What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

"What happened?" Christina looked at Fran with some concern.

You know, from the time Fran became the city lord until now, Christina has never seen Fran with such an expression. Even when she was struggling with the Four Yellow Wolves in the most difficult time, Fran never panicked.

Fran took a few deep breaths, then handed the letter to Catherine and said, "Read it to everyone..."

The content of the letter was very brief, containing only two things.

But the shorter, the more deadly.

First, Arthas manipulated the undead army and joined forces with the demon army to launch an attack, annihilating the main force of the elves and surrounding the main force of the Holy Roll Empire.

Second, Margaret resisted resolutely, but was placed under house arrest after Catalina launched a mutiny. Afterwards, Catalina abandoned her large army and broke out to the north.

In just a few lines, the amount of information contained is enough to surprise everyone.

Wallenstein was stunned. It took him a long time to react. He asked hurriedly, "Where are the troops on the northern front? Did they mention anything about the northern front?"

"Even the main force of the elves has been wiped out. I'm afraid the situation on the northern front is very dangerous." Fran said.

Wallenstein's eyes widened.

Fran calmed herself down and said, "Order all troops to retreat immediately. The legion leaders should leave the troops and rush back first!"

"Then...what about Elendil and the others?" an officer asked, "We are about to trap them to death."

"At this point, the war between us and the elves is no longer important." Fran glanced at the officer and said, "This is a trap set by Arthas to annihilate Margaret and severely damage the elves. In this way, the Calradia continent will have no rivals in a short period of time. By then, the demons will be able to drive away.

Straight in. "

"Yes! Now is not the time to fight the elves." Christina also agreed.

The officers present all nodded. In the face of the massive invasion of the demons, this dispute with the elves was indeed nothing. And from the perspective of interests, even if the elves were defeated miserably, at least the war would not reach their homeland. However, the city of Aurora was on the continent of Calradia, and they would be the first victims of the demon invasion.

At times like this, they must accumulate strength to avoid unnecessary harm.

"Contact Margaret immediately to see if we can help them. Also send scouts to keep an eye on the Undead Legion and Margaret's breakout. Have the troops remaining on the south bank of the Soul-Guiding River be ready to assist in the breakout at any time."

"As you command!"

The officers present immediately got busy.

But at this time, Fran called Vanessa and said, "Stay, I have something to say to you."

Vanessa became very nervous when Fran called her name.

The two stood face to face. Before Fran could speak, Vanessa immediately said, "City Lord! The demon invasion has nothing to do with me. I have never provided them with any intelligence! I am not a spy they have planted here!"

"Who asked you that... Fran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, then patted Vanessa on the shoulder and said, "Of course I know you are not their spy. If they want to choose a spy, they won't choose someone like you."

"Thank you, Mayor, for your understanding!" Vanessa smiled immediately when she saw that her grievances had been cleared.

So you're not angry at all?

Fran stroked her forehead and said, "Do you know anything about the Undead Army?"

"I don't know." Vanessa said bewilderedly, "Why would I know.

"That Arthas is colluding with the demon world. I think the ability to drive the undead is likely brought from the demon world." Fran said: "Do you demons...do we in the demon world have the skills to drive the undead?"

"Of course not! Although we use dark energy, darkness is just the other side of light! It is not a dirty power like necromancy!" Vanessa said firmly, "Besides, we demons value the friendship of our comrades the most, and we are absolutely unwilling to use the corpses of our comrades as weapons to attack. If someone really

If you do this, the Seven Demon Kings will definitely destroy it immediately."

"If that's the case, then where did this art of necromancy come from?" Fran frowned, "Has the demon world never had a corresponding ability?"

"Well..." Vanessa thought for a moment and then said, "I don't know about that. But after all, the Demon Realm has existed for so long. It's not impossible that an evil god might emerge from somewhere and give the skills of driving the undead to their believers. But the same thing may also happen in the main plane."

"I understand what you mean. Necromancer is parallel to the current main plane and the combat system of the demon world, right?" Fran said.

Vanessa nodded.

However, Fran noticed the details Vanessa mentioned, so she asked, "You just said that if the necromancy appeared, the seven demon kings would definitely destroy it first. But now, the demon army is attacking the elves together with Arthas. If the demons really hate necromancy, they shouldn't attack Arthas first.

Hands?"

"Um...I'm not sure about that." Vanessa shook her head.

"Do you know what force that demon army belongs to? Or can you guess it?" Fran asked again.

Vanessa shook her head again.

Forget it, I'd better not expect to get any useful information from this otaku demon lady.

Vanessa saw Fran's disappointed face, so she said carefully: "I'm sorry, Lord Mayor, I'm really useless. But if the situation is urgent, I can write to my mother. As a demon king, she should know something."

"Writing letters is too slow!" Fran asked, "Is there any way to contact His Majesty Beelzebub directly?"

"Yes, there is." Vanessa said, "But it requires a magic circle! And a lot of rare materials. The cost of one communication is not small."

"Just list the materials. It's worth it even if it costs 100,000 magic crystal coins." Fran said.

After more than an hour, the magic circle was quickly completed. Vanessa injected the dark power in her body into the magic circle, and then a mirror composed of phantoms appeared on the magic circle. Judging from the blurry picture, this should be Beelzebub's private bedroom.

(Fran is more familiar with the palace, purely because she often sends fallen nuns here, not for any other reason.)

"It's actually video communication." After seeing this technology, many application scenarios immediately appeared in Fran's mind.

"Don't covet this technology." Christina said, "This is a unique ability of the vampires, and it requires a very high level of skill from the caster! Vanessa only inputs a small part of the energy, and most of the consumption comes from Beelzebub! In the entire world, Beelzebub is probably the only one who has the ability to support this magic circle."

Wouldn't it be better to arrest Beelzebub? Fran thought to herself.

At this moment, the originally blurry picture gradually became clear, and then a beautiful vampire woman with a gorgeous face slowly appeared above.

Beelzebub has long hair and wears a pair of golden glasses, which makes her look intellectually beautiful. When she smiles, her eyes narrow into a crescent.

It seems that this is a gentle and kind teacher! No matter how you think about it, he can't be a cruel and vicious devil.

【Photo: Summer Night】

Chapter 173 The Demon King's Doubts

"Ah! Isn't this my dear daughter? Why did you suddenly remember to video chat with your mother...Fran!!" Beelzebub's face changed instantly after seeing Fran standing behind him.

"Long time no see, your Majesty the Demon King!" Fran smiled and bowed to Beelzebub.

"You! Do you know Vanessa's identity?"

Beelzebub took two steps back in panic, then snorted coldly and said, "That's right! Vanessa is indeed a spy I planted next to you to monitor your every move! I'm going to be frank with you! That's right! I just don't trust you. Who made you do so many evil things in our Ash Country?

Things...”

Talk about the things that are against the will of heaven and earth. Christina thought to herself.

Beelzebub continued, "Name your price! How much do you want in exchange for my daughter's release?"

"Humph! Your daughter owes me more than one million magic crystal coins!" Fran said: "As long as you..."

"Ahem!" Christina at the side coughed twice to remind him.

Fran then remembered her main purpose and immediately said, "Your Majesty, are you kidding? I'm not here to blackmail you!"

"Then what do you want to do?" Beelzebub suddenly understood, and then said: "Ah! I see, you want to propose to me? I know my daughter has a crush on you! But no way, I will never marry my daughter to a liar like you!"

What? A good impression? A marriage proposal? A liar?

Is there any misunderstanding here?

"Mom! What nonsense are you talking about?" Vanessa couldn't help herself and interrupted Beelzebub: "We are looking for you this time because of something very important. It's about the demons invading the Calradia continent."

"The demons invaded Calradia? Is there such a thing?" Beelzebub looked puzzled. It didn't look like she was pretending (she didn't have the acting ability).

So Fran directly described what was happening.

"What a joke! Necromancer!" Beelzebub's eyes widened. "How could our proud demon race possibly use such a thing! It sounds like something that those elves and green tea lovers would do. Humph, they tried to study necromancy during the war, although they failed later."

"The elves have actually used it?" This surprised Fran.

"It's all old news." Beelzebub waved his hand and said, "Necromancer originated from an evil god from outside the domain, who taught his followers to use the undead to fight. But this kind of magic is too evil, and once it appears, it will definitely be besieged by other forces, so it will soon disappear."

"But why did he appear again now?" Fran paused, then said, "And he appeared at the same time as the army of the demon world."

Beelzebub frowned, and after a long while he said, "I am not very clear about what you are talking about. But now the seven kingdoms of the Demon Realm are very peaceful, and there is no sign of mobilization. You also have eyes and ears in the Demon Realm, and you should know that what I said is true. Not to mention that there are coalition forces of the seven kingdoms guarding the main passage. It would be easy to sneak a few dozen people across.

Forget it, a force of tens of thousands of people can't pass through silently."

"What if it's another channel?"

"Other passages? Those passages are too narrow and extremely unstable. If we want to pass a large army, we will probably have to wait for more than half a year! Besides, the Feruman Empire is not stupid. They would have known about it in half a year! Doesn't the Holy Alliance have troops stationed near the passage?"

"It's impossible for others..." Fran said, "But it's different if it's Arthas. He is the leader of the garrison, has been stationed there for more than ten years, and is now the emperor of the Feruman Empire... He definitely has a way to sneak a troop over without anyone noticing. The question now is, where is this troop?

Which kingdom does it belong to?"

"First eliminate our Kingdom of Ashes!" Beelzebub said.

"Of course I know that." Fran glanced at Beelzebub and said, "The lords of the Kingdom of Ashes are in disarray. With your majesty's current commanding power, it is basically impossible to gather such an army unless the Kingdom of Ashes is on the brink of life and death."

Sister, you are killing the conversation, you know that? Christina sighed helplessly.

After hearing this, Beelzebub's face turned pale and red, and then he said quickly: "Not to mention the Kingdom of Ashes, the other kingdoms are the same. Who can gather such an army now? Besides, everyone lives well in the Demon Realm and has no interest in counterattacking the main plane. Except for the Demon God Temple."

"Demon Temple?"

"It is the place where the Demon God is worshipped." Beelzebub said, "But since the Demon God disappeared and stopped issuing oracles, the power of the Demon God Temple has been declining. Although they are still fanatical about the Demon God and the counterattack, their strength is simply not enough to afford such a large army."

"But they do have the motivation!" Fran said.

"Yes!" Beelzebub said, "I need to confirm what you said. I will tell you as soon as there is any news."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"You're welcome. What you said is very important not only to you, but also to the demon world. If there are really demons colluding with the evil god to use necromancy, then we also need to be vigilant. But I'm not helping for nothing!" Beelzebub said.

"Your Majesty, please tell me what you want." Fran said, "Although our Orila City is still poor, we cannot care about material things when we are facing life and death."

Come on! Who doesn't know that you are rich now?

Beelzebub did not expose Fran. She glanced at Vanessa and said, "I don't want money! I want you to protect my daughter and not let her get hurt!"

"Mom! Thank you, Mom!" Vanessa was deeply moved.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Fran patted her chest and assured, "I swear in the name of the Demon God. I will definitely protect Vanessa's safety."

"Hmph! I want you to swear in the name of all your current wealth." Beelzebub said.

"Good! If this can make your Majesty feel a little more at ease."

Vanessa's face turned slightly red as she watched Fran raise her finger and swear solemnly.

Seeing that Fran did not hesitate at all, Beelzebub felt relieved and said, "Wait for my news. I will tell the other demon kings about this!"

As Beelzebub's shadow disappeared, everyone present fell silent.

This matter seems to be far more complicated than they imagined.

This is a conspiracy that even the Demon King doesn't know about.

What kind of organization is the Demon God Temple behind the scenes? They are obviously fanatical believers of the Demon God, so why would they collude with the evil gods from outside the domain? And as a human, why would Arthas throw himself into the arms of the Demon God without hesitation?

If you want to know all this, you must defeat the enemy in front of you.

But can they really defeat this enemy?

Chapter 174 Reconciliation

The south bank of the Soul-Guiding River.

Elf residence.

"General, there is an envoy from the other side. He hopes to see you."

"Humph! They must be here to persuade us to surrender again!" Elendil snorted coldly, "Go tell them that we elves have our own pride and will never surrender! Besides, our reinforcements are on the way, so they should be the ones to surrender."

"Um... General, the other party seemed to have known you would say that... so he specifically told us that he was not here to persuade us to surrender, but had something more important to discuss."

"Apart from persuading him to surrender, what else could be more important? No, no, no! Even if the king of heaven comes, I won't see him. Send this messenger away immediately. If he doesn't leave, I will chop off his head." Aarundil said angrily, "At this critical moment, I won't make any rules about not beheading the messenger."

"He...he also left a picture for you, saying that you will definitely agree after you see it."

"What does it mean?" Elendil opened the envelope suspiciously, but was surprised to find that it was a military distribution map.

The map not only details the distribution of military forces of both sides, but also includes details of the other side's offensive in the next few days.

After reading this, Aarendil's face changed drastically.