Chapter 1217 Doomsday (Part 1)

The Kingdom of Eternal Winter, Snow Reflected Castle.

"My Lord, Lord Earl... the Graycastle army has retreated!" When a guard rushed into the castle hall excitedly and announced the latest news, all the nobles focused their attention on him.

"Are you sure?" Earl Marvin slapped the armrest of the seat and stood up suddenly.

"It's absolutely true, more than one spy said so," the guard nodded quickly, "Someone saw with their own eyes that their camp became empty overnight, and a lot of rations were also thrown away!"

"These people finally... get out!" The count couldn't help laughing, and his mood suddenly relaxed. A month ago, people from Graycastle suddenly appeared in the four seaport cities of Eternal Winter, and expanded at an extremely fast speed. They were uncompromising, accepting neither surrender nor tribute, and almost wiped out the population wherever they went. This plague-like barbaric behavior was simply more terrifying than the church - at least the latter could communicate.

The reasons given by the people of Graycastle are also extremely ridiculous. They say that the red moon will bring disaster and they must leave as soon as possible before then. joke! This land is the inheritance left to him by his grandfather's grandfather. No one can take it away easily. This is true for the church and the same is true for Graycastle!

"Your Excellency," an old bachelor complimented, "the so-called full moon, missing moon, dark moon and red moon are just a kind of celestial phenomenon, which will appear regularly at regular intervals. They want to believe that this is an ominous sign. As long as you occupy this place and don't move about their business, there will be nothing they can do to you."

"Yes, the cliffs around Xueying Castle are your greatest asset."

"If the Graycastle people are willing to negotiate, it's not like we can't make concessions."

"The church was aggressive at the beginning, but in the end, it made you a bishop?"

Others echoed.

Earl Marvin's confidence became more and more stable. He looked out the window at the strange celestial phenomena hanging in the sky. His initial fear was no longer there, and he even felt a sense of appreciation. If it weren't for the sudden change three days ago, the people of Graycastle would have pushed their frontline to the center line of the Kingdom of Everwinter in more than a month, and Snow Shadow Castle would have been inevitably affected.

Although it is said that the barbarians rarely attack the noble cities and ignore them as long as they do not interfere with their actions, but plundering the population is tantamount to infringing on the property of the nobles, so there is no reason to let it go.

If the other party really sweeps away the surrounding areas of the city, won't they be in trouble during the evil month?

Indeed, as the vassals said, the city itself was his greatest asset - it was located directly north of the royal capital and was located on a cliff. The surrounding area has sunk extremely deep, forming a natural "island on land". The widest part of the fissure is several miles long, and the narrowest part is more than ten feet long. It can only be accessed by a rope bridge. The area in the center of the rift is huge enough to house several cities.

The ancestors built the lord's castle on the "isolated island" because it was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Facts have also proved this point - Xueying Castle has never been captured since its completion. Although the Hermes Church swept through the entire Eternal Winter in a very short period of time, its only attempt to attack Xueying Castle was frustrated. He sent an envoy to negotiate with him, claiming that he could continue to rule here as long as he was loyal to the church. In the earl's opinion, this is what normal people do.

It was precisely because of this that he kept silent, thinking about getting a good price from the other party.

But the conditions promoted at Wimbledon are simply unacceptable.

Earl Marvin is not worried about Graycastle and the devils they call coming here. There is no more reliable defense than a cliff. But the city also needs supplies from surrounding towns. Even if there are warehouses full of supplies under Xueying Castle, which can last until the enemy gives up, once all the population is taken away, the resources consumed can never be recovered. .

Fortunately, they were frightened by the red moon.

"Mr. Sack, what should I do next?" Mavin looked at the old scholar.

"Hahaha, of course I took the initiative." The latter said, stroking his long beard.

The Earl's face suddenly stiffened. Defending Snow Reflection Castle and going out to find the opponent's trouble were two different things. Without this natural danger, even if he had ten courages, he would not dare to compete with the King of Gray Castle.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not talking about the people of Graycastle, but the territories they have plundered - think about it, the spies' report mentioned that the enemies are numerous and scattered, and a small team only has about a hundred people. With such a small number of people, What can you take away?”

Mavin's eyes lit up, "What do you mean..."

The old scholar smiled and nodded, "The kidnapped people must have left a lot of things behind. We should follow the Graycastle people's route and search along the way, and we should be able to find something missing."

For example, food that is extremely inconvenient to transport...

Marvin became more and more excited as he thought about it. He summoned his chief knight and was about to issue an order when another personal guard suddenly rushed into the hall, "Sir, sir... there is a devil coming from outside the city..."

"What devil?" The Earl glared at him displeased, "Have you even believed the lies of the Graycastle people?"

"Forgive me, my lord, but it..." the guard said in a harsh voice, "but it is indeed not a human being!"

Not...human?

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

Marvin's heart also skipped a beat, but as a lord, he had to be extremely calm.

"In that case, please take me to see him." The count suppressed his uneasiness and deliberately kept a straight face, "I would like to see what the guys who live in hell are like."

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Having said that, by the time he walked onto the city wall, he had already put on the best quality armor and the largest God's Stone of Retribution. A dozen personal guards shouted in front of and behind him, and a thick shield built a "shield wall" around him.

However, when he saw the other party, Earl Marvin couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. This time, his subordinates finally got it right. There was indeed only one so-called "devil".

The location where it stands is neither the narrowest point of the crack nor the weak point of the city wall, but simply stands on a raised rock pillar. The height is probably slightly higher than the top of the wall. A little further forward, it is not deep. Bottomed out ice abyss. The patrolling knight has already commanded his followers to set up the crossbow bed, and the loaded crossbow arrows are pointing straight at the target.

After carefully looking at it for a moment, Maven found that the other person did not look like a human being. Although it also had hands and feet, its body was much taller than the average person. Its skin was azure, and bulging meridians and blood vessels could be seen. The most obvious difference is the tentacles of different lengths on its cheeks, chin and elbows - those earthworm-like disgusting things are slowly squirming, making people feel terrified when they look at them.

What puzzled him was that the devil had his eyes closed at the moment, as if he was asleep, and could not feel the threat at all.

Was this monster really attracted by the red moon? No... that was just a statement used by the Graycastle people to intimidate ignorant villagers. The Earl thought to himself that no matter where it came from, it could not be linked to the rumored doomsday. On the contrary, as long as he ordered his men to pull the pry bar, this guy would Being shot by a crossbow arrow was heartbreaking.

Thinking of this, Marvin took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "Listen up, ugly and dirty monster! I am the lord of Xueying Castle, Marvin Kasuo! You have violated my territory. If you want to survive, kneel down Surrendering to me is your only choice, otherwise the abyss of ice beneath your feet will be your burial place!"

He did not think that the other party understood what he said. This righteous speech was not so much a warning to the devil, but rather a display of the bravery and fearlessness of a lord to the men on the city wall.

Since the people of Graycastle think this is a hell demon, if he can scare away or kill one, it will definitely greatly enhance his reputation.

"I don't have the patience to wait too long. Now I give you the last five breaths to make a choice - five, four!"

As he spoke, Maven made a gesture to the knight to prepare to shoot.

"three……"

The devil suddenly opened his eyes and shouted - "Enough!"

Its voice rolled over the Snow Shadow Castle like thunder, causing the ice edges under the wall to fall down one after another, and its roar echoed from the top of the mountains. For a moment, Marvin felt as if the earth was shaking and his ears were buzzing. He was so shocked that he subconsciously took two steps back and sat down on the ground.