Throne of the North.

Chapter 331 Kingdom War (Part )

The morale of the warriors on the hillside was greatly boosted. They unexpectedly found that the battle in the dark was not as difficult as they had imagined. Because the Warthogs were tall, they were also affected by the darkness. They didn't know how many human reinforcements had arrived from the foot of the mountain.

When the dawn arrived, except for the corpses on the ground, everyone's face was filled with the joy of victory.

"I am Lord Baron Moore's Knight Commander Weilun, and you are..."

A tall knight walked out, his armor was stained with a lot of blood, and some pieces of flesh could be seen hanging on it. There were dents and cracks on the armor. The power of the warthog orcs caused the knight to suffer serious injuries.

Two reinforcements also came out, and one of them had a pause in his voice.

"Empire, Legion of Light, Lord Baron Ryan, Centurion, Quinn."

It's not that he is naturally indifferent, but the time it took him to go from an illiterate commoner to where he is today is too short, and his cognitive reserves can only allow him to introduce himself in such a concise way.

The one next to him was much more fluent.

"The Imperial Light Judgment Legion, Commander Baron Ryan, Knight Squire, and Legion Centurion Colin."

……

"Moor Territory welcomes everyone."

Baron Moore was a middle-aged man with a big belly. When he saw the reinforcements coming, his eyes almost disappeared due to laughing, and his whole body relaxed visibly.

A large amount of delicious food was served. The two hundred soldiers from the North Wind Province had never eaten such food before, and their eyes lit up.

"I'm sorry, Baron. Commander Baron Ryan has ordered that we cannot eat these foods."

Colin refused, and Quinn next to him swallowed but held back and said nothing.

It’s not that eating is not allowed, but suddenly eating these nutritious foods will upset the stomach, destroy the body’s balance, and seriously affect combat effectiveness.

"It's just a meal, no big deal, right?"

Baron Moore was somewhat dissatisfied that these peasant soldiers actually rejected his kindness.

This is a rejection of a noble.

"I'm sorry, Baron, this is an order from the commander."

After Colin finished speaking, he looked at the soldiers behind him and continued:

"Please give us enough food to eat. We also need a campsite, and we also need weapons and equipment."

"The attack of the warthogs will not end. Before Lord Ryan orders a counterattack, we will help you protect your territory and prevent the warthogs from destroying your wealth."

Baron Moore was a little angry, but after hearing the words from the warthog orcs, he calmed down. He waved his hand and ordered the servants to take away the food, but his expression became a little difficult afterwards.

"I don't have much food left in my territory for you. I previously gave two batches to the kingdom, one batch to the Vatican's army, and another batch to your Legion of Light's Judgment not long ago. Now there is not enough food in my territory."

“That’s not something we should be thinking about.”

Colin said righteously that he was born in Exnell and had followed Master Ryan for two years.

"Lord Ryan said that if we can't get enough food reserves, we need to retreat back to the legion and accept the legion's food allocation."

It was a magical phenomenon that Baron Moore could provide exquisite pastries, bread and drinks for hundreds of people to spend, but he could not provide a large amount of food for ordinary civilians.

"We will wait for your food shipment, but the dry food we carry will only last us three days, so we will need to consider whether to retreat after two days."

Colin looked at Baron Moore, whose face also turned gloomy, but he finally had to say:
"I will give you enough food, and you must guard my territory. If my orchard is plundered, I will report your evil deeds to His Highness Adams!"

Colin didn't say anything else. He didn't think Baron Moore could do anything to Baron Ryan, and he didn't think his accusation would make Baron Ryan do anything to them.

This place in the military camp is obviously much better than the camp of the Legion of Light's Judgment in Baron Turner's territory, and the baron is arranging slaves to cut down trees for emergency repairs.

"According to Knight Commander Wei Lun, most of the warthogs came here from Viscount Harry's territory in the northeast. That place has been completely occupied, and it is said that the Viscount has already escaped."

"This is the direction we need to defend the most. The mountain where we fought before is the best position. We can attack the orcs from a high altitude and eliminate the impact of their tall bodies. This Wei Lun is not a brainless knight. He is quite smart and guarded until we arrived."

"But the location of this mountain is not at the edge of the barony. There are some farmlands outside, as well as a flax field of several hundred acres."

"The warthogs don't have much interest in flax, but they have also wreaked havoc. My idea is that before the next warthog arrives, we need to find a suitable defensive position on the edge of the barony or even outside."

"We can't just sit on the mountain and wait for the warthogs to attack. This won't help us in our performance in front of Lord Ryan."

After Colin finished speaking, he looked at Quinn with burning eyes. Of course, he was ambitious, and as a knight's squire, he also knew what Lord Ryan's reward would be. It was a blessing that would make him more powerful. What's more, if he performed perfectly in this matter, he would have a status in the Frozen Territory second only to several lords such as Brand.

Human desires drive their actions. What Colin wants to do is definitely not just to defend Baron Moore's territory, he wants to fight for a future.

Quinn next to him didn't understand. He instinctively followed Colin's decision. This was also his shortcoming. After all, as a civilian who was drafted to become a soldier, his knowledge and understanding were still in the ignorant and confused state of a civilian.

In short, you can only respond to the actions of others and don’t have your own ideas.

"It's all up to you."

On the second day, enough food to feed two hundred people for half a month was delivered to the military camp. At the same time, Colin also took a group of soldiers to the edge of the barony to select a suitable position.

"This is it."

Riding on a Northern warhorse, Colin pointed to the woods ahead. Outside the woods was a gravel field, which should be the remains left after the stream dried up and changed its course.

"The Hog Orcs are taller and their swings are bigger, so trees can limit their combat power very well."

Two hundred people quickly came to the woods with the supplies obtained from Baron Moore and built a defensive line.

Among these two hundred-man teams, there is only one bronze knight, Colin, and the rest are three official knights and twenty-six apprentice knights. They are from the noble lords of the North Wind Province. Even the centurion Quinn is just an ordinary person.

A simple line of defense is not troublesome. All they have to do is use the terrain to block the attack of the Hog Orcs, and then use the terrain advantages of the woods to fight against the Hog Orcs.

The arrival of the Hog Orcs was faster than expected. In the afternoon of that day, perhaps because they were afraid of the gaze of the great existence at dusk, the Hog Orcs, who were out of Hernan's sight, took the initiative to attack the noble territories outside the fan.

"Orcs appear!"

The scouts' discovery made the troops in the woods nervous. When Colin rushed out of the woods, the orcs had not yet noticed that there was suddenly a human army here.

He took out the beast bow on the back of the warhorse, which was one of the standard equipment of the soldiers of the Stag Legion. The warhorse armor and weapons, including the spear, sword, dagger and beast bow, were extremely gorgeous. The three formal knights next to him were envious because of this.

He bent the bow and drew the arrow. The sharp arrow flew across the sky a hundred or eighty meters away and pierced through the chest of the warthog orc. The huge force made the orc stagger until he fell down with blood gushing out of his chest and back. When the second sharp arrow came and hit the second orc, the other warthogs reacted and looked in Colin's direction violently.

"Damn humans!!!"

The warthog roared and rushed directly towards Colin.

Facing the stench, Colin remained calm as he kept bending his bow and drawing arrows. The bronze knight's powerful strength caused the warthogs to fall down after the arrows were shot.

Only when the orcs were only forty meters away from him did he turn his horse around and return to the woods with several other knights.

The orcs were stupid and didn't even consider traps. They just charged towards the woods, shouting.

The moment the strong body touched the vines, the trees on both sides shook violently, but under the strong inertia, the warthog orc was still tripped and fell to the ground in front.

As luck would have it, there were a few stones standing there, and in an instant the warthog orc's face was bleeding profusely, one of his eyes was directly broken, and the severe pain made him howl, but soon, the spears of the human soldiers who rushed out amid the shouts and screams around him put an end to all his screams.

"Kill!"

As expected, the dense forest environment prevented the tall hog orcs from fully utilizing their advantage of being able to move freely and aggressively. They were constantly stabbed by spears from all directions. More and more hog orcs fell, and this small-scale war began to turn to the side of the human army. "You damned humans!"

A warthog orc roared, abandoned its weapon and pounced directly at a soldier, biting down the soldier's head with its sharp teeth. The terrifying bite force crushed the soldier's head before the surrounding spears arrived.

He was so furious with blood that he kept swinging his arms around, tearing off a huge piece of bark from the tree trunk and knocking several soldiers around him away.

"Kill!"

A soldier found an opportunity in front of luck and stabbed the spear in his hand directly into the orc's chest. Looking at the slowing orc, the soldier opened his eyes wide and was extremely excited.

"I killed him, I killed him!"

however……

In a pool of blood, the eyes of the Warthog Orc turned violent and red. He slowly stood up. Under the dusk sky, a gray flame burned on his body. Then a layer of bone grew on the surface of his body. At the same time, bone blades pierced the flesh on his arms and grew out in pain.

He raised his knife and pierced the human soldier's head. His height allowed him to easily reach the human's head. In the moment of red and white splashing, the soldier's excited smile was still on his face.

"Roar!"

A beast-like roar made the warthog go crazy in the blood. Colin had quickly come here, but still failed to stop the warthog warrior from killing the three soldiers who were stunned on the spot.

The moment the knight's sword collided with the bone blade, Colin's face turned pale.

"How can there be such great power?"

As he retreated, the orc warrior swung the bone blade down again, and his speed was nearly twice as fast as before in his normal orc state.

As a last resort, Colin could only bend his legs slightly and block with the sword in both hands.

But the Warthog Orc had more than one arm, and he used his other strong arm to clench his fist and smash towards Colin's head. The huge force and speed made it impossible for Colin to dodge, and he was blown away. Bright red blood flowed out from the gaps in his armor.

The surrounding soldiers gathered around, their numbers now four times the orcs', and with the help of several official knights, they were able to stop the orc warrior.

"Look, look at them."

An apprentice knight opened his eyes wide and pointed at other hog orcs not far away. Half of them were burning with flames in the dusk. Gray bones grew out and covered their bodies. Sharp bone blades replaced the rough weapons in their hands.

Even Colin was no match for the power of one orc warrior, and now there are twenty more...

The mood of fear permeated the battlefield in the woods. They had never experienced such a scene in the war in the North Wind Province.

"What should we do now?"

The soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment. Colin behind them had already climbed up. The strong energy and blood power blessed by the deer spirit allowed him to withstand the orc's punch on the head.

"what!!!"

Colin roared, the blood in his body raging, forming a hazy stag on the surface of his body, he roared, blood filled his eyes, making the world in front of him turn bloody, and charged straight towards the orc warrior.

This time he did not underestimate the enemy and moved with nimble steps. As a human knight, his strength was not as good as that of the orc warrior, but the knight was good at forming a long route with six sides without any flaws in all aspects.

The Heroic Spear Knight's fighting skills were added to the long sword, and a faint light flashed. At the moment when Colin dodged the attack of the orc warrior, he also slashed the long sword on the waist of the orc warrior.

The bone armor shattered instantly, flesh and bones broke at the same time, and the knight's sword was stuck in the orc's muscles and bones. The orc, in extreme pain, smashed his arms down frantically. He was unable to fully adapt to the extraordinary combat state at this moment.

"come!"

Colin let go of the knight's sword and kept dodging, so that only less than one tenth of the orc warriors' attacks landed on him. Although every hit felt like being hit by a sledgehammer, the powerful knight's blood and energy allowed him to hold on.

boom!
He punched the orc warrior on the waist, and the tall orc warrior fell down. Colin drew back his knight's sword and chopped at the orc warrior's head.

As soon as the head fell off, other orc warriors rushed over. They evolved in the dusk and broke through the defense line of the human soldiers. If the warthog orcs could only deal with one or two human soldiers before, now, one of them can suppress four or five soldiers.

The bone armor on their bodies allows them to not worry about most attacks.

Colin felt his scalp tingling when he looked at the dozen orc warriors in front of him. He definitely could not be a match for so many orc warriors.

"withdraw……"

Before he could finish his words, Quinn next to him yelled.

"We can't retreat. We absolutely can't retreat. We can't outrun them! The forest is blocking our retreat."

Indeed, they had previously relied on the advantage of the forest to deal with the warthog orcs, but now, the trees and the potholes under their feet would also become obstacles that prevented the human soldiers from speeding up their retreat.

And the orcs are even faster than them.

Colin still had a warhorse waiting in the distance, so it was no problem for him, but most of the two hundred soldiers would probably have to die here.

"They are not invincible!"

Quinn's voice echoed, and he raised the sword in his hand.

"As a centurion, I order you to attack! Attack!"

"Only by killing them can we survive!"

"For the glory of the empire! For the glory of the God of Light!"

Quinn's voice roared in the woods, and then he gritted his teeth and rushed towards the orc warrior.

"Damn guy!"

Colin cursed angrily, then raised his sword and roared.

"For the glory of the empire! For the glory of Lord Ryan! Attack, no one is allowed to retreat!"

"Kill!"

The knight rushed to the front, and the soldiers behind him were not so afraid anymore. Moreover, in the face of military orders, they had to grit their teeth and take up their weapons to kill the orc warriors.

Quinn was able to stand out in every battle, relying not only on luck, but also on his own grasp of war opportunities. His weak body made it difficult for him to be a match for the orc warriors in any aspect except for his agility, but he was able to successfully dodge the orc warriors' bone blades every time.

"Human, die!"

The orc warriors failed to gain advantage in their attacks many times and became more and more violent, hacking at Quinn without any regard for anything.

Just as the knife was about to fall towards Quinn and the latter seemed unable to avoid it, Quinn knelt down at a speed that was dizzying, as if he had practiced thousands of times to kneel down so smoothly.

But it was precisely because of this kneeling that the thick tree trunk he was leaning against was exposed, and the bone blade got stuck in it, stopping just three inches above Quinn's head. Quinn also took advantage of this split second to stab out with the spear in his hand.

As a centurion, he should have armor and a knight's sword, but he didn't use them because the armor was too heavy and he couldn't afford it without training. The knight's sword was also too heavy and was not as convenient for him to use as a spear.

"What are you standing there for? Kill him!"

Quinn rolled to the side and watched the violent orc warrior frantically trying to pull back his bone blade. Fortunately, at this time the soldiers finally stabbed the orc warriors with their spears.

As the first orc warrior fell in front of the ordinary soldiers, the other soldiers finally stopped panicking and launched an attack on the orcs under the stimulation of war.

The knights played a huge role in this. They were able to block the power of the orc warriors, but more important was the human wave tactic. Two hundred soldiers attacked frantically, and even the orc warriors kept falling in a pool of blood.

(End of this chapter)