Lan was caught off guard and startled.

According to the skill characteristics of [Active Shield], this is a shield that offsets attacks at the cost of consuming one's own mana, and his mana is almost full now, so he definitely didn't suffer any powerful attack just now!

If it were an ordinary warlock, he would definitely turn into a hedgehog in the next second after encountering such an accident.

But Lann is not a warlock, his reaction ability is top-notch.

[Active Shield] Before the broken light spots completely dissipated in mid-air, he kicked Radcliffe directly in the waist, causing the consultant of Aedirn to fly into the air and land in a safe area.

Then he activated [Flash] himself, and with a flash of golden light, he moved five or six body lengths to the right, avoiding the oncoming rain of arrows.

At the same time, he maintained the [Flash] skill, and used the time-slowing effect of the skill to look around: in the dense rain of arrows, an extremely delicate arrow that swam slowly like a fish caught Lann's eyes.

It has an arrow shaft made of ebony and arrow feathers made of black feathers, and only the arrowhead is glowing with a long blue light.

Demon-blocking gold!

Lann gradually turned his gaze and looked in the direction where the magic-blocking golden arrow came from.

Surrounded by the black cavalry, a senior officer wearing a black-winged helmet and a cloak embroidered with gold sun rays was seen slowly retracting his right hand that had shot the arrow, reaching for the quiver to take out the second arrow.

Beside him, there was a knight in leather and cotton armor who was reciting something loudly, with arcs of electricity flashing around him.

Warlock!

However, judging from the obvious standard attire, he should be a low-level warlock or even a warlock apprentice in the warlock unit.

Once you lock onto the enemy, everything will be easy.

The next second, the [Flash] effect was lifted. Lann only felt the griffin badge on his chest vibrate slightly, and then he heard Radcliffe yelling behind him, and immediately there was the sound of the portal opening and closing.

Aedirn's advisors have fled.

But Lann was too lazy to pay attention to him. His body glowed again, and the next moment he disappeared again. Immediately, lightning released by the warlock struck the place where he had just stood.

"Lannister, it's Lannister! The warlock of Aedirn has brought Lannister here!"

The senior officer who had just used a magic-blocking golden arrow to break Lann's [Active Shield] shouted excitedly and hurriedly ordered his guards: "He disappeared again! Everyone pay attention! Find 亻 first..."

…

The officer suddenly felt that the eyes of the guards around him became terrified, and several of them jumped off their horses and rushed towards him without hesitation.

He turned around with a bad feeling, only to see that the warlock who had just launched the magic attack had been beheaded. The Lannister he had ordered the guards to find was still in the air, swinging his sword at him with blood spilled on his body.

The sword covered with runes and shaped like a torch was extremely dazzling.

[Legend has it that Lannister obtained the Sword of the Lady of the Lake... Damn it! This is clearly a sword that circulated in Toussaint, and Toussaint is our vassal state!] This was the officer's second to last thought.

[Damn it! Why did Lannister kill the warlock first?] This was the officer's last thought.

The next second, a guard wearing plate armor jumped in front of him, but the long sword in Lannister's hand suddenly pulled out an arc of light that far exceeded the length of the sword.

It was a warm and bright golden color, but it was as cold as the breath of death. The extended blade mercilessly split the body of the plate armored guard, and then fiercely cut open the officer's armor, skin, sternum, and internal organs, and then stopped.

"Colonel Mortensen!" The senior officer's guard gave a short and miserable cry.

Lann landed from the sky after teleporting, and he had already memorized the position of the enemy.

He continued to take steps and twist his shoulders smoothly, swinging his sword and knocking all the guards to the ground one by one.

With a "crash", the black sun flag around the senior officer was suddenly broken and fell with the sound of whistling wind. At this time, other people on the battlefield noticed Lann's existence.

And the commander and guards who were already bleeding all over the ground beside Lann.

"It's not a big deal. It even broke my [Active Shield]." Lann twitched his lips, "You scared me..."

When the shield was shattered just now, Lan thought he had been ambushed in an elaborate plan. Now it seemed that this army's conventional configuration was just too high.

"Lord Lannister! Lord Lannister is back!"

The morale of the coalition forces on the Eastern Front suddenly rose. As if they had been injected with courage out of nowhere, the coalition forces, which had been losing ground, suddenly regained strength and even managed to hold off the black army for a short time.

They hacked with swords and axes, stabbed with spears and halberds, and struck with clubs and maces. The roaring infantry rushed in Lann's direction, as if trying to gather around their new commander.

On the other hand, the Nilfgaardians were in a panic after their commander died suddenly. A cavalry rushed towards Lann. They had never seen Lann's true strength and seemed to think that the charging cavalry would be easy for the infantry on the battlefield like the lion.

But the next moment, the oncoming Igni flames burned out all their consciousness, and the cavalry scattered faster than the charge, rolling off their mounts and being trampled into rags.

"Lord Lannister!"

The soldiers of the coalition forces caught up at this time. Lan En glanced at the articles on their clothes, the black eagle and red diamond flags.

"Where is your queen? Where are the Aedirnians?"

"Her Majesty the Queen is on the other side, please go and save her quickly!" The soldiers of Lyria struggled to deflect the swords approaching them, wanting to send the savior who had just arrived to their queen.

Lan looked around, and with a flash of golden light, he rushed directly to the back of the Nilfgaardian and slapped the ground before the sword reached him.

[Alder Seal·Bone-piercing·Alder Sweep]!

He did not use magic bursts because he was afraid of accidentally hurting friendly forces. Lann flashed several times in the enemy's back row, creating a lot of screams and storms, until the Nilfgaardians on the front line were already shaky.

He then crashed into the crowd in the melee, no longer using the seal, and pulled out Alice's black magic scimitar with his left hand and began to dual-wield the weapons, constantly fending off the sharp blades coming from all directions, and began to reap the lives of the enemies like a whirlwind.

The place where he was directly became a restricted zone for life, but all the sharp blades were able to accurately bypass friendly forces and penetrate into the enemy's armor.

It was unknown how long it took before the Black Army finally realized that they had only a few left.

Without a commander, without a supervising team, and even without a few comrades around them, the remaining black soldiers immediately collapsed and fled, staggering on their horses or simply walking away from the battlefield.

The soldiers of the coalition forces did not chase after him. Instead, they panted and looked eagerly at the blond lion in silver-black armor.

"People of Rivia and Lyria! Come with me to rescue your queen!"

…

The remaining Nilfgaardians were all regular human soldiers, and were within the level that Lann could lead these Rivians and Lyrians to deal with.

He did not send out Saskia and Kelturis. The presence of the magic-blocking gold archers and warlocks showed that this team's configuration was higher than that of the previous Eastern and Western armies. In the case of the enemy's trump card being unknown, Lann also needed to test it again.

After all, no matter how powerful the two dragons are, they are really just dragons. If they fly around in the military without knowing the situation, they may be shot down.

After both sides paid a heavy price, the black army was driven out of the city.

When Lann found Queen Mevy, she was holding a lace-trimmed muslin handkerchief to her lips. The handkerchief was stained with blood.

A knight wearing a purple cloak with gold embroidery stood beside Mi Wei, looking worried.

After seeing Lann coming, the knight immediately stood up and saluted Lann with gratitude.

"Thank you for your assistance, Lord Lannister. I am Reynald of Rivia, Reynald Odo, commander of this force."

Then he showed an apologetic look: "As you can see, our situation is not very good. Our Majesty..."

Lan looked at Mi Wei and quickly understood the source of the knight's apology.

"Thank you, Lalan." A somewhat funny voice came from behind the handkerchief that Mi Wei covered her lips with.

Mi Wei moved her handkerchief away and spat out a mouthful of blood, cursing muffledly a few times, and a few drops of bright red dotted her gorgeous breastplate.

Before Mi Wei covered her lips, Lan saw a scary wound and noticed that she was missing several teeth.

Reynald Odo showed a look of admiration and apology: "As you can see, Her Majesty fought like a man and a knight on the front line. The wound may cause pain, but it will not bring shame to her!"

"In a sense... this form of 'injury' to the face is also very 'embarrassing'..." Lann tried to liven up the atmosphere.

Mi Wei cooperated and laughed out loud, then she gasped in pain as her injury was aroused.

Lann hurriedly comforted her: "It's okay, Miwei, you know I have a good relationship with the tree spirits, and many druids have come to Skellige... They are all good at treatment, it's just a few teeth..."

Leonard O'Do breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

After discovering that the queen, who was famous for her beauty in the North, had her face injured by the Nilfgaardians, all the Rivians at the scene wanted to chase the Nilfgaardian cavalry on their own two legs.

"Your Majesty, since the language is inconvenient, I will temporarily explain the current war situation to you."

"Lalann, you can trust Reynard Burque!"

Please stop talking, Your Majesty...

Reynard bowed to the Queen to express his gratitude, and then began to perform his duties: "What you just saw is the Mortenson Battle Group belonging to the 7th Cavalry Brigade of Dellanny. It is their main combat unit."

"The Delrani Seventh Cavalry Brigade is affiliated with the Nilfgaardian Fourth Cavalry Regiment, and the Usica Division was also sent here."

"His Majesty Demavi separated from us after learning that the north was invaded by Kaedwen, causing our forces to be greatly reduced. Fortunately, the enemy's main force chased after him, giving us a moment's respite..."

It doesn't look like you're breathing. You were almost strangled to death when I came over.

Lan En complained in his heart, but kept a serious expression on his face as he listened to the analysis of the battle report, then lowered his head and pondered for a while.

"Mi Wei... No, no, don't say anything, just listen to me."

"I have a general understanding of the situation. I'm sorry for what you've been through recently. But this may be an unexpected opportunity for us."

"Cintra defeated the Western Army yesterday and can now fully enter the battlefield. Now is the time for us to organize a counterattack, but we need to plan it carefully..."

Lann grabbed the Black Sun flag from the ground.

"Their Marshal Menno has split up the cavalry regiment and sent them over. We can just cut off one of his arms first."

…

"Marshal Menno! Battle report from the front line!"

Obersoden, headquarters of the Central Army Group.

Marshal Menno was staring at the sand table in front of him, thinking, and suddenly raised his head after hearing the voice.

"explain!"

Peter, the executive officer sent by Emhyr, adjusted his breathing hard: "The 7th Cavalry Brigade sent the Mortenson battle group to fight against Mevi in ​​Lyria, and the main force chased Demawi with the Usica Division. But Lannister suddenly appeared and defeated the Mortenson battle group. The commander Colonel Mortenson died, and the warlock sent out also..."

"Damn it!" Marshal Menno waved his fist fiercely, "Motensen is a tough guy...Elan underestimated the enemy!"

Major General Ellang was the commander of the 7th Cavalry Brigade of Dellane and the immediate superior of the deceased Colonel Mortensen.

"But Lannister did show up... Your Majesty's guess was correct."

"Blow the horn and pass the order! Leave all the infantry behind to guard the camp, and take only the cavalry, and head to Aedirn at full speed!"

"Remember to call the warlocks, all the warlocks!"

…

"Do you have any other sorcerer tricks that I don't know about?"

The Imperial Coroner, Sir Grey Owl, walked in the dark basement of the castle, asking questions to the senior warlock in front of him expectantly and impatiently.

Viggofortz stretched out his hand, and the torches at both ends of the corridor lit up one by one from the outside to the inside, illuminating the darkness.

This was not just a basement, it was more like a large underground laboratory, or a dungeon. Thick stone walls divided it into countless compartments, each separated by a fine iron door engraved with magic runes, leaving only a palm-sized window to see the scene inside.

There was a "clang" sound, probably because the door sensed the sound of someone. A violent collision suddenly came from behind the door closest to the two of them. The steel door did not move at all, but the beast-like roar from behind it could not be suppressed.

This sound seemed to have pressed a switch, and dozens of cubicles in front of him became chaotic.

The roars and howls made the Tawny Owl frown. It felt that the interrogation rooms in the empire were not as creepy as this one.

Viggofortz ignored the noise and walked forward slowly: "If your majesty's plan goes well, we will face 'only' a town that has been transformed into a war fortress, and maybe a few demon hunters or warlocks. Your elite team plus my mercenary group is enough in theory...

"But if we want to be absolutely sure, we need some additional power."

Vigfortz pointed to the compartments. His underground laboratory dungeon was taller and more spacious than the buildings on the ground. It was hard to imagine what kind of magical creatures were imprisoned inside.

The Tawny Owl immediately showed an interested look when he heard this. He was a little afraid of the monsters that could knock down the thick iron door, so he chose the only compartment where no roaring sound came from and looked inside through the small window on the iron door.