White Deer Fortress's siege battle is still continuing, but it is not intense.
In the first few days, Bacchus Army attacked fiercely, but after losing hundreds of people but not even touching the city wall, Bacchus Army slowed down the momentum of the attack.
They didn't expect that there were so many Noldo Elvess in the city. The bows and arrows shot by White Deer Fortresss were so accurate and fierce that they couldn't even hold up their shields.
It was getting late, and on a hill outside the city, two Bax lords were waving flags to command the troops to retreat.
"It seems that it may be difficult for us to capture White Deer Fortress. Unexpectedly, White Deer Fortress was actually given to Noldo Elves by someone from Lion Territory..."
A slightly bald middle-aged man said, "It is very dangerous to fight Noldo Elves... Antonius, how about we kill Justus now and then withdraw directly?"
"It's not yet time, Lord Rimusk... My father has not yet sent back any news, and Emperor Marius has not yet issued the order to recall the army. Withdrawing the troops now will be in vain."
Another lord whose whole body was tightly wrapped took off his visor, picked at the green scars on his face, and shook his head slowly.
This is Antonius, the son of Kairos who was treated by Li Ang and Ansen.
He now has no human appearance at all, and his whole person looks like a poisonous snake.
There are still scaly green scars on his face, and his eyes are also dark yellow, and the pupils are very different from ordinary people - they are vertical ovals, which are reptile-like vertical pupils.
Pupils of this shape probably mean that he now has the ability to see at night, but it will probably be difficult to see during the day.
"Antonius, you control Justus's troops. You won't feel bad if they all die... but I use my own troops! Your father and I have been friends for a long time, so don't hurt me!"
Rimusk frowned, a little dissatisfied. "I don't want to involve all my family's wealth!"
"How can there be no undead people in a war? Besides, you didn't bring many troops out to begin with. All your elite family members are left in Wolwen, right?"
Antonius still pressed the scars 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 Noldor woman in White Deer Fortress can kill anyone from a distance of two hundred meters! Every time, she kills with one arrow, and even the giant shield cannot stop her arrows! And she specializes in shooting leaders. Now no one dares to lead troops to attack the city, how can we fight?"
There was obvious fear in Rimusk's eyes, probably because he was frightened by Vendathir.
"She is very strong... But the stronger the enemy, the more important Shadow Legion will be shown... Besides, as long as a fire is set in the forest, no matter how powerful Noldo Elves is, they can only retreat to their mountains and forests to put out the fire... Don't worry so much, we just need to surround the city and wait for news. As long as the news from Siyuan City or my father comes back, we will withdraw our troops."
Antonius said very calmly.
"Then who will attack tomorrow? I won't attack the city anyway."
Rimusk asked.
"Titus, after giving him so many benefits, isn't it just to let him contribute at this time? It doesn't matter whether he dies or not... It just so happens that he is Phoenix Knight Order's person after all. If he dies in White Deer Fortress, maybe we can take the opportunity to let Phoenix Knight Order leave Pande Continent..."
Antonius pointed at the Phoenix flag on the side of the Chinese military camp.
But then, his eyes suddenly widened, and those terrifying vertical pupils seemed to become narrower. "Where are the Titus people? Why is there no one in his camp?!"
"No one? He became a deserter?!"
It was dark, so Rimusk probably couldn't see clearly. "Is this bastard going to die?!"
"I didn't become a deserter..."
A voice sounded from behind Rimusk: "Of course I cherish my life..."
At the same time as the voice of speaking, there was a friction sound of a sharp blade piercing the body, the sizzling sound of blood spurting from the artery, and a few short screams.
"Titus! You... you..."
Rimusk turned around, looked around, and found that there were no longer any of his guards on the mountain - they had all fallen to the ground.
All around were Titus's men, all carrying bloody swords.
Antonius was quite calm. "Titus, what are you going to do? Are you planning to rebel?"
"Antonius, Snake Worship Cult people all listen to you, right... I just want to ask you... why was my home robbed by Snake Worship Cult? Why?!"
Titus held the bloody sword and forced him towards Antonius.
"What do you mean? Robbery? Your home?"
Antonius frowned.
"Don't say you don't know...Snake Worship Cult's people took away everything in my family and burned my manor to ashes..."
Titus said fiercely, "I know you want to force me in this way... so that I can only rely on you from now on... But you think you can threaten me just because you have the handle to kill Imperial Knights? I won't accept this!"
"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 Yimeier Village people all saw that a Snake Worship Cult priestess with a forked tongue led a team of believers to raid my manor! Where else can there be such a priestess with a forked tongue besides your men?"
Titus gritted his teeth and raised his sword to Antonius's 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 and wait for death, and I will never let others drive..."
"Maybe it's the priestess who came from the Buckley Continent...Titus, don't be so excited, I'm not stupid enough to deal with you at this time..."
Antonius spread his hands and stepped back.
"Really... ha... I thought so before. But do you still remember what you just said? It doesn't matter whether I die or not. If I die in White Deer Fortress, you can still take the opportunity to involve Phoenix Knight Order in the political struggle... Ha, I heard it all..."
Titus's face became more and more sinister.
"Huh...Titus, so... you are planning to become a traitor?"
Antonius sighed and his pupils shrank into a slit.
"Traitor? You are the traitors... Kill you, take your head to Siyuan City, and I will remain Emperor Marius's loyal minister!"
Titus raised his sword and stabbed after saying that.
Titus is not some incompetent rookie. His swordsmanship is quite strong - otherwise Ash Descendants Empire would not have been sent as the captain of the mission guard in the first place.
But the sword blade he thrust out was caught by Antonius with his bare hands!
Antonius only used one hand to clamp Titus's sword blade.
He was not an invulnerable monster. The blade of the sword cut his palm, and blood flowed down the blade, but he seemed to be in no pain.
"Kill me? Just you? Titus, you really think of yourself as a person..."
Antonius slowly exerted force and broke Titus's broad sword with one hand. Then he stepped forward like a ghost and pinched Titus's neck with his bloody palm.
This speed is astonishingly fast, giving people the impression of a poisonous snake suddenly attacking.
"Uh... uh..."
Titus held Antonius's arm with both hands and kept struggling, but he couldn't break free.
During the tearing, Titus tore Antonius's sleeves, and there were scars like snake scales on the exposed arms.
All around, Titus's men rushed forward and surrounded the two, but no one made any move.
Because Antonius had already pinched Titus and pulled him into his arms, and his long nails were embedded in Titus's neck.
Titus was pinched until his eyes turned white, his face turned purple, and the broken sword in his hand fell to the ground.
"Antonius... don't kill him!"
Rimusk looked at the soldiers around him and shouted in a low voice. He still wanted to live. There were hundreds of Titus's men surrounding the hill. If Titus were really killed, no one would be able to survive...
"Rimusk, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that his troops will attack us?"
Antonius turned back and smiled.
"Antonius, it's obvious... he is all his people here..."
Rimusk looked left and right at the soldiers under Titus who were approaching step by step.
"Haha... His people? Tie him up..."
Antonius suddenly laughed and pushed Titus towards the soldiers.
"Hey! You... what are you doing..."
Rimusk never expected that Antonius would release Titus to those soldiers at this time.
"Yes, sir."
But what Rimusk didn't expect was that after the soldiers took Titus, they actually saluted Antonius and then tied Titus up...
"Titus's men... are all your people?"
Rimusk screamed in surprise.
"No, they are people from dinars... Whoever is willing to give them more dinars, they are his people...Titus, this idiot, is reluctant to part with the little money in his hands, how can he have loyal troops?"
Antonius smiled contemptuously.
"He said that his home was robbed by Snake Worship Cult people... Are they the people you sent?"
Rimusk looked at Titus who was tied to the ground and asked uneasily.
"Of course not...Titus, this bastard is scrapping the land all day long. He has many enemies. Who knows who did it..."
Antonius doesn't seem to care about Yimeier Village appearing as a 'Snake Worship Cult disciple': "However, since Titus wants to fall out with me, let him become a Ying Xiong... There should be news from my father tomorrow. Then let Titus destroy Wheat Fragrance Territory... and then kill Justus..."
"Has Lord Kairos reached Wheat Fragrance Territory?"
Rimusk asked blankly.
Antonius nodded. "If Wheat Fragrance Territory is destroyed, Li Ang will definitely not give up. He will definitely send out his entire army to attack Bax. And Justus died in White Deer Fortress. Whether Emperor Marius is willing or not, he must avenge Justus... When they are both defeated, we can sweep the mainland..."
"Antonius, you... really plan to use Snake Worship Cult to conquer Pande? But didn't you and your son hate Snake Worship Cult the most before? Moreover, you were harmed like that by Snake Worship Cult two years ago..."
Rimusk frowned and looked at Antonius's vertical pupils.
"Yes... I still hate Snake Worship Cult. I was harmed by Snake Worship Cult. I am neither human nor ghost. I want to destroy Snake Worship Cult more than anyone else! But, Rimusk, I want to live... I must have greater power to have any hope of living..."
Antonius put on the visor again. The dark yellow eyes under the helmet looked extremely scary. "Rimusk, I know you may not trust me. You probably want to neither offend Marius nor offend me... But I can tell you clearly that if you don't want to die in your sleep, you'd better obey my arrangements."
After saying that, Antonius left with 'Titus's men'.
Rimusk remained silent, looking at Antonius's back with obvious confusion in his eyes.
At night, after returning to his camp, Rimusk received a message from Wolwen. The person who came to report the message was the young patrol leader.
"You mean, all my family members were arrested?!"
Rimusk was trembling all over. "Then... where is she?"
"She was also taken away by those Imperial Knights... Everyone identified her as the Snake Worship Cult priestess..."
This young man lowered his head and did not dare to look at Rimusk, because he was the first to identify Rimusk's mistress as a Snake Worship Cult disciple...
"Snake Worship Cult Priestess?!"
Rimusk sat down on the ground slumped. "This is a frame-up... Antonius this snake... Are those Imperial Knights still Wolwen?"
"They have left, but they asked me to bring you a letter..."
The young patrol leader took out a small scroll sealed with fire paint.
The seal on the fire paint is 'Imperial Intelligence Department'.
This is the seal of Alina.
"Intelligence Department? Those Imperial Knights are not actually Antonius's people?!"
Rimusk suddenly became energetic and quickly opened the letter.
"Send the order... let all the family's troops gather..."
He began to quickly gather his cronies.
The next morning.
"... Where is Titus? You idiots! You can't even look down on someone!?"
Antonius is roaring in a small camp with a phoenix flag.
"Antonius... not only Titus...Justus and Rimusk are also missing!"
A tall knight ran over panting.
"What?!"
Antonius's vertical pupils narrowed into slits again. "Gollus, go and pass the order, the whole army retreats... Set fire in the forest before retreating..."
"Set fire?! It's almost summer now. If the entire forest burns..."
Gollus hesitated.
"If we don't set fire, we will be chased by Noldo Elves! Will you go to the rear then?"
Antonius looked at Gollus fiercely.
"I understand... I'll go right away..."
Gollus frowned and walked away. "But, Antonius, this will bring about a big disaster..."
"So what? Didn't you also set fire to Amera Fortress... Hum... If Noldo Elves were not pushed to the edge, how could they go into full-scale war with the empire..."
Antonius looked at the blue scales on his arms.
A few hours later, all Bacchus Army outside White Deer Fortress were evacuated. At the same time, a fire burst into the sky in the forest outside White Deer Fortress, and gray smoke covered the entire sky.
Outside Wheat Fragrance Territory, beside Aier River, Marshal Kairos, with gray beard and hair, raised his head and lifted the helmet visor.
He saw the smoke and dust coming from the east that blocked the sky.
"Sorry... Your Majesty, I have to live...Antonius also has to live..."
Kairos murmured, and then he pulled out his sword and shouted, "Attack! Burn Wheat Fragrance Territory!"
There are also some green scars on his face, like fine snake scales.