Chapter 232: The Dark Ghost in the Black Forest (3/4)
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More than four months ago, the Kingdom of Norton defeated the Dark Elf Striker for the first time at the Ice Pinnacle, and since then it has been on a long march, all the way to almost capture the Kingdom of Dark Elf Pelinde.
The battle line moved forward, and Ice Spike also changed from the original forward sentry post to a large camp in the rear. After many months of reckless construction, it has become a huge war fortress.
On this day, the weather was as bad as usual, the sky was full of dark clouds, the cold wind was howling, and the temperature was so low that people's ears could freeze and fall.
But even in this weather, the guards of the fortress did not dare to take it lightly. Bands of soldiers patrolled back and forth on the outer walls of the fortress, and the guards on the watchtowers rubbed their hands and stomped their feet to keep warm, but their eyes never left the Black Forest north of the fortress.
The Black Forest is gloomy and cold, and the cold wind blows through the trees, making a 'whoosh~whoosh~' sound, and occasionally, one or two ghost-faced crows will jump out of a corner, making a 'quack~quack' scream.
This forest is like a ghost!
At this moment, the sound of dense horses' hooves began to appear in the Black Forest, and the sound came, and the captain of the guard on the fortress immediately shouted: "Alert! Alert! ”
The guards immediately clenched their weapons, the archers drew their bows, and the eyes of all the soldiers were firmly in the direction from which the sound of horses' hooves came, and they would not hesitate to attack if anything went wrong.
'Gotta gotta got,' the sound of horses' hooves drew nearer, and after about half a minute, a group of knights rushed out of the dense forest.
There were 13 knights in this group, and their robes had been stained crimson with blood, and the knight at the front had a dying magician covered in blood on his saddle.
When the group of knights rushed to the front of the fortress, the knight in dark blue armor at the front raised his sword and shouted, "I am the knight of Fekari, open the door!" ”
Fekaled, Knight of the Kingdom, level 6 powerhouse, commander of the First Vanguard Army, the weapon is the Holy Cross Sword, after this sword is blessed with battle qi, it will show a bright silver holy brilliance, and it is basically impossible to counterfeit.
When the soldiers of the fortress saw the sword, they waited another five or six seconds to make sure that there were no pursuers behind Fekale, and then slowly opened the gate of the outer wall of the fortress.
The 'Boom Boom' cavalry rushed over the drawbridge over the outer trench of the fortress, and then. The drawbridge was immediately put away, and not a second was wasted.
Inside the fortress, Fekalie took the dying magician of Ma'anshan and handed it to the knight behind him and said, "Quick, take Arthur to the priest!" ”
The knight carried the young magician in his arms and ran towards the sanctuary in the fortress, and in his arms, the magician Arthur was slashed in the neck, and his head was almost lost, but luckily it did not hit the point, and although the blood flowed profusely, the boy still had a breath left.
Fekalle continued to gallop through the inner square of the fortress for more than fifty meters, before turning over and dismounting, and then threw the reins of his horse to the soldiers who met him, and he himself ran quickly towards the command hall.
In the command hall, there was a lot of noise, and there were all kinds of voices, generals, adjutants, clerks, etc., all hurriedly discussing the battle plan.
Fecarelle walked to the door, wiped the blood stains on his face that had been frozen into ice slag, and then said loudly: "Lord Duke, the vanguard barracks have been breached!" ”
Suddenly, the hall became silent, everyone looked back at him, and at the long table in the hall, Duke Abel looked at Fecarle expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice: "What did you just say?" Repeat! ”
Fecalie walked quickly into the hall, gasping for breath in his mouth, and there was still a look of horror in his eyes: "In the early hours of this morning, those dark ghosts sneaked up on the cordon of the military camp, stabbing the eyes of the military camp, and then, the dark elf Black Fang Legion suddenly attacked, we were completely unprepared, and there were nearly 5,000 soldiers in the vanguard army camp....... Only 13 escaped. ”
Dark ghosts, a kind of terrifying dark elves that suddenly appeared on the northern battlefield, they are as fast as the wind, shadowless and invisible, and infinitely powerful, ordinary swords can't kill them at all, even if the key point is hit, it doesn't affect the action at all, it's just a ghost!
In the vanguard barracks, only 13 of the 5,000 fighters escaped, and this was the annihilation of the entire army.
Duke Abel's face turned pale, he looked at Fekalie coldly, and asked through gritted teeth, "Canoxiu?" Isn't he also in the vanguard barracks? Where is he? ”
The area most seriously infested by the Dark Ghosts is the Black Forest in the area around the Vanguard Barracks, in order to fight them, the Dawn Excalibur sits in the Vanguard Barracks, as the only level 8 warrior in the kingdom, he does form a certain deterrent to the actions of the Dark Ghosts.
But he is only one person, and the number of dark ghosts is not clear at all, there are currently more than 100 of them, and the existence of the Dawn Sword is only a little burned to suppress the arrogance of the dark ghosts.
Here, Fekalle's eyes were already red: "I don't know. In order to cover our escape from the barracks, Lord Canosius chose to break off, how is he now...... I...... I do not know. ”
The silence in the hall grew louder and quieter, and you could hear a pin drop on the floor.
The people here are all battle-hardened people, and they know what it means to break off, even if Kanoxiu is invincible in the kingdom of single-hand force, but in the face of the army, he will kill and wound a few hundred people at most, and the final result will definitely be death in battle.
In other words, the first warrior of the Norton Kingdom is almost certain to fall at this time.
Silence, still silence.
Three minutes later, Duke Abel stood up, took a deep breath, looked around at the generals in the hall, and said coldly, "It's time to shrink the line!" ”
There were currently 190,000 warriors in the north, divided into 10 legions, which formed an arc of defense facing the Black Forest with the ice pinnacle as the center, of which the vanguard camp was 100 miles in front of the fortress.
The vanguard camp was broken, and there was only a third legion left in front of the Ice Spike Fortress, and the situation became a little dangerous.
Originally, if it was a normal battle and lost, the Norton Kingdom would definitely be able to fight back fiercely in another part of the battle line and teach the dark elves a profound lesson, but since the appearance of the dark ghosts, the situation has been different.
These dark ghosts hide in the Black Forest, and the scouts of MI3 are no match for them at all, and it is basically a dead end to meet them.
The number of scouts in the forest is getting fewer and fewer, and the news that Wang **** has gotten is getting less and less, and by now, the connection between the various legions is almost cut off by these ghosts, and the connection between them has become very weak, and they are almost in a state of fighting everywhere.
In this case, it is safest to shrink the line of defense and gather strength.
Before, Duke Abel was a little hesitant, but the destruction of the pioneer camp this time helped him make up his mind.
The generals had nothing to say, everyone knew that at this point, the battle was basically impossible to fight, and they began to draw up orders and prepare to retreat.
Duke Abel said to a man in blue-gray leather armor beside him: "Canosei may still be alive, I want you to send a search team to find the news of Canosei." ”
This man's name is Diro, from MI3, he is the commander of the scout team, and he is responsible for collecting information on the battlefield, and a month ago, he did a very good job, directly suppressing the death hand of the dark elves, but since the appearance of the dark ghosts, the situation has been reversed in a flash.
Now hearing Duke Abel's order, Di Luo immediately frowned, and said in a low voice: "Lord Duke, the Black Forest has been blocked by dark ghosts, and if you go to the depths of the Black Forest to search, there will only be one result. ”
This is not his cowardice, but the result of many confrontations in the past, in the past half a month, after the scout entered the Black Forest, the chance of coming back alive is no more than one percent, and almost all the news that Wang **** got was exchanged for the scout's life.
As a commander, it hurts to watch his elite members die one after another.
Duke Abel was furious when he heard this: "Don't bargain with me, this is a military order!" Whatever it takes, find him! ”
It's not that he doesn't know the dangers of the Black Forest, but others can die, but Canosio can't, he is not just a level 8 warrior, but also the morale of the entire army.
If even the Excalibur of Dawn had fallen, and there were no bones left, what courage would the warriors have to continue to stay in the North? How will this battle be fought?
"As you wish, Lord Duke." Diro could only take orders, he quickly walked out of the hall and began to arrange search and rescue work.
But after ten minutes, he hurried back to the hall.
"How is it so fast?" Duke Abel was still angry.
Di Luo walked up to the Duke and said in a low voice: "My lord, Her Royal Highness the princess has also asked to join the search and rescue team, and I can't call the shots to ask for your opinion." ”
"......" The Iron Duke opened his mouth to refuse, but in the middle of the conversation, he found that the people in the hall were looking at him, obviously, everyone heard it.
After hesitating for a long time, Duke Abel spoke with difficulty, his voice trembling: "Let her go, don't take special care of her, search and rescue Kanoxiu is important." ”
His daughter Anne is now only a level 4 assassin, which was already a good strength in the past, but in the face of the dark forest blocked by dark ghosts, it is basically no different from sending him to death, and watching his daughter go to death, he can't stop it, this is the sorrow of a commander marshal.
After saying this, Duke Abel stood up: "I'll go and rest first." ”
He turned and left the command hall, and everyone watched him leave in silence, at this moment, the hard-tempered Iron Duke seemed to suddenly be ten years old, and his gait was a little staggering.
"Diluo, Her Royal Highness the princess can't have an accident." The duke's lieutenant whispered.
"I'll do my best." Di Luo smiled bitterly, the situation was already out of his control.
.............
The vanguard's camp was completely wiped out, and the fate of the Dawn Excalibur was unknown, and these news could not be concealed for long, and when the search and rescue team left the Ice Sharp Fortress, the tens of thousands of defenders of the entire fortress knew almost all of them.
For a time, the atmosphere of the fortress was depressed to the extreme, although the main force of the army was not lost, but the morale of the army plummeted, and the Black Forest at this time was no longer a place to make achievements, it became an abyss, an abyss that devoured life.
Only half an hour after the search and rescue team left, a figure in a black cloak walked out of the forest south of the fortress, it was Link.
Link, who had just arrived, didn't know anything about the current situation.
He looked at the magnificent fortress in front of him and couldn't help but admire: "In just half a year, such a large war fortress has been built, and the efficiency is really high." ”
He quickened his pace and made his way to the fortress gates. (To be continued.) )