Blood Dragon

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The battle at the city gate is much inferior.Because the Paro people had already dealt with the terrible slaughter on the wall wholeheartedly, there was not much energy to pay attention to the progress of the battering ram.They could have poured hot oil and dropped fire to destroy the mechanism, but this time they had no time to do so, for the enemy had already swarmed the walls.

The heavy city gate gradually became unstable under the attack of the battering hammer, and a fierce impact finally tore a huge gap in the city gate, enough for two horses to rush through side by side.

The sound of drums sounded as abruptly as a horseshoe.The coalition soldiers outside the city shouted ecstatically when they discovered that the city gate had been washed away.All the soldiers who were still outside the city rushed straight to the city gate.

The city walls are under control.Ashrufat led the troops to kill the last group of Paro soldiers who were struggling on the city wall.After completely eradicating the enemies on the city wall, he immediately commanded the troops around him to advance into the city.At this moment, more than one group of knights had rushed into the castle, and thick smoke and flames were rising everywhere.

The morning mist has faded, and blood flows on the city wall.Dark clouds covered the sky, but there was a rumble of thunder, as if the gods in the sky wanted to interfere with the two warring armies in person.

Now, both sides have lost their formation and lost effective command.The commanders of both sides can only muster a small number of troops, and as a whole they must rely on the courage and tenacity of the soldiers to maintain the battle.Almost all the coalition soldiers had rushed into the city, and both sides in the fierce battle were red-eyed, and the bestiality replaced pity and kindness.The battle spread to every corner of the entire castle, the wailing of the wounded echoed everywhere, and the blood of the dead flowed.No one surrendered, and no one took prisoners.Live the victor or be the devil on this dreadful day.

In a room high up in the castle, a person was writing on a piece of paper calmly, turning a deaf ear to the sound of fighting outside.

"... There are too many enemy knights, unbelievably many, completely inconsistent with the intelligence. This has almost become a decisive factor. This makes me suspect that Thomas, the deceitful person, may have used some evil means In order to enhance our own combat power..."

"...Many people think that Duke Rudolph is the kind of person who values ​​victory over honor. However, compared with Thomas, Rudolph is obviously much inferior. At least Rudolph's 'limited' morality cannot allow him to Take in the dark wizard privately. It is true that in terms of military affairs, anyone must recognize Thomas' ability, and his achievements in the past two years are the best proof. But in terms of knight honor, I despise him extremely. Thomas is an extremely A hypocrite, deceitful villain. The world is deceived by this hypocrite. Even I, if I hadn’t witnessed the scene of our soldiers fighting with the zombies resurrected by dark magic, I would never believe that Thomas would take in the dark mage in private. Using this taboo evil power as a combat force. This ability to disguise is really amazing. This also explains why he can always easily see through military cunning schemes, because he himself is the most cunning and hypocritical people……"

"...At this moment, the defeat of our army is probably unavoidable. I can no longer continue to write. As a general, this is the moment for me to be loyal to my country. I will lead the soldiers to make a final resistance, and I will die! I pray that the gods of the star field will always bless the country of Paro and the people of peace..."

He put down his pen, folded what he had written, carefully tied it to the leg of a pigeon with a string, and let the pigeon fly from the window.At this time, the two armies were fighting in a melee, and no one cared about such a carrier pigeon delivering news.

When all this was done, he took his sword and a torch, and went out of the room.Below his room is the castle's material warehouse, where all the materials are sorted and hoarded.He entered the warehouse through a side door and saw several Paro soldiers busy here, stacking piles of powder kegs together.

Someone was hacking at the front door of the warehouse.Once, twice, three times, a huge tomahawk broke through the latch, and a whole party of knights rushed in.These people are all enemies, they are Thomas' subordinates!

The leading knight dropped his battle axe, swung a huge sword, and rushed in.But perhaps seeing the calm look of the few remaining Paro soldiers, these knights stopped and looked around, worried that there might be an ambush.

"Myrrh!" The knight suddenly cried out in joy, his eyes fixed on the medicines piled up in a corner.There is a red dragon pattern engraved on his breastplate, but there are no decorations on the breastplates of his subordinates-in fact, it can be seen at a glance that these armors originally belonged to the Paro knights.A pair of eyes that became bloodthirsty and crazy because of the fierce battle stared at the few surviving Paro people inside.

But at once they realized how calm these Paros were, for they had recognized that the piles of barrels contained gunpowder.These are all powder kegs!

The eyes of these Paro people are full of calmness, but they are not afraid of the overwhelming enemy.That is the look that only those who are determined to die generously can have.

"I am Count Magyar of Paro, the guard here, who are you, knight?" He announced his name, staring at the knight in front of him.

"I am Earl Ashurfate of St. Jean, General Thomas' lieutenant!" the knight replied loudly. "Drop the torch in your hand, and I will spare your life!"

"What if I say no?" he replied with a smile.It could be heard from the voice that the knight opposite him was still very young, and he did not know which nobleman's son he was. "I was ordered by the king to garrison here and shoulder the great responsibility of resisting the enemy and defending the land. As a knight, I should defend this responsibility with my life. Today the castle fell, how can I just live and tarnish the glory of the knight? Die with me!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he stuffed the torch in his hand into a powder keg.

It was an earth-shattering sound.

A fairly large part of the entire castle flew into the sky amidst the loud noise.Gravel fell from the sky like raindrops, and the huge air wave knocked down many warriors who were still fighting fiercely.All the people in the warehouse, all disappeared.Specifically, the place that used to be a warehouse, together with everything on it, disappeared with this loud noise.

Except for one figure.

"Master, luckily I activated the protective energy field in time..." Carrie said in her mind. "Master? What's the matter with you?"

"'Myrrh'...General Thomas..." Ashuruffat moved his lips, looking at the dust in the sky.Then his knees could no longer support his body, and he knelt down uncontrollably.

It's all over!

……

In the battle where Thomas captured Wolf's Mouth Castle, anyone can give ten reasons why Thomas must win.First of all, Thomas is attacking the castle for the second time, so he knows the way.Secondly, the defenses that the Paro people have arranged in a hurry are very imperfect, and the trenches outside the city have not even been dug.Again, a large part of the Paro soldiers in the castle were defeated, their morale was low, and they were unbearable to fight.Also, Thomas has a secret weapon, several siege towers that can be formed overnight...

However, even the most demanding people admit that it is definitely a remarkable feat to be able to quickly capture this castle whose walls are still intact within two days with a force that is not clearly superior.According to some reliable records, the resistance of the Paro people was extremely tenacious, and the coalition forces paid a great price.In the end, Thomas stepped on the bloody corpse of the enemy and planted his flying snake flag on the highest point of the castle.The corpses of soldiers from both sides covered every corner of the castle.

But the final results proved that any price is worth it. More than 2 Paro soldiers were wiped out, which was the last resistance of the Paro people.

Some believe that it was this battle that Thomas was seriously wounded.But there are also some people who believe that Thomas has been injured before.This detail is difficult to verify.Because we all know that if the chief general is injured in a war, he will definitely try to hide the injury so as not to shake the morale of the army, and Thomas is certainly no exception.

However, according to the most common opinion, Thomas had been injured more than once before, and was even unable to manage the council for a period of time before, and entrusted all matters to the lieutenant general.This also shows from the side how bloody and brutal the battle the general experienced was.The fall of Langkou Castle can be said to have drawn a successful conclusion to Thomas's journey.The Paro people no longer had an army, and now the land of Paro was exposed to Thomas like an unprotected lamb.

So far, even if Thomas’s achievements are not “unprecedented”, at least they have reached the level of “unprecedented”.His deeds are being eulogized everywhere, his name has been recorded in history as the greatest general, and will be remembered and remembered forever.

According to folklore or some unofficial historical records of unknown origin, Thomas and the Paro people had a deep hatred.Legend has it that Paro's assassins took advantage of his absence to kill Thomas' family.Otherwise it would be impossible to explain what he did in the territory of Paro.After leaving a small army to guard Wolf's Mouth Castle, Thomas led the coalition forces of Saint Jean and Cassilos to invade the land of Paro, burning, killing and looting, completely turning at least two provinces into ruins.Unfortunately, the cavaliers of Cassilos were more than happy to do so, as they also hated the Paros.And the militiamen who have no honor at all are even more happy.

Of course, it is more orthodox to say that Thomas is not responsible for these things.Because at this moment, his health has collapsed, and it is no longer him to command the army.In this year, Thomas has gone through the most glorious journey of his life.But no matter how many ambitions and pursuits of honor and victory are hidden in this old man's heart, no matter how young his mentality is, his body is over eighty years old after all.Repeated fierce battles, multiple wounds, and arduous marches finally exhausted the last potential of his life.He is like a shooting star, illuminating the entire night sky, but also falling quickly... <The sky has come, the grass and trees turn green, and hundreds of trees with broad tops, thick and short bodies, and far-reaching branches spit out tender green colors , Covering this verdant greenery with its gnarled arms.In some places they intersect with various undergrowths, so close to each other that they cut off the evening light of the evening sun; The tree-lined avenues make people feel refreshed and dreamy at a glance.

Thomas reclined on an armchair, looking at the beautiful scenery in the distance.This is the central area of ​​Paro, only a short distance from the coalition barracks.Ashurfat and Leo, his two lieutenants, accompanied him.His body was covered with a luxurious and luxurious blanket obtained as a trophy, and a peaceful smile appeared on his disfigured thin face.

The war is over.

Yesterday, Princess Irina's messenger arrived at the army on a Pegasus and brought the news.Princess Irina has signed a contract with Paro.Although I don't know the specific content of the contract, there is no doubt that the peace treaty must be extremely harsh on Paro.

Author's note: The war part is finally finished, and it's the turn to deal with the aftermath...