Heart of the Castle

Chapter 436 Military discussion, expedition, second update of the Shadow King, please support
At dawn, Flandara's golden face painted the eastern sky magnificently, and the plains, hills, and forests gradually turned from pitch black to dark blue, and then turned into various complex colors.Li Wei stood on a gentle slope riding the Dark Nightmare of the Northern Territory, and more than [-] knights followed behind him. Both the men and the horses were as motionless as cast iron, imprinting dark blue in the gradually brightening sky. colored silhouettes.

Not far from his feet, the team of the Northern Allied Forces snaked forward like a huge python crawling slowly. Countless flags were flying on the snake's head and body. Li Wei knew very well that the Northern Region was at least Two-thirds of the families sent members to express their loyalty to His Majesty the King of Arthur.The servants and soldiers they brought formed an army of [-] people, but watching this huge army move forward, Li Wei's worries grew day by day.

It has been three days since I left Fermeyer. According to the report of the sentinel troops, Ruhr County is close at hand, and the activities of the demon troops have also begun to appear. A small group of stragglers has even been active less than ten kilometers away from the army. .After the elite light cavalry led by Viscount Mars killed several groups of little demons in a row, they encountered a large army led by a demon lord. As a result of the bitter battle, about [-] light cavalry were killed and the number of wounded was roughly the same. .But it was still a glorious victory. Viscount Mars cut off the head of the demon lord with his own hands, and drove hundreds of little demons to flee.

After receiving the news of this victorious encounter, the young knights in the Northern Allied Forces almost exploded. They came to Earl Ansair's horse one after another, patted their chests and shook their swords and begged him to fight. Eager to be able to establish the same glorious results as Viscount Mars.Earl Ansair readily agreed to their request, but instead of letting them split up, they were all sent to Viscount Mars' sentry troops as a supplementary force.At the same time, Earl Ansel ordered the Northern Allied Forces to set up camp on the spot, and cut down a large number of trees from the nearby forest to build a strong enough fortification.

However, the earl's caution proved to be a false alarm.On this day, the Northern Allied Forces stood ready to fight, and the lit bonfires and pine torches illuminated the surroundings of the camp. However, except for the faint howling of wolves and beasts in the distance, there were no traces of demons from the beginning to the end.

The next day, Viscount Mars led the sentry troop to conduct reconnaissance again, and found that the range of activities of the demon troop had obviously shrunk considerably, and even some villages that had been destroyed and turned into half ruins had also been abandoned.After receiving the news, the Northern Allied Forces immediately pulled out their camps and pursued them. They finally caught up with the retreating demons and fought a fierce battle with one of the [-] demon troops.

The Earl of Ansair placed Li Wei and his party in the position of the coalition guard, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, and as a result, there was basically no room for them to play in this battle.Those aristocratic knights who were burning with honor and feats charged forward bravely, and quickly tore apart the array formed by the little devils. Seeing this scene, Earl Ansair ordered the superior forces of the Northern Allied Forces to fully suppress them. The commander of the army first led his cronies to slip away, and then the entire formation of the demon army was completely disintegrated, and the mountains and plains were full of little demons dragging steel forks and running around with their wings between their wings.

This easy victory further strengthened the desire of the Northern Allied Forces to fight. After this desire was mixed with factors of glory and interests, even the Earl of Ansair could not stop it, so he had to follow the request of the majority. The speed of the coalition attack was further increased.This made Li Wei's worries even heavier. He often led his knights to scout the forests on both sides with the astonishing speed of the Dark Nightmare in the Northern Territory, but found nothing. The Baron admonished twice.

This became a joke in the mouths of the lords of the Northern Allied Forces, especially the young knights. Everyone was talking about the unusual behavior of Dawn of the North and the Griffin Lord Levi Stone.In their mouths, the hero who ended the evil disaster twice was described as a guy who was jealous of the virtuous and capable, and who got the last position by luck.These rumors made the Griffin Knights including Grun Worm very angry, but Li Wei didn't care about it at all, and instead attacked more frequently.

"Lord Griffon Lord, Lord Griffin Lord!" A voice interrupted Li Wei's thoughts, and he turned his head to look around, and found Knight Lancel Arryn riding his horse.This young knight is one of the few noble children in the coalition army who have goodwill towards Li Wei. Although he can only reach the level of a quasi-knight because he has not grasped the seeds of fighting spirit, his swordsmanship and riding skills are quite good. place.

At least much stronger than those "water-filled" noble children.

Li Wei patted the head of Black Nightmare in the Northern Territory, and the black horse moved lightly and turned around nimbly. "Knight Lancel, what's the matter?"

"Lord Griffin, Earl Ansair wants you to go there immediately." Knight Lancel panted slightly, "Viscount Mars attacked last night, defeated a group of elite demons, and brought back a man who broke out from the city of Queensland Help Messenger!"

"Queensland? That's impossible!" Li Wei couldn't help but blurted out. At the same time, he glanced at Butler Frederick and Sir Rodriguez, and found that the expressions of surprise on the faces of these two people were definitely not fake.

"Where is that messenger?"

"In the camp, Earl Ansair is receiving him." Knight Lancel replied.

Li Wei hurried into the tent and saw the stranger standing in the middle at a glance.This man was not very tall, his clothes were ragged, and his body was as thin as a bone; his face was green and white, his beard was messy, and it was full of blood and mud; The foul smell, his legs were trembling non-stop, and he looked weak, requiring the support of two guards to stand up.There was only a bright light shining in one pair of eyes.

Earl Ansair was questioning him, and it seemed that he had only just begun.

"Where are you from?"

"Queen...Queensland..." The man opened his mouth, but it took a while to speak, and the answer was weak and trembling.

"What's going on there now, are you still holding on?"

"Still, Queensland...is still in our hands...but...hunger, death, thirst...I can't hold on anymore..."

"But as far as I know, the city of Queensland has been under siege for at least ten days. How can you hold on?" Earl Ansair questioned suspiciously.

"It's not ten days...it's...it's fourteen days." Hearing this, the ragged man suddenly raised his head, as if a new force suddenly appeared in his body, and his voice became much louder . "The demons besieged Queensland. We knew there was no way out, so we had to fight back desperately. From the city lord to the ordinary people, everyone was desperate! We repelled every storm they launched, and we fought desperately to burn down the siege towers built by the demons. ..."

There was silence in the tent, and every lord of the Northern Allied Forces was stunned by the narration in this mouth. At that moment, they did not feel jealous or careless, and were completely moved by the courage of the Queensland soldiers and civilians.Everyone's breathing became heavy, their faces blushed with excitement, their eyes shone like red coals in a fire pit, only Li Wei's brows remained untucked.

"Wait a minute, we don't know your name yet, stranger, who are you? A knight from Queensland City? Or someone from another place?" Li Wei's voice sounded, and the man's body seemed to tremble slightly. His voice became hoarse, as if the power had gradually left his body. "I'm not a knight...I'm...one of the blood daggers directly belonging to the Thieves Guild, codenamed Shadow...Shadow King..."

These words seemed to exhaust the remaining strength in that person's body, and then his body shook a few times, and then fell down.

There was a sudden commotion in the tent, and many people wanted to rush up to help the lonely hero, but when the Archbishop of the Temple of Storms, Bovava, squeezed over, everyone had to step aside and let the venerable bishop Come check Shadow King's injuries.

Archbishop Bovais was also moved by the story of the Shadow King, so he took the diagnosis and treatment very seriously. He tore open the clothes of the Shadow King and carefully examined the numerous scars on his bony body, some of which were old scars that had healed. Some were still oozing blood and pus.

"His injuries are very serious, and many of the wounds have not been treated in time, and have festered and festered. The wounds must be cleaned immediately before the magical treatment can be performed." Archbishop Bovais said, "Earl Ansair, the next military meeting I will I won’t participate, I will start treating him immediately, otherwise it will be too late.”

Earl Ansair nodded, "It should be so, Archbishop Bovais, please go ahead." Seeing the Shadow King being helped out, he returned to his seat, his eyes sparkling like flint, "My lords , Now we have received news that Queensland is still in the hands of the people of the Kingdom of Arthur! But they are in danger, and the devil may break through the city defense at any time and slaughter those heroic fighters. We must not allow things like this to happen!"

"It can't be allowed, it can't be allowed!" Everyone in the tent shouted in unison.

"Now I declare that the whole army is dispatched! Soldiers are dispatched to Queensland City! The supreme Father God will bless us for victory!"

"Soldiers to Queensland City!" Dozens of voices shouted at the same time, and the knights drew their swords and raised their heads high, "Victory, victory, victory!"

Only Li Wei didn't get up, his eyes were full of doubts, watching the direction where the Shadow King left, and the expression on his face was as cold as a stone carving.

(End of this chapter)