Chapter 609 Breakthrough and Siege

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Sword of Dawn Chapter 609 Breakthrough and Siege

Belk Lauren walked step by step on the path leading to the inner city castle area. The sharp stinging pain from several small wounds on his body constantly stimulated his already tired spirit and stimulated him to stay awake.

The fog has thinned, but the smell of blood still lingers in the air. There are still suspicious shadows flashing past. There are footsteps coming from the depths of the nearby streets. Every shadow and footstep may be hidden. Monsters - they may have been transformed or they may be transforming, in any case, Belk can't risk it.

The voice still lingered in his mind:

"It's become like this... you can live by eating stones... my lord."

It is for this reason that a man can willingly become a monster.

At this moment, the young Marquis suddenly remembered a sentence he saw on a report:

...the above-mentioned areas have been levied six times for grain, the households are empty, the leaves have been eaten, and the number of hungry people...

It used to be just a description, a few numbers, he also felt shocking, but it was only shocking.

Now, he finally saw with his own eyes what that "world" was like.

It is unbelievable that between that "world" and his "world", there is only one city wall and only one castle.

He finally knew why most of the decrees of His Royal Highness were difficult to implement, and finally understood why those noble lords could never be relied on.

People who live in castles cannot imagine what the outside world looks like.

Belk raised his head and saw that the main gate of Solinburg was in front of him. The drawbridge... did not rise, nor did he see the guarding soldiers.

An indescribable unease suddenly surged into his heart, and Belk immediately quickened his pace.

He clenched his long sword, crossed the drawbridge, walked through the empty courtyard and barracks area, pushed open the gate of the main fort with a slit, and entered the long hall on the first floor, which was also empty.

There were no moving figures in sight, but the disturbing smell of blood was everywhere, and there were traces of battles all over the long hall, blood of people, and crystal clusters that were broken and dropped.

not an external intrusion,

It was a battle that broke out from the inside out. The guards fought against each other for a short time, but in a short period of time, they took the initiative to stop the battle...

Belk quickly made these terrifying judgments through the traces on the scene. At the same time, he kept his pace, and quickly ran to the second floor following the memory, and ran to the hall on the second floor of the castle.

The door of the hall was open, and the guards could not be seen, and in the center of the hall, Belk saw the scene he least wanted to see.

A tall figure in black armor stood there - Edmund Moen heard the movement from the door, he turned his head, a face that had been spread and symbiotic by the crystal cluster reflected Belk Lauren s eyes.

Belk felt that his heartbeat was suddenly vacant for a beat, and then he immediately drew his sword and was ready to fight, but soon he found that Edmund Moen's line of sight was not completely chaotic and crazy. In the eyeballs that were about to become crystals, there was still the light of reason as a human being.

He moved forward cautiously: "Your Highness - can you hear me?"

Edmund Moen stared at Belk, his body was shaking slightly, as if two wills were fighting for the dominance of this body, and in the process of fighting, a hoarse voice came out of his throat: "Kill me, do it now."

This terrifying order caused a brief blank in Belk's brain, but he woke up two seconds later and made the calmest judgment.

He raised his long sword and strode forward: "Yes, Your Highness."

An illusory and hot fire ignited on the long sword. Knowing the strength of the prince in front of him, Belk gathered the magic power of his whole body in this blow. The heart of Demon Moen.

However, when the tip of the sword was only a few centimeters away from the heart, Edmund's left hand suddenly raised, and the palm covered with the crystal cluster directly held the hot adamantine sword. After the firelight and the gnawing squeak, Belk's sword couldn't advance any further.

Two pairs of eyes stared at this scene, then Edmund raised his head and spit out a word: "Run."

Belk released the hilt of his sword instantly, he didn't stop at all, rushed to the side of the hall and jumped, directly breaking the window and jumping out of the castle.

In the shadows in the corner of the hall, a clump of sinuous vines slowly wriggled, and with the rustling sound, they all finally shrank into the depths of darkness.

...

On the west side of the giant wood crossing, in the area of ​​Boulder City and White Pine, on the land controlled by the royal family, the thick fog has completely dissipated.

The fog leaves cities and villages, and where it has been infested, people become monsters.

The twisted giants formed by the fusion of countless flesh and crystal clusters are gathering, forming a disaster that spreads like fire. As long as there are people in the place, there will be a terrifying crystal cluster army. The giant-like individuals in black robes are The commanders of these legions, under the leadership of these commanders, the giants of the crystal cluster occupied all the villages and towns in just a few hours, and then began to spread in the direction where the kingdom army was stationed.

One of the important strongholds of the Kingdom's army, the Stone City, is under attack, and this city, famous for its thick walls, is facing its greatest test ever.

"Keep the line of defense! Keep the line of defense!! Shield players - stand up!"

"More kerosene is needed here! More stone bombs are needed!"

"Battle mages run out of mana - on top of the catapult! The Guard mages are coming!"

The burning oil bag and the rune-etched stone roared into the air, flying from the city wall to the distance, the huge crossbow arrow pierced the air with the bang of the machine string, and smashed into the distance. " In the middle of "The Tide of the Crystal Cluster", the knights and the noble officers who were supervising the battle were running on the city wall, commanding the battle with all their might, using various spells to strengthen the city wall and boost the morale of the soldiers, which were almost crumbling. However, under the city wall, those monsters were still gathering more and more. more.

This is the crystal cluster army that has been transformed from all the populations in the entire region. In the face of the quantity that can already cause qualitative changes, the mere stone bullets and kerosene, and even the fireballs and lightning of the mages appear weak and weak. These attacks fall on those monsters. It's like throwing a pebble into the sea, it's hard to set off too much waves.

A noble officer wearing dark blue armor and a sash on his shoulders stood on the city wall, watching more and more cluster monsters coming from afar. Those monsters not only rely on powerful bodies to fight, they are even more terrifying. The ability to cast spells - powerful arcane lightning constantly erupts from the densest areas of monsters, and after each lightning bolt, there will be an additional terrifying crack in the walls of Boulder City, or soldiers will fall, if the situation changes again. With this development, the fall of the city will only be a matter of time.

"How much kerosene and stone bullets do we have?" The noble officer turned his head and stared at a knight's adjutant nearby.

"Can last for two days, my lord, but I'm afraid it's still not enough - there are too many monsters, and there are countless more to come!!"

Fire oil is the most effective way to fight against those monsters, but the oil bag thrown by the trebuchet can't stop the tide-like attack at all, and the mages who can continuously release large-scale fire spells... They are too few in number, and they have all the mana exhausted!

The noble officer's face was gloomy. He heard a loud noise from the west city wall, followed by screams and noises one after another.

A large number of soldiers who were on the verge of collapse fell into chaos. From the attacked area, the defending troops began to shake and retreat.

The knights of the war came forward at the first time and used morale-boosting combat skills to forcibly maintain the line of defense. The soldiers affected by the extraordinary power returned to the city wall under the action of hormones and nervous excitement. However, their eyes were bloodshot and their behavior was out of balance. , the inner consciousness is rapidly approaching collapse, and it is completely unknown how many times they can operate the trebuchet.

What's even more frightening is that even the knights who were supervising the battle behind those soldiers... had already shaken expressions on their faces.

These are already the elite troops of the kingdom. They can fight head-on with the powerful Eastern Knights on the battlefield for a whole day. However, it is only a war against "people". Now, they are facing monsters.

This is beyond the limits of human willpower.

Another knight adjutant ran up to the city wall, with a terrified expression on his face, his tone was full of shaking: "Sir, it has been confirmed that there are many monsters wearing the clothes and armor of the soldiers of the third, fifth and sixth knights and the Royal Army. Fragments, they...they were transformed by our soldiers!!"

The noble officer stared, "How many people know the news?!"

"All the garrison troops saw it..."

Done.

The knights and levies stationed on the north-south vertical line of the giant wood crossing are all finished, and the city should be finished soon.

But before the noble officer could sigh, a nightmarish shout suddenly came from a distance:

"Count Thorin is dead!!"

After a brief stupor, the noble officer immediately widened his eyes, trying to find out which stupid messenger was shouting such a thing in front of the battle, but he soon realized that the voice came from under the city walls, from among those monsters.

A mutilated corpse was thrown into the sky by the monsters, and Earl Thorin's unsettled head just entered the sight of the soldiers guarding the city.

In the end, the earl failed to retake his domain and castle.

The defense line on the city wall began to collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye, began to retreat, and began to appear large and large gaps and gaps. The defending troops fell into an irreversible rout, and the knights of the war were no longer able to reorganize the defense line.

Because even the morale of the knights had collapsed.

Dozens of huge arcane arcs hit the city wall at the same time, and with the sound of continuous explosions, the majestic stone wall shook violently, as if it would collapse in the next second.

This city is impossible to hold.

The moment they realized this fact, the noble officer and his adjutants heard a sharp whistling sound coming from the sky, and along with the whistling sound, the entire sky was quickly covered by large shadows——

Countless icicles and howling winds swept the entire battlefield, as if the just-ended cold winter had returned to this world again. In this sudden ice storm, a new frozen barrier quickly blocked the front of the city wall, hundreds of thousands of people. The monster was pinned to the frozen cliff by an ice pick.

However, in the next second, this line of defense formed by solid ice was continuously attacked, and about half of the monsters pinned to the ice began to struggle: this is a fatal injury to ordinary people. kill them.

With the sound of clicking, the entire ice wall quickly cracked.

A majestic female voice came from a high altitude and resounded throughout the battlefield: "After the mountain corps broke with me, the Royal Knights and the Guards brought civilians to break through to the northwest!"

This is the voice of Duchess Victoria Wilder.

The adjutant of the knight reminded: "Sir, it is an order to retreat."

The noble officer glanced at the defense line that had almost completely collapsed and took a deep breath.

"retreat!!"

On the 12th of the month of recovery in Ansu 738, the largest fortress of the Royal Army on the Holy Spirit Plain, the Boulder City fell.

A huge army formed by cluster giants began to spread in the direction of San Sunil City.

...

A few days later, just after crossing the Pompeii region, Soldering and his steel rangers, who were heading northward along the east bank of the Dorgon River, encountered a completely unfamiliar enemy.

An extraordinarily tall human being who seems to be infected by some crystal parasite.

The ground burned by the single-soldier burner was filled with a strong burnt smell, and a large number of completely carbonized corpses and scattered crystal clusters were piled up within the range. Ranger soldiers inspected the eerie corpses on the battlefield.

The senior ranger frowned.

What happened in the north?