Chapter Seventy-Five: Loyalty

"Lord Duke!" Seeing the rapid attack of the ice striking Duke Wiz, who had no time to react, the knights rushed towards the duke's location in shock.

The pale blue ice light formed several shockwaves after the explosion, forcing the knights who were in a hurry to rescue Duke Wiz back a few steps alive.

The gnolls played the advantage and avoid the disadvantage of their population, and when they saw that the situation was wrong, they hurriedly carried their wounded chieftain and slipped away quickly, and the remaining gnolls who were still fighting with the imperial soldiers saw that the tribal priest had used magic, and they all understood that the battle had been decided, and now the human race was not defeated, and they knew in their hearts that they no longer loved the chaos of war and fled from the battlefield.

The Imperial soldiers lost a lot of their robes to the night attack of the gnolls, and the soldiers who were angry could not let go of these culprits, and chased after them with a roar, slashing and slashing the fleeing gnolls.

Concerned about Duke Wiz's safety, the knights noticed that the gnoll soldiers had fled with the chieftain. Duke Wiz's fate is unknown for now, and they can only stay and wait for the result.

After a while, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and the knights present were shocked to find that the ground was covered with broken ice edges, even if they were not close to the explosion site, but they could still vaguely feel the cold on their faces, this cold was not the cold wind in ordinary winter, just sensing a trace of cold wind, they felt like falling into an ice cave, and they couldn't help but tremble in the cold wind.

The biting cold made these sturdy men feel retreated, and they hesitated in the distance and did not dare to go deeper. Why is this so cold!, everyone's hearts exclaimed.

"Duke Wizz is still inside, what are you hesitating about as his knights?" a roar of anger came from behind the group.

The knight looked back and saw that it was Duke Wiz's guard who was glaring at them, he had returned from the campfire with his soldiers, and the guard officer had also seen the pale blue light of the ice bursting on the road, and he felt something was wrong and hurried back, but here he saw a scene that made him very angry.

One of the leading knights explained: "Lord Guard, we also want to go in and rescue the Duke, but it is too cold inside, once we step into this place, our bodies will tremble uncontrollably, it is very cold inside, and there is a cold air everywhere, and we plan to wait for the cold to dissipate a little before going to rescue the Lord!"

The guard officer reprimanded: "These words you are saying are all an excuse to spare your life, the Duke really misunderstood you, how well he treats you on weekdays, you are just here to watch?

The knights were hesitant to explain what they had said when questioned by the guard, and the guard officer stepped forward, glared at them angrily, snatched the torch from one of the knights, and turned and rushed into the cold wind ahead.

Sure enough, as the knight said, the air was unusually cold, and in the wind there were even broken ice cubes constantly whipped his cheek, once the broken ice hit his body, it would definitely leave a small blood mark, but as soon as the wound was about to bleed, it was frozen by the cold cold and turned into a drop of blood dripping on the ground.

The torches filled with fire oil were still burning tenaciously, and although the flames were crumbling by the cold wind, they still provided a source of light for the guards.

The guard lowered the torch slightly so he could see the exact location of Duke Wiz, and he curled his body and looked left and right in the hope of finding the Duke's location.

Fortunately, the area where the cold wind was raging was not large, and the guard officer finally saw a figure covered in ice a few meters away, and he ran to that place excitedly and took a torch to shine, and sure enough, it was the Duke!

He was surprised to see Duke Wizz with his eyes closed and wrapped in pale blue ice, as if it were a lifelike ice sculpture.

Now was not the time to be in a daze, the guard officer came back to his senses and threw away the torch and hugged the Duke with both hands to carry him, perhaps the ice covering the Duke was too heavy, and no matter how hard he tried, he could only drag Duke Wiz a little distance. The cold wind hasn't abated, and the longer you stay here, the more dangerous it becomes!

"Lord Guard, you're here, it's so dark that we're almost on a fork in the road!" a knight shouted from the cold wind, and he shouted to the guard officer.

When the knights saw Duke Wizz beside the guard, they hurriedly ran over and picked up Duke Wizz together, they looked at the guard officer with apologetic faces, and the guard officer smiled bitterly and said, "Let's go!"

The wind was still strong, and the knights no longer resisted the biting chill and straightened up, carrying Duke Wizz step by step to the outside.

Similarly, the Gnolls withdrew their troops quickly. At this time, except for the gnolls who were entangled by human soldiers, the rest of the gnolls had withdrawn from the fence of the camp, and the gnoll chieftain was carried by a strong subordinate and was retreating towards the position of the northern tribe.