"Your Highness, we must temporarily retreat to the other end of the valley."

Looking around, Reiner made a decision.

The distance here is too close. Although it exceeds the attack range of ordinary spells, for advanced spells, this is still the center of the magic release point. If you continue to stay, sooner or later, all the people he brings will be killed.

It would be better to retreat to the entrance of the valley one after another, so that it could not only block reinforcements from other places, but also leave the scope of spell attacks.

Moreover... the commission of 50,000 gold coins is obviously much less than that of the Black Magician. Not to mention that he only brought 500 people this time, even if the whole group gathered together, he still didn't know how many casualties and injuries were killed or injured against the 18th-level Black Magician to achieve the final victory.

It's time to reprice the task.

"What did you say? Retreat?"

The eldest prince Elic, who had recovered from his senses, immediately shouted when he heard that he was going to retreat.

"No, once you retreat, there will be no such good opportunity next time."

"Grand Prince, although we have received your commission, this mission has clearly exceeded the scope of our Dark Comparison."

"Didn't you say that it's easy to kill a dragon or destroy a city?"

"That's because you didn't look at our agreement carefully. Dragon Slaying is just a reference to the dragon. We don't have the ability to deal with the ancient dragon. As for Luoke Town, although we don't want to admit it, our current strength is indeed not an opponent. A city with a magician, only with less than one-third of our current manpower, there is absolutely no chance of winning."

Renner didn't care about the dissatisfaction shown by the eldest prince.

Rock Town is only a day and a half away from Helsin, the royal city of Helsin, where most members of the group are waiting for their triumphant news.

The letter of support request was sent by the demon pet as early as yesterday. At the latest, the reinforcements could arrive as soon as the evening was approaching.

Even the magician could not save the town under the siege of 3,000 dark mages.

The goal of the "Dark Follower" is to capture Rock Town, rather than defeating the Dark Magician, so Reiner felt it was not difficult to complete this mission.

Although he had the help of a magician, he had limited energy after all and could not take care of every corner of the entire town. As long as he took over Rock Town, the dark magician would naturally not stay there without his employer.

For the Dark Clan, they will never do anything without profit, nor will they be obliged to help the sixth prince Slin, who has lost his value.

There is a reason why Reiner would think about it like this.

Magic gold is a very rare metal ore. It is not only expensive, but also an indispensable product in magic development.

It was precisely because of his fancy to the magic gold produced by Rock Town that the "Dark Follower" took on this task.

Obviously, Reiner also believes that the reason why the Dark Magician agreed to help was also for Magic Gold. His guess was originally good, but he just got the character wrong.

Moreover, he firmly believed in Moya's identity as the black magician.

"What should I do? They actually said they were going to retreat at this critical moment?!"

"No, you can win with a little more effort. You must not let them go now."

"If a mysterious mage hadn't suddenly appeared, we would have taken Rock Town."

Several princes did not want to give up the soon-to-be victory, especially the initiator - the eldest prince Elic.

He knew very well about the sudden retreat proposed by the Dark Mage, and he just wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail.

Forget it, as long as you can win Rock Town, it doesn’t matter if you give them more magic gold.

"What do you want to do? Increase commission?"

"The eldest prince knows it very well, so I won't talk nonsense. The gold coins are still 50,000, but... I want to increase the amount of magic gold supply to 20%. This requirement is not an exaggeration."

"Okay, it's up to you, 20%. But you must conquer Rock Town. There is not much time left. You must kill Slin before your father knows." In order to get rid of his younger brother who may threaten his status, the eldest prince Elic gritted his teeth and promised to use the annual output of 20% of the magic gold as a reward, and it is necessary to kill the big trouble before his father knows it.

"As you wish, I have sent a signal to the large army in the royal city. Now I just need to retreat to the entrance of the valley and wait for the arrival of reinforcements."

"Okay... let's retreat first." Elic had no choice about the current situation. He understood that if he did not retreat as the Dark Mage said, he would have to face the powerful magic like the one just now. Without the protection of the mage, he would not be able to win even if he led an army.

"Retreat!!"

According to the planned advance, Reiner issued an order to retreat.

The remaining 300 dark mages and more than 100 mercenaries retreated to the entrance of the valley. As long as they guarded it, they could not only block the support from Farion, Singji and Mingsu, but also prevent people from escaping from the town of Rock.

Because of Mount Gilkut, Rock Town is not like the sunlight plain in the southwest. It still has hilly terrain and steep mountains.

If the large army walks up the mountain, not only will it be difficult to walk, but it will also encounter monsters lurking in the mountains. Trolls and spider monsters are very active recently. No fool will be willing to face monsters that do not know their fear.

Without the protection of a large number of mages, Heisen's princes would not dare to take only a few hundred mercenaries to Rock Town.

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"The enemy has retreated!!"

The Dark Mage, who had been besieging the town for more than ten days, finally retreated, and the soldiers of Rock Town began to cheer.

“It’s too early to be happy.”

Moya disagreed with the Dark Mage's retreat.

Since the "Dark Follower" is willing to take action, he is certainly interested in Rock's magic gold mine. How could he give up just because a magician appears?

Retreat is just a stopgap measure. They must be trying to escape from the magical attack range and wait for reinforcements in a safe place.

I heard that the number of the "Dark Follower" mage group is no less than 3,000. It seems that the large army has not arrived yet, so I don't know which side of reinforcements arrive first compared to the Night Elf.

If the reinforcements from the mage arrived first... does it mean that she had to give up Rock Town?

Thinking of this, Moya was a little embarrassed.

Rock Town, she is determined to win, but she must not reveal her identity.

If you want to deal with the reinforcements of the Dark Mage alone, the only way is to launch a magic weapon. But in that case, not only will the hard-working situation be ruined, but Batuya will also know that she killed his two children.

The peace conference is about to be held, and she cannot make any mistakes at this critical moment.

Knowing Batuya's personality, it is impossible to let go. Moya will use the fake identity of the Black Magician in order not to let old friends do things that are unfavorable to the Night Elf during the peace conference.

Sistaer is holding a trial of royal power, and the Senate must not capture any handle.

The same view as Moya is also the Golden Knight Carrel.

Of course he would not think that the Dark Mage would retreat like the soldiers in Rock Town.

"Captain, why don't the magic guild in your town participate in the defense? Don't they know that the Dark Mage has always been incompatible with other magic guilds. Once the Dark Mage enters the city, the magic guild in this town will not be spared. It is impossible for them to know such a simple truth."

"This..." Suriname was a little embarrassed, and he knew very well that the Northern Magic Guild would not participate in the war.

They were all because the two children the president knew were killed. It is said that the father of the two men was the president of the Northern Magic Guild. Before Prince Slin found the murderer, the magic guild in the town refused to fight.

"What, the two children of the president of the Northern Magic Guild died in Rocktown?!"

After listening to Suriname's explanation, Carrell's first suspect was the black magician disguised by Moya.

There are rumors that the reason why the Black Magician was caught by the Church of Light was because the academy he was hiding betrayed his whereabouts. For nearly five hundred years, Fanue has been hereditary dean of the Kewell family.

Isn’t the current president of the Northern Magic Guild the dean of the Fanue Magic Academy Batuya Lop Kewell?

After escaping from the Temple of Mithela, the Black Magician will definitely take revenge one by one.

The best proof that Plalis has turned into ruins. In order to avenge, the Black Magician did not hesitate to join forces with the undead, which shows that he has completely abandoned the conscience of human beings. Of course, he will not be soft-hearted about the two young innocent teenagers.

Carrel's misunderstanding was exactly what Moya expected.

Of course she knew how Laxis was locked up in the Temple of Mithra.

The ancestors joined forces with the Church of Light to imprison the eighteenth-level black magician in Mitela. She had heard Batuya show off more than once.

If Batuya knew about this, the first person to doubt would be the Black Magician, rather than himself who is also in the Eastern Continent.

"You mean, they are not retreating?"

From the conversation between the mage and the Golden Knight, Suriname vaguely guessed the fact that he was unwilling to accept but had to accept that the enemy did not retreat, they just retreated a little distance.

"Of course. The target of the Dark Mage is Rock's Demon Gold. I think the princes of Heisen should have agreed to pay for the Demon Gold, so so many people died, and they still refused to give up this mission." Referring to the Dark Mage who was parked in the valley, Moya said something that made the city guard even more frustrated; "And you see, they did not stop in the valley. The purpose of this is to wait for reinforcements, and the second is to prevent Rock Town from asking for support from outside, and to cut off the possibility of Slin's escape."

"What should I do?"

Thinking that more dark mages would arrive, Suriname and the soldiers felt desperate. Is Rock Town really hopeless?

"Don't worry, your lord has already thought of a solution. He has formed an alliance with Merri City, and I believe that the reinforcements of the Night Elf will arrive soon."
Chapter completed!