"Essho?" If it weren't for the familiar sound, Wren wouldn't have recognized the bloodied man in front of him as Essho. His eyebrows were crooked, the corners of his mouth were torn, his chest and abdomen were sunken, and the marks of violent torture were all over his body—he must have experienced a more tragic and bloody battle than Wren's side, but those shocking injuries didn't seem to have dragged Eshu down, at least not because he lifted Wren with one hand, and wielded the huge battle axe with the other to slash down the Misty Mountain warriors who rushed up one after another. The appearance of Eishu greatly relieved the pressure on this army behind the palace - he single-handedly withstood the surging tide of ash! Wren seized the time to adjust his breathing and count the number of people, after a series of bloody battles, there were only about 30 people left in this small army of 120 people, and all of them were wounded.

"Ready...... Get ready to break out! Wren shouted, but found that he didn't know which direction to break through. He had the will to die and asked Jige to ask for the queen of the palace, but he didn't think about breaking through at all, not to mention that Jige didn't tell him the specific route of retreat. He leaned in close to Eshua and whispered, "Bring this group to the Royal Academy, where Chief Gigwu has set up a new line of defense. ”

"Just follow me." Esher said. He stepped forward, his tomahawk whirling brutally in front of him, creating a storm of indiscriminate metal that would either be cut off by the razor-sharp blade or shattered in the chest by the heavy axe. Wren initially wanted to be assisted by a few lightly injured Black Spear Knights, but after seeing Eshyu's wild way of opening the way, he immediately dismissed this idea, and only followed Essho with the rest of the men, while keeping a certain distance from him. As soon as they burst out of the corner, the surging gray tide immediately surrounded them from all sides, but Wren only ordered to raise his shield and keep the formation tight. Suddenly, the Grey Tide was no longer insurmountable, and they made their way unhindered into the city of Poimburu. Eshua turned his foot around, led Wren and the others into an alley, and after a few steps walked back to the main road, slashing and slashing back into another alley. Even the veterans who grew up in Poimpur were stunned by Eshy, and they couldn't maintain their formation all the time with such frequent changes, but they could only be forced to follow in Eshy's footsteps. When they burst out of an alley and rescued a group of medical servants trapped in the house by the ash tide, Wren suddenly realized something. "How did you know they were here?" He asked.

Esher didn't answer, but led the crowd through the narrowest and most remote alleys of Poimbre. The intricacies of this ancient city were as familiar to him as the lines in the palm of his hand, and he could always pinpoint the small troops who had fallen into the siege of the Grey Tide. Some of them had time to come to the rescue, and some of them were overwhelmed by the tide of ashes due to physical exhaustion just before they could converge - the latter was the vast majority, and Poimbrough was a big city after all, and Eshyu did not have time to save everyone. But despite this, this small force advancing against the gray tide was gradually growing, and soon expanded to more than 100 people, forming a strong combat force that cannot be ignored. But at this time, the alley could not accommodate them, and they had to break through from the avenue where the gray tide was most dense. Eshu alone formed the sharpest spear point, and the battle axe in his hand did not know how many Misty Mountain warriors in gray-white leather armor had been killed, but he could not see the slightest blade or gap, and still maintained a terrifying sharpness. Eshu's physical strength was very depleted, and he was still slashing with a wide range of slashes, but the efficiency was not as good as before. As soon as his pace slowed down, the speed of the entire team to break through also dropped suddenly, but fortunately, they were already approaching the auditorium of the Royal Academy. The nearby roads were already covered with dense deer and horses, and the warriors of the Misty Mountains were laboriously trying to move them out of the way, and many of them were fierce people trying to force their way over. The knight of the black spear stabbed them with his spear through the fortifications, but before he could stab them, the tip of the spear was grabbed by several men, and a few unlucky ones who did not let go in time were immediately ripped out, dragged between the deer and the horse for a while, and then stabbed through the throat by a sharpened branch.

A rain of arrows fell from the sky, directly nailing a group of Misty Mountain warriors who were still destroying the deer to the ground. Eshu looked up, and Ranmarok stood on the walls of the inner fort and pointed his bow at him - he didn't recognize Eshy, but he recognized the battle axe in Essho's hand, and if he hadn't found out that Eshu was the most ferocious slasher among the warriors of the Misty Mountains, Ranmarok would have released the arrow.

"......I see," Wren muttered, finally realizing why the defenders were retreating to two different locations. The inner fort was so high that the archers pouring fire on the walls could easily envelop the perimeter of the Imperial Academy's auditorium within their range; And the reason why the Black Spear Knights insisted on setting up a defensive line in front of the auditorium of the Royal Academy is also very simple—behind the auditorium is the library, which brings together the lifelong efforts of generations of scholars of the Royal Academy. The Black Spear Knights swore to protect scholars and the knowledge they created when they were founded, and it was impossible for them to abandon this place.

"You're still alive! Come on in! Gig yelled at them through the layers of deer, and if it weren't for Captain Dahar stopping him, he might even jump out of the fortifications to meet them himself. Captain Dahar made a few gestures towards the inner fort, and Ranmarok nodded, and successively threw a dense rain of arrows to suppress the gray tide. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Captain Dahar commanded the men to move the fortifications away and form an improvised passage. But the Rangers' cover was of limited use, and after seeing a breach in the fortifications, the Misty Mountain warriors went crazy and rushed forward with a rain of arrows. Without hesitation, Eshua turned to the back of the line. He once again set off a storm of metal and withstood the impact of the gray tide with an extremely tough attitude! And Wren and his party also successfully withdrew from the fortifications.

"It's okay, come back soon!" Captain Dahar shouted. He was about to leave, but several honorary guards dressed in white wolf skins entangled him. These strong men had been dormant in the gray tide for a long time, and finally broke out at this time. The fury of revenge burned in the eyes of the strong men, and they let out a wolf-like howl and pounced on Eshu desperately. Eshua was caught off guard, and before he could raise the battle axe again, his arms were pierced by the long sword, and his legs were also caught. He was on the verge of being torn apart by the brawny man, but at that moment several throwing knives flew in with a strong wind and nailed them into the foreheads of the Honor Guards, forcing them to fall on their backs with a huge momentum. Esher got up in shock, and Brochette's roar was heard in his ears: "Don't be stunned, come in!" That's our last throwing weapon! ”

Eshu quickly rushed into the passage, the fortifications slowly closing behind him. Broschette held his crumbling body and glanced at the battle axe in his hand: "You killed him?" ”

Eshu nodded.

"The morale of the army of the Misty Mountains hasn't broken yet...... Brochette muttered to himself. That's not a good thing - no, they had shown signs of a rout before, but then they became more ferocious, what happened? He looked at Estheau.

He howled one last time. Eshyu whispered, "I can't stop him. ”

"Niang Xipi!" Brochette cursed softly. He helped Estheu to the door of the auditorium and reached out to push the door open. A light crossbow poked out from behind the door, the bolt almost poking into Estheu's nose, and the fingers on the crossbow machine trembled slightly from nervousness. Estheu's body moved almost subconsciously, but Brochette clamped down on Estheu in time before he could launch a counterattack. Exhausted, Eshu was completely unable to break free from this old man with extraordinary strength at this moment.

"Luna, it's me." Brochette gently pushed the crossbow away and said gently.