The Duke's memorial service was held the next day, and according to Oliver's wishes, Jane was brought together in the fortress, and then the body was transported to Thunder City, where His Majesty personally arranged the official funeral.

An atmosphere of sadness hung over the fortress that had already been slaughtered.

After sending Harris away, Colin took advantage of the crowd's mourning for the Duke to arrange Wald, Anne and others, and the first batch of 150 Manor students who followed were all temporarily placed in the lower floors of the castle. And he himself was busy sorting out the books and experimental equipment he had brought.

The fortress castle is not only the front-line command post against the orcs, but also the administrative center of the entire Xiaya, and the office and residence of the previous dukes.

Colin sat in Oliver's study, looking at the huge map of Charya on the wall, thinking about how to implement each step of the work.

However, the orcs didn't give him much time to adjust and buffer.

Day 4.

Fortress on the city walls.

Colin looked into the deep canyon ahead, and all the information he had obtained gradually coincided with what he had seen at the scene.

The Dragonspine Mountain Range divides the entire Southern Continent into two halves, and the extremely high altitude makes the top of the mountain permanently frozen, making it difficult for even flying demonic beasts to climb over, and the only place where you can cross the mountain range is the Dragon's Breath Canyon in front of you.

The walls on both sides of the canyon are almost vertical, flat and smooth, and it seems that only the breath of a dragon can create such a geological wonder, hence the name of Dragon's Breath Canyon.

At one end of the canyon is the Windwhispering Plains, which is occupied by orcs, and at this end is the human world guarded by the Twilight Fortress.

There is almost no record of communication with orcs in human history, and in addition to the language barrier, tens of thousands of years of war have deeply entrenched hatred in the genes.

The cacophony of voices drew Colin's gaze past.

Beneath the city walls, a large group of chaotic green-skinned monsters rushed towards this direction.

The orcs are about the same size as humans, the biggest difference is that they are dressed in green skin, hideous faces, thick fangs, and are dressed in tattered fur, and most of the weapons in their hands are only wooden sticks and roots, crude stone axes, and a few have iron tools, which at first glance are picked up from humans.

In the classification of magical biology, orcs belong to semi-intelligent humanoid creatures, but because they are reproductively isolated from humans, they basically belong to the category of animals in the concept of humans, and they are completely different from elves and dwarves.

The archers on the ramparts were methodically volleying under the command of a squad leader.

From time to time, a person who returned to fill his quiver would take the time to turn his head to look in Colin's direction.

The soldiers of the fortress have nothing to say about this new lord.

Most people saw the young man Colin Wayne for the first time in a few days.

But he really has a lot of aura on him.

Roman Sagan's disciple, the fiancé of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the Lord of Charya personally appointed by His Majesty.

Either way, it's an achievement that peers can't achieve.

"Your Excellency."

A knight named Roderick followed Colin, his gaze swept over Glenn not far behind him, and then stretched out his hand to the bottom of the city wall.

"This orc tribe has been in a stalemate with us for half a month, and although there are heavy casualties, they still refuse to retreat."

Roderick was the leader of the entire garrison of the fortress, and he was always in charge of the operational aspects. That's why Duke Oliver asked him to remain loyal to Colin Vane before he died.

If he were placed elsewhere, he would be a general, but in a special place like Fortress Shaya and Twilight, Roderick's title was only the captain of the fortress guards.

In Colin's opinion through the contact in the past few days, Roderick is not a complicated person, he was born in Winterfell, grew up to enter the fortress defenders, and rose to the captain because of his bravery, but he has never left the fortress in his life, and knows almost nothing about the outside world.

In fact, there are more than 2,000 defenders in the entire fortress, which is basically the case.

Of course, this phenomenon is the norm in this world, and both civilians and slaves are "confined" in their territories by their respective lords, and it is extremely difficult to move and migrate.

Colin looked under the walls.

"Will they always charge like this?"

There are no siege machines, no ranged weapons, and all orcs have only one goal: to rush under the walls and climb with their bare hands.

Although their fingers were extremely strong, and their nails were sharp and hard enough to clasp the bricks of the city wall and climb up, the wall of more than sixty feet high could not be so easily climbed, and if it was attacked at all, it would fall back to the ground.

If it weren't for the thick skin of their own skin, these green-skinned monsters with barely a shield might not even be able to get close to the city walls.

This kind of behavior is no different from giving away people's heads in Colin's eyes, but these guys are happy to do it.

"Orcs have low intelligence, but their skin is very thick, and they often need to hit several arrows to be effective, plus the number is far beyond us, once they attack for several days in a row, the soldiers will be unbearable, and even be climbed by the other side on the city wall, fortunately, there are not many such situations, and our people can still solve it."

Under the means of bows and arrows, rolling logs, stones, grease and other means, the other party can still occasionally climb the city wall, which shows that the brainless way of piling up corpses is not completely useless.

"Have the bows and arrows been handled?" Colin asked.

"Yes, we will apply a potion to the arrow, and after hitting, we can poison it, but if we don't kill the other person, the next time they come, they will develop resistance, which will greatly reduce the effect of the toxin, so every once in a while, Lady Madeleine, they have to develop a new potion." Roderick replied earnestly.

Colin nodded.

So what it means: Orcs have a high natural resistance.

No wonder the elves are the most orc-disgusting race, with a little restraint.

As he pondered, the situation on the battlefield gradually became clear.

The orcs, who were almost dead and wounded, finally retreated with a few remnants.

They don't care much about the wounded, except for a few orcs who grab their breathless companions by the ankles on the way back, rubbing against the ground and dragging them back.

The archers on the walls had already begun to pack their equipment, and the skillful movements and indifferent expressions proved that such battles had long been taken for granted.

"Tomorrow at the earliest, three or five days at the latest, these things will come back, as if they will never end, and they will be endless," Roderick said. ”

Colin nodded: "Orcs are very reproductive, so they are numerous, but they basically live in the form of tribes, and they often attack each other.

"In addition, the orcs have long been accustomed to the warm and humid climate of the Wind Plain, and the cold and dryness on the human side will make them uncomfortable, but it is only the natural irritability and destructive desire that makes them constantly attack the fortress."

"Your Excellency knows about orcs too?" Roderick was stunned.

"I'm not very good at magical biology." Colin smiled, "But I still know this. ”

……

Inside the castle.

Anne took the drawing in her hand, and after looking at it for a long time, she asked, "The shape of this magic pattern is so strange, why is it long and narrow?" ”

Colin nodded: "I've made some modifications to the elliptical frame to fit where it's inscribed. ”

"Modification? The basic framework? Anne was momentarily stunned.

Can the base frame of the Demon Pattern be modified as well?

The basic framework and calculation module are the most critical and low-level content of the magic pattern, and the general magic pattern is the subsequent design and calculation on the basis of the selected framework and module.

The magic pattern is ever-changing, but the 32 basic frameworks and 166 computing modules are the experience specifications summarized by countless predecessors, and the future generations do not need to build their own frameworks and arrangement templates, as long as they choose in it.

It was the first time Anne had heard that the basic framework could be modified.

"The 32 basic frameworks are also designed by previous people, of course, they can be modified, and you can also try them, which is very helpful for understanding the underlying logic of the magic pattern."

Colin didn't explain much.

Anne has a lot of talent, but that doesn't mean she can catch up with herself right now.

"Okay, I'll try it next time."

"Also, after this magic pattern is designed, you teach it to your students in class, and in two days, I need them to do a magic pattern inscription practice."

……

……

Night.

It is located in the barracks between the castle and the city walls.

"Boss, how is the new lord?"

"Don't talk about the lord, sleep."

Although Roderick had his own separate barracks, most of the time, he preferred to sleep in the bunks of the large barracks with other soldiers.

"Tell me boss, I've been holding back for days, and after the death of the Duke, I've been worried about whether the new lord will replace us."

Roderick was silent for a moment.

He was well aware of his brothers' concerns, they were all Naya natives, most of their families were in Twilight City below, the treatment of the fortress defenders had reached the top of the entire Charya civilian class, and in Twilight City, there were people in the family who served as defenders in the fortress, which was something that could be boasted about by everyone.

However, once replaced, all the benefits and glory will be gone.

Naturally, Roderick had such concerns, even more so than his men.

Obviously, the position of the head of the army will definitely be handed over to the henchmen of the lord.

And that father-in-law is the new lord of the Duke of Violet, and there will definitely be no shortage of talents who are good at leading soldiers.

At one point, Roderick thought that his best outcome would be to take a back seat as a staff officer with his experience in fighting orcs.

However, the new lord had been here for a few days and had not mentioned it at all.

What's even more strange is that he didn't even bring a single soldier except for one of the guards.

Of course, the guard must be a master without thinking about it.

Roderick's biggest comfort is that even if the leader is replaced, he should only replace himself, and the jobs of his brothers are likely to be saved.

"Don't worry, the lord didn't bring his own soldiers here, and he won't replace you." He explained.

"But I see a lot of people living in the castle?" Someone asked.

"Those people weren't soldiers at first glance, but more like apprentices and craftsmen." Another person said.

"Speaking of those people, Boss." The soldier who spoke first got up and whispered, "This evening, old John, who was guarding the armory, said that some of the lord's men went to the armory and took many arrows. ”

"Yes." Roderick said.

"What are they going to do?"

"Your Excellency asked me about poisoning arrows, probably just to see it."

"See if you need to take that much?"

"How do I know, don't ask, sleep." Roderick said with some distraction.

……

Next.

The high-pitched alarm horn comes to mind in the early morning.

Roderick and the rest of the soldiers showed no signs of panic, and dressed in an orderly manner.

Because the Orc attacks have no time to date, there will always be at least 500 soldiers on the walls.

However, when Roderick climbed the walls, he found that the lord had already arrived.

He hurriedly stepped forward: "My lord." ”

"Morning, Roderick, there seem to be a lot of orcs here today." Colin said with a relaxed expression.

"Yes."

Roderick glanced under the walls and agreed with Colin's judgment.

But why is there a delusion, the lord seems to be very happy to see the enemy's strength.