Chapter 59: Killed
"The battlefield is fair to anyone, and I've mentioned this more than once, except in the movies, there is no such thing as a joke that only enemies can die, but it's always hard for people to face such real ......"
- Leo's Diary
Of course, the angry Duke did not know that his wife had a different heart, and as soon as he arrived at the city wall surrounded by guards, he heard about the challenge of Leo and others, which made the embarrassed Duke of Orlando even more irritated. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Walking quickly in front of Baron Root, he slapped the other party in the face, and the Duke roared, "You shit, I let you stay here not so that you can watch that foreign hillbilly outside my city, come and provoke me, move your fat pig brain, let the archers drive them away!" ”
Under the Duke's coercion, Baron Root did not even dare to wipe the saliva sprayed on his face in front of his face, but after agreeing, he crawled to the front of the city wall and ordered the archers to attack.
Looking at the Leo and the others who were shot backwards by feather arrows below, Root's mood after being scolded by the duke was also much better, and he hid behind the commoners and shouted, "Hillbilly, go back to your hometown, your so-called noble title can only deceive those untouchables!" ”
"Shoot them at me!" The baron had no idea how funny his round shape was in the eyes of the soldiers.
"Your Excellency?" As the rain of arrows gradually intensified, Finn and Keith, who were guarding Leo's side, were also a little anxious, and while using their shields and even the sturdy armor on their bodies to block the arrows shot at Leo, they urged the lord who still refused to retreat.
Fortunately, after the other punishment knights saw this, they immediately rushed to a team from behind, and with their assistance, Leo was not in danger for the time being.
Of course, Leo did not go crazy, he glanced at the phalanx of infantry that had been trotting to this side under the leadership of Lester, he raised his head to look at the crumbling old man on the city wall and the women and children who were rudely squeezed aside by the archers, and said hatefully, "Orlando, I know you can hear what I say, I promise that everything you have done today will spread throughout the continent, I promise that after I break through your city, you and the other initiators will not be treated as nobles, I must kill you, do you hear Duke Jackal!! ”
After a short period of venting, Leo turned his horse's head and slowly retreated under the cover of the knights, as a superior he knew that he had to restrain his impulses, otherwise in such a time and environment, he would definitely lose more than he would gain by launching an ill-prepared siege.
And at this time, a mutation suddenly occurred! Perhaps it was Leo's last words that stirred up the most worrying thing in the Duke's heart, or perhaps it was the annoyance of the quarrel with his wife before......
A young woman in front of the Duke was holding a girl of about 3 or 4 years old, probably crying in her mother's arms out of hunger or fear, and the noise made the Duke, who was already mentally unbalanced, stretch out his foot and kick the woman in the back in annoyance.
The incident happened suddenly, before anyone reacted, the woman holding her daughter had fallen heavily into the city wall with an exclamation, it should be the mother's nature, in the air the mother subconsciously turned her body and protected her daughter tightly with her chest, and she withstood all the impact with her back......
"Boom!" The sound of the weight falling on the ground made Leo turn his head in astonishment, only to see the lifeless body of the young woman and the girl crying desperately after being frightened in his mother's arms.
Keith, who also saw this scene next to him, subconsciously turned around and rushed over, but someone was faster, and a punishment knight who rushed to answer because the horse's head was facing the city wall, so he reacted immediately, and he didn't even have time to ask for instructions, he had already galloped towards the girl.
The sturdy unicorn came to the crying girl in the blink of an eye, and the immediate punishment knight jumped off his mount quickly, first squatted beside the woman and probed his nose with his hand, and then could only stretch out his hand to hug the girl with a sad face, and eagerly save people, but he did not find that in the middle of the crowd on the city wall, he snatched a spear from the soldier's hand and stared at him with a spear......
Carefully holding the child who had just lost his mother in one hand, just as the knight of punishment turned around and was about to mount his horse, a spear thrown from the duke's hand crossed a short distance and struck the knight's poorly protected back......
The one-meter-long spear pierced deep into the back of the punishment knight, if it wasn't for the blocking of the strong cuirass in front, it would have almost come out of the chest, and the huge impact made the knight involuntarily rush forward a few steps, so he couldn't hold on to kneeling to the ground, but even at this time he didn't forget the girl in his arms, struggling with all his strength, insisting on not letting himself fall down.
Fearing to frighten the child in his arms, the knight didn't pay attention to the spear on his body at all, but gently pushed away the face armor to reveal a young and handsome face, and his right hand, which had once held the long sword and killed countless enemies, gently stroked the top of the child's head, and the corners of his mouth that kept gushing bright red blood barely pulled out a smile
"Don't be afraid, little girl, uncle is here, I will protect you from harm...... cough~cough"
Miraculously, the little girl who had been crying stopped sobbing at this time, stretched out her trembling little hand and gently wiped the blood from the corner of the knight's mouth, raised her teary-eyed little face slightly, and nodded desperately, "Mmmmmm, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid!" Uncle, don't bleed, okay? Dad did this yesterday to protect me and Mom, and then fell asleep and never hugged me again! ”
"Uncle won't ...... Belch! Before the words of comfort could be heard, another spear was fired through the knight's shoulder blade, and the sharp pain and rapid blood loss made it almost impossible for him to concentrate on finishing his sentence.
On the city wall, the Duke of Orlando, who threw out the second spear, yelled at the soldiers beside him who were in a daze, "Damn, what are you all doing, release the arrows, keep the arrows, shoot this bastard to death, and the little bastard in his arms!" ”
The dense rain of arrows at close range, most of which were bounced off by the knight's armor, and some of them viciously penetrated into the knight's body, which had long been unable to dodge the knight's body, and at the moment when he could no longer insist on holding the girl and fell, his mount, the white and holy unicorn with tears in its eyes, firmly covered the front of his master with his huge body......
Seeing his life-and-death companion trembling and slowly lying down under the shooting, the knight used the last of his strength, but he couldn't reach out and touch his comrade again, his eyes slowly lost focus, and he fell heavily beside the unicorn with the girl in his arms.
It happened too quickly and too suddenly, and it was only at this time that everyone who was about to leave just reacted, this was the first time Leo had seen the almost omnipotent Punishment Knight fall in front of him, his hands and feet were cold, and his mind was at a loss, and he couldn't even believe that it was true.
It was still Finn and Keith, who had been tested on the battlefield for a long time, who came to their senses first, "No~~~~~~~ Reinhardt~~~!" At the frantic shouts of Keith, Finn and the two quickly turned around and ran away.
The calmer Finn first drew his shield to protect himself, and then dismounted to check Reinhardt's situation, leaned less, and silently hugged the girl who was struggling frantically and unwilling to leave from the crook of his companion's arm, Finn raised his head and looked at the top of the city wall with eyes without any temperature, and his cold gaze locked on the Duke in the crowd.
After seeing Finn's actions, Keith was even more impulsive, and Keith was already a little out of control, his eyes were red, he pulled out his two-handed sword behind his back, and rushed to the city gate at an accelerated pace, slashing like a demon god, again and again, under the terrifying force, the iron-clad hardwood city gate was even loosened in the fixed place, and a large amount of dust and gravel slid down with the chopping.
"Click!" The well-crafted two-handed sword in his hand could no longer withstand the devastating slash, breaking into two without any pause, Keith casually threw down the long sword that he usually regarded as a treasure, took off the shield from his back and continued to smash the city gate wildly......
"Enough is Case!" Looking at the knights who had already surrounded him, Leo first asked them to carry back Reinhardt's corpse, and after picking up the surviving girl, he shouted and asked Finn to pull Keith back.
Looking at the deputy head of the regiment who was barely dissuaded from coming back, Leo endured his grief, "Keith, believe me, I have no less pain in my heart than you, the murderer will definitely pay the price, but impulse will not solve anything except to hurt yourself." ”
Taking out a silk scarf, Leo took the initiative to wipe the blood marks on Keith's face that were cut by the broken two-handed sword, and said slowly with a gloomy face, "Let's go back, see off my brother first, as for this damn city, I think I have a new idea, it won't take long to completely break it!" ”