The dark castle gate.

Simon Dolay tugged on his heavy chainmail helmet, grasped the lance in his hand that was polished and polished, and stood in front of his knight master, his cousin seventeen years older, Knight Anglican Dolay.

Behind him, he adjusted his breathing.

Beside him and behind him were countless knights and warriors, standing densely behind the gate of the castle. Each of them had different expressions, some were trembling with nervousness, some had firm eyes and looked at death, and some had numb faces and unfocused eyes. There were many.

People were whispering, and Simon vaguely heard words like "monster" and "annihilation."

Cousin, Knight Angligo, nodded to the middle-aged man in purple robe beside him, who turned and left. Simon recognized that it was Master Xili who was born in the Tower of Souls, the current mage consultant of Sword Lake City.

.

But why did he leave? Simon thought in confusion: The Soul Tower has been destroyed, where else can he go?

Knight Anglican mounted his horse, raised his visor, and glanced at Simon worriedly. The latter tried his best to stand up straighter.

After all, I am a knight's squire... Nervous Simon thought to himself: I must not embarrass myself in the first battle of serving my cousin.

Knight Anglican did not look at his cousin anymore, but raised his head with a firm face, turned his horse's head, and looked at the dark knights and soldiers.

"They're right outside the door!"

He shouted loudly: "Those shameful followers: Ludo people, Nieda people, Kelunsa people, Red Earth people, Northern people, Far Easterners - maybe there are damn Imperial people, all kinds of people, many

Lots of variety!”

"But I don't care!" Anglige's determined eyes swept over everyone: "Because they all have one thing in common -"

Brother Angli pulled out the long sword on the saddle and shouted with all his strength: "——I won't live long!"

Almost all the knights and warriors raised their swords, either banging them or raising them high. Amidst the sound of metal and the rain of guns and swords, everyone followed their commander and instinctively roared: "woo-ah!"

Simon was among them, roaring especially hoarsely - this gave him a lot of confidence when he first entered the battlefield.

"The victory of the Northlanders proves that they - those monsters, those disasters are not invincible!" Brother Angli said loudly: "And what we face... is just a remnant army!"

Many people gripped their weapons tightly.

"We will crush them!"

"woo-ah!"

"Open the city gate!" Anglige ordered loudly.

The soldiers on top of the city gate turned the winch, and the castle gate began to rise.

Knight Anglican, the commander of this charging force, rode his horse to the front of the team. Simon quickly followed with his gun in hand.

"After opening the floodgates, no matter what you see, remember..."

Commander Angligo held high the iron-colored sword he inherited from the Knights Temple, and his powerful voice reached the ears of every warrior:

"We are the sons and daughters of Thornland, the warriors of the Land of Thorns, and the guardians of the southwestern land!"

"woo-ah!"

"It is better to bleed for freedom than surrender due to fear - the light of the Republic once shone on our ancestors, and even the empire cannot erase it!"

"woo-ah!"

"No dragon, elf, orc, or evil empire can bring us to our knees - the sons of thorns are all born to resist!"

"woo-ah!"

"Erol's light will forever protect Sword Lake City! Son of Thorns, move forward!"

"woo-ah!"

The gate finally rose to the top.

Simon stood beside his cousin, looking at the shield on his saddle with a pattern of thorns and swords.

I am from the Dolay family - He tightened his grip on his spear and looked outside the city gate.

There was an army that was full of murderous intent, but could not hide its fatigue and injuries, and its numbers were smaller than theirs.

Are these the supporters and followers of those disasters?

Simon shook his head to clear the distracting thoughts from his mind.

We, the Duolai family, have guarded Jianhu City for generations.

I am the son of thorns.

I will never give in.

Knight Anglican put down his sword and took the spear tightly held in Simon's hand.

"Follow the formation, Simon," Brother Angli showed a hesitant expression. He saw his cousin struggling for a second, then frowned and whispered to Simon: "If the war doesn't go well..."

Simon was stunned.

"Under the south city gate, there is a secret passage in the ditch on the left." The cousin said the last sentence.

ah?

Secret passages

Before Simon could react, Knight Anglican swung his spear fiercely, extraordinary power surged into his arm, and he galloped forward.

What does cousin mean?

Simon drew out the sword from his waist, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, and followed the large army out of the gate.

He saw that they had set up their formation in a very short period of time, with the knights in front, the infantry on the side, and the archers behind.

He saw his cousin roaring angrily, kicking the horse's belly, and the horse trotted faster, while the knights beside him followed up fearlessly.

He saw the infantry commander turn around, draw his sword, and raise his shield to let them advance.

He saw the archers firing two rounds, exchanging arrows with the enemy. He tried his best to raise his shield and felt the vibration on it - many people in the infantry formation fell in the rain of arrows.

He saw the knights roaring in unison, leveling their spears, charging in rows, and different types of extraordinary powers appeared along with the knights.

He saw the extraordinary power taught in the Knights Temple emerging from his cousin's hands. He shook his spear and raised it towards the enemy.

He saw himself holding his sword high and following the roar of the infantry.

Then.

He saw his cousin directly in front of him.

Suddenly one appeared.

girl.

The cousin raised his gun and stabbed her without hesitation.

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Simon Corleone was startled.

He wakes up.

The thoughts of the Vampire Marquis went from the knight attendant more than six hundred years ago, back to the reality more than six hundred years later, and back to the unique birch forest in the North of the Stars.

He looked in front of him with fear——

Still the same girl.

The battle broke out without warning.

"Do it." Katerina's cold command sounded.

"die!"

Two vampire warriors from the Holy Blood Corps appeared one after another next to the strange girl, and another warrior appeared ferociously in mid-air and attacked from above!

The girl raised her head slightly and smiled.

Simon stretched out his hand towards the solemn-looking Queen of Night, Her Majesty Katerina, and shouted in horror: "No!"

Next to him, the seven or eight-year-old boy - Thales said to the two people next to him angrily:

"Why did they start fighting?"

As they spoke, the three soldiers of the Holy Blood Corps had already mercilessly extended their sharp claws that were comparable to steel blades.

Katerina frowned and stared at the girl.

But the girl still smiled, not caring about the danger on the other side and not even resisting.

The next moment, everyone watching the battle, including Katerina and Thales, shrank their pupils.

what happened?

"laugh!"

The vampire in front pierced the girl's chest with a claw and pulled out a bloody heart.

"Whoa!"

The vampires at the rear cut the unresponsive girl in half, causing blood to flow everywhere.
To be continued...