After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"I return to the Holy City? Absolutely not! If I leave, and the chosen hero leaves, who will protect Tafia? Who will stay to fight the orc army?!"

Uriel curled her lips:

"Aize will make arrangements for the orc army!"

"Aize? Tsk——"

It's him again.

It's because of him that things have become what they are now.

After all, if he hadn't irresponsibly abandoned his identity as a hero and ran away, none of this would have happened in the first place!

And tomorrow, I will meet him in a tied-up state.

It makes me sick just thinking about it.

The more Leah thought about it, the angrier she became, and Uriel enjoyed her impotent rage.

He sneered and said:

"Well, Aize is in charge of everything now. You want to stay and fight? Then try to beg him tomorrow?"

Chapter 138 Breaking the Defense

Out of extreme hatred and fear for the brave Aize, the orcs completely surrounded the Duke's army, vowing to wipe them out completely.

The Duke's army, knowing that communication was hopeless, fought desperately to break out in order to survive.

The fighting was extremely brutal.

The battlefield was in chaos, coupled with dim light and complex terrain, a few lucky ones finally managed to break out of the encirclement and fled towards Tafia in a panic.

These deserters made the escape of the mixed-race refugee team led by Aize more dangerous.

But with the help of Villian's familiar, they finally arrived near Tafia safely.

There, the knights led by Christina and Constantine had already been waiting.

"Master——"

The blue-haired girl knight's expression suddenly changed. With an inexplicable smile, she flew directly towards Aize.

Aize just sighed and then quietly stepped aside.

Boom! ! !

The knight lady, fully armed and wearing heavy armor, fell headfirst to the ground.

Then he climbed up with tears in his eyes.

"Master, what are you doing?! This is too much!"

Aize covered his eyes with an expression that looked ashamed to watch.

"That's what I'm saying. What are you doing at this hour? And I've told you so many times! Don't throw yourself at people while wearing enchanted armor! That thing can kill you!"

Chris's gaze drifted away slightly.

"Isn't this... I haven't seen Master for a few days, and I can't help but want to be intimate with him..."

"…Don't make it sound like we were making out before."

Aize sighed and turned his attention to his other old subordinates.

Although not as exaggerated as Chris, there were still many knights who cast eager and reluctant glances at him.

Many people also bowed their heads the moment their eyes met mine.

In comparison, Leia, the nominal commander, was now huddled in a corner, looking somewhat dejected.

Extremely embarrassed.

At this moment, she was staring at him, obviously wanting to say something.

But there is no time to pay attention to her now. The next action is extremely critical and time is extremely tight.

It must begin immediately.

Aize turned his gaze to Constantine:

"How are the preparations going for what we talked about before?"

The gray-haired mercenary nodded.

"Don't worry, Boss. Everything was prepared before you came."

As he spoke, he stepped aside and pointed to the side.

Lying on the ground there were several Duke's soldiers tied up.

It is said that before the reunion this morning, Constantine and his men captured him from the fleeing soldiers on the road.

"very good."

Aize turned around and waved to the pink-haired girl who was following him.

Pointing at one of them, he said:

"Judging from his attire, this guy should be an officer. You should disguise yourself as him, follow the fleeing troops into the city, and then act according to the plan we agreed upon."

Leading Brian's army into the orcs' faces has three purposes.

First, you can gain most of the day.

This half day can ensure that the Knights can reunite with him relatively leisurely, and after the reunion, there will be enough time to carry out the next action without falling into a state of exhaustion.

Second, use the orcs to defeat Brian's forces.

Otherwise, with the orcs in front and Brian behind, Aze would really be in a dilemma.

Third, the defeat of Brian's army would almost inevitably lead to tension in the situation in Tafia.

This gave Aize and his men the opportunity to take back Tafia.

Alicia walked forward, looked at the terrified captain of the guard, and nodded.

"no problem."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand and gently touched the other person's body.

The next second, the outline of Alicia's body began to blur and fade, then quickly blend and reshape.

The pink-haired girl quickly disappeared, and another guard captain appeared there.

Under the astonished gazes of everyone, regardless of whether they were enemies or friends, Alicia lowered her head, took in her new body, and nodded vigorously.

"The transformation is complete. Yeah, no problem! But... if I want to infiltrate, I'd better know their names and positions."

"no problem."

Aize cast his cold gaze on the terrified and frightened fleeing soldier.

"This friend will tell us, right?"

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Brian, who had no idea how Aize would win when he just sent out his army, was in a good mood.

Even last night, he held a banquet alone in Sheen's mansion, enjoying the fine wine and dishes collected by the local lord.

It was like opening a wave of champagne at halftime to celebrate his ascension to the throne in advance.

The reason why he was alone was that he was worried that Alicia would sneak in, so he didn't allow anyone to get within five meters of him.

For this purpose, the remaining magicians built a barrier to cover the house and ensure that no flying insects could enter.

The results of it?

After waking up, he sat in his study waiting for good news, but the first thing he saw was another group of defeated soldiers.

He also learned that his army had been wiped out.

Brian's emotion at this moment could no longer be described by the word "rage".

He raised his hand tremblingly, pointed at the beleaguered guards in front of him, and cursed with his heart broken:

"...Twenty thousand of you, were defeated by a half-blood and a few brave men!? Even twenty thousand pigs could have pushed them to death! What the hell is that idiot Osmond doing!? What are you doing too!?"

The defeated soldiers were also emotionally unstable, and almost cried out in response:

"What kind of hybrid? We're facing an entire army of orcs!"

Brian's confidants, guards, and senior officers all knew that he was colluding with the orcs.

But it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to know.

For these ignorant guards, they entered the mountains for an encirclement and suppression under inexplicable circumstances, ran for an inexplicable whole night, and then inexplicably ran into the orcs' encirclement.

In this situation, after finally escaping, I was scolded when I came back.

No one can stand it.

The guard who was scolded by Brian was extremely angry. He even jumped up and rushed forward, wanting to punch his boss a few times.

But as soon as he stood up, he was pinned to the ground by the guards beside him.

When Brian heard this, he was stunned:

"What did you say? Orc?"

"Yes! It's the orcs! Even the orc chieftain, one of the thirteen leaders, is here!!"

The guard who was pinned down was very unconvinced and roared while struggling:

"That monster, that monster crushed my captain with just one hand! My brothers were killed like grass! How can we fight a battle like this?! Tell me!"

The guard, whose emotions were completely out of control, struggled hysterically and was dragged out of the study by the guards.

As the door slammed shut, his voice stopped abruptly.

Brian just stood there in a daze, his fingers raised in the air for a long time.

It was like the computer had frozen and my mind was blank.

He was stunned for more than a minute before he sat back in his seat in a daze. With despair and fear that almost made him collapse, he began to think about the current situation.

Orc army?

And it's an orc army led by the orc chieftain himself?

Aren’t they on the Anlin Plains, confronting the knights led by the brave?

Why does it appear in the Central Mountains?

Could it be that he discovered my plan to break the contract?

No, it's impossible.

Even if they discovered it, it would be impossible to time it so well.

There is only one possibility left -

"Brave Aizea ...

It must be him.

He must have forced Rufus to send some kind of message to the orcs, persuading or tricking them into ambush there, and then led his own army into the encirclement.

There is no other possibility.

Even though I figured this out, it didn't help the current situation at all.

Brian's spirit completely collapsed.

He jumped up, scratching his hair and skin frantically, roaring and flailing around the study like a headless fly.

"Damn it, damn it! Why do you always keep getting in my way?! What on earth does this world have to do with a bastard outsider like you?!"

He banged his head against the walls, bookcases, and any flat surface he could reach.

"I've been planning this for so many years! So many! Years! And because of these inexplicable beasts! It's all fucking ruined! It's all ruined! Damn it, damn it!"