Love Magic City

As time drew near, the casualties caused by the undead natural disaster became more and more tragic.

Although Eric is an excellent coach, no matter how good a coach is, there are times when he is powerless.

In order to maintain the necessary legion size, the empire must continue to recruit soldiers. At the same time, in order to maintain huge military expenditures, taxes were also forced to increase, and many people went bankrupt as a result.The poor who can't make a living can only choose to join the army in the end. The people who can normally engage in production are getting fewer and fewer. The tax rate of the empire has increased, but the total tax revenue has decreased. The Ossi Empire has been dragged into the quagmire of war by the undead natural disaster.

To make matters worse, Ben Senna's magical army has been shrinking in size.It is normal to reduce personnel in battle, but the problem is that the Osi Empire can no longer send more magicians to fill the vacancies.

Although they have asked other countries for help, these neighboring countries have expressed their willingness to rescue on the surface, but none of them have taken real action. Even better, sending some food over is just a drop in the bucket.They are all waiting, waiting for the Osi Empire to perish, and then they will make a move.

Since ancient times, no empire bordering the space barrier of the Undead Dimension has an age of more than five hundred. They will always be destroyed in the Undead Scourge, and will be occupied by the latecomers to establish a new country, and then perish in the next Undead Scourge.The fate of the empire is like a cogwheel, which keeps going round and round.

In the spring of the third year after Lorraine left, Benzena's army of 10,000 was less than [-], and the ensuing battle left only a little over [-] soldiers.Seventy thousand, which has almost reached the critical point.Over the years, the number of undead has been increasing, ranging from [-] to [-] to as many as [-]+. The tide is generally coming up, and the power that senior magicians can exert in such battles is very limited.

Eric can't remember how many times he asked His Majesty the King for additional troops, but he still couldn't make up for the number of soldiers lost, especially for magicians. Eric suggested that His Majesty seek help from the Magic Guild, but the Magic Guild The answer given was "insufficient manpower". God knows where their manpower has gone!In the end, the empire could only draw teachers and students from the Magic Academy to the battlefield.

In fact, there is still a force in the empire that has never been activated, and that is the power of the great nobles.There are many powerful magicians and warriors among those great nobles' retainers, and all the private soldiers are gathered, which is probably bigger than the army of the empire, and they also have a wealth of supplies.If these people participated in the war, perhaps the situation would not be so embarrassing.

But the question is, will they be willing to release the power in their hands?

Thousands of years of history have taught the nobles to "protect themselves". They will not send troops for the empire. The more critical the autumn is, the less they will waste any resources. They just wait for the natural disaster of the undead to pass and the rise of the new empire, and then become the empire again. Powerful and noble.

Eric knew that Ian had told him this wise way to protect himself many years ago, and Ian also advised him not to get too involved and learn to keep a little.

But Ian can keep it, but he can't because he is a soldier!

The situation became more and more pessimistic, and Eric once again wrote to the imperial capital to ask for reinforcements, although he had no hope for the result.

When the undead army attacked the city again, Eric stood on the city wall and looked at the vast white tide, and those green eyes came to mind again.

If only Lorraine was here...

Can't help but look at the clear sky.Another year passed, and summer arrived as promised, but unfortunately that person was gone.

Eric returned to the mansion, and Harrison ran over with a delicate wooden box.

"General, a letter from the king!"

"Give it to me!"

Eric quickly opened the handbook, hoping to see some good news, but after reading the beginning, he angrily threw the handwriting aside, yelling, "Is that old man crazy?! Such a serious moment actually asks me to go back to the imperial capital Participate in a martial arts competition to recruit relatives?"

Harrison picked up the manuscript in panic, "General, general? This is the king's manuscript, you can't do this..."

"bring here!"

Eric snatched the handbook angrily and continued to read.

The letter required him to return to the imperial capital within ten days to participate in the group arena. The one-on-one elimination system was adopted, and the grand prize was the marriage contract of the princess from the two-dimensional Amethyst Empire.

The first Two-dimensional!Strong element dimension!

Eric's eyes lit up immediately.

The two-dimensional children are born with the strength of junior mages. There are countless magisters, and there are a lot of magic gods. As long as they send a few magic gods to block the gap in the space, they will kill one by one. Come out two to kill one pair, how can there be a natural disaster of the undead, even the undead are gone!

But after the ecstasy, he began to curse again, "Why do you ask me to do this kind of thing! The situation in Ben Senna is so tense, and this kind of shit is going to ask me to go back, isn't it troublesome!"

After several years of experience on the battlefield, he is considered to be very powerful among his peers, but there are others beyond others, and there is a sky beyond the sky.In order to compete for the opportunity to establish a relationship with the second-dimensional, all the elites of the empire will come out, and there are definitely not a few who are stronger than him.

After thinking about it, Eric felt that the king probably saw that the McShane family was weak. If he allowed himself to marry that princess, even with the support of the second-dimensional, it would not be able to grow rapidly in a short period of time.Conversely, if other already powerful families are allowed to marry that princess, then the family is very likely to break away from the control of the empire.

"Hateful politics..."

Eric sighed.He has no interest in that princess at all, his heart was taken away by someone with emerald green eyes a long time ago.

But the king's will was irresistible.

Near the outskirts of the imperial capital, I heard people on the road discussing the princess from the Amethyst Empire and the martial arts competition that was about to kick off.Only then did Eric know that not everyone can sign up for this martial arts competition, and there are many restrictions.

First of all, they must be nobles from the Ossi Empire, under the age of 37, unmarried, with a good appearance, and the fighting method is mainly fighting spirit.

In addition, those who sign up have to have an interview first, and then enter the group arena after passing the interview, a single elimination system, and the person who wins in the end will have to fight against the guards around the princess, and only after winning can marry the princess.And just as Eric expected, if someone can marry the princess, the Amethyst Empire will send troops to help the Osi Empire fight against the natural disaster of the undead.

Eric went to the palace to meet the king. The king praised him for his heroic performance in Ben Senna, and then told him that because he has the golden rider badge recognized by the mainland, he does not need to participate in the preliminary round of the ring, and he should cultivate his energy well. Store your energy for a few days and wait for the rematch.

Eric was speechless.He also wanted to quietly lose and leave the stage in the preliminary round.

When I got home, I saw my friend Ian.

The two embraced, and Eric joked, "Ian, you are always well informed."

"Of course, I've been waiting for you before you received the written order." Patting him on the shoulder, Ian said with a smile, "Eric, you probably don't know that it was the first one who asked you to come back to participate in the competition." Those who are Two-dimensional.”

"what happened?"

"I don't know much about it, but it seems that they have heard about your title of perfect lover, and the rumors that you have guarded Ben Senna for many years, are brave, good at fighting, calm and wise, so they have a strong interest in you, saying that a person like you is worthy of Your Majesty the Princess, so Your Majesty specially summoned you back."

Eric was speechless, "Ian, if it didn't come from you, I would have thought it was a joke."

"How come, I think the rumors they heard are very true." Ian joked.

"Then His Majesty's skull must be broken!" Eric said bluntly, "My family's sword skills can only be used to their fullest power on the battlefield, and they are not suitable for one-on-one at all. End game!"

"Ha, you can go and tell His Majesty that."

"Do you think I'm crazy?"

Eric gave him a blank look.This kind of talk is fine in private, if it spreads out, maybe the second-dimensional person will think that he doesn't take them seriously, and then cancel this marriage, then His Majesty the King will immediately hang him to the city gate Hang!

Eric asked again, "What else do you know about that princess?"

Ian spread his hands, "I don't know too well. That princess is very mysterious. I still don't know her name, let alone her appearance. I heard that she always wears a veil, and she also wears clothes that don't reveal her figure." Robe, I guess it doesn’t look very good-looking. Think about it, the No. Two-dimensional is so powerful, if you want to marry us, just send an ugly princess who is not favored, and they are giving us alms.”

Eric rolled his eyes again, but he had to agree with Ian's statement.

Because of the strong magic elements in the Two-dimensional, the human strength there is much stronger than that in the main dimension.And the space barrier between the two dimensions is very strong, and the natural disaster of the undead has never spread to the Two-dimensional for thousands of years.The other party has absolutely taken the initiative in supporting this matter, even if they send a pig to marry, the Ossi Empire will have to admit it.

Ian thought for a while and asked, "Eric, are you planning to lose the game on purpose?"

Eric said as a matter of course: "Of course, I have to hurry back."

Ian hurriedly said: "Hey, my good brother, it's okay for you to lose the game. I believe there will definitely be stronger opponents than you. But you can't lose as soon as you play. It can't be too obvious , otherwise it will annoy the two-dimensional people."

"Oh, what a hassle!"

According to the laws of the Ossi Empire, if someone in a family has a title, the whole family can be called nobles. In addition, magicians above junior level and warriors above silver are also acquiesced as nobles, so that thousands of people signed up for the competition. After interviews, some crooked melons and bad dates were eliminated, and there were 700 people left.

However, these 700 people went through two rounds of knockout rounds, and there were more than 100 people left in a blink of an eye. Among them, the lowest one had the strength of a golden knight, and the most powerful one was said to be a peak fighter, who was only one step away from becoming a martial artist. With Eric's Strength is not conspicuous among them.

Eric feels that if these people can go to the front line, the Osi Empire may not need the first two-dimensional Austrian aid to win.It is a pity that most of these strong men belong to major families. For these families, the safety of the empire is not important, what is important is whether their own family can continue.

The game attracted countless people to watch.The Osi Empire seldom held such contests. Ordinary people were very curious about the battles between masters, and the major families also hoped to use this stage to see the strength of other forces.

The princess from the Two-dimensional was sitting in the box of the auditorium, never showing her true colors.Eric glanced at the back from a distance, and it seemed to be a slender and tall woman. As for her appearance, she was really uncertain.

Eric's strength is above average among all the players. He didn't meet any strong opponents in the first few games, and he passed all the way, but he easily entered the top [-].Others thought that Eric was very lucky, but he felt that he was extremely unlucky.

However, when he advanced to the top 25, he finally got his wish and met a more promising opponent, a man of the same level as him.

The opponent's sword was slender and slender than ordinary long swords, bursting out with a blue grudge. He was a wind-type warrior whose strengths were swiftness and agility.On the other hand, Eric's grudge is of the earth type, focusing on strength and defense, and his sword is slightly fierce and steady, which is completely opposite to the wind type.

Eric was overjoyed. After fighting the man for a few rounds, he pretended that the opponent was too fast and he couldn't catch it, and gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Look at the table.

The young man standing beside the masked princess said softly, "Your Highness, Lord McShane doesn't seem to be paying much attention."

The princess narrowed her green eyes slightly, and snorted resentfully.

Eric on the field was swept back by the opponent's sword wind and backed up again and again. He looked a little embarrassed, with one foot already on the edge of the ring. According to the rules of the game, if the contestant landed outside the ring, he would be considered a loser.

Overjoyed, his opponent strode forward to force him off the ring.

In fact, Eric also planned to just fall off the ring and admit defeat, but just as he pretended to step back and stepped out with one foot, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

asshole!

Lorraine's voice!

With the familiar voice and the familiar tone, Eric almost thought he was hallucinating, but the words were so clear that they were not in the ear, but pierced into the mind like a needle.

Spiritual magic!This is spiritual magic!

He looked towards the auditorium in shock, and saw a white figure standing in the box of the two-dimensional princess. From a distance, under the bright sunshine of early summer, Eric saw a touch of ice green!

Lorraine?

How could it be him?

Without time to think about it, Eric hurriedly avoided the opponent's attack, but at this time he hesitated whether to take the initiative to lose the game.

What is the relationship between Lorraine and that princess?

Could it be that the too-young magister is from the first Two-dimensional?

With his heart racing, Eric, who was about to fall off the ring with one foot, turned around violently, forcibly moved his center of gravity to the side, narrowly avoiding the opponent's attack, and at the same time stood sideways on the edge of the ring.

He decided to win this game first, and there are so many strong players behind him. If he just misjudged and thought too much, then it's okay to lose again at that time!

Eric's holding hands before made the opponent careless. Seeing the man rushing forward to attack recklessly, Eric did not evade. A sweeping move came first, and the heavy sword pierced through the air and hit the opponent's ribs hard. .

The man screamed, his body drew a parabola in the air, and landed outside the court with a bang.The audience only saw that Eric suddenly became extremely brave, and immediately cheered.

Eric didn't want to enjoy the victory, and turned his eyes to the spectator seats, only to see that the white figure had turned and left.

After thinking for a while, he left the field without saying a word.

At night, a dark shadow sneaked into the mansion where the princess of the Amethyst Empire lived.

He asked the princess's room from the guard who was restrained by him, and then knocked the other party unconscious and threw him into the corner.Eric deftly avoided the eyes and ears of the patrolling guards, and came to the balcony of the princess' room like a ghost.

The lights in the room were on, and he looked around, climbing up the reliefs on the wall.

He carefully turned into the balcony, hid in the corner and looked in. There seemed to be no one in the room. After thinking about it, Eric decided to enter the room first to avoid being discovered by the patrolling guards.Unexpectedly, he had just entered the room, and before he found a hiding place, the opposite door opened.

The man with only a bath towel tied around his waist pushed the door out, wiping his wet hair with the towel, with a faint blush on his face, obviously just out of the shower.

Eric froze, looking at the almost naked white body of the other party without blinking.

The man was stunned for a moment, then suddenly dropped the towel and rushed over, grabbed Eric's skirt, and growled viciously, "You big bastard! How dare you appear in front of me!"

"Uh...that..."

"How dare you premeditate to lose the game? Don't want to marry me? You liar, I'm going to castrate you today!"

"Ah?" Eric finally came back to his senses, hugged the furious man and hurriedly explained, "Honey, calm down! I, I didn't know that the princess was you!"

The green eyes that are almost bursting out of fire are so beautiful and familiar, the red lips that are slightly pursed because of anger are as charming as before, and the slender and fair body can smell the faint fragrance when you hold it in your arms, isn't it him? Who else would Lorraine be?As expected, he was not mistaken, the green that he saw in the auditorium was really the little emerald he had been thinking about day and night!

Eric hurriedly gave the angry lover a long-lost reunion kiss, feeling that the other's body was gradually softening in his arms, and then explained, "Dear Lorraine, if you told me earlier that you are a princess, I would哪敢输掉比赛？我当然要将那些敢和我抢老婆的人都揍扁，将我的公主殿下风风光光的娶回家啊！」

"Hmph, that sounds nice. You clearly said that because I'm a man, you can't make any promises to me!"

"Honey, this is more evidence of my sincerity towards you! I will never apply to you what I used to others, but to be honest, I have thought a lot during the three years of separation. Carrying the responsibility of shining on the family and carrying on the family line, but in the face of the threat of natural disasters from the undead, isn't it more important to be able to grasp every minute and every second of time with your lover in a limited life? I regret letting you go at that time .”

"Huh, you still have a conscience!" Lorraine wrinkled her nose and said, but seeing him cuddling intimately in Eric's arms, she was no longer angry.

Eric asked in puzzlement, "Honey, how could you be a 'princess'?"

"Hmph, big idiot!" Lorraine looked contemptuous, "Let me tell you, the first two-dimensional creatures are gender-neutral. In your words, the first two-dimensional creatures are all hermaphrodites, and so are human beings. But the appearance of humans is similar to your males.”

"Really? Then why didn't you say it before, and made me worry for so long?" Eric was a little dissatisfied, rubbing his lover's head.

Lorraine said eloquently: "If I told you, wouldn't I have to say that I am from the second-dimensional? At that time, I came to the main dimension to experience, and according to the regulations, I can't reveal my true identity casually!"

Another reason why he didn't confess his identity was actually that although he could understand Eric's position, Lorraine still felt a little unbalanced when he put the secular vision and the responsibility of inheriting the family more than himself. , and deliberately punished him a little.

While Eric was digesting these sudden "surprises", Lorraine bit his lips and said threateningly: "Big villain, I'll tell you one more thing, I'm a magician now, and I will never I was bullied by you. You have to do whatever I want you to do in the future, do you hear me?"

Knowing that Lorraine is a human being from the Two-dimensional, Eric finally understood why he was so blessed. After hearing the other party's declaration, he laughed and said, "Okay, my mage, please give me your instructions."

"Hmph, this is more or less..." Lorraine blushed slightly, slowly unbuttoned Eric's clothes, exhaled Ruolan, "I order you now, tonight, you are responsible for satisfying my Highness..."

"Happy to serve you, my...Little Jadeite!"

The catastrophic longing turned into a strong passion at this moment. After the sweet water and milk blended, Lorraine was like a kitten eating abalone, lying lazily in Eric's arms, stroking the man's chest again and again. Scar, remembering how he threatened the other party three years ago, couldn't help laughing.

Eric pinched his lover's cherry red nipples and joked, "What are you laughing at, my little glutton."

Lorraine patted the man's mischievous hand away, stared and said, "You are not allowed to bully me again! If you bully me again, I will burn your hair off!"

Eric smiled wryly, kissed his forehead, and scolded, "Little villain."

"Hmph, remember what you promised me just now, from now on I will let you go east, but you will not be allowed to go west."

"Yes, Master Mage."

"Then starting from tomorrow, you have to compete seriously, and you are not allowed to lose. If you lose, I won't bring someone to help you fight the skeleton."

"If you don't tell me, I will be serious." Eric said seriously, "How can my princess let someone else marry her! But, my mage, how could you come up with such a method of recruiting relatives by martial arts? Why don't you just tell the king that you want to marry me?"

Lorraine said confidently: "I am Nada—according to your words, I am the father. He said that you don't know how to cherish what is too easy to get, so I have to let you go through a little bit of twists and turns!"

"Honey, the twists and turns you call are not the luck of the previous games?" Eric teased.At first, I didn't think there was anything, luck, anyone would have it, but now I think it might be that Lorraine did something for him.

Lorraine raised his eyebrows, "Of course not! Although I can do it, it's not good for you. If you win too easily, you won't be able to pass the last round against my guards."

It was only then that Eric remembered that there was also a competition with the guards.

Well, since Lorraine isn't cheating on him, it looks like he's going to have to work hard.Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle, so Eric asked cheekily: "Honey, what is the strength of your bodyguard?"

"I don't know." Lorraine spread his hands, "My bodyguard is an eighth-level warrior. I don't know what the eighth-level corresponds to your title, but the fighting power of an eighth-level warrior is similar to that of a seventh-level magician."

The seventh-level two-dimensional magician is equivalent to the master of the main dimension.A magician who has cultivated to the realm of the Dharma Saint can instantly cast magic below level [-] silently, which is not inferior to warriors in melee combat.And warriors have the ability to attack from a distance only after they have cultivated to the god of war, so it is generally believed that the fighting power of the god of war is equivalent to that of the magic saint.In other words, Lorraine's guard is a warrior?

Eric just barely cried.

"My little Jade, didn't you say that you are unpopular at home? You have been sent out to marry, why do you bring such a powerful guard!"

Lorraine immediately stared, "Who told you I'm not welcome at home?!"

"Didn't you say that everyone in your family has purple eyes, but you have green eyes, so..."

"You like to guess!" Lorraine rolled his eyes at him, "I'm the most favored child in the family! Otherwise, how do you think I can come to the main dimension? There are more magic gods in the second-dimensional than the main dimension, but that's just Relatively speaking, the main reason is that the two-dimensional magic element is very strong, and everyone can easily possess the strength of a magister, but to break through to the realm of a law god, you have to face the test of demons, which is more powerful than your main dimension. A magician has to go through ups and downs to become a god of magic, but it is much more dangerous. I, Nada, just didn’t want me to have any accidents, so I went to the main dimension to experience... All in all, I am the most favored child in the family!"

"Then what about the eyes..."

"The reason why our empire is called the Amethyst Empire is because most of our royal family members have purple eyes, and only direct descendants with purple eyes can practice the secret skills passed down by the family." Lorraine wrinkled her nose unhappily, " Hmph! But even so, I am still the magical genius of our family, and I, Nada, still dote on me very much!"

Eric didn't expect this to be the reason, and he couldn't laugh or cry after knowing the truth!

"Oh, well, I really don't understand your two-dimensional at all."

"You people in the main dimension don't know us well, otherwise why would there be so many people coming to the ring? The second-dimensional is not the princess you think! So I, Nada, specially arranged an eighth-level guard for me. If it is you If someone outside wins the game, or you change your mind, let the eighth-level guards kill you!"

Lorraine was obviously very satisfied with this arrangement, Eric could only smile helplessly.

"It's such an ugly smile, what are you doing, you don't want to marry me?" Lorraine glared.

Eric hurriedly said: "Of course not! For my beautiful little Jade, even if I risk my life, I will win this competition! I swear to the Lord God!"

"It's almost there."

Compared with Lorraine's joy, Eric was a little sad.There are so many strong people in this competition, and it is almost impossible for him, a golden knight, to defeat a strong man who is only one step away from Wu Sheng.In normal times, he would be very willing to challenge such a strong man, but it would be too dangerous at the moment when his lifelong happiness was at stake.

But he couldn't concentrate on this matter anymore, because his little greedy cat had already ridden on him, blushing and giving an order, "Hey, tonight's portion is not over yet!"

Eric pinched his lover's nose and said with a smile: "Well, if they know that the princess they have worked so hard to fight for has been eaten up... Haha... Oops!"

Lorraine slapped him hard on the chest, and cursed: "Big villain, tell you, if you can't satisfy my highness in the future, I will burn you down with a fireball!"

"Okay, Your Royal Highness, I made a small mistake. I will definitely fight harder and harder in the future, and pay the public rations on a regular basis."

"That's about the same!"

Eric couldn't help sighing, how could he be deceived by Little Jade's shy and innocent appearance back then, he was clearly a domineering and greedy wolf in sheep's clothing!