Chapter 20: Grantham (3)

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Grantham Fortress is not calm either, as early as half a month ago, they noticed something unusual, a deep water monster appeared out of nowhere to occupy the underground lake, which is the water source of the entire fortress and the nearby dwarven city. Underground access was also cut off, and the Avengers and Dwarves sent men three times, all of which were left dead because they could not fight underwater.

When the watchtower's sentry reported to Black that the Watchberg army was approaching the fortress, he was about to order the Knights, who were already ready, to go out on patrol.

"After doing it for a long time, they actually made such a big movement. Adjutant Harper took off his helmet, he was going to lead a bunch of elite knights to check it out, but he came to the door with a trouble.

As Harper, who joined the Avengers with Black, knew about the grievances between his boss and Alex, because of their discord, the two had a lot of disputes in Longyan Fort, so that after Longyan Fort was breached, Black resolutely led the Avengers back to the Great Sanctuary. Even if they 'borrowed' Grantham in Befast as a station, the two never saw each other, and all matters were entrusted to himself as an adjutant.

"What are you going to do?" With their bad relationship, it's possible that even if Blake refuses to open the door.

"Alex has always been at odds with me, and he will come to Grantham to explain the problem so strictly that he has no choice. "As early as before the capture of Longyan Fort, Black had a very unpleasant relationship with Alex, he was not used to seeing the commander who was always cowering in the fortifications, and he obviously had the opportunity to thwart the orcs, because of his greed for the so-called 'peace' that laid the foundation for the destruction of the fortress.

"Oh~" Harper gestured to the sentry who had been waiting for the order, and he immediately ran back to his post and conveyed the order to the guards at the gate.

The winch creaked, the heavy iron door was hoisted up little by little, and the Big Three of Watch, with Gonzalez as the leader, Alex and Abigail on the left and right, rode in. Behind them were dirt-clad infantry and civilians.

After entering the fortress abandoned by the nobles, the avenging army continued to expand, building a wall more than ten meters high to defend against the undead. With the protection of the city walls, the frightened civilians along the way finally felt safe, and they hugged each other and comforted each other.

It was Gonzalez's first meeting of the Vengeance Leader in a decade, and Black, who was in his sixties, still looked not much different from when he was younger. The Divine Favor will keep the cleric young so that they can fight at their best.

"Duke of Befast. According to etiquette, Blake first greeted the nominal ruler of Befast, and then set his sights on the actual controller, Commander Alex, a title that remains the exclusive preserve of the stubborn old man even after the Longyan Fort has ceased to exist for decades, "What's the matter that your Excellency the Commander can be condescended to me?"

Alex frowned, and said something that made Blake, who wanted to laugh at him, even look good: "The undead will take advantage of the rising sea to launch a massive attack." ā€

It has become customary to describe the column of water as 'high tide' when it prevails. Every time the undead rise, they will attack with the help of the water momentum. It was under this kind of large-scale offensive that the seven princes who had already perished fell, and the higher ones were besieged, and the lower ones were directly submerged.

Blake thought of the monster that occupied the water source, could it be a coincidence?

He nodded at Harper, and the lieutenant immediately rushed to the Trait Messenger Stone placed in the captain's quarters, which was a magic item that could communicate directly with the Dawn Sect's headquarters.

Although the expanded Sym could accommodate 10,000 people, the Avengers all lived in the heart of the fortress, in the original Fortress. Displaced people and refugees live in shanty towns within the second layer of the wall, with the outermost outermost area being fully built two years ago. Used to ward off the undead. It was a ring-shaped, narrow terrain, and under Harper's command, the civilians entered the shantytown, and the soldiers stayed on the outer outline to camp, barely enough to settle the people.

The soldiers of the Watch Fort, who had become accustomed to camping, began to move. Set up your tent before it gets dark.

Passing the trio and the officers and nobles, Blake walked straight towards a familiar figure.

He had a bad relationship with Alex, but he had great respect for the old dwarf who had built Dragonrock Fort with Befast. Since Dante didn't want the outside world to know his whereabouts, he was at Fort Watch, except for high-ranking officers. Most people don't know that this dwarf who can live in a white tent that symbolizes special guests is the famous blacksmith grandmaster. Blake also did not bother to call his name, and only replaced it with the word master.

"Hmm. Danton nodded, he was neutral about the Avengers, not very fond of it, not unannoying.

His gaze fell on the young man on the back of a prone horse, and Blake couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Wheat-skinned, slightly flattened features, he had seen before, were men from the Exiled Lands. Deliberately placed by his side, is it a life-weaver?

Hey...... What is that?

The young man of Bright was holding a strange object in his right hand, saying it was a weapon, and it looked like an elongated fork. Driven by curiosity, he reached out to touch it.

"Blake!" Dent, who was choosing a suitable address for the tent, did not hear the departure of the Avenging Legion, and when he turned around, he was busy trying to touch Link's weapon.

In just three words, but the tone contained eagerness and worry, and Bright stopped in time.

What's so special about this man?

Just as he was feeling strange, Gonzalez walked over, and his eyes fell on the young man, and Blake suddenly understood.

It turned out to be an old acquaintance of the Grand Duke......

"Captain Black. Seeing the Vengeance Leader standing next to Link's horse, Gonzalez's heart skipped a beat, could he have seen something? Whether it is an illusion or a real world, the relationship between the first gods is not harmonious, the morning light represents good and order, the night represents evil and chaos, and the four elements are sandwiched in the middle and do not stand in line, but since the pillar of water is polluted and tilted into chaos, in order to calm down and for the balance of the world, the pillar of the earth joins the ranks of order, and the dawn and night are fighting to win over the remaining two elements, this kind of competition from the gods is even transmitted to the believers, if the revenge army knows Link's identity, it will be even worse than Alex knows.

"This is your acquaintance over there. Blake's words, intentionally or unintentionally, made Gonzalez's heart continue to beat faster.

"yes, I didn't expect him to come over too. "It's been recognized, and there's no point in continuing to play stupid.

"Which deity is it?"

Gonzalez stopped talking, knowing that he couldn't ask anything, and Blake excused himself and left.

"I won't be able to hide it for long. "Dante is honest. The characteristics of the child of nature are obvious, no, it has only been a few days before he is exposed, "How are you going to place him?"

Gonzalez let out a long sigh. To be honest, I haven't thought about it yet. Sending Link away is the best thing to do, but not to protect the land. His identity is too sensitive and too troublesome.

Seeing his embarrassment, Dante sent yƬ to Sander.

Gonzalez was stunned, "Don't you want them to know you're here?"

"Compared to him, it's not a problem. "Tired of the endless battles with the night elves, Dent left his homeland and stayed on the surface of the human dominance for so long that he didn't want to go back. So after the fall of Longyan Fort. He asks Alex to send a letter to Sander that he has left. Now, for the sake of this big trouble in front of him, he has to reveal his whereabouts.

Gonzalez had mixed feelings, "Let's wait until he wakes up." ā€

Propping up the corners of the tent, a magical object made by the former Great Sage who had been canonized as a god, Dante reinstalled the dismantled wooden door outside the curtain and opened the door, revealing his spacious and bright dwarven hammer house.

Just teamed up with Gonzalez to move Link into the house. Looking at the already dark sky, the dwarf frowned.

than to meet the enemy in the wilderness. The withdrawal to Grantham Fortress would only reduce casualties, and even if the Xindu received the summons and immediately sent reinforcements, it would take at least ten days to arrive. With food shortages and the undead under a sleepless siege, will this place survive ten days?

Departing from Dante, Gonzalez returned to the tent that had been set up by the guards with Alex's back to him. Stand in front of the Big 6 map drawn in magic.

Staring at his straight back for a few seconds, Gonzalez sat down in a chair next to him, burying his face in his hands, waiting for the in-depth scolding to begin. But after waiting for a long time, Alex didn't make any moves. He couldn't help but open his eyes.

"Don't you even have an explanation?" Alex finally spoke, "since you are trying to hide his identity, you should keep it away." ā€

"He just got here, he didn't know anything, and he didn't get used to it. ā€

"Hmph, you're more interested in him than I am. ā€

"He's my friend, my only friend here. ā€

Alex slammed the table, "I'm your grandfather, the only relative!"

"But do you treat me as a relative?" Gonzalez couldn't help but burst, "When I agreed, I didn't expect to be reborn as a voter, I just want to be an ordinary person and live my life quietly and peacefully." ā€

"But you have already been born, you should accept the reality, this is not a place of exile without war!"

"Yes, I have accepted it! Life is a gift from God, and I am grateful no matter what, but ...... I'm not interested in power, I don't care if you want to be in power, but you don't even want to control your life. From what books to read, to what kind of knowledge to learn, from nurses to teachers, you have arranged everything for me, no playmates, no pets, what are you and me? A puppet named Befast? I am not an immature child, I am a person who has been reborn with the memories of my past life, and the two lives together are fifty years old!"

The more he talked, the more excited he became, and Gonzalez had rarely expressed his thoughts so clearly since he was ten years old.

"That's what you're trying to say, I'm really disappointed that I only have such an opinion when I live to be fifty years old, it's really short-sighted. I don't know what you did over there to make the gods decide to let you be reborn in this world, but you are right, you should not have been born into such a family, and you should not have been able to carry the expectations of your family and everyone. After listening to Gonzalez's complaints, Alex replied coldly.

"Don't do anything to him, Commander Alex. Worried that Alex would be bad for Link, Gonzalez said toughly.

"I really didn't expect your first toughness to be for outsiders. ā€

"Frost Cold's lifebox in the Exiled Lands was broken by him, are you going to destroy humanity's hopes?"

Alex paused and looked back at Gonzalez, "I thought you would be that hope. ā€

What do you mean? In the time Gonzalez was stunned, Alex had already walked away quickly. Outside of the tent, the order to Henry to remove Link's surveillance heard it, and Gonzalez was shocked.

What is this?

Henry lifted the curtain and entered the tent, and when he reinstated the Grand Duke's guard, he reported to Gonzalez that the undead had appeared.

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Wake up from the darkness. Link felt his whole body ache, he propped up his upper body, and looked around from side to side, this was clearly Dante's forge, how could I be here?

The fire was still burning, there was no figure in front of the iron pier, and the storehouse hidden in the wall was not open. Link got up from the blanket on the floor. I felt that I was holding something in my right hand, and when I looked down, it was actually the fury of the storm, and without the radiating lightning, this sword was just a big tuning fork.

Thinking back to his previous memories, Link remembered that he had fought one-on-one with the Death Knights, and all he could think about was that he had cut off the opponent's palms and the other Death Knights charged. And then ...... He didn't know.

How could you not remember?

Putting away Storm's Fury, Link stepped out of the special space built by the Magic Tent, a circular city with a stone wall more than ten meters tall that obscured the view.

Have you arrived at that Gran or Gray Fortress?

Tents were set up all around, some of them were only half erected, and some of them were left on the ground before they were laid.

What about the people? Aren't the thousands of people in the Watch Fort, plus the people in the fortress, 10,000? Where have they gone?

Link was a little flustered. Even if the undead attack the city and die, there must be a corpse, right?

Suddenly. Shouts of killing rang out overhead, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a dense stream of arrows falling, and hurried back to Dante's tent.

The tinkling of metal was incessant, and when the offensive was over, Link looked out. It turned out that the people were all on the city wall, and the black pressure was overwhelming. Just as he was about to go out, Dante, who didn't know where to run, rushed in and saw him standing in the doorway and pulled him by the arm.

"You're awake, come with me!"

"Where?"

"Shade City. ā€

Haven't heard of it. Link asks what the place is, only to Dante reply, the dwarven city below the fortress.

"The undead are attacking the city, but you let me escape?" Just because you can't see a skeleton or a dead body doesn't mean you can't feel the strong air in the air.

Dante, who was dragged to a halt, glared at Link fiercely, it was really troublesome, this kid was not happy to have to expose his whereabouts for him.

"Where's Gonzalez? He's gone, you're talking!"

"All the people who are still alive are fighting on it, the civilians have all been evacuated along the underground passage, and you are the last non-combatant. ā€

Non-combatants, me?

Summoning the Wrath of the Storm, Link is going to help, from the duel with the Death Knight, you can see how tragic and cruel the battle with the undead in this world is, how can he leave his friends and those in need of help to escape by himself, not to mention, he still has some combat power.

"Why don't you understand Gonzalez's painstaking efforts?" this was the first time Dante had called Gonzalez by his name in front of Link, "he just didn't want you to get involved before letting you go." ā€

"It's not just human fighting, I ......" Link was dragged by Dante and pushed against a solid rock wall.

"He's told me that you destroyed Frost's lifebox in the Exiled Lands, and he wants you to live and kill Frost here. "Even though it's only up to Link's waist, the dwarf's momentum is not low at all.

"I'm not leaving, although I don't know what I can do, but now that I'm gone, there's no point in me coming. After a moment of silence, Link still refused to escape through the underground passage, and it was Dante's turn to be stunned.

"The trials I went through in exile weren't for my life. Brushing Dante's hand away, Link walked up the stairs next to him.

The higher he went, the louder the creepy cries became, and when he walked up the battlements, he was surrounded by a dense crowd of undead, the whole wilderness was occupied by countless bones and corpses, and there were translucent ghosts floating in the sky, and those harsh and unpleasant sounds came from them.

People kept running by, all of them more or less wounded, and everyone had horror and exhaustion on their faces.

"Link!" Gonzalez saw the familiar figure from a distance and ran over to ask him why he hadn't left yet.

"Sooner or later, it's not this time, it's the next time, it's my mission here, I have to face it. Moreover, I can use my divine power now, and I am not sent to death in vain. ā€

Gonzalez looked at Link, always feeling that there was something different about him from before, but he couldn't tell. A person's personality can't change in a short period of time, what's wrong with him?

"You ......"

Probably because his eyes were too obvious, Link waved his hand at Gonzalez, "I'm not possessed, I just figured it out suddenly." This is the exciting and extraordinary world I hope for, and if I want to live, I must deal with these undead who are bent on ruling the world with death. I want to fight, I don't want to see people die in despair anymore, it's my hope from my heart, so I'm going to stay. ā€

His throat was a little dry, and Gonzalez couldn't say the words to stop it.

"Even he has more fighting spirit and goals than you, Gonzalez, what are you living for? or are you drunk and dreaming of death?" Alex's voice came from behind him, the commander put on full body armor and carried a two-handed sword in his hand, the style was simple, but it was faintly glowing red, obviously an enchanted weapon.

The conflict between these two people has escalated again, could it be because of me......

Just as he was thinking, a ghost suddenly pounced, and Link was about to raise his sword to meet it, when Alex, who was a few steps away, waved his hand lightly, and the ghost's piercing scream stopped abruptly, turning into a ball of flames with a 'zing' sound, and it burned to the ground in an instant.

Awesome, worthy of being a sword hero, it feels very strong. Link admired in his heart.

"If you want to stay, show some strength, otherwise you still obey Gonzalez's advice and leave. Alex spoke unceremoniously, not looking down on Link for knowing that he was a child of nature. (To be continued!)

ps: There are a lot of dialogues in this chapter, and the level of the scumbag author is limited, and sometimes only the dialogue is used to push the plot......