Heart of the Castle

Chapter 811 Good news of the restoration of the whole territory

Located on the southern border of Ruhr County, Jietian Castle is a stone castle standing on a steep cliff. It is condescending and guards the key route from the Kingdom of Arthur to other human kingdoms in the south.Although the scale of Jietian Castle can barely be called a medium-sized castle, it cannot accommodate too many troops, but due to the dangerous terrain, there is only a narrow stone path that spirals upwards, so it has always been known as the "impregnable fortress". Standing firm in the face of all disasters.

After the defeat of King Arthur's army under the county seat of Nardi County, the noble lords of the four southern counties completely abandoned their territories, either following the retreating king's army all the way north, or kneeling and surrendering to the demon army.Only the lord of Jietianbao, General La Kousa, was born with a strong character and refused to admit defeat. Relying on the dangerous terrain of Jietianbao, he insisted on resisting, and repelled more than a dozen attacks of demon stragglers in a row, making Jietianbao a In the winter of Dawn Calendar 591, it was the only important stronghold left in the hands of humans.

The luck of Jietian Castle lasted until the spring of Dawn Calendar 591, that is, shortly after the demon army suffered a disastrous defeat in West Wind County. The lord Anliott and his subordinate organization of the dead meet, and then jointly carry out an annihilation operation against a certain human leader.Before leaving, Ramsdong handed over the leadership to his cronies, the bloodthirsty Aziwa, the lord of the berserker demon, and this Aziwa lord did not live up to his bloodthirsty name. Less than half a month after Dong left, he came to the battlefield in person and presided over the siege and storming of Tianbao.

The battle was fierce and brutal, for human defenders and demons alike.General La Kosa is an excellent general who has experienced many battles. He is well aware of the only weakness in the defense of Jietian Castle. When it was time to seize the top of the city, the guard towers and watchtowers always raised projectiles and arrows that obscured the sun and gave them a head-on blow.

The brutal battle lasted for about a week, and both the attacker and the defender suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted.Lord Aziwa once used his gifted teleportation magic to personally attack the top of the city, trying to smash the winch of the city gate, but was besieged by the personal guards led by General La Kosa, who is a viscount with a sword, and had to escape with injuries.And General La Kosa himself was also seriously injured in the fierce battle. His right wrist was scorched by the Fierce Fire Sword of the Berserker Demon, and his left chest was also hit hard. The life of the city lord, but failed to save his right hand after all.

The demon army was hit hard this time, and they were ready to retreat. However, on the night when General La Kosa was injured and unconscious, someone opened the gate of Jietian Castle.The identity of the traitor is still a mystery to this day, because Jietianbao suffered a massacre afterwards. Except for a few people who escaped in time, the entire Jietianbao did not leave a single person alive.

General La Kosa evacuated the fallen castle under the cover of his personal guards. He will never forget the scene where the castle was surrounded by raging fire and billowing smoke. The scream pierced the strong man like a sharp knife. In the heart of the lord, thinking of his lovely wife and beloved son who had not had time to evacuate together, General La Kosa swore in tears that he must let the devil experience the same feeling in his lifetime.

He originally thought that it would take a lifetime of hard work to achieve this goal, but the time has just entered the 593rd year of the Dawn Calendar, and the cold wind is still as cold as winter, and the Fortress of Jietian occupied by the demon once again ignited a raging fire.Accompanied by the crackling sound of burning flames, there are sharp whistling alchemy ballistas and whistling little elf catapults. The towers, towers and other fortifications lined with sky castles are under such fierce blows. It collapsed suddenly.At the same time, there were hundreds of sniper archers wearing gray-green cloaks with their bows and arrows, shooting the demons down from the burning city wall like ripe and rotten fruits.

After quelling the remnants of demons in their respective battle zones, the three sub-groups of the Griffin Knights gathered under the Sky Castle, preparing to take down this strong fortress in one fell swoop.Before the official attack, a ragged and exhausted small army came to the camp of the Griffin Knights and asked to meet the commander of the army. The leader was a tall middle-aged man with sharp eyes. The bearing is extraordinary, but the sleeve on the right side is empty, only the part above the elbow remains.

This person is of course General La Kosa, the lord of Jietian Castle. After he was forced to evacuate his castle, he did not escape from this land trampled and ravaged by demons. hunting battle.This army has caused some troubles to the demon defenders, but after all, there is a huge gap in combat power, and it has never been able to deal a real and powerful blow to the demons. The flames of revenge are tormenting General La Kosa almost every moment. His heart made him toss and turn every night.

The appearance of the golden griffin banner made the strong lord ecstatic, but he was more worried that this seemingly well-equipped and high-morale elite army was too proud and underestimated the strong defense of the fortress.That's why he came here in a hurry, trying to prevent the leader of the Griffin Knights from launching an attack rashly.

The pale and tired head of the first Griffin regiment, Wilps, the flame wheel knight, received them warmly. The third Griffin regiment, Dragoonson, and the fourth Griffin regiment, Sir Grace also accompanied.However, although the three sub-regiment leaders praised General La Kosa for his tenacity, they did not accept his advice to act cautiously.

"Hey, old Lacusa, as long as you don't worry about your stone castle being destroyed too much." Steel Fist Knight Dragosson patted General Lacusa's shoulder vigorously, making the former The Viscount with the sword couldn't help showing pain on his face. "Just watch us fight a beautiful battle!"

General La Kosa insisted on his opinion, but after several persuasions, it was not adopted. Even Sir Grace, who seemed to be thoughtful and calm, told him calmly, but with a firm attitude, that tomorrow's attack plan against Sky Fort has been completed. Decided, if you have any suggestions, wait until after you take down the castle.

General La Kosa could hardly contain his anger, and flew into a rage on the spot. Fortunately, he realized that he was facing the invincible Griffon Knights of the Kingdom of Arthur. Of course, the leader of such an elite force was confident enough not to listen to a The advice of the defeated general is also common.

"Then you guys go and suffer." General La Kosa walked out of the tent angrily, wishing to lead his men out of the camp, but when he saw his men being examined and treated by the chaplain, the anger in his heart It gradually went out again.

In any case, the Griffon Knights showed pure friendliness, and did not look down on them because of their distressed appearance. General La Kosa smiled bitterly, and then accepted the suggestion of a senior priest, Go inside a nearby tent and check for yourself.

General La Kosa had no hope for his severed arm, so when he heard the high-ranking priest tell him in a serious tone, although he could not restore the severed arm, it did not mean that Nemo, a glorious Protestant, When Archbishop Ke couldn't do it, the strong lord suddenly stood up, his face full of unbelievable surprise.

In contrast, the next day's Battle of Tianbao brought only greater surprises.General La Kosa was wearing the standard armor of a Griffon Knight, with the helmet in his left arm, his face was full of hot tears, but his eyes were still staring at the burning castle in front of him without blinking, and the countless screams , struggling and dying demons.

Under the joint attack of the numerous catapults, alchemy ballistas, and dozens of alchemy flying ships dispatched by the Griffin Knights, the once invincible Fortress of Heaven did not even persist until sunset.On the eve of the complete collapse of Jietianbao's defense, the berserk demon lord Aziwa led a small number of high-level demons to launch a sudden attack with the help of talent teleportation magic, trying to severely damage the command core of the human army, and even destroy it directly.However, what Lord Aziwa did not expect was that the raiding force encountered an opponent far stronger than General La Kosa and his personal guards. The charge of dozens of Griffon champion knights caught them off guard. Immediately afterwards, Wilps and Dragosson led the crusader swordsman troops into the battlefield, and surrounded and annihilated the high-level demons who were disrupted by the charge of the knight group.

Lord Aziwa saw that the situation was not good, and when he wanted to use his innate magic to teleport and escape again, the fire ball rising from his feet was suppressed by the dispelling magic of several high-level priests, followed by a dazzling silver-white light In a flash, there was a sharp pain in his throat being torn by a sharp blade. Lord Aziwa grabbed his throat with his arms, and then touched a hard arrow shaft.

The lord of the Berserker Demon let out a hoarse roar, tried his best to raise his head, and looked in the direction of the silver-white light. He saw a middle-aged man holding a silver fir longbow standing on a protruding rock. The figure is as thin and straight as an arrow resting on a bowstring.

"You are neither the first nor the last demon to die under the arrow of the sniper archer Sir Grace." The middle-aged man announced in a cold voice, but his voice was not loud enough to penetrate the battlefield The noise from the sky reached the ears of the Berserk Demon Lord.Lord Aziwa roared again, trying to pull out the arrow shaft, but the silver-white light lit up again, this time hitting the right eye of the Berserker Demon, with such power that the silver alloy long arrow shot from the demon's head. pierced through the back.

Lord Aziwa was still roaring, but only he could hear the sound. Blood gushed out from his throat and eye sockets, taking away his strength.The Berserker Demon Lord felt the world around him begin to spin, then topple over.

The demon's soul returns to his plane of abyssal purgatory, where he will endure a full 100 years of weakness, while trying to avoid other abyssal demons who want to take his position as the lord of the plane.

Seeing the huge body of the berserker demon lord slump down, Sir Grace put away his beloved longbow in satisfaction.At this moment, he still didn't know that his arrow not only ended the battle of Tianbao, but also ended the evil disaster suffered by Arthur's kingdom, marking a perfect end to the war of restoration of the whole kingdom.

"Jiantian Castle has also been captured." The old red-robed scholar Master Sugard said in a cheerful tone, and at the same time took off the monocle crystal glasses, and then passed the parchment in his hand to the Marquis Jerome sitting on his right. .

Hearing this good news, Li Weiston, the guardian of Arthur's kingdom, also showed a joyful expression on his young face. "Sir Rodriguez, please plant the last flag on the round table." He said to the black armored knight beside him.

Sir Rodriguez nodded, then stood up abruptly, found the position representing the Fortress of Ruhr County on the round table engraved with the map of the whole Kingdom of Arthur, and inserted an exquisite crown and two swords flag on it.Such flags have almost covered the entire round table, from the blue and white extreme northern ice field, to the Silver Frost Mountains that stretch across the hinterland of the kingdom like a dragon, as well as the emerald green prairie of West Wind County and the second east county that is full of yellow sand. The same flags were planted everywhere, and each flag marked that an important town, port, or military fortress had returned to the control of the Kingdom of Arthur. The demons entrenched there were either completely wiped out, or fled to other places on their own initiative.

"According to the information collected by the Sleepless Eye intelligence organization and the troop's patrolling rangers, Jietianbao is the last place in the Kingdom that is occupied by an organized demon army. The terrain there is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are no It is suitable for large troops to fight." The new deputy head and military advisor of the Griffin Knights, the white-haired Earl of Busterfremont, held a boxwood pointer in his hand, and gently pointed to the one who had just planted the flag. place. "I didn't expect that after the real attack, the three sub-groups of the Griffon Knights took down this strong fortress in just half a day."

"Where did they take down Tianbao?" Bamilian, the chief of the court, spread his hands and said helplessly, "They simply destroyed Jietianbao, which is an important place on the southern border of the kingdom. I don’t know how much gold coins will be spent to rebuild it. There is also the loss of weapons and equipment, a total of 35 special ammunition for the alchemy ballista, ten small monster catapults are completely damaged due to excessive use, and [-] need to be repaired. There is also the energy consumption of the Alchemy Flying Ship and the Storm Thunder Gun..."

"Hey, Boss Bamilyan, can you please make us happy?" A royal official said half-jokingly, "It's better for a professional like you to do the counting of copper coins, Your Excellency the Regent It is enough to bring victory to the kingdom."

Manager Bamilian shrugged his shoulders in dissatisfaction, "I just want to say, is it necessary to take down the Fortress with such a big fanfare that can be captured at a relatively low cost by relying on steady and steady fighting?"

"I think it's probably the steel fist knight's proposal." Another high-ranking minister of the kingdom said loudly, "Since the recovery war began, he always complained that there was no good battle to fight, and the devil cubs were shrinking one by one. It shrinks badly."

"Why don't you let Mr. Dragosun lead his troops to garrison Jietian Castle? By the way, give him that place as his territory, and let him taste the pain of rebuilding the castle." Boss Bamilian said with full force He suggested in a deliberately treacherous tone.

"I think this proposal is good, Mr. Bamilian." Li Wei unexpectedly nodded in agreement, and then his tone changed, "However... if Her Majesty Queen Fleisher I agrees, you are going to go to the third regiment of Griffins in person There, announce the purpose of this reward to Lord Dragunson?"

The head eunuch's smiling expression suddenly froze, and then the corners of his mouth twitched twice, "For the sake of the gods in the sky, please forgive me, Your Excellency the Regent." His answer seemed a little dejected, and at the same time he used He patted his plump cheeks that had been smeared with face powder with both hands, "When Mr. Dragosson finds out, he will tear me up and eat me raw, without even dipping in the powdered salt."

This funny expression immediately caused a burst of laughter in the round table meeting room. Such a relaxed and lively atmosphere had not appeared in King Arthur's court for a long time.The good news of the recovery of the whole territory made many important officials of the kingdom happy, and even diluted the tension caused by the public execution some time ago.

"In any case, the disaster is over, and the next day should be the day when Her Majesty Queen Fleischer I will be crowned." The Marquis of Geralds stood up excitedly, waving his hands and said, "Although in the end, I couldn't get out of the ruins." The whereabouts of His Majesty the Dragon King's crown was found in the book, but it was originally worn by a male king, and the size is obviously too large. We can build a new king's crown for Her Majesty. The most precious metal must be used and the most gorgeous inlay gems, to show the majesty of Arthur's kingdom to the envoys of other countries who observe the ceremony."

"Compared to a luxurious crown, brave and powerful knights, as well as well-equipped and well-trained warriors, are the concrete embodiment of the majesty of the kingdom." Li Wei shook his head disapprovingly, "But Queen Fleischer really needs a decent crown, Master Frederick, is your alchemy workshop free to take on this job?"

"Of course, Master Levi, it is an honor for all the technicians in the alchemy workshop to create a coronation crown for Her Majesty Queen Fleischer." Mr. Dish replied with a smile, "You will definitely see a crown that will amaze anyone. The queen's crown, which I feel amazed and admired, now there is only one question, when will Her Majesty Queen Fleisher need to use this crown."

"One month later." Li Weiston thought for a while, and then announced in a brisk tone, "One month is enough for us to prepare for the celebration and send invitations to other countries. On this day next month, we will be in Phil Meyer held an unprecedented celebration ceremony to celebrate the recovery of the entire kingdom, and to celebrate the official enthronement of Her Majesty Queen Fleischer I!"

(End of this chapter)