king of the castle

Chapter 73 Tragedy

Others soon also smelled the smell of blood, which cast a shadow of uneasiness on everyone's heart. 【】The crowd quickened their pace towards the Lington pass, and as they got closer to the pass, the smell of blood became stronger.When a group of people came to the Lington Pass, they were all stunned by the sight in front of them.

The heavy gates of the Lington Pass were closed tightly, and in the open space near the gates, hundreds of refugee corpses were lying here and there.The blood of the dead flowed along the ground, forming a lake of blood in the low-lying places. No wonder Roger could smell the smell of blood from a long distance away.

The faces of many of the deceased still maintained the expression of fear before death, and many people still blocked their hands with their hands. They should have tried to block the weapons of the undead cavalry before they died, but all were in vain.There were many old and weak women and children among the dead, and the bodies of many children were embraced by adults who had also died. These parents wanted to protect their children at the last moment of their lives.However, in the face of the murderous undead cavalry, neither adults nor children can escape the fate of being killed.

At this scene, everyone understood that almost all the refugees who arrived before died here, in front of the Linton Pass, which they thought was safe.

Faced with such a tragic situation, even a hard-hearted person would be moved, and the kind-hearted Lisa has long been sobbing sadly.Looking at the scene after the massacre, Anna couldn't help sighing slightly: "I didn't expect us to work so hard and fail to save these people."

"They didn't have to die!" Roger's voice was frighteningly cold, and he stared at the tall Linton Pass and said: "It was the defenders here who killed these people!"

Everyone was taken aback by Roger's statement, and Anna asked in surprise, "Why do you say that?"

"The bodies of the refugees are all gathered near the city gate, which means that when they were overtaken by the undead cavalry, they all ran here. As long as the soldiers guarding the pass open the door to let them in, at least most of these people can survive!" Luo Jie looked at the corpse in front of him and said coldly: "Don't forget, most of the undead cavalry have been wiped out by us, and only about twenty of them have come here. How long does it take for twenty or so undead cavalry to kill so many people?" ? As long as the defenders act in time, most people will definitely be saved!"

Although Roger's words shocked everyone, everyone had to admit that what he said made sense.The soldiers guarding the Lington pass could easily eliminate twenty or so undead cavalry and save these hundreds of refugees.However, the soldiers just ignored the carnage that took place under their noses, allowing the undead cavalry to kill these poor people.

"It turns out that we were trying our best to stop the undead creatures in front, but it turned out to be a waste of work!" Mike sighed at the corpses everywhere: "Watching so many people being killed, these guys have no sympathy at all!"

Anna's face was also livid with anger, and it was rare to see a murderous look on her pretty face.As the Duke's daughter, although she often heard rumors that the local army was lax and timid, she never thought that the situation would be so serious.The tens of thousands of soldiers guarding the Lington pass did not dare to fight when facing more than 20 undead cavalry. They watched them massacre hundreds of refugees and then walked away.If this matter is known by the high-level officials of the kingdom, it will definitely cause a huge shock.

Facing the aggrieved crowd, Anna solemnly made a promise: "I assure you, someone will pay the price for this!"

"Let's talk about this later." Roger waved his hand and said, "Let's find a way to pass through the pass first. I have a hunch that it won't be easy to get in!"

It turned out that Roger's hunch was very accurate.When the people came to the city gate and asked the defenders to open the gate to let everyone in, they were flatly refused by the soldiers guarding the gate.

"Captain Wade has ordered that from today onwards, all people are prohibited from entering the Lington pass. This gate must never be opened!" The soldier on the city wall pointed his head and said to Roger and others: "The captain also said that no one is allowed to enter outside the pass. Stay, you leave immediately, or you will be shot to death with arrows!"

"Are these bastards still human?" Mike said to Roger angrily, "My lord, these soldiers just refuse to open the door, what should we do?"

Although the soldier refused to open the door firmly, Roger was not worried about Anna and Rosberg.He smiled slightly at Anna beside him, and then stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Bastard! How dare you speak to us like that! The daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, the heir to the title, Miss Anna Hamilton and Earl Nick Rosberg are here, hurry up and open the city gate Let us enter, otherwise...you will all be hanged on the city wall for assaulting nobles!"

After hearing Roger's words, the soldiers on the city wall fell silent.Speaking of strictly prohibiting anyone from entering the Lington Pass and not opening the city gate if anything happens, it is indeed an order from above, and these soldiers are only obeying it.But now there are two people outside the pass claiming to be nobles, the situation is completely different.

The nobles had a very high status in the kingdom. If two nobles were killed by undead creatures because the soldiers refused to open the door, it would definitely cause an uproar in the whole country.If the higher authorities were to pursue it, not to mention all the soldiers on duty would have no way out, even their captain and even General Douglas, the commander-in-chief of the Linton Pass, would be in great trouble.

The soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to take such a big risk. After discussing for a while, they immediately made a decision. One of them poked his head out and said loudly: "Everyone, please wait a moment, we will report to the captain now, and we will be able to do it soon." Let everyone in."

At this time, the soldier's tone became more polite, and Roger couldn't help saying to Anna: "Tsk tsk... the title of nobleman is just useful, I must find a way to become a nobleman!"

Although Anna felt that Roger's statement was too straightforward, she couldn't deny that it was indeed true.So she just gave Roger a cross look angrily, and despised this guy who didn't know how to hide his words from the bottom of her heart.

Defense captain Wade was also very embarrassed when he received the report from his subordinates.

Wade had received a message from the Bone Crow a few days ago. The terrifying big man ordered him not to let anyone enter the Linton Pass, and to pay special attention to a man with many soldiers who looked very similar in appearance.It was precisely because of this that Wade issued an order not to open the gate no matter what happened.

Wade thought that he could rest easy in this way, but he didn't expect that two nobles would suddenly appear and ask to open the door, which really made him very embarrassed.However, after considering the pros and cons, Wade still made a difficult decision.

It didn't take long before the gate of Linton Pass finally opened slowly in front of Roger and the others.