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The soldier shook his head when he heard this and retorted: "But I am determined to make great achievements, and it is too uncomfortable to stay here. How can a man not kill the enemy with meritorious service?"

The veteran sneered and said: "I have seen too many young people who think like you. Although I don't know how many times I have said this, I still tell you, young people, how far can you stay away from the battlefield in the army? Just hide as far as you can. You think you can kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, but coincidentally, the enemy thinks so too."

"So you can only stay in this logistics camp for the rest of your life, and your military rank has not changed in decades." After hearing this, the soldier stopped and retorted contemptuously.

The veteran was not angry either. He shrugged and said calmly: "Why don't you guess where the soldiers you left behind in this logistics camp have gone?"

The soldier looked confused, and the veteran laughed and said: "On the first day on the battlefield, he was chopped down, his intestines were dragged all over the ground, and he was trampled to pieces. He wailed for a long time before he died."

"Smelly old man, who are you trying to scare?" The soldier holding the crescent moon ax came out of the tent and became very angry when he saw the two chatting.

He said to the young soldier with a dissatisfied tone: "And you, hurry up and carry your things in."

"I didn't scare him. What I said was true." The veteran muttered and began to close his eyes to rest.

After the soldiers holding spears and leather shields heard the scolding from their companions, although they were dissatisfied, they still obeyed and ran towards the tent immediately.As a result, he walked too fast and stumbled, causing the leather shield to fall off due to corrosion.

"I said you really failed more than succeeded." The soldier who scolded him came over, picked up the corroded leather shield, and then felt something in his hand.

The originally pitted surface and entangled thorns of the leather shield were filled with the blessing of the golden tree. After losing its owner and being far away from the golden tree, the golden blessing on the leather shield was gradually peeling off.

What fell into the hands of the soldier was the golden blessing that fell and dissipated.

"What is this? Is it gold? What country is so rich, inlaying gold on this broken leather shield? The powder is falling off." The soldier curiously raised the eroded leather shield, shook it, and was blessed with more gold fell down.

When the veteran saw the soldier's movements, his expression changed, and he immediately stood up and said, "Don't move around, be careful of something happening."

The soldier chuckled and said, "I think you old man has lost all your courage after staying in the logistics camp for a long time? This is just a gold-plated broken shield, what's so scary about it."

As he spoke, he shook deliberately, and more golden blessings fell off, revealing the original appearance of the corroded leather shield, which was ominous black spots and thorns.

Seeing the appearance of the leather shield, the veteran rolled his eyes at the soldier and ran out of the logistics camp without looking back.

"Hahaha, he is so brave..." The soldier who was laughing suddenly had his finger pricked by the thorn, his laughter stopped suddenly, and his body suddenly froze.

The soldier who had been reprimanded before had just entered the tent and put away his spear and leather shield. He came out just in time to see his companion standing motionless with his back to him, and asked strangely: "Hey, what's wrong with you? What about the old man?"

"Crunch - crunch -" a strange sound came from the soldier's body

Thinking of the strange state of his companions and what the veteran had just said, the tent in the logistics camp suddenly became eerily quiet.The soldier had a look of fear on his face. He swallowed and said, "Hey, stop playing. We have to move things to the nearby camp later."

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"Ahhhh-"

The soldier's screams and the sound of sharp objects penetrating flesh were heard at the same time. Splattered blood sprayed near another soldier, and everything around him was stained with blood.

Another soldier was frightened and fell to the ground at this time. The body of his companion in front of him was penetrated by black and terrifying thorns. His whole body was hung in the air by the thorns. One of the thorns just came out of his neck, leaving his companion with eyesore. The leader's head was tilted towards him.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." The soldier rolled and crawled out of the camp, leaving only the body of the cursed soldier still twitching on the thorns due to nerve reflexes.

On the other side, Roland was talking to White and others, and did not notice the prompts in the system interface. Several NPCs quietly unlocked the seal and became summonable.

["Hunting Death" D has been unlocked, Magician Roger has been unlocked, and "Death Sleeping Girl" Fiya has been unlocked]

Chapter 45: A battle on the verge of breaking out

Not to mention what happened at the logistics camp of the Holy Empire of France, Roland had already begun to prepare for the opponent's attack.

The army of the Holy Empire of France was vaguely visible at the end of the horizon. Roland could see that the stone arrows fired by the golem guards were shattered by the opposing mage troops using interception spells.

Then he controlled the two golem guards who wanted to charge past. Simply put, the automatic patrol mode changed to Roland's direct manual control mode.

After that, he first arranged for 10 winged hybrids to be stationed at another city gate. Once there was news of the Charles Empire's advance, he would immediately notify himself to prevent himself from being attacked by two countries before he knew it.

Roland understood that whether he could withstand this wave of attacks from the Holy Empire of France would determine whether he could complete the task of "Guarding Duogu City".

Therefore, we must not only defend this wave, but also inflict pain on the opponent.Just like when facing the cavalry charge of Charles' Empire after noon, it is best to destroy the opponent's vanguard.This can buy yourself more breathing time.

Roland looked at the task column on the system interface, the reward for task two [Moen City (3/4)].If it is as he imagined, then on the seventh day he can turn Duogu City into a city with iron walls.

The system never releases tasks that cannot be completed, and rewards are proportional to risks.You must be careful yourself.

"Huh?" When Roland was checking the mission interface, he suddenly found that the system prompted him that there were three new NPCs that could be unlocked for summoning, and he subconsciously wondered aloud.

Ikosela, who was in charge of protecting Roland, asked: "What happened, Lord Roland?"

After Ikosela resumed his identity as the Knight of Rodel, Farrugia proposed that Ikosela be divided into his own team to protect Roland personally.

Ikosela didn't think there was anything wrong. Rodel's knights themselves existed to protect the golden tree in the royal city.Now it's no problem to switch to the incarnation of the will to protect the golden tree, just go back to your own job.

Roland shook his head and replied: "I was disturbed by an unexpected situation, and it has no impact. By the way, you call the three homeless knights White, Fazhuang and Arthur over. I have something to tell them. "

"Yes." After hearing this, Ikosela immediately turned around and left. The light of the golden tree shone on her knight's armor, and her golden figure was quite dazzling in the earthy gray.

Taking advantage of this gap, Roland immediately asked the system: "Why were these three NPCs suddenly unlocked? I didn't seem to have done anything during this time?"

[I don’t know this if you ask me?What characteristics do these three people have in common? 】The system checked its own system log and said in confusion.

Roland stared at the names of these three people and began to think.

Magician Roger, if the faded person played by the player goes directly to Stonewell City, then he will be the first friendly assisting NPC that the player encounters.When many novice players challenged "Evil Omen" Malkit when they were ignorant, this handsome magic swordsman provided a lot of help.

"Hunting Death" D, a mysterious figure in the Round Table Hall.When players encounter a Deadborn ship in the wild, they will be sure to find his golden summoning talisman nearby. D has spent his whole life hunting the dead and is a fanatical believer in the Golden Doctrine.

"Death Sleep Girl" Feiya is also a mysterious figure who exists when the player first enters the Round Table Hall.She has another purpose, and if the player hugs her between the bed sheets, they will receive the bed curtain boon.However, if this boon is not used, the player's own HP limit will be permanently weakened.

The relationship between these three people is also very complicated.Roger and D used to be very good friends, but they had serious differences in their views on the dead, so they broke up on bad terms.

And Roger also met the dead girl Feiya and fell into her arms because of his investigation of the dead.This is why D has a shameless tone when talking about Roger.

As for Feiya's background, she was followed by the "Golden" Godwin who was supposed to die on the "Night of Conspiracy" but did not.The soul of this god-man was dead, but his body did not fall into eternal sleep due to the flaws of the Golden Law, and eventually turned into a hateful, deformed monster called the "Prince of Death."

Wait a moment.Roland's eyes flashed brightly, Feiya finally killed D in the Round Table Hall, and Roger also fell into a deep sleep due to the curse he suffered while exploring Stonewell's underground.The player then begins the side mission of "The Dead Prince"

These three people are all important branch line NPCs in "Elden's Ring" that can affect the ending branch.If players follow the normal process and complete the mission of "Death Sleeping Girl" Feiya, they can obtain the Restoration Rune of the Dead Prince.Then choose it when you become the King of Elden and open the hidden era of the Deadborn.

In other words, someone somewhere that I don’t know triggered something related to the death curse, which led to the unlocking of these three NPCs?If so, that's a little tricky.The death curse is one of the scariest curses in the game, making it difficult to guard against.

Death-born people, like epilepsy, are situations that Roland doesn't want to see.

"Lord Roland, I have brought all three knights who have lost their homes." Ikosela's voice planned Roland's thoughts, allowing the latter to come back to his senses from his own world.

Roland rubbed his eyebrows, thinking about these things later. The most important thing at the moment is the current war.

He looked at the three homeless knights White, Fazhuang and Arthur, pointed at the army of the Holy Empire of France in the distance, and said in a solemn tone: "The enemy's army is already visible to the naked eye, and the shooting of the golem guards can't produce much effect, so I controlled them to stop shooting."

"Yeah, and we all saw that the enemies who came this time were carrying siege equipment. The big thing is the trebuchet." The face under the White Flying Dragon's helmet also became solemn.

Different from the previous knights charging with the troops behind to harass the city, this time the enemy came with the purpose of destroying the city.

"This is another enemy, so I need you to defeat this enemy this time. Otherwise, there is no way to hold on for seven days." Roland looked back at the three of them and said, "With your strength, can you do it? I want you to tell me the truth.”

White and Fazhuang immediately fell into thinking, and the newly summoned Arthur replied after a brief thought: "With the current strength, it is not difficult to defeat them."

White and Fazhuang also nodded to Roland. The former said to Roland: "Yes, as long as there is no opponent of the same strength as us to restrain the three of us, then it is only a matter of time to defeat this invading enemy force."

"But being able to defeat it does not mean that Duogu City will not fall." Fazhuang immediately added another blow, pouring cold water on Roland's originally optimistic mood.

Seeing Roland's confused eyes, Fazhuang continued to explain: "There are too many people on the other side, just with the number of soldiers we have now. Before the three of us kill all the people on the other side, they can send many soldiers to stop us with their lives, and then Pass us and enter the city directly. And the trebuchets pose too great a threat to us..."

White nodded: "Yes, that's why Fazhuang and I didn't say anything just now. Fazhuang and I know what you mean, Lord Roland, so we are thinking carefully about whether there is a way to completely annihilate each other."

At this time, Arthur stepped in with a strange tone: "Well, why do we have to annihilate each other?"

Roland looked at him. In this regard, Roland felt that it was better for him to speak less.

"Arthur, what do you mean?" White didn't understand what Arthur meant for a moment, and Fazhuang showed a look of sudden realization.

Arthur immediately explained: "Mr. White, both you and Mr. Fazhuang are a little confused about whether we can kill the enemy. It is true that with our current military strength, it is impossible to kill so many enemies as quickly as possible, but Lord Roland’s request is just to defend Duogu City. So we just need to force the enemy to retreat."

Fazhuang immediately spoke up and said: "Yes, my thinking just hit a dead end. It would be relatively easy if we just asked the enemy to retreat."

White looked at his two colleagues in confusion, his own mind still not turning around.

Arthur said in a relaxed tone: "Mr. White, we just need to destroy all the opponent's siege equipment. The enemy's biggest threat to us is these siege equipment. With the strength of the three of us, we are naturally not afraid of these things, but Lord Roland's other soldiers are different, these dangerous things can cause very heavy casualties to them."

"But after destroying these siege equipment, our soldiers can greatly reduce casualties. In this way, even if the other side sends troops to bypass us and directly attack Duogu City, I believe that the strength of our soldiers can sustain us until we come back. I specifically ask I looked at the exiled soldier who came back and let him know how strong the enemy's soldiers were."

"The answer is: not worth mentioning."

White nodded: "In that case, I have no objection."

After Roland saw the three of them discussing, he said: "Okay, then just do what Arthur said. When the enemy gets closer, you can directly lead the Gray Knight Commanders to attack and directly destroy the opponent's siege equipment. The enemy. I will control the golem guards to interfere with the mage troops, and try not to let you suffer spell attacks. As for the actual decision of when to leave the city, it is left to White to judge. Fazhuang and Arthur, you two are all based on White's orders. Even so. If you have any objections, follow his orders first, and wait for the rest to come back, do you understand?"

"Yes!" The homeless knights nodded to express their understanding, and then left Roland's side, preparing to issue combat orders to the group of Gray knight captains.

In fact, Roland's words are a bit redundant. The Homeless Knights are all good at fighting, so they naturally know the serious consequences of different voices on the battlefield.

After some time, the frontline troops of the Holy Empire of France could also see the general outline of Duogu City.

"The enemy fire has stopped for a long time."

Marigit flew down from the sky, and the Pegasus spread its wings and came to Enlucius, causing a turbulence.She reported her findings in the air to the commander-in-chief: "I and other Pegasus knights discovered two tall alchemy guards in Duogu City, but they are not making any movements now. The stone arrows were shot by them, and there may be no more bows and arrows. It’s in stock.”

"It's also possible that the opponent knows that continuing to shoot arrows is useless, so they don't waste it." Enlucius took over the words, "When the trebuchet is being assembled, I will let the mage troops attack first. You and your Pegasus knights will fight with you. Captain Goethe’s holy armor soldiers still took the opportunity to enter the city to disrupt the opponent as usual.”

"Yes, I will first gather the Pegasus knights who are still patrolling around." Marigit nodded and drove the Pegasus back to the sky.

At this time, the messengers of the front-end troops began to wave the flags. When the messengers beside Enlucius saw the flags, they immediately shouted: "Report to the commander-in-chief! The troops in the front reported that a small group of cavalry was sent from Dogu City to attack our troops. Charge. Please give instructions from the commander-in-chief!"

"A small group of cavalry?" Enlucius frowned, and he instinctively felt something was wrong.It was the right choice to send a cavalry charge while one's own formation was not fully developed, but why only a small group of cavalry was sent?

No, that's not right.The commander on the opposite side has great trust in the strength of this cavalry!Enlucius's pupils shrank, and he thought of the four soldiers who fought to the death not long ago.

The strength gap between the soldiers made him understand that this cavalry would be the opponent's most ruthless knife, but if he could interrupt this knife, it would be easy to capture Duogu City.

"Order Captain Talus and the mage troops to immediately launch control and killing spells at the cavalry. Order Captain Marigit and the Pegasus Knights to cross over the cavalry and directly enter the Duogu City to find the opponent's command post for beheading operations. Order Goethe Captain, cooperate with Captain Talus's ground troops to take down this cavalry death squad! All troops continue to advance!" Enlucius spoke quickly and clearly gave the order.

"Yes!" The messenger began to wave the two red and green flags in his hands. His mature and experienced face did not show any panic at all, and he conveyed the orders just issued by Commander Enlucius through flag language one by one.

The army of the Holy Empire of France immediately changed in an orderly manner under the orders of other messengers.Under the leadership of Captain Goethe, the Holy Armor soldiers who were originally guarding the mage accompanying the pioneering corps ran out of the mage one after another and came to the front of the entire army.

The holy armor soldiers used the shields in their hands to form a white-gold iron wall. The power of the magic armor on their bodies was maximized, and a trace of blue ether light flashed from time to time.The gap between the shields was the sharp spear from the infantry of the Pioneer Corps. While the Holy Armor soldiers formed the first line of defense, Captain Talus also led his soldiers behind the Holy Armor soldiers.

Marigit, who had assembled the Pegasus knights in the air, the moment she saw the flag, immediately said to the beautiful sisters under the helmets around her: "Received the order from Commander Enlusius! We directly raided Dogu City to find out the location of the opponent's commander and beheaded him! After the beheading operation, I led my team to search for and rescue the sisters who might still be alive. The others continued to cooperate with Commander-in-Chief Onlusius in the attack. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" the noble and proud female Pegasus knights said loudly together.

War is imminent.

Chapter 46: The fall of Pegasus

The moment White and Fazhuang led the 15 Knights of Grek out of Dogu City, Roland immediately controlled the two golem guards through the golden tree, letting them bend their bows and arrows again to shoot at the crowd that had previously fired the interception spell. among.

As expected by Roland, the mages accompanying the Pioneer Corps turned the weakening mages and curses originally intended to be cast on White and the others into interception spells to crush the huge stone arrows shot from the air.

White naturally discovered this situation. He mobilized the horse under him, lowered his upper body, and started to accelerate.Fazhuang, who was standing side by side with him, and the 15 battle-hardened Knight Commanders of Gryk behind him, also began to lean down and accelerate in a tacit understanding.

The hoofs of the war horses were flying, and large areas of soil were trampled with horse hoof prints.At this time, a shadow passed over the sky above White and the others, and the sound of the Pegasus Knight spreading his wings and flying rapidly reached his ears.

Margaret led her Pegasus knights and ignored the charging cavalry and rushed straight towards Duogu City.

White and Fazhuang looked at each other, and now they could only believe that Lord Roland could handle these Pegasus knights and hold on until he and others came back for reinforcements.

Captain Talus, the commander of the Empire's pioneering corps, began to direct the crossbowmen into position, calculating the distance to the opponent's cavalry.

White's cavalry charge was very fast, and Captain Talus could clearly feel it. They were faster than the cavalry of their old rival, the Charles Empire.

Close, very close.The attention of both sides was focused, and the mute button seemed to be pressed on the battlefield. No sound could be heard except the galloping horses' hooves and their own breathing.

800 m.

"Crossbowmen prepare!!! Arrows are loaded!!!" Talus gave the order.

The next moment, 500 meters.

"Saint Armor, activate the ether shield! Strengthen the defense! Maximum power!" Captain Goethe looked solemn. It was too fast. The charge of this cavalry was too fast.

Upon hearing their captain's order, the Holy Armor soldiers immediately channeled their magic power into the shields they held in their hands. Thick white ether shields appeared in front of them, bringing a numbing...comforting feeling. A sense of peace of mind.

300 m.

"Arrow, shoot!" Talus shouted loudly, even hoarsely.

The crossbowmen hiding behind the shield array and the spearmen heard the order and pulled the triggers in their hands, shooting the crossbow arrows with cold light at the arrow tips at the cavalry who were moving faster and faster.

The moment White and Fazhuang saw the powerful crossbow arrows hitting their side, a strong cyclone burst out from their bodies and enveloped their cavalry.

The barrier formed by this gray-white storm formed an absolute safe zone. The crossbow arrows shot into the storm were all distorted from their original direction by the air flow.

Captain Talus and Captain Goethe's expressions changed the moment they saw the storm.Talus immediately let out a hoarse roar and said: "It's a magic cavalry!!! Mage troop! Mage troop! Ignore the stone arrows and follow my order to give this cavalry the Forbidden Magic Domain and Slowness Technique!"

But the 300-meter distance was fleeting for White and the others, who had already accelerated to the extreme and were even blessed by the storm. They had already rushed to the shield wall formed by the holy armor soldiers.