The sky and the earth are vast, with river valleys falling from the mountains, and cold streams flowing under the thin layer of ice.
There was a shriek of a goshawk in the sky. Boris looked up and saw half of the white snow falling from the sky like mist, covering everything he could see.
He took a step forward and hid behind a huge rock, looking at the troops marching in the mountains and forests in the distance, anxious. It was the army of beastmen, mighty and powerful, marching along the direction of the White River, reaching the south
Kislev, the human country.
Fortunately, most of the Great Wall of Despair has been built. Relying on the powerful fortifications of Black Crow Castle, the guards of the Great Wall have been resisting for a long time, thus notifying the Great Lord of the North to send reinforcements.
Boris was hungry. Since leaving the "savage" tribe, he could only rely on collecting wild fruits and hunting for food. However, in most cases, collecting wild fruits is the main means of obtaining food. In the ice and snow, animals are rare and large ones are rare.
Animals cannot hunt alone, and encountering small animals depends entirely on luck.
Hunger accompanies him almost every day. When he goes back, the tribe will accept him and he can get food and hot wine again. However, he does not want to become a member of the tribe and fight like a mercenary. He wants to return to the Great Wall and return to the Great Wall.
Black Crow Castle, continue to be his night watchman. Or, one day, he can return to the capital city of Kislev and become a noble lord again...
The cold wind was like an ice knife, cutting the exposed skin on his face, and also brought him back to reality from those unrealistic fantasies. The reality was that not only could he not be a Kislev noble, he could not even return to the Great Wall.
It was an almost impossible task. In front of him, there was a sea of trees and dark hordes of beastmen. The chief of the tribe persuaded him to give up the idea of returning to the south, but he refused to listen. Now, the reality is in front of him.
, even if he can fight one against ten, but there are tens of thousands of beastmen, it is absolutely impossible for him to fight his way back to the south among the beasts. The only hope is to sneak back to Black Crow Castle. However, the beastmen
He can be said to be the number one master of wild ambush, and his reconnaissance ability is first-rate. Once he gets close to the herd of beasts, Boris cannot guarantee that he will not be discovered. And the result of being discovered is that he will be torn apart by groups of beastmen.
In this wilderness.
He could only sit back under the big stone pier and continue to think about how to get out of the current predicament.
…
The cold woke him up. Without a clock, Boris had no idea how long he had been sleeping in the ice and snow. Fortunately, the beastmen did not find him. Unfortunately, the beastman army had already left the valley and turned to
Advance further south.
The Great Wall! Boris knew that their destination was to climb over the huge white wall and advance towards the warmer south.
Dragging his tired body, Boris started to trot again. With a sense of luck, he headed south.
Until the third day, under the dawn light, the figure of the Great Wall quietly appeared at the end of the line of sight. It stood like a silver snow-capped mountain on the horizon.
However, what is despairing is that the dense army of beastmen has completely blocked the city wall. It has become even more impossible to return to Black Crow Castle behind the city wall.
In the distance, the deep and heavy roar of the Cyclops was heard, and the unprocessed rough rocks turned into cannonballs, which were carried over the giant's shoulders and thrown out.
Between the vast white sky and the earth, there are occasional boulders whizzing by, hitting the towering white city walls, making loud noises like earthquakes and avalanches. White gravel dust falls like snowflakes from the place where it was hit.
Hitting a group of unlucky horned beasts.
And more inferior horned beasts, under the command of the big horned beast, "bravely" climbed this cliff-like wall.
Scattered arrows were fired from the top of the city wall, hitting the unlucky climbers. The inferior horned beasts that were hit by the arrows fell from the air and hit the same kind below the city wall, splashing black blood.
Although there were not many guards, relying on the tall and solid city walls, the Great Wall guards relied on extremely sparse troops to securely defend the Great Wall.
Those city walls that were damaged by the Cyclops's stone were rapidly healing at a speed visible to the naked eye! Yes, they were healing quickly! That was the power of magic. With the blessing of the Kislev Frost Wizard, the frost quickly healed
The cracked city wall was wrapped, using the power of ice to temporarily solidify the gravel and soil. At the same time, solid ice covered the surface of the city wall, leaving the climbing beastmen with no place to stay. The mirror-like slippery city wall
The surface made many beastmen stop moving forward, but above the city wall, arrows continued to fire, like deadly crows, hunting down the climbing beastmen.
The Great Wall is close at hand, but it is like a natural barrier. Between Boris and Black Crow Castle is this bloodthirsty and crazy army of beastmen. Perhaps his only way is to wait... until the beastmen fail to attack the city.
, jump out by yourself and return to the Great Wall. In this way, you can go home.
However, there is a problem, a very cruel problem... His body cannot support that long... No one knows how long this group of beastmen will besiege the Great Wall. How many days or weeks, or - a month or two?
Boris didn't know. However, he knew that he couldn't wait that long. There were beastmen all over the mountains and fields, and hunting around them was extremely risky. If he didn't hunt, he wouldn't be able to survive for a few days. The snow on the ground can be used as a source of water.
, but the food…
Maybe we can bypass the battlefield and enter the Great Wall from a farther place? But that would have to take a long way... The Great Wall is built according to the terrain. Many places are forests that never see the light of the day all year round. There are all kinds of monsters and strange creatures lurking in the forests.
Beast. Walking alone through these forests without familiarity is tantamount to suicide...
The cliff wall is right in front of him. However, the difficulty prevents Boris from taking another half step forward...
He was struggling fiercely in his heart. Should he take the risk, cross the blockade at night, and climb the city wall to ask for help? Or should he let this only opportunity slip away from him?
Both of these seem to be very difficult choices.
He could only sit down and pray, hoping that the bear god Esun would give him an answer. However, the bear father did not give him any sound, except for the sound of fighting in the distance, and there was silence around him. The world seemed to have forgotten him, and the night watchman had forgotten him.
, Kislev forgot him, Denis forgot him, even his father forgot him...
Boris was struggling in despair. Suddenly, he heard the breathing of a wild beast not far behind him...