Chapter 8: The Bloody Battle of the Ice Plain
The eight of us had recovered our spirits after a few days of rest. In particular, I found Avina, and my whole person became energetic.
We procured supplies in a nearby village, maintained our weapons and equipment, and when everything was ready, we set out on a new journey.
At night, we sat around a campfire, the light of which was reflected on the faces of all eight of us.
The members of our team come from two different mercenary groups, and although each mercenary group has its own unique soul, we have experienced so many life and death tribulations together, and we have begun to understand quite tacitly.
"Hey, Larek, why did you choose to become a mercenary?" Hansen said to me as he roasted his hands around the campfire
I don't know how to answer his question, I have no memory since I was born, and I have been following old Heyside to fight demons and demons as a young child. Perhaps, I don't have a choice at all in my life, everything is fate.
"Everyone, we have to hurry tomorrow, and this time we are about to face, I think everyone knows it. Seeing that I was silent, Raysende said to everyone
"I feel like we should work together and only then can we defeat the Blood Queen. With that, Avina held out her right hand
The crowd didn't react, and Avina looked a little embarrassed, and she just wanted to withdraw her right hand.
At this point, I put my hand on Avina's hand and grasped Avina's delicate hand with my thick hand.
"Maybe we don't have a choice in many things, but what we can do is to be ourselves, and only then will we not regret it. I said
"I'll take you!" Hansen put his hand on top of mine
"For justice!" Nataya put it up as well
"In order to save innocent civilians from harm. Mayfair put her hand on her hand as well
"I will defend your safety to the death and fight for honor!" followed Frank
"Count me in. Lolita put it up too
"Nothing can stop us!" Resende finally put it up
"Kill, kill, kill!" shouted all eight of us at the same time, our hearts filled with excitement
Led by Avina, we found the entrance to the Blood Queen's lair the next day.
It was a muddy place, littered with blood and rotting corpses, and the stench was terrible. Ordinary people will feel nausea, fatigue, and dizziness if they get close. Luckily, with the magic potion that Mayfair gave us, we didn't get dizzy.
At the entrance to a cave, we found the body of a male with only half of his body remaining. The man's outfit suggests that he was a hunter in his lifetime, but he is now just a carrion.
Then we entered the cave, and what a scene it was that I will never forget.
Thousands of corpses piled up here, and the blood that flowed from the corpses formed a small lake. There were corpses of unclothed girls everywhere, as well as the corpses of various animals, those corpses of young girls were missing arms and legs, most of them were broken, and some were burnt brown, and it seemed that the blood queen's favorite thing to do was to abuse girls. I've also heard about the Blood Queen's origins, but seeing what she's done, all I can say is that it's perhaps really ironic.
There were also various barbed cages on the ground, and several girls were imprisoned naked. They were covered in blood, dying, and groaning in pain, and they looked like they were half dead. Not far away, a young girl's hands were tied behind her back, a sharp wooden stake pierced her body, and her severed breasts were dripping with blood.
Outside the cavern, Gravel led the Northern Coalition army across a snow-capped valley to an open ice field.
The wind and snow hit, and the warriors rode forward with great difficulty.
A rumbling sound shook the ground not far away, and every warrior of Northland clenched their weapons tightly, knowing that something was approaching.
Snow fell from the valley, and Gravel ordered the entire army to halt its advance and turn into a defensive formation.
"Hey, recruit, you haven't experienced war yet. A sergeant major said to another shivering recruit
"Close your eyes, just rush, you just have to think of yourself as a dead man. The sergeant major continued
"Archers prepare!" the herald's horn sounded
Because the wind and snow are too big and the field of vision is limited, everyone has some fear and nervousness.
"Look! what is that!" one soldier shouted
At the same time, the horses of the Northern Coalition began to become frightened.
"Calm down!" the officers shouted to their men, and the cavalry tried to control their horses.
In the next second, a swift force rushed into the ranks of the Northern Alliance. Thousands of ghouls rushed into the Northern Alliance's formation, and their destructive power was no less than ten thousand bison.
And so the war began!
The soldiers of the Northern Coalition bravely fended off the large, fast-moving ghouls, and the arrows in the air rained down all around them.
Blood, fighting, fighting, everywhere.
At this moment, a dark shadow flew over the sky in the distance.
It wasn't until they got close that they saw a swarm of tens of thousands of blood bats and hundreds of gargoyles, hovering over the Northern Alliance, suddenly swooping down and sending the Northern Coalition soldiers into the air before falling to their deaths.
"Archer, shoot!" the herald once again conveyed Gravel's order
For a while, countless blood bats were shot down.
"Knight, Impact!" another command was delivered
The iron cavalry of the Northern Coalition rushed into the ghouls, slashing and slashing along the way.
At this moment, the earth trembled, and dozens of bloodthirsty butchers rushed into the northern coalition army. The bloodthirsty butcher was huge, more than five meters tall, and carried a huge axe in his hand.
"Follow me, brothers!" Gravel said to his guard, followed by Bevman and Horf.
Gravel rode quickly to one of the bloodthirsty butchers, and he jumped onto the back of the bloodthirsty butcher. The bloodthirsty butcher tried desperately to get rid of Gravel, but was firmly controlled by Gravel's guards in iron chains.
Gravel stabbed the bloodthirsty butcher in the neck with a sword, and the bloodthirsty butcher was down. In a similar way, Bevman and Horf each killed a bloodthirsty butcher.
The rest of the bloodthirsty butchers were also killed by the combined efforts of the soldiers, and the blood army began to collapse.
Suddenly, Wren and Léa flew to Gravel's side and were about to capture Gravel. As a result, Gravel's personal guards used their bodies to block the attacks of vampires and banshees. The guards were shattered, and soon the vampire Wren and the vampire Lea were about to launch the next wave of attacks.
Before he had time to think about it, Gravel immediately jumped on his horse and quickly escaped from the clutches of the two of them.
Wren and Léa chased after them in the sky, and the archers along the way shot arrows at them, but they dodged them.
The battle has reached its most critical moment, and the winner is about to be decided.
Seeing that Leia was already about to chase Gravel, she had already stretched out her bloody claws, and suddenly Gravel turned his horse's head, and a ballista was aimed at Leia behind him.
"Launch!" Gravell shouted