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The minotaur who stepped across the black iron suspension bridge and rushed towards the two regiments of the empire like a tide, wielding the heavy double-edged battle axe in his hand, transmitted a shuddering roar into everyone's ears, fear arose spontaneously in the hearts of the people, and the front involuntarily retreated with the trembling earth, and everyone's eyes flashed with fear of retreat. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Don't retreat!" Suddenly, Antonio's loud voice drowned out the Minotaur's roar, and the Holy Warhammer in his hand shone brightly, and the Holy Shield met the roaring Minotaur without flinching.

"Knights, this is the moment we have been waiting for for a long time, for the sake of the people of the Empire, for the glory of the Holy Order, to repel those monsters, to trample the gates of the Shadow Fortress under our feet, and now the gods are with us!"

The Knightmaster's high-pitched voice echoed through the jungle around the Shadow Keep, his sturdy body leading the way to the galloping Minotaur, ducking his head to dodge the heavy axe of the Minotaur's head, and the holy hammer in his hand swung upwards into the minotaur's jaw.

The minotaur let out a scream, and the hammer shattered its jaw before continuing to thrust upward, piercing half of its skull, and the minotaur's tall body collapsed backwards to the ground, the double-edged tomahawk in his hand crashing to the ground.

"Fight for the Empire!" Antonio's heroic roar was like a beacon that lit up the hearts of every knight and dispelled the fear that enveloped them, and the knights clenched their swords, hammers, and silver shields, and faced the minotaurs with their shouts, staining their silver armor red with their blood, or washing the black earth in front of the fortress with their own blood.

"Kill all those monsters!" said High Priest Goethe, waving his hand and shouting orders to the priesthood, as he retreated from Antonio's side to the rear of the priesthood.

He stood in front of the formation of the priesthood, his brow furrowed at the knights who were fighting with the minotaur in front of the drawbridge, while the priests behind him chanted the incantation together, the holy light arrow shot at the minotaur like a storm, and the holy angel emerged from the light of the sky and bombarded the minotaur with brilliant divine lightning.

The minotaurs, who had been hit by both the knights and the priests, showed no intention of retreating, and the holy light that bombarded them made them even more violent, and the hot air from their nose-ringed nostrils slashed at the silver shields in the knights' hands along with the heavy battle axes in their hands, leaving deep dents in them.

Suddenly, Antonio, who was fighting a minotaur, felt a shadow loom behind him, and he quickly turned around and raised the holy shield in his hand, only to see a purple battle axe slam down on the ground in front of him, and a shockwave knocked him to the ground.

Antonio looked up at the minotaur leader who was walking towards him, holding a heavy long-handled double-edged axe in one hand, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his red eyes, and the double-edged axe in his hand slashed at Antonio in the air.

The Knight Master raised the shield and slashed at the surface of the shield with a heavy double-edged axe, shaking his entire arm numb, Antonio gritted his teeth against the downward axe, and threw the holy warhammer in his right hand at the head of the minotaur leader.

The minotaur leader calmly tilted his head to dodge, and the divine warhammer flew into the sky grazing the horns of the bull, and it glanced back at the flying warhammer, and couldn't help but let out a sneer: "Stupid human!"

Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden flash of light, and the divine spear that flashed from Antonio's hand pierced the belly of the minotaur leader, and the minotaur leader looked down at the divine spear that shone with golden light in surprise, and Antonio took the opportunity to get up and push his tomahawk away and stand up.

The leader of the minotaur, who had staggered back two steps, reached out and grabbed the spear that was inserted into his abdomen, pulled it out with a roar, and threw the spear at Antonio with his backhand.

The wounded minotaur leader seemed to ignore his injuries completely, and the double-edged battle axe in his hand slashed at Antonio once more, and the knight leader threw the holy shield in his hand at it, while the holy spear stabbed it in the chest.

The Minotaur leader tomahawk swung away the oncoming shield, grabbed the spear from Antonio's stabbing with his left hand, and forcefully pulled Antonio in his direction, while raising the double-edged axe with his right hand and aimed it at Antonio's head.

Just as the tomahawk it was about to cleave, the axe suddenly stopped in mid-air, and its red eyes showed a look of surprise, and the minotaur leader slowly looked down at his chest, only to see the spearhead of the holy spear dragging a chain out of the shaft of the spear, piercing into its chest.

"It's over, monster!" Antonio drew his spear from its hand and withdrew it, watching the minotaur leader lie on his back on the ground, and he was about to turn to face the other minotaurs, when a mocking laugh sounded from behind.

"Stupid humans, do you really think you can win this way?"

Antonio looked back at the minotaur leader in surprise, and saw a mocking sneer on its face, and before he could figure out the meaning of the minotaur leader's words, a flash of red light suddenly appeared behind him and said to him loudly, "Things are not right!"

Antonio turned back in confusion when he heard this, only to hear Rogge say: "I just took advantage of the chaos with Lilith to sneak into the fortress, except for hundreds of minotaurs, there is not a shadow of a dark wizard in it, and the same is true of the Void Hunter, I think there must be something wrong here!"

Before Rog's words fell, there was a sudden commotion in the rear of the priesthood, and a large number of minotaurs were killed from the nearby forest, and the priests hurriedly turned around and attacked, but the magic they released could not stop the minotaurs from killing like a tide, and they were in chaos for a while.

"Retreat, retreat!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the high priest Goethe did not care about the knights who were fighting on the front line, and ordered the priests to retreat to the nearby jungle in a hurry, and the minotaur chased for a while, tearing all the priests who were caught up to pieces, and then rushed straight in the direction of the fortress and launched a fierce attack on the knights.

The Knights, who were flanked in front and rear, could not withstand the attacks of the Minotaurs, who were several times their size, and were knocked to the ground one by one by the enemy, and Antonio had to give the order to the Knights to retreat.

The Minotaur legions were in hot pursuit, chasing them for two kilometers before being thrown off, and Antonio and his remaining knights stopped behind a hidden hill to treat the wounded and count their numbers.

"Commander, there are only one hundred and nine brothers left. When the count was finished, a knight came to Antonio's side with a heavy heart and said.

Antonio silently lowered his head and patted him on the shoulder after a long silence, the knight sighed and turned away, and Antonio sat down cross-legged under a tree, covering his face with his hands and letting out a melancholy sigh.

Suddenly, he felt someone sitting down beside him, Antonio raised his eyes slightly to look at Rogge, who was sitting down, and heard him say: "We only have more than a hundred people left, even if we add the high priest and his deserter priest group, it is only two hundred, and it is probably impossible to break through the Shadow Fortress." ”

"What are your plans?" asked Antonio, in a heavy tone.

"I don't know. Rogge shrugged his shoulders, took a cigar from his tobacco pouch, and said as he lowered his head and lit it, "All I know is that William has eaten us very well, and his minotaur ambush has not made the priesthood their main target at all, and as soon as the priesthood withdraws, they immediately turn to your knights." ”

"You mean?" Antonio looked at Rogge with a frown, Rogge spat out a puff of smoke, lowered his head and said, "Obviously, William knows that among the two regiments of the Empire, you are the main force, and the High Priest is not worth his fear at all, he wants to defeat you in a battle, and even completely destroy your Knights." ”

"He's not going to get away with it. Antonio shook his head firmly, and Rog looked up at him, and said with little confidence: "I think he has done it, and now that there are only a hundred people left in your order, you no longer pose a threat to him." ”

"No, you're wrong," Antonio looked up at Rogge with a firm gaze, and said confidently: "There are still people in the Knights, before we entered the dark hills, I sent back more than a hundred knights to the imperial capital, I will bring them, and the Silver Dragon Wings will definitely not be defeated by William!"

"You're playing with fire," Rogge shook his head meaningfully and persuaded, "Your knights have already sacrificed eight or nine out of ten, even the last two hundred, do you want to let them step into this road of no return?

"That's enough!" Antonio turned his head and sternly interrupted Rogge and said, "We are soldiers of the Empire, the mission of the knights is to defend the country and the people, shed the last drop of blood for them, any sacrifice is worth it, besides, we must recapture the holy weapon, even if it is at the expense of my life, I will not hesitate to do it!"

He stood up and said to Rogge: "I'll go to Tali and ask her to send me back to the imperial capital to gather the remaining knights to come and reinforce, as for the next plan, after I bring the reinforcements back, we will discuss again, now that the enemy is outnumbered, of course we can't fight hard with William, I believe there must be a way to break through William's defense." ”

Rogge sat silently smoking a cigarette, looking at Antonio's back as he strode away, and let out a long sigh, he stood up and turned to walk towards the nearby forest, thinking about what to do as he went.

"William evacuated all the Dark Wizards and Void Hunters, leaving behind only the Minotaur and an empty city, suggesting that he must have another place to hide. ”

"There, he doesn't have to worry about the safety of the Hallows, the Shadow Fortress is just a decoy for him to lure us, and he will drain the last drop of our blood there. ”

Thinking of this, Rogge suddenly stopped, clenched the cigar at the corner of his mouth and thought to himself: "The Lantern God has searched the entire dark hills with a dimensional map, and there are no other castles except the Shadow Fortress, and the Harpy Witch has also drawn a map of the dark hills with a poisonous eye, so it is impossible for William to have a second castle to hide." ”

"He won't stay away from the Shadow Fortress," Rog muttered, shaking his head and whispering to himself, "Being near the fortress is convenient for him to control the situation, and he never really intended to hand over the 'empty city' of the Shadow Fortress, because there are too many treasures hidden inside, and it is impossible for him to spend a lot of manpower and energy to transport all the magic treasures away." ”

"So, where William might be hiding......" Rogge nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly he heard the sound of Si Si Suo coming from the jungle behind him, and he jerked back to look at the place where the sound had come from, and saw the bushes swaying slightly, but saw no one.

Rogge sniffed the air, a familiar smell that lifted his spirits, he stared at the trembling bushes and shouted, "Come out, I know you're there, don't hide!"

After a brief silence, a figure slowly stood up from behind the bushes, and as the two looked at each other, Britney's complicated face met Rogge's eyes.