The 'young man' in front of him was full of wrinkles that only middle-aged people have, and even his skin was rough and chapped.

"How did you get to do this?"

Hardy couldn't help but ask curiously.

Nineteen years old, still a nobleman, how can he be like this.

Valyanan sighed, as if the heaviness of the world was in his breath.

"A little over a year ago, I was just an adult, and I was quite handsome." Valyan looked at the north, looked at the snow in the distance, and said in a faint voice: "But the demons are here, although we have been prepared for a long time, and immediately gather the army to fight the enemy." ”

Paul Valyanan sighed and said, "The other lords have joined us to form a wide northern front. But the demons are really too powerful, and their combat power is terrifyingly strong. We had more people, but overall we had a lot more casualties than them. ”

As Paul spoke, a stream of cold air came out of his mouth.

This nineteen-year-old middle-aged man has no more sparkle in his eyes.

It's more like the kind of middle-aged social animal who has no expectations for the world, but is still habitually struggling.

"I'm on the front line, watching my familiar friends die one by one, and watching my comrades-in-arms become food for the demons one by one." Paul's form is a little rickety, and in his voice, every chapter, condenses deep exhaustion: "My relatives also died one by one, and then I was left to live as a coward, unable to sleep every day, and my hair fell out handfuls. After falling for more than half a year, he will become bald. ”

Hardy listened and fell silent.

He vaguely understood the other party's pain.

Although he is very strong now, in his previous life, he was also a weak worker.

The pain of being unable to change one's own destiny through hard work is indeed like a thousand ants devouring the heart, corroding people's nerves and consciousness.

At this time, Paul suddenly said: "Now that His Excellency Hadi is here, then the pressure on our right wing has been greatly reduced. The front line is almost defeated, and I ask you to take a short rest and rush to the front. ”

"It's nature." Hardy nodded, and then said to Abner next to him, "You take the undead army first and rush to the front line." ”

Abner nodded, gathered his team on the side of the road, and sped on.

The players are all professionals, and their adaptability is relatively strong, after all, they are all professionals, and their resistance to cold and heat is relatively high.

In addition, he has enough physical strength to quickly enter the battle after a long journey.

Ordinary soldiers, on the other hand, don't have the ability to do this.

But ordinary soldiers are also the main force on the battlefield.

After all, they are large in number and can play a role in stabilizing the front.

Seeing that Hardy directly sent a large army to the front, Paul was slightly surprised.

He thought that Hardy would prevaricate and delay as much time as possible.

After all, the armies of other countries that came before were like this.

It can't be said that they didn't work, they did resist the attack of the demons.

But to say how strong their sense of battle is, that's not either.

As long as the demons' attack is fierce, they will subconsciously retreat.

And it was the first time he had seen someone like Hardy who directly sent elite soldiers to the front line.

In this way, Paulo Valyan's sense of Hadi is even better.

"Your Excellency Hardy come to my house for a night's rest, after all, you have come from afar and are also very tired."

How far it was from Francis to Kievan Rus' and how much time it would take, Paul was clear.

Even if it is fast, it will take more than 20 days.

But after they sent out an urgent plea for help, Franci's army arrived here in less than fifty days.

It is conceivable that this army has indeed been in a state of rapid marching.

Hardy wanted to refuse, but he needed more information, and it would be better for ordinary soldiers to be stationed and rest before going to the front, so he said, "That's a nuisance." ”

"You're welcome."

The two got on their horses, took their respective guards, and slowly walked towards the castle in front of them.

Rogge took over the command of the follow-up operations

The city built of black stone already gives people a dull and cold feeling, and under the cover of ice and snow, it looks even more gloomy.

On the city wall, there were many soldiers standing, but their eyes were numb.

The whole person doesn't have much energy, and it looks dull and abnormal.

The two walked side by side, and Hardy looked at the big battalions of various countries in the distance and asked, "How many people are here now, and how many people are on the front line?" ”

"There are about 100,000 people here." Paul sighed: "There are less than 40,000 people on the front line, of which 20,000 are our men, and the rest are coalition forces. ”

Hardy subconsciously shook his eyebrows.

The coalition forces are so timid?

But it's true, it's just to fulfill the promise to the elves, in order to get the World Tree petals.

It's almost impossible to get them to fight as hard as they can.

When the two of them entered the city, both sides of the city streets were full of snowflakes.

There are almost no pedestrians on the street, and it looks very empty and lonely.

Even if I met someone occasionally, it was either an old woman or a young woman.

There is no male vigor anymore.

Hardy's eyes flashed faintly, he didn't expect that the situation on the front line was even more tragic than he expected.

This is clearly that the front line has almost sent all men to the battlefield, and it is almost finished 'fighting' all men.

Because the road was unobstructed, the two soon arrived at the lord's mansion.

As soon as you enter, you will see a deserted garden, where only an old servant sweeps the snow from the path.

When he saw Paul, he bent over and continued to sweep the floor.

Entering the main hall of the Lord's Palace, Hardy found it very cold inside.

The fireplace was cold, and no wood was lit.

At this time, Paul said to the old man who looked like a butler who came by, "You have a distinguished guest, go and raise the fireplace." ”

The old housekeeper said embarrassedly: "Young master, there is no firewood at home. ”

"Then go buy it."

"It's not on the market anymore." The old housekeeper sighed: "Because the men have gone to the front, and there are fierce beasts outside, it is impossible for women and children to go out to collect firewood, so there is almost no firewood in the whole city." ”

Paul was extremely embarrassed.

Hardy smiled and said it didn't matter.

It's normal for a city to shut down quickly if it doesn't have a large number of men in the workforce.

Then the whole city will go down.

But then there was something even more embarrassing.

Paul had wanted to prepare a sumptuous dinner for Hardy.

As a result, because there was no firewood, Daleba and some dough were served.

In cold temperatures, they freeze into something as hard as stone.

Paul's daughters, on the other hand, wore thick quilts and creaked and chewed on these hard foods with their teeth, without any dissatisfaction, and were accustomed to it.

Paul touched his face with both hands, and he didn't dare to look in Hardy's direction.

And Hardy looked left and right, put Da Leba in his mouth, and crushed it with a click. (End of chapter)