and several bachelors were walking back and forth. Frost looked dignified and was checking the other party's injuries.

"How?" Sauron asked.

"The injury is serious."

Frost shook his head and sighed, "If it wasn't for the high-level knight, I'm afraid he has died ten times, and now he should be able to wake up after a few days of rest."

"It's just that it will take at least a few months to recover to the point where you can get out of bed."

(End of this chapter)