Chapter 119: Who Can Live (I)
At the moment when the doors of the castle hall suddenly merged, the Knights of the Sacred Tree who had just walked to the square under the stairs immediately sensed that something was not right, and the two centurions who were leading the way in front suddenly blew their whistles, drew their broadswords at their waists fiercely, and threw themselves behind them with a loud roar.
The four Sacred Tree Knights who walked in the front immediately drew their swords and blocked the stabbing blades for the brethren behind them, and the snowy knights' swords swung down suddenly, and the two centurions with hideous expressions fell to a pool of blood with a scream - all the Sacred Tree Knights had already heard something from Edward and were ready early.
Edward only told them why he had to come to the Twin Towers Fortress alone without the guards - because he had no way to determine whether these people really controlled Anson's Highness in the Twin Towers Fortress, as long as the other party still had this chip in his hand, he could not act rashly, so he agreed to almost all the other party's requests.
Only these Knights of the Sacred Tree will understand Edward's distress - they are the Knights of the Sacred Tree, and the only people they are loyal to are the Markerus family, no matter when and where, the life safety of His Highness Anson comes first, and for Edward, Anson is the banner and core figure of the entire camp, and his life safety must be guaranteed by everyone.
He had his current status and power through the banner of the little prince, and the army-and interests and obligations were matched, and he could not make too many drastic moves until Anson's safety could not be guaranteed, even if he knew very well that the other party would never have the courage to kill a royal family and take such a big risk.
But it's too late...... At the moment when the two centurions blew their whistles, countless soldiers had completely surrounded the entire square from all sides. Rapid alarm bells echoed throughout the fortress. A group of defender soldiers with hideous expressions. All are pouring in the direction of the square!
"Array, shield wall!" the roaring standard-bearer Salald drew his sword, took his shield from his back, and rushed to the first one, forming a small hedgehog formation in the center of the square, as close as a steel fortress, only the blade of the sword was stabbed.
And the little maid Angela was surrounded by all the knights of the sacred tree at the beginning, watching these knights protect her behind her. Without saying a word, he stared at the "bad guys" who rushed over like a wave!
Waves of enemies flocked to the small "fortress", although the Sacred Tree Knights were quite brave - in just a moment, their feet were already full of corpses, and for a moment the "rebels" who had just been extremely fierce were immediately forced to retreat, not daring to face the Sacred Tree Knights.
This is the Knights of the Sacred Tree, the most powerful and elite group of knights in the entire kingdom of Turin, and they owe allegiance to only one person - the supreme of the kingdom of Turin, the monarch who wears the crown on his head!
The killing in a moment made these rebels dare not come forward. It wasn't until the officers behind him kept persecuting that these fearful soldiers clenched their spears tightly. The attack was once again launched towards the hedgehog formation formed by the knights.
The whole square was already dense, and hundreds of soldiers were already surrounded by water, like a pack of fierce hungry wolves, and they were pulled out one by one, attacking the dozen or so Knights of the Sacred Tree - the restrictions of the crowd and terrain were also hindering them, because the Knights of the Sacred Tree were still standing near the stairs, and they could not put too many people at once.
But there were too many enemies, and the knights were too few in number.
Enemies pounced on them from all directions, and the two Sacred Tree Knights were only slightly sideways, and were caught by two spears in the gap, pierced his ribs through the shield, gritted his teeth and got up slightly and cut off the barrel with his long sword, and the arrow from a distance immediately pierced their thighs, and they fell to their knees and were stabbed in the cheek by a shot, and the barrel of the spear pierced from the back of the head, throwing their bodies directly at the crowd behind.
And the rebels didn't even let go of the corpses - they scrambled for the armor, weapons, and overalls of the two Knights of the Sacred Tree, tore the corpses apart, shouted loudly, raised their heads on the tips of their spears, and waved them back and forth as if they were flags.
"Shameless thing!" Salald shouted under his breath, but there was nothing he could do - now they were all barricaded here - let alone to protect Edward Witwood, and he would be beheaded here, and flaunted as a banner like the two robes.
Suddenly, a very subtle sound made Salald can't help but turn his head, and his pupils immediately shrank suddenly: "What are you doing?
No wonder he was so surprised—the little maid, who had never said a word, was slicing open her right wrist with a short knife with a strange shape and inscription, and in her bloodied palm was a runestone-like thing.
"Angela won't stop, Angela has to help Edward. The little maid bowed her head and muttered to herself, "Otherwise, Angela will be useless......"
In just a moment, the blood flowing from the little maid's wrist was already covered under her feet, and the rune stone in her hand was also dyed red. Just when Salad thought that Angela had gone crazy and was ready to stop her, suddenly there was a silence all around, and the blizzard actually stopped!
Dumbfounded, he watched Angela slowly raise the right hand that was still bleeding, and the rune stone that was tightly clutched in the palm of his hand turned into sand little by little, and slipped from between his fingers to the ground, and the small slender jade finger trembled a little, pointing in the direction of the castle hall.
In an instant, a miserable scream echoed over the square like a raging wind!
The howling wind swept through the blizzard, like two sharp blades frantically swept through the dense front, and more than a dozen soldiers standing in the center were directly torn to pieces by this sudden storm, and only scraps of flesh and blood were left as if they were separated!
And the originally dense front was also blown apart by the sudden storm, and it fell to the ground as if it had fallen apart. One by one, they couldn't even stand on their feet.
This girl turned out to be a wizard?!!A hint of surprise flashed across Salald's face, but when he turned back, Angela, who had lost too much blood, was already slumped on the ground, lying pale in a pool of blood, trembling incessantly.
Salald immediately picked up the little maid: "Rush up, rush up - go and meet Lord Edward!"
"God Bless Turin - !!!!"
The Knights of the Sacred Tree roared and charged up the stairs, the scattered rebels had no way to regroup, no matter how desperately the officers around them urged them, it was too late!
Salald carried the little maid behind him, rushed to the front with his sword in both hands, and made the way for the robes behind him, stepping on the corpse-ridden staircase towards the closed gate step by step - the enemies behind him were still pouring up, and the Knights of the Sacred Tree, who were only a dozen people, could not even slow their footsteps, and fell silently one after another, and the corpses rolled down the stairs.
But no one dared to stop, especially when they saw the pale Angela behind Salald - it was ironic to ask a little girl to put her life on the line to protect them Knights of the Sacred Tree!
For the sake of dignity, for the sake of Edward Witwood, even if it was just to keep Angela's sacrifice from being wasted, they could not stop, even if they died here, there was nothing to be sorry for!
The enemies in the back were still urging the soldiers to rush up, just a dozen steps of stairs, it was already bloody, the entire castle was full of bloodthirsty roars and shouts of killing, and the collision of knives and swords turned the blizzard into a gorgeous hymn!
"Rush, rush in!" pierced the neck of the centurion who was blocking the door, and Salald, who had his shield behind him, took a hard sword, and kicked the other party on the gate, and the surviving knights of the sacred tree rushed in and rushed into the castle hall! )