Starfall 831, December 14, Southern Wooded Area of the Great Ajax Mountains, Black Forest Fortress.

Heavy snow fell in the roar of the wind, goose-feather snowflakes stirred with the hunting north wind, and a gray haze covered the sky.

This is a blizzard whose vision is obscured, and even the elves who claim to be the most keen-eyed would not want to see a scene dozens of meters away in this situation.

But outside the fortress, in the endless ice field in front of the city gate, there were dozens of knights in armor standing in an array against the fierce wind and snow, standing on the white frost, and a banner with gold on a black background was planted in front of the formation, fluttering in the cold wind.

Dressed in bright silver full-body armor, with swords and axes at their waists, and their breastplates carved with the pattern of the head of the winter wolf, they held their helmets in one hand and the reins in the other, while tall and sturdy horses stood quietly at the side of the knights, with leather cushions to protect them from the cold, steel light armor underneath, and a silver-gray metal cavalry spear hanging from their flanks.

These trained Northland War Horses with the blood of the Earth Walking Dragon are usually bloodthirsty and carnivorous, and have a violent personality, but they are so docile and obedient in front of their masters...... And logically speaking, according to the weight of the whole body armor, ordinary people can't even walk freely in them, let alone walk on the snow field against the wind and frost, but this group of extremely strong silver knights and half-dragon war horses don't seem to take this weight seriously at all, and it doesn't seem to hinder their movement at all.

In the blizzard, there was silence, no one in the array was talking to each other, and the knights stood still in the freezing cold, as if waiting for something.

Finally, after a while, the horn of the assembly suddenly sounded outside the city, and at the same time, a masked knight standing at the front of the queue also said in a dull male voice: "Knights, assemble, process!" ”

The sound passed through the snow and into everyone's ears.

The knights who had already formed the array heard their commander's order, their bodies remained still, but their eyes lit up a little, and even some of the younger, not very calm guys rolled their eyes, and then secretly turned their heads sideways and looked towards the gate of the fortress.

Click.

With the sound of iron boots trampling the ice and snow step by step, two figures, one large and one small, slowly walked out of the snow.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the tall figure.

As he got closer, his silhouette became clearer, and he could clearly see that it was a tall man in armor, who also held a helmet in his hand, leading his black war horse, and slowly walked towards the array of knights.

But when this black silhouette really stepped out of the cover of the snow and entered the knights' field of vision, they couldn't help but feel a sudden tingling of their scalps, and a shivering chill rose from the tail vertebrae, straight up to the brain, and all the cold hairs along the way stood on end, making people feel fearful.

Coercion! This is a more terrifying and terrifying coercion than the siege of the Kuroshio and the golden behemoth a few days ago!

Many people were secretly frightened, and their bodies instinctively wanted to escape, but after all, they were all silver knights, and they suppressed this impulse and stood firmly in place, against their own instincts.

And the source of the coercion, the man in black full-body armor with dark red pupils has walked in front of the knights, the quaint Maximilian armor is full of heavy majesty, and the relief of the death crow is faintly visible on the shoulder.

In the face of dozens of heavily armed armored knights and the same number of dragon blood war horses, he didn't seem to be nervous at all, and there was no fluctuation in his heart, as someone who didn't know how many times he had seen a scene ten times and a hundred times bigger than this, he had long been accustomed to it.

The warrior stood beside the fluttering black and gold banner, he looked around at the fifty knights present, nodded and praised, "Yes, the array is very neat. ”

Then he said crisply, "I am your lord, Joshua Radcliffe. Yesterday I posted a call on the bulletin board for you to gather here today to tell you something. ”

"The battle is not over."

"As we all know, we were attacked by the Kuroshio a few days ago, and an unprecedented horde of wild beasts surrounded the fortress, which used the magic of chaos to interfere with communications, cutting off all hope for help, and even at the end, the sudden attack of the golden beast broke through the walls, and the fortress almost fell. Thankfully, I arrived at the last minute, otherwise few of you would have survived. ”

Hearing this, there was a faint commotion in the neat array of knights, but no one showed indignation, and even some showed a look of shame, because what their lord said was the truth, as knights guarding the fortress, they did not fulfill the oath they had made.

Most of their fear and anger stemmed from their own powerlessness, and as knights with oaths and virtues, they would not fail to admit it.

The speech continues.

"This is not to show you my strength, but to state the fact that this Kuroshio is far more ferocious than you have ever encountered before, and the slightest carelessness will lead to a global collapse. Once a fortress is breached, the villages and towns behind you will lose their best protection, and they will be powerless against the beasts. ”

After a pause, Joshua stared at the crowd in front of him and said in a louder voice: "There may be your parents, wives, descendants and friends who live in the villages and towns, and I believe that you must choose to become knights and hone your martial arts and physical body, not just to eat more, but to prepare to protect them." Imagine if a horde of beasts broke through the barriers, galloped freely across the snow, attacked your friends and relatives, dragged them out of their houses, tore them apart, and devoured them...... I believe that you are willing to give your lives for the fortress for glory and duty, but would you like to see such a sight?! ”

No, never!

"I will defend the fortress to the death, and I will never back down!" Some of the knights in the array couldn't help but speak, their brows furrowed, their faces worried, as if they were imagining such a scene according to Joshua's words, so the decisive oath was quickly made: "I would rather die before them and be devoured by demonic beasts than see such a scene!" ”

But there were still skeptical voices in the crowd: "But my lord, since you killed the giant beast last time and drove the beast tide away, there is no trace of half a monster in the surrounding Black Forest...... Isn't this Kuroshio over now? ”

There is also a more direct one: "Yes, my lord, we have successfully defended the fortress, and now our family must be safe, what you said...... Isn't it a bit alarmist? ”

"Of course not." The warrior in black armor shook his head and looked directly at the questioning knight.

"Not only is what I said not alarmist, but it has even become a fact now. The Moldovan Territory, not far to our northeast, is now under siege by more than 200,000 wild beasts. ”

Speaking of this, Joshua stretched out his hand, and the red flame of light burned on his fingertips, and then lingered for a long time, leaving a red trace in the air, and he used this trace as a pen to draw a rudimentary map in the air: "The four territories of the Northland are really one, as long as the fortress of Moldova is breached, then our plan to encircle the Black Forest area of the Da Aas Mountains will completely collapse, and the surging beasts can easily bypass our defenses from the rear, cut directly into the rich hinterland, and attack wantonly." ”

He drew a red arrow in the Moldovan fortress, as striking as blood: "The end? No, as I said at the beginning, the battle is not only not over, but has just begun! If we don't defeat this wave of beasts, we will never have peace! ”

The commotion in the array was even greater, but it was not fear or suspicion, and in the midst of the discussion, a gray-haired middle-aged knight took a step forward, and he asked Joshua solemnly, "Then lord, what should we do?" ”

"What to do? Quite simply, we rushed over to support Moldova and help them hold on. ”

Joshua's words were simple and direct, and he said without hesitation: "Fighting on other people's territory is better than fighting on your own, although this is not a battle that takes place on our land, but it can also protect our relatives and children." ”

"But that's 200,000 beasts." Behind the middle-aged knight came another knight, he didn't look weak, just simple emotion and doubt: "50,000 wild beasts can push our fortress into a desperate situation, and 200,000, four times the size of the previous one, even if the entire Black Forest fortress is moved, it is useless." ”

Indeed, even if they occupy the convenience of the city walls and all kinds of magical alchemy equipment, the defenders of three thousand people plus the reserves, trying their best, are just barely fighting against the wild beasts without wisdom, two hundred thousand, what is the use of summoning them fifty knights? Even if they were all silver-level elite combat powers, it was impossible for them to last long in the endless beast tide.

The warrior shook his head, seemingly disagreeing.

"It's different from when you were defending the city." He said: "At that time, you were inferior in numbers, and there was no advantage in average strength, and in terms of high-end standing power, the other party had a golden demonic beast, and you only had three silver peak chiefs, in this case, you could hold out for such a long time, which is enough to prove that the beast is not powerful." ”

Speaking of this, he showed an arrogant smile: "What's more, this time I am here, and I am leading you, so you will definitely win." ”

Such proud and heroic words came from the mouth of the man in black armor, but not half of them had any objections, not even those who had questioned it before, and the knights nodded as a matter of course, and let out the first cheer since the assembly: "Victory!" "Victory!" "Victory!"

"In that case, get on the horse!"

"Yes!"

With this order, all the knights put on their helmets at the same time, stepped on their horses, and hung the packages containing dry food supplies on the side of their horses, and the war horses with the blood of the earthly dragon also snorted at this time, and white gas gushed out and steamed up.

Joshua also slowly put on his cold and heavy helmet, in the V-shaped gap, two red lights burned like fire, he turned over and sat on the war horse, and then pulled the firefly behind him, only then did anyone notice that the second figure was a silver-haired girl, but no one cared about it now.

The warrior of the black armor gives the order:

"Listen to my orders, target the northeast, Moldova, forward!"

As soon as he had said that, he rode his horse and set out first.

Perhaps, only such a person can bring certain victory!

The flames in their chests burned brightly, and the knights responded again loudly: "Forward!" ”

Above the endless snowy fields.

In the midst of the snow, the swift knights stirred up the snow and dust, and their heavy footsteps shook the ground, and they rushed away like a tsunami of arrows against the fierce wind blowing from the north.

Indomitable.