On December 15, 454 in the New World Calendar, the weather was sunny today......

The cold wind in the early morning is still freezing.

After a night of defending the city, Burleigh finished his post with a tired face and left the city walls.

Leaving the warm walls, the cold wind crept through the cracks in the armor.

Burleigh shuddered, and quickened his pace with a curse.

"This damn weather, it's too cold....."

Now Burleigh just wanted to go back to the warm room, drink a bowl of warm soup, and get a good night's sleep.

Passing by a tavern that I frequented, I looked at the closed door, which was no longer as lively as before.

"Alas~ It's the 8th year, and those monsters don't know what's crazy."

It has been 15 years since Burleigh became the guard of the Corso wedge.

Since he started as a soldier, Burleigh has experienced dozens of sieges by Warcraft, large and small.

But what he remembers the most is the eight winter Warcraft sieges that began 8 years ago.

The winter of the first year was unprepared, and a large number of demonic beasts broke through the city gates, causing a large number of casualties.

Burleigh's friend, who grew up playing, died in the battle to defend the city.

That year, more than 200,000 people died in the entire city of Corso.

At that time, everyone thought it was just an accident, but the following year.....

In the winter of the following year, the monster broke through the city gate again.

It's not that tragic, but it's still scarred.

There are mountains of corpses on every street and alley.

That year, it shattered everyone's luck.

Since then, a large number of demonic beasts have attacked the city every winter.

The kingdom also began to send a large number of troops here every winter to fend off those monsters.

Over time, the residents got used to it and hardly went out in winter.

The Winter Snow Festival, which was held every winter when I was a child, has also disappeared from 8 years ago.

Burleigh shook his head with a sigh on his face and quickened his pace.

Gradually, there were more people around.

And most of them are professionals wearing armor and belts and weapons.

These people are adventurers, and the winter is also the time when adventurers are most active.

Because the current tasks are piled up, all kinds of defending the city, collecting medicines, and transporting materials are almost impossible to complete.

Not only that, but the pay is much higher than before, and there are many adventurers who want to make a fortune from it.

Burleigh's home was just north of the city, and the Adventurers' Guild was just a street away from his home, surrounded by inns and the like.

So it's still as lively as ever, and even more lively than ever.

"Hey~Burleigh.... Going for a drink together? ”

A swaying figure blocked Burleigh, reaching out to hug Burleigh's shoulder, full of alcohol.

"Wow! Stinks, let me go, bit! ”

The smell of wine directly made Burleigh roll his eyes, and he hurriedly covered his nose and took a few steps back.

"How much have you drunk, you're going to patrol later, right?"

"Hmm~ I.... I'm not drunk... Just drank a few bottles of strong water without any problems. ”

Blazing water.... It's a very strong liquor.

Something that usually needs to be mixed with water to drink, ordinary people pour a cup.

The corners of Burleigh's mouth twitched a few times, dodging Bit's hug, and holding him staggering steadily.

"You don't want to die, drink so much, be careful to wait for the captain to deduct your salary."

"Hey, hey, hey...."

Bit lifted his thick clothes, revealing his bandaged waist, a smell of herbs.

"Yesterday I was smashed in the back by a reckless recruit, and the captain told me not to go today, it's okay...."

As she spoke, Abbitt smirked.

He's on paid leave, so it's not too cool.

"You're still drinking when you're injured, you're really not afraid of death."

"Oops, the injury hurts so much, it doesn't hurt if you drink a little wine."

Bit shook the bottle in his hand and said to Burleigh:

"You're done today, let's go have a drink together."

"Next time, Lixia is still waiting for me to go back."

Burleigh shook his head and yawned tiredly.

"Xiuxiu~It's really love~"

Bit was making funny moves, and his face was full of teasing expressions.

"It's noisy, you should hurry up and find one, you're all a lot old, and you're still an old bachelor.

My children have already started to learn vindictiveness. ”

Burleigh knocked out Bit's hand shaking in front of him and walked past Bit to ignore him.

"Cut, you don't know how happy and happy a person is."

Looking at Burleigh in the distance, Bit shook the bottle and took a sip, with a hint of nostalgia and sadness in his eyes.

"It's winter again....."

Bit walked drunkenly into the tavern next to him.

"Boss, another bottle of hot water!"

.................

Approaching the door, Burleigh swept the snowflakes off his body and was about to open the door and enter.

There was a voice behind him.

"Uncle Burleigh."

Burleigh turned around and saw a beautiful girl standing more than a dozen meters away from him, waving at him.

"Shirley, why are you here, it's frozen, come in quickly, are you here to find Phyllis?

She shouldn't have woken up yet, so you can wait a minute. ”

Burleigh opened the door and beckoned Shirley to come in.

Shirley and his daughter Phyllis are good friends and often come here.

Albert also frequented here as a child, and it was not until he became an adventurer that the frequency gradually decreased.

For Shirley and Albert, Burleigh has always been treated as a godson and a goddaughter. The relationship is very close.

"Hehe, no, I just went to the guild to ask if my brother has returned, did Uncle Burleigh see him?"

"Albert, no, I didn't see him."

Burleigh recalls that when he was guarding the city gates the other day, he really didn't see Albert.

"Really... I don't know where he went, but he said that he was only out for half a month.

It's been 20 days now, is he in danger....."

Shirley's body trembled slightly, and the worry in her heart became heavier and heavier.

Burleigh looked at Shirley's appearance and hurriedly comforted:

"Shirley, don't worry...."

When- When-

Burleigh's words stopped, and he looked at the bell tower ringing in the distance with a shocked expression.

"Warcraft is attacking the city, this is only the 15th? Not good! ”

Burleigh hurriedly pushed Shirley into the house and told her:

"Shirley, hurry up and hide underground with your Aunt Lixia."

He looked at his wife, who was standing in the doorway, looking worriedly, and nodded at her.

"Hurry up and hide!"

"Uncle Burleigh, be careful!"

"Boehly, be careful, don't get hurt."

Lixia took Shirley's hand and watched worriedly as Burleigh ran towards the wall.

It wasn't until Burleigh's shadow was out of sight that Lixia ran into the house with Shirley.

'The time is 15 days ahead of schedule, the garrison on the walls is not ready, hopefully it will not be the same as it was 8 years ago....'

Burleigh ran, and as a guard of the city walls, he knew exactly what the current strength was on the walls.

Definitively insufficient!

Once the city gate is breached, let the monster rush into the city and turn it into a street fight.

I don't know how many more people will die.

Along the way, he looked at the pedestrians walking hurriedly on the street, and his heart was full of anxiety.

All the soldiers who were on the night vigil dragged their tired bodies and ran towards the city walls.

Even the adventurers began to run towards the city walls.

"Hurry up, Monster is attacking the city!"

"Oh no, I knew I wouldn't drink so much!"

Some drunkard adventurers staggered to their feet, wanting to follow to defend the city.

"Don't mess with you, you drunkards, wait to replace us."

"Grab your weapons and go to the walls."

"The guild has released a mission!"

Bang –

Bang –

The sound of the magic crystal cannon has already sounded, indicating that the battle has begun.

Burleigh panted and ran up the city wall, only to see a middle-aged man standing on the wall and roaring.

"Hurry up, don't let the monster get close to the city wall, give me a hard bang!"

"Captain!"

Burleigh panted and ran to the man, shouting loudly.

The sound of the magic crystal cannon was deafening, and if you didn't shout, no one else could hear it.

"Burleigh, you're just in time, hurry up and move the shells!"

The captain glanced at Burleigh, shouted, and turned to direct the battle.

"Yes!"

Burleigh saluted, turned around and ran to carry the cannonballs, and the tension in his heart relaxed a lot.

Although this work is tiring, it is safe, and it can be regarded as the captain's care for him.

Before leaving, Burleigh glanced at the attacking horde of demonic beasts.

It's still the pair of red eyes in my memory, and the crazy group of demonic beasts is endless.

Bang Bang

The continuous shelling of thousands of magic crystal cannons from the city wall almost deafened the ears of the people on the city wall.

Boom - Boom - Boom – Boom –

Successive explosions rang out on the battlefield, and the cannonballs formed a field of death.

The stumps of the shattered demonic beasts were flying all over the sky, but even so, they still couldn't make these demonic beasts feel the slightest fear.

The smell of blood only stimulated the madness of the demonic beast even more, and it let out a crazy roar.

A large number of demonic beasts broke through the attack of the magic crystal cannon and began to storm the city wall.

Magical shields rise from the city walls, keeping these beasts out.

But the attack of the demonic beast was extremely crazy, and even the hard magic shield was attacked, causing ripples.

Burleigh, who had just carried a box of shells to the city wall and had no time to pay attention to the battlefield.

Panting and leaning against the wall, intending to rest for a minute or two.

He is only responsible for one magic crystal cannon, and this box of cannonballs can be used for more than ten minutes.

But in the next second, the sound of glass shattering came.

Crackling....

Smack-

Burleigh's body tightened, and when he looked up, the magic shield that originally shrouded this section of the city wall had been broken!

A huge ball of lightning was flying in his direction, and the thunder elemental was beating in the air.

In an instant, Burleigh's hair became twisted.

"Not good!"

Although the city wall is very hard and can resist the impact of the thunderball at this moment, the people on it can't bear it.

Burleigh was so close to the stairs that he didn't care if he would get hurt, so he rolled towards the stairs.

As for the soldiers who operated the magic crystal fort on the city wall, they suffered.

A soldier had just slipped a cannonball into the barrel of a cannonball, and when he looked up, he saw a thunderball that had reached him.

Without any defense, before he could even say a word, the tyrannical thunderball exploded on the city wall.

Boom - crackle -

Raging thunder and lightning danced wildly across the city walls, and the furious attack affected more than a dozen surrounding forts.

The hard magic crystal turret was lifted up, and the soldiers who were hit were also turned into charcoal one by one, and fell to the ground without a sound.

The magic crystal cannonball that was pushed into the barrel was also shot out by mistake, but the direction changed.

Burleigh lifted his dizzy head and saw a magic crystal cannonball slicing across his head, heading towards the city.

"It's over...."

Burleigh stared at the cannonball with tears in his eyes, praying that the cannonball would fall on the empty field where no one was around.

But looking at the landing point of that shell, the luck in Burleigh's heart could not be kept at all.

In that direction, there is a large area of hotels and residential areas, and wherever they fall, there will be casualties.

"Oh, no—"

Bang Bang –

Watching the cannonball fall in the middle of the house, Burleigh slammed the walls hard.

Faintly, he seemed to hear a cry of sorrow and wailing.

"Dead again...."

Burleigh gritted his teeth, forced himself not to look at the place, and continued to run to carry the shells.

Because the battle isn't over yet.......