The Twelve Movements of Twilight, Volume 2, Chapter 2, Artifacts

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"So why should we worry about a sneak attack by the Delaware, how can their sneak attack force hide from the eyes of the dragon flying high in the air?"

Rogge took a deep look at Wallace and said softly, "So this war, what we have to do is to bulldoze the ...... Dare to stand in the way of the goddess!"

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However, in the distance, a thick cloud swept across the sky at an incredible speed. Cast on the earth, there is a clear line between shadow and light. This line of light and darkness quickly swept across the land, driving all the sun and warmth away from the city of Sorathu, and all hope from the city.

Viscount Fernández stood at the head of the city, not a crystal cup in his hand, but the hilt of the sword. It's just that his dark black gorgeous dress looks out of place with the iron armor of the soldiers around him.

He looked up at the sky.

The force that had previously pushed the thick clouds seemed to disappear as soon as they reached the city of Sorathu, and the clouds stayed over the city, thicker and lower, and slowly rotated around the city of Sorathu. More than ten kilometers away, the sun is still shining, and you can see the towering Ampere Peak shining against the background of the clear blue sky, and the dark green coniferous forest covers the sunny slopes, like a silent giant guarding the passage to the Delaware Yanjing. But not a ray of sunlight could penetrate the clouds into the city of Sorathu, as if the city had not left the city for a long night, and the orange light came through a few houses nearby, which was particularly cold and eerie.

Looking at the leaden gray cloud vortex, Fernandez suddenly felt that it was not the sky moving, but the earth spinning.

"Is our scout cavalry rewarded?"

The middle-aged knight, who had been by Fernandez's side, replied, "Lord Fernández, I have already sent fifteen teams of scout cavalry, but ...... A team hasn't come back yet!"

The knight's voice, which looked like he had been in battle, trembled a little. He is not afraid of visible enemies, but sometimes the unknown is the most terrifying.

Fernandez just sighed.

A sudden sound of horses' hooves came from the city, and the herald on the horse jumped off his horse, ran up to the city as fast as he could, and gasped: "My lord, the cavalry of the Tidal Legion has appeared in the east of the city!"

Before the herald could finish speaking, another herald also galloped to the city, and it turned out that the cavalry of the Tidal Legion also appeared in the south of the city.

These two cavalry troopers wandered far outside the city, each numbering about 5,000 horsemen. Although they had no intention of attacking the city, Fernandez knew that these vanguard cavalry were only here to complete the encirclement, and the main force would arrive soon. The advance team of light cavalry has reached 10,000 people, and it seems that this time, the tide army is going to fight with all its might.

"Lord Fernandez, you'd better put on your armor!" the middle-aged knight advised.

Fernandez smiled bitterly and said, "If it comes time for me to fight in person, it means that we have been completely defeated." So this armor, whether you wear it or not, is the same. ”

The earth began to tremble slightly, billowing smoke and dust rose on the horizon, and bursts of low gloomy thunder came from afar!

In the red sand and dust, a forest of steel gradually emerged, the spears held high by the heavy cavalry.

Two thousand heavy cavalry formed a line of charge in front of the city of Soratu, and behind them, four thousand retinues also wore light armor, armed with axes and shields, and set up battle formations.

The middle-aged knight at the head of the city was already a little pale, he didn't care about the heavy cavalry under the city, just stared at the horizon in the distance.

Far from dissipating, the billowing cloud of red smoke is getting higher and higher!

One by one, the phalanx of infantry stepped out of the red cloud, and this torrent of steel seemed to never stop.

Fernández looked at the fluttering battle flag in the center of the army under the city, and carefully identified it for a long time, but he didn't see which family the badge belonged to. He was not familiar with the noble lineage of the Asrofik Empire, so he turned to the middle-aged knight for help. The knight looked at it for a long time, and he could only see that the owner of this golden badge had outstanding military achievements and great power, and he could not see anything else.

However, it doesn't matter who led the army under the city, the important thing is that just attacking the front of the city, more than 30,000 troops were gathered!

Although the city of Soratu was strong, it had a population of only 50,000 and a garrison of only 10,000. However, this is not the main battlefield of the Empire's southeastern front, so in the past, when the Tidal Legion occasionally came to attack, at most it would only come more than 10,000 people, and would never rashly attack Soratu, who had a high wall and a strong city. But this time, counting the 10,000 light cavalry surrounded, the Asrofik Empire had already dispatched 40,000 troops! And they didn't know what means they used, but they actually wiped out all the scouts sent by Soratu City, so that Fernandez couldn't even call for help.

Fernández's sense of smell was keen, and when he saw that the signs were wrong, he didn't think about running away immediately. However, the other party has the ability to silently eliminate all his scouts, if he goes out of the city, he is likely to be sniped halfway with few people, but he can't bring too many people. The lord of the city fled before fighting, and in any country it was a crime to kill his head. There are nearly 10,000 defenders in Soratu City, and even if you face three or four times as many enemies as you face in the fortified city, you can be sure to hold on. Therefore, it is indeed too risky to flee when the enemy situation is unknown.

It was just this momentary hesitation that the Imperial army was already besieging the city! This time, Fernandez wanted to escape, but he couldn't escape.

"We still have a chance!" Fernandez calmed down and shouted to the fighters.

With 10,000 soldiers stationed in the fortified city, Fernandez brought a lot of mages when he became the lord of the city, plus the middle-aged civilians who helped in the battle, this battle really had to be fought. Most of the Soratu defenders were veterans of a hundred battles, and when they thought of this, they really calmed down a lot and their morale was restored.

However, Fernandez then asked in a voice that only the middle-aged knight could hear, "Look...... Do we have a chance to surrender?"

The middle-aged knight smiled bitterly and replied in a very low voice: "Lord Fernandez, I'm afraid, we won't have this chance again......"

The Soratu warriors at the head of the city suddenly exclaimed!

In the center of the Tide Legion's large array, on both sides of the battle flag flying high, a large flag was raised. The flag fluttering in the wind was not decorated, just a dark red that was close to purple-black!

The wind blows the flag, and the fierce roar is like a hymn to death!

When these two dark red battle flags were raised, even the soldiers of the empire were stunned. They stared intently at the two flags, and their eyes began to glow with bloodshots. A sturdy hoplite suddenly struck the heavy shield with the huge axe in his hand, and roared in the sky! In the blink of an eye, as if he should be like him, the other Imperial warriors also began to scream! Even the hoplites in the front row roared almost in obsession!

When the bloody twin flags of the Imperial Army appear on the battlefield, it means that the enemy will not be surrendered, whether it is a soldier or a civilian!

"They...... Slaughter the city!" Fernández grabbed the hand with the sword, and the joints were already blue and white. All the Delaware defenders at the head of the city involuntarily clenched their weapons.

Fernandez suddenly drew his sword and shouted, "Come, mobilize the whole city, pull all the people who can move out for me to defend the city! Today, we must drive these Asrofik stupid asses home!"

Fernandez was confident on the surface, but terrified on the inside, and he looked at the middle-aged knight, a loyal and battle-hardened veteran with the same apprehension in his eyes. The emperor [***] raised the blood-colored double flag before the siege, which will inevitably force all the soldiers and civilians in the city to fight to the death. There are only two reasons why they did this, one is that the commander is a complete idiot, and the other is that they are absolutely sure that they can slaughter all the living creatures in the city!

However, Fernández pondered the history of the empire that he had read, and among the generals who defended the side of the Asrosque Empire, which started with the conquest, there might indeed be mediocre people, but there were absolutely no stupid talents!

The roaring Imperial army suddenly fell silent, and a heavily armed samurai strode out under the fluttering battle flag.

He was not tall, but his armor was so thick that every step he took left a deep footprint in the red earth moor. The samurai carried a battle axe in his hand, a great axe that looked to weigh at least thirty or forty kilograms, as if it had no weight in his hand.

The heavily armed samurai did not stop until they were five hundred meters below the city, and looked up at the defenders at the top of the city. Although Fernandez couldn't see the samurai's face hidden under the fully covered helmet, he could fully feel the coldness in the eyes behind the helmet.

With a snort, a magician at the head of the city could not resist the temptation and shot a fireball at the heavily armed samurai. The heavily armed samurai suddenly glowed with a faint silver glow, and he raised his giant axe high in the air, coldly watching the fireballs flying closer and closer.

When the fireball approached, the heavily armed samurai suddenly let out a loud shout, and suddenly picked up the giant axe, and actually scattered the fireball in one fell swoop!

After the rolling waves of fire, he is still standing, unscathed!

Suddenly there was a strange chanting sound on the battlefield, and even many of the warriors at the head of Soratu looked suspicious, as if they had heard someone chanting a magic spell, but as soon as they concentrated, they could not hear anything.

As soon as the incantation stopped, a dark gray cloud with a radius of ten meters appeared at the head of Soratul, enveloping the magician who had just fired the fireball and the surrounding warriors.

The mage's face suddenly showed a look of great fear, his whole body twitched, his eyes protruded, and he opened his mouth to scream, but he couldn't make any sound from his mouth, as if something was blocking his throat. The mage tried desperately to choke his neck with both hands, but his face was rapidly turning gray, and finally, the mage fell limply to the ground.

When he fell, he looked like a dried corpse!

The gray fog rolls and condenses.

The warriors in the fog fell one by one, and only a few alert fighters at the edge of the gray fog escaped the range of the gray fog in time.

"This ...... This is...... Fog of death!" Fernandez groaned to himself.

There is actually a great magister under the city! It seems that this is the trump card that the emperor [***] relies on.

Fernandez must find a way to kill the archmage, or the city of Soratu will be destroyed. His eyes searched the army under the city, and suddenly he saw a mysterious black-robed man holding a white bone staff standing under the central battle flag, chanting a spell. He couldn't help but be surprised again, the black-robed mage was nearly a kilometer away from Soratu City, and being able to cast the mist of death at this distance meant that he must have added a skill to this magic that increased the range!

With such a divine skill, it is obvious that he has already surpassed those first-level great mages!

Before Fernandez could figure out how to deal with this unexpected archmage, the black-robed mage's second spell was completed!

The ground in front of the city of Soratu suddenly shook with a bang! The solid red soil kept churning, and the Delaware warriors on the city could hardly believe their eyes, but the ground in front of the city was indeed rising!

"Terrain Change", an eighth-order magic, has always been known to be extremely difficult to control, and it is almost useless in the duel of powerful magic, so no Grand Magus is willing to spend years of energy mastering this magic. So after generations of generations, almost no one in the world today has mastered this magic, and most of the younger mages have never even heard of it.

When the earth's thrilling tremor finally ended, the ground in front of Soratu had risen fifteen meters, forming a gentle and wide slope that led to the city's head.

The walls of Soratul City have been turned into a smooth road!

Fernández covered his face in despair.

At this time, the mages on both sides had already begun to suppress each other with magic. The mages at the head of the city took advantage of the range, but the heavy knights in the center of the imperial army suddenly parted to the sides, revealing a whole row of fanatical mages behind them!

Not only are the Cult Mages far superior to Soratu's magic, but they also have an overwhelming advantage in numbers, so with only two rounds of bombardment, they have easily suppressed Soratu Mages. Every time a Delaware mage fires a round of attack magic, it will attract several times the counterattack, and even two unlucky mages actually fell in a new fog of death!

Standing alone under the city of Sorathu, Rog looked through the gap in his helmet and watched the brilliant magic flying in the sky, and suddenly felt extremely thirsty in his mouth!

Behind him, there was a thunderous sound of footsteps! Rogge didn't have to look back to know that tens of thousands of hoplites were marching out in unison, ready to split the flesh of the enemy with their heavy axes.

Rogge suddenly felt a burst of heat all over his body, and his heartbeat gradually accelerated. His hand clenched the thick axe handle, and the green steel gloves and the giant axe handle kept rubbing, making a tooth-aching sound!

"Really...... The blood is boiling!" Rogge sighed secretly. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he felt this way.

With a roar, Rog slammed his axe and strode towards the city along the path created by the lich Elgra with his earth-shattering magic!

The ground around Rogge suddenly shuddered.

He turned his head to see that there was already a terrifying warrior two meters tall and wearing dark black heavy armor beside him. As a necromancer, Rog immediately recognized this as a black warrior from the strong aura of death on this warrior's body and the eyes that flickered with death flames. But although this black warrior was very ordinary with heavy armor on his body and the giant sword in his hand, for some reason, Rogge always felt that what stood in front of him seemed to be a mountain that could only be looked up!

"Black Samurai Emperor?" Rogge was taken aback!

Although he had only seen Elgra among the Seven Kings of Death, he had known the other kings from the lich's memories. Although Rogge had always wondered why the three black-robed people accompanying the goddess had such a strong and pure aura of death, he never thought that one of them would be the king of the death world, the Black Warrior Emperor!

So, where is Fengyue? What happened in the world of death? Rogge's heart trembled very lightly.

It's just that the Black Warrior Emperor's eyes burning with the flames of death glanced at Rogge indifferently and disdainfully, and then slowly walked towards the city.

The two of them were twenty meters apart, slowly walking up the city, looking directly at the thousands of defenders in the city as if there was nothing! The rain of arrows falling from the sky could not help the heavy armor that Rogge had specially reinforced, and the Black Warrior Emperor had an invisible protection around him, and not a single arrow could shoot into two meters around him.

Magical light flickered above the city, and a flaming arrow shot at Rog, and on the side of the Black Warrior Emperor, a sharp ice pick!

Rogge's pace did not change, and there was already a silver shield of light in his hand, which easily blocked the flame arrow. The Black Warrior Emperor snorted, raised his hand, and an invisible gust of wind rolled up all the ice picks and sent them back to the city intact!

It's just that a gray fog of death has taken the lead, covering the direction of the two Delaware mages.

Rogge glanced at the Black Warrior Emperor, then jumped up and plunged directly into the mist of death!

In an instant, he had flashed from the other end of the mist of death that was full of corpses, and the giant axe in his hand swung sideways with the remnants of the Dao, blocking and cutting the two warriors in front of him! Rogge smirked, completely ignoring the weapons stabbed from all directions, just brandished the giant axe, and slashed wildly! The warriors of Soratul surged up like a tide, but they seemed to be crashing against an incomparably solid reef, and from time to time their limbs and mutilated bodies were thrown out, and in the face of the fat man's terrifying power, their fate was like a wave splashing on the reef, only the fate of being crushed.

And on the other side of the city wall, the Black Knights harvest lives even faster than Rogge!

The earth shook once more! The vast walls of Soratul shook and cracked several huge cracks! The terrifying lich Elgra unleashed his magical attack once again, this time aiming for the sturdy walls.

At this time, the Imperial hoplites had already set foot on the city! They used heavy shields to resist the enemy in front of them, and then wheeled their giant axes, no matter whether they were soldiers and civilians in front of the shield, whether they were men in the prime of life or old and weak women and children, they just slashed down! Screams, splashes of blood, minced flesh and internal organs only provoked them to kill!

Every warrior's eyes were blood-red, just like the fluttering blood-colored twin flags!

Rogge suddenly spotted Fernandez, who was dressed in a big attuna in the distance, and immediately locked on to his target. Step by step, he walked leisurely towards Fernandez, the great axe in his hand carving out a bright red path in the forest of steel and flesh. Behind him, what was left behind was a path of flesh and blood supplemented by amputated limbs and stumps.

Behind Rogge, a young man with one of his arms cut off suddenly stood up from a pool of blood! Judging from his clothes, he was just a civilian, but at this moment, he had become a warrior who was not afraid of death! He held a sword with his only remaining left arm and stabbed Rogge in the back!

A terrifying long whip composed of sharp blades appeared as if flying from the sky, and in an instant, it circled the young man's body several times! The long whip suddenly retracted, and the blood mist immediately burst in the air, and the young man's body had been broken into several pieces, rolling incessantly on the bloody ground.

The other end of the whip was held in Rose's hand that appeared out of nowhere. The black trench coat on her body was in tatters, revealing the close-fitting chainmail that shimmered with a faint purple light under the clothes. She held a delicate dagger in her left hand, and two sharp blades protruding from the heels of a pair of boots.

Mei shook her wrist and shook off countless pieces of flesh and blood from the barbs of the whip body, and then smiled slightly and said, "Lord Rogge, this time I can get ahead of you." ”

Rogge laughed, pointed at Fernandez in the distance, and said, "Leave that guy to me, and you can kill the rest!"

Fernandez suddenly felt like a frog being targeted by a snake, the chill of the polar ice soaked his whole body, his face turned pale, and he couldn't move! Suddenly, the majestic figure of the middle-aged knight was inserted between Rogge and Fernandez. Fernández regained his mobility.

Rogge sneered, and the axe fell like thunder! After a loud bang, the middle-aged knight in front of him actually used his war spear to block Rogge's giant axe! But the terrifying power attached to the giant axe had already smashed the steel war spear alive! Before the middle-aged knight spurted out the blood that had accumulated in his chest, there was already a burning pain in his heart!

He looked down in amazement, and saw that Rogge had an innate dagger in his left hand at some point. The dagger easily pierced through the knight's chain mail, completely sinking into his chest.

After the knight fell, Rogge saw that Fernandez had walked down the city and fled in the direction of the city lord's mansion. He stood at the head of the city, looking condescendingly at the city of Sorathu, which had become a hell on earth. The Tide Warriors are advancing rapidly through the streets, and they have not spared a single dwelling. In the midst of the raging fire, houses are collapsing one after another, and from time to time a burning man howls out of the fire.

The Black Warrior Emperor is long gone, and he doesn't know where to harvest his life in the city.

Rogge at the head of the city smiled coldly, and was about to chase Fernandez, when he suddenly stopped. He looked down at the fallen knight. The knight was obviously dead, but his face was still full of anger and reluctance, his eyes were still wide open, and one hand was holding Rogge's boots.

Rog sighed, crouched down, gently stroked the knight's eyes, and then disguised the knight's fingers one by one.

At this moment, there was a loud bang not far away! In the dust, the city wall could not withstand the endless magic attacks of Elgra, and it collapsed for a while! The heavy cavalry, which had been standing still, finally mobilized their horses and began to advance towards the gap.

The black-robed Elgra slowly put away the white bone staff, took out a gray crystal ball, and said hoarsely, "It's time for us to harvest too......" The lich walked towards the burning city of Sorathu, and the only person who guarded him was a man wrapped in dark gray robes and carrying a thin sword. The thin sword emitted a faint earthy yellow magical glow.

A moment later, a bloodied Rog strolled through the smoke and fire with his giant axe in his hand, and walked towards the city lord's mansion in Sorathu. Behind him were more than a dozen murderous tidal hoplites with blood-stained axes.

The uniform heavy footsteps undoubtedly coincide with the beat of death!

In front of the City Lord's Mansion, Rogge finally made up his mind. He took off his helmet, took a deep breath of air mixed with blood and fire, and looked at the faces full of despair on the tower of the City Lord's Mansion, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

When! Mei stood behind Rog, expressionless. Her beautiful face was splattered with blood, and there was even a small piece of broken organs, but she didn't notice it, just oblivious to Rog's magic.

However, Rogge was halfway through his incantation when he was interrupted by a very familiar shout.

"Ahh

Fernández leapt from the wall of the City Lord's Mansion and rushed in front of Rogge. He knelt down in front of Rogge with a thud, hugged his thighs tightly, his shoulders twitched, tears flowed down his face, and he looked like a lost child had found a relative, excited and aggrieved.

Even if Fernandez showed the power of the Sanctuary and suddenly took off and flew away, Rogge would not be so surprised, anyway, above the clouds, there were two dragons waiting for him.

Rogge stared at Fernandez, left and right, and finally said in surprise, "You're... Why are you here?"

(To be continued)