Chapter 93: The Holy Maiden is a spy? p2
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At ten o’clock in the morning, the Divine Temple’s main force had already reached the Alaye Fortress.
Facing the solid Alaye Fortress, they chose to attack fiercely. All their magic was poured onto the magic barrier.
To quickly expand their gains, Justin directly pressed eight thousand troops to form a combined offensive and defensive formation and attacked the fortress fiercely.
He also left a thousand cavalry on each of the left and right flanks to defend. After all, the geographical location of the Alaye Fortress didn’t allow for him to be careless.
From a distance, the Alaye Fortress was built on the hillside where two mountain peaks met. In simple terms, it was the top of the “M.”
This meant that those attacking not only had to climb the hillside but also had to face the bombardment of magic from above. It would take a lot of casualties to capture it.
If not for the Holy Maiden personally supervising the battle from behind, the Divine Temple’s scattered troops might even have hesitated to charge.
The Divine Temple didn’t fight uphill battles. This joke wasn’t baseless.
But the good news was that this attack was much smoother than yesterday. In everyone’s feeling, the Xiya Kingdom’s resistance wasn’t strong. It felt like they were inviting them in.
It wasn’t until they reached one hundred meters from the city gate that the Xiya Kingdom’s side hastily increased their chaotic magic output.
As if to prevent them from getting close to the city wall and damaging the magic barrier at close range, the Alaye Fortress even sent out a warrior legion of twenty thousand to guard outside the city wall as a human wall.
It was all incomprehensible actions. Justin even asked his deputy, who also said he didn’t understand at all.
Because of his unease, Justin and the others’ main camp was even further away from the main battlefield this time.
“Lord Justin, should we continue the attack?” Justin’s deputy asked.
After the Xiya Kingdom’s side sent out twenty thousand warriors, who seemed to be sending themselves to their deaths, the main force slowed down their attack.
Justin didn’t choose to answer directly. He turned his gaze to the Holy Maiden Chrissy, who was sitting on the side.
Chrissy wasn’t even sitting in the main seat today.
“What are you looking at me for? I told you I wouldn’t fight for command, so you decide.” Chrissy, holding her biography novel, indicated that she wasn’t participating.
A feeling in the back of her mind told her that participating would make her take the blame.
“What does Harry think?” Justin, unable to get an answer from the Holy Maiden, looked at Harry, “Kailun is incredibly cunning. I can’t see through him, so I won’t give an opinion.”
Justin looked at Lodis and Paul again, feeling a headache. They were also very familiar with Kailun.
Lodis, seeing Justin looking at him, quickly covered his stomach, “Ah, my stomach hurts!”
Paul, seeing everyone looking at him, couldn’t refuse. So, he followed his heart, “I say we crush them with overwhelming force. Don’t be intimidated by those twenty thousand warriors.
Maybe it’s another one of Kailun’s tricks. He wants to waste our time and wait for his reinforcements.
Counting from the time when Kailun disappeared from the noble territory last time, his Silver Moon Knights should arrive on the battlefield this afternoon.”
“Good. I think Paul is right. Let’s attack directly. But to be safe, we’ll only send out five thousand men for the first probing attack. We’ll crush them completely.”
Justin slammed his hand on the table, making a decision.
Paul, seeing that his opinion was accepted, proudly looked at the Holy Maiden. But she was biting her nails and looking at her novel. Her attention wasn’t on him at all.
Harry, sitting next to Paul, gave him a doting look. In his opinion, Paul was still too young and didn’t know how to weigh the pros and cons.
But the future was long. He could slowly teach Paul how to mature.
With Justin’s order, the intensity of the war between the Divine Temple and the Xiya Kingdom reached its peak.
The Holy Maiden, who was pretending to read her novel, was actually secretly observing the situation on the battlefield. From her perspective, Justin’s five thousand troops quickly collided with the Xiya Kingdom’s twenty thousand warriors.
After a brief fight, the twenty thousand warriors were gradually defeated. They were pushed back to the edge of the city wall and only escaped to the foot of the city wall under the cover of the magicians on the wall.
This scene looked like a great victory for the Divine Temple, but only those at the front line with good eyesight saw the smiles on the faces of the magicians on the city wall.
“Whoosh!”
In everyone’s eyes, many holes suddenly appeared in the city wall of the Alaye Fortress, forming a continuous line. Row after row of magic cannons were pushed out.
The army, which was about to charge forward and devour the remaining warrior legion, stopped in unison. They looked up, holding their swords, and swallowed nervously.
This time, they desperately hoped that those magic cannons were just for show. But as they saw the black muzzles continuously brewing layer upon layer of magic formations, they abandoned this hope.
“Where are the magicians in the back? Quickly add shields!”
Someone in the legion couldn’t help but shout. It was this urging that made everyone come to their senses and retreat.
Even though the magicians in the distance were doing their best to add shields for them, they still didn’t feel safe.
From the moment the first person turned and ran, the second, the third, and the fourth followed…
In a short time, the five thousand troops at the front all began to retreat and flee. The thirty thousand reserve troops behind them also realized something was wrong. When they tried to retreat, dazzling fireballs had already erupted in the sky.
The terrifying magical fluctuations enveloped them, like the Grim Reaper swinging his scythe in the air.
The five thousand troops at the front collided with the thirty thousand troops behind them, creating a chaotic scene.
But the Grim Reaper’s scythe had swung down mercilessly.
“Boom, boom, boom!”
In the eyes of Justin and the others in the distance, the fire on the mountain formed a continuous line.
“Bang!”
“Damn it! How did the Xiya Kingdom get magic cannons? Those damn things are a specialty of the Rose Kingdom!”
Justin, furious, slammed his fist on the table in front of him and roared, “Those two kingdoms are at war! When did they collude?”
“Report! There are large-scale cavalry on both the east and west flanks. They are currently engaged in battle with our deployed cavalry.
But they have a significant advantage over us in both number and quality. The front-line commander requests a retreat.”
As Justin was venting his anger, a messenger brought even more desperate news.
He quickly walked out of the command tent and looked out. In his line of sight, his cavalry was retreating in a rout.
“Report! The main battlefield is suffering heavy casualties from the magic cannons. The front-line commander requests a retreat!”
Another messenger brought bad news.
Justin, furious, kicked the messenger to the ground, “I know! I saw it! I’m not blind!
Order them all to retreat. Let them retreat as much as they can!”
Looking at the main force, which was about to be completely surrounded, Justin almost had a stroke.
The warrior legion was probably doomed. The magicians… they were too slow. It would be difficult for them to escape. As for the Knights, they should be able to retreat some because the other side would have to surround the main force.
“What are those scouts doing? Why haven’t they reacted even though the other side’s cavalry is close?
It’s infuriating. I’ll definitely record their names and hang them on the Temple’s pillar of shame.”
Justin spat. His face was ashen.
Another messenger thought for a moment and said, “Lord Justin, actually, the scouts are all dead.”
Justin: “…”
He silently walked towards the messenger, wanting to kick this useless subordinate to death.
“Justin, don’t be anxious. The priority now is to minimize losses.” Harry walked out from inside and calmly patted him on the shoulder, “There are many suspicious things about this war. For example, why does the Xiya Kingdom have magic cannons? How did Kailun’s two Knights silently arrive…”
Looking at the miserable scene in front of him, he remembered his own past.
How similar it was. How coincidental it was.
Seeing his colleagues being manipulated by the same enemy, he felt a sense of relief.
‘It seems everyone’s about the same level.’ He thought this.
“Holy Maiden, where are you going?” As Justin was freaking out, he saw Chrissy quietly slipping out of the tent.
“Don’t worry. I’m just going out to call for reinforcements. I’ll be right back. Wait for me!”
She gave Justin an encouraging look and then ran away in front of everyone.
Although her running posture was incredibly graceful, the speed of her two beautiful legs was undeniable. It was definitely the level of a 7th-rank acceleration spell. She was even faster than a warhorse.
“Cough, cough. That Justin, you continue commanding. We’ll go protect the Holy Maiden’s safety and ask for reinforcements.”
Harry said he would cheer him on, but his feet were already moving.
Justin grabbed Harry’s arm. He was already crazy and asked cautiously, “Why are you so calm? Have you betrayed me? Or does the Pope want to eliminate me?”
“Get lost!”
Harry kicked Justin, “You’re not worthy of being noticed by the Pope. Have you lost your mind?
As for why I’m calm, have you forgotten that I was alone when I came out?
Where did everyone go? Kailun wiped them all out.”
Harry shrugged. They had all been through this.
Justin was silent. He finally sighed, “You guys go. I’ll see how many I can save. This is all my foundation. If I lose it all, I’ll be left with nothing.”
“No, you still have five thousand followers left.” The Second Prince, Lodis, who was walking behind, reminded him.
“Oh, right. I still have five thousand followers. Let’s go. I’ll retreat with you.” Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Justin decided to give up.
The current situation was beyond his control. With the Xiya Kingdom’s cannon barrage and the pincer attack, he had no chance of turning things around.
But thinking that Harry had lost his entire army while he still had five thousand left, he felt a little better.
He couldn’t blame himself for being too careless. He could only blame Kailun for being too outrageous. He had pulled out magic cannons, and not just a few, but fifty. Even the entire Rose Kingdom probably didn’t have two hundred, right?
“What about the rest?” The speaker was Paul.
“Have the main force disperse and retreat freely. We’ll gather the rest of the troops and meet at the border of the Malaga Kingdom.”
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Ten minutes later, the group, with five thousand cavalry who were the fastest at retreating, ran back. As long as they could reach the second city, they could retreat safely.
Everyone except the Holy Maiden rode warhorses. They couldn’t reach the Holy Maiden’s speed. Even with magic enhancement, their bodies couldn’t last for a minute.
But as they passed a stream, they encountered the Holy Maiden Chrissy, who was standing by the stream.
“Kailun?!”
Just as they were about to ask the Holy Maiden why she wasn’t running, Paul’s exclamation caught their attention.
On the other side of the stream, Kailun, with ten thousand Knights, blocked their path.
“Long time no see, everyone. Are you satisfied with the gifts I sent you? I spent a lot of gold coins to deal with you this time. I hope you can compensate me later.” Kailun, riding on his warhorse, greeted them enthusiastically.
“You’re Kailun? But why are you only a 1st-rank?” Chrissy looked at Kailun, puzzled.
In the intelligence she had received, Kailun clearly had the ability to kill a 5th-rank in an instant. Even if he achieved this through forbidden drugs, his basic strength couldn’t possibly be a 1st-rank.
Kailun said, “As a commander, is strength important to me?”
“Holy Maiden, don’t waste your breath with him. Let’s break through together!” Seeing that the Holy Maiden was chatting with Kailun, Paul was very annoyed and interrupted their conversation.
“Oh, isn’t this little eunuch Paul? Speaking of which, I have to thank you. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be so affectionate with your sister, your aunt, and your childhood sweetheart.”
Kailun said with a grateful heart, “Thank you, thank you. You’re a good person. You deserve to be spoiled by a good man.”
“Pfft!”
Hearing a string of familiar names, Paul was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood. His entire aura immediately wilted.
As Harry was busy rescuing Paul, Kailun scanned the crowd in front of him and said, “Leave the Holy Maiden behind. I can let the rest of you go.
I’ve set up ten checkpoints behind you. You won’t be able to escape.”
Although it was a lie, it was enough to make them waver.
“Impossible, absolutely impossible!” Justin was the first to refuse.
If they dared to betray the Holy Maiden, the Pope would definitely have them eliminated later.
“Okay, I can agree to your request, but you have to come over personally.”
Chrissy smiled charmingly, revealing a captivating smile. She walked towards Kailun, one leg bare and the other in black stockings.
Her graceful figure and alluring gait made everyone lose their minds.
Kailun also seemed to be mesmerized. He quickly jumped off his warhorse and walked towards the Holy Maiden eagerly.
Paul, who had just vomited blood, watched this scene with a heartbroken expression. He had finally fallen for someone again. Why did this have to happen to him?
Under everyone’s gaze, they crossed the stream and stood together. Both of them were smiling. They were so sincere that no flaws could be found.
But in the eyes of Justin and the others, the Holy Maiden had secretly taken out a dagger. A flash of cold light could be seen from under her sleeve.
Seeing this, they couldn’t help but feel a new surge of hope.
Kailun was the core of the entire Xiya Kingdom. As long as the Holy Maiden could capture Kailun, they would have achieved ultimate victory.
The Xiya Kingdom without Kailun would no longer be a threat. As for whether the Holy Maiden could defeat Kailun?
Paul just wanted to say that whoever asked that question was ridiculous.
Holy Maiden Chrissy was a 7th-rank prodigy cultivated by the Temple. Her strength was considered very strong among those of the same level. Could a mere Kailun even be a match for her?
No one would believe that Kailun could win. Even if he relied on forbidden drugs, he couldn’t reach the Holy Maiden’s level.
“Come with me. You’re very much to my liking. You can be my plush ball.”
When they were only one meter apart, Kailun reached out his hand towards Chrissy.
“Okay~”
A mischievous glint flashed in Chrissy’s beautiful eyes.
She slowly raised her right hand. She planned to suddenly accelerate halfway through and use the dagger to hold Kailun’s neck, capturing him.
‘Just a 1st-rank, and he dares to act arrogantly in front of this Holy Maiden. He’s just a worm. You will pay for your arrogance!’ She thought this just before she made her move.
She saw that Kailun’s gaze was clearly fixed on her legs.
Chrissy was confident that no one her age could surpass her. After all, she was the Holy Maiden, cultivated by the Divine Temple with all its resources. No one else could possibly receive the same amount of resources or have a similar inheritance.
How old was Kailun?
Sixteen or seventeen? If Kailun could reach 7th-rank at this age, she wouldn’t believe it even if she died.
Just as Chrissy was about to threaten Kailun’s neck with the dagger, she suddenly noticed Kailun revealing an evil smile.
Confident and crazy. The familiar unease once again enveloped Chrissy’s mind and body.
It was at that moment that she realized that Kailun was not a 1st-rank waste. He was clearly a monster close to 8th-rank!
Brief fear arose in her heart, making her movements a beat slower.
“Click!”
Kailun’s left hand grabbed Chrissy’s wrist, disarming her dagger. His right hand skillfully put a magic-proof collar on Chrissy.
He silently tucked the dagger into his pocket and squeezed Chrissy’s stunned face with a smile, “Holy Maiden, you’re so proud. I love bullying people like you who are proud.”
As he spoke, he picked up the Holy Maiden and put her under his arm, taking her back to the white warhorse and placing her horizontally in front of him.
After doing all this, he didn’t forget to slap the Holy Maiden’s curvy butt hard, “The Holy Maiden has fallen. Do you still want to resist?”
Not only was the stunned Chrissy unable to face reality, but the Divine Temple’s troops were also unable to face reality.
“???”
Justin and the others looked at each other, unable to understand what had happened.
In their eyes, the Holy Maiden’s counterattack had become an embrace. She had been captured by Kailun so easily.
Was this Holy Maiden a spy?
Justin, who had gone crazy, couldn’t help but think.
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