I am very grateful to the three friends of Taketaro, Little Pig, and Iselon Black Tea.

What special intentions did the Paro people have! Ashrufat could see at a glance.

In the early morning, the Paros were arrayed under the city. Today, three of the four walls of the city are full of containment troops, and the main force of the Paro people is concentrated in the south of the city. After yesterday's great defeat, the morale of the Paro army has not diminished in the slightest. That plane is simply going to fight it out today!

Leo and Ashrufat were on the southern wall, and the two prophetesses were also concentrated there. And all the Knights of the Holy Grail.

Today is a rare sunny day in winter. In the sunlight, Paro's position is exceptionally clear. This time, the Paros actually put the cavalry in the center and made it look like they were ready to charge. Well, no one knows the point of such a stupid thing to do, is it possible for horses to fly over the walls now?

A small number of Paro infantry formed a skirmish line and launched several waves of attacks that were almost "drills". The city fired a few shots, but although they missed, they still made the Paro strikers retreat.

Under the city, in the army of the Paro, Rudolph explained to Master Koenig beside him.

"Master, do you see it, that is the gate and the tower. The terrain was highest there and the view was good, so the enemy put artillery on it. Not only the cannons, but the prophetesses seem to be on it too. Because the defense is strongest here. See those pipes above the city gates, from where the defenders can pour hot oil and scald the warriors below. To make matters worse, this is the Urn City, and after breaching this gate, there is a second gate inside. So we haven't focused on this in the past. ”

Master Koenig nodded. "Opening a gap from here will allow the cannons, the prophetess, and the towers to be removed from the enemy's army. A good goal indeed. When will it start?"

"Wait a little longer. Rudolph replied. "I'm going to get the siege ordered. ”

He began to give orders, and with the orders, the officers were divided into various armies. It's finally time for the last day, Thomas, you can't count it, and I don't have this trick!

At this time, above the tower, Leo and Ashruphat stood beside the two prophetesses. They are once again trying to use water mirrors to observe the Paro people's schemes. This time, however, the water mirror was hindered and nothing could be seen.

"Count, it looks like they're on guard. But the tunnels are definitely unusable—even if they had the courage to use them again, there would be no way to clean them up in such a short time!" replied the prophetess. "We still do the same. ”

Indeed, although the Paro people must have some plans, but in this case...... Tunnels can't be used right away, so what's the other tricks?

"Leo, let's get ready, the enemy must have some tricks. The two men went down the tower and returned to the section of the city wall for which they were responsible.

Under the city, Rudolph has already dispatched everything. "Alright, Master Koenig. He said to the magician beside him.

Master Koenig walked forward for a while, reaching out of his bosom for his scroll. The powerful force in his hand made his whole body tremble slightly. In fact, there is no need to siege the city, and the power of this scroll is enough to crush this fortress and its defenders together. But it can't be helped, it's just the bishop's request. Even the Paro people must leave some strength behind.

He opened the scroll, and a golden light rose from it. A huge amount of force filled his body and mind, causing him to instantly hallucinate omnipotence. This is the power of the gods of the Star Field! This way of using it today is actually a waste of ninety percent of the energy, but it is enough for the Paro people. All he had to do was help them break the city.

He spat out a few powerful prayers. A golden glow rose from the scroll, growing larger and larger. It's too wide, Master Koenig thought. In fact, it is enough to be about the width of the city gate...... By the way, I also have to kill the cannons and the prophetess on the castle tower. Driven by his consciousness, the golden energy changed from a sphere to a shape that was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.

"Go!" he commanded in a low voice. In an instant, the golden energy went straight forward, rushing straight forward at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye. At the moment when the energy came into contact with the city wall, a huge wave of qi erupted.

Even the Paro army, which had been prepared for a long time, was turning over on their backs at this moment. But when they recovered, it was clear to everyone that the enemy's gates were gone. It was as if an invisible hand had slashed through the sand sculptures, erasing the gates at the top of the tower and below.

"Assault of the whole army!"

The drums of war urging the offensive rumbled. The Paro army cheered in unison and lunged forward. The Order, which had once been considered meaningless, was now like a raging iron current, rushing straight to the gates of the city, which no longer had any obstacles.

Ashruphat jumped up from the city. Except for him, the others were still struggling for a while. All of them were almost blown down by the impact just now. Most of them just lay down, and the few who could stand on their feet were only holding on to some supports. This sudden accident made people dizzy, and they couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest.

"Carrie, what's going on?" Ashrufa fixed his gaze, asking questions in his mind.

"Master, this is a dimensional-level energy reaction, and theoretically it should not appear in a magical civilization of this level. Carrie explained. "Look at the gates. ”

She didn't need to be reminded that Ashrufat had already seen it. The towers that used to be tall are now completely gone. Not bombarded, but gone. It was as if the gate was part of the cake, and now it had been cut whole by a knife.

"What should I do?" Ashrufat asked subconsciously.

"According to my calculations...... I advise you to ...... Run away now!"

Ashrufa fixed his mind and immediately tried to wake up a few semi-unconscious people around him.

"Quick, quick, bring water, wake everyone up, the Paro people are coming!"

Luckily, the Paros were located far from the city walls in order to avoid the cannon range (and thanks to the fact that the Paros were also overturned on their backs and needed time to recover), Ashrufat finally had time to wake up the dazed soldiers and return to their respective positions.

But the key is not the defense of the city walls, but the city gates. The Knights of the Paro are swarming towards the city gates, and the urn city that had blocked them is now a passageway. The towers above are gone, and the gates below are gone. In short, this place was completely open in front of the enemy's cavalry.

After understanding this, everyone unconsciously showed a look of despair. If you can't hold it, you can't hold it. Once the enemy's cavalry stormed the city......

"You guard the city wall well, leave it to me here!" Ashrufat took a step forward, jumped off the wall, and stood on the passage that was originally the gate of the city. Ahead of him, the knights of Paro were already approaching.

"Master!" came to Carrie's almost desperate cry.

"I'm sorry...... Mr. Thomas...... But it looks like I can only do my best. Ashrufat threw away his shield and held his sword in both hands. A jackal-like smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Carrie!" he commanded in his head.

"Yes, master!"

The knights had already rushed into the passage. There were no obstacles here, only an enemy, standing in the middle of the road with a sword in both hands. The knights of Paro had no idea of this enemy at all. There is nothing to worry about, there is only one, and there is no way to stop the brigade. Man is on foot, and will be trampled by the struck and trampled by the war horse.

But as the knights rushed closer, the enemy instantly turned into a gray afterimage that was difficult to discern with the naked eye. That's a speed that is by no means human. In an instant, men shouted and horses neighed, knights were shredded and torn apart by long swords, and men and horses were broken into large pieces of flesh and blood, which were spread all over the ground. Five, ten, twenty! In the blink of an eye, dozens of knights were reduced to corpses, stumps and flesh filling the passage.

"Master, forty seconds...... It's the limit!" Carrie lamented. Ashrufat stopped. The total destruction of the first cavalry did not hinder the enemy's brigade, and more knights poured in. But due to the effects of the carcasses, their speed was greatly slowed down.

"Carrie, use your magic!" Ashruphat didn't hesitate to pull out his next card.

Carrie's magic was unleashed, and the walls of the Material World and the Shadow World were opened by the energy of magic, and in an instant, countless spatial rifts were scattered all around. One by one, the frightened warriors let out desperate screams and fell from the gaps that suddenly opened beneath their feet. Those who drove their horses in a hurry often rushed into another world one after another, and were never heard from again.

"Get off the horse, get off the horse!" I don't know who is calling. But some people already know the solution to the problem. The Paro knights jumped off their horses, carefully navigating the cracks in the shadows and charging towards the heavily armored magician. But they may not have noticed that they rushed up one by one.

"Come on!" Ashruphat clenched his sword and prepared for battle.

......

Seeing that the main force, that is, the knights, was crowded at the gate of the city, but failed to rush in, Rudolph frowned. What was the obstacle to his army? By the way, perhaps the general reserve led by Thomas himself. A whole team of spearmen formed a phalanx to block the onslaught of the knights? They seem to be quite capable, don't they? But it doesn't matter, no matter what, he has won this battle! Obviously, the enemy's resistance at the head of the city is weakening, maybe the psychological impact caused by the powerful magic just now is not over, maybe a considerable part of the army has been transferred to the city gate...... In short, the infantry had gained a clear advantage and began to gradually climb to the top of the city.

......

Ashrufat slashed through the armor of the last foe, and with a single sword, sliced off the small half of the Paro knight's body. His whole body was soaked in blood at this point, and he had to take the time to wipe his face with his hands. The face is warm/wet and greasy, and it is all flesh and blood.

The tide of the battle has stabilized for the time being. The spatial rift had long since disappeared, and beside him, there were already fifty or sixty knights and militiamen forming a thin array with a thickness of only two or three columns. But it doesn't matter, because the enemy has also lost the sharpness that he had in the beginning. After a short period of fighting alone, groups of expeditionary force soldiers came to reinforce him, and of course, there were only so many people left.

The Paros must have begun to feel fearful. The entire passage is now full of corpses, human corpses and horse corpses. Now, it's no longer possible for horses to charge here. All of them had to fight on foot.

A few crossbows were fired. The other knights hid their bodies behind their shields, but he did not have a shield and was shot in the chest by an arrow. The arrow pierced through the breastplate and penetrated deep into the body. But Ashrufat didn't frown, and pulled the arrow out of the curl.

Perhaps his body had been controlled by this bloodthirsty passion, and he didn't feel any pain at all.

Another wave of enemies rushed forward, led by an unusually tall knight armed with a great axe. Ashruphat snorted and met the knight. The sword and the axe collided, sparks flew everywhere, once, twice, and the third time, his steel heavy sword was smashed by the axe.

But the other party didn't even have time to rejoice, because another sword had already appeared in Ashrufat's hand. The mighty magical greatsword roared violently, and the blade was filled with unimaginable energy.

Ashruphat swung his sword and slashed at the head, slicing off the axe, helmet, and half of the head with a single sword. The huge body fell.

Then he wielded the magic sword and slashed wildly at an almost dizzying speed. No weapon or shield could withstand the blow of this magical greatsword. The surviving Paros retreated, all trying to avoid the range of this fearsome warrior.

But in a brief gap, an enemy from the flank launched a sneak attack. A spear burst out and pierced him in the abdomen. Ashrufat's hand didn't stop for a second, and with a sword slashed open the skull of the sneak attacker.

He pulled his spear out of his body and tossed it aside.

It was a terrible sight that scared even the bravest. The Paros pushed back and forth, but did not dare to continue the charge. Arrows from above the city rained down on this place. The Paros are so dense here that it's impossible to miss a shot. Then a cannonball came from nowhere, plowed through the crowd, killing at least thirty people.

"Muskets, where are the musket troops?" he heard someone shout, and then he saw a group of knights he had never seen before rushing through the crowd and appearing at the front. Each knight held something strange in his hand, as if it were some kind of musket.

"Master, get down!" Carrie screamed. Completely subconscious, Ashrufat bowed down. He heard the sound of gunfire in his ears as dense as fried beans. The gunfire was accompanied by the terrible sound of armor being torn apart, and the screams of humans.

Ashrufat jumped. The robes around him had all fallen in a pool of blood. What those Paro knights are holding in their hands is probably the so-called repeating revolver. Before he could decide what to do, the last revolver fired, one, two...... Eight bullets hit him. The bullet pierced through the armor and into the flesh, the force of the impact shaking his body.

Ashrufat had a sinister smile on his face, and the next moment, he grabbed the wind of flames. He allowed himself to feel the winds of magic, and the vomit-inducing decay that came with mastering them. A skull made of flames that seemed to giggle appeared from behind him. Driven by his will, the skull let out a scream and flew forward, all those in its path burned to char. The gunpowder on the bodies of those musketeers was ignited, and even the corpses could not be left intact.

But there are too many enemies, and more Paros are frantically squeezing into the passage. Now, even if the people in front want to avoid it, the people behind continue to rush up, forcibly pushing the people in front of them.

Behind him, another group of knights came to support him, only a dozen or so.

The Paros surged up again. Knights and infantry mixed together, desperately pounced. Ashrufat raised his sword, let out an animalistic roar from his chest, and charged at the Paro.

......

For the first time, Ashrufat fell to his knees, leaning on his sword, gasping for breath. Even he was exhausted. How many injuries were there? He barely remembered that. It felt like he had lost time for a long time, so he couldn't tell how long he had been fighting. Many reinforcements rushed to his side and fought alongside him. But all of them couldn't hold on for long, and all of them died by his side. The whole passage was a hell, with corpses piled up so high and bleeding so much that every step you had to step on knee-high piles of corpses and blood to get through.

The Paros had already appeared behind him, and a small number of Paro soldiers had rushed through the walls and circled behind him. He heard shouts behind him, what seemed to be Thomas's voice. There was another battle behind the walls, with the sound of metal crashing and screaming.

The Paro man in front of him stepped back slightly, and he saw a man on horseback standing among the Paro soldiers. But his originally extremely sharp eyes couldn't even see the person's face clearly at the moment.

"One man is actually blocking our army!" Rudolph arrogantly glanced at his feet, thousands of people had died in this narrow passage, and the corpses were piled up so that even horses could not walk. At least eighty percent of the dead were Paro soldiers. According to his subordinates, the enemy warrior in front of him actually killed more than 500 people with the strength of one person...... But a person's strength is always limited, and he can't turn the tide of the battle.

"It's a shame that a great warrior like you died here. If you surrender and are willing to swear allegiance to the kingdom of Paro, I can assure you on behalf of the king that you will be given the honor and status accordingly. ”

Ashruphat looked at the man in front of him with blood-red eyes. Suddenly, he recognized the golden armor that the other person was wearing. That day, when he played as Thomas, his opponent was wearing this armor.

He smiled at the other man, the smile of a beast. "You shouldn't have been so close to me!" he whispered.

Then he drew a spear from his side—the owner of which was long dead, but left it intact—and he grabbed it flat, and threw it as if it were a throwing spear.

"Carrie, help me!"

The spears flew two hundred paces from each other—almost the limit of the range of a short bow—and pierced Rudolph's chest from the front.