Verse 28: Ominous
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The heavy raindrops made a distinct sound on the helmet and cuirass, and in less than five minutes, the ground was covered with rain up to the surface of the feet.
The rain was pouring down, and the world was blurred.
Heavy dark clouds and dense raindrops made everyone's vision extremely bad, but there was no way ahead, and the procession, which had grown to more than six hundred people, only needed to move towards the location of the Duke's Palace one step at a time.
Visibility dropped to less than ten meters.
The regrouped team was led by Medlow and his elite men, separated by a certain distance from the main formation led by Vega, and it was clear that neither side had fully trusted each other, but had only tentatively agreed on interests.
For any country, any class of troops, rainy days are extremely annoying.
The dripping rain made the grips of the weapons and shields slip and difficult to exert force, and the close-fitting cotton armor absorbed it and became heavier, coupled with the feeling of wet feet, many of the junior soldiers of Xilin led by Vega immediately began to complain.
"Boom-" A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the outline of the Duke's Palace in the distance, making it look more and more like the mansion of a legendary vampire.
"......" Many of them swallowed, and the rain flowed down the cloak to the horse's belly before joining the stagnant water on the ground, Henry thought silently. Medlow and his more than 100 elite soldiers chose to put the truce for the time being, and gave them a lot of important information, one of which was the remnants of the Duke's Palace.
At this point, he and Vega's judgment was not wrong, and the elite soldiers under the command of Duke Monroe were originally less than a thousand. Although the mansion is large, there are only more than 300 people stationed in it. The rest are all deployed throughout the city of Monroe for daily maintenance and vigilance operations.
All of these scattered elite soldiers were taken down by Herman in advance. Together with the part of the suicide attack that was sent out before, the rest was the more than 100 people led by Medlow.
And they chose a temporary truce, which led to the fact that there is no longer any combat power in the Duke's Palace, and the Duke Monroe family who are still there can only sit and wait for death. Although the blockade had been lifted with the departure of Herman's army, it was clear that this time alone would not be enough for them to escape from Monroe.
- This puzzled Henry.
The plan of the Duke Monroe's family can be described as ingenious and meticulous, first of all, the "magician murder incident" as the fuse, and this whole thing, together with a series of subsequent actions, is obviously a cover to divert attention and mobilize the main force of Xilin to this side. Although, as we mentioned earlier, the royal family of Krant would not have paid much attention to the murder alone, but if it involves the great nobles of a country second only to the royal family. That's another story.
Extrapolating from the timeline, after the magicians started killing people a year ago, the Monroe family would have revealed some clues in order to get the attention of the royal family of Crane - in the usual way of nobles, most likely at the same time, they began to reduce their dealings with the royal family.
If someone of this level of aristocrats launched an investigation against them, they must have known in advance, and Herman thought that the information they had unearthed led them to Monroe step by step, and finally fell into the rhythm of the other party.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is well-thought-out and methodical. But it is also because of this that the Duke of Monroe's family is still in such a disadvantageous situation, and the old god still nests in the ground and does not intend to escape, does not intend to move in to rescue the soldiers, and even sends them all out knowing that his soldiers have doubts in their hearts......
If the long preparation and step-by-step inducement in front of him are compared to a calm and composed chess player, the opponent's various performances during this time can't help but make people suspect that he is sleepwalking.
- What's the matter, Henry thought. To be able to make the previous plan that requires patience and calmness, the other party cannot just give up easily. If this is the premise. Then most of them still have some backhand.
Just getting rid of the King of Krant family does not mean that the Grand Duke of Monroe can directly become the king, in the face of other dissatisfied family affairs, first of all, the Monroe family, which is surrounded by this entire army, has fallen into a situation where it is difficult to protect itself.
What the hell were they thinking about - it wasn't just Henry who was suspicious of this, Herman didn't just keep the five hundred soldiers behind to keep the culprit from escaping. Duke Monroe's house must still have some hole cards, and the last thing he wants is for the opponent's hole card to be exposed and turn everything completely upside down.
The downpour was still falling, and lightning and thunder were thundering in the sky. The line pressed to the door of Duke Monroe's palace, and the time for the answer to be revealed was almost there.
The rain splashed and formed a mist of water. The door of the Duke's Palace was left open, and the mid-level mage Rezeman, who was behind Henry's left, seemed to sense something and frowned. But faster than him were the sage's eyes that saw through everything.
"Let's go!" "Stop!" The inferior qualities of the junior soldiers were again evident at such times, and Henry shouted to stop, but there was already a soldier in the front of the mess who was carrying a spear and wanted to go straight in.
"Bang-" The tip of the spear stretched out casually was broken off with half of the pole, and then flew out with a whirl.
"Knock-" The soldiers in the rear array raised their shields in a panic, but fortunately, the spearhead that had no impact just fell down ordinarily, without causing any real damage.
“...... It's a repulsion spell that reflects everything it touches with the same force and speed. Rezeman, who finally reacted, glanced at the sage, and everyone who looked at it realized that the raindrops that fell in mid-air at the gate of the Duke's Palace and the entire area of the nearby wall were inexplicably splashed directly into small splashes.
The splash was too much to tell in the rain, if the soldier had rushed in instead of walking in with his spear in hand—or even more, if they had mobilized siege weapons to strike at the Duke's Palace...... After imagining it a little, many people can't help but shudder.
"It should be painted on the wall...... It can't be etching. This will work directly, so. Letheman muttered to himself and drove forward, while Vega next to him shouted, "Separate me!" Stand back!"
As soon as he gave the order, the soldiers pulled away from each other. Henry and the others drove their horses and followed Rezeman, while Medlow and several knights in plate armor on the other side came to join them.
"That's right, it's a special kind of interference spell that rejects the circle and can only exist in the form of a circle, and I remember the Lamanites called it 'enchantment'. If you can explain it in a way that you can understand, this thing will make it impossible for the people inside to get out, and the people outside to get in. ”
"The flaw is that it's very expensive, and then it can't be moved easily because it's too big, and most importantly. If the people inside are not adequately supplied, they will not be able to come out before the energy of the circle is exhausted, and they will be trapped by the circle that is supposed to protect them and die of thirst and starvation, after all, this circle was not used in the first place because of various defects, and now it is obviously used at this juncture, plus the large stock of food and water in the Duke's Palace-" "Lord Rezeman!" Vega interrupted the other party in a loud voice, "Is there any way to break this?" ”
The people behind him, including Medlo and his elite soldiers, all took a few steps back and watched the gray-blue mid-air as all the rain bounced off. The expressions of the chief knight and the others were a little complicated, if what Vega said before only made their hearts become shaky, at this moment these people really wanted to swing their swords at their lord.
This so-called repulsion circle does not distinguish between enemies and enemies, which means that in addition to the servants and the Duke's family, their subordinates who were sent to intercept will also be blocked - in connection with the truth about the Black Ring revealed by Vega and others along the way, it is obvious that Grand Duke Monroe did not intend to let their soldiers come back alive from the beginning.
"Do you want to die for such a master? Vega's words echoed deeply in their hearts dozens of minutes ago. The knights clenched their hands.
"There are only two ways to break the circle, one is to collapse it with a huge impact force beyond its bearing, and the other is to wait for its own energy supply to run out. Rezeman glanced left and right, and then sighed: "With the area of the Duke's Palace, the range of the magic circle can only be broken by the joint attacks of at least the multiple siege equipment levels. And if it's waiting for it to run out...... Considering the fact that Duke Monroe's family may have started hoarding lapis lazuli long before we knew about it, this is obviously not advisable either. ”
"However, there is actually another way to deal with the rejection circle, because of the supply of mana, this 'wall' that is responsible for bouncing everything may have a difference from one or two meters to a dozen meters high. Either way, they're just a 'wall' that has been erected. In other words, if you can fly. We can just jump over it and fall from above. The middle-level mage with deep nasolabial lines on his face continued: "After all, after all, the repulsion circle was originally to isolate everything through a tight magic structure, and if it can really be surrounded in all directions, even those who can't get air into it will be directly suffocated to death." ”
As he said this, Mira on the other side suddenly noticed that Henry had turned and dismounted, and Rezeman sighed at Vega: "We don't have much to do with it at the moment, so we can only surround this castle and passively wait for Count Hermann to win on the other side—"
Before the intermediate mage could finish speaking, the few people in front of him all turned their heads to the side.
The pouring rain trickled down the cloak, and the dismounted sage reached out to pass the lead shield that had been crowded into the hands of several soldiers in front of the army who had been crowded into this side due to the confusion of the formation, and then dropped it directly on the ground at the gate of Duke Monroe's palace.
"Smack! There was a sound like electricity, and the rain in the air splashed out, and then fell on the area without any hindrance.
"Uh...... Yes...... Well...... This, this, this does work. The simple and crude solution made Rezeman stammer, and everyone who instantly understood the sage's intentions also stacked the lead shield on the ground one after another, and this magical metal with anti-demon properties directly made the section of the magic circle where the gate was located completely invalid. A group of mermaids poured in, and the first of them were a group of leading figures. Immediately after that, the elite soldiers on the Monroe Mansion quickly rushed over from both sides, and immediately formed a shield wall, leveled the spears, and began to be on guard.
“...... What it tastes like. ”
Even if it's pouring rain. There was still something lingering in the air.
Mira sniffed the tip of her small nose, and the strange smell of rotten eggs made her feel a little uncomfortable.
"Whew...... Is that so? Rezeman frowned again, and Henry let out a sigh.
"Teacher?" he seemed to know what it was, so Mira asked, and the others next to him also turned to look at the sage. "There's movement!" shouted the elite soldier on the right, and the crowd immediately became nervous, and the rain fell down on them, and Henry spoke softly, reciting a sentence that sounded rather quaint in both words and narratives.
"Born out of chaos. Feed on fear. Often accompanied by intrigue and death, leaving only scorching and rancid stench everywhere he went......"
"The back hand, the hole cards, the self-righteous stupid human, once again touched something that shouldn't have been touched. ”
"Really...... When will you young people understand that you should not touch what others say you should not touch!" Henry drew his great sword and rushed forward.
"Woo-woo-" The distinctive roar was conveyed as the figure became clear as it approached.
"Demon!" the eyes of almost everyone, including Medlo, changed, it was a bare hound about two meters long. His eyes glowed red even through a blurry curtain of rain.
"Woo-" The hound grew its mouth and began to grow, the cloak flicked, Henry grasped Kramer with one hand, and galloped towards it, so provoked that the hound directly ignored the nervous group of elite soldiers in front of him, and the claws were heavily slashed towards the ground, and also rushed towards the sage.
"Destroy the magic circle and let the archers outside go to the wall to support!" Medro naturally did not hesitate at this point. The few elite soldiers standing beside him quickly turned around and ran towards the lapis lazuli placed on the ground, and they had already known that this thing was the key to storing magic power.
"Knock knock-" "Another one!" The hound, which had first appeared, was led to the side by Henry, but then another identical one rushed out of the corner. "Don't panic! The captain of Monroe's elite soldiers shouted. The demon dog's paws digging deep into the ground as they lunged towards them, kicking up a large cloud of dirt before leaping to the ground.
"Raise the shield! squat!" he commanded loudly, and the elite soldiers in the front crouched down decisively. Immediately after that, the leader shouted again: "Thrust!"
"Peng Qiang!huh!" It was at this moment that the lapis lazuli was smashed by the elite soldiers with shields or counterweight balls, and the magic of the instantly invalid repulsion circle burst out, causing all the rain in the air to explode. And in the midst of such a beautiful view, a dozen or so shining spears stabbed out in unison.
"Bang-knock!" The tough skin of the demon dog with black fur and oily skin slid away several spears, and only two of them successfully pierced it directly, and the dull sound made a sulfur-smelling blood splash: "Woo!" The red-eyed subordinate demon roared and then exerted force again, the spear shaft was almost out of his hand by the huge force, the elite soldiers gritted their teeth and clenched their teeth, and the squad leader shouted again: "Second row, up!" More than a dozen spears stabbed out from the top of the squatting companion's head.
"Boom!" the spears in the hands of the soldiers standing in a conical shape hit it accurately, the hound was successfully pressed back to the ground, and the squad leader seized the opportunity to quickly give the order.
"Semi-circle!" The soldier who successfully stabbed the hound struggled to press it to the ground, while the rest quickly unraveled the shield wall in a straight line to form an anti-encirclement formation.
"Woo-!" The demon hound, which was not like a dog in the world, but roared more like a poisonous snake, and was surrounded by a dozen spears, and a dozen spears pierced its tough skin from all angles, but the hard muscles under the skin stuck the tip of the spear and prevented it from advancing any further.
"Damn! this thing is too strong!" Twenty elite soldiers still couldn't solve it, and Medlo, who was behind him, noticed this and assigned a team of elite soldiers to rush up, and this time the third elite soldier who arrived did not go up directly to stab them, but held their hands on the spears of their comrades to assist them.
"Thorn!" "Die!" "Woo!"
"Poof!" shook the spear that had finally pierced through the muscles. Sulfur-smelling blood began to pour out, and then puffed up as it came into contact with the rain, and the demon dog, with a dozen spears stuck in its body, looked like it was dying. But just when the more than thirty elite soldiers were relieved, it roared and raised its head again, feeling the weakening of its strength.
"Woo-" "Click!"
Several spears held by the two of them came out of their hands, and the sharp claws of the demon hound that leaped up cut through the shield of an elite soldier and plunged deep into his shield-holding left hand.
"Whoa!" the man clenched his teeth with a cry of pain. And the demon dog, with countless wounds on its body, kicked the surface of the shield hard, and used it as a platform to jump again.
The force of the impact made the elite soldier lose his balance and sit in the muddy water, and in the middle of the air, the scarred but still fierce demon hound opened his bloody mouth and pounced on one of the elite soldiers below, but there was something - faster than it.
"Don't get up—"
A calm and steady male voice accompanied it with a sharp whistling.
"Boom-click-p-p!-"
A skew. From the open mouth to cut in, cut the tendons, cut off the jawbone, and finally cut the cervical vertebrae in two.
"Poof!" the demon hound with only its twisted fanged jaws fell hard into the dirt, sulfur-scented blood mixed with the rain and splashed all over the sky, and Henry shook off the blood from his sword again, but it was at this time.
"Ahh
"There's that over there, too!" Vega's eyes widened, and the frightened soldiers felt their scalps tingle.
"Ahhh
"Why so many!" Medlow said loudly, growling. And Rezeman, who only reacted at this moment because everything happened too quickly, finally gave his professional advice as if he had woken up: "Door! There must be a magic array as a door to summon these things, we must destroy it!" he shouted loudly, and there was chaos on the periphery, and people were needed everywhere.
"Let's command!" one of Medlo's knights and Franco looked back at the group, and the sheriff and the chief knight looked at each other and nodded, and then rushed into the mansion with more than twenty elite soldiers and three magicians, including apprentices, along with Henry and Mira.
"Cheer up, all on alert!" The chaotic sound and the sound of rain were replaced by neat and orderly footsteps the moment he entered the door, and although he had only left the mansion for a few hours, Medlo felt that this was not at all the interior of the Duke's Palace that he was familiar with.
The walls and walkways were covered in blood, and in many places there were scratches that were clearly those left by demon dogs. I am afraid that the servants and maids who have left behind in the mansion have become the bait of these hungry low-level demons.
"Follow the bloodstains and search for survivors!" After entering through the main entrance, everyone skipped the main hall and ran directly towards the corridor on the left for servants and elite soldiers to live, scratches and blood filled all over the place, and the doors of many rooms were violently broken. The messy furniture was also stained with blood.
"Knock knock knock—" "Stop!" Medlow suddenly shouted loudly after walking some distance, and the nervous group of elite soldiers gathered their formation because of the words of the knight steward, and they naturally raised their shields, lowered their center of gravity, and held their spears flat.
There were no oil lamps or candles in the interior of the Ducal Palace. Because of the torrential rain, there was only a slight light, and the walkway in front of it looked extremely dark.
"Qiang-" Mira slowly drew a half-sword, and everyone tightened their weapons.
"Knock...... Knock ......"
Not too heavy, footsteps sounded all at once. The elite soldiers in the front row subconsciously swallowed their saliva, and Vega carefully waved his hand to signal the elite soldiers in the rear to pull away some distance. So as not to be able to escape because the formation is too tight.
"Ahh......hh
The young man's sigh rang out, and he took a few more large steps forward, exposing his fair face to the gray-blue light.
"Little Oscar...... Excellency. Although there was a lot of anger in their hearts, they couldn't help but hesitate when they saw their master, Medlo, and the other elite soldiers did the same, but they then noticed the blood on the other's drooping hands and cuffs, as well as the pairs of eyes, which had completely turned red.
"Demon ......" Mira heard Henry next to her whisper, and the sage's voice was then muffled by Medlo's loud questioning: "Did you do this! Where is the Duke?
The chief knight shouted. "Danger!" and then a flame shot out in the dimly lit hallway.
"Peng Pa!" The fireball shot straight at Oscar Monroe Jr. exploded and lit the wooden lampstand in all directions, Medlo's face was full of anger and turned his head to look at the intermediate mage Leseman who had caused all this, but he took a deep breath when he saw the other man with a cold sweat on his face.
The flickering light of the "......" fire added a lot of visibility to the passage, and Medlow followed the eyes of the people next to him, and successfully saw the unscathed little Oscar, and the dozen or so dead bodies piled up behind him.
The corpse alone didn't make much of a shock to the battle-hardened soldiers, but it was a sensational thing even for them that any corpse had turned into a dead corpse as if it had been drained of the liquid from its body.
"You...... No, what the hell are you!" Medlow drew his sword from his waist, and the elite soldiers around him tightened their weapons even further.
"......" The bright metal weapon pointed like this, but there was not the slightest fluctuation on Oscar Monroe's face.
"Ignorant and uninteresting. ”
"Stupid humans. ”
"Damn it, everyone disperse!" Letheman shouted, and in the next moment—wood, steel, bones, blood, flesh, hair, and even marble beneath his feet—
Everything exploded in an instant, the flames were blown out by the strong air current, and the few Monroe soldiers at the forefront were directly wiped out.
"Run!"
The hysterical shouts sounded like this, and Mira, who was stunned in place, was directly picked up by Henry, and then they all ran towards the main hall behind them.
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PS:R:I've changed it many times and I'm finally satisfied.,It turned out to be a super long chapter orz.,Fortunately, the tension of the plot hasn't been lost because of this.,Bliss Bliss-it's weird!The two chapters that I wrote this chapter are okay if they can still be rescued.,Another chapter 5K's correction is done here.,I deleted the whole chapter directly.,Because it's according to the development before the change.,There's no attraction at all.,The narrative has also become the level of elementary school students.,Just pile up the name of the move.,Why can't I control my hand.,(Cry.