When the fuse-burning explosive bag fell into the formation of the barbarian coalition, the enemy soldiers caught the what looked like a cloth bag, and even the brave wanted to dismantle it to see what was going on. But soon, the ignorant and the reckless paid a terrible price for their actions.

Boom! Boom!

Incandescent flashes lit up, and clusters of compressed flames erupted. The shock wave formed by the huge explosion tore and blew apart the barbarian silver ring alliance forces in dense formations at the gap in the city wall like pieces of paper. The soft flesh and brittle bones in the human body were split into countless tiny debris and fell outside the city wall, forming a "blood-colored circle" with a radius of thirty meters.

After a brief period of distraction, the Silverring Army collapsed first, and the soldiers dropped their weapons and screamed, pushing and shouting at each other, and fled in the direction of their own camp, which in turn caused an avalanche of the entire army.

Faced with an enemy who had lost their will to fight, the Successor army effortlessly strangled the enemy who had stormed the walls.

The commander of the rifle wing shouted loudly: "The commander order, the rifle regiment assembles! Open the city gate!"

The knights turned on their horses, the hussars drew their swords, and the cavalry archers drew their bows and quivers.

As the winch slowly turned, the gates opened again.

Only this time there were no war beasts, and the frightened and helpless eyes and defenseless backs of the enemies appeared.

"God bless the Holy Son!

The Knights struck again, with heavy cavalry armed with heavy armoured and dragon lances leading the way, breaking through the enemy's dense formations and knocking anything in their way, light cavalry in leather armor followed closely behind the heavy cavalry, harvesting scattered lives with their swords, and cavalry archers bypassing the assault route and detouring to the enemy's flank, focusing on the stubborn soldiers with their bows and arrows.

The Inheritor Sniper arrives on the turret and uses his Hawkeye and Perception abilities to send the bolts from the crossbow into the head of the enemy detachment leader.

A peculiar scene appeared on the battlefield.

The cavalry, which had less than 300 people, pursued the infantry of 4,000 people, without flags, drums and trumpets, and without heralds, completely using the "hive" parasite to transmit information, and at the most opportune time, from the most fatal weakness, completed the textbook-like interspersing and segmentation again and again.

Some of the warriors and veterans of the barbarian tribe had just gathered a small group of clansmen and wanted to fight a wave of counterattacks, but they were crushed by this "scalpel" like a "scalpel".

The three-kilometer distance from the North Stone Fortress to the coalition camp has become a veritable "blood road". Thousands of soldiers died in pursuit and stampede, and the cries were heard by people from miles away.

In the evening, the first day of the defensive battle of the North Stone Fortress passed as the knights returned to camp after four hours of pursuing the enemy. The Knights of the Twilight lost 7 knights, 49 sergeants and 132 soldiers, and 251 wounded, including Huggins, the commander of the fort. The number of soldiers who died on the battlefield was nearly a thousand, but many more escaped from this place of death, and less than 2,000 soldiers returned to the camp.

In the following days, the offensive and defensive roles of the Knights and the Coalition were reversed several times, and the war entered a stalemate.

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As the sun sets, the afterglow of the setting sun provides the last bit of warmth from the day for the travelers on the land.

At the foot of the Falling Star Mountains, there is a winding path that does not appear on any map, but it is affectionately called the "Road of the White Frost" by countless monks and farmers who herd sheep.

Brünnhilde rode on his horse, looking at the snow in the distant mountains, listening to the chirping of eagles hovering over the peaks, and stretched out with pleasure.

Catching a glimpse of Cumberland, who was talking to the guide, Valkyrie clipped her horse's belly and trotted a few steps to the old knight's side.

"How long are we left?"

Cumberland stopped talking, looked at Brunhilde, and laughed.

He understood that this woman was by nature, and because of her long-term isolation from the world, she had always been straightforward in her words and actions.

Cumberland looked at the road that was getting wider and wider in front of him, and said to her, "Go over the mountain in front of you, and walk along the river for half a day, and you will see the Silver Ring." We may camp in the mountains tonight to get the North Island Knights ready. ”

Brünnhilde nodded, and rode away from the old knight.

That night, the Knights of the North Island lit a bonfire under a leeward mountain wall.

The golden boar was skewered on a stick and placed on the fire, sizzling.

The frothy inferior ale was passed into the hands of the North Island warriors, and laughter and boasting were endless.

Wrestling, wrestling, throwing axes, and all kinds of games of the North Islanders added a lot of fiery atmosphere to this cold night.

Cumberland, who was sitting on the boulder, quietly wiped the armor in his hands, and looked at everything about the North Island people with a smile.

But his subordinates, the knights of the Knights of the Twilight Knights, don't have such a good temper. They knelt before the Bible, holding the cross in their hands, whispering prayers, and occasionally casting disgusted glances at these "noisy" fellows.

With a glass in his hand, Brunhilde walked up to Cumberland, placed a glass of wine in front of the old knight, and said to him, "We welcome you to join us. ”

Cumberland glanced back at his men, then smiled and declined Valkyrie's kindness: "Thanks for the invitation, but today is the Advent of fasting, and they have something to do." ”

Brünnhilde frowned slightly: "It seems that that god of yours, whether it is speaking or even breathing, has extremely high requirements for believers. And the gods I serve are more focused on the result. ”

Faintly able to hear the slightest irony in the other party's words, Cumberland did not refute, but changed the subject: "I heard them call you Brünnhilde, as far as I know, this name is the same as the daughter of the gods in the mythology of the North Island. Is this a duplicate name, or does it have a deeper meaning?"

Brünnhilde found a clean place and sat down, took off the crown of feathers on his head and placed it on his lap, and said quietly: "A name is a spiritual symbol, and it also represents a responsibility. In my village, once you become the leader of the Valkyries, after the Ritual of Winter Fire, the original name will be discarded, and the name Brünnhilde will be given to the new leader by the previous leader. ”

It's like a father giving his name to his offspring. Cumberland stroked his beard and said thoughtfully.

Brünnhilde grabbed a piece of feather with his hand and rubbed it gently: "No, it's not just that simple, as the heir to the divine name, people would think that the soul of the Valkyrie also entered my body. ”

Cumberland was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "That's ...... It will be tiring......"

Brunhilde gave up talking about these things and asked Cumberland, "Captain of the Knights of the Twilight, I have something to ask you as well. ”

The old man sat up straight and motioned for himself to listen.

"In the minds of the people of the North Islands, heroes and leaders are judged by valor, good fighting and infinite strength. But in my opinion, Todd doesn't fit those bills......" Brünnhilde said, tilting his head in thought.

Cumberland interrupted him: "Please call him Your Majesty, no matter how bad King Todd is." After all, your knighthood was bestowed by him, and so did the title of the Knights of the North Island. ”

Looking at Brunhilde's confused face, the old knight sighed, knowing that this North Island woman didn't understand the meaning of the knight at all, he continued helplessly: "Forget it, don't care what I said, please continue with your question just now." ”

Brünnhilde nodded: "I have seen the warriors of the Knights of the Twilight, whether it is you, Alfonso or Huggins, your strength is stronger, why ......"

Cumberland interrupted her a second time: "Leader of the Valkyries, please don't say any more, I see what you mean." Well...... Immanuel in the Bible saw that the world was full of sin and depravity, and because he could not escape the punishment and domination of sin, he led his disciples to the path of redemption......"

Brünnhilde's increasingly puzzled expression made the old knight feel helpless and patted his forehead with his right hand.

"I was telling a Northernauestine story about the Bible, what was I thinking? Cumberland pondered for a moment, then said to Brünnhilde, "Let me put it another way, the kings and lords I have seen for most of my life together have more holes than the chain mail on my body. Most of all people have common characteristics - worship of power, obsession with power, and greed. However, I can't blame them, it's God's original sin for humanity. ”

"From the first time I saw King Todd, I thought he was weird. He knows what no mortal knows, but he has a grand vision that we cannot comprehend. He firmly believes in the equality of all beings and is committed to building a better world. Perhaps he is the rumored Son of God, who willingly fell from the light to the mortal world in order to put an end to all this darkness. Even if he wasn't, I think he was a once-in-a-lifetime monarch who could potentially open up a whole new world, one free of war and hunger. Cumberland grasped the ornament on his chest and said slowly, "I have a stupid son, he is loyal, brave, and strong in martial arts, and as a knight, there is no doubt that he is qualified. But after meeting the king, I realized that my son had chosen the wrong person for his oath. ”

With that, Cumberland and Brünnhilde fell silent at the same time.

After a long while, Brunhilde said softly, "Todd...... I mean, Your Majesty, he's different. ”

Cumberland patted the dust on his body with his hand and said to Brünnhilde: "Brunhilde, Knights of the North Island, sleep, sleep well, we can reach Silver Ring City tomorrow." ”