The time comes for the next day.

Because he slept too late yesterday, Emil felt groggy early in the morning, but he could not continue to rest.

In order to prevent the demons from suddenly attacking, he, the candidate for city leader, must always pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.

Of course, he didn't consider himself a candidate for city lord. This nickname was given to him by Sion.

Thain was very enthusiastic about this matter, and Emil naturally knew the reason for it. However, the more Thain acted like this, the more troubled he felt, but there was nothing he could do about it.

At this time, Sion was pulling him towards the city gate.

"Sion, slow down a little, Lidia is not in a hurry."

"You, how long have you been and are you still nervous? The people and nobles are watching. If they find out that you are not as diligent as Lidia, they will definitely not support you."

"Isn't that better? Lidia has been taking care of us, so it doesn't hurt to let her be the city lord, not to mention she is indeed more capable than me."

"Tsk, these are two different things," said Sean impatiently. "We will naturally find ways to repay her care for us, but this is fair competition. You must seize this opportunity. Don't forget that we are

Why stay here."

"..."

Emil had nothing to say and could only let Sion pull him to the city gate.

A few minutes later, they finally arrived. After several hours of hard work last night, the city gate had been built. It was an arch five meters wide and ten meters high as before.

In order to facilitate observation of the battlefield situation, a small section of the wall where the city gate is located has been built to a height of forty meters, while other areas have only been built to a height of less than one meter. It is estimated that it will take at least a month to fully restore it.

Emil couldn't help but wonder, does this really make sense? You know, the explosion caused by the death of the monster yesterday destroyed the entire city wall in an instant. What if the demons send out the same monster again next time?

Woolen cloth?

Therefore, this city wall is completely in name only to make the uninformed people feel at ease.

Emir understands the current situation very well. If they don't figure out how to completely eradicate the demons, it will be useless no matter how many times they build the city wall.

After the confrontation in the library last night, Emil understood one thing. The huge monster was not the commander. The real demon commander had not yet appeared.

At this time, Emil followed the temporary stairs to the top of the city gate, and found that Lydia was also here.

"Good morning, Emil." Lidia turned around and smiled slightly.

"Haha, you're here so early."

"Well, after all, those people are looking at me. Even if I don't want to be the city lord, I still have to fulfill my duties as a knight."

Emil was in a complicated mood. Listening to what Lidia meant, he was determined to make him the city lord.

He looked at the battlefield outside the city and found that a huge crater had appeared in the center due to the explosion of the monster. The entire battlefield that was originally flat was sunken.

Maybe groundwater seeped in and accumulated some water there.

"Emil, let me ask you, do you really not want to be the city lord?" After a moment of silence, Lidia suddenly spoke.

"I... forget it, I don't want to hide anything from you," Emil pondered for a moment and said, "After so many days of getting along with each other, you may think that my mind is very flexible, but to tell you the truth, this

It's all appearances. If it were just me, I could indeed easily come up with some ways to escape. Even if I failed, I would be the only one who would die. But if I have the life and death of the entire town on my shoulders, then I can't guarantee to satisfy them.

I have no expectations, or in other words, I cannot bear the consequences of failure.”

After hearing this, Lidia felt quite complicated. She wanted to comfort Emil and remind him that he was not as weak as she thought, but the problem now was obviously not this. She could not guarantee that Emil would be the same in the next battle.

can survive.

Emil must be aware of this, so he has such concerns. Since his own safety is difficult to guarantee, how can he protect the people in the entire town?

However, at this time, Sion also climbed up and happened to hear Emil's words.

He felt very uncomfortable. At first, he just felt that Emil was too inferior, so he didn't know how to take credit after saving the town. But now it seems that he himself was wrong and instead blamed Emil in his heart.

When he thought about this, he felt ashamed to see his best friend, so he quietly went down the stairs.

At this time, Emil and Lydia were observing the battlefield. They must come up with countermeasures as soon as possible to deal with the next attack of the demons.

Lidia is naturally not as flexible as Emil. She is standing here purely to reassure the people.

After an unknown amount of time, Emil came back to his senses from his long thinking. He did think of a way, but he still had to ask Lidia for her opinion.

"Right now, the city wall won't be built for a while, but it has to stop the demon attack, so I'm thinking about whether I can use the big hole in the middle of the battlefield."

Lydia agreed with him. The people were beginning to feel complacent when they saw that they had built a small section of the city wall in a few hours. But in fact, even if they completely restored the city wall, they would not be able to last long.

It is indeed not a bad thing for the people to feel at ease, but for a sensible person like her, she has to be aware that the current situation is still very serious.

"Oh? What do you want to do?"

Emil paused and replied, "I want to...fill the pit with water to form a lake to block the monsters. Do you think it is feasible?"

"Well... But in that case, the knights can't go to the battlefield," Lidia thought for a moment and said, but she immediately understood her problem, "Oh, in this case, the knights only need to guard the city gate.

enough."

"Well," Emil nodded and continued, "We can mainly use long-range attacks, and this can be left to Margaret. With her ability, it is a piece of cake. As for the monsters attacking from other places,

, don’t you see that the city wall has been built more than one meter high? You can arrange all the soldiers to hide at the foot of the city wall. Once you find a monster wading over, let them deal with it. If that doesn’t work, let the knights assist. Although they only have six

People, but as a mobile team, it is no problem to assist the soldiers at any time."

"...Well, very good. This method is much better than what my brother thought. He only knows how to build city walls."

"Haha, this is understandable. After all, he fainted at the time and did not see the scene when the monster exploded."

"That's right," Lidia nodded. "If the battlefield turns into a lake, monsters of that size won't be able to come over easily. The only ones who can wade through the water will be some miscellaneous soldiers."

Emil received Lidia's affirmation and finally let go of the stone in his heart. However, the top priority was how to implement this tactic.

It is not easy to fill such a big pit with water. However, Lidia seemed to understand his concerns, but she was not troubled. Instead, she showed a mysterious smile.

"Hmph, leave this matter to me, I will solve it."

"Oh? What are you going to do?"

"I won't tell you yet, but you will know when the time comes, and I have an important task to entrust you with."

"...Okay," Emil had become accustomed to her way of doing things, so he stopped asking, "What is the mission you are talking about?"

"It's like this, you see there are only six knights left in the Knights... Oh, there are eight including me and my brother. In short, except for our brothers and sisters, none of the six knights have suitable weapons, so I...

"

Emil understood without continuing to listen, so he said.

"Well, I understand. I will forge six weapons as soon as possible."

"Very good... By the way, please wait a moment."

Lidia patted him on the shoulder, then walked to the edge of the city wall and waved to the people building the city wall around her.

"Everyone, please stop for a moment and listen to what I have to say, okay?"

When the people heard the shouts of the acting city lord, they all stopped what they were doing. Some of them were servants of noble families, and now they were sent to help. Of course, their main task was to secretly observe Lydia and Egypt.

Mir's performance.

"Look carefully, this young man named Emil is a senior blacksmith. He will create weapons for the Knights, so that they can better fight the enemy on the battlefield. With this guarantee, we will definitely

Whoever defeats the demons, you must remember his merits, do you understand?"

After hearing what she said, the people were silent for a while, and then when someone agreed, the rest of the people also responded.

Lidia intended to increase Emil's popularity, but Emil was not happy at all.

He really didn't expect that the achievement he wanted would lead to this result. If he had known it would happen, he might as well have stayed at home.

However, when he thought about his home, he became even more depressed, because it was likely that the place had been poisoned by the demons, but he could not go back immediately.

…

Forest outside Blackpool town.

More than a thousand meters away from the town, there is a low-lying area surrounded by two hills, where the demon clan's lair is located.

Because of the existence of demons, this place looks eerie and terrifying. There are no traces of ordinary animal life in the entire area. There is only a heart-wrenching silence, and a large amount of black miasma floating out from the forest.

Unexpectedly, there were no monsters stationed here, only a strange building standing in the forest.

The entire building is roughly square in shape, more than five meters high and three meters wide. It is more like a tomb than a house.

Suddenly, a figure hurriedly walked through the woods. It was Allison who failed to complete the task.

He returned to the lair successfully.

Allison stood in front of the building and put his hand on the stone door. Then, he heard a rumble and the stone door gradually opened, and he rushed in without hesitation.

As soon as he entered, the stone door closed with a "bang", and the inside suddenly became pitch black, and he could not see his fingers.

He was not worried, but strode forward. As he went deeper, the light source on the wall next to him suddenly lit up. It was not a torch, but something like a stone lantern, emitting a faint yellow light.

.

After entering the building, there is a staircase that slowly goes down, which is quite spacious.

After more than ten minutes of walking, Allison finally reached the bottom.
To be continued...