The battle lasted all night, with the sound of artillery and wailing everywhere.

When the first rays of the morning shine through the mist and into the lattices of the ruins,

A hummingbird with an emerald green body flew by a flower pot on the balcony, its tongue sticking out of its small pointed beak to lick the nectar, as if it were the only life left nearby.

After a full day of fighting and poisonous smoke yesterday, the fortress of Michier Schwagen had been reduced to a city of death, with nothing but cold ordnance and masonry and bones piling up on the streets.

In the heart of the fortress, there was a five-story officer's dormitory building, which had been half destroyed by artillery fire.

Luckily, the innermost room on the second floor was preserved intact, with a slight snoring coming from the room, the wooden door locked, and the curtains drawn in the window.

The room, once the residence of a high-ranking military officer, has a plush single bed, even a plush carpet and sheepskin sofa, and a glass wine cabinet filled with fine wines from all over the peninsula.

Guards artillery major William Einfurt was sleeping soundly on the sofa, with a gun in one hand and half a bottle of whiskey in the other.

He wanted to stay awake all night, but he could not resist the torture of exhaustion, and fell asleep groggily at about four o'clock.

On the single bed beside her, Captain Edgar Midknight opened her large violet eyes, awakened by the sound of hummingbirds, and sat up with the quilt open, only to see it pitch black.

"Isn't it dawn yet? Where am I? She asked fearfully.

Major William rubbed his eyes and stretched, the bottle in his hand fell to the floor, and the fine whiskey soaked the carpet.

"You're awake, dear."

William...... Is that you? How long did I sleep? ”

The major took out his pocket watch and looked at it: "About 11 hours or so, you are seriously injured, honey, don't get up, continue to lie down." ”

"William, I'm so scared, it's dawn, I can't see anything."

A sad look appeared on William Einfoot's face, and the truth was too cruel for him to accept;

"It's seven o'clock in the morning, damn it! Can't you see it? I thought I'd get a good night's sleep! ”

Two lines of hot tears flowed down from the purple eyes;

"Do you say, I ...... I'm blind, am I? ”

William hurriedly sat on the edge of the bed, hugged his lover's body and comforted:

"Don't be afraid, my dear, this kind of thing always happens on the battlefield, maybe it's just temporary blindness, we have the best surgeons in our country, especially my mother, believe me, she will definitely give you back the light!"

Edgar Midknight couldn't listen to the persuasion at all, she was about to be driven crazy by the pain and pressure, and sobbed, "Oh my God...... I'm a wreck! As long as the Midnight family is strong, there is no need to be burdensome! Go, William, leave me a loaded pistol, I'd rather die than be blind!" ”

"You big fool! What nonsense! How could I have left you? William scolded as he grabbed her shoulders hard.

Edgar stopped talking, just wept wordlessly, and then fell asleep on the bed again.

"Don't worry, my dear, I'll carry you away now, yesterday there was a fierce battle outside the walls of the fortress all night, and now the voice is much quieter, let's take the opportunity to sneak out to find a doctor."

In the process of changing her gauze, William was so distressed that he shed tears, and the princess in uniform was covered with scars, which showed how fierce the battle of dragon slaying was yesterday.

One of her arms was broken in three, and William simply secured her with sticks and rolled-up magazines, and the bullet holes on both legs were covered with iodine cotton and bandaged, and the wound on her stomach was so deep that it almost flowed out of her intestines.

Fortunately, William had a personal medical kit with him, which he disinfected with iodine and then sewed up the wound with surgical threads.

William was grateful that his mother Janine had taught him these medical skills, but if it weren't for that, Edgar would never have survived the night, the infection and bleeding would have killed her, and if she died, William really didn't know how to face this cold world.

After dressing himself and his lover, William tied Edgar firmly to his back with two armed straps, tied them tightly with the sailor's knot that his father had taught him, and her face pressed against William's ears, her long silver hair brushing her skin and tickling.

Inheriting the emperor's strong physique, the princess is about 1.8 meters tall, with a wide skeleton, strong muscles, and a weight that is not light.

After stepping out of his makeshift shelter, he carried his lover on his back and trampled on the broken masonry, the green poisonous fog of the streets had completely disappeared, (thanks to the help of the wind), William thought.

As he passed a flowerbed, he stopped and stared at the wooden cross in the flowerbed.

Yesterday before dark, he buried Baron Victor in the flowerbed.

(Good brother, when this battle is over, I will bring you back to the Starfall Islands and let you rest in peace in the graveyard of the Strondhall family, I swear I will do this, you deserve a state funeral!) ）

William's legs were already a little numb when he reached the wall, and Edgar came to his senses again and whispered in his ear;

"Hey...... I still can't see, but I can smell the smoke and blood, and it seems that the sense of smell is fine, William, are we back on the battlefield? ”

William smiled bitterly and said, "It's about to leave the fortress, you're awake, dear,

Saying... You're so heavy, it feels like you're walking with a sow on your back, and I always advise you not to eat too much, but you just won't listen. ”

Edgar blushed: "Phew! I'm not fat, I have a big skeleton! Got it?

William, you're itching, aren't you? If I didn't have the strength to see now, I would have to smack you in the mouth and pinch off a piece of your flesh, and you waited for me! ”

"Haha, this temper is right, it's a good thing to have spirit, hurry up and recover your body, that's right, I'm just itchy skin, I don't get beaten by you for a day, I'm uncomfortable!."

Edgar snorted and laughed: "Fuck off the old lady!" You masochist! Pervert! ”

The two of them laughed and walked through the fortress gate, when suddenly the voice of friendly grenadiers was heard above:

"That friend, don't go any further, there is a fierce battle outside, you can't walk far with the wounded on your back, you might as well go up to the city wall to help us defend."

William turned around and shouted to the friendly troops on the wall: "No! Her injuries were serious and she had to seek medical attention as soon as possible. ”

"In that case, then I can only bless you, friend, please forgive us for not being able to send people to help, our task is to defend the city wall to the death, and I hope we can all succeed."

Bidding farewell to the grenadiers defending the city, the gunfire in front of him grew louder and louder, and a large-caliber cannon shell passed by, breaking a large tree, and William could feel the tremor of the earth through his thick boots.

"Don't be afraid, my dear, I'm going to look for a chance to cross the battlefield."

No one answered him, and a warm exhale blew into his ears, and William glanced sideways to see Edgar's thick eyebrows and long silver eyelashes, which she had fallen asleep again.

(Didn't anyone tell you?) Honey, you're still beautiful when you're asleep. ）

After advancing about 300 meters, he came to the front line where the fighting was most intense, rifle bullets flying everywhere and the ground ravaged by the shells let out a wail.

The soldiers shouted hoarsely for their respective camps.

"Long live the Valstad Empire, long live the Emperor!"

"Long live the Kingdom of Solan, long live His Majesty the King!"

The men and horses on both sides continued to charge, and then fell and died in pieces.

William looked up at the battlefield as he advanced, and he noticed that all the dragons in the sky had disappeared, which was obviously good news, and without the threat of Voodoo, the scales of victory were tilting in favor of the Imperial army.

Suddenly, a squad of hussars from the Solan Kingdom rushed out of the smoke in front of him, and there were about twenty of them, rushing towards William with sabers.

"Damn! These bastards don't go to other people's troubles, why do they have to come to me? William drew his pistol, intending to make a last-ditch effort.

"Long live the Emperor! Kill the gringos! A small group of Imperial lightly armed dragoons rushed from behind him, colliding head-on with the hussars, and for a moment the men turned on their backs, and the two groups of cavalry fought frantically.

William took advantage of this opportunity to hurriedly leave the place of right and wrong, and the smoke gradually dispersed in front of him, and he could already see the large number of men and horses of the Imperial Army.

(Great!) It's getting closer, and it's still a few hundred meters away! ）

Suddenly he had strength, the wind was blowing under his feet, and he ran desperately.

A company of light infantry of the Kingdom Army, which was lying in ambush in the bushes, suddenly got up and fired a volley of shots at him.

Bullets whistled past his ears, and William was frightened, in fact, he didn't care about his own life at all now, only worried about the safety of the person on his back.

Luckily, he didn't feel any tingling, and the lover on his back was still asleep.

Doom struck again, he was targeted by enemy artillery, a grenade exploded beside him, the whistling of shells was incessant, and he hurriedly lay down and lay on the muddy ground.

"Boom! Rumble......"

After a series of explosions, the dirt around him was blown upside down, and half of William's body was buried, and he miraculously escaped again, without being hit by a single piece of shrapnel.

(Thanks to the god of luck, miracle!) Marvel! I'm still 200 meters away, and I'm going to make it! ）

Just as he stretched out his arms to get up, a warm liquid flowed to the back of his head, then down his cheeks and into his mouth, it tasted a little fishy, and his back felt soaked.

He reached out and wiped it, it was blue blood, it turned out that Edgar had been hit by shrapnel shrapnel.

The blood flowed more and more, dripping into the dirt around him, and William turned his face to see the blood-stained bridge of his nose and the closed slits of his eyes.

"Are you okay? My dear! Speak to me! ”

No one answers,

William could clearly feel the breath in her nostrils getting weaker and weaker.

"Why? Why? Just one step away, just one step away! God, why are you so cruel! You can't be considerate of your people! ”

Major William Einfoot roared hysterically as if he had gone mad, and he clung to his lover's hand, ignoring the hail of bullets from behind, and ran forward as fast as he could.

At this time, he was still 150 meters away from the main force of the friendly army, the breath in her ears almost disappeared, and her hands were getting colder and colder.

(Note: The plot here is adapted from the scene where the sniper Людмила Михайловна Павличёнко loses his comrades in the shelling in the Russian movie "Битва3аСевастопололь", it is recommended to watch the plot here with the original background music "О6?йми".) ）