The old oak smelled danger.
As soon as the White Queen appeared, the head of the Dormund family immediately hid under the city wall.
He saw with his own eyes the white dragon spitting out a long stream of flames at the city wall, making everything above it burn.
Old Oak was no stranger to this white dragon. He had seen it several times before when he was still in Lionheart Castle.
Every time I see them, I can't help but sigh at how powerful and terrifying these monsters are, and I'm glad I don't have to fight them.
But now Old Oak found that he seemed to be happy a little too early.
These dragons are still so powerful and ferocious, but this time they are no longer on their side.
He saw a group of militia archers drawing their bows in fear and shooting at the giant white shadow in the sky. Under extreme fear, their accuracy became very poor, and only a few arrows hit the body of the giant dragon.
.
But it was easily bounced away by the hard scales. In the eyes of the giant dragon, such an attack was probably like a tickle, but it still attracted its attention, so it turned back and opened its mouth. The next moment, the group of militia archers were engulfed in flames.
Annihilated.
There were constant screams inside, but the screams soon stopped.
Then there was a huge roar outside the city, like thunder, and the city walls were shaking slightly.
Old Oak saw many defenders leaving their positions and running around the city like headless flies.
He also saw a familiar figure among them, who pulled him over.
"Where is your great-grandfather Clovis? Where is Clovis? Let him come out and maintain order."
The young man was startled when his arm was pulled, and he relaxed a little until he saw the person in front of him clearly.
"Lord Weerstein, didn't my great-grandfather agree with you that he will not interfere in military matters and leave them all to you, and he will not lead troops to fight."
"I didn't let him lead the troops, I just asked him to come out to quell the commotion. Now everyone is panicking. If this continues, we will be finished before those people outside the city come in."
"They have a dragon, have you seen that white dragon?!" the young man exclaimed.
"I saw it, yes, I saw it. That's why I'm looking for Lord Clovis. Where is Lord Clovis now?" Old Oak asked impatiently.
"I...I don't know. I haven't seen him in the castle in the past two days. He should be in the library."
"It's already this time, and he's still reading?" Old Oak's eyes widened.
"Lord Clovis will go to the library whenever he encounters a problem. He always says that the answers will be found in the books."
"There's a damn answer in the book. Those cowhide scrolls can't help us defeat the army outside."
"Then what should we do?" The young man became even more panicked after hearing what the old oak said.
"Find Clovis first. He is the head of the Figuerola family and the owner of this land. He can no longer stay in the library. At least he must let the people in this city know that he has not abandoned them and that he has not abandoned them.
Stay with them." Old Oak said.
The young man couldn't help but nodded after hearing this, and then ran towards the library.
He stumbled along the way, bumped into a group of civilians who were also running around, and fell into a puddle of mud. However, he didn't care about scolding those guys without eyes, and got up from the ground and continued on his way.
Fortunately, the library was not too far from the west gate, and he quickly arrived there, only to find that the guard outside the door had gone somewhere.
He just ran into the library without any hindrance.
Unlike the noisy chaos outside, here it is as quiet and peaceful as ever.
No one can be seen in the spacious and bright hall.
The young man shouted to Lord Clovis and hurried inside, leaving a string of black footprints on the ground.
He went up to the second floor and saw the familiar figure in front of a row of bookshelves.
The young man said anxiously, "Lord Clovis, Lord Wellstein is looking for you."
Clovis was holding a book and reading engrossedly at the moment, and did not raise his head when he heard this.
Seeing this, the young man could only raise his voice a little, and repeated what he said before.
Clovis then glanced at him and said, "I understand."
The young man realized that he had just lost his temper and quickly bowed. However, when he looked at Clovis, he found that the old man was engrossed in reading the book in his hand and did not move a step.
"Lord Clovis, the lords outside the city have rebelled. They actually elected Ilea as the new owner of the Western Territory, and said they would take over Rock Snow City from our hands.
"They are attacking us now, and they also used a dragon!"
Clovis frowned and said with some displeasure, "Didn't I discuss this with Werstein before? He will be responsible for military matters, and I don't know how to fight."
"But Mr. Werstein hopes that you can come forward and use your reputation and that of the Figuerola family to maintain order in the city."
While the young man was talking, he heard footsteps approaching from behind. He turned around and found that it was Ross, the captain of the guard, whose face was gloomy and terrifying.
"Lord Clovis, Wellstein has run away."
"Run away? What do you mean ran away?" The young man couldn't help but ask.
"He just left with his people through the east gate." Ross said, "That bastard abandoned us when the situation turned bad."
The young man was so shocked by the bad news that he almost jumped up, "They just left like that. Why didn't you stop them?"
"I found that there were less than ten people around them when they were running away. How could they possibly stop them."
"Then what should we do now?" The young man was completely panicked and could only turn his attention to Clovis again for help.
It happened that the captain of the guard, Rose, was also looking at Clovis, waiting for his next order.
In the end, Clovis just stayed blank and raised the book in his hand again.
"Lord Clovis, are you still looking for the answer in the book?" the young man asked.
But the old man shook his head, "You guys, go find someone else to find a solution. I will never leave this library again."
"ah?"
"After this period of time, I found that I am not suitable to lead a family. I would be happier reading here."
The captain of the guard and the young man were dumbfounded. They did not expect that Clovis would choose to give up his burden and quit at such a critical moment.
Especially the young man, when he first saw Clovis in the library, he was impressed by the latter's calmness and even felt a little ashamed of his previous panic.
He said in a trembling voice, "K... Lord Clovis, are you kidding me?"
"I'm not kidding," Clovis said, "I'm serious. I thought history had told me the answer, but the answer doesn't seem to be accurate now, but I can only read, so I don't know what to do next.
What should I do next?
"You should find someone else to make the decision. Don't delay my reading."
This chapter has been completed!