Chapter 2225 ('ω') Uninvited Guest

After more than ten days, with the support of Shirji and the aerial patrol and path exploration of Shirji and the pet reptile that was ruthlessly 'abandoned' by Annie again, Gus, Farnese and the rest of the group finally succeeded.

The three thousand Knights of the Silver Hand under the Holy Light Legion were safely brought back to the City of Holy Light, which had become somewhat dilapidated for some reason and was full of traces of battle.

After asking, they learned that it turned out that during the nearly one month before and after Gus and other generals took the most elite cavalry troops out to watch the battle, especially during the twenty days when the world changed drastically, the Holy Light

Of course, the city is just like other places, and it is inevitable to encounter various attacks from those terrible creatures that suddenly appear.

Unlike Gus and others who knew the general situation, no one among the soldiers and generals who stayed behind knew what happened. Especially in the first few days, they still patrolled and maintained order here as usual.

Until they saw those extraordinary existences.

As a result, chaos inevitably occurs.

Anyway, during the period after that, all kinds of creatures, monsters, monsters and even legendary beings visited this big city with a population of at least hundreds of thousands.

Although, after the chaos, the generals and soldiers who stayed behind quickly reacted and tried their best to protect their homes and people. However, in the face of all kinds of terrifying monsters and people they had never seen before,

Under the attack of powerful creatures, they continued to retreat and lost almost all external towns, villages, farmland, strongholds, a large amount of supplies, and military camps except for city walls and cities.

The City of Holy Light, where hundreds of thousands of people originally gathered, have now fled, gone missing or been killed, with tens of thousands of them missing. The remaining over 100,000 soldiers and civilians can only huddle within the city walls and resist and work hard.

Maintain the status quo.

But even then, during this period of time, they were still attacked by monsters several times and lost thousands of soldiers and civilians.

If it weren't for some unknown reason, a large number of soldiers in the two remaining legions of the 'Silver Dawn' and the 'Scarlet Crusaders' quickly received the response of the Holy Light and used it to kill the monsters and creatures that invaded the city.

If they drive out again, I'm afraid that when Gus and the others come back, what they see will not be as simple as the dilapidated scene in front of them.

So, when Gus and others saw the miserable condition of their base and the city, they were of course furious, and early in the morning after their return, they couldn't wait to lead the generals who stayed behind,

The knights who led the three thousand Silver Hands and some of the heavy armored infantry of the elite Holy Light Legion rushed directly to the military camp that originally belonged to them outside the city.

Because it is said that about ten days ago, a group of giants came there. They captured many of their villagers and attacked their granary outside the city. They took all the food and villagers to the place that originally belonged to the Three Holy Lights.

In the main camp of the legion, they still stayed there and refused to leave.

After that, their huge monsters now have more and more people, nearly a hundred of them, and they have almost formed a tribe.

What's more important is that those monsters refused to leave, and even attacked their city from time to time, making it difficult for the remaining troops to defend themselves. The city gates were repeatedly lost to their attacks, and each time they were lost, the defenders were unable to defend themselves.

The army will lose many soldiers, citizens and a large amount of supplies.

So, after learning about the tragic situation in the City of Holy Light, the furious Gus was of course ready to take them to the sword first.

"Lord Gus!"

"Look!"

"It's those monsters in front!"

At noon, when the three thousand knights of the Silver Hand took up formation in front of their original military camp, when the two thousand infantry accompanying the army also formed their formation and pushed out the few remaining cannons and crossbow beds.

, the general Macca then galloped up to Gus, who was observing the situation with a dark face, and pointed to the military camp in the distance, which was also alarmed by their arrival. At this time, they were shouting, drumming, roaring and striding.

The monster giants who rushed out of the military camp said:

"They are very big and powerful. Our soldiers are at a disadvantage when fighting them. Even a three-meter-long spear does not pose much of a threat to them. Bows and arrows have almost no effect at all. They can only attack.

The cannons and crossbow beds used by the city were barely able to cause a certain amount of damage."

"But cannons and crossbow beds are difficult to aim at. In addition, it is relatively difficult to transport and load large-scale equipment. Therefore, we will suffer big losses every time we face them!"

"If it weren't for the protection of the great Holy Light, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to insist on your return, and the city would have fallen into their hands!"

At this moment, Maika's face was full of exhaustion and fear.

Obviously, it can be seen that their defenders must have fought those terrifying monster giants more than once during this period, and they must have suffered losses at the hands of the opponent more than once.

"..."

Gus ignored the other party, just gritted his teeth and looked forward with his one eye narrowed, and that dangerous one eye was filled with anger and murderous intent.

Because, he saw...

At this moment, many villagers are being locked up in ferocious log cages and being raised like livestock, and at a glance, there are probably hundreds or even thousands of them!

There were hideous scenes of bloodstains and bones around those cages. He didn't need to think too much to know what many innocent people had experienced during their absence.

What's even more hateful is that outside the originally sacred guardrail of the military camp, where the Holy Cross flags should have stood, those red and gold Holy Cross flags can no longer be seen flying. Instead, there are

Log piles standing tall.

At this time, hanging on the wooden stake was the kind of terrifying flag that was made of human skin ripped off a young woman's body at a glance!

The human skins of those innocent victims were torn apart by the giants and sewn tightly on the top of the wooden frame. They were also painted with horrifying symbols using some kind of paint.

There was an ominous aura floating in front of the entire originally sacred military camp, and Gus couldn't help but grit his teeth at the sight.

"See clearly!"

"There are only one hundred and thirty of them in total. The tallest one is about seven to eight meters tall. The tallest one should be their leader!"

"Only ninety-eight came out."

"Thirty-two of them are still in the military camp. Judging from their size, the ones left in the military camp should be the old, weak, sick and disabled. As long as the group of guys are defeated, the remaining ones hiding in the military camp should not be a concern.

"

"They also have simple armors, stone axes, wooden clubs and other weapons, and those... well, judging from those flags, they should not be like the ignorant cyclops that Anne caught that day. These giants should have the most basic

of primitive civilization and wisdom!”

"We have to be careful!"

At this time, Serpico, the deputy leader of the Knights of the Silver Hand and secretary of the Legion of Light, who was on the other side of Gus, spoke up and directly stated the basic situation he had observed so far.

"Captain Gus!"

"Let Shirji and her dragon launch magic and breath attacks!"

"If we just charge forward like this, our knights will definitely suffer unnecessary losses when facing a giant with such a size advantage!"

After Serpico finished speaking, Farnese on the other side also made a suggestion.

Those mere hundred giants should not be a big problem for the knights of their order, but the problem now is: in such a must-win situation, any damage is not what she expects.

Therefore, she hoped to let the legion witch and the dragon directly set fire to the enemy and disrupt the opponent's formation. Then, the knights of their knighthood would wait for the opportunity to launch a charge. In that case, she would have the confidence to use the minimum or even minimal losses.

Go and annihilate those giants and their tribe who dare to occupy the Crane's Nest!

"With magic and breath?"

"That won't work!"

However, Gus just thought about it and took one more look at the giant who ran out of the barracks and actually knew how to line up first before refusing and saying:

"That is our own military camp. It can still be used after some repairs. If it burns down, it will have to be rebuilt, which is not cost-effective."

"besides!"

"As you can see, there are at least hundreds or thousands of villagers inside. We must rescue them!"

"And then..."

"If we have to rely on witches and dragons to deal with the hundreds of monsters here, then there is no need for us paladins to exist anymore!"

After saying that, Gus thought about it and didn't explain much. He simply turned over and dismounted, then slowly pulled out the giant sword on his back, and then took the initiative to stride towards the dozens of people standing together.

The imposing-looking giant walked in front of the formation.

"Hello!"

"Legion Commander!"

"Are you sure?"

Upon seeing this, Farnese and Serpico, who knew what Gus wanted to do, naturally exclaimed, trying to stop each other from acting recklessly alone.

"..."

Unfortunately, Gus was unmoved.

He just dragged his sword and quickly walked to the giant formation where the group was also curious about his arrival. He stood dozens of steps in front of the giant formation and then stabbed the sword hard into the ground in front of him.

Then he raised his fingers provocatively towards the opponent, who looked to be the tallest and largest giant, at least seven to eight meters tall.

"Woo?"

"Roar……"

"..."

Seeing Gus's provocative actions, even though they couldn't understand the language, the giants who had just formed their formation instantly became commotion, and then, the biggest one couldn't help but fall for the trick.

"Woo..."

"Ouch!!!"

It first roared at Gus, and then took a somewhat clumsy-looking step. With the cheers and cheers of the other giants, it covered the distance of tens of meters in just a few steps and arrived in one fell swoop.

In front of Gus, it raised high the huge mace in its hand, which was obviously rough-processed from a giant wood and wrapped with iron wire found from nowhere.
To be continued...