Throne of the North.

Chapter 329 Kingdom War (I)

Before the army of the Northern Wind Province arrived at the Kingdom of Andara, the kingdom's northern defense line was broken first.

The defense lines of dozens of fortresses suffered a series of failed wars due to lack of manpower. After the frontline fortress was breached, a large number of Warthog Orcs surrounded the remaining military fortresses.

The Warthog Orc warriors were as powerful as the knights, and their fearless charge terrified the slave army in the fortress. They could no longer withstand the orcs' attack, and the soldiers began to flee in panic.

This defeat completely eliminated any obstacles between the Hog Orcs and the capital of the Andara Kingdom. Under Hernan's will, they quickly moved south, no longer paying attention to the territories and populations in the process. After all, the one commanding them was Hernan, who was crazy about regaining his throne.

"Open this city for me! I want to return to my throne!"

Inside the royal city, Cardinal Raymond hesitated, because when he looked up, the sky was dusk and filled with sunset glow, and Surter might look down at him at any time.

He didn't want to be like Pastor Soto and have to go back to the Holy Mountain to be baptized by the morning light.

"There are no legends among this orc army. The Kingdom of Andara can resist it."

The cardinal said that the royal city has a population of 200,000 and relying on the solid city walls, it can fight against the orc army outside.

This was indeed the case at the beginning. Fearing death, McPherson ordered everyone in the royal city to resist the orcs. After suffering heavy losses, he did manage to keep the warthog orcs outside the city walls.

But the problem is that their enemies are not just the Warthogs, but also a former royal prince.

And a host of strange creatures serving Surtur.

In a short period of time, some people who had once been loyal to Hernan did not react to what was happening. As slaves, they naturally had not changed their identity and loyalty, and no one cared about the survival of a group of slaves.

From the moment the gate of this sturdy royal city was opened from the inside, ordinary slaves could no longer withstand the attack of the crazy orcs.

"The human kingdom! Loot them all!"

The Warthog Orc warrior roared, and the bone blade cut open the chest of the soldier blocking the front. After the city gate was broken, the army composed of ordinary people became more combat-effective, because they had no way to retreat and could only fight madly.

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"Oh no! The orcs are coming in! The orcs are coming in!"

In this war, there are always people who flee in fear. They shuttle through the streets and alleys, spreading the news that the orcs have broken through the royal city and entered the royal city.

The people in the royal city were already in panic, and at this moment there was complete chaos and despair.

"Did they really get in?"

Someone couldn't believe it and grabbed a soldier, who was an acquaintance.

"Of course, it was horrible. Each of those orcs was taller than the houses. It was impossible to fight them. I saw Harlan from the house next door. He was just hit and his brain was blown out."

Those who escaped back cried and were terrified. That scene dealt a huge blow to their weak hearts.

His words brought greater panic to other people in the royal city.

The orcs are coming to town!
The news swept through the royal city like a storm, sweeping away the roofs of every household and exposing them to a desperate winter.

Some people who had a little bit of brains started to run frantically towards the south. They wanted to escape from here. According to the legend, orcs ate raw meat and drank blood. They not only plundered wealth and food, but also captured humans as food reserves. They would hang them alive on the grill and scream with excitement while watching the humans wailing.

"Run away!"

"The king has fled. The orcs can't stop him."

The army was defeated, and thousands of hog orcs rushed into the royal city, showing the people of this city what ferocity and cruelty were. The two-meter-tall hog orcs could easily pick up humans like chicks, throw them into the sky and drop them heavily. Looking at the humans struggling in a pool of blood, the hog orcs laughed.

His Majesty the King had not yet fled, and he was madly rebuking the cardinal.

"Sir Raymond, why don't you take action!"

"My royal city and my palace are about to be occupied by orcs!"

"And where is Pastor Soto? Where is his army? What on earth is your church doing?!"

The king of the Andara Kingdom roared madly, his anger was like the fiery sunset above his head, but he did not possess any of the majesty of a king.

His voice could not put any pressure on the cardinal.

However, the cardinal had to admit that he had made a wrong judgment. The royal city of the Andara Kingdom did not have the ability to fight against such a large orc army. In the past, they had consumed too many knights on various battlefields. New soldiers and new knights had not yet been trained. The orcs seized this only opportunity and broke into the kingdom's royal city.

But will he take action now?

At dusk, Surtur has accepted the sacrifice of fire and death in this royal city. When He looks down upon me, even I... would probably find it difficult to resist.

As a cardinal of the Holy See, since he did not take action just now, even if he takes action now, it may not change the failure of the decision-making in the royal city this time. The Pope's rebuke will not be mild just because he has recaptured the city. In this case, why should he provoke a great existence of the twilight.

Raymond was scared and looked at the king.

"This is a war between orcs and kingdoms. I have no reason to intervene. I did not see any followers of Dusk."

"But your majesty, I will send you and the royal family to the Dawnwall. Reverend Soto is the court priest of the kingdom, and he will help you."

Priest Soto has not left yet, because the heresy here has not been completely resolved, so let's leave it to him and let Priest Soto fight against Surtur in the dusk.

This mess was caused by him.

This time, the king really fled, taking his royal family members, a large population and wealth, and left the royal city in full view of everyone. This move caused complete despair and panic within the royal city.

A population of more than one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand lost all their courage at that moment. They followed the king desperately and fled outside the royal city. The warthog orcs' pursuit was as easy as a wild wolf chasing a flock of sheep.

With the departure of the cardinal, Hernan finally walked into the familiar royal city outside the royal city. He used to go in and out frequently, but now it was so difficult for him to come back.

He walked to the palace step by step, looked at the messy scene inside, and couldn't help but scold!
"This is my palace!"

The warthogs were terrified and crawled away, just like the humans in the southern half of the city who were being chased by orcs in a panic.

Soon there were no orcs around, and Hernan walked step by step to the throne. He was wearing the king's crown and robe, and on his hand was the ring of the king's authority. Now, he finally sat on the throne that belonged to the king.

"This is my throne, my kingdom, I am the new king of Andara, hahahahahahaha—"

Hernan's laughter echoed in the empty palace, gradually becoming more and more crazy, and inside the dim palace, gradually, a huge shadow covered the palace.

The leader of dusk, the great existence, Surtur came down again and looked at him, so Hernan's eyes became cold again, and he stood up looking down. This was his container, and because of its status it could accommodate more powerful forces.

The biggest mistake Raymond made was to give away the royal city and the throne of the palace so easily. He missed the best opportunity to destroy the alien god.

But at this moment, Raymond, who was outside the royal city, looked back and felt extremely fortunate.

"Fortunately, I didn't do anything before. Surtur is indeed watching this place."

He found a perfect reason for himself that he protected the royal family and king of the Andara Kingdom.

Inside the palace, Surtur looked at his container with some anger. He still felt uncomfortable. This container was not the king of this kingdom, or rather, not the only king.

Power fell into the hands of many people, most of it was divided into three parts, and the rest fell into the hands of the nobles. The royal power of the Andara Kingdom had long been shattered. Without the old king, the royal family was divided, and the nobles no longer loyally obeyed the king's orders.

This gap made Surtur angry. He roared hoarsely, and flames ignited the sky. All the hog orcs knelt on the ground in fear at this moment.

"I want to take back my kingdom! Kill all the false kings. Every noble must come before me, kneel at my feet, and swear absolute loyalty to me!" Hernan's voice roared in the royal city.

Soon, Adams of the Earldom of Mercers in the south also publicly announced that McPherson was not the real king of the kingdom. He had abandoned his royal city and his identity. He was just a puppet of the Vatican!
"Your Majesty Adams is the savior of the Andara Kingdom and the true king!"

Count Mercers used his own channels to speak out and attracted a large number of nobles to join him.

"Hernan in the royal city is a heretic and an enemy of the God of Light. He has no right to appear in the Andara Kingdom, a land that believes in light!"

Such voices spread across the land of the Andara Kingdom, forcing the cardinal to send the king to the Wall of Dawn as quickly as possible. The crowned king also spoke angrily, scolding Adams for betraying the kingdom and the royal bloodline. He also promised to take back the royal city that belonged to the kingdom and return to his throne.

However, it was difficult for the nobles to trust him as the royal family had lost too much authority after the death of the old king.

The two princes who claimed to be the real kings were arguing, but they had no army under their command. Instead, it was the army of warthog orcs in the royal city. Under the will of Dusk, they gave up their enjoyment in the royal city and quickly went south to capture and plunder the territories of the nobles. Hernan needed their loyalty, and first he needed to make them kneel in front of the throne.

It was no longer just the royal city and the royal family that suffered; the kingdom's nobles began to fall into despair and crisis.

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Click~!

The dead branches left over from the winter broke under the horses' hooves. Ryan, wearing mithril armor, looked at the dust rising in front of him, where hundreds of hog orcs were chasing an army of seventy or eighty people. However, because they were guarding the families of the nobles, the army was unable to fight against the orcs well and could not escape their pursuit.

Ryan looked at Bogeld. The girl could no longer bear it and drew out the sword in her hand.

"Brothers, charge!"

The armored bear left footprints as big as its head on the ground and quickly rushed towards the army of hog orcs. Amid the armored bear's roar, the hog orcs looked on in horror as the bear's paw made contact with their heads.

The sharp fangs cut the bear's paw, but the huge force also knocked the warthog's head away.

The head attacked first and flew more than ten meters away. The body fell in mid-air and hit a group of orcs heavily.

The weapons of the Warthog Orcs chopped at the armored bears, but since they were wearing armor, these violent war bears could resist these sharp attacks very well. So even though their huge bodies meant they needed more defense, they still charged into the Warthog Orcs' army with unstoppable force.

After all, the armored bears are not fighting alone. On their backs or beside them, infantry and tanks work together with the people of Birki, powerful warriors.

The shield blocked the hog orc's slash, and then the longsword stabbed forward, bringing up large pieces of blood and flesh and screams.

After kicking the orc in front of him away, Bogeld looked at the more orcs in front of him with cruel eyes.

"Kill them all!"

The armored bears roared even more ferociously, biting the bodies of the warthog orcs with their bloody mouths, and the bear paws that landed on them were a truly crippling blow.

Fear does not only appear in humans, but also in orcs, but their hideous appearance sometimes conceals it all.

But death does not lie.

The hog orcs were terrified and fled, chased by the armored bears. When Ryan ordered a retreat, only less than a hundred hog orcs managed to escape.

During this process, the noble team, which was growing in number and gradually becoming a dark mass, began to tremble.

Fortunately, this huge army is also composed of humans. The nobles guarded by soldiers came out and appeared in front of Ryan as nobles.

Before he could speak, Ryan revealed his identity because of the badge on the other person.

Before coming to the kingdom, Ryan was familiar with the symbols of most of the nobles in the kingdom.

"Baron Turner, I know you, the Lord of Qingguo Territory of Andara Kingdom. How could you be so embarrassed?"

Baron Turner felt much more relaxed when he saw that the other party knew him. After learning Ryan's identity, he was shocked and replied:
"The orcs have breached the royal city and are now launching a full-scale attack on the kingdom's noble territories. The incompetent king..."

When he said this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth. In his eyes, the new king had completely lost his dignity.

"The incompetent king was unable to organize an army to fight back. He abandoned his promise. As a king, he was unable to protect his own people and the nobles of the kingdom!"

Ryan didn't care about any of that, he only heard the key points.

"You mean, the hundreds of thousands of hog orcs did not gather together, but separated to attack the kingdom's nobles in a fan-shaped formation?"

The huge orc army invaded the Andara Kingdom from the north, but now it has split up and turned into a large-scale war. It is impossible to accomplish the goal in one battle. In Ryan's opinion, this war has suddenly become a lot more troublesome.

But the pressure is also less.

After all, the 30,000-strong Legion of Light Judgment behind him was still small in number. If a head-on decisive battle broke out and a legendary war involving more than 200,000 people broke out, even he would feel his scalp tingling at that moment.

"This war is no longer a macro war, but a micro operation."

Ryan had to admit that this would take more of his energy.

But he couldn't just rush in with 30,000 troops. He was completely clueless about the geography of the kingdom, and if he did, he would be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of hoggs. No matter how smart he was, he would not be able to win the war.

And really let him go against a foreign god? How could that happen? Ryan came to deal with the orc army, not to go to war with a foreign god.

"Where is His Highness Adams now?"

Ryan asked, and Baron Turner thought about it before remembering.

"His Highness Adams is now at Count Mercers' estate. He is gathering troops to try to resist the orcs' attack."

"Count Mercers..."

Ryan knew this man well. He had no territory and no power.

But it's a bit far from here, and he can't lead 30,000 troops across the kingdom to meet His Highness Adams. The most important thing right now is to stop people from fighting against the warthogs.

"Lord Hora!"

"I need your Flying Wolf Cavalry to help me deliver the letter to His Highness Adams. At the same time, all the noble territories that have not been conquered by the orcs need to receive my letter."

"Tell them to bring back the map of the territory and the map of the kingdom from His Highness Adams."

After saying this, Ryan looked at Baron Turner.

"Mr. Baron, I need you to tell me which noble territories are along the way."

"By the way, let us help you first - take back your territory."

Baron Turner was extremely excited. The 30,000 troops behind him rushed towards a village in the distance. This village had been devastated by war and smoke. Pig orcs could be seen brutally killing civilians, and a small number of people could be seen trying to fight with the pig orcs with inferior weapons.

"Deal with them."

Ryan said, and Brand beside him glanced at the centurion behind him. The next moment, the iron hooves rumbled and trampled forward. The speed of the armored bear was still a little slow, but the charge of the Northern Warhorse was as fast as an avalanche.

"kill!"

With the sound of horse hooves, the centurion's reining action caused the Northern warhorse's front hooves to leap high. The next moment, the horse's hooves fell, and the warthog orc fell to the ground under the huge force, unable to get up again.

Like a divine army descending from the sky, the people in the barony looked at the sudden arrival of reinforcements in shock.

(End of this chapter)