Twenty verses of discovery

"Why did she say these things all of a sudden?" Ashrufar shrugged, then asked Leo. To his surprise, Leo was looking at him, his expression full of surprise, as if he had seen something incredible.

"In my opinion......" Leo said. "She has a crush on you. ”

"That can't be. Ashrufat replied. The Prophetess is the handmaiden of the gods of nature...... It seems that I have never heard of a prophetess having a love affair with some earthly knight. And even if there were, it was in the children's bedside stories.

"I think so, too. But in my experience, I think ...... Well, maybe she's just interested in you, something else. Let's go see Master Thomas. ”

Now, the news of Lord Thomas's wounded has been quietly spread in the army. Master Thomas had been wounded in the previous one-on-one duel, and everyone was talking secretly, but no one dared to mention it in front of the three lieutenants in charge.

It's not that William Daly made a drunken gaffe (because he didn't drink at all), and it's not that anyone accidentally leaked the news. In such a tense and fierce battle, Thomas, as the main general, never appeared on the front line, which in itself is easy to cause speculation among those who care.

And once people go to track it down with suspicion, more flaws are found. Thomas hadn't been seen in public for a long time, and it wasn't even normal for a long time. He didn't bother with logistics, he didn't comfort the wounded, he didn't command the reserves - in fact, he didn't do anything. Except for the occasional order given by the three lieutenants in Thomas's name, he seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

This has been the case since the first day of the siege, when Thomas went out of the city single-handedly. The only explanation is that Thomas won the heads-up that day, but he was also injured. And it's the kind of wound that the prophetess can't heal for a while.

However, this suspicion did not demoralize the army. Because things are relative, and Thomas, who is the winner of the duel, is injured, then Rudolph, who is the loser, must be in a worse situation. Moreover, the three lieutenant generals commanded very well, and each one took the lead and cooperated tacitly.

Ashrufat left the wounded barracks and walked to Thomas's quarters. Phil was interested in him?

He could now clearly feel the growth of his strength. Since returning from that night's daring raid, with every killing, every day of fighting, he would find himself more and more powerful in horror. It's so clear that it's hard to ignore.

It had been a long time since he had felt tired. Now that he had to be reminded by his subordinates every time, he realized that his soldiers were exhausted and needed to call for reinforcements. He also finds himself increasingly obsessed with killing, often filled with insane bloodlust passions. Every time he held the head of the city, swinging his sword and slashing down one after another of the Paros who rushed up, he felt the thrill of a thunderous rush of blood in his veins.

None of this has ever been seen before.

To make matters worse, he felt a slight change in his teeth. It was a strange sensation because he found himself able to retract his palate canines. Although the elongation is very small, even the longest extension is within the category of "human". But every time he touched his teeth, he understood that he was different from ordinary people.

He shook his head, banishing the thoughts out of his mind. Nothing mattered, we had to find a way to win the battle!, he pushed open the door and entered Thomas's room.

Thomas was still in bed. Although his face was thinner, his complexion was better. Phil had already said that Thomas could move a little, and the inflamed wound was already showing obvious signs of improvement.

"How's it going today?" asked Thomas, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Very good, the morale of our army is high, and it will not fail. Ashrufat replied. He didn't want to tell Thomas that the expeditionary force had lost about a third of its combat strength. There is a large gap in the reserves. If a battle of this magnitude were to continue for another five days, the expeditionary force would collapse on all fronts due to the exhaustion of combat strength. "There will be no problem with another month. ”

"What did the Paro do?"

"Every day is a fixed siege, and we fight for consumption. For every one of our soldiers down, they're going to die at least five people! But I don't think that will last long. Their morale has been markedly low. Combat is getting more and more cringe. But they still have the most elite knights who have not been on the battlefield. ”

"Kid......," Thomas said suddenly. I don't know what Lu Dao is for, this simple word made Ashrufat's eyes moist...... "Don't lie to me. Your eyes have betrayed your heart. ”

He looked at Ashrufat with a smile, but the smile made Ashrufat's heart, which had become ruthless in the flames of war, feel inexplicable pain.

"You've worked hard. No one can do better...... I miscalculated my combat power...... The Paro people must have drawn a large part of the troops under the Wolf's Mouth Castle over. Otherwise they wouldn't have been able to cobble together so many troops. ”

Thomas looked thoughtfully at his own armor hanging from the corner.

"No commander would let his men die like this. If the Paros were going to fight for attrition, they would never withdraw their troops in the dark, but would attack day and night. It is important to know that this kind of siege warfare, which has heavy casualties, must be carried out in one go, and the best effect can be achieved when the soldiers feel anger but not yet fear...... They must have something else planned!"

"But they didn't make new siege weapons. Otherwise, we'll see it. Ashrufat replied.

"Then there is only one possibility, and it is authentic. ”

......

An icy touch fell on the neck. Ashruphat reached out and saw a snowflake fall in the palm of his hand. It's snowing.

In the night sky, countless snowflakes fell. It seems that the powerful forces in the darkness could not bear to witness this bloody battlefield, because this heavy snow fell to bury the bodies of the dead.

On the city walls, the bonfires for heating were already lit normally. Originally, Paro's magicians would throw the magic of destruction whenever they saw the light of the city's fire. But the battle that night changed everything. At the cost of more than a hundred knights, the expeditionary force wiped out most of the magicians of the True God Church under the city, reversing the difference in magical combat power between the two sides in one fell swoop. The current Paro magicians no longer dare to act rashly.

Eshurufat suddenly remembered Duncan. He didn't know what Lu Dao was for, but he thought of the knight who died heroically. They didn't really have much contact, but on the same cold night, when he walked to the same wall, he still unconsciously remembered Duncan, and imagined that he would be by the campfire again.

Instead of Duncan, the campfire was a militia captain in chain mail. Seeing that Ashrufat had arrived, the captain hurried up to greet him.

"It's okay, I'm just coming to see it. Ashruphat told the man to go back to the fire. Even at the fire, the militiamen rubbed their hands, but Ashrufat could barely feel the cold.

He came to the middle of the city wall and looked out at the Paro camp in the distance.

The darkness obscures most people's vision, but it has no effect on him. He could clearly see the Paro barracks, but due to the many tents, fences, and other obstacles, he couldn't see anything special for a moment.

"Lord Earl. He heard the militia captain come behind him. "What are you doing?"

"You say it's impossible for the Paros to dig tunnels?" Asherufat asked suddenly.

"Impossible. Even if they dig tunnels, it will take at least a month or two. The captain pointed his finger forward. "If you're going to dig a tunnel, it's definitely in a hidden place. There is no such location in the vicinity, and we will definitely find the earth and rock transportation. If you dig out of sight, such as behind a hillside or further away, then digging under the city walls will be the year of the monkey. They dig for at least three months, and even slower if they encounter any large rocks in between. ”

"Are you so sure?" said Ashruphat suddenly.

"Ha, don't hide it from the Earl, I used to be a miner, and I'm still very sure about digging the ground. ”

If the tunnels take another month or two to be dug up, there will be little threat to the castle. If they hadn't been annihilated by then, they would have broken through and joined up with reinforcements—and that's how Thomas had planned it.

"It's okay, you go back to the fire to keep warm. Ashrufat said to the captain. The latter left.

Was Thomas wrong?Ashrufat stared ahead. Nothing can be seen.

"Master, there's movement. Carrie reminded in her head.

"Where?" he looked around, but nothing suspicious.

"In front. ”

Ashrufat concentrated, and then he heard some strange sounds, very faint crashes that ordinary people would never hear. It's the sound of someone digging in the ground.

And this voice is not far from the city wall.

Ashruphat immediately rushed down the walls.

After a short time, Leo, William Daly, and Phil were all gathered in Thomas's room, and the other two prophetesses arrived. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Ashruphat briefly explained his discovery today.

"Unlikely......" Leo muttered to himself.

"It's important, if they've already dug in front of the walls, then it means they can dig into the city in just two or even three days. Thomas said.

"But how can we be sure of this? After all, this is only what Ashrufat heard. Or maybe it's just a rat burrowing. By the way, the prophetesses possessed powers that went far beyond observation. Can you judge?"

"If that were the case, the magicians of Paro would surely cast spells to block out our observations. But we can try. ”

The prophetesses brought a basin of water and placed it in the middle of the room. They chanted in a low old language, ripples in the basin, and then a clear picture appeared.

"Strangely, instead of shielding our observations, the magicians of Paro ...... As if welcoming......" Fei'er said softly. But this is already a small thing that no one cares about, because everyone sees something more important in the water.