The acting Archduke Ferdinand had also returned to Milan at this time. He indeed failed to capture Novara, but it could not be said to have experienced a major defeat. After all, he only brought less than 2,000 people with him.

There were only less than a hundred casualties in total, if you don't count those from the Xibo family.

He did intend to consume the Sibo family, but he did not intend to send Caligula to his death.

Who would have known that Bayar, the perfect knight of France, would appear in the city of Novara instead of accompanying the King of France?

If the True Chosen Pope is recognized as the most powerful person in Europe, then Bayar is undoubtedly the number one warrior.

There are even rumors that he has reached the peak of "protecting the country" and is about to enter the legend and understand the power of rules.

Although the acting Grand Duke Ferdinand had a broad mind, he also admitted that Bayar's strength should be higher than that of Frundsberg.

But the acting Grand Duke still has the arrogance common to spell casters. Like all mages and warlocks, he believes that magic is the most powerful force in the world. No matter how powerful magic is, it cannot be compared with magic. But this time, he has seen it with his own eyes.

Awesome.

The Duke of Bourbon was defeated but not in chaos. Although he could not stop the Venetians from scattering impatiently, the French army retreated in an orderly manner.

Moreover, he believed that Novara could be used as an advance base for his comeback, and he would definitely be attacked by the opponent. He left the perfect knight Bayar and the "Township" Duke of Guise in Novara, who had just arrived from France.

Little Novara has deployed France's two top players.

He himself and the Marquis of Lautko went to Savoy to reorganize the army.

Bayard was originally sent by Francois I to launch a decisive blow.

Half a month ago on the battlefield in the Netherlands, Emperor Charles V conducted a beautiful tactical retreat. Although the French army captured Picardy, after delaying the 40,000 French troops for long enough, the Habsburgs were at a numerical disadvantage.

The army successfully escaped the French pursuit and retreated into Valenciennes, continuing to interfere with the French army's entry into the core area of ​​the Netherlands.

Seeing that Brussels was still far away, King François I of France considered that it would be difficult to start a decisive battle in his own direction, so it was enough to have Tanshur and his son by his side as a "national leader".

The most powerful Bayard was used to replace Count Montmorency, who had just been promoted to "Protector" in Italy, and sent the most powerful ace on the battlefield to where it could be put to use.

When Bayard arrived, the French army had already begun to retreat.

Although the situation was far from the expected good situation, Knight Bayard still took the initiative to ask the Duke of Bourbon to fight in the most dangerous place. Although Bayard himself was only a knight, this was because the Bayard family already had a duke title.

King François of France was unwilling to expand the strength of his family, so he rewarded him with a large number of manors and bounties instead of a title, but his status was unquestionable.

If he hadn't proactively asked for help, even though the Duke of Bourbon was a close member of the royal family, he wouldn't have had the dangerous responsibility of holding on to the stronghold as soon as he arrived.

This time, the French generals worked together to surprise the acting Archduke Ferdinand.

The acting Grand Duke thought that it would be enough to bring along the "Protector of the Country" Baron Galliani. Plus, with a powerful warlock like himself, what could happen?

Novara is only a semi-military fortress, serving more as a commercial gathering point than a military point. Equipped with a simple battering ram, you can attack the gate of the circular stronghold.

Of course, the conventional suppression method of letting the Xibo family go to the first round is necessary.

Master Caligula and Pastor Steve led the first wave with more than two hundred people carrying several battering rams.

Unexpectedly, the Bayar knight was forced to attack in the first round like a tiger out of the cage. The Xibo family troops rushed to pieces in an instant. The Bayar knight went straight to the core and killed Caligula as soon as the game started.

Cut it in half with a sword.

The French troops who attacked together then also attacked the soldiers of the Sibot family.

Baron Galliani quickly faced off against Bayar who was rampaging through the Xibo army. However, as soon as they fought, Baron Galliani was at a clear disadvantage.

Even though Baron Galliani had "Stoneskin", "Bull's Strength", "Bear's Tenacity" and a series of other buffs on his body, it didn't help at all.

There are also many of those zoo magic Bayar knights, and although the long sword in Galliani's hand can be considered a treasure, the "Holy Avenger" that shines with bright magic aura in the hands of the Bayar knight

"In front of it, it can only be regarded as scrap metal. Even if the acting Archduke Ferdinand added sharpness to it, it would be of little help.

Knight Bayar did not have the stone skin technique, but it seemed unnecessary. He completely suppressed Baron Galliani.

With inferior weapons and a disadvantage in strength, Baron Galliani did not last long before he was defeated in embarrassment. His long sword was already on the verge of destruction.

Although Acting Grand Duke Ferdinand did not expect that there would be such a big gap between the two "Protectors", the Knight of Bayar greatly surpassed the other "Protectors".

However, the acting Grand Duke, who has been on the front line of combat all year round, has rich experience and has already led the main force to approach the battle group and is ready to respond.

It is still the ninth level summoning spell. This time the elder of the wind element appears. Although it will certainly not last long under the sword of Knight Bayar, it should be enough for Baron Galliani and the defeated troops of the Sibo family to withdraw from the battlefield.

However, Knight Bayar did not deal with the elder of the wind element first as the acting grand duke expected. Instead, he suffered several heavy blows from the elder of the wind element and attacked the acting grand duke who was casting spells in front of him.

Although the acting Grand Duke was very brave, he was by no means reckless. This was not the first time he had to deal with such a surprise attack.

Although hundreds of soldiers faced the assault of Bayar Knights, they were helpless.

But the acting Grand Duke will always have two level 11 guard mages and two level 12 guard warriors by his side.

Although the Knight of Bayar attacked very quickly and did not leave enough time to cast spells, the two guard mages beside the acting Grand Duke each instantly cast a spell, Tasha's Laughter and Baragon's Iron Horn.

However, the instant spell failed to interrupt Knight Bayar, and the two magics just dissipated in the air.

The two guarding warriors knew that they could not fend off the sword of Knight Bayar. They wanted to block the sword of Knight Bayar with their bodies. Their ancestors had served the ancestors of the Habsburg family hundreds of years ago. They were against

The leader of the Habsburg family acting as the Grand Duke cannot simply be said to be loyal, but an unreserved dedication.

But Knight Bayar is not fighting alone.

Suddenly, a big hand appeared in front of the two guards. One of the guard warriors was pinched by a big hand and could not move. The big hand in front of the other guard could not attack, but it blocked his route of action.

The Duke of Guise of France, who was among the soldiers, took action. The big hand blocking the way was also a quick-cast spell. In order to achieve the quick-cast effect, the fifth-level Bigby Palm needed to occupy a ninth-level spell slot.

One is the seventh-level spell Bigby's Capture Enemy Palm. These two "big hands" require more than 25,000 talers of spell-casting materials!

This is the first time in his life that the Duke of Guise has used a ninth-level spell slot, although he could feel the ninth level of the magic network several years ago.

Obviously, such a high cost of casting spells is also the main reason why life-hungry spell casters are reluctant to go to the front line to fight. Of course, they always use the excuse that spells are too expensive, not because they are afraid of death.

The Duke of Guise was the younger brother of the Duke of Lorraine, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He chose to serve the Kingdom of France. As a powerful sorcerer, he could establish a new branch of the family.

After fully studying the fighting habits of the acting Archduke, the Duke of Bourbon spent a huge amount of money and set up an expensive killing tactic to deal with the acting Archduke Ferdinand, a dangerous enemy of the French Kingdom, once and for all.

His plan seemed to be succeeding.

Nothing stands between the Acting Archduke and the God "Holy Avenger" anymore.

At this moment, it seemed that no one could save the acting Grand Duke.

But the dignified acting Archduke Ferdinand, the leader of the "state", needed no one else to save him.

Faced with a blow as fast as a storm coming from the peak "Protector of the Country", Acting Archduke Ferdinand, a warlock, managed to dodge by a hair's breadth just by relying on his own reaction.

It was as if he knew Knight Bayar's actions in advance.

This is "precognition".

Ladislaus was cautious, just because he felt something was wrong, he spent eight talers to perform a "Ghost Face" on himself.

The acting Archduke Ferdinand was cautious, but he felt something was wrong, so he spent 8,000 talers to give himself a "precognition spell".

This caution caused the failure of Knight Bayar.

"The fighter plane is only at this moment. Next, Knight Bayar and the Duke of Guise can only watch the acting Grand Duke walk away surrounded by us, haha, haha." Baron Galliani also saw it.

In the past, so many top experts gathered in such a small battlefield really opened his eyes. When it came to excitement, he completely lost the reserve of "protecting the country".

After listening to Knight Galliani's narration, Ladislaus and Treasurer Fugger repeatedly lamented that their opponents like Balotelli were really like pigs and dogs in front of truly respectable opponents.

"His Royal Highness Archduke Ferdinand, in my opinion, this battle is obviously a great victory for us. The enemy spent a lot of money in vain. This is all due to your wise foresight and courage and astuteness." Ladislaus seized the opportunity to flatter him. Anyway,

The legendary magic of flattery does not require any casting materials.

The acting Grand Duke waved his hand calmly, successfully resisting the flattery, and said: "We failed to capture Novara, and the enemy can march into Milan at any time. How can we say that we are not frustrated, and we also lost the Sibo family?"

Heir, I would also like to ask Ladislaus to help me go and express my condolences to the deceased’s sister.”
Chapter completed!