"It has just entered winter and the weather is so cold. There must be no food left in the wilderness."
"Sigh, there must be a lot of wild beasts coming this year. I don't know if we can hold on and survive."
Two worried soldiers were hiding in cylindrical stone posts spaced 50 meters apart on the city wall. The howling wind passed through the narrow viewing holes. The two men were surrounding the brazier, still half-lying in the darkness around them.
There was a man. The dancing firelight shone on his face, and his eyes under his black hair were unusually bright. His young face had a depressed expression that did not match his age.
"Oh, you can wear it after working overtime and fainting? Suddenly it was thrown on this young man who is only 16 years old. Others started as either princes or dukes, but I was better. I was almost 20 years younger. No
Forgetting his background, the one who returned his leg was an orphan?
I had just graduated from a general school, and my education level was about equal to literacy. How did I get started? I had to role-play a bit to avoid being exposed. When I first came here, I knew that this was not a peaceful world, so I spent two weeks trying every possible means to sneak into the logistics and maintenance department.
Department, but after only three days, he was parachuted directly to the front line, without giving any chance to develop. He still had to eat the northwest wind on the city wall. Take care of this alchemy searchlight! There is no way to pass through!"
"Polu, stop cowering there and come over to bake for a while. Lying on the ground in this weather will make your back unbearably cold."
In the darkness, Bolu tightened the blanket around him: "I've been riding in Tianshan Road carriages for so many times. My waist hurts so much. Please let me lie down for a while."
"Hahaha" the soldiers' mocking laughter drifted to the rear with the sound of the wind.
"By the way, did you hear anything when you came here?" the soldier continued to ask.
After hesitating for a moment, Polu felt that there was probably no need to hide it: "The adults have sent reinforcements for the first time in twenty years. I heard that it was an astrologer who gave a prediction of a particularly cold winter this year. Every time there is a particularly cold winter,
There will always be a lot of strange things attacking the fortress, so there are a lot of people coming this time, and the team leader can’t see the end!”
While rubbing his lumbar spine that felt stretched on the bumpy and stiff carriage, Polu moved to the fire. He said mysteriously: "When we came this time, there were really many knights and priests traveling with us.
It's a carriage, otherwise we
I didn’t have a chance to ride in a carriage, so I had to walk! I heard that the entire Seventh Knights came over, with more than 200 carriages. But I didn’t see any horses, so I don’t know if it’s true or not. There are more than 20 people in our maintenance center.
, was pulled over temporarily.”
"You knights can't even ride horses here. There's no need for horses to fight in this place! There are all rocks outside and there's no grass! All the horses will starve to death!"
"Yes, and this place is so cold, even if it doesn't starve to death, a living horse will freeze to death!"
The two were chatting for nothing, and suddenly Bolu noticed a white shadow floating in the sky outside the window. "It must be snowflakes." Polu thought to himself, and then pointed out the window, "Look, it's snowing."
"The two people who were chatting suddenly fell silent, and their already poor expressions suddenly turned livid: "Oh no, it's snowing." The hand of Otto, the older soldier holding the pipe, started to shake.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I'm young and don't know about Nantes, but I have seen it. Last time it snowed at this time, there were so many, so many things coming, including barbarians, monsters, beasts, giants, everything. The front of the fortress was piled flat with corpses.
, although the main castle was defended in the end, those things still rushed into the Tulan Plain along the river valley. It was that time 21 years ago," Otto replied with a trembling voice.
"I was only over 10 years old at that time, about the same age as you, and my home was at the other end of the canyon. These things rushed in like a flood. The village was gone, the lord was gone, the fields were destroyed, and all the people were gone.
I was hunting in the mountains. When I came home, there was nothing left. Later,
The count sent people to incorporate us into the army, gave us food, and asked us to come here to rebuild the fortress here. I had no other place to go, so I stayed here. I remember very clearly that the weather this year was just like the weather on 21
Almost two years ago, I went to the mountains to find food because of the cold."
There were heavy footsteps outside the door, accompanied by the sound of armor scraping and a creak. The door was pushed open, and a man wearing half-armor stood at the door. The three people quickly stood up from the fire: "Captain, you are here.
"The captain walked in and rubbed his hands in front of the fire. The howling wind brought snowflakes swirling outside the door. "It's so cold. You just need to be awake. Sit down." Otto and Nantes spoke again.
He sat down on the fire.
"How are you getting used to it?" This sentence was said to Bolu who had just sat down wrapped in a blanket: "It's okay, but it's too cold and I can't take my hands out."
"Hahaha, you people in the Turan Plain can't stand the cold, so we think it's okay." The captain completely forgot what he said when he first entered the door. "The weather is abnormal this year, and those things are expected to arrive much earlier.
Please be alert, don't fall asleep. Every time like this, there will be a lot of weird things, so don't fall asleep."
"Captain, don't worry, we can't sleep even if it's so cold."
"Well, I'm going to patrol the sentry, you continue." The captain showed a decisive expression, and once again broke into the wind and snow outside the door, leaving a series of footsteps in the snow that gradually disappeared. "Captain
Walk slowly."
"Quack, quack!"
Suddenly, fierce calls of birds sounded in the northwest sky. It was not just one or two birds, but a large number of calls. The captain on the city wall raised his head and was stunned. "What are you looking at, captain? Go out and take a look."
"The three of them took a few steps away from the warm fire and stretched out their arms from the door.
He raised his head and looked at the sky. Originally, the wind was quite strong today, and the moonlight shone on the snowflakes, allowing him to see very far. But from the direction facing the fortress, that is, over the wasteland in the northwest, a shadow was moving quickly.
It looked like a dark cloud, pressing towards the fortress.
It gradually got closer, and when it reached a distance where several people could see clearly, Nantes exclaimed: "These are all birds! They have all run away!" "Oh no, no, no, the birds have all run away. This is a disaster movie."
Standard configuration!" Polu was anxious in his heart, wishing he could
He had to run down the city wall on the spot and catch the carriage convoy that would return tomorrow to return to the warm hinterland. However, the fear of being regarded as a deserter and having to sacrifice the flag on the spot stopped him. "What can I do? If we fight now, I have no advantage."
Say it!"
The birds in the sky flap their wings fiercely and fly quickly against the heavy snow, as if something is chasing them. The sounds of "croak" are endless, and occasionally one or two birds seem to have exhausted themselves in the desperate flight.
With such strength, it fell from the sky and hit the ground with a bang.
Several people from the nearby guard post heard the noise and came out to observe what was happening. Seeing this scene that seemed to herald a disaster, everyone looked at each other and stood in the heavy snow, with the fire behind them swaying and the elongated shadows of the people on the wall.
The sky was swaying unsteadily, and the weak firelight seemed a little weak in this cold world.
"Dong, dong, dong" The heavy iron boots were walking quickly, passing through a dark corridor, climbing up the spiral staircase, the leaves of nails were rubbing against each other, making a sound of cara, and the red brocade cloak was dancing in the wind as it crossed the covered bridge.
, passing through the gate in front of the corridor at one end of the covered bridge, the soldier walked to a gorgeously decorated door and knocked on the door.
"Come in"
The soldier opened the door, and two people were playing a game called war chess at a table. A middle-aged man wearing a red robe embroidered with gold thread asked: "What's wrong, Parma, what's wrong so late?"
"
"It's snowing outside, Lord Count. There are also birds flying over!"
"What!? It's snowing so early? And there are birds?"
The earl dropped the chess pieces in his hand, quickly rushed out of the gate, and came to the covered bridge. The biting cold wind swept past him with swirling snowflakes, and picked up the earl's gold-embroidered robe. The earl was full of scars and obvious scars.
His fat face was covered in bruises, and he didn't know whether it was because he was cold or worried.
"Your Majesty, your order?"
"Parma, give the order, squads 1, 2, and 3 will wear armor and go to the first line of defense to prepare for battle. Send out all the muskets and go now."
"Wait a minute, and notify the mage group to turn on the detection of humanoid creatures first. Let's go."
At this time, another person in the room, wearing a blue robe with a shiny six-pointed star embroidered with gold thread on the grapefruit, also came out and looked at the heavy snow: "It looks like this year is not going to be very good."
"I'm a little worried. I was here 21 years ago, and almost everyone in the fortress died. But this time it snowed earlier and was heavier than the snow 21 years ago."
"But this time we are more prepared. His Majesty the King has sent the Seventh Knights. The Diocese of the Goddess of Life has also supported a group of priests and has an additional magic tower. Although it is just an ordinary third-level magic tower, it is also
It is truly a magic tower.
There is enough food in the warehouse for half a year, and there is also a maintenance center. Battery life is not a problem. Don't worry. I am here too. If I can't hold it anymore, I will naturally take action. It is better to hold on to the fortress than to be discovered by the Sixth Princess.
It’s important. Yes, you have to pretend you don’t know about this. She is at Leonardo’s place, you don’t need to worry about her.”
"How can I not worry? Every time the beast tide is different. I can pretend not to know that she comes here, but if there is an emergency, we will all suffer. Since I inherited this title, every time this time comes,
, I couldn’t sleep all night long, and my hair was falling out one by one. It’s not as satisfying as when I held my head in front of my head and chopped the beast with a knife.” The Count of Tashkent touched his hairline, which was obviously not optimistic.
.
"It's okay, she has the amulet to avoid death."
"That's much better." Count Tashkent sighed and looked up at the flock of birds flying south.
"It's really uncomfortable to wait for the enemy to come to your door."
"yes"
The two sighed and looked at the silver wasteland from a distance on the covered bridge.
The sound of heavy footsteps came from the passage under the sentry post. Polu stood up wrapped in a blanket and asked the two sentries beside him: "What is this noise?"
Otto was already listening, and after a moment he said: "The infantry entered the reserve area under the city wall, those things may be coming."
Polu was shocked: "What, this is coming? I just arrived. I, I'm not mentally prepared yet."
"It's just a precaution now. Don't worry, we are the first wall. We won't fight here. If we can't hold it, we will naturally retreat to the second wall." Otto said with a look of confusion on his face that he didn't even believe it.
.
"Post No. 1! Post No. 2! Turn on the lights!" a shout came from outside the door.
"Yes!" Young Nantes pushed Polu: "Why are you standing there in a daze? We are number 1. Get up and turn on the lights."
"Oh." Bolu, who was still in the process of hearing the news that "those things" were coming so soon, climbed onto the lampstand with a confused look on his face. He was blown away by the dry and cold wind from the northwest, and he shivered, and his mind suddenly went numb.
I woke up. I quickly recalled it and trained as follows:
The method I learned when I was young was to open a 30 cm square iron box, take out a round magic crystal, and insert it into a groove behind the lamp tube that is as thick as an oil barrel. Then shake the handle, and the two ends of the groove's trap plates will move toward
Move it inside to secure the crystal firmly in the slot.
After checking that the installation was correct, Polu moved a lever on the side of the lamp tube with force. "Boom" a light blue halo flowed out of the crystal and flowed along the array engraved on the lamp tube until the entire array glowed slightly with fluorescence.
, the lamp in front of him first flickered slightly, and then suddenly lit up. The bright beam of light pierced the dark air in front of him like a sword, shining on the snow in front of the fortress. The snow reflected the bright light, lighting up the fortress.
The front photo is bright.
Several spotlights on the back also lit up one after another, illuminating the northwest side of the fortress as if it were daytime. He arrived at dusk and was sent directly to the outpost when it got dark. Before he could even take a look at where he was, Bolu just said this.
Have the opportunity to see this magnificent fortress clearly.