Chapter 29 Hope in Despair
The pouring rain still has no intention of stopping.
Outside Anka City, toward the Lizardmen territory, Princess Nalia stood on the city wall and stared into the distance. She looked through the rain and witnessed the confrontation between Ankh's army and the lizardmen.
Because of the rain, the battlefield at the moment was muddy. The Anka Army, which was already backward in equipment, was wearing soaked armor and looked very bulky.
Originally, these soldiers had to ride on war horses and set the battle meeting point far away from Anka City in advance.
But the rain is indeed a bit too heavy now. It is estimated that several streets in the city are almost flooded at this moment, not to mention the wasteland outside the city that has not been built in the first place.
But if you take off your armor in order to reduce your burden and directly face the lizards with sharp claws and confront them head-on, it is really no different from sending them to commit suicide.
Nalia's brows were furrowed, and her bloody red pupils were filled with worry about the outcome of this battle.
"Commander Sean, have you ever encountered this situation when you were dealing with the lizard invasion before?"
After all, this was her first time commanding such a real battlefield, so it was normal for her to have no experience. So Nalia didn't feel any embarrassment at this moment, and she should take the initiative to ask when it was time to ask.
Moreover, as the princess of the empire, could someone still laugh at her in front of her?
"Back to Your Highness, I have fought in bad weather before, but..." "
But what?"
Nalia expressed dissatisfaction with Sean's hesitation.
"But this time there are too many lizardmen. Their previous invasions have not been as large as this, and they will not send out the entire nest at once, as if they are going to fight us to the death... I don't know what
this means. , it’s not good to say depressing words at this time.”
Nalia glanced at him silently.
Although he said he didn't want to say anything harmful to morale, the second half of the other party's sentence revealed a helpless and cruel fact.
That is, there is a high probability that they will not be able to withstand this large-scale attack.
If there is a difference in the number of soldiers, they can also rely on the height difference of the terrain for strategic defense. They only need to guard the city gate and fire rockets in groups above the city gate. At least it can delay the climbing and attack of these lizardmen. Posture.
Before Nalia came to Anka, she had actually carefully read the description of lizard species in the "General History of World Races".
It can be said that she now has a more complete and detailed understanding of this race than these locals.
But the more this happens, the more she understands how difficult this battle is, and how desperate it is to face these disgusting species that are faster and stronger than humans, and have great advantages in wet environments and waters.
"Can Anka's magicians cast siege-level magic?"
"I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness..."
"Okay." Nalia closed her eyes slightly, stretched out her white palms and made a silent gesture. "Just tell me what those few people can do, and just refer to today's defense of the city." "
As for them, their main job is actually to make some one-time magic devices to transmit battlefield information.
One of them He is good at fire magic, but his strength is not enough to release magic in this weather." "
What about him?"
Nalia didn't accuse anyone. Although she herself does not have a deep knowledge of magic, she basically spends her time using her awakening abilities and practicing swordsmanship.
But just from the books on magic obtained from the Royal Library, one can know that in addition to relying on the guidance of magic in the body when magicians release magic, they also rely to a large extent on corresponding elements in the environment.
"The other two people, one is a healing magician, responsible for recovering disabled soldiers sent back to the rear of the battlefield. The other one is good
at guardian magic. The defensive talisman he made is attached to our city gate. Wen."
Nalia nodded slightly. She didn't have much to say about this result. At least the unknown magician in the end contributed a little to her battle today, which was considered Not bad.
"Open the city gate and face the enemy directly..."
"Your Royal Highness?"
"..."
This is a helpless choice, and it is also a choice that will bring shame to the royal family.
Anyway, let’s not mention the other people for now. If Nalia can return to the Imperial City in the future, she will definitely lose all recognition and trust of Her Highness the Queen.
Yes, in the eyes of those people, she was a stupid woman who set out with only a few cronies and came to Anka to assist in the name of the imperial princess.
How could they know that the reason why she didn't dare to bring a few gold-robed supreme magicians and several members of the Royal Knights here in a big way was simply because she was worried about the eldest prince's suspicion of her?
Fortunately, now, instead of investigating the truth about Sirius, he was tricked by Lord Luther.
Does the other party really not care about all the citizens in this city? Or is it that the eldest prince has actually prepared everything and is just waiting for him to make all the mistakes in this battle and finally show off?
Nalia couldn't be sure because she didn't have the energy or time to investigate whether a force had infiltrated Anka due to various reasons.
Nalia bit her lower lip with her teeth slightly and clenched her palms tightly, not caring that the rain passed through the umbrella, hit her clothes, and then flowed down from the cuffs.
"Pass my order, open the city gate, and take the initiative to meet the enemy."
After saying this, Nalia walked down the city gate, taking Commander Sean, who also regarded death as home, and the entire Anka army, ready to march towards the distance. The surging lizard army rushed over.
But at this moment, a girl in a nun's uniform suddenly rushed in from behind the military camp. After seeing Nalia, she knelt on the ground.
This scene also made Nalia a little stunned.
Everyone was preparing to leave for the war, so it was understandable that no one cared about the intrusion of outsiders, but the girl in front of her looked like a nun from the church, right? What are you doing here at this time?
"Your Royal Highness, I..."
"Miss Sister, the place you should appear now should be the church, and what you should do should be taking care of the believers you have taken in, right?"
Nalia frowned and asked in confusion.
"I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness... But the Bishop must ask me to see your face and have a word with you." "
... Tell me."
She was wearing a nun's uniform that was already wet, and her white stockings had also been soaked by the rain. Alice looked at Nalia with transparent eyes, and said with a slightly trembling voice:
"The church has been secretly purchasing some magic equipment used to defend the city during this period, as well as some sophisticated equipment and armor.
We hope... that the Church of Light can help Her Royal Highness and fight Anka's enemies together. ”
(End of chapter)