Wizard From Afar

The blue sky and white clouds hang high in the morning.

Along with the roar of the falcon, the gust of wind that rolled up the clouds swept across the mountains and the dome, and misty white clouds surrounded the towering mountains; under the sky, there are Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, endless. .

On the mountain wall, a gray fortress stands in front, like a huge city gate, and is more like a huge helmet in shape, and the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains behind her is the city.

Dwarf soil, the northern gate of Yunling Kingdom, Silver Helmet Mountain.

According to the rumors, this is the land where the dwarves first flourished. The first fortress and the first mine were built. Copper, iron, gold... and mythril were discovered from the depths of the earth.

Until it thrived and the mineral deposits began to dry up, the footprints of this race really began to spread across every surrounding mountain and every hill; digging winding paths between mountains and rivers, using tunnels and mine pits The fortresses are connected one by one, and their palaces are built on the Cloud Peak in the center of the mountain.

When the mountains and rivers were all gone, the dwarves also tried to expand their colonies; in the north, they established a series of outposts to guard against the centaur raids from the Gobi, in the Animal husbandry is being tried on the grasslands in the vicinity.

In the northwest, they attacked Byrne, and once controlled ten of Byrne's thirteen collars, established a stable colony, and ruled the Byrne people with large farms, mines and high-pressure control... It wasn't until the flames of the uprising ignited throughout Byrne that the four generations of Torino raised their flags to resist, and they gradually declined.

Although after the establishment of the empire, the dwarves will no longer return to their former grand occasions; curled up between the mountains and rivers, no longer an inch of earth, but the invincible Yunling Kingdom still discourages outsiders.

The fully armed dwarf sentries are distributed on the towering towers and the city wall, looking singly at the endless horizon-the spacious city wall, but even a trifling There are no guards for the Hundred Men Squad.

With the rise of the rebellion, although the Supreme King’s army has not yet come to Yinhelm Mountain, the entire Yunling Kingdom has already begun to mobilize, and all the city fortresses have begun a massive assembly and mobilization, and the encirclement and suppression front has been formed. .

And the Silver Helmet Mountain is naturally the same. Most of the troops are used to block the tunnels and paths in the mountains, block the tunnels leading to the various cities, and send heavy troops to guard.

In nominal terms, Yinhelm Mountain is the northern gate of the Yunling Kingdom. The Boyi and their "relatives" who watched the Great Green Sea were actually destroyed many years ago and turned into waves. The trading center of Yi and the dwarves.

The people on horseback have no interest in mountains where no grazing is allowed, and if Byrne wants to attack the Yunling Kingdom, he can go directly south, there is no need to make a detour to Silverhelm Mountain.

And when the Centaur invaded the Great Green Sea, the original trade did not increase but decreased—the Centaur tribe didn’t know how to forge, so they could only exchange supplies with spoils of war, using meat, dairy, and leather. Exchange armors made of steel.

As a result, the Silver Helmet Mountain, which was enclosed on three sides, did not immediately turmoil. Instead, before the Supreme King’s army arrived, he repelled the small armies of several fortresses one after another to obtain After a series of victories, morale skyrocketed.

Therefore, the "insignificant" northern defense line naturally only has a small number of scattered soldiers and sentry towers, which are sufficient to maintain the supply line between the centaur tribe.

What's more, so far, no army has captured any fortress in the Yunling Kingdom.

So far...

Thinking of this, the expressionless dwarf sentry straightened his "three-headed" waist and raised his chin proudly.

The cold wind swept across the realm, and a burst of icy chill made him tremble suddenly, and he unintentionally aimed his gaze at the distant horizon.

Then he was stunned.

A huge smoke and dust came from the grassland in the distance, gushing out from the horizon, like a rare beast wriggling on the earth, and the sound of the earth trembling can already be heard from a distance.

The sound is getting louder and clearer, changing from a sudden vibration to a continuous wave, continuously coming from a distance.

The sentinel squinted, looking very far at the densely packed black spots that "emerge" on the horizon, with a bit of doubt on his face.

Why... Those centaur Barbarian Races have won another battle so quickly and come back with spoils of war?

But he will not think so in the next second.

The dwarf sentry stared wide-eyed, shocked his mind for a while, and he couldn't even believe what he saw.

It's a cavalry, it's a human cavalry!

Like a torrent of a dyke, hiding the sky and covering the earth. Thousands of cavalry are rolling in with the roar of iron hoofs.

Wielding lance and saber, bow and arrow, and throwing guns, the heart trembles in the billowing smoke and dust, and the roar of courage entirely to break. The billowing smoke sweeps across the vast expanse of land beyond the barrier.

However, this is not all.

Before the dwarven sentry was astonished, another continuously vibrating sound was emerging from behind the tidal cavalry.

It is more shocking, heavier, and more familiar to them.

Ten thousand infantrymen lined up on the wide grassland in five huge squares and moved forward slowly, endless battle flags hunting and hunting in the cold wind .

Great momentum!

Usually, if you want to attack a fortress, you will usually camp as far as possible, build a siege position before being discovered, and then slowly advance to avoid encountering from the fortress. Counterattack.

But this human army... They completely violated common sense and the laws of war, and appeared grandiosely outside a heavily fortified Fortress City, lined up in a dense array, where they showed off one's military strength.

Yes, they didn't even bother to conceal it, so they were directly exposed to the fortress's field of vision, forming a neat queue and stepping forward, showing off their strength unscrupulously.

That posture didn't seem to be attacking the city at all, but it was like a threat.

Obviously, they succeeded.

There was chaos on the city wall of the barrier, and the unprepared dwarf sentry hardly knew what to do now—their soldiers were just arranged to supervise the normal entry and exit of the supply team and the delivery of the spoils of war. There is no preparation for the battle at all!

After a full quarter of an hour, when the army outside the city was approaching the Fortress City wall, the dwarf, known as "stiff and inflexible," made up his mind to sound the horn and head towards the fortress. An alarm was issued inside, and then several people were assigned to report.

The remaining people act as "messengers" to inquire about the identity and purpose of the army outside the city.

So, with the loud horn sound, the Fortress City gate of Silver Helmet Mountain slowly opened, and the "dead ghosts" sent out of the city beat their spirits and walked out of the city gate holding a banner.

After seeing them, a Knight holding the Golden Lion banner on the black background galloped out of the army and came towards them.

The sluggish dwarf sentries stared wide-eyed, staring at the banner very incomprehensibly-they really don't understand why the Duke of Byrne's army appeared on Silverhelm Mountain?

The Knight holding the flag stopped in front of them, condescendingly looking down at the group of dwarves who seemed very dissatisfied with them, coldly snorted:

"In the name of the Holy Cross, In the name of Torino and Jonah Two Great Families, Lord of Byrne, Grand Duke Loren Torino, Lord Salika Jonah of the Great Boy, ride one hundred thousand in one step, and visit Silverhelm Mountain!

You are the traitors of the Yunling Kingdom, the accomplices of the centaur and beasts, the criminals who slaughtered the people of the empire, the gangsters who harmed the friendship between the Sackland Empire and the Yunling Kingdom, and the bandits who slaughtered the Great Green Sea-your crimes are simply untold. Everyone is condemned;

Grateful for the profound friendship between the Yunling Kingdom and Byrne, Grand Duke Loren Torino decided to give you the chance to regret the last time, put down your weapons, and everyone in the city bound and left the fortress. The Silver Helmet Mountain is entrusted by the Grand Duke, and the decision will be made when the Supreme King arrives; if not, after tonight, a hundred thousand troops will attack the city-burn your houses and crush your city wall , Drain your mines and destroy your farms and orchards;

Only things shorter than the axles can leave alive throughout the city!"

Looking at both shocked and The angry dwarf, coldly snorted's anger fort count, Eckert planted the flag on the ground and raised his head pretending to be contemptuous. He drew his sword with a "shua", and put the tip of the sword against one of the heads:

"The Duke ordered me to remind you, this is not a warning...

This is an ultimatum!"