"Here... stop them!" A cold light flashed in Renault's eyes. He had promised Roland that he would protect this place. Keeping his promise is the way of chivalry!
"Order the soldiers! Abandon the outer wall! The middle wall! We will defend the inner wall!" Renault said in a grim tone.
"Okay!" Apophis Breo frowned but he did not intend to refute the commander's opinion.
The Lulong Fortress's interior boasts three layers of walls, each rising a whopping 50 meters! Eight Dragon-Slaying Towers are nestled within the 150-meter-high inner wall! Due to a shortage of manpower, Renault had no choice but to abandon the outer and middle walls. With the Dragon-Severing Stones in the passageway lowered, even a Level 6 warrior wouldn't be able to break through and enter the fortress! After all, the Dragon-Severing Stones in the Lulong Fortress are crafted from pure mithril, weighing several tons and engraved with defensive and forbidden magic arrays. Even a Level 6 warrior would be sent packing!
"Want to take this place? Pay with human lives!" Renault sat on the city wall and looked into the distance nonchalantly.
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"What happened?" Hearing the noise, Nyx ran out with her skirt lifted up.
"Your Highness, the south has been invaded by orcs! They are almost reaching the Lulong Fortress!" Yun Feng turned his head to look at Nix and saluted with his hand on his chest. What he didn't say was that this news was half a day ago.
"This? There are not enough soldiers in Lulong Fortress! Lavian! You must lead the knights and heavy cavalry to provide support as soon as possible!" Nix's tone left no room for doubt.
"Wait! Your Highness! These soldiers are used to protect Jiliu City! It is not appropriate to send them!" Yun Feng immediately refused when he heard it.
"I didn't discuss this with you! When Roland is not around, I am the mistress of the country! I order you in the name of Grand Duke Nyx and Queen Raglan! Send troops to support! The battlefield of knights is in the wilderness, not in the city walls!" Nyx's face turned red with anger.
"Your Highness... it's too late! The news was half a day ago! We can only trust General Renault now!" Yun Feng explained with a wry smile.
"Even if the reinforcements are late, it's better than being isolated and helpless!" Nyx was unmoved.
"But we need cavalry to gather the scattered people! We can't leave the people of the kingdom alone!" Yun Feng gritted his teeth. No matter what, the kingdom's only two remaining organized cavalry units could not be moved! Even if it was impossible, he would use these two cavalry units to open a way out for everyone.
"Hmph! Damn it!" Nyx slammed his fist on the table. It took him a while to catch his breath.
"Go! Notify King White Wing in Losenil City in Aquavia! Tell them to be on guard against the enemy!"
"Also light the beacon fire! Ask for help from the two countries of Gushan!"
"Lavian, listen to my orders! Command all the cavalry in the city! Take them and bring back our people!"
"Holin! Go tell the centaurs that the orcs are coming! If you don't want to die, go to Stormwind for refuge! Their forest can't stop the orc army!" Nix gave orders.
Yun Feng looked at the extremely powerful Grand Duchess thoughtfully. From her slightly trembling hands, he could tell that Nyx was just a coward. She pretended to be calm and strong just to calm people's hearts.
Yun Feng exclaimed in his heart, worthy of being a high-ranking noble in the empire, it was already very good that she could quickly calm people's hearts in a crisis! At least in the absence of the king, it was not easy for a woman to do this.
"Ahem! Marcus! Let's arrange the city defense. We can't rule out the possibility that those orcs will bypass the Lulong Fortress and attack us." Yun Feng coughed dryly and helped Nix fill in the most important link that she had missed.
"Don't worry! Your Highness the Grand Duke, I will give the king an intact city! Everyone will be safe!" Marcus saw the fear and panic in Nyx's eyes, and he pounded his chest and made a promise.
"Even if the city is really broken... I will take you to a safe place! This is the task he left for me," Yun Feng said silently in his heart, clenching his fists.
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"Heh~ Who can tell me! Where did these orcs come from? Are the orcs in Dol Guldur like rats? They can't be killed all?" Looking at the orc army numbering more than ten thousand, Renault smiled dryly.
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"What a damn sin!" Renault threw away the dogtail grass he was chewing and turned around indifferently.
"Order all arrow towers to prepare for attack! We will fight them here!" A voice as if coming from the underworld sounded from Renault's throat.
"For home! For the kingdom! For glory!" Apophis Breo raised his sword and roared, and immediately everyone's emotions were aroused.
"brush!"
"brush!"
Sparse but precise rain of arrows shot out from the fortress, and the dense army of Orcs was immediately wiped away as if by an invisible eraser. A large number of Orcs fell to the ground, making the dense phalanx look a little messy.
"Raise your shields!" the Orc leader roared, and densely packed wooden shields were raised up.
"The killing effect is not very good!" Apophis Breo frowned.
"Keep up the shooting frequency! Pay attention to clearing the siege equipment!" Renault ordered coldly.
"Okay!" Apophis Breo nodded. After all, his combat experience was not as rich as Renault's, and he still needed to learn from Renault.
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"Crackle~" The charcoal burning in the brazier emits a warm glow, driving away the last bit of coolness in the summer night.
"How is it? I'm asking about casualties!" Renault sat silently in a corner away from the brazier.
"It's nothing serious. The injured soldiers have been treated by the priests and are now fine! We can fight again tomorrow!" said Apophis Breo.
"Hmm..." Renault raised his head and looked at the wilderness of Qi River and fell silent.
"General, why...are you wearing a blue cloak?" Apophis Breo could only find some topics to break the awkward atmosphere between the two.
"Hmm?" Renault turned his head and looked at Apophis Breo's shoulder. The red cloak made him look extraordinary and heroic, and the aura of a noble officer was written on his face.
"Hmph~" Renault sneered.
"The general's uniform is stained with the blood of the soldiers! I wear blue to keep it clean!" After Renault finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the night without saying anything else.
"Alas... A general's success is built on the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. I know the story of the War of Restoration. It's not your fault if you don't save them!" Apophis Breo sighed and comforted him.
"They joined the battle in response to my call. To be honest, I was overstepping my bounds in that battle! Those Torrent Infantrymen shouldn't have died!" Renault looked up at the starry sky and sighed.
"At that time, we were very poor... We had no place to live and the world was our home! Your Highness wanted to take us back to our homeland..." Renault's voice was deep and long, as if it came from ancient times.
"We signed a contract with the dwarves, and we need that money!"
"Then... the war broke out! An epic battle! Tens of thousands of people clashed in a fierce battle. At that moment... His Highness retreated. He didn't want us to become sacrifices, but I knew we couldn't leave. The lost glory, the faith of our knights, and the commission that would allow us to restore our country kept reminding me - it's time to join the battle! I raised my arms and shouted, encouraging His Highness..."
"We fought! We won! But the infantry never saw the rise of River Rapids..."
"Do you regret it?" Apophis Breo suddenly asked.
"Regret? Why? The moment we picked up our weapons, the final outcome was already determined! For this country, nothing can be sacrificed! Including you, me, and everyone here!" Renault's voice was terribly cold. No one knew what had happened to this young knight that made him so hard-hearted.
"Let's go to bed early! The orcs won't give us much time!" Renault said and turned away.
A blue cloak fluttered in the night wind, like a sun piercing people's eyebrows and eyes, causing pain.