"Are you kidding? How could I agree to such a thing?!"
In the forest at night, Rachel, who was riding on a horse, raised her head slightly, glanced at Todd next to her under her hood, and let out a long-drawn-out sound with her nose.
Todd straightened up and said righteously: "I just promised and am willing to swear in the name of the gods to provide necessary protection to Fergal and his daughter Emer!"
Rachel chuckled, lowered her head, and said no more.
Todd breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to look at the meandering army behind him.
One hundred gladiators and two hundred barbarian warriors set out from the camp a few days ago and were marching towards a small town in the Kingdom of Ulster. Before leaving, Todd handed over the defense command of the camp to Alfonso.
He also left the Guards Knights as a guard force. The force he led accounted for almost two-thirds of the total military strength of Froststone Camp.
The tightly tied Fergal walked at the front of the army and was responsible for leading the way. A dozen soldiers surrounded him, monitoring his every move.
Todd drove his horse to Fergal and said to him: "How far is it?"
"Over the hills ahead, you will find the small town of Marozzi." Fergal stopped, looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, and estimated the distance: "Fifteen more minutes of walking, you can see
On the outskirts of the town. Every spring, the kingdom stores the food of the Southern Army in the castle in the center of the town, and then disperses it by fleet."
Todd nodded and signaled the troops to pause.
Soon, a barbarian hunter who was good at lurking and reconnaissance returned to the army from afar and reported to Todhui: "Chief, I visited the town and everything is normal. The enemy has not noticed it."
"Where is the enemy sentry?"
"There is a watchtower facing south and two sentries. It's not difficult to deal with."
"What's the status of the defenders?"
"I inquired about it and found out that an enemy army just left the town last week. There are currently no more than 200 defenders in the town."
Fergal, who was firmly grasped by several barbarian warriors, said at this time: "Look, the fate of my daughter and I is already in your hands. I have no reason to lie to you."
Todd rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then ordered to the troops: "Ackerman, you lead all the cavalry with horns, and explore around along the periphery of the town; Casper, you lead fifty gladiators,
Stay in the hilly highlands ahead; others prepare in place and prepare to fight!"
Fugal curled his lips: "You are really careful in what you do. I really don't understand how you were caught last time?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the barbarian warrior behind Fergal punched him hard on the back, knocking the arrogant guy to the ground.
Todd walked up to Fergal, glanced sideways at the old guy with a painful look on his face, and said: "Casper, make sure he doesn't leave your sight. If we have any accidents in the town, the first thing you have to do is
One thing is to kill him!"
"I'll go with you."
Todd looked at Rachel who made the noise, shook his head slightly, and whispered: "Stay here in the highlands. If anything happens, I need you to guard my retreat."
After arranging everything, Todd raised his sword and shield and nodded towards the warriors behind him.
An army of two hundred people disappeared silently into the night.
An hour later, the silence of the night was broken by the din of war.
The cries and screams of the residents completely awoke the defenders in the town from their sleep.
On the wall of Fort Marozzi, wounded soldiers knelt at the feet of the commander and cried loudly: "Sir, all our brothers in the town have been killed!"
The commander of the castle was an elderly Lord of the Kingdom. He shouted loudly: "Who are the enemies?! How many people are there?!"
"I...I don't know, they didn't display any flags. One hundred and fifty people? Two hundred people, maybe more! Many of them are wearing fine armor!"
The commander's eyes twitched and he kicked the wounded soldier hard in the abdomen: "You bastard! Do you think I'm an idiot?!"
"Sir, the enemy is approaching the castle!"
Hearing the sentry's warning, the castle commander left the others behind and walked to the wall to look ahead.
Figures glowing with metallic luster, like war spirits returning from hell to the world, passed through the blazing flames and marched towards the castle.
The commander looked at the fire-reflecting armor on the enemies in the front row, and then at the well-made weapons and shields in their hands. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Sir, the enemy has entered the range of the bow and arrow!"
The commander finally recovered: "Oh...oh, shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"
The arrows shot hit the heavy armor of the enemy in the front row, but other than a clanging sound, they failed to cause any substantial damage.
As the enemy approached step by step, the commander gritted his teeth and loudly ordered: "Tell the defenders at the city gate! Wood, carriage, stone! I don't care what they use, in short, block the city gate as soon as possible!"
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"Also, tell those archers not to waste arrows and move the enemy closer! As long as we can hold on until dawn, the kingdom's reinforcements will come to save us!"
To his surprise, the unidentified army suddenly stopped some distance away from the castle. Their queue was divided into two halves, and all the soldiers faced one of the soldiers in the formation holding a sword and shield.
The man in armor bowed and saluted, but the latter put down the weapon in his hand, walked out of the infantry array, and walked slowly towards the castle.
The castle commander muttered to himself inexplicably: "What are these people doing?! Did they send a negotiator?"
After a few seconds, the commander opened his eyes wide, opened his mouth to the maximum unconsciously, and was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he sat down on the ground.
The figure of the warrior illuminated by the flames slowly lengthened and became larger. Sharp iron claws, dark scales, and a huge body... In just a few seconds, a tiny human turned into a creature over four feet tall.
Rice monster.
Weapons hit shields, and iron armor stepped on the ground. There were loud cheers and praises from the enemy formation, and everyone shouted a strange name loudly.
Mesagogus
The castle commander stumbled up from the ground and shouted at the stunned defenders: "Attack! What are you doing standing still?! Use all the weapons in your hands to attack that monster!"
Arrows and stones fell like raindrops on the dark monster.
The latter let out an earth-shattering roar toward the sky, then fell on all fours and charged towards the castle gate.
Possessing amazing speed and powerful strength, the monster's body was like a speeding tank, slamming into the closed city gate.
The ground in the entire town was shaking, and cracks appeared on the stone walls of the castle.
Before the defenders could make any reaction, the fanatical warriors followed the monster's footsteps, shook off their steps, followed closely, and launched a charge towards the city gate.
The commander who fell to the ground due to the shock waved the weapon in his hand and screamed hysterically: "Kill that monster! We must not let him break open the city gate!"
Logs and rolling stones were thrown from the wall.
The monster that was hit on the head by these heavy objects just shook its head in discomfort. Then he raised his head angrily, opened his giant mouth like an ancient lizard, and spit out a breath of frost towards the defenders on the city wall. Soon
, there were sounds of breaking ice coming from the top of the city, and the defenders' attack was immediately eliminated.
The monster lowered its body, exerted force on its limbs suddenly, and slammed into the crumbling city gate again.
Finally, with a loud noise, the city gate collapsed.
The monster returned to its human form and stood at the gate of the city, looking at the frightened defenders in front of it without making any move.
In the diffuse smoke, a group of wolf-like warriors rushed from his side, rushed into the collapsed city gate, and launched a tidal wave of attacks towards the defenders.