Named after a species of blue waterfowl that inhabits the lake, the Blue Goose Fort is a military fortress built by the Chebman family to defend against the foresters.

The Chebman family has been operating the Blue Goose Fort for more than 100 years, and after several repairs, this military fortress has reached the limit of a human castle, the main fort is 64 meters high, and the two auxiliary forts are also 55 meters high, and the 30-meter-high city wall connects the three fortresses, forming a three-square-kilometer enclosed area in the middle, which contains water sources, farmland, storage rooms, blacksmith shops, stables, barracks, and can allow an army of 3,000 people to be stationed for a long time.

For more than 100 years, the impregnable Blue Goose Castle has never been attacked by the foresters. Now, it's finally in its first battle.

"Yes! ”

"Bernard, shoot fast!

"Berna, are you kid soft!"

The bear-like Bernard glared fiercely at his fellow knights and slammed a rocket into his longbow. With a "buzz", the rocket came out, crossed a distance of more than 400 meters, and landed on an Ant-Man, turning it into a ball of fire.

Berner grinned wide, smirking. However, another rocket shot high into the sky, making his smile freeze on his face.

"What a pervert!"

Bernard gritted his teeth and pulled the longbow away again, his eyes turning a few times, the knotted muscles in his arm rising high, and the birch longbow snapped in two with a click.

"My bow is broken! this contest doesn't count!" Berner shouted, but he drew boos from his colleagues.

Nelson shot two rockets in a row, turned his head to Berner and said lightly: "You lost!"

Bernard blushed, then laughed and patted Nelson on the shoulder, "I lost! I didn't expect your kid's physical strength to be so perverted!"

Bernard is tall and strong, and his explosive muscles are full of power, and as the most physically powerful knight of the Chebman family, just a gesture of patting the shoulder to show closeness will be unbearable for elite soldiers. Nelson's body, though, was stronger and didn't move under Bernard's slap. In fact, this is Berner's recognition of Nelson, he will not make such a kind gesture to ordinary people, the vast majority of knights will not see ordinary people as their own kind, knights are always arrogant.

Nelson used his strength to win the respect of the Chebman knights, treating him as an equal object to communicate with.

Thirty days ago, Nelson rode the Swiftbird into the Chebman Territory and brought the news of Ant-Man's invasion to Blue Goose Castle. The city defense officer of Blue Goose Castle, although he was skeptical, saw Nelson, who was covered in green blood, he still wisely ordered to prepare for battle, and sent scouts to Victor to reconnoitre.

As a result, the scout encountered DeWet's apprentice on the way. With the help of the scouts, the two knights managed to escape into the Blue Goose Castle, attracting an army of tens of thousands of Ant-Men.

The ground trembled under their feet and the smoke and dust obscured their vision, and the defenders of Blue Goose Castle trembled with fear at the number and momentum of the Ant-Men. Fortunately, the Blue Goose Fort was high and thick, and it had been prepared in advance, and after a fierce battle, Ant-Man suffered thousands of casualties and failed to attack the city wall. Tens of thousands of Ant-Man then began to build up dirt slopes, but Nelson told the city guard that Ant-Man was afraid of fire, and that Blue Goose had several trebuchets. These war weapons originally prepared for the forest people and horses caused Ant-Man to suffer huge losses, cow dung and hay were kneaded into balls, and then ignited with fire oil, which were projected into Ant-Man's dense rear formation, burning countless Ant-Man to death, and also crushing Ant-Man's siege operation.

Seeing that the siege was hopeless, the ant colony gradually dispersed, leaving only a thousand ant-men and continued to besiege the Blue Goose Fort. The other Ant-Men began to sweep through the surrounding villages and fields. The city guards planned to lead the army out to destroy the Ant-Men, but were met with strong opposition from DeWett and Berner. While they were arguing, the bad news came. Earl Chebman, led his family's elite cavalry, was pursued by the ant colony, and after losing most of his men, he fled into the Blue Goose Castle in disarray. Since then, not being able to fight in the field with Ant-Man has become the consensus of the knights of the Chebman family.

The soldiers of the Chebman family relied on the Blue Goose Fort and began to slowly consume the besieging Ant-Man. But ordinary soldiers wanted to shoot Ant-Man hundreds of meters away with a longbow, which was too reluctant. After consuming a large amount of arrows and oil, the distressed Earl Chebman threw all the knights of his family on the city wall and acted as archers. So, the bored knights start a competition to see who shoots the most Ant-Man, and that's when Nelson and Berner compete.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Nelson may not be a knight's opponent, and in terms of physical strength, there is no knight who can compete with the ferocious human. Nelson stood on the wall, firing his longbow for five hours without breathing, but Berner's fighting spirit could not last so long. However, Berner's shooting percentage was higher than Nelson's, but Nelson fired more arrows than Bernard, and overall, Nelson won outright.

"Nelson, stay! Baron Victor has no castle to rely on, and he can't survive. As long as you stay, my teacher will recommend you to join the Earl's personal guard. With your strength, you will definitely be able to become the captain of the Earl's personal guard in a few years!"

Bernard sincerely invited Nelson to join the Chebman family, not only because Nelson was comparable to the strength of the knights, but he also informed the Chebman family of the information of Ant-Man's attack in time, and also brought the information that Ant-Man was afraid of fire, which made the knights of the Chebman family grateful to Nelson. But they could never have imagined that it was Nelson who brought great losses to the family. If Nelson hadn't brought the ant colony to the Chebman Territory, these Ant-Men would still be gnawing on purple cane in Victor's Territory, and the Chebman family could calmly withdraw the supplies to the hinterland.

"I said, I am willing to gamble and lose, and return the swift bird to me. Nelson shook his head and rejected Berner's offer.

"You。。。。。。 Well, be careful yourself. The door of our family is always open for you, and if Baron Victor is killed, you must come to me, and we have fought side by side, right?" Seeing that Nelson had made up his mind, Berner stopped persuading.

Nelson nodded at Berner and said, "Thank you, man, if this is the day, I will take my men to you." ”

The drawbridge on the other side of the fortress was lowered, and Nelson rode out on the swiftbird, making a large circle in the direction of Victor's Lead, and soon disappeared from Bernard's view.

Bernard shook his head, turned and walked down the wall, and in a large room he saw Count Chebman and Father Phil of the Church of Radiance.

"Nelson gone?"

Count Chebman sat on his throne with majesty and solemnity, and it was completely unrecognizable that he had suffered a crushing defeat ten days earlier.

"Yes, that fellow, you have to go back to poor Baron Victor. Bernard said helplessly.

"Loyalty is a valuable quality. ”

Earl Chebman nodded in approval, though he hoped to be able to recruit Nelson, especially if the Guards had suffered great losses. But it is more important to praise the virtue of loyalty than to subdue a powerful warrior.

"Father Phil, Ant-Man is the most dangerous monster to humans!" Chipman turned to Father Phil beside him and asked, "When will the Church send force to help me eliminate these Ant-Men?"

The thought of Ant-Man's constant gnawing on crops in his territory made Chebman's heart slash. Competing with other races for living space, throughout the history of mankind, no matter what kind of orcs or monsters have one thing in common, weak, omnivorous, numerous, powerful, carnivorous, few in number. In response to this characteristic, humans have already developed mature and perfect countermeasures, and monsters that destroy crops will be regularly cleaned up by the army. In the face of powerful carnivorous monsters, humans hide in castles and use the power of knights to fight them, and if the monsters can't find enough meat in their territory, they will eventually leave. Ant-Man is powerful, and the number of them is even more desperate, and the worst thing is that they destroy crops!

The stocky and balding Father Phil agrees with the Count's views, but is powerless to do anything about the Count's question. Most of the Church's armed forces in the Gambis have been transferred to the Sassan Empire, and the rest have been concentrated in the Centaur Hills, and there is really no way to support Count Chebman.

"Lord Earl, compared to your territory, the Centaur Hills are the hardest hit area. The power of the Church has been gathered there. Of course, the Church won't let Ant-Man destroy your territory. A legion of paladins stationed in the Kingdom of El has been drawn and is expected to arrive here in another five months. Until then, please make sure you stick to your territory, it's also the lord's duty, isn't it?"

The priest's soft and hard words made Chebman a little helpless, the lord and the church were originally in a cooperative relationship when facing foreign races, and Father Phil was reminding him that the church was not the lord's nanny.

"Well, after the ant plague, my people will face a food shortage, and the church will not sit idly by, right?"

Count Chebman saw that Ant-Man came to die under the walls every day, or in five months their numbers would be weakened enough to fight a battle. But this year's grain harvest must have been miserable, and the Count wanted the church to help him bear some of the losses.

"There will definitely be food. In this case, how to distribute the relief food still needs to be discussed by everyone. In addition to the Church, other lords should also bear a part, such as the families behind the Chebman Domain. The royal family of Gambis, too。。。。。。 Oops, I'll go to the walls to see if anyone needs treatment. ”

Under the burning gaze of Count Chebman, Father Phil walked away with his head in his hands.

The escaped priest left Chebman speechless, and the count was filled with anxiety about the future.

"Who will make up for such a huge food loss? What if there is a wave of refugees in Buryatia?"

Seeing that the lord was thinking about something, Bernard tiptoed to leave, but was stopped by the count.

"Berna, you deliberately pulled off a longbow, and this loss is deducted from your annuity!"

Bernard: "。。。。。。 I knew it!"