"The enemy hasn't left?!" Jim's eyes widened, and he felt a chill rise in his heart as he looked at the orc army that was still attacking and surging like a tide under the city walls!

The frenzy of the orcs, as far as the eye could see, kept climbing over the walls, roaring angrily, waving the torches in their hands, like the lights calling from the abyss, constantly emerging from the darkness, and the desolate roar was accompanied by madness!

They were banished by Ashina, and they were eager to find a new settlement. Severcro was the first northern castle they were about to capture, and all the tribes that went north joined the expedition!

In this "orc army", there are not only adult and strong orc warriors, but also many old people, women and ungrown orc children in many tribes. So it looks even bigger and more terrifying than Kosai's army, and the wild roars are even more shocking!

Jim and the knights guarding the fortress didn't know this, in their eyes this was a real orc army, an army of orcs that they couldn't count, and it was night, and that fear was even better!

The night wind whistled wildly, whistling the flags on the walls, and the sound of frantic fighting spread throughout the castle of Severcro, and the screams from time to time made Jim tremble!

"Lord Best!" a bloodied knight ran up to Jim and knelt down on one knee, "The enemy is attacking the gates due south, and they seem to have given up attacking from the walls!"

"This can't be!" Jim categorically vetoed: "The city gate due south is very strong, the enemy can't have siege equipment, otherwise these enemies are useless last time?!"

"But that's the way it is!" the knight looked at Jim with the same incredulous eyes, "Maybe the oil burned the wooden bolt on the outside, or maybe the beasts found the gates easier to break." In any case, the enemy is indeed attacking the city gates, and I am afraid that they will be breached soon!"

"Knock-knock-knock-!!!" Just as Jim was about to continue to contradict him, there was a sudden violent vibration under his feet, almost causing him to fall.

"The enemy is attacking the city!" the knight roared, "Lord Best!"

"I've heard it. Jim steadied himself, looked at the loyal guards beside him, and hesitated for a few minutes: "We're going to defend the gates, get ready at once." ”

"All the knights in the assembly castle are all gathered under the gate of due south! If you want to repel the enemy, then you can only be here!" Jim looked at the knights nervously: "What do you think?!"

"Your will is what our sword is pointing at!" the knights knelt on one knee and looked up at the "Lord of Severcroa": "Please give the order!"

“...... All right. Jim nodded, gritted his teeth, and said, "Then let's go slaughter these damn bastards and drive them back from Severcro!"

"For Severcro, for Best!" the knights shouted, "Long live the Radiant Cross—!!"

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On the city wall, Old Jack looked at the orc army below that was no longer climbing, and just breathed a sigh of relief, when he suddenly heard several extremely violent vibrations from the city gate, and immediately understood their purpose.

They want to attack the fortress from the gates!

As the innermost wall on the inner side of Severcro, the height and thickness of this wall are incomparable to those of the outer walls. But on the other hand, the interior defense design is much rarer, after all, it also takes care of the life of the lord and the army. Once you break through the inner gates, the enemy can drive straight into the inner fort!

That would be equivalent to the fall of Severcro -- the loss of grain warehouses and blacksmith shops, the lack of supplies, not to mention how many men could defend the inner fort, and even if it was defended, as long as the enemy surrounded it for a few days, all the people would starve to death -- there was no need for the enemy to attack on his own!

"Lord Jack!" the herald's voice reached Old Jack's ears, "Lord Best orders all the knights to assemble at the city gate and prepare to defend against the orcs!"

"Understood!" replied Old Jack at once, "Long live the Radiant Cross for Best's sake!"

Old Jack withdrew his sword and hurriedly ran down the city wall, but was blocked at the staircase by a terrified figure.

"Master Jack!" the young man with the broken sword looked at Old Jack with some fear, "What are you going to do? Are you going to leave us here?"

"I didn't leave you here, little one!" Old Jack rubbed his hair, "I'm going to fight the orcs at the gates with Lord Best!"

"Wait!" Old Jack inadvertently saw the broken Roman sword hanging from the young man's waist, and hurriedly squatted down and grabbed the young man's shoulder and asked, "What's your name?"

"Gendry!" The young man looked at Old Jack in front of him and said in a loud voice, "My name is Gendry." ”

"Haode, Gendry, listen to me. Old Jack's voice was very deep: "Do you remember? The Roman lord, the Lord Theodore Julian, he once said that if you bring this sword with you, he will lead a large army to fight alongside the Severcores!"

"Yes, he did. Gendry nodded: "I remember it clearly. ”

"Then you will give me a very clear idea, this time the enemy, it is difficult for Severcro to repel them, we need reinforcements, a group of reinforcements strong enough!" Old Jack's voice was very fast: "Take this sword, go to the Lord Julian, tell him everything here, and let him bring the Roman army to the rescue!"

"But, but I can also fight!" Little Gendry was very unconvinced: "I can also kill orcs, I can also use a sword, I am not a burden!"

"Of course, you are a good soldier, no one can deny that!" Old Jack said to him in a relatively calm tone, "but if you can go and bring reinforcements, you can help Master Best more, you can save the whole of Severcro, you are a hero!"

"Hero?" little Gendry licked his lips and scratched his head incredulously, "Me?"

"That's right!" Old Jack nodded quickly: "Remember, go from the back." There's a trail down the mountain at the bottom of the Broken Barrier, and you can leave there on horseback - that's where Julian and the knights left last time and raided the orc army, remember?"

"I—I see. Gendry replied with some uncertainty, "Take the Broken Sword and go to Lord Julian, and ask him to come to the rescue of Severcro!"

"Yes, that's it. Old Jack patted Gendry on the back of the head: "Hurry up, there are a few good horses outside the mountain road, just ride one and leave immediately." ”

The boy glanced at Old Jack, then turned his head and ran away, not looking behind, and the small figure disappeared into Old Jack's realization in the night.

"Don't look back!" Old Jack cried out, "Remember, don't look back! If you get lost, ask passers-by how Caesarea is going!"

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"Knock-knock-knock-!!" came from behind him, and Jim's face did not have a trace of waves, and he stood there with his sword closed, as if he were a knight's sculpture.

The knights of Severcro had already assembled in front of their lord, lined up in small phalanxes, swords and shields in front of them, waiting for the lord's orders.

Although he always fantasized that one day he would really face such a situation, but when it really came, Jim became unusually calm and relaxed, and his heavy sense of responsibility was all gone--the enemy was behind him, and he only needed to wave his sword to meet him.

"Gentlemen. Jim looked around at the knight standing in front of him, "We're going to line up here to fight to the death, repel the invading enemy, defend the Severcro, and defend the whole north!"

"I don't know if we're going to really win, maybe we're all going to die here, and we're all going to be a dinner party for this bunch of bloodthirsty beasts. But we have no choice, we have to defend our families, our brothers, and our brothers' families!" Jim's voice was calm, sounding unimposing, but relatable: "We are fighting for them, and we are only fighting for them!"

"We don't fight for honor, because the enemy is just a bunch of bloodthirsty beasts, and we don't fight for riches, and even if we kill them we won't get anything!" Jim curled the corners of his mouth as if laughing at himself, "We don't fight for the land, and Severcro can't reward everyone with any fertile estates!"

"We fight for the farmers, so that they can work in the fields with peace of mind, we fight for the hunters, so that they can live freely, we are not for glory and our faith, we are for the humanity of the north, for the continuation and future of this free shijie!" Jim's voice grew louder and louder: "You are knights, you are the watchmen and defenders of the Holy Pander Empire, so please fight for the Empire, knights!"

"Open the gates!" Jim Best turned and raised his father's two-handed greatsword, the cold armor hiding his heart: "Knights of Severcro, charge!"

"Long Live the Empire - !!!"

With a roar, the knights guarding Severcro rushed out of the gate, and the stubborn soldiers marched forward in formation, colliding head-on with the orcs pouring into the gates!

The fire was burning, the wind was howling, and the sound of swords and guns clashing with flying blood disappeared into the air.

Nobody knows all this, no one sees all this. Only a galloping young man quietly left in the night.