This was the last thought in the heart of the Holy Grail Guardian, and immediately, he fell into the boundless darkness, and the axe just now had caused serious damage to his internal organs, and if it weren't for his firm will, I am afraid that he would have fallen long ago.

Now, his broken body was finally beyond the support of his will, and just like that, he went down.

However, even when he fell, there were still many Guardians of the Holy Grail fighting, and they fought brutally with the elite warriors of the Norvids, and even with heavy casualties, none of them showed any signs of cowardice.

This is the pride and momentum that belongs to them, to the guardians of the Holy Grail of the Kingdom of Astra.

As the minutes passed, the soldiers fell one by one, and the resistance on the walls was still very stubborn, even with the elite Holy Grail Guardians, it did not change the situation too much.

Aside from a slight initial retreat, the Norvids redeployed a large number of forces and relaunched their assault on the Guardians of the Holy Grail.

Under the fierce attack of the enemy, the Guardians of the Holy Grail slowly retreated, although they were also fighting hard, but they were not many after all.

Each time, although they talked about the position of the dead comrades in front of them, they always retreated under the pressure of the enemy, and in this way, they almost retreated.

The angry battle cries of the Norweeds resounded incessantly over the walls, one after another, and the way they fought was as rough as their roars.

Wielding the battle axe, they inflicted heavy losses on the Guardians of the Holy Grail and the Astra infantry, but they also suffered even heavier losses.

But they still fearlessly marched towards the Astra infantry and the Guardians of the Holy Grail.

Eventually, they even drove back the planks of the Holy Grail Keepers, who had already climbed the walls and carved out some territory on them.

As for the other attack points on both sides, needless to say, they didn't climb the city wall at all, even if it was the Iron Forest Legion, they were only about to climb the city wall, but they were quickly driven down.

King Leonac couldn't help frowning as he watched the battle above, the battle of the Holy Grail Guardian at the beginning was indeed very satisfying to him, but now, as if he had slapped him in the face, the smugness just now was gone.

However, he also knew that the battle had only just begun, and it was impossible to quickly conquer the enemy's walls, their numbers were not weakened, their morale was not damaged, and as warlike Norwids, they were quite difficult.

Therefore, King Leonac waved his hand and asked the herald to go to the front line to withdraw the troops.

At this time, the soldiers who were sent out had already suffered more than 6,000 casualties, plus the casualties of the feints on the other three walls, the number of casualties reached a staggering 8,000, you know, this was only a test at the beginning of the battle, and the truly brutal siege battle was far from begining.

War is really a cruel meat grinder, life is worthless in this meat grinder, and in just a moment, thousands of people are reduced to scraps.

"I'm sorry Your Majesty, we let you down!"

The captain of the Holy Grail Guardian who had been sent out knelt guiltily in front of King Leonac and said in shame.

King Leonac shook his head and said: "Don't do this, you have done a very good job, at least you didn't let me lose face, this is just a test in itself, we just need to find out the specific combat strength and fighting will of the other party!" ”

"So, what do you think of the opponent's will to fight and combat effectiveness?" King Leonac asked.

"That's your majesty." The officer said, "The enemy's fighting power is very strong, and their regular army can compete with us, while those ordinary people are inferior to us, but they are also very strong, and their strength has made us suffer!" ”

"Moreover, they are still not afraid of death when fighting, and their will to fight is very firm, if they are not given a great blow, it is estimated that they will never collapse!"

The officer told King Leonac what he had seen and heard at the front line, and although he also knew about it from the information, he still had to see it with his own eyes to be clearer.

Nodding, King Leonac understood, and then let him go down.

"Count William, let your archers stay on the well, I hope they can continue to strike at the enemy, of course, the necessary rest is for sure, I hope they can continue to wear down the enemy outside the castle, if they fight like this, the casualties will still be too great!"

"Plus, I have a mission for you!"

Wilhelm, who nodded in agreement, raised his head, and couldn't help but be a little curious about King Leonark's new mission, isn't the top priority now to capture Fort Nobarev? How could there be other tasks?

Looking at William's puzzled expression, King Leonac said with a smile: "We have been in short supply of food recently, because we are marching too fast, resulting in our supply line being stretched too long, and it will take some time for the food in the rear to arrive, therefore, I hope you can get some food from the Norweeds!" ”

King Leonac continued: "Of course, this is only by the way, your main task is to intercept the enemy's increased troops. ”

"Although their main forces are concentrated in the hinterland, there are still tens of thousands of Norvids here who intend to come here in small groups, and then assemble to reinforce Fort Nobarev."

"Of course, we can't tolerate this, so I need a force with a lot of cavalry and extremely fast marching speed to accomplish this task!"

"And you are the best candidate, the Iron Cross Knights under your command are not much more reckless than the Holy Grail Knights of the Astra Kingdom, plus your light cavalry, I believe that you are the best candidate!"

"Of course, I won't just let you go by yourself, I'll ask Robella, the deputy head of the Holy Grail Knights, to take a thousand Holy Grail Knights on the expedition!"

A thousand Holy Grail Knights, this is a lot, after all, the entire Holy Grail Knights are only about 2,000 people, which is half.

"And in addition to my Holy Grail Knights, the Templars will also send six hundred people to carry out this mission, and you will be divided into three parts, you will be responsible for where the enemy is, and I will give you the topographic map when the time comes!"

King Leonac returned to the carriage, sat down in his chair, took a sip of warm vodka, and said to William in the other chair.

"In that case, I will accept this task, and I will definitely complete it perfectly, please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

With that, William drank the vodka from the glass in his hand, saluted, and left the carriage.