Speaking of people who are engaged in research on the history of dragons, Anne knows one. This person is also a member of her organization Pandora's Box, one of the seven witches, Lusti Brewster.

This witch is good at strengthening auxiliary magic, and her usual interest is studying dragons. Although many people in the organization, including Anne, are surprised by her interest. After all, she is not a historian and should not be interested in these things.

Most of the members of Pandora's Box are deviant people. They all studied in the magic academy in the royal capital. In the end, they either violated the rules and were expelled, or they chose to drop out because they were incompatible with the surrounding environment.

In short, no matter what the reason, they should be tired of learning knowledge, but Lusti is the only one who is an outlier. She was originally a top student in the magic academy. Unfortunately, she is a nerd and does not know how to observe people's emotions at all. This is a world full of corruption and

A magic school that is divided into factions and opposed to different factions cannot survive, so she was eventually framed by others and was forced to drop out.

However, she didn't care and continued to go her own way. Fortunately, everyone in Pandora's Box is also a freak, so her behavior is more normal.

Annie left a mark of teleportation magic at the stronghold of Pandora's Box, so she can go back at any time. The situation is urgent and she has to find Lesti quickly.

During the period before Anne obtained useful information, Ophelia and Lilith could do nothing, so they had to patiently guard Emil's body.

But not long after, what was waiting was the sound of the door being pushed open suddenly, and Melissa was seen rushing in with a nervous look on her face.

"What's wrong with you? You're in a panic." Ophelia asked quickly.

"...No, it's not good," Melissa tried to calm down, and then said, "The demons are attacking."

"What?" Ophelia was a little surprised and asked quickly, "Why are there demons here?"

"...Oops, I forgot to tell you," Melissa scratched her head and explained, "Didn't I investigate Teacher Victor's carriage before? The person who died was his servant, and I looked at the body carefully.

, those were obviously the bite marks of some kind of giant beast, but there have never been large beasts near Baifeng Town, so I suspected that it was the demons who did it. After all, Blackpool Town, not far from here, was attacked by demons not long ago.

clan attack.”

"Well, that should be it. What about Teacher Victor?"

"I don't know," Melissa shook her head, and then added, "I guess he must have gone to investigate the demons. After all, with his character, it is impossible to let such a thing go unchecked."

"That's true," Ophelia nodded, "But since the demons are coming to attack Baifeng Town, what are you going to do?"

Melissa fell silent immediately. After all, she was just the deputy leader of the knights who maintained law and order. Dealing with the demons was Leonard's business, and she had no need to get involved in this matter.

"What about you? Will you help?" Melissa asked her.

"Of course, Baifeng Town is my family's past territory and the place where I grew up. I will definitely contribute."

Ophelia wanted to say this, but when she thought of Emil waiting for her to rescue, she was not in the mood to go to the battlefield.

But facing Melissa's expectant eyes, she couldn't help but feel bored.

"Okay, I understand." Melissa saw Ophelia's thoughts, but she would not blame her sister.

After all, from Ophelia's position, she has nothing to do with this town. The person she is serving now is not the ruler of White Peak Town, but Byron, who has nothing except his candidate status.

"Then do you have any idea about rescuing Emil?" Melissa glanced at the sleeping boy.

"Well, there has been some progress," Ophelia nodded, and then said seriously, "Actually, I really want to join the war, but I owe Emil a big favor now. If it weren't for him, I would be

I am the one who took away the soul, so I must find a way to save him at this time."

"That's it. Alas, it's a pity that I can't help." Melissa sighed. After a while, she seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly said to Ophelia, "Well, you can talk to Lord Byron.

, let him recommend me to the battlefield in front of Leonard, as if he were replacing you, what do you think?"

"This..." Ophelia hesitated.

Seeing her like this, Melissa suddenly became a little unhappy.

"Ophelia...sister, don't you think that I am still the same as before and that I am worse than you?"

She was right, Ophelia did think so. When they were learning swordsmanship under Teacher Victor, they had countless sparring sessions, but Melissa failed miserably every time.

Ophelia didn't look down on her, but she felt that the battlefield was very dangerous, and even she couldn't guarantee her survival, let alone Melissa?

Ophelia is actually worried about Melissa's safety.

However, Melissa didn't think so. She just felt that Ophelia underestimated her, but the more this happened, the more she wanted to prove herself.

So, she secretly made up her mind that no matter Ophelia agreed or not, the worst she could do was go find Leonard herself.

Afterwards, Ophelia felt very uncomfortable as she watched Melissa leave with some disappointment.

She knew very well that the reason why Melissa hurriedly came to tell her when she heard the news of the demon attack was because she was very much looking forward to her fighting for Baifeng Town, so as to gain more support from the people in the town.

Prepare for the future revitalization of the family.

Even if she doesn't plan to go to war, Melissa is ready to take her place.

Although they are not biological sisters, Melissa has long regarded Ophelia as a relative, and revitalizing the Taranka family has become their common goal.

In fact, Ophelia could have entrusted Anne with the task of saving Emil, but in this case, she would not have done anything for Emil. This was not the behavior she should have towards her savior at all, and it was also the most disrespectful behavior for a knight.

It was shameful, so there was nothing she could do.

…

At this time, Baifeng Town was in chaos because no one expected that the demons would suddenly attack.

Baifeng Town is indeed heavily guarded, and the defense is also very tight. Everyone who enters the city must be strictly inspected, but they only did not set up scouts, so until the demon army almost arrived near the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city did not

Discover.

For a time, various sirens filled the entire town.

The people were living a carefree life as usual, but as a result of such a commotion, they suddenly became as anxious as ants on a hot pot, fleeing in all directions.

Fortunately, the knights quickly mobilized in full force, and all the knights who were out on missions were recalled to maintain order in the city. This way, a large-scale stampede was avoided.

There was also chaos in the castle on the top of the mountain. Reporters kept rushing into the castle hall, and then reported to Leonard the situation outside the city gate.

But at this time, Leonard had just gotten up in a hurry because he was hungover the day before. He didn't even dress neatly. He was so groggy that he couldn't be in the mood to listen to his subordinates' reports.

So he didn't understand the situation at all. He only knew that the demons were attacking and his leisurely days were over.

"...Okay, okay, there's no need to report. Where is Cornes? Call him over quickly, as well as Zelens and his son. By the way, call over the guys in charge of the noble district. Oh, it's really troublesome.

.”

After Leonard gave these instructions, he sat on the chair anxiously, his legs shaking non-stop.

After a while, most of the people summoned by Leonard came, and even Byron, who had not received the order, rushed over, but his most effective assistant, Cornes Sandra, was the only one missing.

"Eh? Didn't I ask you to call Cornes over?" Leonard asked the subordinate responsible for the summons.

The subordinate also looked very panicked because he had been searching for a long time and still didn't know where Cones was, and when faced with Leonard's questions, he couldn't answer anything.

"You useless guy, throw him to jail." Leonard ordered with a cold face.

The other two subordinates had no choice but to do so. Although these people usually had a good relationship, under Leonard's order, they were unable to protect themselves for fear of angering the unstable city lord.

In this way, in a tense atmosphere, they began to hold a combat meeting, but Leonard showed a lack of interest because without Cornes present, he was not in the mood to participate in the meeting at all.

It didn't take long for everyone to discuss the countermeasures. They all agreed that Zelens and his son Primo should take the lead and lead the entire army to fight against the demons. After all, they are the strongest fighting force in White Peak Town.

, and he is also a Paladin.

Then the nobles were responsible for supplying supplies, while other generals stayed in the city and evacuated the people when necessary.

However, Leonard did not agree with such a countermeasure, but he did not express any objection, but everyone could see that the Lord of the City was in a bad mood, so everyone remained silent after the discussion.

"Have you finished discussing it?" Leonard noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere, "Okay, you all can go down."

Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to leave the hall, but after taking a few steps, Leonard stopped them again.

"Wait a minute, no matter who it is, if you can help me find Cornes, I will reward you heavily."

Only then did they understand why Leonard was in a bad mood, because to him, Cones was more important than everyone else. If Cones was not involved in this battle against the demons, he would definitely be frightened and sleep and eat.

Uneasy.

"Brother, leave this matter to me." At this time, Byron stood up.

"Well, if you complete this task, I can reward you with Blackpool Town."

Leonard readily made the promise, but that was not what he thought in his heart. He had already had murderous intentions towards his younger brother.

He knew that Cornes must be tinkering with his magic somewhere, and he would show up soon, and Byron's mission would be completed by then.

Then he could take this opportunity to send Byron to Blackpool Town as the city lord, and then kill him on the way.
Chapter completed!