After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"Tsk——"

A place like the Inquisition is inherently presumptuous of guilt.

Even if you are a brave man and are truly innocent, those annoying procedures will take at least a few days, several months, or even several years.

Why waste time on yourself now?

She shouted at the knight:

"Don't be ridiculous! The orc chieftain, one of the thirteen leaders, is leading his army to attack Tafia! If I'm investigated, who will fight? If Tafia is lost, can you bear the responsibility?!"

However, the knight in front of him just laughed lightly, contemptuously, and inconspicuously.

He shook his head and said:

"Don't worry about this. The Knights of Silver Star and Wind Shadow's squadrons set out yesterday. Armies from various countries are also being mobilized and will be in place within a few days. You can't be of much help, and it's pointless to go."

After hearing this, Leah was furious:

"Those two bastards are already gone!? They just left after slandering me!? They went off to fight, and I'm being tried here!? And being treated as a heretic!?"

The blond warrior scratched his head and cheeks, almost pulling his hair out.

But her words were actually a bit of a blessing in disguise.

As Aize said before, even if the Inquisition and the Vatican had ten times the courage, they would not dare to really label the hero as a heretic. Aize and Leah also felt this way.

Therefore, this accusation will most likely not have any very clear results.

But that doesn't matter.

I can disgust Leia at no cost, and I can also keep her in the Holy City to prevent her from running out and causing trouble when I'm doing something big.

With Aize away, the church also wanted to take this opportunity to teach Leah a lesson and put a leash on her to prevent this crazy person from doing anything big.

This accusation fulfilled the church's wish and could be considered a favor.

Why not do it?

Anyway, Leah was the only one injured.

And Leah was already numb.

Her plan of leading her army to Tafia, defeating the orc army, killing the orc chieftain, and forcing Aize to kneel down and apologize before her, was aborted before it even began.

Or it died in the womb in such a disgusting way.

The blond warrior, who had not yet recovered from the shock of the expedition's failure, nearly fell to the ground.

After shaking her body a few times, she completely wilted, holding her forehead and gasping for breath.

It took a long time before I recovered a little.

After cheering up, he replied in a trembling voice:

"...I understand. I'll go with you."

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Tafia, the fierce fighting continues.

Under wave after wave of attacks, the magic turrets that were the key to the city's defense were destroyed one by one, and the extremely exhausted combat magicians had a much lower output efficiency than before.

Finally, an orc siege tower, under firepower, was placed on the city wall.

Dozens of elite orcs and more than a dozen wolf-like monsters rushed out and instantly occupied an area of the city wall.

Although the Tafia guards defending the city fought bravely, they were still knocked down and torn to pieces by these tall monsters, and their front line gradually collapsed.

"Kill! Kill them for me! This place is ours!"

The orc leader raised his huge hammer and roared loudly.

Then--

"Give it to me, get out!"

As it looked in surprise, a figure equally large or even taller rushed up from under the city wall.

He is wearing full body armor, holding a battle axe, and has a ferocious look, somewhere between an orc and a human.

The power is extremely amazing.

Several orcs who stepped forward to fight were chopped to the ground before they could even survive a few moves.

The half-orc Grot.

Unlike the other half-breeds in the mob, he has a stronger body than most orcs, which allows him to unleash extremely terrifying combat power after wearing appropriate equipment. Therefore, he has been fighting on the front line these days.

"The Knights, move out! Push them back!"

Following behind him was the blue-haired girl holding a spear—Christina and dozens of holy war knights.

These few remaining precious forces changed the situation the moment they joined the battlefield, and cooperated with the guards to block the rampaging orcs.

The battle situation fell into a stalemate again.

Chris swung her spear, piercing the orc leader's chest. She turned and shouted to the rear:

"Now, hurry up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several craftsmen, under the protection of the guards, dispersed to the less damaged artillery pieces and began repair work, despite the orcs' spells still falling on them.

This is no different from giving a group of orcs the middle finger.

"Don't let the humans repair the turrets, kill them!"

The orc leader who took over the command roared.

The orcs went crazy and rushed towards the Knights and Groot without caring about the losses. Chris and others fought desperately, but more and more orc reinforcements poured in through the siege tower.

At this moment, a series of small fireballs fell from the sky and hit the orc siege tower. The wooden structure quickly burned, disintegrated, and collapsed in the explosion.

"well?"

The unexpected support made Chris stunned for a moment.

But only for a moment, and then he put all his attention back on the battle.

Soon, the orc attack force, which had lost its reinforcements, was wiped out on the city wall.

As the sunset completely sank below the horizon, the orcs temporarily stopped attacking.

This was not only a thwart of one wave of the offensive, but also a symbol that the city had held out for one more day under siege.

After finishing the job, Chris took a breath and almost collapsed on the city wall.

"Thanks for your hard work."

A familiar voice came from behind. I turned around and found that Aize, wearing full body armor, had arrived at some point, accompanied by Villian.

Chris jumped up immediately:

"It's not hard, Master! Those spells of support just now were provided by Master, right? I'm so sorry that I had to divert my attention from other places to help me!"

Aize smiled and shook his head:

"Of course not. The area you're in charge of is the main attack direction today. You didn't ask me for reinforcements even though the battle was so severe. You've done a great job. After all, the conditions are limited."

Just as Chris said, the series of spells just now were indeed cast by Violet under Aize's instructions.

One of the difficulties in defending the city this time is that there are not enough magicians.

Apart from the combat magicians who stayed behind in Brian's army, the number of magicians among Tafia's original guards was almost negligible.

This also puts a lot of pressure on the few magicians who have to rush around putting out fires.

As for Villian, as the strongest "witch", theoretically, if she exerts her full strength, her output alone can match that of an entire array of combat magicians.

However, Aize did not allow her to do so.

Over the past few days, Villian's impact on the battle situation has been very minimal.

Even if one wants to join the battle, one must deliberately use low-powered spells, as just now, to disguise oneself as an ordinary magician and avoid being noticed by the opponent.

After all, the other party didn't know Villian's existence.

Aize wants to keep this information gap until the end to ensure that it can be used to its maximum value.

The result is that the difficulty of defending the city increases exponentially.

Fortunately, my subordinates are indeed excellent.

He glanced at the still-burning remains of the siege tower, then at the endless orc camps outside the city. He turned back and said to Chris:

"How about I lead the team out of the city tonight? Just don't go and have a good rest."

Chapter 152 The Devil's Message

The so-called mission outside the city is to take a small team out of the city as before, pretending to be in a grand manner to attack an orc stronghold.

After a brief contact, return immediately.

After this action successfully triggered an overreaction from the orcs a few days ago, Aze and his team would do the same to the enemy almost every day.

As the orcs became more and more prepared, the risk of this action became higher and higher. Often, they would be blocked and brought back after taking only a few steps.

But even so, it still happens every day, just like punching in for work.

In response to Aize's suggestion, the blue-haired knight girl suddenly jumped up from the ground and shook her head vigorously:

"No, this level is nothing! I will do my best to complete the task assigned to me by Master!"

Ever since the witch subjugation war that took place in Anlin Plain, Chris has been fighting on the front lines.

Not only was she seriously injured, but she also left the team, and things eventually developed to this point. She never rested during this period.

Even someone like Aize who worked overtime had to take a few days off under Villian's pressure.

Not only her, but all the members of the Holy War Knights were so tired that they could be seen with the naked eye.

But no one complained.

Thinking of this, Aize didn't say much, just nodded and said:

"Then leave it to you."

"Yes!"

The blue-haired girl stood at attention and saluted, then turned and left to arrange the next things.

Aize stood in place and cast his eyes towards the orc army retreating back to the camp outside the city.

Then, he sighed softly.

Seeing this, Villian smiled, then pressed forward, hugged Aize's arm and asked:

"What? Tired?"

“…A little.”

Aize frowned and rubbed his eyes.

"It's almost time anyway. The reinforcements from the Holy City will probably arrive nearby tomorrow night. By then, we should put an end to this mess."

The mess was not just about Brian's tricks and the orcs' attack.

And there is Aize's own brave career.

As mentioned before, this incident was caused by quitting the team, and in essence it was the culmination of all the actions I had taken during my time as a hero.

This time, I can finally put an end to that miserable period of life.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this meaning that he feels particularly tired.

After his gaze was gloomy for a while, Aize felt that as the commander, it would not be good if his slightly dejected look was seen by the surrounding soldiers.

He took a few deep breaths, tried to cheer himself up, put on a smile, turned to the witch, and asked:

"Don't just ask me. How are things going over there? How was your training? Tomorrow night is your performance."

Violet was stunned by the change in Aize's expression.

After looking around and realizing his intention, the witch lowered her gaze again with heartache.