Walking through the cold Siberian taiga, the Lich's vision is a vast wasteland. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the north, in the territory of the Christopher family bordering the taiga, a bunch of orcs are densely gathered at the edge of the taiga, like demons who have just crawled out of hell, with hideous faces and twisted facial features. The constant roaring, and even if it weren't for the suppression of the leaders of the orc detachments, the skirmishes within the orcs that can be seen everywhere, it is likely that they will fall into a bloody battle of internal strife before they enter the human world, this is the most ferocious and tyrannical race, and it is also undeniable that this is a race that is inherently extremely powerful and destructive in the upper continent, as if the devil who created them has only endowed them with the instinct of destruction.

In front of the herd.

A human whose body was completely shrouded in a huge black robe and only a pair of eyes stood silently, his eyes empty and colorless, he looked coldly at the front of the wasteland, waiting patiently.

Humans are a cunning and miserly race, for hundreds of years, they have invaded the wasteland every year, but there has never been a head-on conflict with humans, and then plundered enough resources through war, whenever they appear in the cold winter, humans will quickly and sadly retreat behind the huge city wall, let them wreak havoc, but at the same time, humans are also a cowardly and selfish race, although they retreat to the back of the majestic city walls every year, they have never returned empty-handed, because there will always be some humans who have no time to retreat, or are abandoned and do not retreat, there will always be some materials that are too late to take away, and what they have to do is to be like locustsThere is no life in the place where they pass.

The black-robed man rubbed the pitch-black scepter in his hand, and the manic and bloodthirsty mood quickly permeated.

He raised the black scepter, and the orcs behind him brandished various big stick weapons in their hands at the same time, looking up to the sky and roaring.

In front of them, the most wonderful food in the world awaits—and that is human beings.

The same scene plays out at the same time in the Donald family territory in the south of the wasteland.

The Lich is coming.

......

When Augustus got the news that the lich had stepped into the wasteland soil, his knight captain Katieeni had already completed the distribution of the existing forces in his hands, except for the infantry regiment that was evenly distributed according to Augustus's opinion, the distribution on the part of the Holy See Cathar Knights was the result of the discussion between Arthras and Katiene, considering that there was a significant difference in the battlefield styles between the two of them, Katiene, who was better at head-on confrontation, left a knight with 200 spears and a knight with 50 swords, and was not equipped with an archer, while Arthras was a knight with 100 guns, a knight of 50 swords, and a knight with 50 archers, and eventually 50 archers of the Knights of the Protectorate were still stationed at Alfred Castle.

Augustus was not involved in these details, and in the end he would not refuse the 50 archers left behind by Katiene, after all, Arthras himself had a hundred knights of the Sauron family.

Then the food and supplies were also distributed at the same time, Augustus finally sincerely expressed his gratitude to Artelas, of course he knew very well that even if what he said was reasonable and eloquent, if Arthras really did not want to come to the battlefield to help him resist the lich, then it was impossible for him to force Artelas, so to put it bluntly, Artelas's help to Alfred this time was indeed sincere, and it had nothing to do with Augustus, not even Alfred.

And for Augustus' thanks, Arthras just smiled, as elegant and charming as ever.

Before the knights and swordsmen set out, according to Alfred's custom, Augustus had to make a declaration of war to his warriors in person, and among the many earl's declarations in Alfred's family history, some were inspiring, some were morale-boosting, and some were routine to complete tasks, but similar to Augustus's declaration today, it must be the first.

He faced his 500 warriors on the grass in front of Alfred's castle, and the atmosphere was both anxious and resentful.

Augustus opened the proclamation with a light-hearted tone.

"I know that you will complain that I have told you to take off your armor and leave your horses, and I know that it is the greatest humiliation for you to use you as infantry, but I want to tell you that it is not because you are not strong enough to become a knight, on the contrary, each of you can tell everyone with your chest held high that you are definitely Alfred's most glorious group of knights. ”

"I kept you away from the war horses because this time the enemy you are facing does not need you to maintain your chivalry at all, knights, in front of you, it is the lich that is the most despised dark species in the entire continent, so tell me, do you need to hand over white gloves to war with this dark species, and pay attention to your chivalry?"

"You're not fighting as knights, this time, you're fighting as a bunch of marauders, you're going to fight with the Lich Orcs, but at the same time you're going to fight with the Lich Orcs, yes, it's fighting, it's what the Lich Orcs want to grab! You may think this is an insult to your knightly status, but war itself is robbery, some are snatching resources, some are snatching lives, what I need you to do is to snatch the lives of lichs and the resources of the wasteland!"

The atmosphere of the scene gradually became hot.

These 500 Alfred knights, a large part of them are the wasteland adventurers recruited by Augustus when his father was still alive, in order to enhance Alfred's strength, it can be said that they still have the unscrupulous and unruly nature of adventurers, and the reason why they put on the skin of knights is more just to complete the transformation of their identity, so Augustus's words are indeed very clever to grasp their nature.

"As a knight, triumph is always the greatest glory of a knight, I can't deny this, but today, before you are about to go to the battlefield, I want you to tell you that in the next war, I don't want triumph, you just need to hold back the Lich for me, and keep the dirty dark species away from Alfred's territory, that is your greatest victory!"

"And while completing the mission and achieving victory, forget your triumph of death, I want you to remember that Alfred's knight, death, is the greatest glory, but surviving is also the greatest glory!"

The scene was in an uproar, and there was a burst of whispering, for this group of people who were mentally ready to die on the battlefield, living had become the greatest honor, it was really too new.

Wouldn't their high lord be worried that they would retreat in order to stay alive?

Shouldn't he have wished them to be fearless of death?

Augustus didn't seem to be worried, and when he said this, he sat in his wheelchair and did not speak again, waiting quietly for the knights in front of him to calm down.

Then when the scene was quiet, he smiled and said word by word: "Yes, you heard it right, the Alfred knight who went to the battlefield, it is also glory to survive, and I hope that more of you can enjoy this glory." ”

The scene fell silent.

Soon there was an overwhelming roar.

"To live is to be glorified!"

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On the other side, the first heir of Sauron, who had always watched the declaration of Augustus, smiled quietly, but his smile this time made the corners of his lips outline a playful arc.

He remembered what Augustus had told him before the proclamation, and Katieeni about what to do with the deserters, and he couldn't help but feel that the young Alfred at the helm was really amazing, allowing his knights to perfectly implement his strategy on the battlefield and easily win the support of all the knights, which was really not something that a nobleman of their age could play.

Finally, after Augustus had paid homage to his knights, Katieeni and Arthras left Alfred Castle with two Knights Cathar and Alfred's forces, respectively.

Katieeni was responsible for stopping the Lich in the Donald Realm in the north, while Arthras was in charge of fighting the Lich in Christopher's realm in the South.

Before leaving.

Arthras gazed deeply at Alfred's towering castle, and though there was still no figure he most longed to see, he reverently placed his right hand on his chest and bowed deeply.

"Elizabeth, wait for me to come back. ”