In the spring of the twenty-first year of the Holy Calendar, the Iliad VIII of the Cretan Empire died at the age of forty-two, because his children had died in the previous rebellion, and Archduke Voddigan, who had the first right to inherit the throne, took over the crown of his brother and became the emperor of the Cretan Empire, calling himself Voddigan I.

Subsequently, the coalition composed of the Church of Light and the Cretan Empire, appointed by Charles, the head of the Knights of Light, appointed the supreme commander of the coalition army, declared war on the Orc Kingdom of Menkaure, nearly 80,000 cavalry plus more than 100,000 conscripts, a total of 200,000 troops crossed the Red River Plain, and suddenly launched an attack on the Kingdom of Menkaure, but the Kingdom of Menkaure was not prepared at all.

Because the army of the Cretan Empire is good at attacking fortified positions, and the orc legions of the Menkaure Kingdom are not good at defending the city, they were quickly invaded by the human alliance into the interior of the Menkaure Kingdom.

Among the 200,000 allied troops, in addition to the regular army, there are more noble conscripts and subordinate knights, and the reason why these people participate in the war, in addition to the conscription of the Church of Light and His Majesty the Emperor, is to plunder, and they do not carry much food with them, and they must fight all the way to support it, and the desire to plunder wealth is the guarantee of their morale and combat effectiveness.

Everywhere the army passed, corpses were everywhere, and the human army at this time became a bandit who burned and looted, and sometimes there was no difference between soldiers and bandits, let alone facing aliens, they killed the entire march route into a river of blood, robbed a full purse, and approached the royal capital in the core area of Menkaure, and the entire kingdom of Menkaure fell into wailing and blood.

The kings and nobles of the Kingdom of Menkaure did not expect that the Cretan Empire was still in turmoil some time ago, but it would stabilize so quickly, complete the succession of imperial power, and form an alliance with the Church of Light to wage war against them, and as the war and the army line advanced, they fell into panic and panic one by one.

The hastily faced Mengkaure Kingdom, with a large army of 70,000 troops, decided to rely on the dangerous terrain in the Gary Valley to block the unstoppable edge of the human alliance, while asking for help from other orc kingdoms and nearby large tribes.

Three days ago, the armies of the Kingdom of Menkaure had indeed used the Garry Valley to hold back the advance of the human alliance, but on the fourth day, the humans sent their first extraordinary force, the Judgment Priesthood.

Dozens of priests who have mastered extraordinary abilities led the Knights of Light to defeat the entire orc army, where the holy light and the long sword swept, the dead and wounded were everywhere, no one could resist, the orc army scattered in panic, fled in a hurry, and the human coalition pursued all the way, from the Gary Valley to the royal capital of Menkaure, all of them were scattered deserters and the armor thrown down, and the road was covered with corpses.

The corpses of the orc army floating in the Gary River are one by one, and there is no end in sight, feeding the fish in the river to the fat, and the surging river has become blood red, from the start of the war to the fight to the royal capital of Menkaure, it only took half a month, and the human coalition has forced the kingdom of Menkaure to death.

The human coalition had not yet arrived, and when the news of the defeat of the army arrived, the city of Menkaure was in chaos, and all the nobles, officials, merchants, and ordinary bosses were packing up their belongings to escape from the city.

Even the attendants and guards in the palace were in a panic, and they saw crowds running everywhere, and even many of the attendants secretly wanted to escape with their belongings, but even the guards couldn't stop it, and they had no intention of stopping it.

King Menkaure sat on the throne with blank eyes, the legendary sword of the king in both hands, the hall was empty, there was not even a lamp, there was no sense of grandeur at all, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and the minotaur general walked in.

"Your Majesty, it's all arranged."

King Menkaure raised his head, and for a moment he looked old: "How can this be? How could it suddenly be like this? ”

King Menkaure stood together, his fierce leopard eyes splitting: "It was they who deceived me, it was those guys from the Dark Council, it was those wizards, it was you, it was you who deceived me, you all lied to me, how dare they come over, how could they come so quickly, it's not my fault, it's not my fault." ”

The king fell into a state of madness, and rose from his throne, only to turn into a meaningful wry smile, bitter and sour.

In the royal city, the chaos was extreme, panicking, running, crying, the human coalition army had not yet come, as if the end of the world had come, the streets were congested, people were crowded, cars crashed, angry scolding and angry voices kept coming, and everyone hurriedly wanted to run out of the city.

And the king took his son through an underground passage to the outside of the city, where there were already a hundred cavalry waiting for him, and he took great pity on this son, and after hugging him, he handed him over to a leopard knight.

The orc child struggled and cried, "Father, what the hell is going on? I don't want to leave you. ”

King Menkaure's heart was crossed, and he waved his hand, and saw the knights saluting the king en masse, and then got on his horse and left quickly, and the king of Menkaure turned his head to look at the cavalry in the distance, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"The Church of Light won't let me go, let's run in that direction and try to get out of sight."

The king of Menkaure, with the remaining dozens of cavalry, left, at dawn, he saw the royal city in the distance, which was burning with fire, and fell into a fire red, and the king and knights of Menkaure, who had run halfway, were all stunned.

"What are they going to do? Are they going to slaughter the city? What are they doing here? ”

"Humanity, Church of Light, Cretan Empire."

King Menkaure threw himself off his horse and struggled to his feet, his teeth rattling as he read the names, hatred and regret filling his heart.

This scene made everyone present can't help but shed tears in their eyes, dripping all over their faces, at this moment they have run to the upper reaches of the Gadai River, as long as they cross the river, they can go away, but at this moment everyone no longer has the heart to run, many orc cavalry directly dismounted, faced the royal city, and knelt on the ground.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves and armor colliding in the distance was heard, it was the pursuit of the human alliance army, and from a distance, it seemed that the black oppression was not accompanied by the shadow of the night, and they always remembered King Menkaure, and the sword of royal power in his hand.

The minotaur general picked up his sword, but instead of looking at the rushing enemy, he looked at his loyal king: "Your Majesty, do you regret it?" ”

King Menkaure was silent, and the Minotaur general did not wait for the king's answer, as the dozens of cavalry led by himself engaged the incoming enemy, the sound of swords and shouts of killing echoed through the sky with the arrival of dawn.

However, under the siege of the human army, these people were not afraid of death, but they still died one by one, and as the Minotaur general was attacked by the three of them, several long swords pierced through his chest and back, and he died on the ground, kneeling facing the royal city, and closed his eyes.

Now only King Menkaure, wearing a heavy cloak of animal skins, stood on the banks of the Gari River with his crown, watching the neatly arranged procession approaching him, everyone looked at this king who was at the end of the road, his eyes were full of murderous intent and coldness, kill him, take his head, regain the sword of royal power, and you will be able to obtain wealth, glory, status, and everything you want.

King Menkaure turned his head with the sword of royal power and looked at the human army that surrounded him, his originally dull expression and face suddenly became extremely hideous, the hatred and anger in his eyes made the hair on his whole body stand up, and when he spoke, the muscles of his neck trembled: "Human, I curse you, I curse you." ”

King Menkaure's gaze scanned everyone present, their fierce and ugly faces, their swords and armor stained with the blood of orcs, each of them was stained with the life of orcs, the light of the rising sun shone on his body, as if with a smell of blood, and even his voice turned into a desperate howl: "You will pay the price for your evil deeds, you will never get this sword of kings, and one day, the king of our orcs will repay you a thousand times more of this pain." ”

After saying this, King Menkaure turned and plunged into the surging Gari River, rolled with the tumbling waves, and disappeared with the sword of royal power.