Heart of the Castle

Chapter 867 Tallon's deadly battle, the arrival of the Great Monarch
The alarm bell rang for a long time, and the rapid and shrill sound shook the silent air at dawn, and the warning wolf smoke rose from several watchtowers simultaneously with the blazing fire, and merged into the black and blue sky above Tarlon Fortress.The sound of the alarm woke up Levi Ston from his light sleep, and Levi Ston, who was lying on the table in full armor, jumped up immediately, grabbed the knight's epee at hand, wore it on his waist, and faced the tower. Quickly ran outside.

The tower where Li Weiston rested was located at the junction of the second city wall and the third city wall. Hundreds of knights and soldiers were gathering here, and then ran towards their positions.As soon as he stepped out of the tower, an astonishing noise sounded in Li Wei's ears. Shouts, metal friction sounds, and heavy footsteps came and went one after another, together with the increasingly rapid alarm bells and the majestic sound of military horns, they converged into a shocking song. The heart's battle song.

The scene in front of me can be described as busy and orderly.The passage near the crenel is reserved for archers with longbows on their shoulders. They run fast with their hats in one hand, and their arrow feathers are shaking in the quiver at their waists; on the other side of the city wall are fully armed The knights were leading the heavy infantry forward, and their heavy footsteps rumbled, which miraculously soothed the uneasiness in many people's hearts.Armed servants rolled wooden barrels full of various war materials across the city, or walked by carrying logs and sandbags, shouting loud labor songs to each other; several bards played a soul-stirring song on lute The passionate war song is inspiring, and at the same time, it also indicates the areas that need to be defended.

The defenders of Tarlon Fortress can be so orderly, busy and not chaotic, it is hardly like the army from the glorious alliance that has been at peace for decades.When Li Wei first saw it, he was quite surprised, but after hearing the explanation from Chief Jean Layton, he was not so surprised.

A life-or-death battle may be the best sharpening stone.Due to the week-long arduous battle some time ago, those who were not vigilant, disciplined, or weak in the Tarlon defenders had either escaped from the fortress through the south gate, or were attacked by the devil's fangs. The claws have been screened out, and the remaining troops can be regarded as the elite of the elite no matter how strictly they are examined.

The eastern sky has just appeared a faint rose red, and the dots of stars are still stubbornly sticking to the sky above the head. The morning wind is lingering in the ears with a cold breath, as if the emissary sent by Ku Ximu, the Eternal Sleeper, is singing softly.Li Wei couldn't help shivering slightly, then shook his head vigorously, suppressing this ominous feeling, and walked quickly along the narrow ramp to the city wall with countless mottled traces.

Since the beginning of the battle, the first wall of Tarlon Fortress has undergone three fierce battles, two of which fell to the hands of demons, and twice were retaken by the defenders.Although Commander Layton had already arranged for men to repair the city wall between battles, after all, the time was too short, and most of the collapsed towers and crenels had not had time to repair, and some huge cracks were barely filled with logs and sandbags. It is full, at least the guardian will not accidentally fall from it.

Commander Layton, who was dressed in golden armor, stood in the most conspicuous position on the top of the city, and placed in front of him a sun-burdened war hammer temporarily made by the blacksmith in the heart of the castle. The body of the hammer was forged by alchemy. The attributes of flames, and the power of light emanating faintly made the Judgment Knights standing around him feel warm in their hearts.

But obviously, there is a corner where light and warmth cannot penetrate. Sir Rodriguez in black armor stood in the shadow below the tower, the hilt of the star iron giant sword slanted out of his right shoulder, and the whole body exuded A cold and cruel smell, like some kind of bloodthirsty beast secretly licking its minions.

On the other side of the tower, the Burning Dragon King Dariga, who was wearing a fiery red armor, was talking in a low voice with the Emerald Dragon King Augustus, who was wearing a green armor. The Fire Diamond Dragon Elder followed closely behind, each with a solemn and solemn expression, revealing a hint of vigilance; the blazing god envoy Restor Robinson stood not far from them, leaning his back on the cold stone wall , looking at the long sword in his hand intently, not knowing what he was thinking of, a sad smile seemed to be drawn on the corner of his mouth.

When Li Wei climbed the last stone steps, Mr. Dish, wearing the robes of the great magister, came out of the tower, and the crystal ball in his hand was shining brightly. "Master Li Wei, you came too timely." The old magician muttered, and then raised his voice, "Everyone, get ready, there is an abnormal energy fluctuation in the sky above the Iron Furnace Mountains, and the attack of the demon army will follow. Expand."

"Let those devils come! Today is a good day to kill and be killed!" A barbaric roar sounded from a corner of the city wall. Surrounded by hundreds of heavily armored soldiers, Iron Fist Knight Dragonson was like a giant tower, In his left hand he holds an ugly and big epee, while in his right hand he holds the horn of victory high.

"The demon army still has an advantage in numbers. The first city wall is too wide, which is obviously beneficial to the side with a larger number, and most of the fortifications above have been completely destroyed." He raised his eyes and scanned The relatively complete second and third city walls, "Master Frederick, what I have always wanted to ask is why can't we take the initiative to abandon this place and use the second city wall as the main battlefield?"

"Because of morale, Master Levi, the symbolic meaning of the first wall is very important." Mr. Dish replied softly, "The Griffon Knights who came with us are only 3000 people, and they are all the best soldiers. Fear, death is not imminent, but we can't stop the 3000 demon army with [-] people. Fort Tarlon still has [-] elite soldiers who have experienced war. They are the main force against the demon attack, and the first city wall If they are given up, it will undoubtedly be a major blow to their morale."

"Although high morale can play a big role, it can't smooth out the huge gap in strength." Li Wei shook his head disapprovingly, "If you want to defend the first city wall, the sacrifice you pay will be huge." It will be very disastrous, and in the end it will inevitably be broken by the demons."

"It doesn't take that long, Master Li Wei, the outcome will be decided before the first city wall is breached." Mr. Dish showed a somewhat bitter smile, "The battlefield that can really determine the outcome is located in the Iron Furnace Mountains , that is, the place where we are going to take the Griffon Troops to carry out a surprise attack. If the Abyssal Sovereign is allowed to reach Tarlon Fortress, the damage caused will be far more terrifying than an army of [-] demons."

"I understand what you mean, Master Frederick." Levi nodded slowly, "But at least one of Master Merister and Sir Alan Skett should be left behind, and those who lead the demon army to attack the fortress will definitely With that fearful lord Charlemagne, if there is no legendary strongman among the defenders, it will not be able to sustain it at all."

"No legendary powerhouse can stay here." Mr. Dish hadn't answered yet, but Chief Layton said in a firm tone, "As Master Frederick stated just now, this place is just a branch. It's just a battlefield, and we can't waste precious legendary combat power here. No one can guess how powerful the Abyss Sovereign who has already ignited the fire is before the fight, but if we can't win because of the slight gap, even if we succeed What's the use of the demon army stopping outside Talon Fortress?"

"The sacrifice will be very heavy. Even an elite unit like the Knights of Judgment can hardly resist the terrifying attack of a legendary demon lord." Li Wei frowned. After the confrontation with Sidong, you should have understood something, right?"

"Please feel free to entrust us with the task of guarding the fortress!" Commander Layton took a step forward and knocked on the armor on his chest, "We will use our blood and lives to stop those demons and win the most beneficial battle for you all." The timing of the attack! As long as we are alive, no demon will be able to break through the last line of defense of Tarlon Fortress."

"Yes, please rest assured and leave it to us!" Roander laughed and patted his chest. The former bishop has completely recovered his true colors as a ruling knight. Only a few strips of the bishop's robe are left. On the shoulders, it looked like a torn cloak. "Let that dreadful lord Charlemagne, see the unyielding will of our glorious guardian knights!"

Responses followed and spread rapidly, even the armed servants raised their arms high, filling the walls of Tarlon Fortress with passionate shouts.

Looking at the determined faces in front of him, Li Wei's eyes showed a bit of hesitation and intolerance, but more of it was his recognition as a knight, "That's it..." He whispered, as if Talking to yourself, it seems to be making an oath, "Sweep away the darkness, have mercy on the weak, and have no fear, everyone here is a true knight, even if there is no battle energy ignited in the body, your will It is also worthy of this title!"

"Master Levi, then you will confer more than 5000 knights." Mr. Dish joked with a smile, "I am worried that the land of Arthur Kingdom will not be enough for so many knights, maybe there will be more Only the land of the Glorious Alliance will do."

This sentence obviously meant something, but no one who heard it showed any strange expressions, even those knights who were born in the Kingdom of Deldes and the Kingdom of Sigis were the same.The friendship of life and death has far surpassed the so-called country limit. At least at this moment, the weight of Tarlon Fortress in the minds of many people has surpassed the country that they swore allegiance to.

"If so many knights need to be canonized, the Kingdom of Deldes will definitely help." A somewhat unexpected voice came from behind the crowd, and a dozen knights stepped aside in surprise, revealing the regent of Deldes The dusty figure of Grand Duke Zandora Baron.

"My lords, I'm back with the most elite Golden Dragon Knights in the Kingdom of Deldes." His face was flushed abnormally, and he smiled tiredly at Li Wei, "And Flo His Majesty Philip II of Ersa and the Knights of the Silver Raven are about to arrive, and I saw their flags on the road, and they will be here in ten minutes at most."

"It's really timely for you to come here." Li Wei's eyes were a little hot because of the unexpected touch, "Your Excellency, Grand Duke Zandora, from leaving Tarlon Fortress, returning home to gather troops, and leading your troops to arrive here, you only spent It took two days, it was too fast, I'm afraid you didn't even close your eyes for a while?"

"What's the point of not sleeping for two days? It is a great honor to be a knight to be able to catch up with this great battle that concerns the life and death of the human kingdoms on the mainland." Grand Duke Zandora pointed to the dragon head golden sword badge worn on his chest , "Although it may not be worth mentioning in front of you, I still have the title of knight. How can I hide behind at such a critical time?"

Li Wei had a stunned expression on his face at first, and then he spread his hands helplessly, "Your Excellency, Grand Duke Zandora, you are much better than me, I didn't take the time to make the identification at all, and the current title is still at a high level. Up on the knight."

A burst of earth-shattering roars came from the direction of the Desperate Pass, and the demon army poured out of the canyon like a red-black turbid current. The sky was covered by countless winged demons, and even the first dawn was completely blocked; The huge bodies of the ten commander's wheel palaces came into the guard's field of vision, and each wheel palace was dragged by hundreds of horned demon warlords. The wheels taller than adult men made loud noises, as if they were out of control. Like a mad cow, it rushed towards Tarlon Fortress.

The final battle has finally begun.

Throughout the morning, Levi Stone forced himself to stand on top of a tower on the first city wall, staring at the tragic battlefield without blinking.As he knew clearly, this battle had caused great trauma to the guards of Tarlon Fortress, and the casualties even exceeded the sum of the previous few days.

The attack method of the demon army was so crazy that it was chilling. Those precious commander's wheel palaces were not used as siege equipment at all, but directly hit the first city wall, followed by a huge explosion.Not only did a section of the city wall tens of meters collapse, but thousands of knights and soldiers were swallowed by the explosion, leaving no bones left.Then came the band of daemons swarming up the climbing hooks, and the shrieking armies of winged daemons descending from the sky.

The first wall of Taalon Fortress was a thousand meters long, and now everyone has fallen into a bitter battle. The crazy and bloodthirsty demon army fought fiercely with the human defenders who swore to defend the fortress. There were honks, cracking bones, countless screams and shouts every second, people moaning and dying, some people roaring and cursing, and there was noise and chaos everywhere.

An extraordinarily burly Horned Demon Warlord stretched out his big hand, grabbed a pikeman's fine steel spear, broke it easily, and then sent the broken gun shaft into the pikeman's abdomen, but before he could growl, , and was beheaded by the revenge battle ax in an instant.In the next moment, the martial arts chief with a battle ax was thrown to the ground by a three-headed hellhound. The fiendish flames from the monster's mouth immediately scorched the martial arts chief's beard and half of his face, and his throat was also damaged. It was a fatal bite, but the martial art master endured the severe pain, dropped the battle axe, pulled out the dagger and inserted it into the monster's eye socket, opened its abdomen, and let the monster die shortly after.

Every moment, the list of the dead is getting longer, and there are many figures that Levi can recognize.Zabiro, the deputy head of the Shield of Fortitude, fell down, and a lord-level demon commander broke his right leg, and then pulled out his heart alive, but the demon commander was also severely injured. , and soon died under the hammer of Jean Layton; Bishop Roander, bleeding the blood of a berserker, also fell, surrounded by dozens of horned demon warlords and hellhounds, and wiped out all of them before being torn to pieces Half the number of enemies; the deputy head of Dracos of the Holy Armor faced a desperate situation again, but this time there was no timely help from the Seraph Angel. After strangling their neck bones, they stared wide-eyed and died.

Li Wei clenched his fists tightly, he really wanted to lead the legendary powerhouses around him into battle.One obvious thing is that although the ferocious offensive launched by the demon army seems irresistible, as long as a few legendary powerhouses—even the weaker ones—are invested, the situation can be quickly reversed in a short period of time. And greatly reduce the casualties of the defenders of the fortress.

But Mr. Dish always blocked Levi's impulse with disapproving eyes.The old magician did not clearly express his objection, and he even asked Levi to make the final decision, but at the same time pointed out the possible consequences of doing so.What the devil expects is to allow humans to invest in the secondary battlefield as much as possible. Once the remaining legendary powerhouses are not enough to stop the footsteps of the abyss lord Amur Hydras, destruction will be the only ending of Tarlon Fortress.

The painful torment lasted until two hours later. Mr. Dish raised his head first, and then the Burning Dragon King Darriga, Sir Rodriguez and Rist Robinson also felt it, and their eyes all turned to In the direction of the Desperate Pass, and even further, directly to the sky above the Iron Furnace Mountains.

"This kind of strong power fluctuates, and it is mixed with light and darkness...it is Amurhydras, the great lord of the abyss!" Mr. Dish said loudly, and then opened his hands, more than a dozen blue and white rays of light appeared in front of him at the same time Blooming, quickly condensed into the shape of a portal, "Everyone, it's now, let's set off immediately!"

(End of this chapter)