The Duke, standing on the watchtower in the city, looked into the distance, could clearly see the continuous red waves.

Looking at the dark red monsters, the sulfur aura floating from afar, the Duke, who had never experienced the battlefield, was shocked and almost fell down after his legs were weak.

Fortunately, the loyal Captain Guards helped His Highness the noble Duke.

Otherwise, the Kingdom of Taya would have to leave a joke that everyone would talk about.

A dignified Duke and the city lord were so scared that his legs were weak when he saw the enemy and fell to death under the watchtower. This was really embarrassing.

Seeing the ugly face of Duke Palmalat, the captain of the guard hurriedly reported: "Sir, seeing that the monsters are not strong, if you only set up the guards and use the city defense force as bait, you will be able to protect the lord from the siege!"

To be honest, this guard captain was also a senior officer drawn from the front-line army in actual combat. He had good eyesight and could see through the strength of those little evil demons at a glance and made plans.

You should know that as a guard who protects the safety of the Duke of Parmalat, the Duke of Parmalat is not stingy at all. He smashes a lot of gold coins, whether it is the strength of the guard members or the equipment, it is the strongest in the Kingdom of Tayya except for the royal guards.

The total number of guard members remains at 300, which doesn't seem to be too many, but they are all high-level knights, and three noble mages are in the formation, and their weapons and armor are also magical suits. It is impossible to pull such a guard out and wipe out these little evil demons, but it is easy to kill a path of blood.

After hearing the captain's report, Duke Palmalat not only did not praise the captain's bravery, but instead pulled his face down, snorted coldly. He didn't say anything, turned around and got down the watchtower.

What a joke, I am a daughter-in-law, how can I rush into the monster like you brave men? If I had any good or bad luck, wouldn’t my great life be ruined by you idiots?

Besides, transfer the city defense army as bait? If the Black Grass City is over, even if your duke escapes, I will probably have to be dismissed from office and lose my title. It would be even more refreshing to jump into the monster group and die!

Compared with the bravery of these guard members, Duke Palmarath could not take risks at all. After all, the defense of Black Grass City looks pretty good. Even if you want to run, it will be arranged properly to minimize the risk. How could you just rush into the ocean of the little evil devil in a daze?

This is the truth that a daughter is not in a dangerous place. As a high-ranking nobleman, Duke Parmalat is a practitioner of this truth.

Not to mention that there are countless monsters surrounded by outside, even if there are only a few hundred monsters, if you want the Duke to leave the city, please wipe out all the monsters outside first. The Duke will rest for a few days. If no monsters appear again, the Duke may leave the city under heavy protection.

Don't laugh, this is the style of the great nobles.

The two noble words of heroism and sacrifice are irrelevant to them, and if possible, their kingdom is to eliminate all dangers.

After leaving the watchtower, Duke Palmalat immediately ordered the accompanying mage to convey the news of the monster siege, and inadvertently revealed that the taxes in Black Grass City this year have not been escorted back to the country.

Well, Duke Parmalat just used a small trick. If it were just news that he was trapped in a siege, I am afraid that the news would reach the royal city, and many people would applaud in secret, and some would even block the army from rescue.

But if the news of taxes is spread, I am afraid that His Majesty the King will be anxious. Duke Parmalat is well aware of the financial situation of the kingdom.

As of now, the taxes in Blackcao City account for almost 30% of the tax revenue of the entire kingdom. If the money cannot be recovered, the kingdom's finances may fall into an embarrassing situation of bankruptcy.

This is not an exaggeration. As the second largest power in the human kingdom, the Tyya King** team is also among the top three in the human kingdoms. The huge number of troops has made the kingdom overwhelmed. Moreover, the industries of major churches are tax-free because the divine power is higher than the royal power. In addition, the tax reduction policy of the aristocratic industries, the degree of burden on the kingdom's finances can be imagined.

After the news came out, Duke Palmalat went straight back to the city lord's mansion, held a grand banquet, and invited nobles, wealthy businessmen, and all kinds of celebrities in the city to have fun.

To be honest, Parmalat's artificiality was quite useful. Seeing the city lord holding a banquet calmly, the panic in the whole city suddenly weakened a lot.

The captain of the guard followed the orders of the Duke and summoned the senior leaders of the city defense army and even the leaders of each caravan to arrange the city defense.

It is said that the troops in the entire Black Grass City were still quite considerable at this time.

Black Grass City was originally a border city, so the number of city defense troops exceeded 3,000. In the major caravans stranded here, there were also a large number of mercenaries, and there were also a total of 2,000.

Besides, the Duke of Parmalat's guard may have three hundred senior knights. Such military forces gather together. In the thoughts of the guard, there is no problem escorting the Duke away.

Unfortunately, the Duke didn't care about his plan, which was a pity.

Under the arrangement of the guard captain, half of the troops were arranged on the towering walls of Black Grass City, and the other half of the troops were stationed in the Tibetan soldiers cave under the city wall. As for the guard, in addition to the one hundred people who protected the Duke, the other two hundred knights were full of maneuvers. Wherever there was danger, these knights would be allocated.

The little evil devils were also determined to kill the enemy when facing the city wall about twenty meters high, but they were unable to do so. After all, although they had a pair of small bat wings, they could only jump to four meters at most, less than half of the city wall. How could they rush up to the city wall?

In desperation, the little evil devils could only surround the Black Grass City, looking at the humans that appeared on the city wall from time to time, licking their tongues greedily, dreaming that they could kill the city wall and divide a piece of delicious flesh and blood.

After a day of surround, there was no movement on or under the city wall. The only movement was that the high-level knights pulled their strong bows from time to time and shot and killed the little evil demons under the city at will, trying to use this method to intimidate the enemy.

But these humans are too unaware of the habits of demons. If they charge head-on, they may be able to kill these little evil demons to death and escape. However, such shooting can only make the little evil demons think that these humans are cowardly in their simple minds. They only dare to hide on the towering city wall and attack without any courage to come down to fight.
Chapter completed!