Chapter 43: The Blood Rose Legion
Chapter 43: Blood Rose Legion
Bang Bang! A hurried bell rang, especially loud in the dawn. Usually this hurried bell means that danger is imminent, and the common people should immediately return home for refuge, which happened to Lawson once during the Walled City of Auckland, and that time because of the passing tide of beasts.
Fort Prince's location is at the foot of the mountain, and there are no monster gathering places nearby, so what does this alarm bell represent?
The voice of the next moment was faintly heard, which was enough to explain what was happening!
"Kill! Rush, ahhhh......h
Lawson used a zero-order magic water ball to wash his face and wake up, he couldn't remember the dream just now, but his heart was extremely heavy, and the feeling of sadness lingered for the time being, but this was not the time to think about it, something big must have happened outside.
The sound woke up the sleeping adventurers, and most of the adventurers were already in the corridor after Lawson and Hagrid went out, including the few who had not recovered from their injuries, with confused faces. You must know that this is a town in the territory of the Kingdom of Aldis, not a border, how could there be such a large-scale battle in the middle of the night?
"What's going on? Could it be that the damn dark elves are here again? ”
"Listen to the sound of the battle, there are a lot of people, no, there is also the sound of war horses!"
Everyone speculated in every word, but there was panic in their voices. After all, last night's battle is still vivid.
"Don't panic, everyone!" Morpheus said loudly, his mercenary group currently has 5 people left, and the team is the largest, but he didn't say anything more and looked at Lawson and the elven princess with his face covered beside him with an inquiring eye.
Selena glanced at Lawson, and then at the seriously injured people. Nina and Hannah's injuries have not yet recovered, and they are holding on to standing at the moment, and their combat effectiveness is completely negligible, although Fionie is not life-threatening because of Rosen's treatment, but because the priest is too weak, she is still asleep, let alone release magic. The other adventurers were more or less wounded and unable to maintain full combat strength, and if it was really the Dark Elves attacking, it would be a nightmare for everyone who had no ability to resist.
"I'll look into it first," Selena said with a nod to Nina and took out her wand, not noticing Nina's stopping gaze at all, only to see Selena chant the spell and pointed forward.
Fairy summons.
A rotating mini magic array appeared in the air, and after the stars flashed, a forest spirit fairy with a body only the size of a palm, flapping two pairs of transparent wings, wearing a cute Barbie skirt, and a seven-point resemblance to an elf appeared in front of everyone.
"Linlin! Selena, you've finally summoned Dorin! Huh, so many human Lynns? The cute fairy spun around in front of Selena, pouting and grumbling with some dissatisfaction. That cute look made Lawson almost want to touch her.
Legendary leprechauns?
Selena lightly tapped Duo'er's face with her hand, and said apologetically: "You don't have any combat power, but now I have something I want your help with, can you go outside and see what's going on?" Be sure to hide yourself, it could be a dark elf. ”
"Linlin? Those abominable depravity? Doll pursed her lips, "Okay, I know Rin, I'll be back to Lin right away." ”
The goblin circled around Selena, with a faint afterimage of stars behind her, and then flew directly out of the window, in the process Doer's body gradually became transparent, and when it flew out of the window, it had completely disappeared into the air.
"This is my contract demon pet, although it has no combat power but its stealth ability is very strong, let's wait for her news." Selena explained.
Nina sighed secretly, this elf princess is good at everything, but her nerves are too big, how can she show the fairy summoning in a human adventurer? You must know that this is an ability that only elves have.
Elves also live in the forest, they use the elements as energy, they are peace-loving, and each elf has unique abilities, but overall the combat power is not very strong, these are no secrets.
Morpheus, the leader of Grant, looked at Selena and said meaningfully: "Contract goblins, elemental creatures that only the elves can contract, you are indeed a member of the elves!" ”
Nina glanced at Selena with helpless eyes, stood in front of her with her body bent, pulled her hood open and said to Morpheus: "That's right, we are elves, but this does not affect the commission, and the reward will not be less than one penny!" Rest assured. Including the adventurers who died in battle, if there is no one to collect them on their behalf, I will give the reward to the guild. ”
Lawson couldn't help but laugh, just because the word 'one less coin for you' is so associative. When Rosen found that everyone's eyes were looking at him, he coughed embarrassedly and said, "It's okay, my throat is a little itchy." ”
Grant glanced at Lawson, and then flashed at Nina: "Since our Grant mercenary group has taken over the task, we will naturally do our best to complete it, I think the Brown brothers, the Huaxia mercenary group and the Green Leaf mercenary group also think the same, otherwise I won't be sorry for the dead brother at all." ”
That's a good point, Brown nodded, but Rosen frowned, he always felt that Morpheus had something to say. Just as he was about to say something, a phantus flickered in the air, and the figure of the fairy Duo'er appeared.
Selena hurriedly asked, "Is it a dark elf?" ”
Doll flew to Selena's shoulder and replied, "Linlin, it's not those fallen Lin, it's war, the war between humans and humans!" ”
Although the Blood Rose Legion is Clasia's personal legion, and the number is only a thousand, the equipment of the legion is not inferior to the elite legion of the Empire.
In terms of establishment, there were 100 hoplites, 200 light cavalry, 500 hoplites, 200 archers, 50 assassination squads, all of whom were thieves or killers of the second rank or above, and a 50-man personal guard composed of all fighters.
On the battlefield, it is often the archers who start the long-range attack first, and when the distance is close, the hoplites launch a frontal charge, the hoplites follow closely to harvest, and the light cavalry flanks rush to be responsible for loaming, intercepting and pursuing. The assassination squad, on the other hand, mingles in the battlefield and waits for an opportunity to take out local generals.
However, at this moment, in the face of the poorly equipped and unaware defenders of Princeburg, a charge of 100 heavy cavalry almost sealed the victory.
At dawn, when people are in a deep sleep, and even the guards on duty at night are dozing off because of the imminent change of guards, and it is undoubtedly the best choice to attack at this time.
The defenders were less than a thousand men, most of them were asleep, and some of them didn't even have time to put on their equipment before entering the battle, facing the Blood Rose Legion, which was armed to the teeth, and the number was inferior to that of the opposite side, and it was completely impossible to compete. This is not so much a war as a one-sided massacre.
The battle lasted only ten minutes before the defenders of Princeburg were completely defeated, except for a few lucky ones who managed to escape into the city, most of the soldiers were killed on the spot, even the captives who surrendered, because Lausia once said that there were only winners and corpses on the battlefield, and no prisoners were needed.
Putin, the lord of Princeburg, who woke up from his dream, planned to flee as soon as he heard the news of the rout of the defenders, but unfortunately he should not covet the treasures accumulated in the basement for many years, and when he and his men loaded the large bags of belongings into the carriage, Claudia had already arrived with people.
As the lord of the city, Putin himself is a silver-rank warrior, and his two personal guards are also silver-ranked, as well as a bronze-level elemental mage and a black-iron rank healer, this kind of combat power is already good in a small city like Princesburg, and can even be regarded as luxurious, but in front of Claudia, it is not enough to see at all.
Clauseia didn't let her guards and the black robe do it, but stood up alone, she planned to be one-on-four!
"I'm a nobleman of the kingdom, you can't kill me, I can buy my life with money!" When Putin, the lord of the city, recognized the blood rose mark on her chest, he realized that his request was useless, and bursts of despair came.
Blood Rose! When it comes to this title, many people will think of the Reagan City Massacre ten years ago, when the 17-year-old countess slaughtered more than 30,000 civilians in Reagan City before they had time to escape, turning it into hell, a real hell. It was also at that time that the title of Bloody Rose spread on the mainland, after all, bards liked this kind of subject matter the most, and after their polishing, the image of the female demon of Claudia was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Under this huge psychological pressure, whether it was the elemental mage or the two silver-rank warriors, even if they combined to attack, they couldn't survive a single face in Clauseia's hands, and the silent whip ability of the Sealing Dragon Sword only entangled the elemental mage who was still chanting at the beginning, and then tightened it violently, and several more pieces of body appeared on the ground......
The two warriors cooperated with the city lord to attack, but they were controlled by Clauseia's magic, and then sealed the dragon sword and directly tortured and killed, like chopping melons and vegetables. A bronze-rank elemental mage, two silver-rank warriors, and a healer were easily killed by Clauseia, and they didn't even last 1 minute, which also made Putin completely lose the fighting spirit to resist. He didn't expect the Blood Rose to be so strong that it actually stepped into the realm of stars.
An opponent who has stepped into the realm of stars and has two professions at the same time is by no means something that Putin can resist, he can only choose to surrender, hoping that the other party can do things according to the rules of the aristocracy.
It didn't take long for Putin's body to be hung at the gate of the city lord's mansion in the center of the city!
After the death of the castle lord, both the guards and the remaining soldiers had no fighting spirit, and after an easy victory, the Blood Rose Legion completely surrounded the town, driving the townspeople from house to house to the central square.
Those who do not open the door...... Kill!
Those who tried to resist...... Kill!
Runaways...... Kill!
A large number of townspeople were driven by force by the soldiers to the central square of the central city, and the first thing they saw was the body of the city lord Putin, as well as the corpses of the defenders and city guards piled up on the side of the central square, some of these corpses were the children and husbands of the townspeople, many of them couldn't help crying and wanted to come forward, but the next moment, they themselves became a corpse again.
Under this deterrence, no one dared to cry out again, and no one made any other moves, standing in line honestly, waiting for the next fate in trepidation.
Occasionally, there were sounds of battle, the stubborn resistance of scattered defenders or ranked, but it pale in the face of the elite legions and the assassination squads sent by Clasia.
However, there are many adventurers who have gathered in the adventurer's guild for the first time. According to the contract between the Adventurer's Guild and each country, it is forbidden to attack or occupy the Adventurer's Guild and to slaughter the Adventurer's Guild even in war. Because of this, there are not only a few adventurers in the adventurer's guild, but also civilians who came in to avoid in advance, and now the mission hall is already crowded with civilians, everyone is terrified, and the bold ones are secretly looking out of the window, and the timid ones are shrunk in the corner of the wall and shivering.