"Did you finally agree?"

"Are you kidding?how could I possibly agree to such a thing?!"

In the forest at night, Richel, who was on a horse, raised his head slightly, glanced at Todd beside him under his hood, and let out a long-pitched "oh" through his nose.

Todd straightened his back and said righteously, "I just promised, and I am willing to swear in the name of the gods to provide the necessary protection to Phogar and his daughter Emer!"

Rachel chuckled and lowered her head, not speaking again.

Todd breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at the winding troop behind him.

A hundred gladiators, two hundred barbarian warriors, had set out from the camp a few days earlier and were marching towards a small town in the kingdom of Ulster. Before leaving, Todd handed over the command of the defense of the camp to Alfonso, and left the Knights of the Guards as a guard. And the army he led himself accounted for almost two-thirds of the total military strength of the Froststone camp.

Bound and sturdy, Furgar walked at the front of the army and led the way, surrounded by a dozen warriors, watching his every move.

Todd drove his horse to Vergar's side and said to him, "How far is it?"

"Over the hills ahead, there's the small town of Marozzi. Fergal stopped, looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, and estimated the distance: "Fifteen minutes more walk, you will see the outskirts of the town." Every spring, the kingdom would store the food of the Southern Army in the castle in the center of the town, and then disperse the convoy to transport it. ”

Todd nodded, motioning for the troops to pause.

Soon, a barbarian hunter who was good at stealing and scouting, returned to the army from afar and reported to Todd: "Chief, I have been to the town to see, everything is normal, the enemy is not aware of it. ”

"Where are the enemy sentry posts?"

"There is a watchtower facing south, two sentinels, and it is not difficult to deal with. ”

"The situation of the defenders?"

"I inquired and found that one of the enemy troops had just left town last week. Now the defenders of the town do not exceed two hundred. ”

Fugal, who was firmly grasped by several barbarian warriors, spoke at this time: "Look, the fate of me and my daughter has long been in your hands, and I have no reason to lie to you. ”

Todd touched his chin and thought for a moment, then ordered the troops: "Ackerman, you lead all the cavalry with horns and look around along the outskirts of the town, Casper, you lead fifty gladiators and stay on the hills and heights ahead, and the others are in place and ready for battle!"

Fugar pouted: "You are really careful in what you do, I really don't understand, how did you get caught last time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the barbarian warrior behind Fergar threw a heavy punch to his back, knocking the mouthful creature to the ground.

Todd walked up to Fergal, glanced at the pained old fellow, and said, "Casper, make sure he doesn't leave your sight, if we have any accidents in the town, the first thing you have to do is kill him!"

"I'll go with you. ”

Todd looked at Rachel, shook his head slightly, and whispered, "Stay here in the Highlands, if anything happens, I need you to guard my back." ”

With everything arranged, Todd lifted his sword and shield and nodded to the warriors behind him.

An army of 200 men quietly disappeared into the night.

An hour later, the silence of the night was shattered by the clamor of war.

The cries and screams of the inhabitants completely woke the town's defenders from their slumber.

On the walls of Fort Marozzi, wounded soldiers knelt at the commander's feet and cried out loudly: "My lord, all our brothers in the town have been killed!"

The commander of the castle, an elderly lord of the kingdom, heard him shout loudly: "Who is the enemy?!!!"

"I ...... I don't know, they didn't fly any banners, one hundred and fifty, two hundred, maybe more! Many of them, all in good armor!"

The corner of the commander's eyes twitched, and he kicked the wounded soldier in the lower abdomen: "You bastard!

"My lord, the enemy is approaching the castle!"

Hearing the warning of the sentry, the castle commander left the others behind and walked to the city wall to look ahead.

Metallic figures, like war spirits returning from hell to the world, marched through the raging flames towards the castle.

The commander looked at the armor that reflected the light of fire on the enemies in the front row, and then at the well-made weapons and shields in their hands, and did not come back to his senses for a long time.

"My lord, the enemy is already within range of the bow and arrow!"

The commander finally came to his senses: "Oh...... Oh, release the arrows, release the arrows!"

The arrows struck the heavy armor of the enemy in the front row, but did not inflict any real damage other than a clanging sound.

As the enemy approached step by step, the commander gritted his teeth and ordered loudly: "Tell the defenders of the city gate! Wood, carriages, and stones! I don't care what they use, just block the gate for me as soon as possible!"

"Also, tell the archers not to waste their arrows and to keep the enemy closer!

To his surprise, the unidentified army, still some distance from the castle, suddenly stopped. Their procession split into two halves, and all the warriors bowed to an unarmored man with a sword and shield in the ranks, who threw down his weapons and stepped out of the infantry array and slowly walked towards the castle.

The castle commander said to himself inexplicably, "What the hell are these people doing?!, have you sent an emissary for negotiation?"

After a few seconds, the Commander's eyes widened, his mouth unconsciously opened to the maximum, and he sat on the ground in horror by the sight before him.

The warrior's figure in the light of the flames slowly elongated and grew larger. Sharp iron claws, jet-black scale armor, and massive body...... In just a few seconds, a small human turned into a monster more than four meters tall.

The weapon slammed against the shield, and the iron armor stepped on the earth. There were earth-shattering cheers and praises from the enemy lines, and everyone shouted a strange name.

"Mt. Thaegus" (Northland: Son of the Gods)

The castle commander stumbled up from the ground and shouted at the stunned defenders, "Attack! What are you doing?!Use all the weapons in your hands to attack that monster!"

Arrows and stones rained down on the dark monsters.

The latter let out an earth-shattering roar into the sky, then fell on all fours and charged towards the castle gates.

Possessing incredible speed and great strength, the monster's body is like a speeding tank, slamming into the closed gates.

The ground trembled throughout the town, and cracks appeared in the stone walls of the castle.

Without waiting for the defenders to react, the fanatical warriors followed the monster's pace, shook off their steps, followed closely behind, and charged towards the city gates.

The commander, who fell to the ground because of the shock, waved the weapon in his hand and screamed hysterically: "Kill that monster!

Timber and rolling stones were thrown from the wall.

The monster that had been hit in the head by these heavy objects just shook its head in discomfort, and then he raised his head in annoyance, opened his huge mouth like an ancient lizard, and a frosty breath spewed out at the defenders on the city wall. Soon, there was a sound of ice breaking at the top of the city, and the defenders' attack was instantly silenced.

The monster swooped down, its limbs slammed into the crumbling gate once more.

Finally, with a loud bang, the city gate collapsed.

The monster returned to its human form and stood at the gate of the city, looking at the group of frightened defenders in front of him, without any movement.

In the thick of the smoke, a group of wolf-like warriors rushed from his side into the collapsed city gates, and launched a tidal attack on the defenders.