Ket Village,

Two hundred miles north of Crane City, there is a village located at a three-way junction, the northwest junction leads directly to Benson Town, the east junction can be connected to Twak Territory, and the south junction naturally leads to Crane City.

In the vicinity of Ket village, where the mountains are mostly forested, most of the villagers are employed by the owners of the nearby woods, either to burn charcoal or to help guard the forests from poaching.

On a high ground to the west of the village, there is a storehouse of ironwood,

In the past, these warehouses were mostly used to store leather or charcoal, but half a month ago, the leather and charcoal here were cleared, and three days ago, a large number of logistical supplies from the direction of Crane City to support Banson Town arrived, and all the warehouses here were packed.

The headquarters of Klan City considered that the supply war was in the rear of the Klan Territory, so there were only 500 defenders in charge of daily affairs, and they were all composed of local militia, and the weapons and equipment were even more rudimentary.

The General Staff had symbolically proposed additional manpower,

But it was quickly vetoed by the command on the grounds that there was no extra army to deploy.

June 16, 8:30 a.m.

The command paid the price for their carelessness.

A thousand armed bandits have attacked this warehouse!

These bandits moved quickly, with a clear goal, and it was a sneak attack, and as soon as the battle began, the defenders of the warehouse were pressed and beaten, and if it were not for the fortifications repaired in advance, they were afraid that they would be crushed with one blow.

But even so, the warehouse defenders didn't hold out for long,

An hour later, more than half of the defenders, killed and wounded, were forced to retreat to the village of Kete.

During the hour of fierce fighting, the clerk of Ket village organized a group of villagers to support the warehouse, but unfortunately, the villagers and the clerk himself were wiped out in just ten minutes.

When the bandits occupy the warehouse,

The imaginary mass looting did not take place.

In a burst of shouting, a string of flames rose in a corner of the warehouse, and after a few seconds, countless flames were ignited, and a minute later, the fire had covered most of the warehouse.

At this time, the bandits who attacked the warehouse, under the cover of the fire, quickly retreated into the nearby mountains and forests.

Ten minutes later,

When the remaining guards of the village name and the supply depot discovered that the attackers had retreated, they began to put out the fire under the leadership of the village elders, but the fire at this moment was no longer humanly extinguishable.

Even, in the end, the village of Kett was destroyed!

The fire was relentless, and eventually, the villagers had to be forced to withdraw from the village and watch from afar.

...

On the other hand, Perus's department also encountered trouble, everything was too different from what Perus thought, and Count Anse had warned Perus, so he had long been mentally prepared to be attacked.

But there were actually three paladins among the attackers, which Perus never expected.

With the assistance of the three paladins, the lack of combat experience and combat quality of the members of the saber-toothed mercenary group is gone, and with the help of the paladin, they can charge fearlessly in the early stage, after all, the holy power will heal their wounds for them.

Therefore, the defensive line set up by Peru's troops on the outskirts of the forest lasted less than ten minutes before it was broken.

"We should continue to retreat into the forest. Judith's armor was full of marks, and the steel sword in her hand was even more blood-red, she stared at the approaching enemy and gritted her teeth and said, "You take the grain transport team and most of the soldiers to withdraw first, and I will be responsible for the rear." ”

"We have no way back, behind this forest is a cliff, I was going to retreat and wait for reinforcements, but I didn't expect them to have paladins. Pelus' eyes darkened, and he was prepared for the worst.

Judith was stunned when she heard this, and subconsciously looked at the old and weak of the grain transportation team in the distance, and a trace of unbearability flashed in her eyes, but then, she exuded a strong fighting spirit all over her body, "Since this is the case, then fight with them to the end!"

With that, she turned and charged towards the flank.

Perus looked at the back of the female knight, trying to stop her suicidal fight, but found a reason not to stop it, and then he looked at the paladin in the enemy position in the middle lane, feeling the holy power on the other side.

He couldn't figure it out,

Why is it that such a person can continue to use his holy power, but his holy power will leave him?

"Why?" said Peruth, even losing his mind for a moment, even ignoring the report of the scouts on the battlefield.

In the deep-rooted thought of wearing, the Holy Power exists to guard the Empire,

But now, at this very moment, three paladins with holy power all over their bodies are acting as accomplices of the orcs, helping them invade the empire and help them slaughter their own compatriots.

What is the reason for the existence of the Holy Force?

Suddenly, this question began to flash through Perus's mind,

A simple and complex question.

But it's such a simple question, and in an instant, countless questions will multiply, directly making Perus's head dizzy.

I don't know how long it has been,

It seemed like a day, and it seemed like a moment, and Perus suddenly recalled the feeling he had when he saved Tabor and faced Yarman,

It was a very strange feeling, and at that moment, the holy power gathered in his hands for a short time.

At this time, that strange feeling filled Perus's heart, and Perus only felt that his vision began to blur, and at the same time, the noisy shouts of killing gradually dissipated...

Everything is like going back to when I first started meditating and feeling the holy power.

Soon, the familiar, strange, and warm feeling returned to Perus, and this feeling brought him back to reality at once, his eyes suddenly became clear, and the sound of shouting and killing in his ears and the clashing of weapons came again.

At this moment, Perus only felt that he was full of strength, he stared at the paladin who was rushing under the command in the middle lane, and after a jump, his ears 'whirred' the familiar sound of the wind,

The distance of more than ten meters was originally more than ten meters away from him in an instant.

At the same time, the two-handed sword in his hand suddenly pressed downward, and the blade was directly aimed at the neck in the gap between the opponent's armor...

"Qiang..."The opponent's paladin warhammer was in gear, as if resisting Perus's attack,

But it's a pity that this paladin obviously underestimated Perus's attack,

I heard a 'bang', the sound of an iron weapon being cut, and the warhammer that resisted Perus's attack was cut in half!

At the same time, a head spun a few times in mid-air and fell to the ground with a 'plop'.

In an instant, blood poured down on Peruth's body, and in the blink of an eye, he was infected with blood.

"Ah!" an earth-shattering roar came from the mouth of Perus,

It's like venting the frustration in my heart, and it's like I'm excited.

His holy power is back, he is no longer confused, he is no longer cowardly, his current belief is very simple: protect what should be guarded, kill what should be killed, what is justice, what is evil, and do his business!

At this moment, Perus realized that the Holy Power was so simple.

The members of the surrounding saber-tooth mercenary group were stunned for a moment when they saw their paladin's head cut off directly, and many even wondered if they were in a dream.

"Kill!"

And when the Imperial soldiers saw that their own officers were so heroic, their fighting spirit that had fallen to the bottom was suddenly rekindled, and soon, the defense line that was about to collapse at any time became strong again.

At this time, taking advantage of the panic of the enemy army, Perus went on a rampage and directly repelled the enemy who was about to encircle.

A few minutes later, it was confirmed that it was difficult for the enemy to organize another attack in a short period of time, and in an instant, layers of holy power began to surge on the wounded soldiers.

After a while, most of the wounded soldiers, with the exception of those who were bleeding profusely, regained their vitality.

The members of the mercenary group who kept retreating in the middle immediately let the orc wolf cavalry squadron wandering around notice that something was wrong, and then, the remaining two paladins who were responsible for the flank breakthrough also noticed it one after another.

They didn't retreat because of this,

Instead, the attack intensified, and I saw that the members of the 1,000 saber-toothed mercenary groups that had already gathered on the two flanks began to forcibly assault the left and right sides of Perus's headquarters in a burst of angry roars.

At the same time, the orc officers of the wolf cavalry squadron, after consulting with the two paladins, decided to replace the members of the mercenary group responsible for the attack in the middle lane and suppress the sudden outbreak of Perus.

The battle just got tougher!

Half an hour later,

Perus lost more than a third of the battle and was forced to retreat some distance to cushion the fatigue of the long battle.

But the enemy was in hot pursuit, and one of the squadrons in charge of the broken rear lasted less than twenty minutes before being completely annihilated.

However, Perus, who was in charge of the broken command, managed to break through at the end of the enemy encirclement, and soon joined up with the retreating troops.

The saber-toothed mercenary group and the orc coalition did not give Peruus time to rest, and soon, they used the orc wolf cavalry squadron as an assault team and launched a strong attack directly from the front.

The two sides fought fiercely for an hour,

Perus's headquarters was completely crippled after this fierce battle, the grain convoy had long since been wiped out, and a brigade of less than 100 soldiers was standing.

Both Judith and Peruth are still alive, the former, of course, thanks to the treatment of Peruth's Holy Force.

And the sabertooth mercenary group and the orc wolf cavalry squadron were also uncomfortable, leaving only less than two hundred people.

Around them, there were piles of corpses from both sides of the enemy, and almost everyone who survived had turned into bloody people, and their feet were as muddy as after a downpour of rain, but it was not because of the rain, but because of the blood!

"I never thought I'd die here. "Perus was exhausted, and the remaining physical strength had long since lost the power he had controlled.

"I don't care about dying there, but it's a bit of a shame that I didn't see the Imperial army drive the orcs out of the Clan. Judith's right arm was too tired to lift, but the fighting spirit in her whole body had not diminished.

"They're about to launch the final assault!" said Perus, trying to wipe the blood from his face with his sleeve, but there was more blood on his sleeve.

"I felt like I saw the smile of the goddess. Judith suddenly laughed.

Perus couldn't help but be stunned, because this was the first time he had seen the female knight's smile in these dozens of hours, and he saw a hint of relief and a hint of fear and confusion in Judith's smile.

"Rustle..."

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of footsteps, the sound of a large group of people marching through the forest.

The sound stunned both sides.

"Whoosh..." is the sound of an arrow piercing through the air, "Plop... At the same time, there was a sound like a wooden plank being shot through, and these voices struck at the hearts of everyone at this moment, in such an environment, like the whispers of the devil of hell.

Both could sense the countless arrows coming towards their area, but they had no idea who they were aiming at because of their limited line of sight.

Everyone instinctively wanted to bend down to dodge, but the arrows were faster.

Perus only felt a few cyan lights and shadows flashing, and when he reacted, more than a dozen orcs had been shot through the chest, but the power of the arrow did not decrease, and soon, it sank into the depths of the forest, and there were constantly "pounces... Plop...",

"Bang... Bang..."

The orcs kept falling to the ground.

"It's our reinforcements!" Perus couldn't help but growl.

"Whoosh..."

"Pounce... Pounce..."

Soon, the sound of arrows coming at me was heard again.

"It's a magic arrow! all crouch, crouch. The paladins of the saber-tooth mercenary group shouted in lingua franca, but many of them were still shot through the chest.

"Whoosh..."

"Pounce... Pounce..."

Three rounds of salvos in a row, after the volley, the saber-toothed mercenary group and the orc wolf cavalry combined forces suffered most of the damage.

At this time, five paladins with holy power gathered all over the jungle slashed out, and the leader of the one jumped and fell directly into the middle of the orc wolf cavalry, and then a sweep passed, and the moment the blood-colored waves exploded, the waists of the four orc soldiers were smashed into a big hole.

"Settle the battle in five minutes!" a dull, familiar voice rang in Perus's ears, shouted from the paladin standing in the middle of the orc wolf cavalry.

As these words sounded, countless Imperial soldiers in iron armor surrounded them.

"Ser Pedy?" Perus stared at the paladin standing in the middle of the orcs, recognizing the armor and, of course, the massive two-handed hammer, the quaint armor that he couldn't resist to look at when he was in Tyre.