Blood Dragon

"Take him back." The vampire turned his head and said to a black mage who had just arrived behind him. "To live. If he wants to fight or run away..." He let out a low laugh. "I'm sure he wouldn't be so stupid."

The latter saluted to show his acceptance.

"As for you." The vampire looked at the record officer—the latter backed away in panic under his gaze, subconsciously protecting the record book on his body with both hands—and suddenly let out a sneer or a sneer. "I don't want to kill a record officer like you. So I specifically allow you to leave, no, not only leave, you can also stay and record everything you see before leaving. Remember to get a live horse for Him." His last words were addressed to the black mage.

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In the distance, the walls of Mill City are already in sight.Although his body was so tired that his bones were falling apart, seeing this scene made Robin feel a sense of relief.No matter how you look at the front, it doesn't look like it has been attacked by a vampire.

They finally came back.

Although Belleur said "depart at night" at the beginning, in fact, he did not receive the magic communication from the main force of the army at noon, so he immediately led the entire ranger to set off.When setting off, Belleur also specifically told the officials of Meno that they were going to "liberate the entire territory of Sylvania from the vampires."Of course, as soon as they left the city, the Rangers immediately retreated desperately along the previous path.

It was indeed a "desperate" retreat.Baylor quickly ordered to discard all superfluous things in order to return to Mill City as quickly as possible.But all this was not enough. After walking for a while, Belleur disliked the delay of the infantry and ordered the cavalry and infantry to march separately.After walking for a while, Baylor once again ordered a captain to lead the army on his behalf, and he took Robin and a few others, each with two horses, and hurried back.At this moment, everyone has exhausted one horse, and the other is trembling with hooves and foaming at the mouth.

It turns out it was all worth it.When Belair came to Mir City, it was at a time when the whole city was panicking.The news of the annihilation of Ryan's army in Purple Stone has already come, and Leto's life and death are unknown.Although there is an army camp nearby as an advance base, and there are still a small number of troops stationed in the camp, it is in chaos and there is no leader.

But once Baylor returned, things were different.With the main general's whereabouts unknown, Baylor issued orders as the deputy general and quickly took a series of measures.On the one hand, he immediately let all the remaining troops in the camp enter the city to prepare for defense, and at the same time took away all the supplies as much as possible, and burned those that could not be taken away immediately.On the other hand, he immediately sent a letter back to Wangcheng, reporting the news of this disastrous defeat, and asking for reinforcements.At the same time as all this, he also stabilized the hearts of the people, and strengthened the city defense as quickly as possible, hunted down spies, and sent scout troops to inquire about the movement of the undead army, making preparations for the possible defense of the city.

It was only the next day that the Rangers rushed back one after another. Although the 3000-strong army was inconspicuous in the past, it has now become a life-saving straw.With the addition of this troop, Beler finally relieved the urgent need of insufficient defenders, and gained the capital and confidence to stick to it for a period of time.

In such a tense atmosphere, time always passes quickly.But when Robin brought a secret letter to Bellel, several days had passed.When he entered Baelier's room, Baelier was contemplating the defense map of the entire city.In the past few days, Robin finally saw from Belleer the demeanor of a general, the kind of speech and behavior that would make him the spiritual pillar of the entire army, and his decisiveness.When the army was defeated and the people were in a state of panic, Beler insisted on inspiring the fighting spirit of the soldiers in various ways, so that there were no deserters in the city of Mir at this moment.

"My lord general." Robin said loudly. After all this, he now has a new understanding of Belle.There was a hint of respect in his voice. "Your letter."

These letters were all brought by pigeons...but Robin had no idea who the sender was.

"A letter?" Baylor raised his head, a surprise flashed in his bloodshot eyes.Robin handed the letter to him, and Belle immediately opened it and read it.

"Huh, it looks like... the Scarlet Duke has no intention of coming this way!" Belle exhaled a long breath, and put down the letter. "At least not for the time being. That's great... But he still can't relax his vigilance, he can take a breather and attack again... Robin, is there any other news today? Did our scouts bring anything new?"

"Only a small number of defeated soldiers were brought back by the scouts today, similar to the previous few days. Other than that, the scouts didn't find any traces of the undead army."

"A defeated soldier has returned? Why didn't I know? Did they bring any news? For example, Leto's whereabouts? The process of the battle?"

"Well, my lord general, I asked them to rest first, eat something, and calm down. I haven't asked these questions yet. If you want to know these are very simple, my lord general, a record officer came back two days ago .”

"The recorder? The recorder who should stay with the general... how is he doing?"

"As far as I'm concerned, he's doing very well, arguably the best of them all," replied Robin. "He had his record book with him, and he even had a horse."

"Bring him to me, hurry up." Belleer replied.It was unexpected that a recorder came back alive.But for Beler, this is very lucky, because the recorder will definitely record everything on the battlefield...

Robin quickly carried out the order.The record officer did not live up to his duty. After half an hour, Belle and Robin fully understood the whole battle process from the record officer.It must be said that even though Robin had gone through some explanations from Belleur beforehand and was mentally prepared, he was actually shocked by Leto's stupidity.

Especially when it was learned that Leto finally abandoned the army and fled.Robin was simply incredulous.He was still too young, so he still couldn't accept that a general didn't rush forward with his guards when the battle was most critical, but abandoned the soldiers and fled alone, using the blood of the soldiers in exchange for his own chance to escape.

Baylor was much better, at least he kept smiling, although no one could tell how much contempt and contempt was in the corner of his mouth.

In Robin's opinion, the whole battle process is actually nothing special.Everything was as expected by Belleur, Leitob launched a tortoise formation purely for defense, and evenly divided the combat power among the three sides, and then was crushed by the vampires' concentrated elite troops.And dispatched gunners to seize the cannons of the Ryan people, and used the cannons to bombard the infantry in a dense formation.After the infantry was defeated, the knights tried their best but failed to break through the enemy in front of them, so they were surrounded and annihilated by the overwhelming number of enemies.

"...At this time, the knights were still fighting, and all the remaining infantrymen who were still fighting joined them. They were no longer fighting for victory and honor, but for their lives. The fighting continued until ri When it was dark, all resistance was in vain. The knights fought to the last man, while the infantry whose formation had collapsed was forced into a dead corner of the valley, and they all surrendered to the vampires with no choice..." Baylor read in a low voice. Although his voice was soft, Robin could hear it clearly.

"That's strange...why did the vampires bring the Sim's gunners?" Bellel closed the record book. "And after Leto knew about this, he still put the artillery on the front line?"

"He probably doesn't care about it at all," Robin put in.

"That's right." Belleil sighed softly. "The vampire actually accepted the enemy's surrender... No wonder he didn't come for a while... Why did he do this? He shouldn't accept prisoners..."

Just as Belle was considering this question, there was a commotion outside.A guard hurriedly opened the door and entered.

"My lord, His Highness Leto has returned."

"Oh, tell him to come and see him right away...I'll go see him right away!" Belle immediately replied.

Robin had already expected that Leto would no longer be as arrogant and arrogant as before.Before the meeting, he already knew the general situation of Leto from other people. Although Leto escaped from the battlefield in time, because he didn't carry any travel equipment, he got lost in the mountains normally, and finally came back after wandering around for several days.I haven't eaten or drank for the past few days, and I'm worried that the vampires will send troops like ghosts to catch up, so I'm in a state of extreme mental tension all day long.It is conceivable that anyone who has experienced such a situation must be devastated.But after meeting, Robin still found that his estimate was too conservative.

In fact - Leto is completely lifeless at the moment.Not to mention the arrogance of the past, he is simply a dead man who can move now.Among other things, the most conspicuous thing is Leto's hair. Robin still remembered that Leto was only slightly gray when they met last time, but now it has turned into a full head of white hair.

"His Royal Highness." Belleil was naturally polite.Only Robin could see the disdain and contempt from Belleel's polite appearance, besides, there was also a little bit of pity and sympathy.

"Master Belel, I thought you too..." Leto saw Belel with a grateful expression on his face.

"I heard the news of the defeat of the army, so I quickly withdrew. Fortunately, there was still time." Baylor comforted. "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will do my best to defend the city, and I will definitely not let this city fall into the hands of vampires."

With this sentence, Baylor actually denied Leto's status as the general.Of course, at this time, Leto had no intention of arguing with Belleel over such power matters.Beler was able to take on this task, and he was too happy to be happy.The current Leto has already lost his ambitions, and only wants to get through this crisis safely.

This meeting was very short.Soon, everything was arranged.Leto won't stay for too long, he will return to the capital as soon as possible, everything here must be entrusted to Belle.

"My lord, why did you take over this mess for Leto? If the vampires attack us with all their strength, it will be difficult for us to resist for a long time." Robin asked when the meeting ended and Belleel returned.

"Don't worry, Robin, I don't think Ashurfat will come to attack us." Belle's attitude was very relaxed.

"But..." Robin was a little surprised. "Didn't you say that he has a great possibility to attack this city? And now he does have the capital, we can't stop it.

"Don't worry, the vampires won't come. In the end, I think he accepted the captives because he saw the facts correctly...Robin, if the vampires take this city, he will be too ambitious and dangerous To make the Ryan people full of fear, desperate to destroy him. The Ryan people have no strength, but the other six countries... still have armies! In a word, if the vampire plans to attack here, he will wait for the seven-nation coalition to go to Kale Ann repeats the scene. On the contrary, if he stops...the Ryan people will not panic, they think everything is still under control, and they will not risk introducing him to the team."

"So do you understand? I am now in charge of defending the city with a reputation but no risk, which is equivalent to making a fortune for no reason." Baylor burst out laughing suddenly. "Also, Robin, do you know why I can usurp Leto's military power so easily?" Belleur suddenly added.At this moment, all the smiles on his face faded into an extremely serious tone.

"From the moment Leto left the army and fled alone, he was no longer a general."