It can be seen that the city lord has not been idle these two days.

Lorraine nodded with satisfaction. For local officials like the city lord, they are not required to rush to the front line personally when danger approaches, but they cannot stay in the office as commanders.

He looked solemn and said: "Take us to see the injured people first."

"Yes," City Lord Rutherford nodded and said respectfully, "Masters, please come with me."

When turning around to lead the way, City Lord Rutherford wiped the sweat from his head and secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, after receiving the news that reinforcements were coming, he immediately arranged for his wife to help the refugees. Sure enough, he did the right thing.

The refugees who lost their homes were collectively resettled in the city lord's palace, caves and military camps. The arrival of Hilmeria and Catherine lifted the spirits of the people of Edin Island who were originally filled with pessimism.

However, it would take a long time to visit tens of thousands of refugees. Lorraine accompanied them and showed up, then took Lord Rutherford away and asked about the current military situation.

Lord Rutherford led Lorraine to the top of the mountain. From here, she had a panoramic view of the entire island. Lorraine discovered that almost no place on Edin Island was not burning.

Lord Rutherford said in a serious tone: "Three days ago, the Lich first attacked the port and completely destroyed it. I led the defenders to surround the port. After several in-depth explorations, I found nothing, and I also lost a lot of soldiers.

I originally thought that the Lich had been surrounded, but I didn't expect that he suddenly appeared in the east that night and burned down the main residential area there.

After that, this guy kept running around, looking incompetent. We followed him, but we couldn't catch him.

But our soldiers suffered more than 2,000 casualties under his hands. Now the soldiers have become fearful."

Lorraine waved his hand and said: "It's strange that you can catch him. Where is that guy now?"

City Lord Rutherford shook his head and said helplessly: "I don't know, the last time we found him was in the port area."

"Protect His Majesty and His Highnesses," Lorraine patted Lord Rutherford on the shoulder and said, "They just lose a hair. You know the consequences without me telling you."

Rutherford shuddered and woke up from the dream of commendations, awards, and promotions.

The arrival of these girls is an honor for him and the people of Edin Island, but it is also more troublesome.

Regardless of which one of them, if he gets into even the slightest trouble, he, a little city lord, will be left in a miserable state.

The island is currently in chaos. Not to mention the damn lich, the tens of thousands of refugees who have lost their homes are a huge source of instability. If someone collides with them...

City Lord Rutherford moved his feet, wishing he could fly back quickly and personally see that the girls were safe.

Lorraine couldn't be distracted. The guards brought by Hilmeria and Catherine only had a few people. The city lord in front of him obviously didn't understand the importance, so Lorraine had to clarify it with him.

"Okay, I'll go down and take a look." Lorraine said calmly: "Go and do your job."

Rutherford said blankly: "Are you alone?"

Lorraine sneered, took the shotgun from Vera, put it on her shoulder and walked down.

Only then did City Lord Rutherford remember that the man in front of him was a ruthless man who had fought with the High Priest of the Undead, and he was really a lich.

Lorraine and Vera walked down the mountain road, preparing to head to the port. At the gate of the city's main palace halfway up the mountain, several paladins who had followed Hilmeria stood at the door, waiting for Lorraine's arrival. They were all Hill

Melia's Guard.

"Your Majesty," the leading paladin raised his head and saluted with a military salute, "Your Majesty ordered us to assist you, Your Majesty."

Lorraine looked them up and down, shook his head and said, "No need, I'd better go back and protect your Majesty."

"But..." The paladin looked confused and said, "This is your Majesty's order."

Then he glanced at Vera next to Lorraine. A pretty little girl could go there, let alone these big and round men.

The Paladin said: "It is our Paladin's duty to deal with dark creatures."

"Can you fly?" Lorraine glanced at them and asked.

Several paladins shook their heads at the same time.

"Can you withstand a direct attack from the Lich?"

Several people shook their heads again.

Lorraine waved his hand and said: "Then go back, it is your duty to protect His Majesty."

"But……"

"Come on, hurry up, if you keep nagging me, I will ask your Majesty to transfer you to preach among the barbarians."

Lorraine left these people behind and walked straight down the mountain.

A paladin asked secretly: "What should we do? Should we go or not?"

The leading paladin waved his hands helplessly and said: "Go back, even our Majesty listens to him, your Majesty will understand if we can refuse to listen."

Judging from the way this lich wreaked havoc on Edin Island, this guy hiding in the dark likes to fight guerrilla warfare and never fights hard or holds back.

Lorraine herself and Vera can escape very easily, and they can run away even if they can't be beaten.

But with these paladins, the flexibility of movement is limited. Moreover, against the lich, these guys are of limited use.

As they gradually approached the port, Vera pouted her mouth and wrinkled her nose. The smell coming from the direction of the port was unpleasant and pungent.

The smell of burning fireworks was mixed with a choking rancid smell, and there was also the pungent chemical smell that Lorraine often experienced when passing by the chemical factory in her hometown.

The mixed smell was indescribably weird and unbearable. Just the smell blowing down the wind made Lorraine's stomach churn, not to mention Vera's sensitive sense of smell.

The closer we got to the port area, the more uncomfortable it became. A layer of gray gauze-like smoke appeared around Lorraine. These floating gases were like toxic gases leaking from chemical plants.

Lorraine felt that his eyes were slightly painful from the stimulation. He didn't need anyone to defend him at all. Just relying on these gases, he could completely block the soldiers' attack.

Vera covered her nose with her little hand and said angrily: "Master~!"

Lorraine knocked on Vera's forehead angrily, took out the handkerchief from her pocket and wrapped it around Vera's face.

The port area was shrouded in a black-gray fog. This fog was like the smoke produced by burning, or like the poisonous gas rising from the putrid swamp. It was half-substantial and suspended in the air.

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Chapter completed!