From Demon Hunter to Lord of the Empire

Chapter 104: The Return of the Lion

Ciri struggled uncontrollably holding the reddish-brown package in his arms, which caught Cassirer’s attention and immediately reached for the thing. However, Ciri also desperately protected it, even biting the armor-covered hand like a mad cat.

“This cloak, is it actually the skin of a griffin, it is really beautiful… In the arms too? Worthy of being the princess of Sintra? ”

“Huh. Her Royal Highness the Princess, don’t move, be careful of getting hurt…”

Ciri, who was almost broken teeth, snorted and buried his face in the cloak in his arms, and screamed fiercely: “Let go…”

“Let go of Her Royal Highness! ”

There was a sudden roar from the direction of the city gate, and a group of about twenty city guards rode towards this side.

The three leading men were Ace wearing the armor of the city guard, Swald wearing the armor of the court guards, and House still wearing Lannister armor.

Cassirer chuckled, dropped Ciri in the saddle, pulled the longbow again, and pointed at Ace, who was dressed as the captain of the city guard.

And Ace had already drawn his bow and arrow at the same moment when he saw the enemy, and his eyes were fierce.

Two shooters locked onto their enemies at the same time!

Ace’s arrow was like a shooting star, crossing the battlefield in an instant faster than the wind, piercing the head of the opponent’s crotch war horse.

He was aiming at the gap in the opponent’s helmet, even if he knew that he might be penetrated by the opponent’s arrow in the next second, he was confident that he would take away the noble-dressed officer of the other party.

But the opposing horse suddenly stood up with a scream at this moment, blocking the deadly arrow for the master, and also making Cassirer’s determined shot not know where it was crooked.

Ciri and Cassirer rolled off the horse together, and saw a delicate rapier stuck in the horse’s butt, and the crystal used to embellish it shone on the swallow-shaped hilt.

It was Ciri, whose cloak in her arms had always wrapped her “swift” sword. Smart she has been waiting for an opportunity. She didn’t know much about plate armor and couldn’t accurately insert a rapier into the gap in the armor, but the horse under their crotch didn’t have such luxurious protection.

Cassirer roared and pulled out his sword, who would have thought that a ten-year-old delicate princess would have such a thing in her arms?

Ace’s arrow was the clarion call for the crowd to attack, and when it left the string, the city guards silently charged forward in unison. Schild and House are in the lead.

With a “bell”, Sward wields his longsword and fights Cassirer, and House takes the opportunity to hold Ciri and run. The soldiers of the city defense army silently parted the road and then closed it, firmly protecting the princess behind her.

“My sword! And my cape! Ciri screamed.

“House, Ace, take the princess first! Go to Hardy and Ens, Mr. Geralt is there too! Sward shouted, then turned into a soft tone, “Princess, you go first, and then I will send your sword and cloak.” ”

“Don’t! Ciri cried, “Even you are lying to me!” ”

Cassirer roared and fought Schild one after another, their swords colliding dozens of times in a few breaths.

Schild only felt that the force of each blow on the opposite side was unexpectedly large, and after a while, his palm became numb, and the Praetorian Guard Longsword in his hand actually spun and flew out upside down.

He hurriedly pulled out another long sword at his waist and forced the enemy away while retreating, and the two groups in the melee immediately separated after a brief exchange and began to face off in the alley.

Sward gasped, not squinting at Cassirer’s fire-breathing eyes, but gesturing to his companions: “They are waiting for Nifgaard’s reinforcements, what are you two waiting for?” ”

“We’re gone, what are you going to do? Ace gritted his teeth and pulled the bowstring, his gaze slightly slanted, staring at the lion-headed silver sword in Sward’s hand.

“With the topography of this alley, it doesn’t mean much to have fewer people. Sward said, “You are the captain of the city guard, and the soldiers rely on you to protect the princess; The princess needs to be taken care of when she flees, but the rough old men can’t, House can give Hardy children and old men Ens a handle; And I am a warrior, and here is my destiny. ”

House gritted his teeth when he heard this, and his heart was reasonable and retreated, but he still did not waver in his feet for the sake of his comrades.

“Idiots! The princess still needs you, Sintra needs you! The sword attendant suddenly raised his voice, “And I’m different, I’m an oath breaker. I swore to always follow the adults, but I didn’t do it; I had sworn that I would bring the adults back, and I didn’t do it; I swore I wouldn’t let the monster get close to an adult before I died, but I still didn’t.

When Advisor Mossack took me out of the dungeon, I swore I would die for the princess, and that was the last time I swore an oath. Please let me fulfill my vow! ”

Ace looked at him fixedly for a while, and suddenly smiled: “Forget it, anyway, it is estimated that we will meet in a while, and I will beat you up again…”

“Go! ”

The arrow that was about to fire came out, and Ace turned around and knew without looking that it must have burrowed into someone’s neck. The horse’s hooves of the city guard rumbled, and after a while, they rolled away with Ciri.

“Don’t let them run! Cassirer roared, grabbing a man’s warhorse and rushing forward.

Svoder also showed no weakness, and the long sword stabbed the horse’s hips and rushed forward, not thinking about any loss. Directly collided with the heads of the war horses one by one, all the war horses broke their heads and bones and rolled with a wail, and all the knights rolled and fell to the ground together in embarrassment.

The narrow alley was soon blocked by the corpses of horses.

“I stayed for my vow, when did you swear too? Few people can come back alive from Towcent. ”

The city guard also left four people, and together with Svold, blocked the path of the enemy, and the sword attendant turned to look, all familiar faces.

“Shut up, you oath-breaker! A soldier of the City Guard replied, “How many times have we fought with Lord Count, will I not know your skills?” Can you stop them alone? ”

Another soldier laughed loudly: “Lord Count left early, I can’t let your little one be bullied by the Nifgaards.” ”

“Then you soldiers of Sintra can prepare your last words! ”

Cassirer shouted angrily, slicing open a soldier’s chest. The soldier rolled to the end, spitting blood in his mouth.

“I still … I really have a last word…”

The fallen soldier’s body kept convulsing, and he suddenly grabbed a Nifgaard soldier who stepped on him, dragged the other party to the ground, and stabbed himself a few more times.

And after seeing his teammates seize the opportunity he created to chop off the enemy’s head, he lay down on his back in satisfaction, and then suddenly his eyes widened as if he thought about something:

“Last word House, be sure to protect me…’Lion Knight’, Quint… Otherwise, I wouldn’t have turned into a demon spirit…”

His open eyes never closed again.

The shouts of killing echoed through the alleys for a while, until they attracted a large number of Nifgaard soldiers.

Schild gasped, his companions were all dead, and he was the only one left in the alley.

“Is there a plague in your head! Rush together! He is alone, rushing over together, even a cow can knock away, do you have to kill him! ”

A fellow Nifgaard officer shouted, driving the soldiers up.

“Shut up, he has to die! Cassirer’s eyes were red, obviously overweight, “He’s mine!” ”

But another officer’s men did not care about Cassirer’s intentions, and rushed to hack Sward to death. Cassirer roared in anger, but could only charge along with the other soldiers.

I can’t stop it.

Schild smiled bitterly in his heart, but maintained a resolute indifferent look on his face.

Scenes flashed back in his mind, the day he first foresaw Ran, the day Toussaint was knocked into the portal and left Ran, the day Rose Garden was with his attendant Gelotrann…

And the day when I watched Rann and Geralt compete in the martial arts arena…

The black-armored soldiers rushed up from all directions like midnight darkness. And Sward suddenly blessed his heart, his steps spun and rushed into the crowd, his center of gravity constantly adjusting with the rotation of his body, and his movements were as light and agile as a cat in the treetops.

Sward’s weapon collided with the tips of other people’s knives, his strength was so small that he could only bump into enemy attacks to create a gap for himself, and he tossed and turned in the crowd with agility, quickly approaching Cassirer.

Cassirer was shocked, his sword rack was completely unprepared for defense, and he swung his sword in a hurry, and the weapon was dropped by Sward’s wrist-cutting armor.

The slash is weak and does not break the armor, but I am familiar with the gaps in the armor. This is a high-class cargo in officer armor, at least put him …

An invisible force suddenly acted on the lion head silver sword, as if there were countless palms snatching the weapon in his hand, Schild did not check for a while, but the huge force actually let go.

Cassirer’s reaction was also sensitive, and he snatched the lion’s head sword, and the magic fluctuations on it also dissipated in time, and the tip of the sword pierced Sward’s heart with a turn.

“Ah! Cassirer yelled, half afraid and half annoyed.

Damn, noisy to death. Sward thought weakly, just a little…

In his mind, the portal of Toussaint couldn’t help but appear again. It’s really just a little close, Lord Count…

The Blackwing Knight pushed Swatch back and nailed him to the wall all the way, and then tried to take his own longsword to cut off Sward’s head, but his legs were weak and he almost failed to stand firm, and if he didn’t support the wall, he would almost fall to his knees.

Behind the crowd, a warlock from the Warlock Force slowly dispersed the magic fluctuations in his hand and asked expressionlessly, “What about Princess Cirella, ran away?” So many of you? ”

Cassirer sneered breathlessly: “What is your identity, dare to talk to me like that?” Let Fryingira Vigo out! ”

The warlock suddenly blushed with anger.

Fryingira Vigo slowly pulled away from the warlock’s embrace and walked out: “You should be polite to the person who saved your life, Count. If it weren’t for Ashlet’s special request, do you think the warlocks would care about your life or death? ”

After that, she turned to the warlock who saved Cassirer, “Who let you run here on your own, huh?” ”

The other party hesitated: “Ms. Ashley once …”

Without waiting for him to finish, a shock erupted from Fryingira’s body, and when she passed by the others, it was like a fresh breeze, only the warlock who acted without permission flew out like a lightning strike.

Fryingira turned to Cassirer and mocked, “Did you hear that? Maybe you really should let this warrior stab you, it’s a venerable swordsman, and that’s a good ending for you. ”

Cassirer wanted to say something in return, but was angrily interrupted by the commander, who shouted: “Enough, can anyone tell me where the princess has gone?” ”

A scout returned and said, “Lord Count, the princess and her party have gone north. ”

Fryingira thought for a moment and suddenly spoke, “Is it Blochron?” It is said that Princess Hirella received the inheritance of the Lannisters, among which was Blochron, of Sintra, and they were said to be close to the Brochlon’s Dryadin. ”

“Then send out the Lochon Forest! ”

“Shut up, Your Majesty did not give such an order, Cassirer, this is your own task, you will solve it yourself! ”

“Idiot! Fryingira also reprimanded, “Blochlon is not a place that can be defeated by an army, you don’t know anything about it!” ”

A fierce quarrel broke out between the warlock and the soldier.

Sward’s body was nailed to the wall, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a smile.

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[Mission: City Defense Iron Guard II – Completed]

【Character level increase +1】

【Discover new tasks】

【City Defense Iron Guard No. 3】:

[After the tempering of blood, your troops have once again gained something that other soldiers do not have, with cohesion, responsibility, and faith. They are willing to take it to heart and sacrifice for it. Please use these things to unite them and lead them to victory. 】

After a sharp feeling of vertigo, Lan and Black Wind bowed their heads and gagged together. The portal disappeared behind them, bringing up a field of wind and sand.

The system’s tone made Lane suppress his physical discomfort, and he knew that something was wrong.

Looking up, I saw the village outside the walls of the capital of Sintra, full of ruins and flames flowing between houses. The ground was littered with broken arrows and fragments of armor.

The battle here seems to be over, and the victorious soldiers are wantonly scavenging for their loot. In addition to military merit, this is the biggest purpose of their trip.

As far as the eye could see, a group of soldiers in black sun armor were tearing a girl’s clothes, and two Sintra soldiers fell to the ground, with the three-lion flag thrown into the mound with two footprints on it.

“Haha, it’s time for you to meet real men! ”

Rann heard the Black Sun soldier shouting as he was tearing his clothes.

Several soldiers who were waiting on the side and also letting the wind go looked at the sudden appearance of a man and a horse, and the simple and solemn armor on Rann’s body was not Nifgaard’s armor, it was obviously an enemy.

A soldier with the fastest reaction can shoot with his bow drawn, the arrow path is very stable, the arrow speed is fast, and he can cross this little distance in the blink of an eye.

With a “click”, Lan’s brain actually hadn’t reacted, but his right hand pulled out the steel sword behind his back as if reflexively, and a flash of light cut off the rapidly flying arrow.

“The sun wheel is on top,” the Nifgaard soldier with a longbow muttered, “he cut off the arrow in the air…”

The soldier buried in the girl’s chest heard the movement and slapped the person under him, and just raised his head, a flying steel sword was actually thrown out by his master like an axe, spun and embedded in his head, and then threw his body together and fell to the ground.

The steel sword punishes treachery. The head of a griffin, which had not fought for a century and a half at the hilt, was stained with blood and its eyes were shining.

“Enemy attack! ”

A harsh cry sounded, and black-armored soldiers popped out of various streets and alleys. This small village of agglomeration has little oil and water, and not many people remain here, but it is enough to surround Rann.

Lan slowly pulled out the griffin silver sword behind him, and the golden lion pupils reflected the flames.

“Meet real men… Nifgaards! ”

(End of chapter)