Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 240: Flames Burn the City and the War Ends
As the war progressed, by late at night, the progress of various defense lines had become significantly different.

Although the green dragon Alyria personally attacked the north, the defense line of Hessenburg was the strongest. A large number of forest monsters lay dead outside the city. Facing the three-layer fortifications of the castle, only the green dragon ravaged the top layer. His huge body destroyed several high towers, and even two resentful crossbow carts were destroyed by his dragon breath. However, he was alone and deep in the enemy's territory, and could not affect the situation in the north.

The worst was the western defense line. The human soldiers were already besieged by a large number of monsters. Chimera personally participated in the siege and used terrible chaos magic and breath to destroy the human soldiers' lines several times. The morale of a large number of soldiers collapsed and they fled the defense line in panic.

When the two sides fought fiercely until late at night, the priest Rong En, who was in charge of the western front, had to send messengers to Su Li again and again to ask for help: "Lord, if you don't send reinforcements to the western front, the western front will be untenable!"

Reinforcements!

Reinforcements!

Su Li needs reinforcements. He clearly remembered that he had heard this sentence from Rong En two or three times.

Su Li even disregarded his own safety and transferred two Blood Pine Forest Beast Butcher squadrons from Hesse Castle to support the Western Front.

However, the battle on the western front was simply a tactic of adding fuel to the fire. Hundreds and thousands of defeated soldiers retreated from the front line, and dense monsters roared and rushed into the city and streets. Every time Su Li filled in a squadron, the morale would be shaken before they could resist for long.

Humans have retreated four lines of defense in succession and lost three urban areas. Ron has reorganized the defense lines in the rear several times, but it seems that the entire West City District cannot be defended, and even the entire Heisen Town seems to be unable to be defended.

The departure of the elite human knights not only withdrew an elite mobile force, but also withdrew the most powerful soldiers in the territory.

This resulted in the human defenders being unable to hold their positions as firmly as before, or even defeat the monsters' offensive.

If this continues, Su Li's last bit of mobility will be exhausted.

So Su Li angrily roared at the messenger asking for help: "Go back and tell Rong En that there are no reinforcements! He must hold the passage in front of Carnival Square. I will watch him here in the castle. If Carnival Square is lost and threatens the southern defense line of the city, he can come to see me with his head on his head!"

Theoretically, a lord cannot threaten a patriarch in this way. It is even possible that such disrespectful words will lead to conflicts and estrangements between the lord and the church.

But in the current situation, even the messenger didn't think there was anything wrong. He turned around and ran back in a hurry to report to Ron.

But even if Ron really defended Carnival Square, it basically meant that Xicheng District would be reduced to ruins. This was actually the last bottom line.

At the same time, Su Li also took a deep breath and shouted to the people around him, "Come here! Go inform the chief steward Hildreth and immediately execute the tactics. We can no longer afford to delay any longer."

The empty castle was silent for a long time before a weak female voice was heard: "I'll go, young master. There is no one else in the castle."

Su Li's heart trembled, and he turned around to look. The one who answered him was indeed Avril wearing armor. In the entire Heisen Territory, she was the only one who habitually called Su Li "Young Master".

This is the little girl who has followed Su Li the longest. It can be said that she used her body to soothe Su Li's panic, anxiety and loneliness when he first came to this strange world.

Ultimately, the knight's training was just a way for Su Li to flirt intimately with the female courtiers, and it couldn't improve his training speed. Aside from Hilde taking Su Li away, the other female courtiers' training was just so-so.

Avril trained for half a year before being promoted from a beginner knight to a mid-level apprentice knight. Although this speed was not slow and was similar to that of most elite knights, there had been no qualitative change until now, and she still remained at the apprentice knight stage.

Now the green dragon is wreaking havoc in the city, and monsters may flee from the West City District to the South City District at any time. She would be risking her life to deliver the message.

Seeing Su Li's hesitation and silence, Avril took the initiative to say, "Master, we really can't find anyone else available in the short term, so let me go. I often go out to purchase goods, and I know the city routes very well. I also have a warhorse, so even if we encounter a monster, we can escape it. Otherwise, you can't go. You have to command from the center. If your banner moves, the army's morale will be shaken."

Su Li held Avril in his arms, hugged her delicate body tightly, and said, "You are right. Be careful when you go there and deliver the message as soon as possible."

Avril's strength was beyond Su Li's imagination. Perhaps human resilience really has infinite potential. As long as they are not defeated, they can always burst out with amazing willpower.

After saying goodbye to Su Li, Avril decisively rode out of the smoky castle. At this time, the sky above the castle was covered with acid-corroded haze and blazing flames. Groups of harpies were flying around the castle, trying to find any dwarf musketeers who were showing any flaws.

Although they may not be able to defeat a Thunder Musketeer unit in close combat, a lone dwarf can easily be torn apart by them.

This fatal risk also posed a threat to Avril. She lowered her head and rushed out of the castle, then fell on the horse's back and galloped madly towards the south of the city.

Fortunately, the south of the city did not suffer a large-scale rout like the west. Even when Avril was ambushed by a group of werewolf hunters, she received timely assistance from a group of wounded soldiers. They cooperated with each other and easily killed the small group of infiltrating werewolves.

After the battle ended, Avril immediately asked the captain holding the warhammer, "I am the lord's maid. I have been ordered to deliver military intelligence to the chief steward Hildrede. Which unit are you from?"

This captain made a very deep impression on Avril. In the battle just now, he dragged his injured right leg and easily crushed to death two tall, muscular, and strong-legged hyenas.

It was as if he could grab the wolf's neck with his eyes closed and could easily predict the direction of the monster's next attack, so in the battle, it seemed as if the wolf was actively bumping into his hammer again and again.

Even though his strength is far inferior to Avril's, his killing efficiency is much higher than Avril's!

Avril was almost certain that if this captain could survive, he would become a remarkable and famous elite knight in the future.

The strong, armed attendant glanced at the young female knight sitting on the horse, grinned, and said, "I know. I have seen you with the lord, so I came to your aid immediately."

"But you don't need to remember our names. We're about to launch another counterattack. So what you see now is just a group of souls destined to die."

"Madame Hildrede is in the second block south, not far from here. But if you have any news to convey to her, you must hurry, as she may lead the Hessian Knights in an immediate counterattack. If you're late, you won't have the chance to pass through the fierce battlefield and the heavy siege to convey her orders."

Avril was delighted to hear this. Was Butler Hildesh going to decide on his own to fight back soon?
That's great! Even if I die on the road, I'll have fulfilled my mission.

However, she immediately thanked these young people and then rushed to the front line without hesitation. Time is life now! It is not only about the survival of the territory, but also about saving more soldiers and citizens.

The sooner she passed on the message of an immediate attack, prompting Hildurd to launch it as quickly as possible, the greater the chances of victory for humanity. After all, humanity truly had no time to waste. The situation on the battlefield west of the city was probably far worse than Hildurd could imagine.

Under the guidance of the soldiers, Avril quickly crossed the remaining blocks. On the road, she saw a large number of soldiers ready to go. It was obvious that they had effectively rested, and the neat formation was a perfect demonstration of this situation. However, they still had a lot of scars and blood on their bodies.

It can be said that the state of mankind has really reached its limit. If the enemy cannot be repelled in this battle, the fall of the outer city area will be inevitable.

Therefore, many free people who were originally waiting and watching took the initiative to form various brotherhoods and war gangs, and took the initiative to participate in the attack on monsters in the occupied areas and around the battle line.

But the effect was minimal, because the size of the monster army was larger than the entire population of Hesse Town, and it was almost impossible to rely on the power of civilians to resist these monsters.

To win this battle, we must rely on the knights to create miracles!
When Avril saw Hildre, she found that this brave God-chosen knight was almost unrecognizable. She was bathed in layers of blood, her gilded armor that once shone brightly was dyed red and black, and her once fair cheeks were splattered with blood.

At this moment, her whole body was covered in blood and she looked like a madman. Only the golden rare weapon in her hand was still dazzling, helping her to stay clear-headed.

Avril quickly stepped forward and said to Hildurd, "Steward Hildurd, the battle in the west of the city has completely deteriorated. Priest Rongen is almost unable to withstand the monster's attack. The Lord orders you to launch an attack immediately."

Hildur glanced at the west of the city from afar. Fires and flames were burning everywhere in the city. This meant that the human defenders in at least a large area could no longer hold their defenses. Otherwise, according to human military discipline, they would never allow such a large flame to be ignited in their own defense zone.

"I've observed it. The bloody battle south of the city has worn down the monsters' fighting spirit. Their morale has plummeted amidst the devastating losses. Attacking the monsters now, if we can decapitate Galeregon, the Dryad Legion could be completely destroyed."

After saying this, Hildreth stared at Avril with a stern gaze and said seriously, "But all this will take time! You've come just in time. You still need to go to the west of the city and order Lord Ron to burn the city immediately in the name of the Lord!"

"Burn the city!?" Avril exclaimed. This was a tactic she had never considered before.

"That's right! I don't know how Lord Ron commands, but it's clear that the front he's in charge of has almost collapsed. At this point, it's meaningless to send in any more reinforcements. Only by using fire to block the enemy's and our own retreat routes can we stabilize the situation. Send a message immediately. If any problems arise in the future, I will ask the Lord to take responsibility!"

Avril gritted her teeth, decisively jumped on the horse again, and said, "I understand! I will pass this order to Lord Rong En as soon as possible."

The catastrophic consequences of burning the city in such a chaotic situation were self-evident. Hildreth could only pray to the Sun Goddess that Avril could safely reach the west of the city again.

Before the maid left, she hadn't imagined the messenger's journey would be so fraught with twists and turns. Not only did she have to guard against monsters that could appear at any moment, but she also had to run across half the city! She ran from the castle to the south, then circled again, running from the south to the west. She had no chance to retreat back to the castle and hide.

Perhaps it was Hildreth's prayers that worked. Not long after Avril left, a large amount of flames quickly broke out in the west of the city. The flames spread rapidly, turning a large area of ​​the city into a sea of ​​fire.

Such a fast burning speed means that the defenders in the west of the city certainly did not have time to evacuate the troops from the front line. A large number of human remnants may have been directly swallowed up by the sea of ​​fire and buried in the raging flames together with the monsters.

Raging flames danced in Hildur's crystal-clear eyes. She was silent for only a moment before she clenched the rare sword in her hand and shouted to the knights behind her who were ready to go, "Light the fires, let's charge out of the city!"

At her command, the dwarves in the area ignited their stored gunpowder and charcoal, and a wall of fire burned behind all the knights.

This blazing wall of fire separated Hilde and the Hessian Knights from the armed attendants in the rear. Across the constantly jumping flames, all the armed attendants looked at the human Royal Cavalry on the other side of the fire wall with tears in their eyes, feeling tragic and heroic.

No one had any complaints about Hildurde's arson of the city, because she was not the kind of cruel commander who would hide in the rear and burn and kill the soldiers on the front line. On the contrary, she personally led her troops into the burning sea of ​​​​fire!

She is worthy of the title of the Chosen One of the Goddess of the Fiery Sun. All her considerations are only for tactical victory and she treats everyone, including herself, fairly!

Hildurd stared up at the spreading flames, then raised his sword high and shouted, "Our retreat has been blocked by the flames, but this does not mean we are doomed!"

"The tree demons are afraid of fire. As long as we bravely move forward and defeat the tree demons, the exit ahead will be our way to survival! Everyone, follow me and crush the enemy!"

"For glory!" The knights shouted, immediately raised their halberds and lances, and rode their horses to follow Hildreth and launched a fierce charge.

In front of their horses' hooves, the already exhausted tree monsters suddenly fell down in unison like wheat being cut. Wherever the cavalry went, they were invincible!
It's not just because the Hessian Knights have the most elite soldiers and the best armor, but more importantly, the fire that is spreading in the city has greatly caused fear among these monsters.

Dryads are naturally afraid of fire. During the fierce battles, Hildur discovered that knights with fire attributes caused greater damage to dryads and could easily trigger the effect of fear.

Once the flames start burning on the tree monsters, their already low courage values ​​will directly become negative, and they will flee from the battlefield screaming.

Hildurd has been hiding this killer weapon that can burn the city, just waiting for this moment.

Especially after several hours of fierce fighting, the morale of the dryad army had already become low. They did not have the strong will of humans, and were surrounded by raging flames. As long as the knights charged once wearing death masks, they would immediately arouse the double fear of dying in the flames.

Therefore, the cavalry led by Hildreth was simply unstoppable, and even rushed to the front of the defeated soldiers of the Dryad Legion, and was surrounded by monsters.

This made the Hessian Guard Knights who followed Hilde terrified. It could be said that at this time, as long as the monsters stabilized their front line a little and launched a fierce attack on the Hessian Guard Knights, the only outcome for this knight army would be torn to pieces.

But Hildrede was resolute. With the heroic voice of a female knight, she encouraged, "Everyone, just follow me and charge forward! The dryads behind us will be dealt with by our flames! Don't look back. Charge forward, break through the enemy lines, and rush to victory! The Sun Goddess will bless us with a resounding victory!"

As her voice fell, a burst of surprised shouts came from the ranks of knights behind her: "Look, it's the morning light! The sun is rising!"

It is now the autumn and winter season, and the sun is rising in the southeast. Now the knights have launched a fierce attack towards the south of the city, rushing towards the direction where the sun is rising.

This greatly boosted the knights' spirits and even dispelled their physical fatigue.

In Hessen Territory, a place where the Sun Goddess is worshipped, the rising of the sun is a symbol of the Sun Goddess's grace!
When the light of morning sun shone on the knights, all of them shone with golden light, and it seemed as if divine grace was flowing through their bodies and solidified into substance.

Soon, a knight exclaimed in surprise: "I feel the goddess' blessing, and my strength has grown!"

"The goddess is protecting us and helping us to eliminate the evil!"

“Charge! In the name of Her Majesty Violet, purify all evil monsters with the flames of fire!”

As the knights burst into loud shouts, the already exhausted knights felt a surge of powerful strength in their bodies, and the momentum of the charge increased again.

All the knights shouted the name of the Sun Goddess and slaughtered hundreds of monsters along the way. The monsters were invincible in front of their troops.

Finally, when approaching the city gate, Hildreth saw the huge figure of Galeregon. The face of this terrible tree man was full of shock and disbelief!

Obviously, it was completely unable to understand the current state of human beings. The golden light on them was so dazzling, as if it would blind the sight of all enemies. Their arrogance was so powerful, as if each of them had a champion-level powerful Dharma image.

This terrified it. Could it be that humans were hiding a group of champion knights numbering dozens?
It frantically reminded itself that this was absolutely impossible. It was impossible for a small border prince's territory to have dozens of champion knights. If there really were so many champion knights, why would the human lord still be defending the castle? He would have gone into the forest to plunder and destroy the place long ago!
But if this wasn't the case, it couldn't understand how a mere dozen knights could break through the countless lines of defense formed by the tree demons! And how could these knights be so arrogant at this moment, as if they were ready to crush everything!
But Hildreth did not give it any time to think. While it was still in shock, Hildreth decisively activated the state of the God General. When the God General, who was more than 30 meters long, suddenly appeared in the middle of the battlefield, the more than 40-meter-long brilliant sword light directly illuminated the entire dawn.

The brilliant sword light was so bright that it could be witnessed by all the soldiers and monsters fighting in the city. Even Su Li on the castle and the green dragon in the sky saw the fleeting brilliant sword light above the battlefield in the south of the city.

Galregon threw away all his face and dignity, rolled desperately, and crushed more than a dozen tree monsters on the road into meat patties, and only then did he barely escape this terrible attack.

Before it could catch its breath, the huge city walls and gates behind where it had just stood collapsed with a loud bang. Large pieces of buildings slid down on the smooth incision, raising countless smoke and dust, and the entire battlefield was shaking!

With just this one strike, Hildurde created a terrifying effect that caused the sky to collapse and the earth to split.

The might of the God-chosen generals was finally fully demonstrated in this battle. The dryad squadron beside Galregon was on the verge of collapse after only one blow from Hildurd, and the morale of the entire squadron was shaky!
The powerful Dwarven Mountain Shield could only withstand three or four attacks from the Chosen Demons before their morale was already unstable. The Dryad Legion was inferior to the elite Dwarven Mountain Shield in both strength and courage, and it was likely that after just two or three attacks, they would collapse and scatter.

Even Galregon, a God-chosen Treeman, had a look of intense shock and anger on his face. "Rare weapons? How do you have rare weapons? How did you hide them? Is this a trap set for me?!"

Hildreth replied coldly, "You guessed it right. Today is the day you die! This battlefield is your grave!"

The deafening sound echoed in the sky, and Hildurde decisively launched another attack.

Galregon was still in such a state that he couldn't get up, so he could only desperately shoot out vines in the hope of stopping this terrible human woman.

But the next moment, the sharp edge of the rare weapon directly cut through the monster's vines, and then, without slowing down, it actually cut off the right arm of Galregon that was blocking it! Its huge wrist was instantly cut open, leaving an extremely neat and smooth incision.

Its painful roar and the blood spilling all over the sky made this place look like a hell with blood rain.

Even the green dragon that was planning to come to the rescue hesitated, because it clearly remembered that humans still had a trump card that they had not used!
In this battle, humans can also summon a powerful peak God-chosen dwarf. The perfect-grade thunder axe in its hand can easily cut off the green dragon's neck!
It couldn't afford to sacrifice itself to rescue Galeragon. Otherwise, it would attract these two terrifying God-chosen enemies, while Galeragon turned and fled.

The infighting among the monsters greatly weakened their combat effectiveness. The green dragon did not mean to stand by and watch them die, but it did not rush forward immediately. During the short delay, Hildurde had already launched another fierce attack. The dazzling golden light of the Holy Guidance Arrow directly pierced the monster's chest, and once again knocked the monster, who wanted to turn over, stagger and fall to the ground.

But Hildreth was not fighting alone. When the monsters focused all their energy on her, the huge cavalry regiments behind Hildreth had already launched a fierce charge.

In this battle, time was of the essence, and the knights had already disregarded casualties! Under the grace of the Sun Goddess, they launched frantic attacks upon the monsters again and again.

In fact, even if the green dragon came down to help at this time, it would be too late. Not only were there a large number of fearless knights around Galregon, but he was also surrounded by raging flames.

Green dragons do not have the ability to fight in flames. On the contrary, they extremely hate flames, just like they hate red dragons.

So the green dragon could only watch helplessly as these crazy humans did not retreat at all in the flames, and madly besieged the wailing and rolling Geerregon.

When the scorching sun rose, the once invincible God-chosen Treeman had completely fallen in the raging flames. It used its hands and feet to struggle to climb out of the city wall, but ultimately it was unable to leave the bloody battlefield and fell to its knees beneath the city wall.

In the distance, where its sight was longing, were tree monsters fleeing all over the mountains. They were shrouded in fear and were fleeing in panic without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)