As the weather cooled down, the makeshift militia guarding the gates of Hammondale was suffering.

In the second half of the night, the cold wind blowing from the south will always be much colder than the day before, and it will always drill straight into the body from everyone's cuffs and necklines, making people want to not shiver, and their eyes are also blown painfully, not to mention the hands, which are cold like holding a piece of ice in their hands.

Who's got everyone's job to patrol the walls? If this wind doesn't blow, who will blow it?

At the beginning, everyone was very serious about patrolling, but after a long time, it was inevitable that there would be inertia, and the big-eared monsters had not shown their faces in front of the gate since the last time, so everyone slowly relaxed, so some people began to desert.

Fortunately, the leader of the temporary militia, the captain of the guard, Lord Helbo, was easier to talk to, even if everyone secretly hid under the stone wall to avoid the wind, and the time of bragging was a little long, he still turned a blind eye, and sometimes chatted with everyone for a while.

The wind was particularly strong that night, and everyone was sheltering from the wind under the stone wall as usual, with a bunch of people in the east and a bunch of people in the west, and only two or three people were willing to go up to the wall.

A group of people guarding the gate even lit a fire in the doorway and sat around the fire to keep warm.

On the watchtower, Toby looked at the situation below, and his heart was full of indignation - these bastards, all of them are so lazy! But I want to blow the cold wind here, and I don't even have anyone to talk to!

The bad thing is that he is a hunter, can use a bow and arrow, and his eyes are good, so he was arranged by Lord Helbo on the watchtower.

Think about the hot kang head of the wife and children at home, and then look at the blazing fire below, Toby is called a grievance in his heart, this wind blows, why is it so big and cold in September! Master Helbo is too, and he is only arranged to be alone on the watchtower, and one more person can take turns to go down to get warm!

"Toby, there's nothing going on outside, is it?"

Toby was startled by the sudden questioning, and he quickly drew his sword, and was about to ask who it was, but by the light of the torch, he found that the person in front of him was the captain of the guard, Lord Helbo.

Toby, who had just been slandering Master Helbo, was startled again, thinking that he was scolding him, why did he come up, this thing was too coincidental.

"What's wrong with you, like you've seen a ghost?" Helbo was a little confused.

Toby took back the knife and said with a smile: "My lord, why didn't you make any sound when you came up, it scared me, I thought it was the enemy who touched it, and you came to check the sentry again?" ”

Helbo laughed and said, "How could the enemy come up from inside, you think too much, right?" Don't keep looking at the pile of lazy stuff down there, keep an eye out there, maybe the enemy will come when! ”

"But they're too much!" Toby muttered, very indignant.

Helbo smiled and said, "Forget it, everyone is eating together, it's not easy, or you can go down to warm up, I'll help you watch it first." ”

"My lord, how can that be?" Toby was pleasantly surprised, but also a little hesitant.

Haierbo said: "What's not to do, anyway, with me here to watch, something can't happen, can't you believe me?" Think I'm the inner response of the big-eared monster? ”

Toby hurriedly shook his hand and said, "What did the adults say, aren't I a little embarrassed?" It's so windy here, let you ...... for me."

Interrupting Toby's explanation, Helbo grabbed Toby and pushed him down the stairs: "Go, go, where is so much nonsense, mother-in-law doesn't look like a man!" ”

"Adult ......"

"Go ahead, go ahead, but don't be too long, if it's too long, be careful I'll beat you!"

Overjoyed, Toby turned to go downstairs, but he didn't see that behind him, Helmbo had already drawn his sword with a smirk.

With a soft snort, Toby fell limply to the ground.

Quickly walked to the wall and took down a torch, Helmbo threw the torch far away, the fire drawing a bright parabola in the night sky, and finally fell far to the ground and extinguished.

The other three militiamen on the stone wall saw this scene, but they did not say a word.

Throwing the sledgehammer on the ground to strike the alarm bell out of the wall, Helbo clapped his hands and looked coldly at the road outside.

After a while, a black figure appeared on the road, and Clark led the big-eared monsters to the peak, and in a blink of an eye, they were outside the gate of Hammondal, and with the help of the torches on the stone wall, Helbo could clearly see the eager expressions on the faces of the big-eared monsters.

Smiling slightly, he quickly took out a black strip of cloth from his pocket and wrapped it around his right arm, gestured to the three people on the wall, and then walked down the stairs quickly, and the three people also ran towards the wall at the same time.

The militiamen sat around the fire in the doorway, and the crowd burst into low laughter.

"What sound?" An older militiaman suddenly interrupted everyone's conversation and laughter, "Be quiet! ”

"It seems to be the sound of footsteps, there are a lot of people!" Another militiaman heard.

The other pouted disdainfully and said, "Don't be scary, the people above haven't given warnings, not to mention that Toby guy is on the watchtower, his eyes are good!" ”

The crowd chuckled again.

The older militia was a little annoyed: "You stupid people, you really have a voice!" With that, he stood up and prepared to go up the stone wall to see what was going on.

At this moment, three militiamen ran down from the staircase leading to the stone wall, shouting as they ran: "Oh no, the big-eared monster is coming!" Oh no! The big-eared monster is coming! ”

Everyone was stunned, and just as they were at a loss, another figure appeared in the firelight, it was none other than the captain of the guard, Lord Helbo.

Seeing that everyone was still stunned, Helbo scolded angrily: "You stupid people, the enemy has hit the door, what are you still doing here!" Give me all to the wall and guard it, all of it! Hurry up, hurry up! ”

The militiamen quickly grabbed their weapons one by one as if they were waking up from a dream, and ran towards the stairs as fast as they could.

For a moment, the panicked militiamen did not notice why the enemy had already arrived outside the gate, but there was no sound of alarm bells on the watchtower.

No one noticed that Master Helbo and the other three who, like him, had just come down from the wall with a strip of black cloth around their right arm, and had just come down from the wall, were not with them, but went straight to the opening of the gate.

Kicking the fire off the ground, Helmbo whispered, "Open the door, quick!" ”

After a while, the militiamen, who had just climbed up to the stone wall, but were frightened by the large number of big-eared monsters outside again, were horrified to find that these big-eared monsters, who had no intention of attacking the city, somehow opened the gate of Harmondale, and then began to rush in through the gate.

A timid militiaman fell to the ground: "What's going on? Who opened the door? ”

Clarke, the leader of the Big-Eared Monsters, laughed and was the first to storm the town of Hammondal.

Behind him, there were loud screams of excitement, one by one the big-eared monster soldiers passed through the gate.

Unexpectedly, the lich would actually be able to open the door, and Clark glanced at the four humans standing by the door with strips of black cloth in their hands, these guys were the lich-sama's internal response.

With these four men leading the way, Clark seemed to have seen Hammondale Castle tremble beneath his feet.

At this time, the militia on the wall finally recovered from the series of accidents, but they were extremely sad to find that the stairs leading to the bottom of the wall had been occupied by the big-eared monsters.

Now, whether the militia wanted to escape or had other plans, there was only one last way left - the only way to escape was the enemy, what could they do but fight? The ferocity of the big-eared monsters made everyone give up the idea of surrendering.

The battle unfolded on a staircase made of stone like the wall, and the few experienced militiamen soon found themselves facing not big-eared bandits, but well-trained big-eared soldiers.

The bizarre short knives wielded by these big-eared monsters are the well-known big-eared scimitars on the mainland, these red-looking and rough scimitars have an unexpectedly sharp cutting of people, and they are not ambiguous at all, and they are standard weapons that only the regular army of big-eared monsters can have.

Soon, a dozen impulsive militiamen were slashed down the stairs by the big-eared monsters with this scimitar, and the bright red blood slowly flowed down the stone staircase, and the smell of blood wafting in the air made the big-eared monsters roar with excitement again.

"Crossbowmen! Quick, can't let them attack! An old militiaman was yelling.

More than a dozen militiamen armed with bows and crossbows hurriedly faced the stairs with a flurry of arrows, shooting down a few big-eared monsters who were about to grab the wall, forcing the big-eared monsters down for the time being, and the little leader of the big-eared monsters who was so angry that they were screaming below.

The two sides fought fiercely on the stairs, the militia had a good location, and the big-eared monsters were numerous, and the two sides were at a standoff for a while, but with the increasing number of big-eared monsters, as well as the difference in military literacy between the two sides, the defeat of the militia was only a matter of time.

At this time, more than half of the big-eared monsters had passed through the gate, and under the command of Clark, led by Helbo and the other four, they were rushing towards Hammondale Castle.

The shouts of slaughter at the gate had already attracted the attention of the nearby lords, and with the small chaos caused by some big-eared monster soldiers who did not obey orders and sneaked out to fight the autumn wind everywhere, the town of Hammondale was soon in a commotion.

Some of the houses near the gate were looted and set on fire by the big-eared monsters, and the skyrocketing light illuminated the open space in front of the gate where the lord had given a speech.

Some militiamen who were on duty during the day and rested at night grabbed their weapons and rushed to the gate after hearing the movement, but they were frightened by the large number of big-eared monsters led by Clark who were approaching and turned and fled, without organizing a decent resistance at all.

The street in front of Old Bryant's Tavern is the only way from the town gate to Harmondale Castle, which has a long history in Hammondale and is home to many famous shops, such as Old Bryant's Tavern, Old Saida's Blacksmith's Shop, and Christie's Inn.

On both sides of this ten-meter-wide street are houses and shops, and now, the owners of these houses and shops are secretly peeking out of the windows with frightened faces, watching groups of big-eared monsters whizz through the streets.

Everyone was praying sincerely to the god of heaven, hoping that these big-eared monsters would run over like this, and never stop in front of their own doors, otherwise they would have only one way to die.

However, the gods in heaven did not seem to pay attention to the prayers of the people, and the big-eared monsters just stopped.

What brought the big-eared monsters to a halt was an army of very small numbers.

The person at the head, wearing a white steel chain mail, wearing an elf-style iron helmet on his head, and his face was iron-blue, was none other than the current lord of Hammondal, Chen Jian.

Behind him were forty-three silent soldiers in a neat phalanx, dressed in green uniforms, carrying wooden shields and a heavy hammer on their backs, carrying broad-edged swords on their left waists and a light crossbow hanging from their right waists, and holding strange spears.