While Owen was holding a plenary meeting, on a plain in the southern border of the kingdom, the army of White Wells once again fought with the army of his second sister, Trieste Wells.

In this battle, White's army invested a brand-new weapon.

This led to the unfortunate death of Trieste's betrothed, Orlando Connie, the eldest son of Duke Connie, lord of Roar City, in the battlefield.

After being defeated, Duke Connie led the remaining army and fled back to the Roaring City in embarrassment.

Roar City, the office in the castle.

"Your Majesty the Queen!" A servant hurried in, "The Duke of Conney is back."

Trieste has long since become an independent king in the Southern Territory, claiming to be the queen of the Moonlight Kingdom, but White does not agree with the independence of the Southern Territory.

At this moment, she was sitting at her desk. She had long silver hair inherited from the royal family and a pair of cold purple eyes. There was a mole under her left eye. She had a beautiful appearance and was wearing royal clothes.

"How is the battle going?" Tristel raised her head and asked.

"that……"

After hesitating for a while, the servant answered cautiously: "The Duke of Conney was injured. It is said that the army sent out was defeated."

"Can we be defeated?"

Hearing this, Tristel couldn't help but frown.

This is impossible! The troops sent out are the troops stationed at the Great Wall on the border. They often fight against the demi-human race in the wilderness. They have rich combat experience. Even if they lose for a while, they will not be defeated.

What is going on? Did Duke Connie make a mistake in commanding, or did White use some trick, or perhaps there were new unpredictable factors on the battlefield.

"Where is Duke Connie now? Take me there quickly."

There was no point in continuing to guess, so Trieste decided to go to Duke Connie to ask about the specific situation of the battle.

In the military camp in the north of Roar City, Triest met the injured Duke Connie.

A high-ranking priest is performing a healing spell to treat the wound on Duke Connie's right arm.

Seeing Trieste, Duke Connie said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, my son Orlando... died heroically."

"What?!"

Hearing this, Trisette pretended to be surprised, then put her hand on her chest, pretending to be sad.

"My fiancé... before we got married... Oh! I feel deeply sad now."

In fact, Trieste's engagement with Orlando was a political marriage, and she had no feelings at all for Duke Conney's eldest son.

It's just that Duke Connie is the noble with the largest sphere of influence in the South, and Tristel still needs to use him, so she pretends to be in love with Orlando.

In fact, these two people have never even slept together.

"Damn it!" Duke Connie raised his uninjured left hand to wipe the tears from the corner of his eyes, "Damn Whitey Wells, he actually took my son's life. He will never be forgiven!"

His left hand was clenched into a fist, and now he was so angry that he wanted to go out to fight again.

"My brother really deserves to die." Trieste agreed.

Then, she asked doubtfully: "I wonder if Duke Connie can tell you about the battle situation at that time? I want to know why the battle was lost and my fiancé died on the battlefield."

"The situation of the war changed too quickly, I remember..."

Duke Connie tried to recall the battle at that time and slowly said it.

At the beginning of the battle, White's army did not launch an attack rashly as before, but passively defended, fighting and retreating.

Duke Conney thought that the opponent's morale had been destroyed long ago, so he summoned a group of knights and called Orlando by the way, intending to personally lead the knights to launch a charge and completely defeat them.

In this way, the independence of the Southern Territory will become an established fact, and there will be an additional country called the Moonlight Kingdom in the world.

Seeing this situation, the other party sent a very strange troop. More than thirty people stood in a row, holding a short stick in their hands.

Duke Connie also noticed the strange troop, and couldn't help but wonder if the commander on the opposite side had a mental problem, and actually tried to use such a thin defense line and such short weapons to fight against the charging knights.

With a hint of guilt on his face, he ordered all the knights to continue charging and defeat the opponent.

As a result, a series of loud noises came from the front, and Duke Connie and the knights he led were instantly stunned.

Although the two sides had not made contact yet, the knights at the front fell one after another, including Orlando who rushed in front on a whim.

From that moment on, the balance of victory in the war quickly tipped towards White.

What's even more frightening is that a group of people who can explode have been sent out from the opposite side.

They were covered with thick equipment that could not be taken off, and their hands were tied. They cried for help while running towards Duke Conney's army.

These people will suddenly explode on the battlefield, killing nearby soldiers or mercenaries together.

Every explosion is like a bright red flower of blood blooming on the earth.

Even if they were killed, they would still explode within a short time. Fear quickly spread among Duke Connie's army. Many soldiers and mercenaries chose to flee, and the battle was quickly defeated.

Under the desperate protection of the remaining knights, Duke Conney escaped from the battlefield and escaped back.

"What kind of weapon is that short stick? It can actually shoot through a knight's armor. Why haven't I heard of it before?"

After pounding the table, Duke Connie said with an angry look on his face: "And those people who can explode, what are they wearing?"

"Stubby? Someone who can explode?"

After listening to Duke Connie's story, Tristel fell into deep thought.

There is no doubt that a new factor has emerged that can affect the war, but what is it? It is so powerful.

At this moment, Tristel remembered a piece of news she learned from a businessman.

On the eastern side of the kingdom, the small border garrison town defeated the seemingly invincible Dongsheng Fortress army. It is said that the weapon held by its soldiers was also a short stick.

It seems that White may have obtained something from Border Guard Town, and it is necessary to send someone to investigate.

A few days later, a scout hurried back to report that White's army continued to move south after reorganizing, and was probably planning to launch a second siege against Lion's Roar City.

After learning this news, Trisper was deeply disturbed, and went to find Duke Connie again, trying to persuade him to abandon Roar City and retreat to Bibo County.

Winter is still more than a month away, and the two sides will enter a truce period at that time. They will take this opportunity to regenerate their strength and go out to recapture Lion's Roar City next spring.

Unexpectedly, due to the pain of losing his son, Duke Connie decided to stay and prepare for the war, and engage in a protracted defensive battle with White's army.

With no other choice, Trieste had no choice but to gather the nobles who were willing to evacuate with her, boarded several warships and sailed away from Lion's Roar City overnight, and headed eastward to Bibo County along the Azure Water River.

Duke Conney turned a blind eye to this and continued to assemble his troops and prepare for war.

Two days later, White's army appeared in the north of Lion's Roar City, slowly approaching the northern city wall.

After stopping at a suitable distance, the magicians accompanying White's army chanted spells in unison, preparing to cast large-scale attack magic.

Seeing this, Duke Connie also ordered the magicians on the city wall to cast large-scale defensive magic. A layer of magic shield soon appeared in the air, covering the top of the northern city wall.

However, the large-scale magic attack on the opposite side was not captured for a long time. Instead, soldiers were sent to push more than ten carts and quickly approached the city gate.

Each cart was followed by two shield-bearing soldiers. There were three large wooden barrels in the cart, and there was a wisp of green smoke.

"Archers, shoot them quickly!" Duke Connie ordered hurriedly.

Whoosh whoosh——

Countless arrows were shot from the city wall and fell downwards.

The shield-wielding soldier quickly raised the shield in his hand to block most of the arrows, and continued to push the cart forward.

Finally, six carts were successfully delivered to the city gate. The soldiers pushed hard and turned around and ran away without hesitation.

What are they doing? What is the barrel on the cart?

Just when Duke Connie was confused, a huge explosion sounded in the sky, accompanied by fire and a large amount of black smoke, and the city wall also shook violently.

Affected by this, many soldiers on the city wall lost their footing and fell to the ground.

Even the soldiers who struggled to bring the cart over were unable to escape the explosion range and were all killed.

The smoke gradually dissipated, and the north gate of Lion's Roar City was actually blown open.

Seeing this scene, White, who was riding a horse in the army, grinned and raised his hand to wave.

"The whole army is dispatched!"

In this battle, the mercenaries were the most active because they could enter the city to loot, take money at will, and play with women as they pleased.
Chapter completed!