Chapter 466 Desperate Situation

"Alice, are you okay?"

Gervis shook off the mud on his armor, then patted Alice who was pinned down by him and asked with concern.

"I'm fine! Gervis!"

Because Gervis reacted in time, the two of them ran away from the center of the explosion, so even though they were blown away by the shock wave, it was not a problem at all.

After making sure that Alice was fine, Gervis stood up and looked behind him.

I saw that the back was in a mess. A large black hole was blown out of the originally flat road, and the land within more than ten meters around was charred.

"Is it a magic scroll?"

The more Gervis thought about it, the more he felt that the scroll he had just seen was the magic scroll from his previous life's novel. After all, even a magician had appeared, so the appearance of a magic scroll was nothing surprising.

"ah!"

While thinking, Gervis began to look around, trying to find King Lawrence and others.

At this moment, Gervis heard a painful wail in his ears.

He immediately looked in the direction where the groaning sound came from.

All the nobles who had just surrounded King Lawrence were in a miserable state.

Moreover, their positions had changed. The blast blew them all away from their original positions.

This is also the reason why Gervis didn't see them when he looked towards the center of the explosion.

At this time, these nobles were either sitting or lying, and they had obviously suffered considerable injuries.

"Alice, go get the medical team ready!"

Gervis did not dare to delay and hurried over to check on the injuries of those nobles.

King Lawrence, Gust and others are among them. If something happens to them, this continent will be doomed.

"Master Gust, are you okay?"

What made Gervis feel a little relieved was that when he hurried over, he saw one of them stood up on his own. It was the Lord of the North.

"It's okay! Although I was seriously injured, I shouldn't be in any trouble after recuperating for a while! Let's go find His Majesty."

"OK!"

Soon they discovered that King Lawrence had also stumbled to his feet, but because he was closest to the scroll, King Lawrence was obviously more seriously injured than the Lord of the North.

When King Lawrence stood up, blood spurted out of his mouth immediately. He could not even stand steadily. Finally, he could only half-kneel with the sword in his hand inserted into the ground for support.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?"

The Lord of the North hurried over and asked with concern.

"He won't die, but I'm afraid it will take several months to fully recover. I never expected that! Our three duchies were destroyed by the church and the Second Son!"

It was obvious that the Second Prince of Chat had also been bewitched by the church and wanted to kill him.

First he lost the eldest prince Derek, and now the second prince Chat is teaming up with outsiders to kill him. One can imagine how King Lawrence feels.

"Lawrence, now is not the time to sigh! The most important thing for us now is to enter the City of Glory. If you are willing, we'd better send people to start attacking the city now!"

At this moment, Hayden came over with some blood on the corner of his mouth. Like the Lord of the North, he was farther away, so although he was injured, his injuries were not that serious.

"Let's attack the city!"

At this point, we must attack by force no matter what. Staying outside the City of Glory will only lead to death.

…

While Lawrence and the others were talking, Gervis was checking on the other nobles.

Of the more than 20 nobles who were present just now, five or six died directly, including two commanders of low-level gold knights and several nobles who were not gold knights, and several of the rest were seriously injured.

What disappointed Gervis was that Nemio and Avery were only slightly injured.

In fact, such casualties were far from what the Second Prince Chat and his men had expected.

Originally they thought that this ambush would directly kill most of the nobles. Except for a few peak gold knights, the rest who were not dead were seriously injured.

Unfortunately, Gervis's shout just now made the nobles prepared and used their fighting spirit to protect themselves, so the damage was reduced.

…

Soon, hundreds of people rushed up from the army a few hundred meters away and began to clean up the battlefield.

All the seriously injured and dead nobles were carried away, and Lawrence gave orders, letting the slightly injured earls such as Nemio and Avery lead their men to start attacking the city.

Nemio and others also knew that the situation was urgent, so they immediately had dozens of simple siege ladders made and started to attack the city with thousands of soldiers, and they led the team personally.

Everyone wanted to capture the City of Glory as quickly as possible before the pursuers arrived.

However, when these one thousand elite soldiers began to attack the city, what happened made everyone outside the city even more desperate.

Because there were eight more golden knights and five magicians on the walls of the City of Glory.

When Nemio, Avery and several earls led their soldiers to attack the city wall with great difficulty, the eight golden knights and five magicians suddenly appeared and attacked, directly killing hundreds of elite soldiers who had already climbed up the city wall.

Seeing this situation, several earls dared not stay any longer. Relying on the skills of the golden knight, they jumped off the city wall and fled back to the army, thus saving their lives.

"What a vicious plot. First let the people outside the city see hope, and then destroy this hope just when they think they are about to win. If it weren't for the cleverness of a few earls, one or two more golden knights would definitely have died!"

Gervis witnessed everything about the siege and had to admire the thorough planning of the church and Chat.

The morale of the team, which was already on the verge of collapse due to their long escape, was hit so low after suffering another blow like this that they no longer had the courage to attack the city.

If they continue to stay outside the city and waste time, the only fate that awaits these 20,000 people is to be attacked from both sides and completely annihilated.

Sure enough, just a few minutes later, a team of rangers came rushing from the south, bringing bad news, which made the situation even worse for the entire army.

One of them should be the captain of the rangers. After coming back, he jumped off his horse without even having time to stop it, half-knelt in front of Lawrence, and reported while panting.

"Your Majesty, the Holy Knights of the Principality of Xis and the Church are rushing towards us and will arrive in half an hour at most!"

"Also, judging by their numbers, they should have joined up with the cavalry troops behind them!"

"Keep exploring!"

King Lawrence sat on a soft chair, his face a little pale, and ordered in a hoarse voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The ranger immediately obeyed the order and rode his horse with his men to rush south at a high speed.

…

When the ranger left, the nobles present fell silent.

Morale is low now and there are no effective siege weapons. Even if we want to organize another siege, it is too late.

"Cina! Help me up!"

"Your Majesty! Where do you want to go?"

Commander Sina quickly helped King Lawrence up and asked in a low voice!

"Help me get to the bottom of the city wall. I want to talk to Chat again!"

King Lawrence thought about it and decided that the last hope might lie with the second prince Chat, so he decided to give it another try.

"Lawrence, your second son has been bewitched by the church and will definitely not allow us to enter the city. Why don't we evacuate now?"

"Let's head west. The Earldom of Borel in our Principality of Alban is in that direction. With the support of Borel City, we can fight the church!"

Hayden understood Lawrence's mood at the moment, but he didn't think there would be any results from continuing the negotiations, so it would be better to retreat directly.

"Hayden, I know that, but I still want to give it a try!"

"The church must have used the bait of helping them ascend to the throne to deceive them. Since he wants the throne, I will give it to him!"

"If my method is really useless, then we will do as you say and retreat to the west immediately!!"

Lawrence had no choice but to do this. Although they could still flee to other places, the Duchy of Alban was not as powerful as the Duchy of Jean.

As long as they enter the City of Glory, they will have a great chance of stopping the attacks of the Church and the Principality of Xis, relying on the city's strategic location where one man can block a thousand, and there will also be a steady supply of reinforcements in the rear.

Even if they temporarily escaped from pursuit by staying in the Duchy of Alban, they would be trapped there and would be wiped out by the church sooner or later.

"Okay! Then go and give it a try!"

Hayden listened to Lawrence's words and nodded in agreement.

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"Your Majesties, the gates of the City of Glory are open!"

Just as Lawrence and Hayden were deciding what to do next, the gate of the City of Glory in the distance suddenly opened, and thousands of soldiers came out.

After thousands of soldiers left the city, the gates of the City of Glory were closed again.

In an instant, people from the Principality of Alban and the Principality of Jean looked towards the thousands of soldiers.

The two kings and several earls also stood up immediately and led everyone to meet the team.

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"Chat, how dare you come out of the City of Glory!"

When the two teams met, they were finally able to see each other clearly from a distance of a hundred meters.

The team leaving the city was led by the Second Prince of Chat, with the golden knights and magicians on his left and right.

"Father, the reason I came out now is because of you. I want to give all of you a chance to live!"

"You are afraid that we will leave here right now, so you want to delay time!"

Although King Lawrence was injured, he was not stupid. He had guessed that Chat and his group came out probably to delay time until the pursuers arrived.

"Father, since you have seen through me, I will tell you straight away!"

Second Prince Chat was not surprised and admitted it generously, then continued.

"Although we came out this time with the intention of delaying you, I am also planning to give some of you a chance to survive!"

"As long as you promise to be loyal to me now, I will guarantee that you will never be harmed, and you will still be able to keep your title!"

"Chat, even if you agree, can you make the decision? Will the church agree?"

King Lawrence retorted bluntly. He never expected that the son he had raised for so many years would turn out to be such an ungrateful person.

"Father, I promised the church to make them the state religion of the Principality of Zeon! And I am also willing to become one of the spokespersons of God on this continent!"

"So, I still have the final say on their life and death!"

"It's a matter of life or death now! It all depends on your decision!"

Chat answered Lawrence very confidently!

Then he looked at the nobles in front of him. Now the Principality of Jean and the Principality of Alban have become meat on the chopping board. Their life and death can be said to be in the hands of his own decision.

After the second prince of Chat finished speaking, the scene was quiet for a while.

All the nobles, both big and small, were silent, waiting for others' choices.

"Everyone, you only have one chance! If you don't make a decision, I will go back. I believe that the army of the Principality of Xis and the Holy Knights will arrive soon!"

Seeing that all the nobles were silent, Second Prince Chat continued to speak.

He believed that few people could resist such temptation and survive while keeping their title.

Now all we lack is a role model to take the lead!

"Count Nemio! Count Avery, your wives and children are still in the duchy. You have to think carefully. Do you have the heart to let them die with you?"

"Your Highness Chat, can you really keep your title? What about the territory?"

Nemio and the others were shocked when they heard Chat's words, looked at King Lawrence, then took a deep breath and asked the second prince Chat.

"Count Nemio, I mean what I say. Of course you can keep your title, and you can keep your territory, but there will be some changes in taxes in the future!"

Chat thought this was a good start and replied with a big smile on his face.

"Then my Charles family is willing to pledge allegiance to you!"

Having said that, before everyone could react, Nemio quickly left the crowd from the Principality of Zeon, ran towards the Second Prince of Chat, and half-knelt in front of him to show his submission!

"Nemio, you cowardly mouse!"

The Lord of the North was immediately furious. The example set by Nemion made other nobles, both big and small, begin to stir. His move might very well be the last straw that broke the camel's back for the two principalities.

"Gust, let them go!"

King Lawrence, however, spoke up to stop the Lord of the North from abusing Nemion.

"If any of you still want to go over, go now! I won't stop you!"

Lawrence knew at this moment that the situation was hopeless. Even if he could lead them to resist for a while, he would still be dead if he could not return to the Principality of Jean. Therefore, he was not prepared to drag so many people to be buried with him.

When Lawrence said this, two earls came out of the crowd again and came before Prince Chat.

It was Avery and Lanny's father, Earl Kirwan, and some others who were still hesitating.

"Haha! It's a wise choice. What about you? Are you determined to fight to the end? We only have this one chance. Time is running out. You have to think it over carefully!"

Seeing that the situation had now completely tilted in his favor, Chat laughed heartily, feeling indescribably proud.

At this moment, a magician beside Prince Chat suddenly came up to him and said something.

When Gervis in the Principality of Jean saw this scene, his heart skipped a beat.

Because this magician was the one who had just left the city to deliver the magic scroll to plot against King Lawrence.

At this moment, he had changed his soldier's attire and was wearing a white linen robe and holding an exquisite staff in his hand.

He had just been scanning the crowd in the Principality of Jean, and finally his eyes fell on Gervis, and then he immediately ran to say something to Prince Chat.

Sure enough, after he said something to Prince Chat, Prince Chat's gaze shifted away from those earls and turned to Gervis.

And at the same time as he saw Gervis, he also saw Alice beside Gervis.

Suddenly, a strange light appeared in the eyes of the second prince Chat.

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