"Tubeck Fortress" is an inconspicuous small town in the outer defense line of Iversta.

The entire fortress stands alone on the plain, not large in size, and after blocking three thousand people, it seems extremely crowded. The fortress’s walls are not high, and there are neither a line of arrow towers nor a wide moat. It looks like it is one of the most fragile fortresses in the entire defense line.

However, such an isolated castle resisted the orc attack for three days in a row, and forced the opponent to retreat because of no progress in the war.

The villagers who retreated from the outside of the city were no longer panic at the beginning. As long as they looked at the tall figure on the city wall, they would feel at ease - because when the enemies rushed up the city wall, these civilians found that the so-called "strong orcs" were not as tall as the soldiers guarding the city wall. The screaming orcs were beaten to pieces by a group of big guys like steel without even having time to put their farts...

Then the orcs retreated and the world became quiet.

For three days, the civilians in the fortress even thought that the war was over, but after approaching the barracks near the city walls, they could still feel the solemn atmosphere. Whenever soldiers wearing silver light armor patrol by, the civilians would even lower their voices even when they could speak.

But the atmosphere inside the military camp was another extreme.

The fortress is cold all year round due to its stone-enclosed structure. The soldiers who are on the turn of the road like to do the most is to bask in the sun when the sun is shining. They look like animals who have just woken up from hibernation. Chatting in the warm sun has become a "compulsory course" every day.

"Captain Davidian, do you think the orcs will come again?"

Taylor, a recruit who had just been in the army for three months, asked, as he was diligently wiping Davidian's metal helmet that he had taken off with a rag. The shiny light was extremely dazzling in the sun.

"If you come, you will be beaten. If you don't come, we will rest. What else can we do?" Davidian didn't even open his eyes, and he held a stem of grass in his mouth. "These green skins came for more than 4,000 and died, and then ran away. Are they still going to pile up 10,000 people to come and fight our small fortress? I can't see it."

"Tsk, the captain said this, it seems that the elm silly is not very powerful except for a loud voice. If you come, it will be for nothing."

Taylor was not boasting, he really felt this way - although he had only been training for more than three months and fought for three days of city defense, his mentality has now changed from being uneasy to being calm... No one, when the terrifying enemy in his mind was easily cut to more than ten times by him, who would still be afraid?

There were also many recruits next to him who echoed a few words. Davidian looked at the group of recruits who had never been on the battlefield and felt a sense of accomplishment. However, he warned: "You group of ignorant silly boys, really think that killing a few orcs is invincible? You don't know that any of the guys you met in Jingyu Forest and the Ice Plain. Just ask for one of them. If you press them to death, we will be as easy as pressing them to death ants..."

"Will you have to rely on Lord Roddy when you meet such a person?"

"That's not necessarily, look over there-" Davidian nodded, and the soldiers looked at him and could see three mages in robes sitting together and talking. Their clothes styles were completely different from those of Karen Kingdom. They were the mages who came to support after Houdini and Roddy reached an agreement.

It is precisely because of the existence of these mages that it seemed extremely easy to deal with the orc siege a few days ago. Davidian pointed to the position of the command post again: "Lord Soder is also very strong now. I want me to say that the position of Everta's 'First Knight'... will give way soon."

"Captain Davidian, you said that our combat effectiveness is much stronger than orcs, why don't you rush out to fight? I heard from the boy who was on guard that no one in Everta has taken the initiative to attack orcs yet..."

Davidian spitted the grass stem aside: "Taylor, do you have a lot of ideas? Come on, what did I emphasize to you when I joined the army?"

"Ah? I...that, I should be 'resolutely obeying the orders of superiors'."

"So what else do you want? The Knight Titus is commanding this war. Whatever he says is what he knows? Lord Soder is more principled than anyone else. Don't yell, 'I'm going to rush out and chop orcs', otherwise I won't care if I'm dealing with it by the military law."

"Yes! I won't dare to..."

In such conversations, time passes by. Sometimes war is like this. After tense battles and dying slaughter, people always hope that there will be more such events that are relaxed without engaging in the world.

However, the sudden assembly order made the military camp lively in an instant. The sound of tingling armor and weapons colliding was heard. The originally scattered open space was listed in a blink of an eye, and there was no sign of laziness at all.

Soderol's adjutant Pavini walked to everyone with a long sword of waist and hips and said loudly:

"First-level combat readiness, the team leader went to the command post to accept the task in half an hour, and it was finished!"

"Yes! Sir!"

After the formulaic order and response, Pavini saluted and then smiled and said, "You guys who think itchy bones can compare with whoever cut off more orcs."

“Wow!”

The whistle and cheer sounded, and this atmosphere that was completely different from all other knight forces was probably the entire Karen Kingdom. Davidian was also one of the adjutants, but he was responsible for the cavalry unit, and Pavini was responsible for coordination and logistics, so he smiled and went up to chat for a few words. After learning that it was indeed an active attack, he immediately took his own hands and opened the gambling market with a smile.

Pavini knew that they were betting on who killed more orcs, so he smiled, and then walked to the three Lassiman masters to invite them to the command post to discuss.

The four of them stepped into the cold and humid command post in the fortress. Because of the poor lighting, there were many grooves for inserting torches inside the command post. However, these positions are now hung with "crystal energy lamps" made by Elsen's specialty, making the command post bright as daytime.

The three mages were young and powerful. They were from academic schools and had never experienced the cruelty of the battlefield. They originally looked down on this group of soldiers who only knew how to fight, but after the orcs were repelled continuously, the three mages were honestly put away their arrogance.

And when they entered the hall in the core area of ​​the command room, even the sound of footsteps became softer.

Anyone who has seen Soderol go to the battlefield will feel a little awe in his heart.

The neatly stacked documents filled the table, and the huge and precise sand tray was placed in the middle of the room. All the details showed that this general who was guarding the fortress was definitely not a person with a closed audio-visual. Soder, who was dressed meticulously, sat upright at this time. When his eyes looked over, he had already put pressure on several mages...

"Holier City has given new strategic goals, and I will handle the specific actions as appropriate." Soderol pointed to the sand table and whispered: "Master Houdini has sent the enemy's position, so... I hope that the raid tonight will continue to receive the support of several noble mages."

The three mages bowed together without saying a word and replied, "This is our duty."

"If you can get the help of three mages, this raid will surely be successful."

Soderol's formulaic flattery, when he looked at the sand table, his originally calm eyes had already ignited a fierce fighting spirit.

This is the stage for me to display my skills...

*******

Just as Zoro was setting up a celebration banquet for his army to finally capture two fortresses, the army that rushed out of the night had already swung towards the camping orc troops like a scythe of the god of death.

Because Iversa completely adopted passive defense in the early stages of the war, the orcs already had a fixed mindset: humans can only shrink and defend, and they dare not attack the frontal attack of hard bridges and hard horses.

Since the war has been going on, only the battles carried out on the plains were the ones that Wellington Knights rescued. At other times, no matter how the orcs provoked, human soldiers would never take a step out of the fortress. Such behavior also made the orcs' vigilance at night weaker and weaker at the same time, and the defense measures were also taken more and more sloppy.

Among the entire orc army, only Zoro's guards used a distinctly hierarchical anti-impact formation when camping. After the other orcs were dispersed, they had never considered the impact of the camp layout on the indirect enemy at night. For the orcs who had just captured the "Tama Castle", they were even more vigilant to the lowest point with the city walls.
Chapter completed!