As the leader of the mercenary squad and the commander of the gnolls who took over the ancient castle, Altyn never recognized his team as a wandering mercenary unit, just as he never recognized how lowly his own half-breed was. And in order to ensure that his life in the land was rich and beautiful – or just a kind of self-consolation – Altyn did not choose the elaborate and elaborate human bedrooms, but directly occupied the largest auditorium in the castle. This large and tall auditorium should have been used for balls and important ceremonies by the sons of the seven generations of uniforms in a bygone era, and although it has been abandoned for nearly a century, this majestic and splendid hall is only slightly dusty, and Altyn is happy to tidy up it, and has a bright red carpet, and even a few pieces of furniture are arranged in a staggered manner, and the walls are hung with oil paintings from the cellars, although far from the aesthetic of human beings, but at least it does not make people feel like a garbage dump at a glance.

In this way, although he has left his hometown and settled here, at least Alkin does not feel anything bad when he wakes up every day, there is food, drink and shelter, and most importantly, there is no persecution.

Persecution from the king.

Swamps are scattered throughout the world of Gnodia, and each region is a kingdom, or some call it a tribe. Born in the swamps of the southern continent of Cabez, Altyn was born as an orphan, but he showed extraordinary talent from an early age, and once gained the friendship of a snakeskin beast as a gnoll during his wanderings. Many people can't understand how a lowly gnolf can become friends with a snakeskin beast, but this does not prevent Altyn from rising, and he has formed a team of mercenaries with his friends and people to fight for the nobles of the swamp, and his excellent exploits soon brought it into the king's sight.

And so its good fortune came to an abrupt end.

Poor Altyn never thought of it. The dignified King of the Southern Marshes is actually a conservative bloodist. It thought that after gaining the king's appreciation, it would be able to rise to the top and become a real nobleman, but it never thought that the inexplicable blood of its white werewolf and jackal would make the king very angry, and the oath of allegiance to it was perfunctory and casually dismissed it. At first, Altyn thought that the king's attitude was because he didn't show his ability, so he was more courageous after going to the battlefield. But he didn't expect that the more eye-catching it was, the more the king felt that it was an eyesore, and even hoped that it would accept some unbelievable orders and die on the battlefield.

Eventually, Altyn was warned by his companions, the snakeskins, that he chose to leave the place in the midst of a war in which some of his allies were ordered by the king to assassinate him. Altyn undoubtedly made the right choice, but the king, though disgusted with it, could not sit idly by and watch it leave his country. Altyn's troops were hunted down. These proud and powerful creatures are not very good at reproducing, and they are a valuable strategic resource for any swamp nation, so they do not fear for their safety. After a series of fierce attacks, the snakeskins surrendered and were quickly pardoned by the king, but by the time Altyn had already escaped on the Wyvern, and the pursuing troops had to return in disgrace.

Altyn led a small number of troops. Fleeing all the way north, he finally reached the territory of Qi Shangde. In the realm of men, it is inevitable that it will not be hunted down by the swamps. Altyn tried to enter the territory of the Kingdom of Rodland with such an idea, but he never wanted to be sniped by Count Zishand, who had already taken over the border town at that time, not only a large number of archers were shooting, but even sent a griffin army to intercept it in the air. Eventually, when it fled in the air, it overlooked the castle on the cliff, and after some reconnaissance, it found no danger, so it simply stayed here for two years.

"Two years...... Three-year ...... Four years ......"

Algin, dressed in white fur, sat on the ground, his right hand on his cheeks, and his left hand paddling on the ground. He was still muttering something, and his face was so sad that he didn't know what he was calculating.

"The boss is homesick again." The gnolls standing guard at the door said that Altyn rarely carried them on his back, and since he was not from a military background, he did not like to be harsh in the army, and he never cared about his subordinates chewing their tongues.

The other gnoll leaned back its neck, staring at the two flying insects flying in the air with its mouth wide open in a daze.

Although it is summer, for the gnolls who live here and cannot return to their homeland, it is the season of spring at any time.

At this moment, the sound of running sounded in the corridor, and a lizardman in charge of patrolling the city wall came quickly, immediately alarming the two gnolls standing guard.

"Boss!"

The skin and muscles of the gnoll's head were very loose, and Altyn had been on crutches for too long, and when he raised his head, his whole person was deformed.

It looked at the lizardman with a puzzled expression, "Who fell under the walls again?" ”

"Report to the chief, no one fell out of the city while dozing off today!" The lizardman snapped to his feet and reported habitually—and then suddenly realized that he wasn't here for it, "No! Boss, we've been attacked! ”

Altyn frowned, and it took nearly a minute to react.

"Attack?"

The white-haired gnoll jumped up from the ground with a surprised expression, "Who?" Who attacked us? Talos? Or the human lord? ”

The lizardman froze for a moment, laboriously pondering Algin's question, and finally shook his head.

"No, Chief, it's a bunch of black minotaurs."

Minotaur? Over here?

Alkin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, it was a mercenary himself, and he had a lot of dealings with the Nigons who lived as mercenaries, and the brave and fierce Minotaur had left a deep impression on it, and suddenly heard that there were Minotaurs attacking the castle, Algin's first reaction was the mercenary force sent by King Talos in the swamp.

"Oops, terrible, tell everyone to go up to the city wall to defend!"

Altyn gave a quick order, grabbed his hammer and walked briskly in the direction of the city walls.

The gnoll man didn't walk very fast, but if he gave up his standing posture and ran on all fours, he would be much faster, and Alkin was in a hurry, almost running all the way with the chain on his back. Walk through the empty promenade. Altyn finally made it to the gate that connected the walls, and stood up and almost slammed the door open and looked out.

Then it almost moved in astonishment, and was swept headlong to the ground by inertia

Altyn's lizardmen archers were already in position, shooting arrow after arrow on the wall, but since they were not large in number, they scattered to the firing points of the narrow wall. It looks sparse, and there is no suppression of firepower at all. The gnolls stood beside the lizardmen, and although some of them also picked up bows and arrows, they were too poor in accuracy and could only make up the numbers.

But the state of his own army is still very clear, and it is not worth the fuss.

What really surprised it was the enemy who attacked outside the city walls.

When he heard that it was the Minotaur who was attacking, Alkin was so panicked that he forgot to ask about the number of enemy troops, and at this moment he saw the attacking side of the attacker, which was no more than twenty men at most. Altyn breathed a sigh of relief. But then, it noticed the appearance of these people, and although they were indeed swarthy and had horns on their heads, they looked like horned humans, not the Nigons with cow faces. Altyn had never met the Kunalis, and for a moment he was confused about the identity of the attackers.

Then it turned its attention to the enemy's siege weapons.

"What's that?" Alkin asked, grabbing a lizardman archer and pointing to something flying from below.

"Boss. It looks like a twig! ”

The lizardman shooter replied without hesitation.

If only a soldier in a human army would dare to answer an officer's order in this way. He was slapped to the ground a long time ago, and then pointed at by the officer: branches? Shit branches, you've fucking seen a siege with branches? However, the swamp creatures had their own habits, and their simpler temperament than humans made it easier for them to trust each other's words, so Altyn only stared back at the Kunari beneath the walls with his eyes wide open. Seeing them vigorously throwing one branch after another, there was no threat at all, and I suddenly felt a little crying and laughing.

The number of people is very small, and they actually use tree branches as javelins, are these weird humans idiots? Twigs flew to the wall. Alkin couldn't help but admit that these strange human beings were indeed very powerful, but how lethal could this kind of thing be after being consumed by air resistance? It saw a branch suddenly shoot up, and the lizardman shooter didn't have time to dodge before he flew out, Alkin was nervous for a while, and ran to the city wall to check the situation, but he didn't expect the lizardman who was shot to get up from the ground, rub his belly, run back, raise his bow and arrow, and continue shooting as if nothing happened.

"What the hell is going on?"

Confused, Altyn simply leaned on the edge of the battlements, and with his hands in a crutche-faced motion, staring at the Kunari below, trying to discern the intentions of these "idiots".

But it could not have imagined that it was not that it could not see the intentions of the besiegers, but because......

They have no intention at all

Although it was determined that the Kunali Sword Guard was responsible for the feint attack, since it was an "attack", it always had to look like an attack, so when Green raised this issue at the temporary meeting, everyone was stunned.

The Kunali Broken Sword Guards are indeed brave, but they can turn over and over, and it seems that they have a broken sword in addition to the Kunali heavy axe, how can they attack the city?

Assesis stood beside Green, visibly stunned when asked this question. Although he didn't make a sound, there was no doubt that he had just remembered that the Kunali Kunyou Army behind him was not the well-equipped Kunali Kunyou Army, but the general's personal guard troops, even if the Kunyou Army invaded the Kabez continent back then, the personal guard troops were not equipped with weapons such as bows and crossbows, their duty was to protect the safety of the Great General, how could they join the battle casually. Even if the situation is urgent and the battlefield is needed, a part of the javelins and arrows are temporarily dispatched for emergency, so that when you think about it, the Broken Sword Guard really has no siege means.

But fortunately, the task of the Broken Sword Guards is to attract firepower rather than attack, and they don't need to work hard in the first place, so in the end Albert came up with such a "bad idea", temporarily chopping down tree branches to serve as throwing guns, regardless of the power, at least you and I seem to think so.

Green and Delga sneaked up on the walls from the side, remembering that the Broken Sword Guards were throwing bundles of branches at the city. The bronzed-skinned Assesis couldn't help but smile again when he saw that his face was green.

Assesis is the quintessential soldier, and this almost child's play with war will naturally make him extremely unhappy. But then again, Green still respects the commander, not to mention his tactical qualities and usual rigor of Cheng Dù, but his attitude alone is very professional - as a soldier. Orders from Assesis are usually only concerned about how to accomplish the task to the fullest extent, and never care about the identity of the person carrying out the task. is also this plan, if Albert is replaced, he will definitely not let Green join the assault team, of course, you can't say that Al's approach is wrong, but from Green's point of view, being able to participate in the operation is the greatest embodiment of his own value, which he has never forgotten even after crossing over and becoming a son of military uniform.

"Your Highness, there should be no one guarding here."

The two men sneaked all the way to the southwest side of the castle, which clinged to the cliff. It wasn't as airtight as the front defense of the castle, not to mention that the attention of the jackals was attracted by the Kunalis, and the two of them withdrew here to sneak around, without worrying about being discovered.

It's just that......

Delga looked up at the top of the castle that was almost 90 degrees away, wondering how they would have to climb up.

Grimm smiled mysteriously at the hideous Assassin.

"Look at Delga, I'll teach you what it's called climbing in another world!"

After saying that, he didn't wait for the eagle-headed avenger to ask. Green's right hand was wrong, and several black arrows appeared in his hand. Then it was thrown upwards suddenly, and the black arrows were neatly arranged in a line, pasted one every few meters, and both the strength and angle of the shot were just right.

Then Green took a few steps back, and suddenly sprinted upwards and leaped upward—

"Aha!"

The boy slapped the first navigation arrow, and his body directly violated the laws of physics and flickered into the air. It wasn't until he approached the next navigation arrow that Green reached out and slapped it again, and his body immediately recoiled upwards as soon as it had a tendency to fall, and so on several times, as if Green was carrying a jet that rose by reaction force. Reach the top of the city wall with several pauses and flickering ascents.

Green clasped the battlements with both hands, and cautiously poked his head out to look at the sides of the walkway.

It's quiet here, and there's no one.

Green quickly rolled over, then looked down from the city wall, and saw the eagle-headed avenger looking up at him in a daze, and hurriedly waved his hand to greet him, "Come up!" You can do it. ”

Delga suddenly realized, it subconsciously swallowed, and looked at the lighter and lighter navigation arrows on the wall, as if it was a little hesitant.

"Your Highness? This one has to be touched by hand? ”

Green glanced cautiously at the end of the trail, then shouted in a false voice, "Anywhere, you have to touch everything!" ”

The Eagle-headed Avenger nodded and took a deep breath, sprinting and jumping in the same way as Green, and then slapped his claw on the navigation arrow, and Delga's face changed suddenly.

I...... I'm flying!

After the initial stunned, Delga's face was full of enjoyment, as if flying was a dream for him. But if you think about it carefully, it's normal, walking on the Cabez continent, it is inevitable to see those ordinary eagles and eagles, and the parents are so similar that they can't fly, which will indeed make its "young" heart suffer a certain blow. However, Green didn't have the heart to appreciate Delga's posture, and he had to be reminded that the Eagle-headed Avenger would not miss the next navigation arrow by enjoying it too much.

"I've got you!"

The last arrow was nearly gone for too long, and Green jerked out his hand to grab Delga's arm, then dragged it up with all his might.

"Hold, I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm so carried away."

Delga leaned against the wall, admitting her mistake with trepidation.

Green gasped and glanced at it, if memory serves, this seems like my own line, right?

After a false alarm, the two of them rested for a while, and soon continued to act after recovering from their bodies.

Whether it's a gnoll or a lizardman, they're obviously not very good at anti-stealth, although there's an animal called a chameleon, and maybe it's related to the lizard, but Grimm and they're lucky, at least in the process of moving to the central hall, although they encountered two or three teams of mercenaries rushing to the city wall to support, but they were all in danger and didn't get noticed.

Seeing an opportunity, Green and Delga quickly rushed into the inner city of the fortress.

Entering the castle, it is much easier to move, and at this time the marsh mercenaries are attracted out, and the two of them only need to pay attention to the surrounding movements, and by the way, look for the route to the central hall.

"Your Highness!" Delga, who had kept a certain distance from Green, saw a fork in the road, and after carefully identifying it, he whispered, "This way! ”

Green hurriedly stepped back, following the direction of Delga's finger, where there was a hidden door, and the size of the door frame was in line with the size of the central hall.

"Let's take a look."

The two men crept over, and the gate was made of some kind of avocado wood wrapped in some kind of metal skin, which, due to its size, was enough to allow them to pass safely. Green walked in front, the room was very tall, with a spiral staircase on the left and right sides leading to the second floor, and the light shone through several Gothic-style round windows on the second floor, and a small table covered in crimson satin looked like a display case.

Green's eyes lit up, and he took a deep breath, it seemed that it was in line with Vivien's narrative and the feedback from the Juggernaut module, presumably this was the central hall. However, Green was impatiently stepping forward, when Delga behind him suddenly reached out and grabbed him.

“？”

Green cast a puzzled look at it, only to see the eagle-headed avenger nervously looking across the side, and the boy turned his head and looked over carefully, and was shocked to find that in the shadows below the second floor, a huge beast was lying on the ground bored!

An air force unit in the swamps, a Wyvern!

"Your Highness, if we get so close, we will definitely be torn apart by it." Delga cautiously said in Green's ear.

Green nodded, the Wyvern is a sixth-order formation in the swamp, with a terrifying combat power of up to level 100, although due to the limitations of form and physique, this creature is generally considered to be one of the weakest sixth-order formations, but for Green, it is enough to block his way.

Seeing that this territory is about to be restarted, but do you want to give up under the watchful eye of a flying dragon?

Hmph, what a joke.

Green narrowed his eyes and stared in the direction of the wyvern, and suddenly took a heavy step forward.

"I'm ready!"

He raised his hand suddenly, and between his index and middle fingers was a crystal plate that seemed to be a jade wat, and suddenly shimmered a little as he was perpendicular to his eyes. Green suddenly let go of his hand, and the spar slab did not fall, but was suspended in the air like an onmyoji's talisman, and then in Delga's surprised and inexplicable gaze, the spar slab suddenly rotated, and a little light flew out of it, fell to the ground and quickly enlarged, condensing into a human form.

"My lord's life, I will protect it!"

Knock –

The huge shield, which was like a thick wall, was swung by its strong arm and fell heavily to the ground, shaking the ground and shaking the ground, which immediately alarmed the wyvern on the opposite side.

But Green just smiled.

The Valhalla Monument is activated, and the Guardian of the Giant Shield enters! (To be continued......)

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