Chapter 362: To add insult to injury
The battle on the other side is coming to an end.
Eren alone took over most of the Raging Thunder Knights, and according to the strength requirements of the Imperial Army, the knight standard was usually level ten. However, the entire territory of Storm City does not meet this standard of no more than twenty people, and if the knight order is established according to this standard, there are only a few people. So Maude lowered the standard, as long as there is a seventh or eighth level can join the Knights, as a result, the quality of the Knights will naturally drop greatly.
Those who have tenth-level source power are already considered elite in the knights, and as for these knights in the crusade team, they are more only at the level of about eighth.
Alan fought five eighth-level knights alone, and there was no pressure at all. His sword was as heavy as a mountain, and these knights couldn't block a few swords, and they didn't even have the strength to raise their swords. In the end, Eren ended the battle with an ash storm, and in the storm of fire that enveloped the surrounding ten meters, the knights became a ball of fire. They shouted and tried to escape from this storm, WWW.UUXS.CC but they were finally roasted into charred corpses.
The battle ended one after another on the Darkblade side, and they worked in pairs, each against a knight. Although there were many mistakes due to the first battle, the order given by Allen was finally completed. After all the knights bowed, the warriors of the Darkblade began to infiltrate the next level of battlefield. Over there, the warriors of the Mountain King held their positions with excellent defenses, completely isolating the Tempest Infantry from the Thunder Knights.
These tough guys don't forget to fight back in the defense, and whenever they have the chance, the fine iron warhammer will smash into the enemy's body with a terrifying wind. The light armor of the infantry was like papier-mΓ’chΓ© in front of these warhammers, and it did not serve any defensive purpose.
With the addition of Darkblade to the battle circle, the defeat of the Tempest Infantry became even more apparent. They were originally outnumbered, but Allen's use of the limited space in the camp, coupled with the mountain king's tight defense, made the number of people who could attack limited. Under the cover of the Sanno's warriors, Darkblade turns an infantry into a corpse with a poisoned dagger. With the Thunder Knight providing warm-up and practice, the power of these assassins was finally unleashed. Their short knives show off Regers' crisp and sharp killing skills, and they follow Belmode's tactical guidance, and each knife goes straight to the point.
Ordinary infantry, how can they afford the slaughter of these killing gods. As the Tempest infantry offensive slowed down, the Mountain King also took the opportunity to strike. As the iron hammer swipes, a twisted human body falls rapidly.
Finally, after discovering that Covey and the Thunder Knight were dead, the infantry had no intention of fighting again. The people behind began to retreat, but just as they were about to leave the camp, ten more warriors of the Mountain King suddenly appeared. The ten warriors recuperated, while the Tempest infantry lost their will to fight. Suddenly, the king of the mountain entered the flock like a tiger, and the war hammer swung to create a large area of blood.
Alan did not strike again, but kept ordering the Mountain King to shrink the encirclement from a high place. After seeing that the situation was about the same, he ordered the Darkblade to withdraw from the battlefield, then replaced it with the fire/gun that had been prepared in the morning, and then fired at the tempest infantry in the encirclement. In such an environment, there is little room to dodge bullets. Even though the Mountain King was no longer defending, the number of Tempest infantry was still declining at a terrifying rate.
The battle finally ended after half an hour, and the raiding party was completely annihilated. Except for a few people on Allen's side, who were more seriously injured, there was no battle damage. Before dawn, Belmode returned to the camp. Alan was finishing dressing the wounds of a seriously wounded soldier, and when he saw the soldier sleeping deeply, he quietly retreated. At the edge of the camp, he saw Belmode and asked, "Is the interception work going well?" β
"If I can't even finish this, I don't have the face to continue messing around here." Belmode smiled.
Seeing that there was no one around, Belmode put away his smile and said, "Young Master Allen, I have something I want to ask you." β
"About Kira?" Alan asked with a smile.
An embarrassed expression appeared on Belmode's face: "You know everything?" β
"Kira's team has been disbanded, and I asked her what she meant. If she's willing to follow us, I don't know if you agree. Oh, she's a level 12 knight and her potential should be pretty good. β
Alan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Why should I refuse to have such a woman who values both strength and beauty to join. But you should know what kind of path we're taking, so I'll just give her fair treatment, but I won't favor anything because of your relationship. How long and where she can go. It's all up to her, and if that's okay, she's one of us. β
Belmode nodded, "Don't worry, Master Allen." We all know very well what kind of road this is, but having someone to accompany us on this road is better than being lonely. β
"So be it." Alan walked back to the camp and said loudly, "Everyone rest on the spot, and you have two hours to go!" β
At seven o'clock, Dawnlight visited Storm City. No sooner had left the warm beds, yawning soldiers opened the gates of the city to welcome the dawn of the day. It was still early in the morning, and everything was silent, so the sound of horses' hooves could be heard clearly from the wilderness outside the city. It's just that the sound of the horse's hooves is a little strange, and the sound is intermittent, as if the horse has been injured. Sure enough, a moment later, the soldiers guarding the gate saw a war horse trotting a few steps from time to time, struggling towards the city gate.
On the horse, there seemed to be a man on his back. The soldier hurriedly stepped forward and took the horse to see that there was an angry thunder knight lying on the horse. His fingers quivered slightly, and he landed on the major artery on the knight's neck, noticing that there was no movement. Immediately shouted in the direction of the city gate: "Oh no, come quickly!" β
A quiet morning was shattered.
Half an hour later, the knight's body was placed in Maude's eyes. After Maud saw it, Reg waved his hand and asked the body to be carried down. When there were only two people left in the hall, Maude roared, "What's going on? Demonstrations? β
Reg said in a deep voice: "My lord, this matter is very strange. β
"Of course I know there's something wrong, so can you sue me for who did this?" Maude pointed out the window and shouted, "And what did you do, you actually sent this corpse directly here, do you know how many people in the city see it now, and how much panic it will create?" β
"It's the subordinates who don't do their jobs well."
"Of course you're not good, the Raiders. It's been a day, why hasn't there been any news yet? β
Beads of sweat began to appear on Reg's forehead: "They have tracked down the Demon Raven Ridge last night, and now I'm afraid they have taken down the gang of thugs who entered the country, so they should be on their way back at this moment, right?" β
"Better so, Reg, don't let me down!"
"Yes, sir." Reg busied.
However, in the evening, when a gale eagle flew into the barracks in Stormtown, Regg's face was terrible. The Gale Eagle piggybacks on a message that the corpse of the raider has been found on Raven Ridge. Including the captain Covey, the crusade team has all been killed, and no one has survived!
In the end, Reg had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell Maude the news. So there was a storm in Maude's study, and the roar of the knight. The servants who heard this roar were talking to themselves in private, and by night, many people in the city already knew that the raiders had been buried in Raven Ridge. For a time, the people in the city were panicked.
In this situation, in the early morning of the next day, another shocking news came. Following the three towns of Tours, two more towns were attacked last night. This time, the bandits were even more rampant, not only destroying the town's barracks, but also setting fire to the granaries and other important buildings. So today, Storm City is hosting a large number of refugees. With the addition of the previous batch, the sudden influx of refugees in Storm City has exceeded 1,000.
This was undoubtedly an aggravation of Storm City, not only did the food supply run out, but conflicts also began to erupt between the city's people and the refugees. The soldiers of the city defense team became more difficult, and they divided into several teams, alternating patrols around the city in order to stop the clashes between people at any time.
What made Maude's mood even more solemn was that Tong GuΓ² learned about the refugees who had entered the city today, and from their mouths he learned that the number of bandits seemed to have increased. From twenty or thirty people before, it has now surged to a hundred. This qiΔ seems to indicate that Daddy Dick, who has long been entrenched in the Blood Rock Wasteland, is invading the territory of Storm City on a large scale.
The people of the city even held a parade that night, hoping that Maude would send a large army to suppress it and regain their lost land. This was exhausting, and the next day, a crusade of nearly two hundred men left Storm City with the crowd cheering them off. In the evening of the same day, the raiding party returned, but the soldiers were found listless and all wounded. As for the captain and the Raging Thunder Knight, none of them returned.
Knowing this, Reg personally captured a soldier and shouted, "What's going on? There are two hundred, two hundred, why do you go home empty-handed? β
The soldier smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, we were ambushed halfway. The captain led us out of the trap, but not long after, we were attacked again. We are constantly changing our routes, but the enemy is always able to sneak up on us at the right place, like an unpredictable prophet. In just one day, we encountered nearly five ambushes. In the end, the captain and the knights died in battle, and everyone had to come back. β
"Rubbish! Rubbish! Reg shouted, this time though no one of the raiders had been killed. But another knight captain died, and twenty knights of the Thunder Knight. Even the Tornado infantry suffered some battle losses, but at such a price, they still couldn't catch a so-called "thug", which made Reg lose face.
He went to see Maude overnight and offered to fight. And so the night passed, and on the morning of the next day, a large army drove out of Storm City. This is a true army, a mixed legion of Thunder Knights and Tempest Infantry, and more than five hundred men are already behemoths. It is ironic that Maud and Reg are determined to deal with a domestic thug that has dispatched such an army just to deal with a domestic thug.
Importantly, this army has all but drained the elite of Storm City. Those who remained to protect the city were less than 200 recruits. R1058