Lord: Taken away from inheritance at the beginning.

Melissa ended her meditation, and her exhausted magic power and mental strength were greatly restored. She opened her eyes and looked around the simple camp hall.

It was a very simple place, like the castle of a poor baron.

In terms of defensive strength, Westwind Hill is not as strong as Overwatch.

But once the two sides go to war, the battlefield will definitely not be here, but in Watchtower.

There is absolutely no need to discuss whether the defensive fortifications of West Wind Hill are feasible.

"As the commander here, Riedal has left the camp now. I'm afraid there is something urgent going on."

It was easy for her to think that the Kingdom of Alduin was likely to take military action.

After all, something like this happened in the Kingdom of Theresia. If she were in charge, she would not miss this opportunity.

While she was thinking, she suddenly felt a palpitation and an inexplicable feeling of distress in her heart.

Before I could think about it carefully, I saw a tall and handsome man walking in from outside. His silver hair was particularly eye-catching.

Melissa quickly stood up, bowed, and gave a sincere greeting: "Melis Kamen of Watchtower, it's an honor to meet you, respected Marquis of Moonlight Valley."

"Ms. Melissa, welcome!"

Roning stepped forward and shook hands with the other party. "I have heard that there is a young magician in the Carmen family of Watchtower. Today, I see that it is true!"

"Compared to you, I am really nothing." Melissa said modestly.

The two exchanged some pleasantries and then sat down.

Luo Ning took the initiative to ask: "Last time I talked with your brother Placido, although we didn't reach a consensus, we also left room for cooperation. I wonder what news you will bring me this time?"

Melissa took a deep breath. She had already planned this conversation many times in her mind, so she knew exactly what to say.

"Two days ago, the commander of the Mist City, Count Ural, sent us an order, asking us to defend Nethergarde Fort with all our strength and try to delay until the reinforcements from the kingdom arrive at the front."

Luo Ning was a little surprised, "Did Misty City arrange reinforcements for you again?"

Melissa shook her head. "There are no new reinforcements."

Luo Ning laughed, "Then how are you going to hold on?"

Melissa sighed, and what she said next was the main topic, which was also the choice that completely changed the fate of their family.

Now that she has come to this point, she no longer has any hesitation.

Melissa repeated Count Ural's orders and told him about the situation of her family in Dragon City.

"Sir, in order to ensure the safety of my family, please forgive us for not being able to surrender directly to you. In addition, there are foreign knights in Nethergarde Fort that are not under our complete control."

Melissa said in a deep voice: "So this battle is unavoidable!"

Ronin understood that Placido wanted to surrender, but because his family and the defenders of Netherfort were not on the same front, he could not open the door to welcome him directly.

"Tell me, how are you going to fight?" Roning asked.

Melissa stood up and pulled out a large piece of paper from her bosom. On it was a clear map of Netherworld Castle with obvious markings.

"My brother and I have already discussed the defense plan. This is a detailed map of the troop distribution."

Luo Ning walked over and looked at it carefully.

I have to say that Placido's skills in working on the pictures are amazing, and it's obvious that he has received professional training.

Next, with Melissa's introduction, Ronin gained comprehensive control of the overall defense of Netherfort.

Although Melissa did not say it explicitly, Ronin had already heard that Placido had completely separated his own people from the Misty City Knights and the magician team that came to support him in terms of defense.

To put it simply, their positions are scattered from each other, and there is no cooperation between two knight orders or knights and magicians.

This was obviously done deliberately, and the purpose is self-evident.

Melissa was worried that Ronin didn't see the trick, so she said directly: "Although this war is unavoidable, I still hope that you can take care of the team in Nethergarde during the attack and vent the fire of war on the Knights of Misty City."

Roning laughed. "Are you planning to use me to eliminate the uncontrollable forces in Nethergarde?"

Melissa did not deny it. "People will die eventually. I hope that fewer of our people will die. This will also be beneficial to you. As for Ricard's Knights, their leader Ricard did not come. The leader is just a small team leader of the Golden Knights, not even a deputy leader."

Having said that, they actually believed the other party's lies at the beginning, saying that their captain Rickard would come before the war. Now it seems that the other party is unlikely to come.

Therefore, Ural had already prepared to sacrifice Nethergarde Fort and the supporting team of knights and magicians.

It was because Placido saw through this, and under the influence of various factors such as coercion and alien race, that he finally chose to surrender and submit to Ronin.

However, this approach is different from betrayal in the eyes of outsiders.

If Placido opened the city gates and surrendered voluntarily, he would undoubtedly be branded as a traitor.

If you are captured after being defeated in a war and then surrender, your reputation will be better.

But no matter which way, it would be difficult to protect their relatives in Dragon City.

This was Placido's helpless move.

He doesn't even know whether his son and daughter are still alive.

What if they were already dead, and he and Melissa became cannon fodder in this war, then the Carmen family would be completely destroyed.

He didn't dare to gamble.

After listening to Melissa's explanation, Roning nodded and said, "I understand, but war is ruthless. I can't guarantee that none of your men will be killed in action."

Melissa bowed and said, "It's already very good that we can protect our team as much as possible!"

Roning sat down again, thinking about another question.

"I'm curious, does your Carmen family have a grudge against Count Ural?"

He asked: "Why would he rather let you be cannon fodder than support your troops or temporarily withdraw?"

If it were Ronin, facing a situation where there was no chance of winning, he would let Placido lead his team to gather in Misty City and concentrate their forces to put up a strong resistance instead of letting Nethergarde be cannon fodder.

Of course, the opponent's excuse was to slow down the offensive pace of West Wind Hill.

Maybe it can hold off for a day or two, but then what?

Could it be that within one or two days, reinforcements from the Kingdom of Tricia will arrive at Misty City?

Melis shook her head. "We and Count Ural are both vassals of the kingdom. Theoretically, we are independent of each other, and we have had no conflicts over the years."

She and Placido didn't quite understand why the other did this.

And according to her understanding, several other positions had also received orders to hold their ground, but those positions were far from being reduced to cannon fodder.

After all, not only do they have Silver Moon and multiple Meteor Knights in charge, they also don't have the dreaded Sun Knights and dragons. Their situation is much better than that of Nethergarde.

Roning didn't figure out the key point. He could not help but observe Melissa's expression carefully, wondering if the other party was hiding something and pretending to surrender.

"What's wrong, sir?"

Melissa was a little surprised by the gaze. Could it be that the other party wanted to play a game between a man and a woman?

She heard that Ronin had just married the princess of the Alduin royal family not long ago.

However, in a war, the party that begs for surrender often makes this kind of transaction, so Melissa is not surprised.

"If you have any requests, please feel free to ask. The Carmen family and I will do our best to satisfy you!"

Roning retracted his gaze and smiled, "Let's do as you and Placido planned."

Although he could not see any signs of false surrender in the enemy's expression, he could not let his guard down after the war broke out and had to fight as he should.