As his pockets continued to tighten, Mandasa's range of activities became smaller and smaller. Sometimes he would even make a joke about himself: "One step forward and I was beaten half to death by Queen Beyer, and one step back I ran into the wall of Han Maple Fortress.
I huddled in a corner and wanted to take a nap, but Emperor Tianxing kept stabbing me."
After telling this joke that was not funny at all, Mandasa laughed twice, then gently stroked Prince Sean's head, and sighed: "Actually, the current situation is much better than before. I am trapped in a lost state.
I couldn't leave that chair for decades when I was on the mountain. Now I can at least take a walk. There's just one thing I don't understand.
You keep saying that you are the master of the Bayer Kingdom, why don't any of your subjects come to join you?"
Mandasa suddenly pulled Sean's hair, and Sean covered his head and let out a painful cry.
Gwen knelt on the ground and said: "We have dedicated everything to you, and you also promised us that you will ensure the safety of His Majesty Sean."
"Yes, I did promise," Mandasa added more strength to her hands, "but I regret it now. I don't want to endure his stupidity and greed anymore."
Mandasa was a little irritable today, but she happened to catch up with Sean complaining about the poor food and injuring a maid, which gave Mandasa an excuse to vent.
Sean cried: "I, I didn't, didn't make any more requests!"
"Yes, you are more obedient now. You are as desireless as a pig. Even if you are thrown into a pig pen, you will live a good life. But tell me, why should I raise a pig? Is there any use for it?
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"It's good! I know the secret of Hanfeng Fortress, and I can help you capture Hanfeng Fortress!"
"Really?"
"It's true! I guarantee it with my life!"
Mandassa let go of Sean, and Gwen closed her eyes in despair.
The devil is right, Sean is just a pig, worse than a pig. He has lost his last bargaining chip for survival.
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Reggie was reading a book in the tower of the fortress, Mandassa's offensive was gradually weakening, and the past two days had been relatively leisurely.
Matthias never slacked off. From early morning to dusk, he walked around the fortress twice, carefully inspecting every tower and crenellation. It was hard to tell whether he was inspecting the defenses or spying on secrets.
"It's such a solid fortress," Matthias would still express the same emotion from time to time after staying here for more than a month. "It's rare that the Bayers have such skills, but this fortress is too long."
"Have you found its weakness?" Reggie smiled.
"There are many weaknesses. If one day I want to attack Shattering Snow City, I will definitely start with Han Maple Fortress."
"Your country is to the south."
"I can have the navy bypass the Bayer Kingdom to land, and then attack the fortress from the north, just like the evil demon did."
"Why don't you just land at Broken Snow Port? Why do you have to go north and attack my strongest fortress?"
"The more solid the place, the less guarded it is," Matthias wiped off the snowflakes on his body, "This damn place is really cold. In the White Tower Country, flowers have already bloomed all over the wilderness, but here it is still completely white.
"
Mathias wanted to drink some hot wine to warm himself up, but suddenly he saw a guard coming forward and whispering something to Reggie.
Reggie nodded: "Let her come in."
Seeing this, Mathias stood up and said, "It seems I should change places."
Reggie smiled and said: "Why would the head of the White Tower avoid a girl?"
"It's not about avoiding, I just feel embarrassed that the conversation between the two heads of state was interrupted by a girl."
While talking, Camila walked in. She looked at Mathias first, and then whispered to Reggie with a panicked look: "It's very bad, a very bad premonition, something bad is about to happen."
Reggie was startled, then said with a look of surprise: "You are pregnant! I have a baby! This is not a bad thing!"
"Of course not!" Camilla said angrily, "I have been doing divination all day long, and not once has the result been good."
Most wizards know the art of divination. It is said that the higher the level, the more accurate the divination. But even Bachelo's divination is very unreliable. According to his divination results, Reggie should have branched out a long time ago. Unfortunately,
Countless beautiful flowers have bloomed, but no fruit has been seen yet. Reggie even suspected that he and the Black Wolf King were facing the same tragedy.
Divination is a hobby of wizards, just like playing chess and cards. Even they themselves don't care much about the results of divination.
But today Camila felt very bad. She took out branches, rags and a few bones, and said to Reggie: "See, I have used many methods and tried many times, and the results are all bad."
Reggie comforted him for a long time, but Camilla couldn't calm down. She took off the amulet and took it with Reggie. She also made a sachet with special herbs and put it in Reggie's arms.
She hoped that Reggie could return to Shattered Snow City, but Reggie couldn't leave the battlefield. Camila knew that she couldn't change Reggie's decision, so she could only go back to her room and pray for Reggie with her unique ritual.
"Nice girl," said Matthias, who had been embarrassed for a long time. "Is she the Destroyer Witch?"
"She is my favorite healer."
"When I was young, even younger than you are now, I also fell in love with a witch. Maybe it wasn't love, I just liked her silently."
Reggie knew Matthias's personality and the White Tower Kingdom's attitude towards wizards. He shrugged his eyebrows and said, "If I'm not wrong, the ending of the story will not be very good."
"There is no story. I am the son of a law enforcement officer, and she is a female prisoner. I have only seen her a few times, and without even saying a word to her, I watched her burn to death."
Mathias added some charcoal to the stove, and the two of them sat in silence, watching the hot soup on the fire slowly boil.
After drinking a bowl of hot soup, Mathias suddenly asked: "Have you ever hated yourself?"
"It happens occasionally," Reggie thought for a while, "but I don't think I'm that annoying."
"I once wanted to change my country just like you, but I failed. I hope that time will not take away your ambition and make you live like me."
Reggie stood up and said: "If you want to change, it's not too late before the age of eighty. If Bachelo has such a strong body, it will be too late after the age of eighty."
Matthias smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that easy. The White Tower Country is different from your country."
"Even the devil can't stop you, so what else can scare you?" Reggie picked up the musket and walked towards the door.
"Where are you going? Don't you want to chat for a little longer?" Mathias felt that he still had more to say.
"Let's give it another day. My little witch said that the situation today is very bad. I want to go to the top of the city to take a look."
Reggie rode his war horse and walked slowly on the fortress. It was getting dark, the soldiers were preparing dinner, and the enemy camp was as calm as during the day.
Will Rogers came to Reggie, leaned over and saluted: "Sir, I just inspected, please rest assured that there are no omissions in our defense."
"Okay, very good." Reggie dismounted and looked blankly outside the city. It seemed that he also had a bad premonition, and there seemed to be a slight chill on the back of his neck.
This was not a premonition, it was a real chill, it was a knife blade, and someone was holding a knife to his neck.
Reggie turned around suddenly and found that there was another person behind him.
It was the invisible witch Salena, who suddenly appeared behind Reggie, pointing a dagger at Reggie.
"Sir, don't move. You'd better listen to me and don't move at all!"