For the newcomers to Silver Moon, this day is definitely worth remembering for a lifetime.

The initial hope of boarding the thief ship because of the temptation, the disappointment and despair of arriving on the banks of the Serbrin River, the westward migration of hope again, the shock of the grand magic show in the face of the infrastructure of the camp, then the reluctance to be asked to work, and finally the satisfaction of drinking the big bone broth.

So that night, most of the physically and mentally exhausted immigrants slept very early and slept deeply.

And the eve of dawn is also the time when most creatures relax their vigilance and sleep the deepest.

If they were still in the Northland Ranch in Silvermoon City, most of them would have ended their lives in such a sweet dream.

But fortunately and unfortunately, they are just beginning to look forward to the future.

It's a nightmare that's gone!

And it struck again!

Herbert was woken up by the constant ringing of bells.

"What the hell!"

Herbert, who couldn't stand it, thought it was some kind of done by Zelandia again.

But out of the habit of a former Silver Moon Knight, Herbert still turned over as soon as possible.

And the next moment, he sensed that something was wrong!

The ground was shaking.

At the same time, the roar of the jackals began to be heard outside the tent:

"Your lord's order, all adult males, gear up and assemble quickly under the northern tower!

"Your lord's order, all adult males, gear up and assemble quickly under the northern tower!

"Orcs Attack !!"

Herbert felt a sense of suffocation when he heard the first sentence, and at the same time, his heart couldn't help sinking!

It can't be

And just after the last four words fell into his ears, Herbert only felt that the tight string in his head had broken directly!

He only felt like he was haunted by nightmares!

"Why!

"We've just moved south to escape the orc invasion!

"It's only the first day, and that nightmare is going to be repeated?

"Could it be that our whereabouts are being followed by orcs?"

He felt that this was a very likely scenario.

"Anthony, Sarah, wake up, wake up!"

Herbert immediately woke up his wife and children.

"Oh my God, daddy, why is it so noisy when you're letting me sleep for a while?"

Anthony just dreamed that he was accepted as an apprentice by the ** master, and he was waking up by his father just about to learn how to use the fireball technique!

I can't even dream about it!

As soon as the words "run away from me" came to his lips, Herbert was suddenly stunned.

Lupo is dead

There's no way they're going to run away again.

Even if they snatched a gnoll's monitor lizard and escaped, it would be impossible for another Knights of the Silver Moon to come to the rescue.

And at this moment, a jackal, fully armed like a tin can, suddenly opened the tent, stuffed a set of simple chest armor, a long sword, and a round shield into Herbert's arms, and commanded irresistibly:

"Herbert, former Teutonic Knight of Silvermoon, you have now been temporarily recruited by Zeellandia as the leader of the militia of Minas Tirith, please go to the northern tower and assemble at once!

Herbert looked at the chest armor and sword in his arms and opened his mouth.

Oh, yes

Herbert, when did you become so afraid of orcs?

Is it because the round shield in his hand was chopped by an orc with an axe and fell off his horse?

This time, if you escape, where can you flee to?

If they flee again, where will they be sheltered?

He took a deep breath suddenly.

Then he put his legs together and clenched his fists and beat his chest, and saluted the gnoll man with a silver moon knight, and said hoarsely:

"Herbert, the former Teutonic Knight of Silvermoon City, and now the ten-man captain of the militia of Minas Tirith, obey your will!

"Fight for Zeellandia!

"Fight for Minas Tirith!"

"Welcome, warrior!" the gnoll grinned, tapped his plate hard, and turned away.

It was only then that Herbert had the courage to turn around and look at his wife and children, who were still in a trance as if they were in disbelief, and he smiled reluctantly with red eyes:

"Sarah, Anthony, wait for me to come back!"

With that, he picked up his coat, lifted the curtains, and broke into the cold north wind.

"Daddy!!"

"Herbert!"

His wife chased him out of the tent, shouting his name.

Herbert's footsteps paused, but he didn't look back.

Because he didn't know if he would have the courage to set foot on the battlefield again after more than ten years of abandoned sword skills.

But what he was waiting for was not his wife's plea, but

"Come back safely, my dear! I, Sarah, am proud of you. ”

Herbert smiled with relief, raised his long sword, and strode away towards the north.

Looking at Herbert's back, which was moving away, Sara covered her mouth and whimpered.

Anthony felt a surge of blood in his heart, and he couldn't wait to pick up the hunting axe and follow his father into battle.

But he knew that if he messed up, it would only distract his father, and what he had to do at the moment was to protect his mother.

Herbert, who had already walked away, bit the cold blade between his teeth, put the round shield on his wrist first, put on the only warm coat, and put on the standard chest armor that did not fit very well, and then he held the standard long sword back in his hand and tried the feeling of swinging.

This is also a necessary quality for a veteran, that is, to be familiar with the weapon in your hand in the shortest possible time.

On the battlefield, no matter how much preparation you make, you may not be able to improve your chances of victory, but any negligence will cost you your own life.

Perhaps the plummeting temperatures that began to drop in the evening allowed Herbert to calm down quickly.

It was only then that Herbert noticed.

At this time, the north has not even engaged in the war?

In this night, the whole camp was already brightly lit, and everyone was organizing their armaments in an orderly manner.

There were also many militiamen like him who had been improvised and conscripted, either panicked, dazed, frightened, or determined, and came out of the tents like rain into a river, rushing towards the north.

A few of them stand out.

A nine-foot-long minotaur with two homemade totem poles and an exaggerated tomahawk in his hand.

Beside him was a shield warrior armed to the teeth, and beside him was a mountain barbarian warrior riding a giant bear with his head held high.

Not far away, there was an orc with a top body, and behind him, eight warriors of different races followed him.

What surprised Herbert even more was that the eight young warriors all called the orc "Daddy Derollo"

They turned out to be father and son???

Soon his attention shifted to the large army that began to march.

The dwarves who carved on the cliffs during the day were now like the gnolls, like moving iron ingots.

Although there were not many of them, only five hundred, they were as resolute as mountains.

Behind them, the same fully assembled gnolls.

Again, there were only six hundred of them, and for some reason, they didn't even ride their monitor lizard mounts.

It looks like they're going to fight a defensive battle, but that's still too little!

The clans of the orcs going south, to say the least, all started with 10,000 people, and then pulled their slave group, will they have to rely on their temporarily conscripted militia to resist?

Herbert, who has been in the army for many years, deeply understands that the militia can only fight a defensive battle with this kind of formation, and often once the city is breached, they will be broken up at the first time.

But the terrain here is flat, and even the stone walls have not been built.

They are in no danger.

Originally, there were more than seventy mages to rely on.

But based on the amount of magic they released today, even if they didn't use up all the spell slots, I am afraid there would not be much left

"Why is it today!

But just then, Herbert suddenly noticed another group of militia that had been prepared earlier than them, the Silver Moon Militia.

That's six thousand!

They were also predominantly human, but for some reason, Herbert felt that these people were too strong, right? Their arms alone were thicker than his own children's thighs

And although there seemed to be apprehension in their eyes, there was not much fear.

A group of dwarfed figures in leather cloaks stood behind him, all armed with longbows, ready for battle.

But soon Herbert ran out of energy to pay attention to them.

The ground began to tremble violently!

In the distance, you can see a vast black shadow pressing down from the hidden forest in the north.

"Wolf cavalry!"

Herbert clenched his sword and shield tightly.

It was his nightmare.

Now, he was going to face it again in a different way

Just when Herbert's mind and emotions were in a very strange situation.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and I suddenly felt a rough coolness on my forehead and cheeks, as if I had been brushed by sand.

Herbert suddenly looked up and watched countless goose-feather-sized snowflakes fall from the sky.

"Ah, it's snowing"

The first snow falls in the Northland

At this delicate moment, unprepared

Fell.

As

Both sides at the moment

And they do

A war for which no one is ready!