When the sky was dark, Bolu was taking a nap on the warm lamp in the outpost. Otto next to him pushed him: "Wake up quickly, it's time to change the guard."
Bolu opened his eyes vaguely: "What?"
"It's changing of the guard! You can go back to sleep!"
"Oh" Bolu straightened up and suddenly felt some small dots moving in the distance of his field of vision. Getting closer and closer, the black dots were particularly dazzling on the silver snow. After confirming that these things were moving towards him, Bolu
Pointed in that direction.
"Otto, what is that?"
Otto turned around, glanced only once, and shouted: "Nantes! Call the alarm! Call the alarm quickly!"
Nantes rushed out the door, grabbed a hammer hanging at the door, and began to strike a small bell hanging at the door. The heavy bell pierced the quiet sky in the early morning. Someone in the main bell tower on the second wall heard the ringing.
He stretched out his head and took a look, and then, the majestic bell of the big clock rang fiercely. "Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!"
The officer's roar came from under the city wall: "Infantry Team 1! Get up! Form a team!" A burst of chaotic footsteps was getting closer and closer. A group of people held round shields in their left hands, javelins in their right hands, and several javelins stuck in their backs.
The big man with his fur coat tucked under his chest ran up the city wall.
Polu, who had turned off the spotlight, looked at them and felt something was wrong: "Pato, why don't they wear armor?"
"I guess they thought they wouldn't need it today, so they slept without wearing their armor. But after today, I think they will have to wear their armor to sleep and won't be able to take it off."
"Speaking of which, aren't these things looking for food in winter? There are wild beasts on both sides, so what are they trying to do? Seriously, there's food everywhere."
"Who knows." Otto shrugged: "Anyway, they haven't figured out why they have to go there after studying for a long time. It is said that they were summoned by some evil god or something. They only figured out that these beasts can neither be eaten nor their fur.
If you use it, you can only burn it. But it’s the same for us. We can’t let these things rush into our hometown anyway. There are so many furs that can’t be used. It looks very uncomfortable. I have been brave enough to eat and use them before.
.I don’t know why, but I’m all crazy.”
Watching the infantrymen rush up to the city wall and start to form a team, Polu suddenly felt pessimistic about today's changing of the guard.
"Are we still changing the guard?" "Look, the captain has brought people over." Otto said: "We are a reconnaissance team, they are a combat team, and their tasks are different. You...I don't know if you need to wait for someone."
No one mentioned the changing of the guard before? Anyway, it’s daytime and there’s no need to turn on the lights. Let’s go and do whatever we need to do.”
"No one mentioned to me whether there was a change of guard during the day. I'll go back and ask later. Let's go eat first."
The captain led the people to the outpost, said a few words, and Otto and Nantes walked down the city wall with Polu and walked towards the functional area in the back half of the fortress.
The three of them passed through the gate of the second city wall. Different from the cold and desolate atmosphere of the first wall, the city was bustling with activity. The tall city wall blocked the cold wind. Under the city wall was an open space extending along the city wall, where people sat in rows.
There were about three to five hundred soldiers in armored rows. There was still a lot of open space.
"There are not many people on duty today. When the attack is at its most intense, this place will be filled with soldiers waiting to be rotated." Otto said smoothly as he walked.
There are several sheds against the wall. Some sheds are hung with vertical flags with red crosses on a white background, and there are rows of people in white robes holding rosary beads and wearing priest hats. Others are mostly empty, with only a few sheds.
There was a man sitting in a shed, and the armor on his body was obviously a high-quality treasure, and it shone like a mirror.
Otto noticed Polu's eyes and simply explained: "This is the priest's treatment point." "Here are the knights stationed in the fortress. They are all the count's guards. They are experienced macho men, fighting madmen, and have thick armor and swords."
They are fierce and can fight very well. They should be arranged today just in case there is a gap. The empty shed over there is prepared for the new Seventh Knights. I don't know if they can do it."
"Of course the Seventh Knights can fight, but what about mages? Don't we have mages?"
"Here." Otto raised his head and nodded with his chin. From here, he looked at the rather tall mage tower. "They are all up there, but there are not many of them. About 7 or 8. There are few mages willing to come here. They
I find it annoying that there are always fights happening here, maybe it's an intrusion.
They should do experiments. So there has always been a shortage of mages. Later, His Majesty promulgated a law. Every Cassadorian who received a state subsidy to become an academic mage had to stay for three years, but generally he could not see it.
It’s not like the monsters blocked the door and I couldn’t make any noise even if I shouted.”
"This... is so cold!?"
"Hey, that's a good word, aloof! It's different after going to school."
"What about the cafeteria?"
"In the back, go this way"
"Identity tag!" A burly chef stood behind the counter and shouted angrily. "This, this, this." Bolu showed the ID tag hanging on his waist that he had received when he entered the fortress yesterday. "Bang!"
The wooden plate was thrown in front of me, and the master moved the spoon like
Flying, a spoonful of strange paste was placed on the plate, bang, two pieces of hard bread were smashed in, and Dang! A soup bowl containing a few potatoes and some shredded pork was thrown on the plate. "Oh, today
There's beef stew with potatoes!" Otto, who was behind him, stretched his head and took a look.
"Battlefield food will be available every day from now on!" "Great!" Otto beamed with joy.
"Don't you usually?" Polu asked in a low voice.
"Can you eat meat at home?"
Polu looked back at the incomplete and broken memories of his former owner and shook his head: "How is it possible? There is only mush and less dry bread." This place is really underdeveloped in terms of productivity. Polu, who was full of sex before traveling through time, was in his heart.
sigh.
"That's alright. Find a place quickly and take a nap after eating."
Polu, who has been eating in the school cafeteria for 12 years, does not have high requirements for the taste of food, but it is very painful if he cannot even guarantee the quantity. The beef stew with potatoes in this soup bowl cannot be scooped up with a spoon with thin shredded meat, so he has to eat it.
Break it open with bread and eat it. It is tasteless and has no oil or water. While eating it, Polu made a vow in his heart: "I will live a life where I can eat meat for every meal as long as I live!"
After finishing the work, the three of them threw the bowl into the bucket at the door. Bolu returned to the dormitory of the maintenance station and spread out the bed rolls he brought. They also stayed up all night on duty on the lamp, and the few people, whose faces were as white as snow, looked at each other.
, fell asleep without saying a word.
At noon, Polu was awakened by a fierce sound of bells. "What does this bell mean?"
"The wild beasts have started to climb the wall." A companion murmured as he climbed up. "I just approached the city wall in the morning, why are they starting to climb the wall now!? I heard that it would take at least a day for wild beasts to appear within the sight of the city wall.
Only then can you save enough!”
Bolu also trembled in fright: "What? Then isn't this a super large-scale event?"
"Get up quickly, take a walk, and check out the outpost."
The two jumped up and ran towards the city wall. There were more soldiers under the city wall. Compared with the cheerful atmosphere in the morning, everyone looked serious. They probably didn't expect that they might actually go into battle today. They were all checking each other's armor at this time.
and weapons.
The two ran up the ramp to the city wall passage. Someone blocked the passage to prevent too many people from disturbing the order. At this time, Polu saw Otto and Nantes walking forward from a distance. He said hello to his companions and went to look for them.
They asked: "Otonante, are you here too?"
Both of them were soldiers at the outpost, so they were naturally let through. Bolu followed them and climbed onto the city wall.
"The clock has been set on the wall, so naturally I wanted to come and take a look. I happened to be almost asleep." The three of them walked to the outpost of the same reconnaissance team.
Otto asked a bearded man next to him: "Galad, why did you ring the city wall clock just now?"
"It seems like we are about to start rushing against the wall." The bearded man also had a bad look on his face, and stepped aside: "You can see for yourself."
The three of them huddled in this position and looked northwest. There was a trench 5 meters wide and 5 meters deep in front of a wall. Sharpened wooden stakes were stuck at the bottom of the trench. Let alone wild beasts, the tank would probably fall into it.
There was no chance to jump out again. At this time, there were already many wild beasts surrounding the ditch. They obviously
They looked restless, even spinning around in circles, grinning at the city wall, and letting out low roars. The strange thing is that these beasts gathered together and lived in peace, as if the human defense line was more important than the usual food. The scene
It's so weird, it seems like these beasts are being manipulated.
"Isn't there really someone behind this?" Polu asked the question in his heart.
"The mages didn't find it, and the priests also checked it, and they seemed to have discovered something, but they didn't find the mastermind behind it anyway."
At this moment, there was sudden movement in the herd, and they began to try to jump over the ditch and climb up the city wall. These medium-sized creatures took a run-up, and then jumped hard, and some of their front paws rested on the wall, but
How could one hold on to the long stone walls? Some fell into the ditch halfway and could not escape the fate of being pierced by wooden stakes.
But there were too many beasts. When they were not afraid of life and death and jumped towards the ditch with the momentum of moths flying into the flames, the ditch was destined to be filled. Gradually, too many wooden stakes were crossed.
The exposed pointed head of the beast gradually decreased. Finally, a very strong-looking leopard fell into the ditch after grabbing a few times on the city wall, but stood up again after rolling a few times. At this time, it was no more than 10 meters away.
It had only been thirty minutes since the first beast fell into the trench.
With the heavy looks on the faces of everyone behind, there was finally movement on the first wall.