Then, he added: "However, the battlefield is not a greenhouse. There is no such thing as absolute safety in the face of the cruel test of life and death. We must face this storm fearlessly. I believe that after crossing this cruel sea, the Green family will usher in an unprecedented transformation."

"Unprecedented transformation..." Ruilai muttered to himself, chewing on these words again and again, and suddenly said: "Could it be that father intends to strive for the title of Grand Duke?"

Leiter glanced at Ruilai and shook his head with a chuckle: "Yes and no. The Grand Duke is just a symbol of our strength, but our strength does not depend on the Grand Duke..."

Seeing the smile on his father's face and his calm tone, Ruilai couldn't help but be overwhelmed by his confidence and smiled. In addition, knowing that his father was now a great magician, the pressure in his heart was also relieved a lot, but he seemed to think of other aspects and said with a little worry: "I believe in my father's strength and will definitely overcome this difficulty, but I'm afraid that many of his knights will have to sacrifice..."

"We have to cross the ravine and face the rainstorm." Lei Te was silent for a moment and said, "If everyone wants to escape, how can there be stability and peace?"

Ruilai was silent for a moment, then said with emotion: "That's true. Ending war with war is the most correct and effective way."

"Well, but you don't need to follow me to this war."

"Why?"

"Dark Eagle City needs you more. After I leave, no one is more suitable than you to manage the territory."

"No, Father, I want to follow you too!" Ruilai's face changed slightly and he said hastily.

"Child, be obedient." Lei Te patted Rui Lai on the shoulder, softened his tone, and said, "You have grown into an independent eagle, and you have your own sky. You don't need to follow me every time. After I leave, you can still play a role and stabilize everything in the family."

"After all, the current Dark Eagle City is not the Young Eagle Town five years ago when the war broke out on the Canyon Defense Line. The territory has expanded several times, and the number of extraordinary people has increased dramatically. It needs more effective management! Different environments require different strategies. In the current situation, if we just leave, our ability to control internal risks will be too poor."

"This..." Ruilai looked quite unwilling, but he knew in his heart that his father was right, and he was choked for a moment.

Leiter continued, "I will let White Hat stay. As a sixth-level magician, he is enough to suppress all unstable factors!"

"Huh." Ruilai took a deep breath, "I understand. Then I'll do as my father said. If you have any needs, be sure to let me know in time."

"Well, you can help me draft some letters and send them to all the nobles in the southwest border. Ask them to prepare their military forces in advance according to the kingdom's decree and gather at the grassland east of the Jacques Jungle as soon as the kingdom's conscription order is issued." Lei Te said thoughtfully. The Jacques Jungle is not far from Shenyan Village, and the terrain is open. It is convenient for gathering people and horses and providing supplies. He thought of a good place.

Ruilai nodded and said, "I see. I guess they have already started to gather their forces. After all, this is a serious matter and no one will slack off."

With such a major incident happening, neither of them had the mood to continue wandering around, and after briefly chatting about some details, they returned to Dark Rock Castle to enjoy breakfast.

Today is the weekend. Taylors and Mina are both in Dark Rock Castle. When they came down the stairs, they saw their father and Rayleigh coming in together. Taylors greeted them with great energy: "Good morning, father, Rayleigh."

Riley forced a smile, "Good morning, Taylors."

"Eh? Ruilai, you don't seem to be in a good mood, why do you look so sad?" Taylors looked at Ruilai's gloomy face, and a trace of curiosity emerged in his heart. In his impression, Ruilai was very calm, and he could deal with anything calmly, and rarely showed a sad face. Today was really rare.

"Have you encountered any difficult problems?" Mina, who was wearing an off-white dress, asked.

Ruilai looked at the two of them with a complicated look and nodded: "I guess so."

Mina pursed her lips and said, "Why not share it with us? We can also give you some suggestions."

"Yes, this is the first time I've heard of something that's giving Rilai a headache. Please share it with us." Thales didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at this time, but asked with interest.

"I'm not troubled by the incident itself, but I can't do anything about it."

Ruilai was silent for a moment, suddenly said something meaningful, and then sat down in his seat.

"What? This is so confusing..." Taylor blinked and looked at Riley's back, completely confused.

Seeing that Taylor was still curious and wanted to ask more questions, Lei Te waved his hand and said, "Okay, Taylor, I will make an announcement when everyone is here. Please take a seat first."

"Okay, father." Taylor shrugged and took Mina's hand back to his seat.

Soon after, Tucker, Vanessa and Dick also came down, greeted them a few times and started to sit down. Seeing that everyone was there, Cook Maru started pushing the dining cart from the aisle, and together with the kitchen maid, brought plates filled with delicious dishes to the table.

The dishes prepared this morning include steamed blue-back crayfish, garlic-marinated giant scallops, roasted meat with frost-shell crab roe, seafood soup, vegetable and fruit salad, purple potato puree, braised rabbit meat, cured venison leg...

The dining table was filled with fragrance and steam. Tucker already had a knife and fork in his hands, fully armed, waiting for the order to start eating, and then he started to eat the food in front of him.

"Children, don't rush to eat. I have something important to announce to you."

Lei Te's voice broke the silence. He glanced at everyone's face and then said:

"I just received a message that the fighting on the cold front has escalated. We were attacked by orcs who broke the rules and suffered heavy losses. The royal family is preparing for a large-scale attack. It is estimated that the conscription order will be issued soon."

"Ah!" Mina covered her mouth in surprise and gasped.

In panic, the cutlery in her hand accidentally fell and hit the white plate, making a crisp clinking sound that was particularly harsh in the silent hall.

Ding Dong "Father, father, how could the news come so suddenly? Is it really reliable? Could someone have made up rumors?" Vanessa asked with a trace of worry. She felt her heart beating faster when she heard the news. An invisible pressure was like a heavy stone, pressing on her heart.

"It's not a rumor. I can guarantee that the news is absolutely true. Many people on the southwest border already know about it." Rhett tapped the table lightly with his index finger.

Tucker opened his mouth wide and shouted, "Ah? If that's the case, then we won't be able to eat delicious food after we go to the battlefield!"

"Haha, as long as father goes, I will follow. There will be no danger with father around!" Tucker touched the back of his head and smiled innocently.

"I want to go too. I want to go too. I want to fight the orcs!"

Suddenly, a childish voice came from Vanessa's left. It was Dick waving his little fists and shouting excitedly, with a fighting spirit on his little face.

These two shouts eased the solemn atmosphere a little. After hearing Dick's voice, the maids around the dining table also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.

"Little Dick, you are brave. When you grow up, I will take you there!" Rhett smiled gently.

Then he looked at everyone and said, "Speaking of which, when the call comes, as the Marquis of the Southwest Border, I must not sit idly by and must respond to the call for this cold frontier defense."

"But...what if the canyon defense line is shaken again?"

At this time, Klina rolled her eyes and asked, "Father is the marquis of the southwest border, so he should pay more attention to the situation of the canyon defense line, right?"

Leiter turned his head and said, "Aren't there still the Brian family and the King family? In fact, my arrangement for the nobles on the southwest border for this cold frontier conscription is that one of these two earl families will stay behind, and the rest of the small nobles will have to draw forces."

"Moreover, the situation on the canyon defense line is very stable now. The orcs have no intention of increasing their offensive. Their forces targeting our Kingdom of Jinlun are currently all concentrated on the cold current defense line and cannot be dispersed to other fronts."

Lei Te explained a few words, then looked at everyone and said, "Rui Lai and I have just discussed it. This time we are going to the cold current defense line, Rui Lai will stay in the territory, and Tucker and Taylors, you two will follow me to the battlefield."

After the words fell, the scene was briefly quiet. The housekeeper Sveta in the back sighed softly, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Tucker said carelessly, "No problem. Are you going to follow father to fight again? Ahaha, this time I must blow up the orc's dog head!"

"You should worry about yourself and stop bragging!" Vanessa was helpless. She turned to look at Rhett and said hopefully, "Father, this time we go to the battlefield, the bloodline of the Green family depends entirely on your blessing. Of course, you have to protect yourself."

"Don't worry, I will." Lei Te nodded.

Mina's face was even more worried. She looked at Thales, then at her father. In fact, she wanted to ask if Thales could make the potion in the Alchemy Tower, but this excuse was too cowardly. She hesitated for a long time and didn't say it out loud.

Thales scratched his head and said, "Father, this time...are you still going to let me be the executioner?"

"Well, your strength is the weakest, so you should just be an executioner. I will apply to the higher-ups, and this should be no problem." Rhett glanced at Thales and said.

Hearing this, Mina's beautiful eyes lit up, her heart was filled with surprise again, she looked at Thales and said, "Yes, you can be the executioner!"

"Well... Actually, I also want to follow my father to the battlefield." Thales said a little embarrassedly: "I have finally practiced spellcasting for several months, and I want to see the real war scene."

"No, you don't want to!" Mina, who was usually quiet, showed her anger for a rare moment. She glared at Thales and said, "If you want to go to the battlefield, then I will go with you!"

“Oh, no, don’t do that, Mina, how can you get over there…” Taylor looked embarrassed.

"Okay, Thales, I'll let you go to the front line next time I have the chance. Just follow my orders this time." Lei Te waved his hand and said in an unquestionable tone. Now Thales is a second-level magician. If he is placed on the canyon defense line, he can basically not provide much fate value, but fortunately it is the cold current defense line, and the orc captives are generally stronger, so they can continue to provide some help!

Taylor looked at Mina's determined eyes and sighed helplessly, "Okay, Father!"

After the simple arrangements were made, the family began to have breakfast together. However, due to the upcoming battles, many people felt heavy-hearted and did not talk much, so the atmosphere of the breakfast was somewhat deserted.

After breakfast, Riley went to Dark Eagle City to deal with urgent matters, while Rhett brought Tucker to the training ground.

After telling Tadel and Coors about the situation of the cold current defense line, they were naturally extremely surprised. After deep thought, their eyes were filled with incomparable solemnity.

After a moment of silence, Tadel couldn't help but ask, "Lord, how many people do you plan to bring this time?"

"How strong are the knights in the training ground now? Let me report first." Rhett said thoughtfully.

"No problem." Tadel nodded and said, "At the training ground, there are currently 30 apprentice knights, 40 first-level knights, and 23 second-level knights. As for the third-level knights, they are all performing various patrol and security tasks."

"Then take all the second-level knights and first-level knights with you. In addition, nearly half of the second-level and third-level knights patrolling the territory should be mobilized." Rhett said in a resolute tone.

Kurs was very surprised after hearing this, and asked in confusion: "My Lord, but in this case, is the standing force of our territory a little insufficient?"

"No." Rhett waved his hand, pondered for a moment, and told the two of them the strength of the White Hat.

Because White Hat had not joined for long, Leiter had not revealed his strength to everyone before, and only a very few people knew about it.

But now, after hearing this, the two of them relaxed their expressions, and there was a hint of surprise in their eyes. They didn't expect that the Lord had a sixth-level magician under his command? This was definitely shocking news!

They were originally worried that with the departure of the Lord and the dire situation outside the kingdom, there would be trouble in the territory at a critical juncture. But if there was a sixth-level magician in charge, it would be very different. Even if the regular patrol force was a little relaxed, there would be no trouble.

"This time... I'm sorry to both of you. You've had the experience once before, so you must be more adaptable this time." Lei Te looked at him straight and said, "If it was still the Canyon Defense Line, I could directly lead a group of newcomers, but the Cold Current Defense Line is different. I must bring both the veterans and the newcomers together."

The two looked at each other and suddenly laughed, "Haha, what are you talking about, Lord? If you hadn't helped us in the snow, we would have probably died under the claws of the Ice Bear. We should have followed you on the journey."

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