Ryan stood on the wall. Looking to the north, the whole land is bathed in the soft light of the setting sun, and the surface of the emerald green grass seems to be painted with a layer of crimson, I don't know whether it is reflected by the setting sun or dyed by the blood flowing during the day.

In the distance, there are endless camps of orcs, one by one, which spread out of view, and in the distance, the corpses of orcs left behind during the daytime siege. The warriors of Thor's Fortress had reached the outside of the city walls through the cables, and collected all the corpses of their fallen soldiers, but the tens of thousands of corpses of the orcs did not have time or manpower to take care of them.

"This is war. Ryan looked at all this in front of him like a stop in water, and said lightly.

"Since you can't avoid it, don't be the loser. ”

"Haha," Bart said with a smile as he stood aside, "you two are not very old, and you talk like experienced adventurers." ”

Ryan and Alendor smiled at each other and didn't speak.

Bart continued: "The evening on this wall is different from other places, because there are towering mountains on both sides, so the sunrise will be seen more slowly here than elsewhere, and the sunset will disappear more quickly than elsewhere. ”

As he spoke, the glow of the sky gradually faded, and the color of crimson turned crimson, and the crimson soon turned to light red, and the sky suddenly became a lot darker. Finally, when all this red light was gone, the whole land was plunged into darkness.

On the walls of Thor's fortress, a roaring bonfire was lit about every 50 meters, and the soldiers and mercenaries of the night vigil sat around the nearest bonfire, relying on the blazing flames to resist the cold. Since they were not allowed to make loud noises or sleep during the vigil, they had to chat quietly with the people around them, occasionally making a slightly louder laugh, and immediately a patrolling soldier walked by and shouted loudly.

Ryan and Alendor sat side by side, Shiro huddled between them, curled up into a fluffy ball. Sitting with Ryan and the others, in addition to Bart, there were three mercenaries and six soldiers. These 12 people were all assigned to a group, and the group leader was a human archer with a bow and arrow in his hand.

Seeing that it was pitch black all around, and the cold north wind was blowing from time to time, a mercenary couldn't help but complain: "Damn it, I would have known that I wouldn't take this task, and I thought it was a good errand." ”

"Haha, you're thinking beautifully. The team leader with a bow and arrow in his hand smiled and said: "Actually, this vigil is not a very hard thing, but it is a time of war, and it is not as relaxed as usual, so you have to be vigilant at all times." ”

"Ah, you say. Will the orcs come and attack tonight?" asked another mercenary in a low voice.

"Who knows? Maybe it will come, or it won't. Anyway, we just need to do our duty. ”

"Well, how can we reconnoiter the situation outside the city? You see that there is a large area of darkness all around, and if there is no bonfire, I am afraid that if you sit opposite me, I will not be able to see your face clearly. ”

"It's easy, you see. The team leader with the bow and arrow in his hand said, "You can come together, anyway, in the end, it is not for everyone to take turns." ”

After saying this, the leader of the group, who was holding a bow and arrow, stood up and walked to the north side of the city wall with a longbow in hand. Ryan and the other five mercenaries stood up together and walked over. This is their first vigil, so naturally they need to be more familiar.

The leader with the bow and arrow in his hand drew a special feathered arrow from the quiver behind his back, and then said to Ryan, "Torch!"

Ryan nodded in agreement, walked back to the campfire in a few steps, picked up a burning torch, and walked briskly over again.

The leader of the group, with a bow and arrow in hand, placed the arrow on the torch and lit it, then pulled the bowstring and shot the rocket towards the north. The rocket made a beautiful arc in the dark night sky, as if a meteor had crossed the sky, crashed about four hundred meters away, and quickly extinguished.

Under the reflection of this rocket, the originally dark earth was illuminated a large area, and Ryan looked around, where he could still see the scene in the daytime, the corpses of orcs scattered all over the place, and the dense "arrow forest", there was no change at all.

"That's it, it's easy. After reading it, one of the mercenaries said nonchalantly, "As long as you can shoot arrows, it won't be difficult to complete." ”

The team leader with a bow and arrow in his hand smiled and said: "This method, as long as it is used for surprise inspection, because the angle and distance of the arrow can be freely controlled." However, the scope of this method is too small and the time is short. If you want to check the situation at close range, you can just go out with a torch and the effect will be the same. Hey, don't just sit around, show them through. The group leader, with a bow and arrow in hand, said to his own group, the five soldiers sitting around the campfire.

The five soldiers stood up together, without looking at them, and then walked quickly to the stone-throwing cart on the south side of the wall, and motioned for Ryan and them to come over. When Ryan and the others were all there, one of the five soldiers said in a stiff voice, "I'll do it only once, you see." After speaking, the five people stood in a very tacit position, twisted the winch of the catapult with force, and slowly pulled the upright projectile rod to a horizontal position.

After fixing the winch, the two soldiers brought a black object from the nearby ammunition truck and placed it in the "spoon" at the end of the projectile rod. It was the soldier who explained: "Remember, don't use stone bullets, use this 'cloth ball' made of soft rope and linen, if you take the wrong ammunition, it will have no effect at all." ”

After saying this, the soldier strode up to Ryan, snatched the torch from Ryan's hand, and placed it on the "spoon", and after a few seconds, the black thing immediately burst into flames, and the flames immediately reflected the soldier's face red.

The soldier said in a hurried voice, "Be quick at this time, because this 'cloth ball' can only burn for a short time." ”

After saying that, the soldier released the mechanism that held the winch in place, and the catapult rod of the catapult cart, which was almost bent at a 90-degree angle, immediately bounced back from the horizontal position to the upright position, and this huge elastic force also bounced out the "ball of fire" placed at the end of the catapult rod.

"Boom!" With a loud sound, the burning ball of fire flew high under the effect of the huge elastic force generated by the projectile rod. The fire ball illuminated the place it passed clearly, so that Ryan and the others standing on the city wall could see everything.

Soon, the fire began to fall, and smashed to the ground with a "poof", but the fire did not go out, and continued to burn violently like a bonfire. I believe that if there is a night attack by orcs, it will definitely be exposed under the illumination of the fire.

The sound of the use of the stone-throwing cart on this side immediately attracted the attention of the other people on the entire city wall, and seeing that their companions had already begun, the soldiers sitting by the campfire could no longer sit still, and they all stood up to teach the mercenaries who were with them to use the stone-throwing carts, and for a while, the silent night sky was broken by the noise of noise.

The warrior who explained didn't care about other people's actions at all, and he still said in that stiff voice: "This kind of 'cloth ball' is expensive, don't use it too often." Moreover, the angle and distance of the catapult are basically fixed, and it must be combined with the bow and arrow to play the most effective role. ”

"Thank you. Although the soldier's tone was stiff, as if someone owed him hundreds of thousands of gold coins, Ryan was still grateful for his detailed explanation, and expressed his gratitude very seriously. The soldier looked slightly stunned, then returned to the campfire with his four companions.

Bart whispered, "Don't worry about it, he's like that." ”

"Hmph!" a mercenary whispered with an air on his face, "What kind of attitude is this, as if we are begging him." Could it be that we have walked thousands of miles to get here, just to see his stinky face?"

The team leader with a bow and arrow lowered his voice and explained to everyone: "No, don't worry, his own brother died in the daytime battle. ”

When the mercenaries who were still angry heard this, they immediately closed their mouths.

The team leader, armed with a bow and arrow, continued: "He and his brother were both in charge of the catapults, but in two different units. Who knew that when the orcs attacked the city in the morning, they used a stone-throwing cart to return the Thor's fortress, and actually destroyed the one his brother was in charge of, when his brother was twisting the cable, he was hit by the stone bullet and killed on the spot. Alas......"

After listening to the group leader with bows and arrows in his hand, everyone sat down silently around the campfire, and the atmosphere suddenly froze.

After a long time, all the groups had finished their demonstrations, and the noisy walls of Thor's fortress had calmed down, except for the "crackling" of the campfire.

With nothing to do, many people began to gossip again, and the soldiers told the mercenaries about their training, and the mercenaries described their adventures that they didn't know if they were true or not, but they were not lonely. A few of the mercenaries were so eloquent that they even stopped a group of soldiers who were patrolling and stood beside him and listened quietly.

"Hey, Ryan. Bart turned to Ryan and asked, "What's the best adventure story you have with Allendo?"

Ryan smiled and shook his head, to be honest, if Ryan told his experience, I'm afraid that no one in the entire Thor Fortress would be more exciting and exciting than him, but Ryan has always wanted to keep a low profile, so naturally he won't show it off.

"Alas, you are a good person, everything is good, but your mouth is too hard to ask anything. The days between Bart and Ryan were not short, and he naturally had a certain understanding of Ryan, but he did not give up, and continued to ask: "Then you and Alendor can always talk about the matter of going deep into the North Tarren Prairie, right? ”

"yes, yes. Several of the other mercenaries also said, "Lane, just tell me about it." What did you see over there? We're curious. ”