270. Your Existence Is Worthless (Part I)
William and Neil soon brought Domingo and the others outside the Lord's Mansion.
Here, Domingo and all the people under his command had been rushed together, and just by glancing at it, Domingo's face became extremely ugly.
The men brought by Domingo had gathered at this moment, and although they were not disarmed, Domingo did not feel any respect. Because from the faces of the soldiers around him, Domingo could only see a deep disdain, and it was obvious that in the eyes of these soldiers, it was simply an insignificant matter whether he could disarm the people under his command.
"You ......" Domingo's face was very angry, but as soon as he could speak, he was pulled by Sein's sleeve.
"Is your lord qualified to declare war on the Tinchiin Lord?" Sein took a step forward, knowing that his father was easily influenced by emotions and made some wrong judgments, which was why he could only serve as the commander of a legion and not enter the kingdom military headquarters to become a commander.
"Didn't you just hear what the Executive Lady said?" William said lightly, "Our lord has all the legitimate right to rule over the entire Panda Territory, do you know what the right to rule is?" This includes the right to declare war. β
"Your lord is not even a nobleman, just a pioneer knight." Sean said in a deep voice, the expression on his face was still as calm as ever, and it did not change because of William or Sean's attitude just now, "As a pioneer knight, not only expelling a nobleman, but also issuing a declaration of war, are you provoking the entire Dabiang Kingdom?" β
William raised his eyebrows slightly, he felt that he was a little blind, but he didn't expect that the clerk in front of him was a talent. In just a few sentences, the situation of Sean and Domingo has been raised from the level of personal grievances to the level of national level. If William answers yes, then this must be the fuse for the war between the two countries, but if he does not answer, then the authenticity of this declaration of war order will also be questioned, which will weaken Sean's authority.
However, if a different person is faced with this kind of inquiry, it is indeed difficult to answer it perfectly.
But for Sean, who had long wanted to go to war with Dabion and was distressed that there was no suitable excuse, Sean's words gave them an excuse.
So William didn't think about it, and said directly: "Don't use you Dabiang to scare people, even if you are provoking Dabiang?" Is Dabion going to fight for you kind of shit? Don't say it's you, even if the five dukes of your kingdom are standing in front of us today. Our lord didn't pay attention to it either. β
As soon as William said this, the faces of Domingo, Sain and the others became extremely ugly.
This is already a naked provocation and insult to all the nobility of a kingdom.
"You're going a little too far." Neil spoke suddenly.
Sean and Domingo glanced at Sean's chief administrative officer, and their expressions were slightly better. As long as there is a step, Sein can take advantage of the situation to step down, after all, if there is a war with Panda now. They weren't prepared enough, and they didn't think about war in the first place. In such a situation, rushing into battle was never a good idea for them.
That's why Neil opened his mouth to say this. In Sain's eyes, it is the subtext of a step. This made Sain feel that Neil looked obviously more pleasing to the eye, after all, he was the chief administrative officer of a territory, specializing in managing internal affairs, and if there was a war, it would also make his work difficult and troublesome, so war has always been the last thing all administrative officials want to see.
"What's going on?" William glanced back at Neil.
"Are you taking them seriously?" As soon as Neil's words spoke, Sein's brow furrowed slightly. It doesn't look like you're going to put a staircase to get them off the stage.
"Of course I won't take it seriously." William sneered and glanced at Domingo and the others.
"Since you and I are not in our eyes, how can the lord be in my eyes?" Neil said the words calmly, but he choked on Sain and almost spat out a mouthful of blood. "It's like if you hear a dog barking, do you still bark at him? Just knock it to death with a stick. Did you say that what you just said was excessive? β
"Indeed." William smiled and nodded, "I went too far, I actually compared the lord with these grasshoppers, I'm so sorry lord lord." β
"You ......"
"What am I? Hurry up, didn't you hear that Lord Lord expelled you from the country? is still here and does not leave, and his face is so thick-skinned. William frowned in disgust, his expression looking very impatient, "By the way, the people of the Valiant Sword Mercenary Group must stay, and the rest of you can get out." β
When William's words were heard, the guards under Domingo's command made a commotion, because by this time, the black-armored heavy infantry who were surrounding had already stepped forward and grabbed people in the crowd. This was another naked insult for Domingo, the other party didn't take him as an earl in his eyes at all, and it was obvious that Sean's attitude in the conference room was serious before.
"Stop it!" Domingo snorted.
But as a unit currently under William's direct command, how could the soldiers with dark wings listen to this even an enemy?
Seeing that the other party didn't give himself any face, Domingo immediately roared again: "Taylor! β
The deputy commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, who understood this, immediately rushed towards William.
He is a high-ranking golden powerhouse, and at this time, he is a thunderous sneak attack, the distance between the two sides is not even five meters, this distance is not even a sneak attack, even a frontal attack even Sean may not be able to parry immediately, so dealing with a William who has no combat power at all can be said to be a matter of hand. And Domingo's plan is also to hold William hostage first, as long as William is in their hands, not to mention that they can keep the sword of valor, I am afraid that even on the issue of Panda Ling, they can do something about it, because Domingo has long seen that the relationship between William, Neil and Sean is by no means ordinary.
In the face of Taylor, who suddenly made a move, William did not move, just when everyone thought that William was scared stupid, but saw the corners of William's mouth slightly raised.
Taylor was shocked when a cold wind suddenly hit him. It was even faster than him. For a moment, Taylor immediately realized that the person who shot was definitely a high-ranking golden powerhouse whose strength was not below him, and the other party was closer than the distance between himself and William, otherwise it would be impossible to be able to help immediately at this moment. And if he still insisted on making a move on William at this time, then his right hand would be abolished, so without thinking about it, Taylor immediately withdrew.
A flash of light disappears.
Taylor's expression was extremely solemn.
A woman dressed in a special priestly robe stepped out, her scabbard at her waist no longer swordless, and a slashing blade held in her right hand, standing in front of William and Neil. Look directly at Taylor.
Shefanio.
"Priest with a sword!?" Taylor's expression changed slightly, judging from this woman's momentum, he could feel that the other party's strength was not below him at all.
If it was an ordinary clergy of the Church, even if it was a priest or a Templar or the like, Taylor would not have any change in expression. Because he is confident that even if he can't win against his opponent, he still has no problem keeping Domingo and Sain. But if it's a priest with a sword. Then the situation becomes very, very tricky. Because the priest with a knife is the most combative profession in the church system, and it can basically be regarded as an invincible category of the same level, in the face of such a priest with a knife, Taylor may be able to protect himself, but if he wants to protect Domingo and Sein, it is absolutely impossible.
When you hear the words "priest with a sword". Domingo's face also changed suddenly, and he immediately shouted: "Church personnel? This is a matter between our nobles, and you church personnel have no right to interfere! β
The opposition between royal power and clerical power is no secret in this worldly realm. Basically except in the St. Joels Empire, as well as in a few other countries. In other places on the continent the royal power was stronger than the clergy, so in these places the church rarely intervened in the affairs of the nobles, including in territorial wars, and there was almost never such a thing as a clerical officer in the army; In the same way, the noble lords will also give these churches the necessary respect and a certain degree of autonomy, and even divide some regions into temple autonomous regions.
And whether it is the Kingdom of Dabion or the Duchy of Lane, they also belong to the kingdom where the royal power is stronger than the clerical power.
So no matter how hard Domingo and Sean fight, the Church, as a transcendent institution, is not qualified to meddle - of course, in the St. Joels Empire.
"I have a deal with Sean." Shefanio whispered.
What kind of agreement, Sefanio didn't say, but Domingo, who thinks he is smart, can already guess a few points. Many nobles will have a secret agreement with the church in their territory, the content of these agreements is different, but most of them are more inclined to protection, assistance and the like, but this kind of agreement is basically a written agreement in black and white. If Domingo knew that the agreement between ShephaΓ±o and Sean was a divine agreement, I am afraid he would not dare to have any other thoughts.
And at this moment, the guards under Domingo's command also erupted into a greater agitation and several terrible screams.
When he looked back, Domingo's anger could no longer be maintained.
Because the men of the dark wings had already engaged in a short but fierce confrontation with his guards, more than a dozen people had fallen on the ground, including the members of the Heroic Sword Mercenary Regiment, and a few people from the private army of his territory, but there were no people under William's command. And the treatment of these people is also completely different, like the private army under the command of his territory, they are just subdued and lose their ability to fight, but the people of the Heroic Sword mercenaries are all killed on the spot.
Seeing that the scene was faintly out of control, William's brows couldn't help but wrinkle.
In his vision, Evan and his Valiant Sword should have been co-opted by Domingo. But at this moment, it seems that his prediction is wrong, at least this Evan is not being adopted by Domingo, maybe his status is almost equal to Domingo, so William also has some understanding, and understands that this Evan should be absorbed by the people of the Nugus family.
In this way, there is a speculation that the heroic sword would abandon himself and flee when he led his army to fight the Dabroun mercenary group.
"Take it!" Thinking of this, William immediately understood, and it was even more impossible for Evan to escape from Void City, "Who dares to intercept it." Lawfully kill on sight! β
At the sound of the order, the momentum of the army of the pitch-black wings immediately changed.
Although under William's reorganization and training, the pitch-black wings have only been more than half a year, and they cannot be regarded as a real third-level regular army. But the tacit understanding in cooperation has also matured, and the equipment configuration of all the pitch-black wings is of a sophisticated level, and it is still a heavy infantry corps, plus the opponent is less than thirty people, and all kinds of advantages are cumulative, even if these thirty people are a fifth-level army, I am afraid they will not be able to block the attack of the pitch-black wings.
Know the way. At this moment, there were hundreds of soldiers with black wings around the lord's mansion, and on the roofs around them were steel-winged soldiers with bows and arrows. Even if they can't be defeated, all the heavy infantry just needs to set up a defensive formation and let the steel-winged soldiers scatter is enough to shoot all of them into hedgehogs.
At this time, I saw a change in the momentum of the pitch-black wings. Whether it's Domingo or Sain, or Evan hiding in the crowd. It was immediately known that Sean and William and the others were serious. I immediately had to start fighting hard. However, under the huge advantage gap, in less than ten seconds, these guards under Domingo's command left five or six corpses, this time the pitch-black wings shot was obviously much more ruthless, regardless of whether the other party was a heroic sword mercenary group or an ordinary soldier, anyone who dared to resist would be killed.
Soon. The smell of blood began to fill the air outside the lord's mansion.
But at this moment, a rush of shouts and killings sounded from all directions.
William's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he immediately reacted.
Not only William, but Domingo, Sain, Taylor, Neil and others. It was also an instant realization of the change in the situation. But at this time, Neil and William secretly glanced at Domingo, but they saw a little stunned and helplessness on his face, and now William was even more convinced of his guess, it was obvious that Evan was sent to Domingo's side by the Nugus family.
But what made him dissatisfied was that the heroic sword commanded by Ai Wen actually mixed into the Void City in batches unknowingly, but the Void Realm was not discovered at all, which made William realize at the first time that there must be a major surveillance vulnerability in the Void Realm. It's just that now Zhilu Dao is useless, according to intelligence clues, the total number of Aiwen's Heroic Sword mercenary group is as many as two thousand, although it is much less than the current nearly 10,000 defenders in the city, but now there are less than 1,000 soldiers near the Lord's Palace, if they are surrounded by the Heroic Sword mercenary group, then it will be them who will become tricky and troublesome.
Thinking of this, William immediately said to Neil, "You retreat into the lord's mansion first. β
Neil nodded, he knew that in this situation, he could not help much, although he was not weaker than William in terms of military strategy, and he could even be said to be more clever, but even Neil had to admit that he was indeed inferior to William in terms of command of the battle. After all, William has focused on this aspect of development from the beginning, and he has also undergone a systematic education, so he is naturally experienced, and he has to be too distracted, so he is really not as good as William in this regard.
The shouts of killing have noticeably become more deafening.
William's eyes gradually became cold, and without the slightest hesitation, he said in a deep voice: "Red signal flare." β
At some point, several heralds had begun to gather around William, and as William's order was issued, one of the heralds immediately took out a signal flare and launched it. In an instant, the sky above the entire Lord's Mansion became a sunset beauty, but this was a sunset beauty for ordinary people, but for Domingo, who was also a soldier, it was filled with a solemn momentum.
couldn't help but glance at William slightly sideways, but saw that William at this time had a solemn face, and the momentum of the whole person was diametrically opposite to that in the conference room just now.
William, of course, felt Domingo's gaze, but he didn't care.
Gently glanced at the besieged Heroic Sword mercenaries, there were less than ten people still alive at this time, looking at the appearance of these people fighting and retreating and still acting in an orderly manner, William knew that these people were all members of the Heroic Sword Mercenary Group, otherwise they would not have been so tacit. Although it was still the black-winged soldiers who had the upper hand, and the arrows from the surrounding rooftops were still shooting at these people, the results were very low, and just looking at the opponent's retreat route and shouting of killing, William knew that there was a team of heroic swords breaking through to this side.
Seeing this, William already had a basic judgment: "Stick to the double wall." Sniping. β
It's just two words, four words, but it reveals an extremely cold killing intent.
The two heralds soon left William's side.
No one knew where they were going, but after a while, they saw that the pitch-black heavy infantry with less than ten people immediately changed their formation, and no longer continued to try to strangle with these heroic sword men, but put on a tortoise defense formation, using only the shield and the heavy armor on their bodies to form an encirclement, surrounding everyone in the innermost. Of course, that's not the end of it. This encirclement was only surrounded three times, and from the fourth circle, the heavy infantry turned around, facing the heavy shield in their hands outward, and also surrounded three layers.
Seeing this scene, Domingo immediately understood William's intentions. This formation can not only resist the siege of the people outside, but also completely trap the people inside. Although relying on these hundreds of people alone may not be able to hold out for long. But thinking of the flares that William released at the beginning, and the tight formation he had seen at the embassy before, I am afraid that in just a few minutes, the defenders of the whole city will flock here, and it will be these heroic swords who will be wiped out by that time.
Domingo was just impulsive, or he wasn't fit to be the commander of an army. But not stupid.
Seeing this change, he immediately turned around and walked towards the lord's mansion without hesitation. Sein's reaction was half a beat slower, but he immediately realized his father's movements. Then he pulled Taylor and walked towards the lord's mansion.
Seeing Domingo's actions, a hint of helplessness flashed in William's eyes.
In fact, as Domingo thought, there were 10,000 defenders in Void City at the moment, and the Heroic Sword mercenary group of more than 2,000 people might be able to cause a certain amount of destruction and chaos in a short period of time, but in the absence of sufficient deterrent bargaining chips, they would sooner or later be wiped out by the defenders. Of course, a period of chaos is inevitable, and in this case, William can even order Domingo and others to be killed.
It's just that William didn't expect that Domingo would be so shrewd and cautious, and immediately return to the lord's mansion, without thinking about it, he knew that they must be going back to find Christina, and only by Christina's side is it really safe. However, although he couldn't kill Domingo and the others by the way, William didn't care, he had already carefully checked the information sent by Ruby just now, so he had long known that such a thing might happen to Lu Dao.
The only thing I didn't expect was that Valiant Sword had grown so well over the past year, and the members had grown to this size.
If you only rely on the city defense army, I'm afraid it will be really difficult to stop this mercenary group.
But there was more than one army in the city, and after seeing the sunset, William believed that Alfred would soon come over.
In all cases, as William expected, the city defense army that arranged the defensive line to strangle the street entrance was not the opponent of the mercenaries of the Heroic Sword at all, and after only resisting for less than five minutes, the defensive line was completely broken away, and hundreds of mercenaries of the Heroic Sword suddenly rushed to the Lord's Mansion like mercury, and half of them branched out halfway towards the defensive formation laid by the hundreds of black-winged heavy infantry.
These mercenaries were menacing, and their bodies were extremely evil, obviously a force accustomed to fighting in battle formations.
However, the location of the Lord's Mansion is located in the core of the entire Void City, and the layout here still retains the appearance of the original town center of White Pigeon Town, but it has been slightly expanded for the square, and the square in the center of the entire city can only accommodate four or five hundred people at most. At this moment, there are already hundreds of soldiers with black wings in a corner of the square forming a circle of encirclement, occupying a lot of space, so although there are as many as three or four hundred enemies rushing to the center of the city, considering the situation of the battle, at most only one or two hundred people can open the front, and the last hundred or so can only play the role of a reserve.
But that's not all for the central square.
Like the Lord's Mansion, the gate can only accommodate a few people passing side by side, maybe if you climb over the wall to enter, you can come in thirty or forty people, but in the Lord's Mansion, it is by no means defenseless, more than thirty real elites with black wings are in the courtyard of the Lord's Mansion, and there are high-ranking golden powerhouses such as Shefanio.
So seeing those people rushing towards the Lord's Mansion, William's expression turned cold and raised his right hand slightly. Snapped.
In an instant, dozens of arrows flew out from all directions, and then landed in the crowd of the Heroic Sword mercenary group.
These soldiers were not dressed in heavy armor and heavy shields like pitch black wings, almost all of them wore soft armor made of leather, which was okay to resist a frontal attack by a sword, and it was impossible to stop a powerful arrow like a longbow. Therefore, in the first round of arrow rain alone, twenty or thirty mercenaries of the Heroic Sword fell immediately.
In the face of this sudden attack, all the mercenaries immediately noticed that there were archers lying in ambush around them, and immediately scattered some people to kill the surrounding buildings.
As soon as I saw the actions of these people. The corners of William's mouth lifted slightly, and all the actions of the enemy were completely expected by him.
If he could arrange for these archers to occupy the high ground and monitor the entire central square of the city in advance, how could he not arrange for the people who stayed behind to protect these archers? And fighting in such a room is not something that can be conquered by relying on numbers alone, because if you fight indoors. Space is extremely limited, if you kill the hand doorway, passage such a location. The numerical advantage simply cannot be exploited.
Just look at the reaction of these mercenaries. William immediately had a more accurate evaluation of this mercenary: whether it is the combat ability of individual soldiers, or the degree of tacit cooperation, the use of tactical formations, etc., they are far superior to any of the three top troops under Sean's command, even compared with the three top troops, they all have their own victories - the use of tactical formations is far better than the steel wings, the individual combat ability is far better than the Cecilia Guards, and the degree of tacit cooperation is far better than that of the Thunder Lion.
Not to mention the Pitch Black Wings, the Void City City Defenses, which ranked second and third from the bottom of the ten troops.
Being able to break through the defense line of a city defense army with a mature defensive formation in a few minutes is by no means a fluke. Just give them enough time to devour these hundred or so soldiers with black wings. Successfully rescued their regimental commander Evan. Dardas isn't a problem either.
But alas, this force is not destined to have enough time.
Because Alfred had already led the Thunder Lion over, William could even hear the sound of thunderous rolling footsteps, and it would only take another minute at most. They can rush into the square. And fighting in this kind of area that obviously doesn't have much space, the Thunder Lion doesn't need any tacit understanding at all, and only needs to rely on the cut of the formation to easily harvest the lives of these mercenaries.
As for the mercenaries who went to trouble the archers, William didn't have to worry about it.
Steel Wings are one of the most resilient troops, they are not under these mercenaries in terms of individual combat strength alone, and they are still fighting in a narrow area like the house, and with the equipment of Steel Wings, it is easy to defeat these enemies who come to them for trouble. Besides, if they only use steel-winged archers as archers, I'm afraid they will have to suffer more than that.
The houses near the square in the center of the city are not far from the center of the city, and it is only a matter of one or two minutes to run. But now that a few minutes have passed, the rain of arrows still shows no sign of stopping, but the mercenaries of the Heroic Sword have fallen more people, and the corpses of the entire central square have fallen as many as hundreds, almost all of them are the corpses of the mercenaries of the Heroic Sword.
The reason why I say almost, it is because on the side of the pitch-black wings, casualties have also begun to appear.
As long as the enemy has casualties, even if it is only one or two, it is a good start for a heroic sword. At least, the morale that had already been somewhat decayed actually began to recover at this time, which made William extremely dissatisfied.
But at this moment, Shefanio made a move.
A brilliant blue glow shone through all the jet-black winged soldiers, and a thin and transparent blue starlight shone on their bodies. Originally, the weapons that would spew sparks when they slashed the armor of these soldiers, but after falling on them this time, they did not emit these sparks, but instead sent a huge shock force, and their weapons were even stained with some white frost, which made the weapons in the hands of mercenaries such as the Heroic Sword instantly become fragile.
Thorny Ice Armor!
This is an enhanced advanced magic technique of Ice Armor, which not only has the physical defense attached to Ice Armor, but also comes with a certain amount of anti-damage ability. Of course, in reality, you won't lose blood if you cut it like in the game, but the powerful anti-shock force will obviously make the enemy a little uncomfortable, and in addition, the frost bloom that can make the weapon fragile is an even more terrifying thorny problem. (To be continued......)
PS: Dazhang, I'm too lazy to cut it, you know! β¦β¦ Hmm, by the way, by the way, how many words, or how many chapters do you think it takes to be an explosion? Welcome to leave a message in the book review area!