The outbreak of war so quickly and suddenly was something that many people did not expect.

The Lionheart Empire and the Wizards Association mobilized as quickly as possible, Pushkin immediately mobilized nearby troops to rush to the battlefield after receiving a request for help from defenders from all over the country, and the remaining four of the five floating batteries were all activated except for one to guard New Terte, and Lilith also issued an urgent summoning order to the surrounding magicians.

But even so, it was a step too late, and the first wave of attacks began on the night of the second day, and the monsters in the six abyssal cracks rushed out of the original activity area as if they had agreed, and rushed towards the nearest human town.

On the Samar tundra in the northern part of the empire, the commander of the Second Infantry Regiment of the Empire, which was responsible for guarding and monitoring the rift, looked gloomily to the northeast.

Xue Xuan slapped him coldly on the cheek, it was difficult to hide the sadness between his eyebrows, in the morning he had received a reply from the Empire, urgently dispatched the nearest floating fortress syndicate and 50,000 militia and 20,000 knights to rush to Samor, but whether it was reinforcements or floating fortress, it would not arrive until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

Dracula's uneasiness grew stronger, and he had a hunch that his opponent might not give them such an easy chance to assemble, so the period between tonight and tomorrow morning would be the hardest time for them.

The abyssal crack on the Samar tundra was about sixty miles away from the garrison of the Second Infantry Regiment, because there was no cover on the tundra, and the ice fort on the garrison was built by the Second Infantry Regiment itself, and there was a certain gap between it and the normal city wall in terms of defense.

Dracula has never taken lightly the abyssal crack not far away since he led his troops to be stationed here, he will send a team of men to reconnoiter the situation in the vicinity every morning and evening, in addition, he has also set up a few small checkpoints in the middle, but since last night they have lost contact with several checkpoints, and the spies he sent out this morning have not returned until now, but at this time there is still a strong wind, the howling north wind rolls up the snow on the ground, which makes the vision very poor, almost all the unfavorable factors converge together, if nothing happens tonight, it will make Dracula feel strange。

The adjutant beside him spoke, "Commander, do you want to send another team of scouts out?"

Dracula shook his head, "Don't send the children to death again, let's all cheer up tonight and be on the defensive, sooner or later." ”

The adjutant nodded, "I'll have someone pour some more water to reinforce the ice castle." ”

The atmosphere at the station was a bit tense during dinner, and a new soldier accidentally kicked over a pot of vegetable soup, causing the chef to scold him.

Dracula walked over and saw the soldier with his head bowed and uneasy, the latter was very young, probably a recruit who had just been recruited last fall, with fluff at the corners of his mouth, and he still looked childish.

"Where are you from?" asked Dracula.

"I ...... I am from Baiya Village, Xigu Town. The young soldier said nervously.

Dracula smiled, "Coincidentally, I went there when I was younger, and if I'm not mistaken, the croissants in your village are delicious." ”

"Have you eaten the melons we grew too?" the young soldier was overjoyed, but then his eyes darkened again, "Unfortunately, our village is no longer there?"

"Oh?"

"The town of Westvalley was too close to an abyssal rift, so the nearby residents were evacuated. ”

"Is that why you joined the army?"

"Yes, Commander, I want to fight those monsters and protect civilians, just like His Royal Highness the Third Prince. The young soldier hesitated, but finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Will those monsters come over tonight?"

This question of his is also something that many soldiers want to know, and Dracula did not hide it, "Now the time and place are on the other side, if I were them, I would choose to do it tonight." ”

"Can we win this battle, commander?" said hope in the young soldier's eyes.

Dracula couldn't bear to disappoint the soldiers under his command, but he had to tell the truth, because there was never luck on the battlefield, "Our chances of winning are not good, if the intelligence is correct, the number of monsters near the abyssal rift has exceeded 7,000 now, and we only have 40,000 people, and we will not have reinforcements until dawn, so this battle may be more auspicious." ”

Dracula said this, and the camp fell silent.

The commander of the second corps looked around and saw the confusion, despair and pain on everyone's faces, then drew the sword at his waist and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, as the commander-in-chief, I can't promise to bring you victory, but what I can promise is that I will always fight with you until the last moment before death, I want to say that this may be our last battle, but it is the first battle of humanity." Dracula raised his sword, "Come on, it's time for those bastards to show the courage of humans!"

............

In the middle of the night, everyone in the ice castle did not close their eyes, and even the soldiers lying in bed were wearing armor and weapons. Dracula stood on the low wall of the ice castle, staring in the direction of the abyssal rift.

But a magical hour passed, and there was still silence over there.

The adjutant said, "Why don't I keep an eye on it, and you go to rest for a while?"

Just as he finished speaking, the ground suddenly shook, at first, the shock was still very weak, but soon it became more and more intense, the whole tundra shook, without the need for the commander to summon, everyone immediately jumped up from the bed, according to the previous drill quickly came to their respective posts, the archers first went to the wall, occupied the shooting point, and then some swordsmen also came to the wall, responsible for protecting the archers, and the rest of the people stood by the gate, ready to support.

Everyone's faces were nervous, and the hands holding the weapons were shaking all the time.

But then the thunderous tremors suddenly stopped as they reached the ice castle, and there was silence all around, as if nothing had happened.

Dracula took a lit rocket from his lieutenant, took a deep breath, drew his bowstring, and the flaming rocket whizzed into the night sky, quickly climbing to the top, and then falling under the force of gravity, and finally inserting it accurately into the prepared haystack.

The hay was lit, the fire was blazing, and everyone was stunned when the scene in front of them was illuminated.

I saw that there were monsters everywhere in the darkness, densely packed, shoulder to shoulder, and conservatively estimated that there were more than 20,000 of them, although they were mainly low-level, but this number was a bit too amazing.

"Oh my God!!" The adjutant on the side couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

After a brief break, the monsters sprang into action, splitting in two from the middle to two, running past the ice castle, but not attacking in the process.

The adjutant was a little puzzled, not knowing what this group of monsters was thinking, until they regrouped together after bypassing the ice castle, turned around and surrounded the ice castle, and the adjutant's expression changed, and finally realized the real combat intention of the other party.

These monsters are planning to wipe them all out here, and they won't let any of them go.

(End of chapter)