"What?!"

Owen suddenly stood up and checked with his guards again.

"Did the smoke really rise? Did you read that correctly?"

"It's absolutely true," the guard affirmed. "The guards at the outpost confirmed it using binoculars on the watchtower. The smoke was so black and thick that it was impossible to see it wrong."

"It's really the wrong time to show up."

Hearing this, Owen couldn't help but frown. A major accident happened after all.

After surviving the southern invasion of the undead monsters and defeating Duke Eddie's army, Border Guard Town spent this year without any danger and maintained a good momentum of development.

But it happened that at this moment, the Black Dragon King appeared. God would really bring trouble to Bianzhu Town.

It is impossible to abandon the lizardmen, as this will destroy the foundation of mutual trust that has been finally established between humans and demihuman races.

Moreover, the Shensha Tribe has pledged allegiance to Owen and has become his subjects.

As a lord, Owen has the responsibility to resolve the current crisis of the lizard people and fulfill his obligation to protect his people!

However, with the current military strength of Border Guard Town, if there was a battle with the Black Dragon King, the winning rate would be very low, and there would be very heavy casualties.

It seems that he has to use the last insurance policy that Winter has given him, Owen thought to himself.

"Viru, please go back first. We will discuss the road construction in detail another day."

"Understood, Lord Marquis."

Something terrible must have happened, and Weiru immediately bowed his head and resigned, not staying any longer.

Then, Owen looked at his guards and ordered: "Go and prepare your horses quickly. I'm going to the north wall."

"Yes!" The guard quickly turned around and ran out of the office.

Bypassing the table, Owen also walked outside, preparing to urgently discuss countermeasures with Viscount Jarvis and Lusha.

Seeing this, Angelica and Marpel followed closely.

"Marquis Aisen, what happened?"

Angelica followed and asked. She didn't know what the smoke rising in the mystery forest meant.

"There's no time to explain now." Owen continued walking forward without looking back, "You'll know when we get to the northern city wall."

At the same time, he reached out to summon the system and used the emergency call function to contact Winster.

The other party was quickly connected.

[Hey! Owen, what do you want from me? Could it be that the Black Dragon King attacked the Lizardman tribe? 】

[Yes, you guessed it right this time, the Black Dragon King really appeared.] Owen replied in his mind.

After receiving the affirmative answer, Winster was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise.

[Ah, did this really happen? I was just saying it casually...]

Arriving outside the castle, the guards quickly led several horses to Owen.

Turning over and riding one of the horses, Owen pulled the reins to adjust the direction, then waved his whip and galloped towards the north wall.

As soon as he arrived at the northern city wall, Owen urgently summoned Viscount Jarvis and Rusha, and then held an emergency meeting in a brick building in the center of the barracks.

In order to improve the living environment of the People's Army, many barracks have been built in the camp behind the northern city wall for soldiers to live in. We cannot let them live in tents all the time.

In the conference room, Owen sat at the table and glanced at Viscount Jarvis and Lusha, as well as several senior officers they had brought with them, including Blue and Qadir.

The People's Army has now expanded to a thousand people and has established a number of new musketeers. Kadir was recently promoted to captain due to his outstanding performance.

"According to the news from the southwest outpost, the Green Lizard Alliance has lit the beacon fire, raised the smoke, and sent us a warning signal." Owen said slowly.

"What?! The Black Dragon King appears!"

Hearing this, Lusha reacted the most violently, after all, his tribe may be under attack.

"Lord, please allow me to lead my troops to the rescue as soon as possible."

"Don't get excited yet, Lusha."

Viscount Jarvis stopped him and said: "The Green Lizard Alliance has already prepared corresponding emergency plans, so don't worry too much. What's more, the Black Dragon King is so powerful, and your troops were killed in the past. Marquis Aisen specially called us together,

Just to discuss how to deal with the Black Dragon King."

"Slow down, slow down."

Angelica, who was behind Owen, couldn't help but stepped forward and interjected: "Black Dragon King? Are you talking about the overlord of the Mysterious Forest?"

"That's right."

Owen nodded and responded: "The Black Dragon King attacked the lizard tribe, and we have to rescue them."

"That's the Black Dragon King." Angelica looked in disbelief, "If I remember correctly, your Dawn Kingdom's army was defeated by it. I admit that your muskets and cannons are very powerful, but you have to deal with the Black Dragon King.

It’s still not up to par.”

"Even so, I cannot abandon the lizard people of the Sinking Sand Tribe. They are my subjects."

Turning to look at Angelica, Owen's eyes showed determination.

"It's up to you."

Knowing that she could not change Owen's decision, Angelica stepped back and stopped disturbing the meeting.

"The meeting continues." Owen turned his head and said to everyone.

"that……"

This was the first time for Kadir to participate in such a meeting, and he asked cautiously: "Lord, I want to know, can the muskets we use cause harm to the Black Dragon King?"

"I'm not sure. I'm afraid it's difficult."

After thinking about it, Owen cautiously replied: "According to ancient books, the scales on the Black Dragon King's body are very strong, and bows and arrows cannot damage it at all. Muskets... It's hard to say, but attacking its weak points will definitely cause damage to it."

"Weakness? The Black Dragon King has a weakness?" Viscount Jarvis asked doubtfully.

"some."

Owen explained this: "The weak point is the place where the Black Dragon King's scales cannot be covered - the eyes."

"The attack target is too small!" Kadir showed a troubled expression.

"Indeed." Owen nodded, "So, I plan to hand over this task to the sniper team. Once the Black Dragon King notices that someone is attacking his eyes, he will definitely be distracted."

After a pause, he looked at Blue and continued: "The only weapon that can cause harm to the Black Dragon King's body may be artillery, so your artillery team is very important in this battle plan to defeat the Black Dragon King."

The Black Dragon King's magic resistance is very strong, and even large magic cannot harm it, so it can only rely on powerful physical attacks.

"The artillery team will definitely live up to the Lord's expectations." Blue responded firmly.

Using artillery as the main method and muskets as a supplement is the method used by Border Guard Town to deal with the Black Dragon King.

"But how can we let the artillery attack the Black Dragon King?" Lusha asked, "It takes too much time to transport the artillery into the Mystery Forest. By the time we arrive, the Black Dragon King may have destroyed all the villages and flown away.

Already."
Chapter completed!