Heart of the Castle

Chapter 853 The Bloody Battle Begins
It was only when screams full of panic and despair erupted on the walls of Tarlon Fortress that Layton realized that he—or in other words, the commanders of all the fortress guards had made a fatal mistake.Due to the low attacking force of the demon army a few days ago, and the approach of the imposing Commander Lungong, they took those heavy and powerful siege equipment as trump cards played by the demon side, and spent almost All the energy to deal with them.

The actual situation is quite the opposite. The commander's wheel palace is just a target to attract the attention of the fortress defenders.Just when the last commander's wheel palace was also on fire under the attack of tar barrels and rockets, and the defenders of the entire Tarlon Fortress were delighted, dozens of fireballs suddenly shot from the guards at the top of the city without warning. Rising from the ranks, the white-hot flames swallowed hundreds of soldiers in the blink of an eye, and the stench of scorched human flesh permeated the noses of every fortress defender.

"Flandala, it's the flame jumping!" A high-ranking judgment knight shouted, "Contract the front, immediately shrink the front, the bow and arrow troops retreat..."

His voice was drowned in the horrific noise, and the place where the flame wave swept past not only left behind a large number of charred corpses, but also appeared the terrifying figures of Abyss Alchemist, Abyss Evil God and Berserk Demon.A few meters tall, the abyss alchemists holding a lightning giant sword and a flaming whip walked around the city like a manifestation of disaster and death. The white-hot flames spread with their footsteps, and they did not need to make a move. Countless terrible deaths; with four powerful arms, like a windmill waving a giant battle axe, wherever the evil god of the abyss passes, whether it is a knight in solid armor or a soldier holding a gun in an array, all of them are turned into blood. Pieces of flesh and blood flew across.

However, even if the combined damage caused by Abyss Alchemy and Abyss Cthulhu is not comparable to those terrifying Berserkers, if the first two can barely tell that they are fighting, their bodies are covered with huge pustules and growths. , it can barely be seen that the bloated humanoid Berserker is simply slaughtering, biting and eating crazily.Their big mouths can completely swallow a person alive, surrounded by three rings of sharp teeth, with rancid and highly poisonous mucus flowing between the teeth.

A Judgment Knight bravely rushed to one of the Berserkers, swung his sword and cut off a piece of flesh next to the big mouth, but it was the Judgment Knight who cried out in pain, and the highly poisonous dark purple blood sprayed on him. On his body, neither the silver-white dou qi nor the armor protected by magic spells had any protective effect, and many deep blood holes were immediately corroded.

"The blood of Berserker Demons contains corrosive poison, use long-range attacks to deal with them!" Chief Layton roared, "Judging Knight, come closer to me, come closer to me!" The lightning giant sword coming from the side blocked it.The war hammer containing the bright fighting spirit slammed on the back of the giant sword, breaking it into a ball of crackling lightning, and then a line of fire exploded along the trajectory of the war hammer, and was about to hit Jean Leighton on the cheek His flame whip was also smashed into two from the middle.

However, in the blink of an eye, the giant sword of electric light was re-condensed into shape in the hands of the abyss refiner.The abyssal fiend roared wildly, then uttered a series of curses in a low voice full of evil power, and then called out Jean Leighton's name loudly.

This is obviously a cursed magic that originated from the darkness, because it made Chief Layton suddenly feel extremely weak, and the war hammer that he could wield freely like a straw suddenly became very heavy, and his legs were also very heavy. As if being firmly sucked by a sticky swamp, it was almost difficult to move.

The Abyss Alchemist let out a howl of victory, and the electric giant sword swung a dazzling blue-white sword light, trying to chop off the head of Commander Leighton at once.

However, Layton's face was very calm, he said a word full of power, and the evil curse wrapped around his body disappeared immediately.Immediately afterwards, a heavy warhammer whizzed over, like a thunderbolt, smashing the barely defended electric sword, smashing the ugly head of the abyss demon to pieces, and the scorching flesh and blood splashing caused the surrounding demons to flock. Cries of fear were raised while the human warriors cheered.

The already shaken line of defense regained its stability once again.The loud battle horns sounded one after another, accompanied by deafening battle roars and shouts, a small group of high-level judgment knights surrounded their leader, and swept across the city walls like an invincible whirlwind.Those troublesome demon nobles looked vulnerable in front of the whirlwind, and most of them fell to the ground in an instant. Only a few guys with more flexible minds used their talents to transmit magic, and escaped from the walls of Tarlon Fortress in embarrassment. .

"Victory, glorious victory." Seeing the demon fleeing, someone shouted loudly, but there were not many people who responded.The walls of the fortress were piled with corpses scorched by fire and torn apart by sharp claws. The groans of the dying and the cries of the seriously injured echoed in my ears, and the smell of death was everywhere.Some recruits who had just set foot on the city wall were vomiting, while the veterans walked down the city wall with expressionless faces carrying bloody corpses, and poured buckets of sand on top of the hard-to-clean pool of blood.

Leighton let out a deep sigh, took a towel from a ruling knight, and wiped away the purple-black blood stains that had dried up on his face.The battle did not last very long, but it caused serious trauma to the defenders of the fortress, both physically and psychologically.Let Layton have been able to see the deep fear and shaken from the eyes of many guard soldiers. If it is not for the deep-rooted beliefs, there may already be soldiers who defected.

Although the priests are still vigorously propagating the statement that the Lord of Glory, Flandala, will save Tarlon Fortress, as time goes by, even they themselves may begin to doubt whether this possibility can be realized.

The brigade of the Glorious Temple remained on hold. Although the Alchemy flying ship Shenguo visited the sky above Tarlon Fortress after the battle began, it did not continue to advance towards the desperate pass. It only broadcast some encouragement from the sky with amplified magic It's just a speech about the tenacious battle of the fortress defenders.

Commander Layton sighed again. The three days of high-intensity fighting had already made him feel overwhelmed, especially his right knee, which had been sprained once, was swollen and painful. He gritted his teeth.Just now, when he gave that abyss refiner a fatal blow with his warhammer, the stinging pain from his right knee made him think that he was stabbed there by countless thin needles, and the pain was so painful that it was about to break off.

It just sucks.

The head of the Judgment Hammer Knights tried several times, trying to walk down the city wall without changing his expression, but it was indeed too difficult, especially when his right leg couldn't drag the ground.After almost falling for the third time, he finally gestured helplessly.

A ruling knight walked over quickly, "Your Excellency, Chief Commander, please give me your orders."

"Help me take off my combat boots, brother, what's wrong with my knee? It hurts too much now." Jean Leighton said in a low voice.

The ruling knight nodded, and helped Layton walk behind a crenel of the city wall sheltered from the wind, sat down on the ground, and then helped him take off his silver-made combat boots.

"My Lord of Glory, Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, your knee is so swollen that it has even changed its color, turning blue and purple." Just after taking a look, the ruling knight cried out in surprise, "I'm afraid I can't deal with such an injury. Your Excellency, please wait a moment. I'll go and invite a bishop to come over."

Leighton frowned deeply, half because of pain, and the other half because of reluctance. "It's nothing to bother His Excellency Bishop, let alone here." He gritted his teeth, forced himself to forget the pain, and stood up while supporting the battlements. "Help me put on my combat boots, and then help me go to the main castle to rest, nothing will happen."

The Judgment Knight hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly nodded, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, in my opinion, you still..."

The voice of the Judgment Knight suddenly stopped, because a sharp claw appeared behind him without warning, and then tore his armor like tearing cardboard, piercing through leather, muscle and bone, and finally from his His chest stuck out, and the tips of his claws were dripping with blood.

Commander Layton reached out to grab the heavy warhammer leaning on the battlements beside him almost without thinking, but his injured leg dragged him down, making his reaching out slow by a tenth of a heartbeat.A thick leg covered in thick scaled copper armor stepped on the head of the warhammer.Let Layton react immediately, clenched his fist tightly with his outstretched right hand, and punched the ankle of that leg with all his strength.The sword-wielding grand duke's full blow was no small matter, the armor forged of scale copper was forcibly dented, and a painful roar came, but the demon did not raise its leg, but kicked hard, knocking the Sunlight Warhammer away. Kicked down the wall.

Chief Layton let out a cry of annoyance, but he did not give up, but forced himself to challenge the limit of his exhausted body.His performance was indeed very heroic, and his will was even stronger. Even if he lost the weapon he was handy, he still used a pair of iron fists to force the abyss alchemy lord in front of him back again and again.

If there is only one lord-level demon that appears, Chief Layton will definitely be able to repel it, or even kill him on the spot; if two demon lords appear, let Layton hold on until the other Judgment Knights find out that something is wrong, Then rush to help.However, it was four demon lords who appeared in front of Jean Layton this time, and it was a combination of two abyss alchemists and two berserker demons.

Even though he was full of energy, unscathed, and with a warhammer in his hand, Chief Layton was not sure how long he could last under the joint efforts of the four lord-level demons.He managed to block a blow from the lightning giant sword, and then dragged his injured leg to dodge the slashing of two black giant axes. However, the flame whip rolled from behind made him unavoidable. The right hand is in front of him.

The flame whip wrapped around the right arm of Commander Jean Layton like a long snake, and the silver armor was scorched immediately, leaving a deep scorched black mark.However, since Chief Leighton's Bright Dou Qi has reached the peak of Dou Qi Tianhua, Li Huo on the long whip can't penetrate the protection of Dou Qi for a while, but for Chief Leighton, his body is restrained It means the end is coming.

A lord of the evil god of the abyss laughed ferociously, aimed at Layton's head and swung a deadly giant axe. This blow was enough to split the head of the Judgment Hammer Knights in half from head to toe. The words that the long sword with golden light appeared suddenly and pierced deeply into the chest of the evil god of the abyss.

The stern roar of the evil god of the abyss sounded in his ears, and Chief Layton raised his eyes in surprise. He happened to see the guard knight who claimed to be a wanderer pull his long sword from the chest of the evil god of the abyss. It was glowing brighter than the noon sun, and the dark purple blood couldn't get on it at all.

The vitality of the abyss demon family is very strong, and the abyss evil god is the best among them. This kind of powerful demon with four strong arms was once pierced through the chest by a heavy knight from the front with a spear, but still fought hard , Until the example of bloodshed, has always been known as the killing machine of the first close combat.

However, the lord of the evil god of the abyss who was stabbed by the drifter's long sword immediately dropped the weapon in his hand, rolled on the ground, and let out a terrible scream, as if his filthy soul was being roasted by the fire of judgment falling from the sky Same.Chief Layton couldn't help but raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, but what he saw was the same as before... No, there was still a difference. A slender golden light was coming from the wound on the chest of the evil god of the abyss. It spurted out, followed by the second and third... The Lord of the Abyss Evil God seemed to have an extra light source inside his body, every part of his body was emitting golden light, and finally accompanied by a particularly shrill cry With a scream, the golden flame rose up, turning his huge body into ashes in the blink of an eye.

"The Last Calamity Flame... No, it's the light of purification!" A roar of horror and anger came from the mouth of the abyss alchemy lord who appeared first, "Gods be damned, who are you? How dare you hinder Almur Hayde?" His Majesty Rath's plan?"

"Me?" There was a half-smile on the wanderer's face, "Aren't the demons of the abyss so stupid that they can't even guess my true identity after seeing my beautiful long sword?"

The abyss demon lord took half a step back, and stood side by side with his two companions, "Your sword does look powerful, human, but I'm afraid you think too highly of your reputation, even if you have made great achievements, Could it even be sung in the Abyss Demon Realm?"

"I thought Amur Hydras would warn you to pay attention to this sword." The drifter raised his chin, and the expression on his face was arrogant, cold, devout and humble, just like an expression that can only be shown by a senior fanatic. "This sword is the sword of condemnation, and my name—Ingram Siegfried—haven't you heard of it?"

"Nonsense! You are definitely lying with your eyes open!" Chief Layton originally thought that these words sounded from the bottom of his heart, but in the next moment, he realized that it was the abyss refining demon opposite him. The lord blurted out, and his face immediately turned ashen.

"It's impossible for Ingram to appear in Tarlon Fortress. Do you think you can scare us away by pretending to be the Sword of Conviction?" The eyes of the human knights read a promise—a promise of absolute death.

"Some questions have been solved, and the rest are just details." The drifter slowly raised the long sword in his hand, and the golden light danced on the blade, "Then use your lives to give that Amorhaide Lars, let me give you a warning. Let him be clear about one thing, the supreme position of the Lord of Radiance, Flandala, is not so easy to be stolen!"

An indescribably strong light appeared on the top of Tarlon Fortress, which made Chief Layton's eyes sting at first, and then tears overflowed from his eyes.He closed his eyes tightly, turned his head away, and could only hear the swishing wind of swords and three miserable howls almost at the same time.

When everything was quiet, Commander Layton opened his eyes. Apart from the body of the Judgment Knight who died tragically, there were only four small piles of black ashes in front of him, which were blown into the sky by the breeze in an instant, wiping To the last traces of the four demon lords who have been here.

"I see... this is not the Sword of Condemnation, but the Holy Sword of Light, Golden Dawn, which is more brilliant and brilliant than the Sword of Condemnation. This guard knight who claims to be a wanderer must be one of the many legendary powerhouses in the Kingdom of Arthur. Rist Robinson." A gleam of joy appeared on Chief Layton's pale face, but it was soon covered by the worry and pain lingering between his brows.

"What happened to His Majesty Pope Nicholas? Why did the abyssal demon lord say that the Sword of Condemnation is impossible to appear in Tarlon Fortress? Is there a traitor in the Temple of Glory, or... ..." Commander Layton suddenly shuddered, he really didn't dare to continue thinking along this speculation, but deep in his heart, a voice was already quietly reminding him that there was a traitor. The only question, of course, is who exactly is the traitor?
The mission performed by the Knights of the Sword of Condemnation is top-secret. Except for the heads of the four major knights, Cardinal St. Bogdan and His Majesty the Pope himself, no one else knows about it.When Jean Layton ordered the flag of the Sword of Condemnation to be raised on the main castle of Tarlon Fortress, I don't know how many defenders of the fortress rejoiced. Even the members of his Hammer of Judgment Knights couldn't help showing Excited look until he confesses the truth about flying the flag.

The traitor is in the upper echelons of the Temple of Glory!
(End of this chapter)