After some pleasantries, the adventurers and the soldiers of Company B also became familiar with each other, and they got along quite well.

"It's so exciting to see you safe and sound," Kishan looked at Windsor adoringly, he was a little worried about the marshal's physical condition, but he didn't know what to say excitedly, and his words were a little upside down, "You have traveled a long way, you have been fighting non-stop, and you must be tired now." It's almost noon, and you haven't had lunch yet, have you? We're going to prepare lunch, and after you've eaten, you'll rest in these tents for a while. He turned his head and motioned for Jorgensen to clean the largest orc hut in the camp.

"No, my corporal," Wendthor refused, and he looked at the sky and walked out of the valley, "no matter how tired we are, we can't rest yet. We have to go now, and we can have dry food on the way for lunch. The Stone Fort couldn't last that long. I also know Colonel Todman, he will not retreat, let alone surrender, I will fight alongside him! ”

Somewhat reluctantly, Kishan carried out the marshal's order, and had to pull his mount out of a small col. As it happens, the place where they hid their horses was not far from the place where Diego hid. When they saw Diego pull his Kodomon out, they were amazed for a moment.

After arranging their bridles, they turned on their horses and set out on their way to the aid of the Stone Fortress.

As for the orc captives in the camp, they were handed over to a Lakeside militia squad that had come with Kishahn and them. Although not as well-trained as the soldiers of the regular legion, it is still no problem to escort these disarmed orcs. The fate that awaits these aggressors will be hard labor and servitude to compensate for the harm they have done to humanity.

However, instead of having the militia take the orc captives to Lakeside or the Stone Fortress, Windsor took them to Morgan's Outpost to the north, as the former two were under threat of war and the road was not safe.

As they left the Ripper camp, the sun hung in the middle of the sky, its scorching rays enveloping the ochre-red earth of Red Ridge, staining it with a golden flame. They followed the road to the south, through the entire mountain range, flanked by steep towering mountain walls. As they walked, the mountain became lower and gentler, and finally turned into rolling hills.

It was already November, and after a long journey of more than five months, Diego and his party had finally set foot on the land of Red Ridge Mountain, from where they went south to the land of mankind. For Diego and his party, who traversed the three barren lands of the Badlands, the Scorching Canyon and the Burning Plains, it was a paradise.

The sky is blue, the ground is green, and you can see the lush forests and sparkling lakes in the distance.

The team continued to move on, fearing that they would arrive too late, so they picked up the pace and only occasionally stopped to rest. These fine horses from the East Valley lumberyards are excellent in terms of endurance and speed, but there is still a long way to go. The road from the Ripper camp to the Stonecastle Fortress was so long that even a fast horse would have taken more than a full day. Diego was at the head of the group on Kodomon, a tall mount that allowed him to see what was happening far ahead.

When they reached the intersection of the main road leading to Lakeside Town and the road leading to the Stone Fortress, the sky finally darkened, and even the dark vision of the Night Elves was a little difficult to see in this kind of sky. In order to prevent the horses from stumbling and not being able to reach their speeds, they had to stop and set up camp. They had been on a five-hour journey without stopping, but there was still more than half the way ahead. They pitched their tents at the foot of a dry slope. Since they were unfamiliar with the surrounding conditions, they did not dare to make a fire, but chewed a cold dry food in the dark.

Today is the day of the waning moon, and neither the White Lady nor the Blue Child have shown their faces, and without their shadows, the magnificent and bright stars dot the low-hanging night, as if they are within reach. This kind of clear and magnificent night elephant is not to be seen in the scorching canyons and burning plains full of dust and haze, let alone the cities that were polluted by Yan zhòng in the previous life. Diego was lying on a meadow, looking up at the starry sky above him, and he felt that just seeing this heart-pounding sea of stars would be in vain.

In this season, the night was quite muggy. After a day of exposure to the sun, the ground temperature was so high that they didn't feel much cold even when they were lying on the ground.

Diego didn't fall asleep for a while, he came to the high place next to the camp, and looked into the distance through the goblin telescope, but the lenses of the telescope were worn out, and everything was a little blurry. Somewhat disappointed, he threw it on the ground and unleashed a hawkeye spell on himself.

Wendthor walked up the hillside and stood beside him, "Can you see any movement in the direction of the Stone Fort Fortress?"

"It's too far from there," Diego rubbed his sour eyes with his hand before continuing to observe, "I can only see the dark shadow of a huge building, which should be the outline of a stone fortress. There were figures swaying around the edges, and there was some light, maybe there was a battle going on there, but I couldn't see the details there. ”

"I hope they will hold on," said the marshal worriedly, "and this will be a dangerous and crucial night." ”

They did not sleep peacefully that night, for in the silence of the night they could occasionally hear distant thunderous noises, which sounded like the bombardment of spells and the explosion of gunpowder.

The next day, before the sun had risen, and they could barely see the road, they set off. The atmosphere was getting more and more solemn, no one was talking, and almost everyone was pounding the horse's belly hard, urging them to run faster. Before noon, they arrived at Osser's Mill, which had been captured by the orcs, but the green-skinned monsters were not left behind, and it seemed that they knew that they could not take the stone fortress, and it would be useless to occupy any place.

They continued on their way, and as the sun began to set in the west, Diego, who was at the front of the team, finally saw a black dot running towards them. It was a human soldier galloping on horseback, and they grabbed the reins of their horse and stopped on the side of the road.

The cavalry finally came to the horse, a messenger with blood on his helmet and his armor covered with swords and axes. Exhausted, he climbed off his horse, panting for breath, and finally he managed to muster some strength to speak.

"Is Kishan there?" He asked, and he glanced at the crowd a few times, and finally saw the corporal, "You're finally back, but it's too late, and the troops are too small!" The tide of battle took a turn for the worse after you set out, and the orcs stormed the towers outside the fortress like crazy, and we suffered heavy losses yesterday and were forced to evacuate the towers, and many of our warriors died in the process. Last night, the orcs attacked the fortress at night, and they must have brought all their forces with them, and they also gathered up the gnolls in the east, and drove them to attack the fortress. We were outnumbered, and the outer wall of the fortress had been lost several times, and if it weren't for Todman with the wounded, I'm afraid the outer wall would have been completely lost......"

He said in a hurry, and Kishan couldn't even interject, he finally took the water bag handed by Karakel and poured a few sips, "I have to go, to Lakeside Town, I hope Mayor Solomon has gathered the militia." ”

Windsor didn't speak, but at this point, he finally took a step forward and stood out from the crowd, "Hey, Pierce, come over here!" ”

The messenger was dumbfounded, and he rubbed his eyes vigorously, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"You don't have to go to Lakeside Town to ask for help, those militia coming over will not do anything, it will only increase the casualties," Wendthor said with some sadness, "All the reinforcements that can be found in the entire kingdom are in front of you, just the eight of us!" ”

As if suddenly coming to his senses, Pierce was simply ecstatic, he turned around, and suddenly climbed on the back of the horse behind him: "I don't think so, Your Excellency, you have a whole legion on top! ”

He mounted his horse and drew a longsword full of gaps from its scabbard.

"Marshal, please give orders!" He shouted incoherently, "Please forgive me for my rudeness! I thought, I thought ......"

"You think I'm still locked up in the Black Iron Dwarf's lair, waiting for the rotting maggots? That was true at first, but two brave but clever adventurers saved me......" Wendthor said with emotion, but he still remembered what was most important now, "Now, let's go to the aid of the Stone Fortress!" ”

As Windsor spoke, Diego rode some distance forward, looking out at the fortress to the east, from which the stone castle could already be seen clearly, even without the Eagle Eye. Finally he rushed back.

"Your Excellency Marshal, I'm afraid we'll have to go faster!" He said, "I see that the Blackstone Orcs are about to breach the fortress gates, and if we don't hurry, they will not be able to withstand it." ”

"Okay, let's go." Windsor shouted loudly, raising the sword in his hand high and swinging it forward.

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves roared at this moment, and the enemy was in front of them, and they no longer needed to save horsepower. Just as the glorious sun shone brightly, they swept across the earth like a hurricane and rushed in the direction of the fortress.

Diego had already loosened the wool that bound the drumsticks, and the cowhide war drums kept beating with the footsteps of the Kodo, making a rough and majestic drum sound, like thunder rolling between the heavens and the earth, as if the earth was trembling and the air was whistling.

"The Light is with us!" They roared in unison, and then picked up speed in unison.