Riding and Slashing

The siege of White Hart Castle continued, but not intensely.

In the first few days, Bacchus' army attacked fiercely, but after losing hundreds of people without even touching the city wall, Bacchus' army slowed down their offensive momentum.

They didn't expect that there were so many Noldor elves in the city, and the bows and arrows shot by White Hart Castle were so accurate and ruthless that they couldn't hold back a shield.

It was getting late, and on a small hill outside the city, two Bacchus lords were waving flags and directing the retreat.

"It seems that it may be difficult for us to capture White Hart Castle. I didn't expect that White Hart Castle was actually given to the Noldor by the people of Sarleon..."

A slightly bald middle-aged man said: "It's dangerous to fight against the Noldor...Antonius, why don't we kill Justus now and withdraw directly?"

"It's not yet time, Lord Rimusk...my father hasn't sent back the news, and Emperor Marius hasn't issued an order to recall the army. Now the withdrawal of the army will be in vain."

Another lord whose whole body was tightly wrapped took off his face-covering helmet, picked at the green sores on his face, and shook his head slowly.

This is Antonius, the son of Kailos who was treated by Li Ang and Anson.

Now he has no human appearance at all, the whole person looks like a poisonous snake.

There are still scaly blue-green sores on his face, and his eyes are also dark yellow, and his pupils are already very different from ordinary people—they are vertical ovals, that is, vertical pupils like reptiles.

This shape of pupils probably means that he has night vision ability now, but it is probably difficult to see things during the day.

"Antonius, what you control is Justus's army. It doesn't hurt to die...but I use my own army! I have been friends with your father for a long time, don't be afraid I!"

Rimusk frowned, a little dissatisfied: "I don't want to take all of my family's fortune!"

"How can there be no undead in a war? Besides, you didn't bring many troops out. Your elite family is all left in Volvin, right?"

Antonius still pressed his sores slowly: "The more brutal this battle is, the better it will be for us. It's not like you don't know..."

"Of course I know! But you have also seen that the Noldo woman in White Hart Castle can shoot anyone from 200 meters away! Every time she kills with one arrow, even the giant shield can't stop her arrow! And She specializes in shooting and killing the leaders, and now no one dares to lead troops to attack the city, how can I fight?"

There was obvious fear in Remusk's eyes, probably because he was frightened by Vendatyr.

"She is very powerful...but the stronger the enemy, the more important the Shadow Legion will be... Besides, as long as you set fire to the forest, no matter how powerful the Noldor are, they can only retreat to their forests to fight the fire... …Don’t worry so much, we just need to surround the city and wait for the news, as long as the news from Siyuan City or my father comes back, we will withdraw our troops.”

Antonius said calmly.

"Then who will attack tomorrow? Anyway, I won't attack the city."

Rimusk asked.

"Titus, you gave him so many benefits, didn't you just let him contribute at this time? Anyway, it doesn't matter whether he dies or not... It just so happens that he is also a member of the Phoenix Knights. If he dies in Bai Lubao, maybe you can take the opportunity to get the Phoenix Knights to leave Pendor Continent..."

Antonius pointed to the Phoenix flag on the side of the Chinese army camp.

But then, he suddenly widened his eyes, and the terrifying vertical pupils seemed to become thinner: "Where are the Titus? Why is there no one in his camp?!"

"No one? He became a deserter?!"

The sky was relatively dark, and Rimusk probably couldn't see clearly: "Is this bastard dying?!"

"I'm not a deserter..."

A voice sounded from behind Limusk: "Of course I cherish my life..."

Simultaneously with the voice of speaking, there was also the friction sound of a sharp knife piercing into the body, the sizzling sound of blood spurting from the artery, and a few short screams.

"Titus! You...you..."

Limusk turned around, looked around, and found that there were no guards on the hill—all of them had fallen to the ground.

All around were Titus' men, all carrying bloody swords.

Antonius was quite calm: "Titus, what are you going to do? Are you planning to rebel?"

"Antonius, the people of the Snake Cult listen to you, right... I just want to ask you... why was my house looted by the Snake Cult? Why?!"

Titus approached Antonius with a bloody sword.

"What do you mean? Looting? Your house?"

Antonius frowned.

"Don't say you don't know... The Snake Cult took away everything in my house and burned my manor to ashes..."

Titus said viciously: "I know you want to use this method to force me... so that I can only rely on you from now on... But you think that you can threaten me if you get me to kill the imperial knight? I won't eat it." This set!"

"I really don't know... Titus... this may be a misunderstanding..."

Antonius shook his head and tried to explain.

"What a misunderstanding! My family's servants, guards, and the entire village of Imer have all seen that a priestess of the Snake Cult with a forked tongue led a group of followers to raid my manor! Now except you Under my command, where is there such a priestess with a forked tongue?"

Titus gritted his teeth and raised his sword against Antonius' throat: "I understand... I am an outsider, I am not from the Shadow Legion, you will not trust me... I understand! But I will not sit still, nor will I I will never be driven by anyone..."

"Maybe it's the priestess who came from the continent of Bacchus... Titus, don't be so excited, I'm not stupid enough to deal with you at this time..."

Antonyus backed away with his hands outstretched.

"Really... huh... I thought so before. But do you still remember what you said just now? Anyway, it doesn't matter if I die or not. If I die in White Hart Castle, you can still take the opportunity to wrap up the Phoenix Knights." into a political struggle... ha, I heard it all..."

Titus' face became more and more grim.

"Huh... Titus, so... are you going to be a traitor?"

Antonius sighed, his pupils narrowed into a slit.

"Traitors? You are the traitors... Kill you, take your head to Siyuan City, and I will still be a loyal subject of Emperor Marius!"

After saying that, Titus raised his sword and stabbed.

Titus is not a rookie who is powerless, and his swordsmanship is quite strong—otherwise, he would not have been sent by the Ashborn Empire as the captain of the mission guard.

But the blade he stabbed was caught by Antonyus with his bare hands!

With only one hand, Antonyus gripped Titus' blade.

He was not an invulnerable monster. The blade cut through his palm, and blood flowed down the blade, but he seemed to be in no pain.

"Kill me? It's up to you? Titus, you really think of yourself as a character..."

Antonyus used his strength slowly, breaking Titus' broadsword with one hand, and then stepped forward like a ghost, his bloody palm pinched Titus' neck.

The speed of this move was astonishingly fast, giving the impression of a poisonous snake suddenly attacking.

"Uh...uh..."

Titus struggled to hold Antonius' arm with both hands, but he couldn't break free.

During the tearing, Titus tore Antonius's sleeve, and there was also a snake-like scar on the exposed arm.

All around, Titus' men rushed forward and surrounded the two, but no one moved rashly.

Because Antonyus had pinched Titus and pulled him into his arms, and his long nails were embedded in Titus' neck.

Titus's pinched eyes turned white, his face turned livid, and the broken sword in his hand fell to the ground.

"Antonius...don't kill him!"

Rimusk looked around at the soldiers and cried out in a low voice.He still wants to live, there are hundreds of Titus' subordinates surrounding this small hill, if Titus is really killed, no one will survive...

"Rimusk, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that his troops will besiege us?"

Antonius smiled back.

"Antonius, it's obvious...these are all his people..."

Rimusk looked around and looked at the soldiers under Titus who were approaching step by step.

"Haha...his man? Tie him up..."

Antonyus laughed suddenly, and pushed Titus towards the soldiers.

"Hey! You... what are you doing..."

Rimusk had no idea that Antonyus would release Titus to the soldiers at this time.

"Yes, my lord."

But what Limusk didn't expect was that after those soldiers took Titus, they even saluted Antonius and tied Titus up...

"Titus' subordinates... are all yours?"

Rimus exclaimed in surprise.

"No, they belong to dinars... whoever is willing to give them more dinars, they belong to them... Titus is an idiot, he is reluctant to part with the little money in his hand, how can he have a loyal army?"

Antonyus smiled contemptuously.

"He said that his home was robbed by people from the Snake Worship Cult... Is that the person you sent?"

Rimusk looked at Titus who was tied to the ground, and asked a little uneasily.

"Of course not... Titus is a bastard who scrapes land all day long and has many enemies. Who knows who did it..."

Antonius didn't seem to care about the 'Snake Worshipers' in Immel Village: "However, since Titus is going to turn against me, let him be a hero... There should be news from my father tomorrow Now, when the time comes, let Titus destroy Mai Xiangling... and then kill Justus..."

"Has Lord Kailos arrived at Maixiang?"

Rimusk asked in a daze.

Antonius nodded: "If the Maixiang collar is destroyed, Li Ang will definitely not let it go, he will definitely send out the whole army to attack Bacchus. And Justus died in White Hart Castle, whether Emperor Marius is willing or not, We must avenge Justus... When they are both defeated, we can sweep the mainland..."

"Antonius, you...really intend to use the Snake Cult to conquer Pendor? But didn't you father and son hate the Snake Cult the most? Besides, you were killed by the Snake Cult two years ago..."

Rimusk frowned and looked at Antonius' vertical pupils.

"Yeah... I still hate the Snake Cult now. I was harmed by the Snake Cult like this. People are neither human nor ghost. I want to destroy the Snake Cult more than anyone else! But, Rimus, I want to live ...I must have greater power to have any hope of living..."

Antonius put on the face helmet again, and the dark yellow eyes under the helmet looked extremely terrifying: "Rimusc, I know you may not trust me, you probably still want to neither offend Marius nor me... ...But I can tell you clearly, if you don't want to die in your sleep, then you'd better obey my arrangement."

After speaking, Antonyus left with 'Titus' men'.

Remuske remained silent, looking at Antonius' back with obvious tangles in his eyes.

At night, after returning to his camp, Rimusk received a message from Walvin, and it was the young patrol captain who came to report.

"You mean, all my family members have been arrested?!"

Rimuske trembled all over: "Then... what about her?"

"I was also taken away by those imperial knights... Everyone identified her as the priestess of the Snake Cult..."

The young man lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Rimusic, because he was the first to identify Rimusic's mistress as a Snake Worshiper...

"Snake Worship Priestess?!"

Rimuske sat down on the ground slumped: "This is a frame... Antonius, the viper... Are those imperial knights still in Volvin?"

"They've left, but they asked me to bring you a letter..."

The young patrol captain produced a small scroll sealed with wax.

The seal on the wax paint is 'Imperial Intelligence Service'.

This is Alina's seal.

"Intelligence Department? Those imperial knights are not from Antonius?!"

Rimuske suddenly regained his energy and quickly opened the letter.

"Order... Let all the troops of the family gather..."

He quickly summoned his cronies.

……

The next morning.

"...Where's Titus? You idiots! Can't even look down on a person!?"

Antonius was roaring from a small encampment flying the Phoenix banner.

"Antonius... not only Titus... Justus and Limusk are gone too!"

A tall knight ran over panting.

"what?!"

Antonius's vertical pupils narrowed again: "Gaulus, send the order, the whole army retreats...set fire in the forest before retreating..."

"Set fire?! It's almost summer now, if the whole forest is set on fire..."

Gallus hesitated.

"If we don't set fire, we will be pursued by the Noldor! Will you go to the queen then?"

Antonyus looked at Gaulus viciously.

"Understood... I'll go now..."

Gaulus frowned and said as he walked: "But, Antonius, this will bring great disaster..."

"So what? Didn't you also set fire to Fort Almera...Hmph...If the Noldor were not driven to a dead end, how could they start a full-scale war with the Empire..."

Antonius looked at the blue scales on his arm.

A few hours later, all the Bacchus army outside White Hart Castle withdrew. At the same time, a huge fire ignited in the forest outside White Hart Castle, and gray smoke covered the entire sky.

Outside Mai Xiang's collar, beside the Eyre River, the gray-bearded Marshal Kairos raised his head and lifted his helmet visor.

He saw the cloud of smoke and dust coming from the east.

"Sorry... Your Majesty, I have to live... Antonius has to live..."

Kairos murmured, and then he drew his sword and shouted: "Attack! Burn the Maixiang collar!"

On his face, there are also some blue-green scars, like finely divided snake scales.