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After some discussion, the nobles reached a consensus to jointly deal with Simon's guard.

However, they did not have the courage to fight this time. After all, they had just finished a war with the orcs, and they were all injured and needed time to recuperate.

They just hoped to deter Simon from plundering the north again.

Marquis Val also thought so. He suffered the greatest loss and was seriously injured in the previous orcs' invasion of the south.

In addition, he no longer had the blood transfusion of the Holy Church of Middle-earth, so he naturally did not want to start a war easily.

Seven or eight days later.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the noble coalition army arrived outside the Flower Vine Castle.

Marquis Val and others gathered the troops of several earls and nobles, with a total of more than 23,000 soldiers.

In addition, they had more than 20,000 conscripted militiamen to undertake logistics and other tasks.

Adding up to more than 40,000 people, it looked very powerful and crowded.

"My Lord Marquis, there are guards from the Horren family in the Flower Vine Castle. The number is unknown, but it is estimated to be at least two thousand."

A knight in heavy scale armor reported to Val Bavarik.

"Surround the north gate and the west gate, open the south gate, build engineering equipment, and launch the attack at ten o'clock tomorrow.

In addition, send out scouts to scout the surrounding movements, and investigate fifty miles away."

Marquis Val pondered for a moment and ordered.

"Yes! My Lord!" The scale armor knight responded and left.

After a while, a griffin suddenly took off from the Flower Vine Castle and flew westward with a knight on board.

This phenomenon naturally alarmed the noble coalition army, and the knights of each family went to report to their own lords.

Marquis Val naturally learned of the news soon and said to himself: "Simon is probably not far from here..."

A faint worry lingered in his heart, which made him a little uneasy.

However, the soldiers outside the tent were still working hard, cutting trees in the nearby forest like ants, and then transporting them back to make various equipment.

Apparently, Marquis Val also had relatively skilled craftsmen under his command, who knew how to make various siege weapons.

Night fell unknowingly.

Simon had also arrived at Carrot Castle, and the East Guard Corps and the North Guard Corps had also arrived.

Adding more than 20,000 conscripted militiamen, the total force was over 50,000.

"Report! Lord Earl, the Griffin Knights in Flower Vine Castle have sent news that the coalition led by Marquis Val has surrounded Flower Vine Castle.

They are making siege weapons and are about to attack the castle!" A messenger from the Courage Guard reported outside the big tent.

"Hehe, there are hundreds of royal family members, no wonder he is the most promising.

He is really courageous. He just finished a battle with the orcs, and now he dares to fight me." Simon shook his head and sighed.

"Order! March to Flower Vine Castle tomorrow morning!" He thought for a moment and then ordered.

"Yes!" The herald immediately went to each department to convey the order.

After the army buried the pots and cooked, the night gradually deepened, and the soldiers crawled into the simple tents that had been set up to rest.

Of course, there were enough night watchmen.

When the moon passed the zenith, there was a sudden commotion at the edge of the camp, but it was quickly quelled.

When dawn broke, the officers got up early and urged the soldiers to move.

Simon also woke up naturally, put on his helmet, walked out of the tent and looked around.

"My Lord Earl, there were vampires harassing the camp last night, but we were prepared and solved them all.

A total of nine vampires were killed, two of which were suspected to be vampire viscounts, and one who looked like a vampire count escaped."

At this time, the senior wizard Deli walked over, bowed elegantly, and reported.

"Well, you did a good job.

These vampires are indeed the lackeys of Marquis Val, so despicable.

I wonder if he is still human..." Simon said with a playful smile.

"We have already hung a lot of garlic at the edge of the camp, and vampires are not a threat." Deli also agreed with a smile.

"Strengthen the security at night these few days, go." Simon nodded and ordered.

"Yes!" Deli responded, bowed, and then left.

"We can't let the Marquis take it too easy... Gallente, call the griffin knights!"

Simon thought about it, smiled slightly, and shouted.

"Yes!" Gallente, the captain of the guards who was waiting not far away, responded immediately and hurried away.

After a while, two heavily armored knights followed him.

"Greetings, Lord Earl!" After walking not far from Simon, the two of them immediately knelt on one knee and saluted to greet him.

"You go ahead and bring more fire pots to warm up the Marquis.

Fly higher and don't get hurt." Simon said with a faint smile.

"Yes! Sir! Please rest assured, we will keep the Marquis warm from head to toe!" The two griffin knights immediately promised solemnly.

"If you detect their grain transport team, don't let it go, go." Simon asked again.

"Yes!" The two griffin knights saluted again and got up and left.

Soon, they rode on griffins and took off. Each of them brought 20 fire pots in a special saddlebag.

Each griffin knight was carefully selected by Simon and replaced several times.

In addition to the strength of bronze knights, they are also intermediate mages who have learned convenient magic such as fire extinguishing and sparking.

There must be a good magician around Marquis Val. Even if this fire pot is thrown into the central army tent, it is estimated that it will not have much effect.

But if it is thrown to another place, the wizard will not have time to take care of it.

Mages of medium or higher level are rare in the Eagle Kingdom, and high level ones are even rarer. Many earls cannot recruit them.

As for barons and viscounts, even if they are recruited, they are basically just entry-level mages, used for daily poison testing, and they are not very useful.

Simon has the golden finger of the panel, so it is much easier to train a mage, so he has created a considerable mage group.

Looking at the entire Eagle Kingdom, it is estimated that it is only below the three major mage groups.

The three major groups are the Winterhold Mage College, the Royal Mage Group, and the Hand of Nature Mage Association.

These three have a long history and are all led by gray robes and above. Simon cannot compare with them at the moment.

After all, his development time is a bit short. After a while, it is estimated that a gray robe mage will be born.

When it was light, the soldiers extinguished the bonfire and cooking smoke, counted their equipment, and then set off according to orders.

Because the order to march was urgent, they didn't make much hot food, just some hot water mixed with yellow bread and butter for a meal.

The soldiers probably only had this to eat for the whole day, and they wouldn't set up camp or light a fire.

Although Simon and the Brave Guards had the advantage of war horses, they didn't leave the army and set off alone.

It was mainly because Prince Ferdie set an example for him, so he didn't dare to rush in lightly.