South of Craggy Bay.

On a bare nameless dirt slope.

It was a terrible battlefield, with corpses lying on the ground, and a group of remnants dressed in lion costumes retreating down the hillside.

Godric stood at the top of the slope, slashed the neck of the last foe with his sword, and then sat down on the ground panting.

He scored another victory.

But he was also covered in blood, his armor was torn, and his sword was dull, and he was powerless to pursue.

A Raven Realm Lord also gasped and walked over to Godric's side, and sat down on the ground with his greatsword.

"How can there be so many lions? Lord Godric, are there so many of them in the Lion Order? We don't think these people look like knights......"

This is the Raven Kingdom's envoy to the Lord of Fallen, Duke Adarian, who is the same age as Godric and currently in the same position.

Right now, the two of them are co-directing the battle in Craging Bay.

The combined forces of the Raven Kingdom and the Lion Kingdom have fought many battles with Brennuth's forces around Crag Rock Bay.

Brenus was defeated in successive battles, and it seemed that he was retreating, but he was always stopped by new troops.

Cragyan Bay seemed to have an endless number of troops, and a large number of troops wearing lion armor were pouring out again and again, and although they were defeated in successive battles, they successfully prevented the combined forces of the two countries from launching large-scale siege warfare.

The Combine, despite successive victories, has been slow to move – so far, the Combine have not even touched the walls of Crag Bay.

So far, he has only just conquered the village of Amir, and he has uprooted the last stronghold outside the Craggy Bay Peninsula, completely sealing off Brennus's sphere of influence within the peninsula.

After continuous battles, both the Raven Kingdom and the Lion Kingdom were tired of veterans, and had to rotate the main forces of the battle - the combined forces of Gregory IV and Leofrick had already fought a few battles and were currently resting around Misty Castle.

The Silver Hand led by Klose had been following Godric all the time, but after continuous battles, they had to stay in Amir Village to reorganize.

The current main offensive force has been replaced by Duke Adarian and Godric.

And so far, Adarian and Godric's forces have also faced three rounds of blocking.

The progress made had only advanced the battlefield to this small hill south of Rock Bay, but it was still twenty miles from Rock Bay.

"Of course there aren't that many of them in the Lion Order...... These people are not some kind of lions! ”

Godric gritted his back molars and pulled out a crossbow bolt embedded in his breastplate: "The people of the Lion Knights don't know how to use crossbows...... I didn't expect Brennus to have so many weapons and equipment in Crag Rock Bay...... During this period of time, more than 1,000 people have died in battle just wearing lion armor and equipment, right? ”

"You're saying these people are improvised and armed? But where did Brenus get so many troops willing to fight for him? And...... The Lion Knights have never appeared! ”

Duke Adarian shook his head, looking a little confused.

Godric sighed: "It is because the Lion Knights have always been in the Cragy Rock Bay that so many people will desperately stop us, or even die for it...... These people are just poor people in lion armor, and their families must be controlled by the Lion Knights of Brennus, and for the sake of their families' survival, for the sake of their families' lives, they can only come out to resist us. ”

"This coercion...... Alas......"

Adarian sighed as well.

As a duke, Adarian knew that this method was actually difficult to solve, because these people who came out to resist were fighting for their respective families.

If they don't fight, probably the whole family will die at the hands of the Lion Knights.

But if they go to war, it will be an inexplicable rebellion, and the Lion Kingdom will inevitably regard them as rebellious, after all, it is difficult to distinguish who is forced and who is actively following Brenus.

Therefore, they will fight very resolutely, and will not retreat until the battle cannot be saved, and will not accept surrender.

And Brenus did it very well - he probably secretly organized these forced troops in waves, five or six hundred at a time, just enough to stop the Combine's pace, but not to cause a full-scale revolt of the people of Crag Bay and a riot.

People everywhere have the same inferiority – they don't get out if they don't care about themselves, and most people will sit back and watch a small group of people be forced into battle, and they will only pray that this will not happen to them.

And the few who resist in advance will naturally be suppressed by the Lion Knights, and then turn their property into military expenses for the Lion Knights, and their families into military supplies - so that the Lion Knights have always maintained their morale.

Everyone knows that this is Brennus's last madness.

But no one can help it.

"Enemy attack! My lord! It seems that another enemy is coming down the mountain! ”

An archer who was watching the movement interrupted the conversation by reporting the military situation loudly.

The two tired leaders sighed and stood up.

"It's endless...... They're not going to force all the men in Rock Bay into battle, are they? ”

Adarian pulled out his great sword from the ground, shook his head and sighed, "Such a lion knight is indeed not worthy of being called a knight!" ”

"They didn't deserve it from the start...... Especially unworthy to be called a lion knight......"

Godric put on his helmet: "Ready for battle!" ”

"Wait...... Godric, it seems that something is wrong......"

Adarian looked straight down the mountain, "Why do I think those people seem to be the lion servants who have just evacuated?" ”

"Be careful, sir! These corpses ...... It's a degenerate! ”

The messenger lunged at a bloody fallen behind Godric with a well-fitting lunge, then drew his dagger and stabbed through his chest, pinning the fallen to the ground.

Adarian and Godric turned around at the same time, and shouted in horror at the same time, "Cut off its head!" ”

Both lords have seen the world......

But it was too late to be reminded, and instead of incapacitating the freshly baked degenerate, the brave archer lost his life.

The Fallen grabbed the archer, easily breaking his neck, then drew his dagger from his chest and stood up again.

Adarian's two-handed greatsword was swung with all his might, and was blocked by the fallen one-handed short sword, this block was untechnical and sparks flew everywhere, but Adarian's greatsword flew out of his hand - the difference in strength was too great, it was equivalent to slashing at a wall.

Godric shrewdly swerved back, slashing the back half of the Fallen's neck with a sword from behind.

The sword was indeed blunt, and the sword did not even cut the throat with all its strength.

But fortunately, the sword was slashed from behind, or at least it severed the neck bone of the fallen.

The Fallen staggered to the ground with its bloody skull.

Next to this degenerate is a near-intact skin.

At this time, Godric heard the chant that he remembered vividly—the prayer of the goddess of justice.

"Three prophets! …… Evacuate! The whole army retreats! ”

Godric turned to look, shouted to retreat, and then pulled Adarian and began to gallop down the hill where his horse was tethered.

All around them, in various places on the hillside, one corpse after another of the newly dead stood up again.

There are the corpses of the enemy, but also the corpses of their own people.

These corpses all began to tear their bodies frantically and silently!

"The whole army retreats to the village of Amir!"

Godric shouted as he ran.

He knew that the Silver Hand was resting there.

But Godric's heart had completely sunk, because Klose had sent him a message before, and he knew that Leon's troops would not be able to come to the Cragy Bay area for a short time, and that there were a large number of degenerates in Lion Lake City.

And now, Crag Rock Bay has also appeared......

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In the forest east of Foxtown.

Sir Roland walked silently through the woods with a team of about two hundred men.

This is the unit that Roland trained in the Dark Falcon Castle, and most of them were recruited by Roland in the Raven Realm.

This doesn't look like a top-tier unit because they're not very well equipped and don't look strong.

But it was well trained—two hundred men walked through the dense forest, and there was almost no sound at all.

Roland is a strict person, and his subordinates live a poor life in the Dark Falcon Castle, so naturally the equipment is not very good.

Moreover, Roland's recruitment mainly depends on his character, and he will not accept it as a person like An Dongjia.

So his troops were not numerous.

At the same time, Roland is a man who always leads by example, he is generous, upright, fair and selfless, he will always take the lead in battle, and always put himself last when sharing supplies.

Such a person will naturally win the respect of his subordinates.

Therefore, the actual combat effectiveness of Sir Roland's troops is far from being measured by equipment and physique.

At this time, Roland was thinking about how to deal with Frey's Oswood.

Roland had already fought Oswood's forces a day earlier, and the two sides were evenly matched for a brief time, before Oswood retreated into the woods - a force that was also not measured by equipment and physique.

Perhaps good and evil can give people equal faith......

Sir Roland already knew that Olswood had caused countless wrecks in the area, and he had learned of Oswood's habits from Klose when he had joined Godric.

The passage of this army was even worse than that of the heretics—almost everyone, men, women, and children, who had been tortured and killed.

So, he took the initiative to take over the task of hunting down Olswood.

In the past few days, Roland has seen countless tragedies in the surrounding villages.

All the female corpses were naked, covered with signs of abuse; And all the male corpses are mutilated.

This behavior deeply angered Roland.

He couldn't understand why a human would have such a perverted hobby.

Roland is a paladin, he will not be involved in any war related to the struggle for power, and he does not plan to get involved in the war in Crag Bay, but he will never let Olswood go.

Even if he had to abandon his horse and venture into the jungle, he would kill Oswood.

In the eyes of this paladin, it is far more evil than heresy for humans to commit such evil deeds because of their personal preferences or desires.

Because this is an anti-human thug who specializes in tearing down the ladder of the goddess of justice.

Roland led his troops to slowly search and advance.

"Be careful!"

A female warrior walking beside Roland suddenly grabbed Roland: "There's a trap here!" ”

Roland didn't see any traps here, but he trusted his companions, especially those recruited in the Raven Realm.

A meter in front of him, there was a small vine under a tree.

The female warrior crouched down and cut the vine with her spear.

"Whoosh...... Wow! ”

From a tree on the side, two sharp wooden spears flew out of the dense foliage, and with a whistling sound, they plunged into the ground where the vine was.

"Illano, thanks to your attentive ......"

Sir Roland looked in the direction in which the wooden spear was fired, then pointed to a large tree in front of him, and exclaimed, "Right, the people of Oswood?" Don't sneak around! Come down and fight me! I'm Roland! ”

Although he couldn't see the trap, he could see the ambush - Roland was the best at dealing with those who hid in the shadows.

The troops began to move quickly, quickly surrounding the big trees, and the efficiency of the action was surprisingly fast.

The female warrior named Illano also lifted her crossbow, but instead of aiming at the trees, she turned around and aimed at another place a few dozen meters away.

"Sir Roland? Are you Paladin Roland? ”

A voice came from the tree: "This is a misunderstanding! Don't do it! Misunderstand! ”

Then, a man in black slowly climbed down from the tree.

The man had his back to Roland, and deliberately climbed very slowly, and when he landed on the ground, he stretched out his hands and raised them above his head, obviously not hostile.

Roland put down the sword in his hand: "Who are you?" You're not from Oswood? ”

"My name is Renard...... Fields man, we've been looking for you, Sir Roland. ”

The man in black slowly turned around, "My partner and I used to be members of the Knights of the Dawn. ”

As he spoke, he slowly reached out and untied the straps of his black hoodie, revealing the white knight's burqa inside.

This was indeed the robe of the Knights of the Dawn, but it was not quite the same as the one worn by Roland - it was a new style of the Knights of the Dawn after they had settled in Fields Milesway's Roaring Bay.

In the past, the Dawn Knights of the Buckley Continent were black and white plaid robes;

After the Knights of the Dawn were expelled from the continent of Buckley, the Knights of the Dusk separated from it, and since then the Knights of the Dawn have used pure white robes and armor, while the Knights of the Dusk have used pure black equipment.

On the other trees, five of the same men in black also slowly descended from the trees, and one of them was even on the periphery of Roland's team - he was dozens of meters away, undetected by Roland's large army, only the female warrior named Illano was facing him with a crossbow.

"We've heard that there are a lot of massacres here, so we're here to deal with Olswood. But I didn't expect it...... Ha, I almost got injured by mistake - Sir Roland, you're here to deal with him, aren't you? ”

Renard explained with some embarrassment: "You are indeed a real paladin!" ”

"No, it's not just Oswood, there's ...... more terrifying 'Devourer' Agraim."

Roland nodded, "But Oswood must be dealt with first, or that Egrem will continue to get the spirits and corpses full of anger." ”

"Wait, sir...... I don't believe he's a knight of the dawn like you......"

Illano spoke suddenly.

The female warrior looked young, twenty years old at most, but the look in her eyes was a little cold, or rather cold: "I think you smell of a thief!" ”

"Your senses are sensitive, ma'am...... I did steal something. ”

Renard glanced at Illano in surprise, then slowly knelt down on one knee facing Roland, and then took out an object from his arms with a slower movement and handed it to Roland: "I stole it, Lord Paladin, please allow us to follow you!" ”