Elloth led the remaining Knights of the Silver Hand and quickly caught up with Willier's four teams of knights. When Willier and the four teams of knights saw Eloth and the others, although they were already prepared, they
Seeing that there were more than 30 brothers missing after the death, I couldn't help but feel sad. Fortunately, the bodies of the brothers were brought back.
Squadron Leader Willier and Scout Halfhand rode over and reported to Iloth: "Your Excellency Iloth, we have sacrificed 37 brothers, seriously injured 8 people, and lost 29 horses."
Duanzhang paused, and then said: "Beheaded more than 400 orcs, including more than 200 elite wolf cavalry."
Eloise nodded and said solemnly: "The loss was huge this time. The Silver Hand hasn't suffered such heavy casualties for a long time. The responsibility lies with me. I will apologize to the Grand Duke when I get back. Why didn't you see little Harry?"
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Brokenhand hesitated for a moment, then said sadly: "Little Harry fell off his horse, we were unable to rescue him, and he was..."
When Elos heard this, his chest seemed to be pressed down by a huge weight. His body, which was already agitated by the fighting spirit, could no longer withstand the disorder of the energy. He spat out a mouthful of blood and sprayed it on the back of Putao's neck.
His mane was dyed red, and he immediately lay down on the grape.
Little Harry was the youngest among the Knights of the Silver Hand. He was only 18 years old. He was promoted from a trainee knight to a full knight last year. Unexpectedly, he died on the grassland. Eloise couldn't help but blame herself.
Willir and Brokenhand were startled, and were about to help Elloth off his horse. Elloth took a breath, leaned over, and said: "It doesn't matter, the one who fought with the orc just now suffered some internal injuries. That orc
He is also of the Gold level and belongs to the Frostwolf clan."
Willier said: "Your Excellency Elos, the casualties caused by this operation have nothing to do with your command. These orcs are indeed powerful. We can severely damage the orcs at such a cost. It is already a great achievement. Don't worry.
Sir Elos, I will report it truthfully. What is more important now is that we must quickly report the news that the orcs have re-established the empire to Grand Duke Gros."
Elos wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Although his pale face looked a little weak, he looked even more elegant: "Okay, let's go to the pre-set supply point in the south to rest for half a day, and then return to Storm Fortress. We will eat, drink and rest on the horse. After all,
Brothers who are seriously injured cannot delay any longer.”
Willier took the order and left, and the Knights of the Silver Hand immediately embarked on their way back to the fortress. Apart from resting at the supply point for half a day, they spent the rest of the time on the road. Fortunately, this situation has been encountered many times before.
Although both men and horses are tired, they can persevere.
After trekking like this for 3 days, I finally stepped out of the snowfield and saw the rocky surface. There was also a small group of cavalry in the distance. From the looks of it, they were dressed as patrol cavalry for the fortress. In the farthest distance, I could vaguely see a section of several thousand meters long.
The majestic and towering fortress walls, it was only then that everyone relaxed and finally went home!
The small team of cavalry patrolling in the distance came here on horseback. They saw that part of the armor of the Silver Hand knights was broken. It seemed that they had experienced a big battle. Some of them were carrying corpses on their horses.
The knights of the Hand, who respected the cavalry squad like gods, couldn't help but be startled, and no one dared to speak.
The leader of the squad leader cautiously and respectfully said to Willier at the front: "Adults, I am Marlborough from the second squad of the first patrol brigade. Do you need any help?"
Willier said: "Marlborough, right? You should go back to the fortress and notify the field hospital to prepare. We have several seriously injured brothers. Also, Your Excellency Ilosu has urgent military information to report to the Grand Duke. You should go and inform him immediately."
"Operate" When the team leader turned his horse and prepared to go back to the fortress to deliver the news, he saw Eloise behind Willier. Eloise is usually a low-key person. Apart from practicing martial arts and military training, he rarely shows his true face to others.
They usually wear helmets when going out, and this was the first time Marlborough and his men saw Iloth's appearance.
Marlborough led his men to rush to the Storm Fortress to report. As they galloped, they were still thinking: "Hey, the Grand Duke's adopted son, Lord Elos, is really good-looking, just like the rumors said.
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Soon, the Knights of the Silver Hand arrived under the walls of Storm Fortress.
The Storm Fortress is extremely majestic and can be called one of the miracles of the Toril continent. Legend has it that in order to resist the invasion of the south by the orcs thousands of years ago, all the human legendary mages in the Toril continent cast spells to transform the landscape. What was originally a plain was
A rolling Gangdise Mountains was created out of thin air on the surface, stretching for thousands of miles. The Storm Fortress was built at the pass in front of the Gangdese Mountains.
The city wall of Storm Fortress is more than 40 meters high, 3 kilometers long, and 10 meters thick. Facing the northern grassland, there is only one tall city gate, which is 5 meters high and 7 meters wide. It is made of fine steel with a thickness of about 1 meter.
It is made and weighs more than 200 tons. It is impossible to open it manually with this weight. It is driven by the magic mechanism on the upper part of the city gate. To open or close, two high-level magicians must inject magic power to drive the mechanism and control it.
Lift and lower.
There is a triangular stone carving on the lintel of the city gate, engraved with two leaping lions. These two lion sculptures are the family emblems of the Grand Duke of Shireland in the Albrex Empire. Therefore, the main entrance of Storm Fortress became the "Lion Gate".
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There are also a large number of magic runes engraved on the Lion Gate. These magic runes are poured into the carved patterns with mithril, and then enchanted by several legendary alchemists - the two enchantments of solidity and repair.
Effect. After being enchanted with transcendence, the Lion Gate has transcendent defense, and even the legendary strong cannot damage it.
There are magic towers and arrow towers built on the city wall, which are used by magicians and archers to carry out long-distance strikes. There is a large machine gun every 10 meters on the city wall, with a range of up to 3,000 yards, and the crossbow arrows on it are up to 2
There is more than enough rice, and the arrow body is about the same thickness as an adult human arm. The broad three-sided arrow reflects the cold light, making people shudder.
There are also special facilities inside the city wall called the "Soldier Cave". The "Soldier Cave" is actually a brick door with a closed end, which can be used for soldiers to rest and store military supplies during wartime. This "Soldier Cave"
There are a total of 100 caves on two floors on the 3-kilometer-long city wall. Each cave can accommodate more than 100 soldiers, and a total of more than 10,000 soldiers can be hidden.
The Storm Fortress is so impregnable that it has never been conquered by the orcs in the thousands of years since it was built. Even the emperor of the orc empire thousands of years ago and the eternal choice of the beast god, Brox Shiga Saurfang, has never conquered it.
.The soldiers and civilians stationed in Storm Fortress believe that no matter what the enemy is, no one can take over this city!
The Storm Fortress is a masterpiece of military defense facilities and city wall construction technology on the continent of Toril. No matter in terms of military value, historical value, ornamental value, architectural design, scale, function, etc., no other race's fortress can compare with it. It can be said that it is
Following one of the great wonders of human history.
Amidst the sound of "rumbling" rising from the Lion Gate, the Knights of the Silver Hand entered the Storm Fortress. Under the respectful and envious gazes of countless defenders and civilians, the knights led the wounded towards the storm.
In the fortress's church hospital, the knights carrying the remains of their comrades rushed to the fortress's Glory Cemetery, while the rest returned to the Silver Hand knight's station and prepared to interrogate the captured orc women and children.
As soon as possible, these orcs were still swearing in the orc language, but they only kept a few words over and over again, such as: "despicable human pigs, cowards, etc." I believe that after seeing the methods of the military camp law enforcement officer, they will say it obediently
Everything, although there is no useful information, is only used to prove the authenticity of the information obtained in this operation.
The Knights of the Silver Hand, as one of the seven major knights in the Toril continent, are low-ranking and aloof beings in the Storm Fortress, the Shire Territory and even the Albrex Empire. All soldiers and civilians in the Storm Fortress can enter the Silver Hand.
The Knights of the Hand are proud of it. If a member of the family can be recognized and accepted by the Silver Hand, then his family's status will rise. Not only will they have a more superior life, but they will also get rid of their civilian status and step onto the threshold of the nobility.
Although most of the Silver Hand knights are just honorary knights, not real nobles, and do not have fiefs or fiefs, the treatment they enjoy is real. The Shire Kingdom allocates independent houses and residences to the Silver Hand knights, except for food.
Subsidies, a salary of 100 gold galleons per year, and a one-time compensation of 10 years after death in battle. These generous benefits have attracted countless civilians and ordinary soldiers who are eager to make contributions.
However, it is extremely difficult to enter the Knights of the Silver Hand. The minimum strength requirement is the level of an intermediate knight. They also have to undergo rigorous military training year after year, such as equestrianism, lance thrusting, javelin throwing and other martial arts. These trainings are required
Started since childhood.
It is extremely expensive to train a Silver Hand knight. Each Silver Hand knight is equipped with two shire horses. Trading and buying and selling of shire horses is prohibited. They are extremely important strategic resources and are difficult to value.
The Silver Hand knight armors are all enchanted armors. Although the enchantment level is not high, it is just a low-level defensive enchantment. But as long as it is an enchanted item, in addition to the materials of natural affinity magic, only mithril can be used.
Mithril is a metal material that is extremely light in weight. With the same volume, it weighs only one-fifth of ordinary steel. At the same time, it is stronger than fine steel. It is also a good material for conducting magic. However, it is rare in quantity and expensive.
A piece of chain mail made of mithril can be sold for more than 10,000 gold galleons on the market.
Even though there are mithril veins in the Shire Territory, the standard armor of the Knights of the Silver Hand only uses a small amount of mithril, and the cost of making a single piece of armor is as high as 500 gold galleons.
Coupled with the excellent weapons and other equipment of the Silver Hand, not counting salary and subsidies, training a Silver Hand knight requires at least 3,000 gold galleons. It can be said that the combat effectiveness of the heavy knights on the mainland is all accumulated by money.
But definitely worth the money.
The comprehensive defense capabilities brought by the heavy armor, coupled with the sprint speed brought by the excellent war horses, the heavily armored knights are enough to crush 10 times the troops other than the heavily armored knights on the battlefield. They are the trump card army of every empire except the magicians.
Iroth and Willir did not move with the others, but rode their horses to the central area of Storm Fortress, the official residence of Archduke Gross of the Charland.
Storm Fortress is different from other cities. As a militarized fortress, the layout and administrative division of the fortress are not much different from other cities. However, there are fewer civilians in Storm Fortress, most of them are military family members, and there are few commercial streets in the main city.
and shops, are all continuous arms workshops and blacksmith shops.
Because the Shireland has a large amount of iron ore and is of high quality, it has these unique advantages. Therefore, the Shireland's weapons and equipment are famous in the mainland, and the military industry is extremely developed.
These arms workshops and blacksmith shops not only provide supplies for Storm Fortress and the Shire Territory, but also export a large number of various weapons and equipment to the Albrex Empire and other countries. This is also one of the important sources of income for the Shire Territory.
one.
Soon, Eloise and Willier arrived at the official residence of Grand Duke Gros, and suddenly saw a light in the midst of a weapons workshop and a blacksmith shop.
In a huge square is an elegant palace, surrounded by dense woods, which is refreshing. The four corners of the official residence are supported by gray-white marble columns, and the stone steps in between are hung with hazy gauze and silver curtains.
The yarn and the brilliance of the sun complement each other, showing a colorful display.
There is also a fountain right in front of the palace. The clear water from the fountain gushes out, turning into a green belt and surrounding the palace for a week before flowing into the depths of the woods.
Unexpectedly, there is such a magnificent and magnificent building in such a rough and violent Storm Fortress. The contrast is shocking.