Black lunar calendar, 833.

Bandora Empire, Western Stronghold Renteldo.

The western choke point of the empire, Renteldo is a rocky gaff nestled in a rare gentle valley in the middle of a steep mountain, and this fortress with 200,000 troops has invested countless manpower and material resources and will continue to grow in the future.

But it is such a heroic city that is considered by many people to never fall, but at this moment it is already in danger!

She's facing the toughest test since its founding! Or rather...... A hammer of destruction from another empire of Kulodo with burning ambitions.

But it was not a confrontation between the two armies in the formal sense, but a despicable sneak attack that had been planned for a long time!

It was evening, and the soldiers defending the city on the city wall happened to be in the time of changing shifts to eat, and Rhodes was smiling and chatting with the seniors who had come to take over, because the fighting had been quite calm in recent months, and their nerves that had been tense were also relieved a lot...... Although the enemy army has been sneaking around the edge of the canyon forest at the end of the sight, as long as there is no actual intention to declare war, they will go with them.

While chatting about the topic of beautiful women, Rod's senior suddenly stopped and blinked a little suspiciously. Rhodes also felt as if he was seeing something......

They felt that there was an unbelievably abrupt magic light flashing in the air, and after an instant, the sky changed drastically, and a howling wind suddenly blew in the calm sky that was originally covered with fiery clouds, and the gloomy black clouds covered the sky majestically, like a monstrous beast ready to pounce up! The frenzied torrential rain rolled and fell without warning, and all the dust in the air was knocked down and turned into mud spots that splashed wantonly under their feet, and everything in front of anyone was instantly covered with a heavy curtain of water, and the belated roar of thunder and lightning in their ears was deafening, and the soldiers and generals in armor were naturally shocked by this abrupt apocalyptic scene in an instant even if they had experienced a hundred battles!

Enemy attack !! or large-scale magic !!

Rod was forcibly woken up by his seniors who came back to his senses first, although the rain curtain had violently affected his five senses, he still heard the senior's roar that looked as thin as a mosquito in the rainstorm: "Go to the general and report the matter of that light!!"

Although Rhodes has not really been on the battlefield yet, he is also among the best in training, and after he understood, he immediately took off his obstructive armor and jumped off the city wall dozens of meters high! But he did not fall to pieces, but stepped on the city wall when he fell halfway, and then rolled into a puddle that had accumulated knee height after two backflips in the air!! and took a wrong step to seriously injure or even die on the spot, but he was just soaked and looked a little embarrassed! After getting up, he rushed towards the center of the city where the general was located, and almost bumped into a few panicked civilians and merchants along the way......

"Tsk, this daredevil!" the senior was startled by Rod's jumping move, but soon a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he ran to the nearest alarm bell on the city wall and rang it again and again! This heavy rain is definitely the evil spell of the dirty magicians of the enemy, and it is necessary to gather the troops as quickly as possible to prepare for battle, because this is certainly only the beginning, as for the other discovery, it is better to leave it to the junior Rhodes!! Although these efforts had little effect in the noisy rainstorm, more and more people began to act as the alarm bells rang, and the elite soldiers of Renteldo were by no means in vain, and the most realistic portrayal of them was to fight against ten enemies and enforce bans. Although it happened so suddenly, the soldiers in the vicinity all spontaneously stopped their actions and organized themselves without the orders of the generals, and the soldiers in farther places also spontaneously and orderly put on armor and rushed to the city wall in the rain, and the civilian merchants took refuge in the depths of the city, and there were dozens of very eye-catching people in the crowd who were covered in white robes and shrouded in invisible shadows under the hood, they looked very different from the others, a transparent semicircular barrier shrouded in their bodies, easily blocking the annoying rain, and at the same time, it also clearly points out their identity - powerful and noble military magicians. Their status is one of the best in the Bandora Empire, second only to the most powerful group of arrogant court magicians, and in Renteldo, even the great generals who are the most senior leaders are courteous to them.

Therefore, this fortress is not short of experience in dealing with the attacks of the Wizard Legion!

After quickly completing the preparations, the mages defending the city began their work, most of them hiding in the dark corners of the combined anti-arithmetic to put an end to the heavy rain, while the other part was responsible for activating and maintaining the magical barriers and jamming devices that had already been set up on the city walls to avoid further losses, such as taking advantage of the heavy rain to attack the city...... The mages who usually only know how to drink heavily, have fun, or lock themselves in the laboratory seem to be very reliable in such moments......

But under the expectant gaze of the soldiers, these arrogant mages quickly fell silent, and they finally just shook their heads, and everyone's hearts sank, and their faces were gloomy. Seeing this, a mage paused and explained, "We can't stop this heavy rain for a short time, but the rain can't help this fortress at all, at most there are a lot of things that will mold. Cheer up, the enemy will have a follow-up attack!"

Rhodes's predecessors couldn't help but settle down after spreading this word among the soldiers defending the city, and what they said was that he seemed to be a little worried, although it was an unprecedented attack, but Renteldo was not fragile enough to be destroyed by a heavy rain......!

Unfortunately, this is not an ordinary heavy rain. Rather, it is the beginning of a nightmare.

The torrential rain is mixed with the gift (curse) of an ancient demon that is even more terrible than poison!

The soldiers quickly set up their crossbows, prepared the rolling stones, and the archers adjusted their weapons, but there was no more to follow.

It is very strange that although the army of the Kulodo Empire appeared in the mountains and forests outside the distant line of sight with siege machines, they did not take advantage of this heavy rain to attack brazenly, but entrenched there like poisonous snakes waiting for something, and the two sides just looked at each other from a distance, exerting invisible pressure on each other.

Naturally, the soldiers defending the city led by Rhodes's predecessors did not let their guard down, and kept an eye on the enemy's movements, unwilling to miss the slightest suspicious detail, until they heard someone start whispering to themselves......

"Thirsty ......"

"I'm so thirsty......"

"I seem to be a little ...... too It's still useless to drink the rainwater......"

Rod's predecessors couldn't help but say to themselves: "I also have an inexplicable hunger and thirst......"

Perhaps, I don't need water...... But...... Blood?

But why? I never thought of it that way...... Or until the last moment, I don't know why everyone should do this like themselves, as if they have rehearsed thousands of times, skillful and neat, and their reason is like ink stains that are constantly diluted by the rain, and in the end they only feel that the taste of blood is so sweet and sweet...... And I'm finally not thirsty......

Culodo's army seems to be approaching suddenly?

......

Rod ran frantically in the rain desperately, and fell several times in the muddy streets, naturally it was not as simple as a blue nose and swollen face, but there was always an inexplicable sense of anxiety in his heart, this matter should not be dealt with as easily as before!!

It's good that the soldiers and civilians around him have spontaneously begun to fight and take refuge, but Rhodes has never been able to erase the uneasiness in his heart, he has had this strange instinct since he was a child, and he can always accurately fulfill bad things......

Running all the way, he quickly rushed to the general's mansion in the center of the city, the general had already begun to instruct the low-level generals in front of the door how to act, and naturally patted a certain general who was very uneasy because of this unprecedented rainstorm to comfort, this man can always appear at a critical moment and make a difference, it is very important to have two brushes, otherwise he would not have been sent to this vital fortress to master the heavy army.

"General!! the soldiers defending the city have begun to assemble urgent......ly!

Rhodes didn't know what to say for a moment, he suddenly hesitated, could this matter really be more important than the war in front of him? The general was ready to face the battle at the first moment of the shower, and he must have thought about more things and considered more aspects than himself...... He couldn't help but be a little speechless.

"Very well done! I'll go over and inspect it right away!"

The figure of the general stood like a pitch-black mountain in the pouring rain, and the sword in his left hand seemed to be contemplating, but he obviously noticed Rhodes, and heard what he said clearly in the noisy and chaotic environment, which showed that even an ordinary soldier like Rhodes was highly valued.

But Rhodes knew very well that if he didn't finish at this time, the general who had devoted all his attention to the war would no longer be able to take care of a reserve like him. Thinking of his senior's words, he gritted his teeth fiercely and plucked up his courage! Then he suddenly knelt down on one knee and bowed his head with his right fist and shouted: "General!! my senior and I have found a magic light that is suspected to be a wild elven dragon streaking across the sky!!

The expression on the face of the general, who was originally confident and high-spirited, instantly became extremely exciting, it was the expression of an ordinary person who was close to his long-cherished wish and Rhodes with a hint of expectation, loss, and longing, but mixed with a hint of fear.

Triernust Van Sintoin, the youngest and most famous general of the Bandora Empire, was in charge of guarding the western fortress of Renteldo...... It sounds like he is destined to flourish, but he is actually fully qualified to defend some better places, such as the unusually fertile southern or eastern regions, instead of the barren and sinister Renteldo, but he chose this place without hesitation, because his daughter who lives in the imperial capital was born with magical allergies, and has high magical qualifications, this contradictory situation not only makes her live full of pain, but even makes her inevitably die before the age of 25 due to violent rejection...... Although there was a way to alleviate it, he still wanted to concoct an ancient medicine that could cure this disease, but unfortunately he lacked the most crucial elven dragon feathers...... Whether this legendary creature exists or not, but as a man and a father, he has a responsibility that must be shouldered. That's why he took the initiative to ask to come here, this land where elven dragons once appeared in legends thousands of years ago, but he found nothing from the age of ten to the current sixteen years old...... Everyone in Renterdo knew about it.

After taking a deep breath, the general raised the sword in his hand, which symbolized power, and handed it to the adjutant.

"I'm sorry, I'll leave the command to you for the time being, I'm going to go with this young warrior and teach me a hard lesson to the black pigs who are not doing enough for Kulodo!!"

“...... Grunt. ”

The adjutant next to General Xin Tuoyin just lowered his head and didn't say a word, and made an inappropriate sound of swallowing saliva, which was very strange.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" the general turned to look at his face under his helmet with some confusion......

Then his eyes widened suddenly, and he raised the long sword in his hand high, and at the same time as he swung it fiercely, the adjutant roared: "Cut, wow, ah!!" The shapeless roar drooled and pounced on the general with teeth and claws!! like a wild monster!! his originally charming purple pupils were now as dull as dull black ink stains, and the color was as irrational as a dull black ink stain!

The general used only one sword to let his head separate and rest in peace, but his brow furrowed tightly as the other lieutenants all turned into ink-stained eyes and rushed towards him!!

This scene Rhodes was dumbfounded, he couldn't understand what was happening at all, but the general in the battle state was enough to end the battle in two minutes with one enemy and a thousand, but his hand holding the sword trembled slightly......

"Follow me! get out of here first!!" The general grabbed Rhodes, who had not yet come to his senses, and strode into the street, and then stopped suddenly!

The people on the street bite each other like zombies, and the blood remains are displayed all over the ground, and the two people who suddenly intrude into this scene are immediately stared at by countless pairs of ink-stained eyes that make people's scalps numb!! the owners of these eyes may no longer be called human ......

With a shudder, Rhodes took the steel sword of the adjutant that the general had just brought with him, and the general stood back to back, raising his sword to face the thousands of monsters surrounding them in the three layers and the outer three layers around him, and their numbers were still increasing!!

The battle is on the verge of breaking out!

Rod, who was fighting for the first time, thought of his sister's smiling face......

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Black Lunar Calendar, 848 years, the Bandora Empire, the ruins of the city of Renteldo, a one-eyed and broken arm, at dusk, gently put a bouquet of dew-stained war roses on the petals under a broken wall overgrown with grass, the sunset is like blood, the general outline of the city wall known as the western cliff is still towering, but the interior is no longer a human habitation, just entrenched tens of thousands of monsters called bloodthirsty beasts that will indiscriminately attack the invaders......

But young people understand that those are still the remnants of the mission...... Hero.