Chapter 6: A Beautiful Victory
The terrible moonlight stared fiercely at the Iron Fist Fortress in the dark night, and the city was full of illuminated fires, and the dense crowd hurried through the beating flames, and everyone had panic on their faces. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info from time to time there were one or two wolf howls outside the city, which made their nerves tense again and again. Erric stood in the middle of the Iron Fist Square, looking at the civilians gathering more and more in front of him, and in their noise, a trace of worry unconsciously dissipated in his eyes. Thankfully, the gnolls didn't attack at night, but it was clear that they seemed to be waiting for something.
"Everyone, be quiet"
He said, and the crowd was noisy for a while before it quieted down.
"Tomorrow, this place will be attacked by gnolls and robbers..."
"Huh?"
"The robbers are coming again?"
"What to do!?"
Everyone was shocked and discussed.
"We've already sent a signal corps to the Imperial City, but if reinforcements arrive, this place will probably be in ruins."
Elric said, frowning and lowering his head. He really wants to protect this place, but these people in front of him are more worthy of his protection.
"So, I want everyone to get out of this city!"
Hearing this, the people's amazement was mixed with the noise of discussion
"Don't worry, everyone, I'll send half of the army to escort everyone! Take advantage of the darkness and go now! ”
Elric exclaimed, he was a man who loved his brother very much, and even if he retreated, he would evacuate half of his brothers. Then he ignored the crowd and commanded the soldiers on the side to arrange the retreat, although the people were reluctant, but under the arrangement of those soldiers, they all disappeared from the square quickly.
The lord of the city turned to look at the statue behind him, his red cloak fluttering wantonly in the night, his hands clenched into fists, tomorrow, maybe he will be scattered with the wind like these grains of sand.
"General."
A soldier came up and stood behind him and said,
"It's all arranged?"
Elric turned, and quickly wiped a glimmer of sparkle from the corner of his eye with his hand before the soldier noticed.
"Hmm."
"So!"
Elric drew his broadsword from his waist and held it high to point at the pale moon.
"Prepare to meet the enemy!"
The soldier looked at the general, swallowed back what he wanted to say, sighed softly, and hurriedly shouted
"Yes!"
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The first rays of gold from the rising sun drove the darkness to the other side, and the cold city walls began to rise from the temperature rapidly, and the city was already empty. The desert, which is usually full of wind and sand, is now surprisingly quiet, only the sound of breathing, the breathing of jackals. In front of yesterday's battlefield, a black oppressive bandit filled the clearing, wearing a knight's helmet in the style of ancient Europe, naked and topless, and the numerous gnolls behind him stared at the city in front of them viciously, as if fantasizing about what the Iron Fist Fortress would look like after the fiasco. However, on the other side of the city wall, the black-gray armor reflected the gradually brightening sunlight, and that touch of red gathered together like a sea of red, no, maybe a sea of enemy blood! Their comrades who died yesterday are still lying on the battlefield, which makes their hands holding weapons even stronger! At this moment, a robber walked to the front, pointed the broadsword in his hand at the Iron Fist Fortress, and shouted with all his might
"Take it!"
"Kill~! Come on~! ・・・”
"Kucha!"
Suddenly the robbers and gnolls rushed towards the Iron Fist fortress, and the people on the castle tower felt the city walls vibrate with this shout, and some of the sand particles attached to its walls also fell one after another.
"Secondary cause (onomatopoeia)~!"
One of the soldiers drew his sword, pointed at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, and shouted
"Attack!"
"Hah!"
Suddenly, among the rows of soldiers, a large group of elves rushed out with bows and arrows in their hands and rushed to the edge of the city wall. The sharp arrow crest was already aimed at the enemy below.
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”
Ten thousand arrows rained down on them, and a wall of arrows formed by the rain of arrows even blocked out the sunlight. The enemy group was instantly hit by these archers. But there were still a lot of enemies, and they rushed towards them with a few arrows stuck in their bodies. The soldier hurriedly shouted,
"Druid!"
As soon as the words fell, countless boulders half the size of a man whistled over the soldiers' heads with a green glow, closely following the rain of arrows.
"Bang!"
"Boom! Bang~! ”
The fierce collision wantonly lifted the sand grains, and the thick dust covered everyone in a piece of wind and sand. The ground was littered with the corpses of the enemy, their bodies covered with grains of sand, their smashed weapons still clenched tightly in their hands, and the fallen enemies were constantly using their bodies to pave the way to the city gates for their companions. Immediately, a large number of gnolls continued to advance on their companions, and they were already less than five hundred meters away from the city gate!
"Crunch"
The gates opened at this moment, and a low groan was out of place in the heat of the battle. Behind the door, a flash of bright red flashed, and all the soldiers of the Shajiaban held their scimitars and glared at the crazy enemy in front of them. The leading soldiers raised their swords high!
“flory!”
In an instant, the soldiers rushed towards the enemy with shouts and screams! The druids and the elves also followed closely, all determined to defend the land with their lives・・・・・・
At the same time, Phantom and Xin were walking quickly through the dense jungle, and the scenery around them was all rapidly backwards, and if you looked closely, Xin was carrying a person on her back - Elric! The phantom flashed swiftly past one tree after another in front of him, and his mind kept recalling what happened in the middle of the night:
The two soldiers rode Elric, who had passed out, and ran into Shin and Phantom, who were preparing to support the battle. A soldier pleaded
"Can the two heroes help and send our city lord out of here, tomorrow's war, no one will come back alive, but our Sha family class only hopes that the city lord will be safe and sound, he is the hope of all of us."
The phantoms had no choice but to agree, and Xin asked the two soldiers to go together, but they shook their heads,
"The two of you must send the city lord to the Imperial City, we have to go back and do our last thing for this land!"
Xin was silent, facing the soldiers who looked at death as if they were home, he felt sincere admiration, and could only look at them with blessed eyes.
Time back to the Iron Fist Fortress, the red cloak is so dazzling, the warriors defending the city are still fighting bravely, their hands are tired, their bodies are overdrawn, but for the sake of glorious faith, they are still providing them with strength, making their blades sharper!
"Drink!"
A soldier stabbed his knife into the body of the gnoll in front of him, and then the robber who rushed up from the left slashed him hard in the waist, and fell to the ground with blood.
"Yikes!"
A druid lifted a boulder high and was about to smash it at the wolves, but a mace struck him in the back of the head, his eyes turned black, he collapsed to the ground, and the boulder fell down, crushing him and the attacking gnoll underneath.
'The green mountains cannot stop the flood and barrenness, but the long causeway is built with flesh and blood. ’
The red cloak weaves through more and more enemy groups, but the number of red currents that can keep surging is also decreasing. The sun quietly watched the slaughter in front of him, watching the humans in front of him fall one by one under the mace of the jackals for the sake of faith, and the blood gathered into a stream on the desert, on which many shields floated, flowing to the low-lying places.
"Yikes!"
One of the soldiers swung his knife hard to the left, knocking one of the robbers to the ground, then parrying the gnoll's stick forward, leaving its head in a different place. But when he looked around, he was alone.
"Knock knock!"
At this time, the same drum beat as yesterday sounded restlessly, and the robbers and gnolls quickly withdrew when they heard it, and the battlefield that had been noisy just now fell silent for a moment, and several vultures circled in the sky. In the distance, the sand dunes like waves were rapidly approaching this side, and the jackal with a brownish yellow coat yesterday rode on this sand dune and rushed towards this side with the dunes. The soldier dragged his tired body back to the city and climbed the high tower. But the brown-yellow gnolls had already arrived, and the sand dunes suddenly rose! A huge desert worm appeared in front of the soldier, and looking at its terrifying face, the soldier raised his scimitar high, and at the same time, the gnolls on the head of the desert worm gave the order to crash into the wall
"Never back down ~ !!"
"Bang~!"
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At this moment, Elric on Xin's back woke up suddenly!
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The Iron Fist Fortress was lost, and in order to cover the retreat of the people and the city lord, the soldiers of Shajiaban interpreted the faith in their hearts with their lives, and their death was not a defeat, but a beautiful victory.
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