Chapter 71: Charles Fugue ♹
When Planck met Quantum again, it was the same time that the city guards stationed in the line had changed their guard and returned to dinner that day, and Quantum and the men who had dug a pit in the canyon were beginning to withdraw from the canyon, so the two teams walked together.
Now the canyon is full of traps, large and small, just waiting for the monsters to crash into it.
After calculating how much his contribution could be converted into these days, and estimating that the money could be used to marry a wife, he asked Planck to help introduce an ordinary woman to the city. Don't be pretty, just live a solid life together. Of course, it's better to be bigger.
On the second line of defense were erected several huge wooden frames, on which the carcass of a huge bird hung on.
The thunderbird is an ostrich-like chocobo, nearly three meters tall, with vestigial wings, very thick legs, a long, thick neck, and its most feared large, hard beak.
It is extremely fast and can catch up with its prey and bite in a very short time. When it bites its prey, its mouth will use an electric current like an electric baton to disable the prey, and then the strong force of its thick neck can cause it to slam the prey to the ground, and then the prey will be killed.
This thunderbird was captured by the last group of knights of the Royal Knights who went out to scout early this morning, and these knights would kill some lone magical beasts and transport them back when they were scouting.
These slain monsters will be hung on the construction site for public display, which can increase the confidence of the people on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also a motivation to spur them to work more.
Today is the fourteenth day of Charles's arrival, and after some minor troubles, the barrier to defend the royal capital has finally been completed at the last moment.
During this time, he was like going back to the days of his previous life, walking every corner of the construction site every day, solving and coordinating one problem after another.
Recently, he had become accustomed to climbing the watchtower behind the defensive line at dusk every day, and looking east at the sunset of the royal capital.
"Lord Earl, are you missing Her Majesty?" asked Charles, one of the knights on duty in the watchtower.
"What?" Charles was stunned.
"As you know, whenever Her Majesty comes here, it is when you, Lord Earl, are most pleased. The knight said.
Charles had a black line and said, "Because everyone here, everyone comes to me with bad news, but Her Majesty brings me good news." ”
Charles patted the young knight on the shoulder and left the watchtower.
After the Queen's speech that day, she and Charles had a negotiation with the nobles who had planned to watch the play.
Her Majesty proposed that the nobles could invest their food, materials, personnel, and money in the war, and then the spoils of war would be returned to the nobles in proportion to their investment.
The knight on the watchtower had been sent by nobles from elsewhere to make investments.
As night fell, bonfires lit up at the exit of the canyon for lighting.
A fireball rose from the sky, and it was the magicians stationed in the strongholds on both sides of the canyon cliffs to report that they were safe.
Charles had eaten a light dinner in his tent and then slept in his sleeping bag, he needed to make up for sleep before the last minute after not getting a good night's sleep for more than ten days, and now even the monsters rushed out of the canyon could not disturb his sleep.
Various plans have been formulated, and all units have conducted a fairly successful synthesis drill today, and the next step is to hand over professional matters to professional people. Those miscellaneous soldiers will be dealt with by the Praetorian Guard led by Lorenz, the Royal Knights led by Zeeman, and the city defense army led by Boltzmann, etc., and he only needs to concentrate on the final boss affairs.
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The horn is like thunder, and the sword is like electricity.
The beast roared into the wind, and the shield stood like a mountain.
On the land watered by life, flowers of blood bloomed.
The armor is broken, and the blade of the sword is broken.
The skin is broken, and the fangs are broken.
Weary warriors stood on the ground, and ferocious beasts fell in the blood.
Under the scorching sun, the warrior brandished a sword that radiated red, yellow and blue, and rushed towards the last enemy, the purple slime, without hesitation.
Then the warrior was slapped away by a slap that fell into the sky.
Charles was awakened from a dream, and when he opened his eyes, the first thing that caught his eye was a purple figure, and his hands were still fighting the huge slime.
Princess Fut flashed out of the tent at the first moment, and then told the Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers on duty outside the tent that the beatings coming from the tent were hallucinations in their ears.
On the earthen wall of the second line of defense, directly opposite the exit of the canyon, there is a 6-meter-high lookout with a headspace of about 4 meters ×3 meters, which is the command center of the battle.
At this time, Lorenz, Zeeman, and Boltzmann were reporting to Queen Maxwell on the preparations of the Praetorian Guard, the Royal Knights, and the city defenses.
Her Majesty's aura was very strong today, and the three marquis couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat as they stood there. They were careful throughout the debriefing, lest they might anger Her Majesty and end up in the same miserable fate as the Earl of Maccaden.
Her Majesty was about to give instructions when a low trumpet sounded through the sky.
The people on the lookout immediately rushed behind the railing, and they saw a pillar of smoke rising into the sky on the top of the hill not far away.
Queen Maxwell turned and said to the three marquis standing in front of her, "Please, gentlemen!"
The three shouted in unison, "For the glory of the kingdom!"
All the soldiers present entered the preset positions and began to make final preparations.
Planck stood on the earthen wall with a spear in hand, and there were only two things he and his comrades had to do today - either poke the monsters that tried to climb the dirt wall, or be bitten to death by the monsters.
Standing in the last row, Planck suddenly noticed that the sunlight from the rear was blocked, and he looked back to see that Quantum and the other people had come up with a bundle of javelins on their backs, and there were many more javelins behind Quantum than the others. Their task was to throw all the javelins at the herd and retreat with the wounded.
After everyone was seated, the order was heard for everyone to sit down and conserve their strength.
Just a few minutes ago, on the top of the cliff at the exit at the other end of the canyon, Sommerfeld saw a cloud of dust rolling up in the west.
"Look!" Sommerfeld shouted to his comrades, "here they are!"
After confirming that the beasts were heading towards the canyon, a fireball slammed into the brazier that had been prepared, and a moment later a thick column of smoke shot into the sky.
After a few breaths, a second column of smoke rose at the top of the cliff a hundred meters from them, followed by a third and a fourth......
When the horn sounded at the other end of the canyon, the herd had just reached the entrance to the canyon.
Sommerfeld was estimating the number and variety of the herd, and then quickly jotted it down on a piece of parchment. It's just that he didn't see the final boss that resembles a strange monster.
Soon after, a summons falcon flew in the direction of the royal capital with a parchment note.
The blade-toothed tiger that was running at the front suddenly felt a pain in the soles of his feet, and then a sharp paralyzing sensation came from under his feet. A moment later, it fell.
The other monsters stepped on its corpse and continued to run forward, and from time to time a monster suddenly fell as it ran.
A steel skewer coated with poison stuck in the ground took down the first beast's head.
A few dozen meters into the canyon, the monsters encountered the first trench.
A wolf leapt toward the top of the earthen wall at the other end of the ditch, when a sharp arrow fell from the sky and plunged into its body, preventing it from standing on the earthen wall for a moment, and then rolled to the bottom of the ditch.
A thunderbird came to a halt at the edge of the trench, and although it was fast, its degraded wings did not give it much jumping ability, and it was knocked headlong into the pit by the blade-toothed tiger behind it. As a result, all the birds and tigers rolled into the trench.
At this time, chaos appeared, some monsters were able to jump over the trench against the rain of arrows overhead, and some could only instinctively stop at the hook, and then were knocked into the ditch by the monsters behind.
The monsters slowly gathered here, and then a rain of arrows, magic, and boulders fell above their heads.
As a savvy tower defense gamer, how could someone not find a way to set up an attack point on top of a cliff and condescendingly attack Warcraft.
In a short time, the trench was filled with the corpses of the monsters, who climbed over the earthen wall and jumped into another ditch.
The "—⌞⌟⌃⌞⌟—" type of trench consumes some magical beasts, although this magical beast is a drop in the bucket for the entire herd, and such fortifications can be found everywhere in the canyon.
In some narrow places that are not suitable for digging trenches, walls of huge logs are erected side by side.
Behind it, a wooden wall supported by the same huge log diagonal braces could not be easily destroyed by the giant bears and great apes, which were known for their strength, and the arrows, javelins and boulders that rained down overhead would take special care of such beasts.
The monsters were consumed little by little in the canyon, but they rushed forward with determination.
Whenever a stronghold on the cliff receives an enemy, someone will first notify the next stronghold with a banner.
The news would soon be passed to the headquarters on the other side of the canyon through improvised training of flag speakers, and then someone would plant the flag at the corresponding location on the huge map.
Looking at the note sent back by the falcon, the people in the general headquarters realized that things were not so simple, because some types of magical beasts were not available in the surrounding area, and they must have come from far away.
But that's not something to think about now, the main job at the moment is to kill all these monsters.
At noon, just as the men on the first line of defense were gnawing on jerky, a timberwolf burst out of the mouth of the canyon.
The people in good standing watched as it rushed forward, and then stepped into a camouflaged trap one meter deep and twenty centimeters in diameter. Under the tremendous inertia of its body, its front legs snapped into the trap.
The scene of the wolf stumbling made many people laugh.
However, more and more demonic beasts rushed out of the canyon, and soon almost filled the space inside the first line of defense.
A silver figure suddenly fell into the sky, and then a thunderbolt turned these demonic beasts into smoke.
Dressed in armor, Queen Maxwell stood at the top of the arrow tower in the center of the first line of defense, holding aloft a long sword surrounded by lightning, and said to the crowd in a high voice: "The sky is clear today, and the breeze is blowing. The kingdom survives, fight here!"
Her Majesty, who had returned to the General Headquarters, was in a state of collapse due to the forcible use of the magic sword, and Charles hurried up to support her.
The new beast soon filled the clearing again and began to attack the other side of the trench.
The trench wider and deeper than the trench in the canyon blocked the path of the monsters, and not every monster could jump over a distance of 8 meters in one leap.
Archers on the earthen walls of the first line of defense and improvised bed crossbows began to attack the monsters that were resting outside the trenches.
At a distance of less than twenty meters, the expendable simple bed crossbow and simple crossbow arrows have considerable power, and even sharpened sticks can make a hole in the bodies of some monsters that are not known for their defensive power.
The scouts on the watchtower use flags to direct catapults behind the second line of defense to deliver covering strikes. For a while, where there are too many demonic beasts gathered and stay for too long, they will summon an overwhelming stone.
Some of the monsters attempted to jump into the trench and crawl to the opposite side, only to be baptized with javelins at the bottom of the trench.
Speed was limited by the terrain, and the monsters, who lacked the ability to attack from a distance, were slaughtered one-sidedly.
Although the human side suffered some losses during this period - there were giant apes who smashed the corpses of monsters against humans and arrow towers on the earthen wall - the people on the battlefield felt that this was a sure victory.
Her Majesty stood from the podium and watched the battlefield, and she whispered to Charles, who was supporting her, "Wouldn't it be too easy?"
Charles smiled and said, "It's a simple thing, but its prerequisites are not easy to achieve. ”
"What is it?" asked Her Majesty.
"A king who can unite the power of the whole country and use it wisely. Charles replied.
Her Majesty and her military and political dignitaries did not think about sending troops to deal with this matter, but they encountered a real problem - there was not enough money and food.
Helping refugees consumes a lot of money and food in the kingdom, whether it is to build fortifications for defense or to take the initiative to attack, a lot of money and food are needed.
If it weren't for the fact that last autumn was a good harvest season, neither the royal family nor the refugees would have survived the winter.
Because the incident occurred in the direct territory of the royal family, and the opponent was a monster, the nobles were not interested in this kind of action without oil and water. They had been perfunctory to the king, and then dragged it until the spring ploughing season.
In this case, it is a good choice to choose an elite team for the decapitation operation.
In the end, it was Charles who persuaded Her Majesty to let her almost empty the remaining family funds in the treasury to show off her wealth in front of the people, plus some titles and some invaluable medals of honor, and finally mobilized the enthusiasm of the people and soldiers in the royal capital.
Because no one thought that they could encircle and suppress the Warcraft, they ignored the huge economic value that those Warcraft represented.
After throwing out this plan to encircle and suppress the demonic beasts, Her Majesty was sure to use the spoils of war as a profit, so that those nobles would willingly give food and goods to people.
Although there are some bumps, this can be regarded as a part of the unification of the country's strength.
After a long time, Queen Maxwell murmured, "If only I could meet you at that time." ”
"What?" said Charles, who did not hear Her Majesty clearly.
"I mean, thank you. Her Majesty said to him with a smile.
"That'...... Let's just assume that it didn't happen. Charles said weakly.
As a result, he was given a "hehe" by the queen, "By the way, who is Elizabeth?"
Charles looked confused......
Queen: "You say she's a 'plain elf' or something." ”
A cold sweat broke out on Charles's head, "Don't mention this again!"
Queen: "Hehe......"
"And what do you want me to do?" Charles asked.
"You'll know after tonight's celebration feast. "The Queen has sold out.
At this time, the situation on the scene changed somewhat, and the monsters used the corpses to fill in several passages in the first trench.
The front-line commander was keenly aware of the changes that had taken place in the Beast, and thought that the monster that controlled the Beast might have arrived on the scene.
In view of the fact that the role of the first line of defense has been reduced and there is little point in holding on, the commander immediately decided to preserve the living forces and immediately abandon the first line of defense.
The fine bed crossbows and trebuchets on the earthen wall of the second line of defense fired a blocking shot, which effectively covered the retreat of the personnel on the first line of defense.
The improvised wooden bridges were destroyed as soon as the evacuees crossed the second trench via improvised wooden bridges.
When the monsters crossed the first line of defense and came to the front of the second line of defense, a new force appeared.
The mages were already preparing on the earthen wall of the second line of defense, and all kinds of targeted magic flew towards the monsters.
With its own fear aura, the fear wolf that can make people feel fear, and then make people lose the will to fight, is killed one by one.
The powerful and strong-skinned monsters were burned to eleven maturity by fire-based magic.
Magical beasts with great speed are either restricted by the quagmire of earth-based magic, or gradually limited by magic such as earth dungeons and earth walls, and then set on fire by bed crossbows.
Some of the monsters that tried to cross the trench were stopped in the air by wind magic and let them fall into the ditch, where they were killed by bows and arrows and javelins.
Then the Monsters changed their approach and began to concentrate their forces on the lookout where Charles and the others were attacking.
"Looks like it's coming. Charles also saw that the guy who controlled the monster should have come to the battlefield.
But looking around the battlefield, everyone didn't find any strange magical beasts appearing.
Monsters broke through the trenches and ran to the top of the earthen wall, where they were stabbed to death by pikemen. The ones that could get to that place were the thin-skinned targets that the long-range strike forces were secondary to attack, the ones that the pikemen could take care of. Even if there is an occasional target that they have difficulty dealing with, they will be disposed of by the knight who arrives in time.
War is a sophisticated killing machine, and when it starts to work, the unorganized, undisciplined, and uncooperative monsters can only turn into corpses.
Even if the monster can inflict some casualties on the human army, the human can calmly rescue the wounded and fill the gap.
On several watchtowers not far away, the nobles there showed happy smiles on their faces after some calculations, and now the demon cores in the corpses of the demonic beasts in front of the defense line have made their investment profitable. Then they began to wonder if there were any girls in the family who looked like mountains.
The happy time of calculating the benefits was short-lived, and suddenly, at the top of the earthen wall of the first line of defense, a magical beast that was originally just the size of a puppy began to grow rapidly.
A terrifying coercion spread throughout the battlefield, and both humans and demonic beasts were stunned for a moment.
A huge black dragon appeared on the earthen wall.
The black dragon, who could fly but turned into "Voldemort", looked around with a solemn gaze, and then said in a low and hoarse voice: "I am ......"
Charles: "Fire!"
Bed Crossbow Commander: "Fire!"
Trebuchet Commander: "Fire!"
Commander of the Magi: "Fire!"
Archer Commander: "Fire!"
Giant crossbow bolts that glow with magical light, huge stone balls that bubble with flames, magic from all directions, and a rain of arrows that shoot into the dragon's eyes......
The sudden attack interrupted the dragon's self-introduction, and even caused him to stagger backwards.
Taking advantage of the gap in this wave of firepower, Charles, who was wearing a bag of armor and holding a longsword that exuded red, yellow and blue, jumped up from the lookout and rushed towards the black dragon like a cannonball.
When the black dragon came to his senses, Charles's long sword was ready to slash at his neck, which forced the black dragon to stretch out his claws to block Charles's horizontal slash.
After a burst of sparks and blood, Charles jumped away from the black dragon with the help of the rebounding force. The blow made a big hole in the dragon's claws.
The roaring black dragon was just about to attack Charles, when a bolt of lightning shot at him from the other side.
Recovering her physical and mental strength, Queen Maxwell wielded the sword of thunder and lightning, leaving a wound on the black dragon's claws on the other side, and at the same time, the power of lightning that burrowed into his body from the wound made the black dragon numb.
Then Charles and Queen Maxwell both retreated, and the second round of crossbow arrows, boulders, and magic were already on their way to the black dragon.
When the second round of ranged attacks was over, Charles and Queen Maxwell attacked the Black Dragon again.
Just as the third round of long-range attacks ended, and Charles and the queen attacked the black dragon from the front, Princess Fute quietly touched the back of the black dragon with a capable assault force composed of Zeeman, Lorenz, Boltzmann and other kingdom elites, and then launched an all-out sneak attack on the black dragon.
The current battlefield is divided into two parts, the elites of the Kingdom Knights and the Praetorian Guard intercept the monsters that come to the rescue of the black dragon on the periphery, and the elite forces like Charles and them launched a group fight against the final boss.
Later, some nobles who had just planned to watch the play either rushed forward with their weapons in person, or let the knights who were originally intended to be used to cover their escape join the battlefield, and everyone used their own means to rub off on the dragon's slaying skills.
When the black dragon finally fell, a viscount stood beside his corpse and said, "We still don't know the name of the dragon we slain today. ”
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The celebration was over, and Charles returned to the building where he had appeared. After taking a comfortable bath, he took a cup of tea and went to the fountain in the back garden to blow the wind and drink tea.
"The flowers that are unique in the world are blooming so brightly tonight!" Charles said to the Queen, who strolled in.
The Queen sat down next to Charles, and the heartfelt smile on her face moved Charles.
"Thank you. The Queen said to Charles again.
Charles smiled and didn't speak, the game was cleared, is it the end animation now?
What are the people here to themselves? NPCs in the game?
"How do you want me to repay you?" asked the Queen.
"I haven't figured it out yet. Charles replied.
The Queen smiled, she turned around, took Charles's cheeks in both hands, and gently turned his head to face herself, and then the Queen's face slowly moved closer to Charles's face.
A moment later,
Charles: "Wow┅┅"