Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 23 Swamp Territory Prepares for the Beast Tide
The war over the swamp territory has begun.

On the 239th day, led by three advanced magical beasts, more than 800 magical beasts gathered and began to march towards the swamp territory of the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard.

The monster invasion was discovered immediately by the Baron's manor in the Swamp Territory.

However, everything is fine.

Within eight days of discovering the large-scale invasion by monsters, the swamp territory had already hastily evacuated almost all its inhabitants.

The chamber of commerce workers, miners, and some small vendors quickly evacuated the swamp territory with their own people.

York also gathered all the serfs and civics of the swamp territory into the lord's castle.

In short, this time, the Swamp Territory intends to use the lord's castle as a defensive fortification to fight the monster tide head-on.

This battle is unavoidable.

Although York could have taken his people to the Colorado Highlands to take refuge temporarily and then return after the monsters retreated.

But this practice is undoubtedly not much different from suicide.

As a noble lord, one can never easily give up one's territory.

If he were to abandon his territory, he would become the biggest joke in the Silver Lion Duchy this year.

And that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is, if we can dodge this time, what about next time, and the time after that?

Moreover, if they retreat every time, how much damage will they suffer to their territory?

The cultivated farmland, residential buildings, and even the lord's mansion will all be completely destroyed by the monsters.

Therefore, when York established the swamp territory as his own land, he had no other choice.

He will either repel wave after wave of small monsters, or he will die and his territory will be destroyed.

Moreover, this beast tide, strictly speaking, cannot even be considered a beast tide; it was merely a joint action by three low-level magical beasts in the vicinity.

If he has to retreat even from a tiny beast tide of this size, then he might as well give up his territory and obediently return to Gale Territory to become the master's knight squire, that is, his father's knight squire.

Title? You're already a knight squire, what title could you possibly have?
Therefore, York had no intention of backing down from the beginning.

Furthermore, York currently has sufficient confidence and courage in his swamp territory.

After all, he himself is now a second-tier elite knight.

Although he only had two unranked knight squires and fifty local militiamen under his command.

But at least this time he spent a lot of money to recruit more than 150 mercenaries. With their presence, and relying on the newly built ten-meter-high city walls around the castle, he felt that his chances of winning against the group of more than 800 unranked magical beasts were not small.

As for the three-headed magical beasts that have reached the next level, although two of them are at the second level, we have so many mercenaries and plenty of weapons on our side that we have a good chance of wearing them down.

And the Rock Dragon Monitor?
York had no intention of asking the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard in the first place.

Because once the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard makes its move, all of this becomes meaningless.

York wanted to prove himself to the gods, to show that he could handle a beast tide of this scale even without the power of the gods' proxy.

Although this approach may seem somewhat unwise.

But York's wife, Lucia, did not object to her husband's actions.

First, Yorke definitely needs to prove himself.

After all, the gods have already bestowed enough blessings upon us, and relying solely on them will only lower our standing in their eyes and erode our courage.

Secondly, the newly established swamp territory needs a war to train its troops.

At the very least, the people should see that the swamp territory possesses great power and a bright future, thereby strengthening the cohesion of the territory.

Furthermore, by hiring so many mercenaries, York can also select some suitable mercenaries to sign contracts with, thereby cultivating his own knights and squires, instead of relying solely on the support of Gale Headquarters.

Therefore, in this war of the beast tide, the Swamp Territory did not seek help from the Gale Territory, nor even from Lucia's family. This was a war to prove itself to the gods, and also an opportunity for the Swamp Territory to prove itself to the Gale Territory and to the outside world.

Of course, York also has a final option if things get to the point of no return.

That means letting the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard take action.

This didn't even require a request, because the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard sensed it immediately when a large number of magical beasts gathered at the border of the Swamp Territory and were even preparing to invade its territory.

The Rock Dragon Giant Lizard intended to make a move, but it was spotted by the knights at York's camp on the edge of the swamp, and York stopped it immediately.

Although the Rock Dragon Monitor has been given a conservative rule by the Forest Science Institute, this conservatism in terms of rules simply means not taking the initiative to attack.

When their territory is invaded, the Rock Dragon Monitor will naturally take action.

Therefore, even though York stopped the Rock Dragon, the Rock Dragon did not fully agree.

Perhaps because the game update copied Linko's personality, the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard at this moment has become a reincarnation of Linko, and its instinctive intelligence has been greatly enhanced.

Therefore, through the master-servant contract with York, the Rock Dragon Monitor also expressed its own opinions in the spiritual realm.

That is, it does not allow more than half of its inhabitants to be killed or injured within its territory.

It will intervene once casualties exceed the limit.

All people and things in the Swamp Territory are the property of the gods on earth, and the gods will absolutely not allow any major losses to occur in the Swamp Territory.

Everything is for the great God!
York had no choice but to agree.

And now, the Rock Dragon Giant Lizard is located underground near the Lord's Castle.

It uses its senses to constantly monitor the situation in the swamp territory, and it will immediately appear to clean up the mess if there are any major casualties.

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"The monsters are coming! Archers, prepare!!!"

On the not-so-high castle walls, sharp-eyed knights and squires immediately spotted a large number of magical beasts emerging from the untouched forest in the distance.

The knight's squire shouted, and then all the mercenaries and militiamen on the city wall nervously raised their bows and arrows.

Inside the castle, more than eight hundred serfs and their subjects trembled in fear.

Many people huddled together and even prayed to the gods.

The earth trembled, and distant monsters kept appearing in the eyes of the humans.

The vanguard of the beast tide was a pack of over three hundred wolves.

Meanwhile, a large number of venomous snakes can be seen on the ground. These snakes range in length from more than ten meters to several meters, and it is difficult to count them precisely. In fact, many of them were not even included in this monster tide.

Then, the biggest threat of this beast tide appeared behind the wolves and snakes.

That was a herd of a hundred ferocious spotted pigs.

Each of these creatures weighs close to 700 or 800 pounds when they are adults, and some even weigh over 1,000 pounds. They are truly enormous.

Even if a mercenary encounters a single one of these guys in the wild, most of them will choose to back down.

The reason is simple: these guys are thick-skinned and extremely difficult to kill.

Unless there are skilled archers who specifically target these guys by eye, ordinary mercenaries simply can't do anything with them.

The entire beast tide was mainly composed of these three groups of magical beasts. There were also many other types of magical beasts, but their numbers were relatively small, and they were just a 'ragtag army' mixed in.

Looking at the entire beast horde, even some of the most skilled mercenaries, who were used to life and death, couldn't help but show worry.

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