Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 289 The Shining Night Sky

"Do you understand? If it is discovered that we did this, we will die!" Bolton had no appetite to eat. He stood up and roared angrily.

For the first time, the long-lasting peaceful state of mind was broken.

"With us here, no one can hurt you." Jerome walked out of the darkness, and the candlelight revealed his shadowed face in the room.

It turned out to be a faceless face!
He has no nose, no eyes, and none of the five senses that ordinary people have. He seems to be the product of the Creator's failure, a deformed child spurned by the gods.

This horrifying look is enough to scare even a child to stop crying.

"You don't understand how powerful the Lord of Highcliff Castle is. The mighty stone giant is no match for him, and thousands of demons are also killed by his sword!"

A devilish and godlike figure appeared in Bolton's mind. No matter who the opponent was, it was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables in front of him.

His mind was now filled with thoughts on what he would do if the other party found out that he had let the demons into the city. The number of soldiers in the Dreadfort might not be enough for the other party to kill.

"My Lord, you are really too afraid of the other party."

"Let's not talk about this first. It's impossible for the other party to know about it. Besides, he is a human, not a god. He needs to eat, drink, defecate, urinate, and sleep."

"Right now, I have dozens of ways to kill him."

Jerome shook his head, thinking that Bolton was making too much of a fuss.

The Hanged Man, who believes in the Faceless God, has existed since ancient times. In his glorious past, he even slayed dragons and killed giants.

Although the glory is gone now, that human is not a dragon or a giant. Jerome feels that no one is unkillable.

Whether it's assassination, poisoning or something else, there's always a way.

It's just that killing the other party now would attract the attention of all the people in Debe, so no action was taken.

When the time is right, the other party will become a stepping stone for the Hanged Man to resound through Debe again.

"Haha, if you are so strong, why are you now the rats in the gutter who dare not show their faces?"

Bolton, who had calmed down, sneered at the other party's boasting.

"After we slaughtered the golden dragon and the mountain giant, we were suppressed by the dragon and the giant together."

Jerome said this calmly, as if he was extremely proud.

"..."

Bolton was silent.

He felt that these hanged men not only lost their faces, but most likely their brains as well.

……

Inside the Bone Fortress, the garrisons were divided into different areas. Daemon's army was the farthest from the city gate, so the soldier took the lead in panicking and bypassing the Thorn Legion's garrison closest to the city gate and ran to the High Cliff Fort camp.

Levi's idea was to leave the city, so he could take a look at the current situation of the Legion of Thorns on the way.

If they join, the pressure on Gaoya Castle will be much less.

Everything had been ready. At Levi's command, the barricades in front of the camp were opened from the inside out.

The gnolls rode their wargs into the darkness first to clear the way, as night was more advantageous to them than day.

The orc warriors were distributed in the front and on both sides, while the auxiliary soldiers, Fed archers and spellcasters such as Heather stayed in the middle to provide support, and the centaurs were responsible for wandering around and taking care of their butts.

When entering the main road of the Bone Fortress, some scattered demons and Babu demons can be seen in the surrounding houses and alleys. They are chasing the defeated city guards.

He brutally chopped off his opponent's hands and feet, and finally cut off his head. He excitedly picked up an arm and began to feast on it.

To them, these humans are the most delicious food.

Then they discovered the larger Gaoyabao brigade, and the charming fragrance teased their nerves and surged up like a tide.

But they were like moths to a flame. The scimitars of the wolf cavalry in the front easily scratched their necks, and the wargs bit their necks to pieces.

Almost as soon as they came into contact, most of them were killed by the jackals, and the few that remained were killed one by one by the Fed archers.

This meant that the orc warriors who were performing guard duties did not even have a chance to perform, and the spells that the drow priests had just chanted halfway also disappeared into thin air.

The combat effectiveness of these low-level demons is comparable to that of a rural militia. The real threat is only the psychological effect of fear that is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Unless they form an overwhelming and continuous wave and use their absolute advantage in numbers to consume the enemy, it will be difficult for them to pose any significant threat to Gaoya Castle.

Although it was extremely easy for them to break through the demons' obstruction, more and more demons were pouring into the Bone Fortress, so they could not help but speed up their march.

The Thorn Legion was not far from the camp of High Cliff Castle, and at this speed they could soon see some outlines in the darkness.

"Lord Levi, look." Heather exclaimed, covering her mouth.

It's no wonder she lost her composure; everything she saw was simply too shocking.

The camp that originally belonged to the Legion of Thorns is now filled with densely packed demons. The density cannot be described by the word "sea of ​​people". It can be said that it is a bag of wheat dumped in Lilliput.

There was no space left between the demons. They crowded together, stepped on their companions' heads, and piled up to climb madly towards the four or five-blade-high stone wall in front of them. In the distance, countless demons were crowding towards them.

A fierce fight was going on inside the wall, with roars and wails echoing in the collision of weapons.

Fujiero's hoarse voice of "hold on" penetrated through layers of obstacles and reached the ears of the Gaoyabao Brigade.

"Brother-in-law, do we still need to rescue Mr. Fujiro?" Mil asked, swallowing his saliva.

The demons in front of him were actually similar to those in the morning, but because they were gathered together in the small city, they appeared to be densely packed and everywhere.

In addition, the current situation is obviously isolated and helpless. Due to this psychological shock, Mir seems a little confused and at a loss.

"Charge in!" Levi did not reply, but issued the order coldly.

Even though the Legion of Thorns suffered losses in the morning's battle, it still had more than 6,000 elite soldiers, and it was impossible for all of them to be destroyed in such a short time.

Rescuing them is obviously the most correct choice.

At the command, the barbarians raised their battle axes and began to charge into the crowd, spears and arrows flew, and battle axes and spells of different colors fell at the same time.

In just a blink of an eye, a hole was smashed open among the demons.

Like a hot knife cutting into butter, the Gaoyabao Brigade rushed to the wall as if they were in an empty space.

Facing this thick city wall that was four or five blades high, the lord simply raised his forty-five-yard-long foot and kicked it hard.

With a loud "boom", the thick city wall collapsed in an instant as if it was hit by a huge rock, leaving a gap nearly seven or eight blades wide.

The people in Highcliff Castle were well aware of the terrifying strength of their lord, so they turned a blind eye to it, without any emotion on their faces. But as the dust cleared, the soldiers of the Thorn Legion were stunned by the collapsed city wall and the dominant lord.

"Your shoes, sir?"

Unfortunately, some people always have strange focuses. Fujiro looked at someone's shoes exploding like popcorn, revealing his toes, and he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"I really shouldn't have come to rescue you."

His heroic and majestic figure had already shocked everyone, but because of one sentence he looked like a loser. The lord was very angry.

He took a quick glance and breathed a sigh of relief.

I don’t know whether it was because Fujiro came back early or because the soldiers of the Thorn Legion were elite enough.

These soldiers had already organized themselves into neat formations, and seemed to be able to deal with the endless stream of demons with ease. However, because there were so many of them, it was like they were stuck in a quagmire and it was difficult to rush out, so there was not actually much damage.

The two sides quickly joined together.

"What should I do, sir?" Fujiro was wearing a red noble costume and holding only a sword in his hand.

I think the battle started right after I returned to the Thorn Legion’s base, and I didn’t even have time to put on my armor.

"Let's get out first. I'm afraid that the devil will send those six-armed snake warriors here. It will be difficult for us to get out then." Levi said seriously.

Although the six-armed snake demon warriors were just small fry to him, they could pose a threat to the High Cliff Castle brigade as long as their numbers were large enough, and they were even more of a difficult enemy for the Legion of Thorns.

I'm afraid only the group of Lionheart Elite Red Swordsmen can deal with it easily.

"Don't hide it, take it out." Levi suddenly stretched out his hand towards Fujiro.

"What?" Fujiro looked confused.

"Of course it's magic equipment!" The Lord said speechlessly, "You are the commander of a legion, and your sister controls more than 40% of the business in the North. There are countless caravans flowing to various places in Derby every year. I really don't believe that you don't have two pieces of magic equipment at the bottom of your box to save your life."

"I've observed it a long time ago. The ring you're wearing is definitely a magical item!"

"Sir, tell me the truth, have you been eyeing my ring for a long time?" Fujiro looked doubtful, but still took off the green ring with exquisite patterns engraved on his thumb and handed it over.

"Hehe, you touch it eight hundred times a day. Anyone would know that this thing is not simple." Li Wei snorted twice, took it and looked at it in his hand: "How do I use this thing?"

This ring is engraved with complex patterns, flowing with a unique magical glow, and is inlaid with five tiny magic gems of different colors.

When it was taken out, Heather's attention was immediately attracted to it. As a spellcaster, when Levi rubbed the patterns on the ring after taking it off, she felt a very powerful elemental fluctuation from it.

"Press that red gem, it's the activation mechanism that will release the high-level magic stored inside. The area hundreds of steps around it will be engulfed in a sea of ​​fire." Fujiro explained carefully.

Magic equipment is meant to be used in times of emergency. It doesn't matter who uses it at this time, so he is not stingy.

"Awesome, are there any more?" Levi looked at it over and over again. He never thought that such a small ring could contain such powerful magic.

"Do you really think my sister's money came from the wind? This magic ring alone cost thousands of gold grams, and the seller only sold it to her out of their past friendship."

"You know, magic equipment is in great demand and cannot be bought even if you have money, let alone the magic ring that stores spells." Fujiro said distressedly.

Although it wasn't his money that was spent, once this magic was used, it would be enough to cover half of his lifetime military pay.

Levi stuffed it directly into his trouser pocket. Time was short and the task was heavy. Now was not the time to continue the greetings. Who knows when the demons would gather into a torrent that was completely impossible to break through.

He gave a quick and concise order: "Take your men and follow us, rush out of the city and meet up with Duke Florina first."

"Sir, I'm afraid we can't leave for the time being." Fujiro smiled bitterly.

"Why are there so many?!" Before Levi could react, Heather pointed behind him. She was so shocked that the white hair on her chest was shaking.

"Gan!"

The lord turned his head and instantly burst into curses.

I am such a pessimist, whatever I say comes true.

Under the pitch-black sky, extremely tall and burly shadows came from a distance and were approaching them. When the shadows crossed the boundary between light and darkness and appeared under the light of the fire, everyone took a deep breath.

He was a six-armed snake demon warrior who was three blades tall and weighed several thousand pounds. He stared at everyone with a cold expression, as if a basin of cold water was poured over the heads of everyone present in the cold winter of December.

These extremely proud warriors wore fine fiery red armor made of unknown materials, and held shields and a variety of weapons in their hands.

Compared to those low-level demons, these guys are the real highlight.

He is a warrior worthy of being taken seriously by the Gaoyabao Brigade.

Their snake tails moved quickly along the ground, chopping down any demons that blocked their way. They could also completely smash down a collapsed city wall with a flick of their snake tails.

These warriors are definitely more ruthless and powerful opponents than the Minotaur.

“It’s not a lot.”

Levi discovered a good news, at least for him, these six-armed snake demon warriors that appeared in his field of vision were not enough to form a large legion, at most only a thousand or so.

Levi heard from Fatih that there were as many as 20,000 to 30,000 of these guys in a large legion.

Now that only a thousand have come, it is already worth celebrating.

Now he has a powerful weapon in his hand, Heather and the others' magic power is also full, and there is also the support of the Legion of Thorns.

As long as the Thorn Legion can hold back a few hundred six-armed snake demons, the High Cliff Castle Brigade will be able to quickly deal with these guys.

Levi didn't expect the Legion of Thorns to be able to deal with them, but if they could just hold them off it shouldn't be a problem.

"Get your weapons and deal with these bastards first!" He shouted, taking out a broadsword from the inventory and holding it in his hand.

These six-armed snake demon warriors are very fast. The High Cliff Castle Brigade and the Thorn Legion together have more than 10,000 people. Such a large team is bound to not move very fast.

Instead of waiting for them to catch up and kill us, it is better to kill these guys here in advance.

But before the two came into contact, a red light suddenly flashed across the distant sky, illuminating even the Bone Fortress with a blood-red glow.

"Clang~"

Accompanied by a clanging sound that resounded through heaven and earth, it was followed by a metallic wail full of desolation.

No one was clear about what was going on, except Fujiro, who knew the most. He felt his throat go dry and his heart instantly turned cold to his heels.

"It's General Mandela, his sword... is broken..."

(End of this chapter)