(373) Hope and despair
Major William Einfurt ran alone on the muddy battlefield, and thanks to his usual perseverance in physical exercise, he did not feel tired at all.
Crossing the thin infantry line of the Valstad Imperial Guard, there were layers of black pressure on the front of King Solan's ** line, and the difference in numbers between the two sides was so obvious that he could not see any hope of victory.
The sudden sound of horses' hooves behind him made him nervous.
(Damn!) Could it be the enemy's light cavalry? )
William pulled out his pistol and turned to pull the trigger.
A familiar voice shouted, "Oops! Don't open it, don't you recognize me? ”
William took a closer look and saw that it was Captain Eric of the artillery battalion sitting in the saddle, so he turned off the safety mechanism of the pistol with his thumb and put it back in the holster
"Eric, why are you here?"
"Nonsense, of course I'm here to help you, how can I watch my good friend break into the Longtan Tiger's Den alone?"
"I advise you to go back quickly, Eric, I ran away at the risk of being court-martialed, and if I don't get it right, it's a capital crime, but don't implicate you."
Captain Eric Lisenberg burst out laughing:
"Haha, I'm not as happy as you, I have a kind family and a beautiful girlfriend to worry about,
Have you forgotten, Brother William, I don't have a good relationship with my family, I have basically cut off contact, and I am still a single person, the Guards barracks is my home, I can be said to be full of food now, the whole family is not hungry, and I will die if I die, what is there to be afraid of! ”
William gratefully took his friend's hand, not knowing what to do, he only squeezed out a sentence: "Good brother...... Thank you! ”
"Okay, without further ado, Brother William, you guy is easy to lose when he's in a hurry, such a long distance, by the time you run over, our princess Her Majesty will already be fucking out of breath! I'll bring you a war horse, hurry up and ride it!" ”
"You're still careful, man!"
William turned on his horse, found that the saddle was fully equipped, including the gas mask, and drew his whip and began to urge the horse to gallop forward.
"Eric, you're a good horse, it's definitely not from our artillery battalion."
"Hehe, don't ask, I 'borrowed' it from the scouts."
"Borrowed? Well...... I have serious doubts about this, when will your disgusting stealing be changed. ”
"Something else is so ugly, the young master of the marquis's family, I'm here to help you, it's called stealing when it's discovered, and if it's not discovered, it's called borrowing, understand."
The two braved the rain of bullets and walked side by side, only 200 meters away from the Solan King ** front.
William raised his binoculars to observe for a moment, and scolded, "Damn! I wanted to find a gap to drill through, but this line is completely impenetrable. ”
"It's okay, now that the dragon has thrown the battlefield into a mess, we can use other ways to get by." Captain Eric said.
"What's the solution? Come on! Don't fucking sell it, I'm in a hurry! ”
Captain Eric smiled and drew his saber, pointing at the corpse on the ground with the tip of his knife: "Brother William, I am not as professional as you in commanding wars, but you are far from being able to do crooked ways. ”
Major William immediately understood, took off his military uniform and threw it aside, then jumped off his horse and began to pick up the uniform of an enemy officer's corpse:
"You're such a master of crooked ideas! It's a bit condescending to stay in the artillery, and when the battle is over, you can go to the intelligence department and sign up! ”
William Einfurt was tall and strong, and the uniform was a little tight, the collar could not be buttoned, and it was stained with blood and brains, and the smell was very unpleasant.
At this moment, Captain Eric himself took off an enemy uniform and put it on, and when he saw that William was still desperately buttoning it, he spat at him and scolded:
"Okay, that's almost it, do you still want to find a tailor to order one? When do you still care about your appearance, you creamy people with oily hair and flour noodles are fucking hard to serve! ”
The process after that was unexpectedly smooth, the dragon's madness turned the entire battlefield upside down, and there was chaos on King Solan's side, everyone was frantically fleeing from the poisonous fog, and when they saw the officers in ill-fitting uniforms coming in the opposite direction, they didn't have any suspicions, and let them go without asking.
Captain Eric whistled and said lightly: "Okay, half the success, the next step is to enter the fortress, and the bloody drama of the brave man saving the princess is about to be staged!" ”
Suddenly, a large group of Guards grenadiers appeared on the walls of the fortress, and they fired a volley of shots at the approaching duo.
Captain Eric was shot in multiple places, and after a curse, he fell off his horse, and William's horse was killed, and he himself was shot in the shoulder and rolled into the crater under the fortress
"Damn! Patronizing the road, I forgot to take off my disguise! Remorseful at such a lowly mistake, William took off his stinking Solan uniform, crouched in the crater, and shouted to the men on the city wall:
"Stop shooting! It's an ally! I am Major William Einfurt of the Guards Artillery Battalion! ”
An officer on the city wall poked his head out: "Oh, it's not good, we hit the wrong person, stop the fire quickly!" ”
William crawled out of the pit and ran to Captain Eric, who had fallen from his horse.
His good brother lay motionless on the ground, and with his hand he snorted, he was already dead of exhaustion, the cause of death was obviously the shot in the head, and his blue eyes were still open.
Major William gently closed his friend's eyes, cut off a strand of his golden hair with a dagger, and put it in the pocket of his shirt.
"The world is unpredictable, good brother, I took this hair, and I will think of you when I see it in the future."
He pulled out the gas mask from the carcass of the war horse and put it on, then burrowed into the large hole in the city wall that had been blown open, and entered the fortress filled with green mist, by which time the poisonous fog had begun to drift outside with the wind, and the buildings and streets in the fortress could already be seen.
The defenders above the city wall shouted: "Major, it's useless for you to go in alone, what we need is reinforcements, and when this poisonous fog completely dissipates, we won't be able to hold it when the enemy rushes again, and then everyone will be finished!" ”
William ignored him, and shouted back as he ran: "You guys can figure it out for yourselves, I have to hurry up and save people!" ”
As the cold wind blew in, the poisonous fog inside the fortress became thinner, and Major William ran anxiously in all directions, unsettling with the mountains of corpses piled up on the side of the road.
(Old, this is purgatory on earth!) Knowing what kind of brutal battles Edgar has experienced, are there really any living people here? If her body is found...... I'm going to crash...... )
He came to the crossroads in the center of the fortress, where the terrain was relatively open, and the corpses of soldiers and horses on both sides were piled up on top of each other, so that he did not know how to start looking for them, and just as he was in a hurry to stomp his feet, he saw a huge corpse like a mountain.
(What the hell is that...... That's right...... It's the dragon! If you can take out this big guy, you have to have Edgar's help. )
He hurried to the dragon's corpse and frantically searched for it, only to see a large patch of flesh and blood, it was hard to imagine that these things were once living beings, and it was a terrible battle against the dragon.
Next to the ruins of a building, he saw the cold corpse of a large army officer, with a split brain in the back of his head, apparently killed by hitting the back of his head against a wall.
(Big Brother Victor...... William couldn't take it anymore and cried.
He removed a jeweled ring from Baron Victor's stiff finger,
He knew that this ring was a token given to Victor by Princess Rosemary, although the two had not signed a marriage contract, but they had already made a private agreement for life, which belonged to the young Rao's secret, and now that the Si people have passed away, this token has also become a relic.
William put away the gemstone ring, he was in a very low mood now, and the loss of his best friends had brought him to the brink of collapse, and if he received any more bad news, it would probably be the last straw that broke the camel's back.
(I'd be crazy if Edgar dies too.) He thought,
And the reality is so cruel, blessings are incomparable, disasters are not alone, William found a familiar figure by the edge of a trench.
Princess Edgar Midknight lay in the ashes, her uniform soaked in blood and brains, bullet holes in both thighs, and her left arm, apparently badly fractured, bent at an incredible angle.
Long bright silver hair tangled together with blood and ashes, eyes closed, and beautiful silver eyelashes stained with gunpowder particles.
(What kind of desperate and terrifying experience tortured her into this miserable appearance...... He was accustomed to Edgar's vigorous, tall, and strong appearance, and the body in front of him seemed a little weak and thin, almost a different person.
Major William Einfurt trembled, unwilling to accept what he saw, and tremblingly stretched out his hand, took off his gas mask and threw it away, his heart numb. At this moment, he really didn't want to live.
Fortunately, the poisonous fog around him had dissipated, and the air was filled with a strong smell of burnt and blood.
Just as William reached out his finger and approached the bridge of his nose to sniff, a pair of large violet eyes suddenly opened, and she began to cough violently.
William was taken aback, and then there was hysterical ecstasy, and he hugged his lover tightly:
"Ahhh That's great! Thank you to the god of luck for your blessing! You know, Edgar, you're the only survivor of the City of the Dead! Miracles, miracles! ”
But the princess asked:
William...... Is that you? I...... Oops...... My head hurts...... It felt like it was going to crack.
Is it dark? And where are the moon and stars? I'm scared, I can't see anything, let me touch your face! ”