Chapter 29: The Great Wall of Ice and Snow (7)

The city of Stone Weir is a huge military camp. With the exception of women, children, and the elderly, all men wore battle armor and had long swords hanging from their waists. Some of them were busy slaughtering pigs and sheep, dismembering steaming animal limbs with thick-backed knives, arguing with the women with thick limbs over a copper plate or two, selling animal skins in the streets, and even setting up stalls in the market to sell potatoes and turnips......

Of course, not all soldiers are busy with their own small livelihoods. On the city walls and in the streets, there are still many soldiers on duty around the bonfire to keep warm and laugh.

As soon as Gu Shiyu's army entered the castle, it immediately caused a riot in the market. Their shouting was louder.

Helena's forest guards wouldn't be able to enter the city, of course, unless the castle could be dozens of times bigger, and they wouldn't need any supplies. All they need to do is to dig their roots deep into the soil and absorb the sweet springs and nutrients of the earth's selfless dedication.

Sauron, the commander of the First Elite Royal Guard, walked down the muddy streets, muttering, "Well, I didn't expect Commander Leo to lead his troops like this!

"I don't think there's anything wrong with this!" Gu Shiyu looked at him and said, "At least they are all wearing battle armor and can enter the battle at any time!"

Commander Leo heard that the Prince Regent and the commander of the First Legion were coming to the castle in person, and hurriedly brought his generals to meet him.

After such a long journey, the soldiers of the expedition could no longer be restrained! they went to the market to buy warm clothing and supplies, and some went to taverns or brothels.

After all, they still have to move on, and they have to live many days that no one can live!

Commander Sauron turned a blind eye to this, asking them not to make too much of a fuss, especially not to be captured and imprisoned by Commander Leo's soldiers...... That's a detriment to the reputation of the proud First Legion of the Royal Elite Guard!

When more than 10,000 hungry wolves roam the streets and alleys of the castle, it is natural that there are a few happy and a few sad......

Commander Leo seemed to understand the wolves. He commanded that as long as these soldiers did not kill people, set fires, plunder, occasionally fight, or molested women, if they did not cause any serious consequences, then pretend not to see them!

This was the first time the expedition commanders had eaten such delicious food! Although they didn't care about these things at Iron Fist Castle, how could they be so delicious now? It's just a pity that their mouths are not big enough, otherwise they could have stuffed more food in at once!

Of course, Leo didn't dare to belittle these guests from afar. When he led the generals to toast one by one with large bowls, everyone began to be a little dumbfounded.

Do you drink in such a big bowl? And one bowl at a time! Are all you men in the north so bold and good at drinking? But the aggressive and unyielding nature of the soldiers prompted them to respond, and it seems that many people would collapse under the table after drinking this meal.

A dozen or so drunken generals staggered and held hands with each other, and in the middle of the hall they danced the flamenco, the warriors' favorite dance, while others followed the rhythm and beat loudly on the table to accompaniment.

Zoro looked slightly drunk. He squinted at Leo and said, "Your Excellency, your generals can all drink, and they must all be able to fight!" But the best generals must bring the best soldiers...... Can those farmers and peddlers in your market fight?"

Obviously, Sauron looked down on the rabble led by Leo. Leo's expression looked obviously a little protective of the calf, and he also squinted his eyes and said, "Then who are the soldiers under your command?"

"My soldiers are professional soldiers! only the best soldiers will be in the Royal Guard, and the best will be eligible for my First Legion!" said Zoro proudly.

"Well, let's see whose soldiers are the best!" Leo stood up and said, "You and I will each send a warrior to compete, and see whose soldier is the best!"

Behind him stood a two-meter-tall tower. His name is Tom, and he has been through a hundred battles, and he has at least 100 scars on his body, and even many of the wounds are fatal! It is said that in the most tragic battle, he was stabbed more than 30 times, and his body was almost completely incomplete. But he insisted on walking back to the camp, grabbed a tailor and asked him to sew hundreds of stitches on himself, and then he came back to life!

No one in the First Regiment of the Royal Guard dared to squint at him, including the generals of noble birth and high status. Tom has a big temper and beats people at every turn...... Who can beat him, there is no place to redress his grievances if he is beaten, this Zoro is too short-sighted!

It's a pity that he came from too humble background, otherwise Zoro would have promoted him to be a general. Despite his impressive feats, Tom is now only a small captain of the guard.

When Tom knocked the dancers in the middle of the hall across his shoulders and stood still, Leo's generals gasped and Sauron's generals cheered loudly.

His figure and muscles didn't need to be seen at all! Just looking at the scars on his face was enough to make anyone fearful! The fierce and bloodthirsty light that burst out of his eyes made people dare not look at him directly!

"This is my most powerful warrior!" Zoro leaned back in his seat and squinted at Commander Leo, "Please note that he is only a warrior, not a cultivated hero!"

"Herald, run to the market at once, grab a random pig and dog slaughterer, and compete with this warrior in front of you!" Leo said with a big grin.

Grab just one and compete with my strongest warriors? Tom also felt insulted and immediately roared loudly.

Gu Shiyu was also a little unconvinced. If someone who hasn't practiced heroic skills competes with such a strong person, it's just looking for a draw!

A moment later, the guards hurried in with a butcher still wearing an apron. Maybe he'd just slaughtered a pig, or a cow, and kept wiping his bloodied hands from his apron, then nodding to the generals who filled the hall.

Oh my God, are you going to send someone like that to fight Tom? Sauron's generals were immediately happy!

The man was at least a head shorter than Tom, and he was thin, at least that way he looked on his face.

But Gu Shiyu doesn't think so. As a student who has studied modern sports, he can tell at a glance whether a person is suitable for an athlete. What is an athlete? In ancient times, it was a person who excelled in a particular skill!

That is, real athletes are born on the battlefield!

Although this man's face is a little thin, he has a very asymmetrical thick and powerful neck, and this neck seems to be bigger than his head! He also has an extremely broad chest, an ape back and a wolf's waist, and what is even more rare is that the proportions of all parts of the body are very symmetrical, and the whole body has completely reached the impeccable golden ratio!

Gu Shiyu couldn't help but sigh secretly. Because of the above reasons, he was able to dunk when he was in the third year of junior high school, attracting the favor of countless unit teams to be a gunner, and finally was misled by a basketball coach of a sports school, and swore to his parents that his achievements would never be inferior to that of Flyer Jordan, but he went astray and studied in a sports school in a daze.

Alas, my brother can't play basketball, and he's also very good in other aspects! If you can't do it, then don't give me a balanced exhibition? Brother's mathematics stays at the elementary school level, and that really kills me! Didn't the talented Wu Han score zero in mathematics when he entered Peking University? According to the current education system, how can he enter Peking University, so go and wash the dishes obediently...... What a bullshit education system, there is a very serious problem at all!

Alas, my brother has been practicing sports for more than ten years, and although none of them are the best, the comprehensive results are still very good...... Just when I wanted to change my career to practice triathlon, I fell into the pit and crossed!

He couldn't help but look at Leo, who happened to see Leo raising a glass to him, and his attitude seemed to be very leisurely.

You kid definitely didn't just pull a person to participate in the competition!I'm sure your most powerful warrior is this butcher!Although the others don't think favorably about him, I believe that I definitely didn't look away! Gu Shiyu smiled, and he also raised his glass to Leo.

As a living dictionary, Eric was whispering to Gu Shiyu: "Don't underestimate General Leo, he is the half-brother of King Gefenhardt and King Kendall!"

"Huh?" Gu Shiyu was startled! Don't you have to call him uncle? His attitude immediately became much more humble.

"But his surname is not Ernfast! as if I had heard anyone say that his surname is Snow......

"Yes, because he was an illegitimate child, he could not have been the heir to the throne, let alone Ernfast, so he had to be surnamed Snow......! But his ability is definitely not below Kendall, and it can even be said to be even better!"

Leo didn't set his sights on the fighting in the halls. He, like Gu Shiyu and Eric, seems to have a foregone conclusion about the outcome of the match. He may have heard Eric's whispering, and he laughed at himself, "Actually, it's not bad to be an illegitimate child! At least while my brothers are guarded and taught like prisoners in the court, I can go wherever I want...... When my eldest brother Geffenhardt was crowned king, I left Standwick Castle and volunteered to be the commander of the icy northern snowfields, avoiding the filthy and unseemly palace battles!"

"Uncle Leo, you've worked hard all these years! You have been stationed on the northern border for so many years, and now the north is very likely to become the front line of the war, do you have any requirements?" Gu Shiyu said respectfully.

"The North has always been at the forefront of the war!" corrected Leo.

"I don't understand ......"

"Your Royal Highness, you should be aware of the history of the Humans, Elves, and Elementals forming an alliance to defeat the Demons, the Undead, and the Wizards a thousand years ago. After the defeat of the demons and wizards, they were forced to live in the underworld, while part of the undead army fled to the snowfields of the Far North.

Because the geographical and climatic environment was too harsh, the mountain alliance stopped pursuing northward and built a great wall of ice and snow to defend the northern border.

Over the years, the inhabitants of the Great Wall have been repeatedly attacked by undead armies. I've fought them a few times with my troops, but I've never been able to destroy them!

It now appears that the undead have been unprecedentedly strengthened, and their activities have become more frequent, controlling almost most of the area outside the Great Wall, causing the inhabitants outside the Great Wall to begin a large-scale inward migration. ”

"Uncle Leo, please forgive me for my ignorance...... Are there our people beyond the Wall?"

"Yes! Some of the Night's Watch broke their oath and fled beyond the border, and some of the people who were dissatisfied with the rule of the authorities also went to the border, and the other ...... Others were driven to the barren land to fend for themselves. ”

"And how many of them have to be?"

"I guess it's 200,000!"

"Oh my God!" Gu Shiyu looked nervously at High Priest Eric.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Chosen One, we must withdraw these people as soon as possible!, or when the army of the undead arrives, their corpses will turn into even more undead warriors!"

"We can't do this!" Leo said categorically: "Whether they are leprosy carriers or not, their arrival will surely cause panic among the people and thus flee the entire northern border!"

"But we can't let them die outside the Wall......"

"This is a dilemma, Your Highness!" Leo said, "What's more, I can't risk Erathia contracting the plague and let them into Erathia hastily!"

"How do you do that?"

"Anyone who tries to enter Erathia through the City of Stone Weirs will be mercilessly slaughtered!"

"Oh my God......

"Your Highness, please don't accuse me of being cruel, they are either carriers of terrible diseases, or night watchmen who have left their posts...... They must die, and I'm just doing my duty!"

"Uncle Leo, I was thinking just now that the Great Wall of Ice and Snow in the north is so weakly defended, I want to emigrate the families of the Night's Watch as well!

Leo was silent.

"I know there's still a big buffer between the Great Wall of Ice and your northern border. You also said that carriers of malignant diseases such as leprosy were thrown out of the Great Wall, and it was impossible for them to enter the buffer zone......"

"Although they can't break through the Great Wall of Ice and Snow by attacking, they will think of other ways! My scouts have reported to me many times that there have been many holes in this buffer zone, which have been dug in by people from outside the gates!"

"They just want to live...... Gu Shiyu could almost see the desperate and helpless expressions on his faces, driven by great terror.

"But we also want to live...... I have to stop them!"

"Do you have any other way?" Gu Shiyu had a splitting headache.

Leo sighed, "You are worried that these people will become part of the army of the dead when they die, and I am also worried. I wanted to kill them all first, but since you are so merciful, then I will divide a quarantine zone for these people outside the gate!

"So be it...... Thank you, Uncle Leo!" Gu Shiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Why do you people always take pleasure in killing people? Humans are not comparable to pigs and dogs!

I remember the first time I killed someone, he was almost as young as I was...... When his blood splattered on my body...... When he looked at me helplessly and fearfully...... When his hands stretched out weakly to me...... I knew I had committed an unpardonable sin and would live in the shadow of endless guilt and sin for the rest of my life!

The more people you kill, the more you will be glorious, but the more sin and guilt!

What should you do then?

Embark on a journey of atonement again?

Does that help you forget your sinful past?!

I believe that I came to this damn world, not to kill people, but to save people!" Gu Shiyu secretly reminded himself.