From Demon Hunter to Lord of the Empire

Chapter 99: The Lioness Has Died

In June 1264, Nifgaard’s army was preparing its armaments at Manado, on the border with Sintra.

In July 1264, Nifgaard set out from Manado and launched a surprise attack on the southernmost part of Sintra, the Irenwaldrin district.

Sintra, the gateway to the Northern Kingdom, officially met the southern empire of Nifgaard. The Irenwaldrin district could not even turn a wave in this big battle and was occupied in one day.

In the same month, Caranther, the queen of Sintra, who received the news, rushed to face the battle, and the 20,000 troops that had been planned to be assembled were actually less than 10,000.

In order to stop Nifgaard’s advance, Queen Carantha and King East led all the cavalry to take the lead, gathering various lords and infantry along the way, and ordered Marshal Vissekid to go north, gather the remaining army from the north, and wait for orders.

When Queen Carantha and King East reached the Manada Valley, their troops had gathered more than 12,000 men.

The army of Nifgaard, who had already occupied Irenwald, laid a net here, and when Queen Carantha and King East entered the valley, they found themselves surrounded by several times their own enemies.

“I… He was ambushed in his own country. Queen Carantha said through gritted teeth.

East couldn’t believe it: “How many people are here… Forty thousand? Fifty thousand? Still is…… Lakh? What the hell does Nifgaard want to do…”

The black-armored soldiers poured out from the end of their sight like a tide, and at this moment the people of Sintra finally realized what they were facing, this was not at all the contradictions and frictions between countries in the past, the number of these soldiers in front of them had exceeded the total population of many middle-level countries in the north!

The Sintra side barely took up a formation, and the knights collided with the infantry before they had time to accelerate their charge, and the earth-shaking shouts echoed through the valley, and smoke and blood rushed into the sky.

The king shouted, “Break through, my love, we must break through!” ”

Like a lioness, Karanther roared, personally went into battle and cut down a soldier with a sword, shouting: “Where do we break through?” Nifgaard must be defeated here, otherwise the town in front of him will not be able to stop these tidal waves of soldiers! Nifgaard is trying to destroy our country! When was the last time you heard from Skelliger? Doesn’t it mean that there will be fifty ships, what about ships! ”

East replied loudly, his voice still loud amid the shouts of the sky: “They have encountered a storm at sea, and the large army will not arrive, only the hundreds of people we have previously triaged according to Lan’s suggestion will go ashore, even if they come, it will have no impact!” ”

Hearing the words “Lann suggested”, the ferocity in Caranther’s eyes was even worse, and her beautiful face was stained with the blood of the enemy, and she was even more enchanting at the moment; The three lions on her chest are also thirsty for blood and are dancing their claws.

“Ran! He died in the place of Nifgaard, where the damn black sun flag was hanging! ”

“Without reinforcements, we will fight alone! Sintra will never surrender! ”

A charging knight was deeply encircled, and after crashing through two soldiers, he was easily stabbed down with a spear, followed by several different weapons piercing into the gaps in his armor;

The soldier in black armor slashed the enemy’s helmet and head all the way to his mouth with a heavy axe, and before he could pull out the jammed weapon, he was stabbed through the stomach by the enemy behind him;

The soldier’s long sword under the banner of the three lions had already cut to the curled blade, and he pulled out his dagger and rolled with a soldier under the banner of the black sun, and the long sword was inserted through his collarbone, but his dagger was also deeply buried in the other’s eye socket.

They are the strongest army since the founding of Sintra, and they are the proud Sintra lions, so they will not retreat. It is precisely by leading such an army that Lioness Caranther can rely on the small territory of Sintra and simply use military strength to dominate the northern powers.

The battle continued from early morning until dusk, when Sintra’s army was running out, each of them had taken a shot, killing far more enemies than they own, but a steady stream of Black Sun soldiers was still pouring towards them.

Nifgaard’s officers rode high in the valley and looked down at the battle below, looking at the king and queen in striking golden lion armor.

No matter how bloody the rulers of this pair of countries fought, they were still escorted to the edge of the battlefield by the few remaining guards to play their duties.

“I didn’t expect the lioness and the king of East to be here to personally fight, it seems that the gains from this battle will be greater than expected. ”

The commander cut to the chase: “Can’t let them run – Count Cassirer!” ”

Next to the commander, an officer wearing high-grade gold-patterned black armor and a wing-spreading helmet looked up when he heard this, waiting for military orders.

“King East is dead or alive, but the lioness must be captured alive. After that, you led the cavalry to raid the capital of Sintra, and I know that His Majesty the Emperor may have assigned you another task to complete it! ”

When the Blackwing Knight heard this, he picked up a strong bow half as long as his upper body and drew towards King East for a while, shook his head and gave up the tempting idea of once and for all, and was about to light his own guards to intervene in the battlefield, but heard the commander’s roar:

“Hurry up, Count Cassirer! Things have changed! ”

The Blackwing Knight followed the direction pointed by the commander, and in the distance, a team of several hundred people crossed into the battlefield.

There are not many of them, but they are all elite. Wearing chain mail, equipped with short axes, short swords and round shields, he does not look like a knight charging on the battlefield, but like a sailor fighting the wind and waves on the sea.

And that’s exactly what happened.

“The sun wheel is on top! How did those damn pirates get here, shouldn’t the hell of the warlocks stop them in the sea? ”

A team of several hundred people cannot control this melee of 10,000 people, unless they are all warlocks, and they must be combat warlocks rather than research warlocks.

But the Nifgaard army, which had been fighting for a day, was when there was a shortage of men and horses, and most of them could not even hold their swords. At this time, such a bloody warrior was killed, and for a while they really tore open a hole.

“Where is Prince Easter! ”

“Where is Prince Easter! ”

The Skelligers who entered the battlefield shouted bloody and called Esther Prince rather than King, because Esther was King Skellig’s younger brother, and the warriors of the sea preferred to call him their own people.

“Here! East supported Carantha, and the queen had been badly injured in the battle just now, and her body had been oozing blood.

At this moment, an arrow leaping from outside the battlefield interrupted everyone’s conversation, aiming directly at Easter!

“Uncle be careful! The sailor’s leading commander kept an eye on the surroundings, and he was in the direction to see the sword moving in mid-air.

Crossing the distance of nearly half the battlefield greatly reduced the speed of the arrow, and the sailor pushed East away and easily took it with a round shield, the force of which could not even make his arm tremble.

“! The Blackwing Knight lowered the longbow in his hand, “It’s Kratz Ann Knight, the ‘Boar of the Sea’!” ”

Kratz, who took the arrow with a round shield, belongs to the kind of person who can be seen as a fierce soldier at a glance, his height is significantly higher than that of the soldiers around him, his body is strong, his shoulders are wide and his waist is broader, his chest is hard as a reef, and when he roars, he seems to have wind and waves roaring.

“Boar of the Sea” is the nickname given to him by the Nifgaards living on the southern coast, and can scare crying children. And Kratz is proud.

When the king saw reinforcements arrive, he was delighted and restrained: “Kratz, is it only you?” ”

Kratz helped to lift Caranther together: “Uncle, only when our Kleit family’s ship diverted from the army according to your suggestion, this escaped the storm, and we are all.” ”

Carantha was completely unconscious at the moment, but she obviously did not suffer from multiple sword pokes and slashes, and it was obviously wrong to be injured like this. The anxious East picked up Carantha and shouted:

“Escort, follow the sailors of Skellig, break through! ”

Skellig’s sailors have been climbing mountains, fighting waves, and fighting mountains and waters since birth, and the Kleiter family is the top family in the Skelligan Islands.

The tide of Nifgaards, who had been fighting for a day, was so weak that they could only watch a few hundred people march away with the king and queen.

…………

That night, by the fire, Sintra’s troops were almost completely wiped out, and only a dozen Janissaries escaped with the king and queen.

East stood outside the tent worriedly, and a druid from the convoy was inside to heal Caranther.

It took a while for the druids to come out of it, and an anxious East hurried forward to inquire.

The druid hesitated and said, “Prince Easter, you… Go in and talk more with the queen…”

Easter suddenly had red eyes, grabbed the druid’s shirt and shouted, “What do you mean?” What happened to my love? ”

The druid was also not bothered by Easter’s movements, but said regretfully: “Do you know His Royal Highness? The Queen is pregnant. ”

Listening to this, Esther was struck by lightning, he stumbled back and leaned against a tree, staring at the druid who spoke in disbelief, and the person slowly slid to the ground.

“I… We haven’t been able to have a child for so many years, and I never thought about having a child with her, why now, why…”

The druid glanced at the equally shocked Kratz and continued: “The queen herself should not know. Horseback riding, fighting, knife wounds, this is not what a pregnant woman should bear, she miscarried. The queen is very strong, otherwise the hemorrhage would have killed her a long time ago, but no matter how strong she was, she would not last long. ”

The druid stepped forward sympathetically and patted Easter’s shoulder: “I’m sorry, His Royal Highness. But I can’t help her, maybe Mossack can, but it’s too late to say anything. Please come inside. ”

East walked into the tent with sad eyes, and Kratz and the soldiers watched him in silence.

The bonfire burned vigorously, but it could not dispel the long night.

Late at night, Carantha and East kissed goodbye for the last time, and at the last moment, she said to her beloved husband:

“My love… I saw Pavita… My princess. My love, help me take care of Ciri. ”

These were Caranther’s last words.

The lioness is dead.

(End of chapter)