An eagle soaring in the clear sky, folded its wings, and landed in the military camp of the Ayyubid Empire.

Stretching out his arm to let the eagle rest on the horseskin armguard, the military commander untied a small brass pipe a few centimeters long from the eagle's ankle, and hurried to Saladin's tent.

Taking the brass from the guard's hand, Saladin opened the seal and read the note carefully, his brow furrowed.

"It's here after all. ”

Elem, who was standing below him, asked puzzledly, "What's coming?"

"According to the report from the spies from the north, the Twilight Kingdom has sent a cavalry regiment of three hundred people, which has crossed the border and is hurrying towards Lone Rock City. ”

Elem pouted: "A cavalry regiment of three hundred men, wouldn't there be no return for such a small number of people to attack Ratib's army?"

Saladin looked at him amusedly: "What if these three hundred cavalry are all those black-armored knights you have seen before?"

Elium froze.

Saladin looked at his general and said in a serious voice, "Now you should understand why I insisted on not letting you capture Lone Rock City, right?"

Elium suddenly realized: "You want to borrow the hand of the Twilight Kingdom to get rid of ......"

"Don't talk nonsense if you know!" Saladin slapped the table and said loudly, "Inform all the troops, prepare for a general attack!"

Elum stood up excitedly and replied in a loud voice, "Do your will!"

The long sound of the horn sounded from the army of the Ayyubid Empire, and instantly spread throughout the battlefield.

At this time, on the walls of the inner city of Lone Rock, the regent Jennings was discussing the next battle with Randall. The sudden sound of the horn forced them to stop talking and turn their eyes to the Imperial troops at the foot of the mountain.

"I see flags waving there, could it be that the Southerners are gathering forces?"

Listening to Randall's words, Jennings shook his head quite puzzled: "Those guys under the mountain, they have been quiet during this time, there is no reason to suddenly ...... at this time"

Before the words fell, a dense cannon sound came from the bottom of the mountain, and a few seconds later, dense black dots flew in the sky.

"It's a shelling!" Randall grabbed Jennings by the hem and pulled him behind the walls.

Before everyone could react, an iron ball with a bowl mouth fell from the sky, and a "cannonball rain" fell in the inner city.

More than a dozen defenders who couldn't dodge were smashed on the spot, and their flesh and blood were splashed.

Jennings sat behind the walls, dodging the debris and shouted, "Find cover!"

After a round of shelling, the dull sound of war drums and neat footsteps could be heard at the foot of the mountain, and Randall looked through the lookout hole and was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.

Hundreds of majestic giants with a height of two meters, wearing masks like evil ghosts, and holding huge iron shields weighing thousands of catties in their hands, walked along the winding mountain steps towards the gate of the inner city step by step.

"Are these soldiers really human?" Jennings looked at the giants in amazement, approaching the city gate step by step, and hurriedly ordered his troops: "Bow and arrows, throw stones, attack those soldiers with shields!"

A dense rain of arrows shot from the city walls and poured down on the densely formed giant soldiers on the mountain path. Most of the arrows were blocked by the iron shield, and occasionally one or two, through the gaps in the shield, plunged into the giant's body, but could not do any substantial damage, not even a slight pause in the attacker's pace, such a thing as this.

As for the slings that fell on the giants, they were like acorns that fell on the elephants, and at best they could only shake the soldiers a few times, and they could not hurt them at all.

The group of shield-wielding giants, amid a rain of arrows and stone bullets, slowly walked to the bottom of the city wall. They stood on the ground to defend themselves against the attack, then untied the spherical object from their waists, lit it, and threw it onto the wall.

Watching a round, white ball of smoke and sparks roll to his feet, Randall's eyes widened and he shouted, "Bomb!"

A moment later, a dense and violent explosion sounded over the city walls.

The unprepared defenders were killed and wounded in the light of fire and impact, and the flesh and stumps of human beings were suddenly covered with the entire city wall.

Randall, who possessed the keel parasite, escaped the explosion by rolling Jennings down to the haystack under the city wall.

Soon, a second wave of throwing explosives was thrown onto the walls, and the successive explosions completely broke the will of the defenders.

Seeing this, Jennings stood up from the ground, looked at the tower at the top of the city wall, and shouted to Randall: "You take the rest of the soldiers and the people, and retreat into the royal city, where is the last hope!"

Randall watched Jennings rush up the stairs and run quickly towards the tower, hurriedly shouting, "My lord, where are you going?!"

Jennings's voice grew farther and farther away: "Go buy time for you!"

Randall got up from the ground and saw two unexploded bombs not far away, picking them up and putting them in his arms. Immediately afterward, he found the remaining soldiers and told them to immediately inform all the populace and retreat to the Lone Rock King at the top of the mountain, where the city had its last refuge.

Fifteen minutes later, Randall, who was standing at the gate of the royal city, watched the inner city gate being engulfed in flames, his face was pale, and he did not say a word.

"Lord Jennings once ordered us to bury a large amount of fire oil under the gates of the inner city, which was supposed to be a last resort to die with the enemy......" said a soldier with a bandaged head over his head, looking at the fire and sadly.

Barbara, who was covered in dust, walked up behind Randall and asked softly, "Lord Jennings, is it ......?"

Randall nodded heavily.

Barbara glanced behind her and said sadly, "What are we going to do next?"

Randall turned to look at the thousands of soldiers and civilians gathered in the halls of the royal city, including wounded soldiers, gray-haired old men, and innocent children, who were also looking at him.

Looking at the Umbrella badge on his chest, Randall remembered the moment he had become a knight, and the oath he had made when Saint King Todd walked up to him and placed his sword on his shoulder.

"Swear to heaven to make my will clear; Do not bully the weak, but spend time modestly; In the battles experienced, do not fear strong enemies; Whatever is wrong, I will cut it down!'

He drew the long sword at his waist, raised it above his head, and said in a loud voice: "Swear in the name of the Holy King!

The fire at the inner city gate burned for thirteen hours. The fire was so big that in the dark of night, people from dozens of kilometers away could clearly see the light of the fire.

However, the flame will eventually be extinguished.

In the early morning, the fire gradually subsided, and Saladin led a large army into the inner city of Lone Rock.

"Throat Bone, you lead the Immortal Legion to occupy the north gate!Control the mountain road in the back mountain as soon as possible!" Saladin rode on his horse and pointed into the distance and ordered: "Whether it is Latib or the Duxi army, no matter which of them wins in the end, they must not be allowed to step into the city even half a step!"

The black-robed throat bone did not speak, but only saluted Saladin respectfully, and then led hundreds of shield-wielding giants to the northern gate.

Saladin looked at the blackened and smoky city in front of him, and said to Elem beside him, "My order to you is to purge the city of all enemy troops!"

Seeing that the latter wanted to leave after receiving the order, Saladin suddenly stopped him again: "The group of black-armored knights, so far their bodies have not been found, which means that these people are still hiding in a corner of the city...... Next, you should understand how to go about it. ”

Elem nodded emphatically, and led his army to walk quickly towards the city.