Wizard From Afar

Burning flames and billowing smoke filled the sky above Cloud Peak.

Staring at the still tumbling head under his feet, Igor, who was pale, trembling with his lips, was silent for a whole minute, still unable to believe whether what he saw was true.

The Supreme King... is dead?

Just under the escort of a group of guards and city walls, fortresses, palaces and armies... was killed by an assassin who got in in front of him, under his nose?

"Boom————!!!"

There was another loud noise in the direction of the city gate in the distance, and thick black smoke rose above the cloud Peak. The rapid and sharp horn echoed in the ears of all the dwarves.

"Your Excellency, the enemy has broken through the first line of defense and is besieging our city gate, Your Excellency!"

Seeing the black smoke floating in the distance, Igo Captain of Er’s guard ——both shocked and angry roar of the stout dwarf who just pierced the assassin, with a hint of choking in his voice:

"Please stand up immediately and organize your defense, otherwise the city gate will be lost. It’s just a matter of time!"

But Igor, a tranced dwarf, didn’t hear what he was talking about at all, so he stayed in a daze; the surrounding dwarf warriors were equally blank. I don't know what to do.

In desperation, the helpless Dwarf Guard Captain picked up the Supreme King’s head from the ground, forcibly removed the crystal-encrusted crown from the frightened and ferocious face, and buckled it on On Igor's head.

"en?!"

Igor, who was suddenly awakened, touched the top of his head subconsciously, his eyes fell on the "bald" head of the Supreme King, immediately turned pale in fright "What are you doing?!"

"The king is dead!"

Wei Captain stared at the face of the court official Igor, and knelt down with a "peng!" On the ground, an angry and determined flame spurted from his pupils, and he exhausted all his strength to let out his roar: "Long live the king!"

The shocked Igor was stunned. At the same place, before he could react, the guards gathered around had already swept one-knee kneels, and roared with the flames bursting from their chests:

"Long live the king——!!! Long live the King——!!! Long live the King——!!!"

In the cheers, the dwarf Igor, who was under the eyes of everyone, raised his trembling hands and pressed the crystal crown forcefully. Above his head, standing in a pool of blood between the traitor and the king, he turned his gaze to the already chaotic city in the rumbling sound of the explosion, and took a long, deep breath subconsciously.

From this moment on, I will no longer be the court official of the Yunling Kingdom, no longer a loyal servant of the Supreme King, and no longer need to use the name of the Supreme King to grab everything. Power, because...

I am the Supreme King!

"Give an order to the defenders of the city gate and tell them to prepare for retreat-if the city gate is lost, all city defense weapons must be destroyed, and all barriers and materials that cannot be taken away must be burned. I don’t leave any tiles to the traitors!"

The dwarf Igor, who finally calmed his mind, calmly issued his first imperial order as the Supreme King: "All the army must be immediate. Retreat to the street barriers, relying on the fortifications of the city, to block the rebels entering the city steadily!"

"All registered young adults are enlisted and ready to gather near the square; open the warehouse and arm them all as a The reserve army stands by in front of the Palace of Kings, and is ready to fight street battles with the traitors who have entered the city!"

"All the old, weak, women, children, and civilians who cannot form battle strength all enter the tunnel to make room and roads for the army. ——Within two quarters of an hour, they must all be driven in to take refuge!"

"The enemy's forces are all concentrated in the north, and there is no offensive movement in the east-west direction? Very good, recruit the defenders over there. On 2/3/2021, the new guerrilla Legion will be organized; once the enemy’s offensive momentum is blocked, prepare to counterattack and regain the first line of defense!"

"There are suspected traitor spies in the slums? Don’t send troops, let’s The engineers in the Hall of Kings prepared to directly aim the trebuchet and ballista there and set fire to the slums; it doesn’t matter if the dead person is killed, it’s better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go!"

" Are there any defenders? Call out all of them, don’t leave one—there was already blocked by us and the traitors, and he couldn’t dig through tunnels even after digging for three days and three nights. Let the garrison all officers above Hundred-men Commander All gather at the Palace of Kings, we accept their allegiance, immediately!"

"The King Guards of the Palace of Kings ask for offensive slogans? Tell them: Yunling will live forever, long live the king!"

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Igor, a dwarf with a green complexion, continuously issued various orders to all the troops. Calm wielded the power of the Supreme King and mobilized all the human and material resources in Cloud Peak.

In the three years of civil war, relying on Byrne’s assistance and the army in his hands, little by little eroded the power of the Supreme King Igor, but now he became the undisputed ruler—— The assassination of the Supreme King not only did not cause chaos, but instead gave him the right to wear this crown.

The next thing to do is to defeat this offensive by the rebels in the shortest possible time, and strive for the recognition of the leaders of the northern city states who are loyal to the Supreme King, and become not just in name only, but also in The supreme king of reality, and then end this time-consuming civil war.

As for the rebels that are about to break through the Yun Peak city gate, Igor is not very worried. Yun Peak is a very complex fortress. It not only has multiple lines of defense composed of multiple city walls, but also The streets and terrain are equally incomparably complex, making it difficult for large forces to deploy, while small groups of troops will ambush the defenders and annihilate them one by one.

Even if the enemy really breaks through and tears the line of defense into the city, the palace of the kings, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, will not fall so easily; relying on the palace of kings as the core position, it is hidden in large and small forts in the city. The tunnels and the defeated defenders on the city wall will launch an offensive from behind the rebels that have entered the city, and they will be swept away.

Igor, who has a favorable geographical position, can use the advantages of terrain to concentrate a small group of mobile forces without having to go out of the city to fight, and continue to form a situation of fighting more with less, and destroying the rebels several times his own. this!

The city of fortifications, the city of tunnels, the city of fortresses-this is the real power of Yun Peak, and this is the real reason why she has never fallen for a thousand years!

"Igor...Your Majesty, there is a message from the garrison at the bottom tunnel."

Guard Captain, who hurriedly arrived, appeared behind the dwarf Igor, and changed his words in a hurry. : "When they were evacuating the tunnel, they found two suspicious characters."

"Now is an extraordinary period, let them handle it by themselves!" Igor coldly snorted with a solemn expression, his tone was very unpleasant. Patience: "What kind of waste are the officers of the garrison, you still have to ask for instructions on this kind of thing?!"

Wei Captain lowered his head, said nothing, and showed no sign of leaving.

Igor frowned, turned his head slowly, and looked at Wei Captain, who lowered his head and refused to speak: "I guess...the identities of those two people are unusual?"

Wei Captain with complex expression, solemnly nodded.

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"We retreat."

I saw the cloud After the abnormal situation in Peak's direction, hunting Fiend...or the night watchman Carl Ke stand in great numbers made the wisest judgment in his mind, and decisively threw a recruit who had just almost fallen off the cliff behind him.

"Retreat? We haven't got any information yet. Retreat now?!" Recruit Martin looked unclear.

"Otherwise? Now that the rebels have begun their general offensive, the place where we stand may be one of the battlefields in a quarter of an hour-you want to stay here, and then be torn apart by heavy crossbows from both sides. Meat sauce?!"

The disgusted Karl Colin turned his head and said sarcastically, unabashedly.

He is really fed up with these recruits-he has no common sense, no conscious, and he didn't even figure out what his mission is, and his brain is full of enthusiasm and impulse.

In addition to the wizard innate talent that surpasses ordinary people, and their sensitivity to void power, their level is not as good as the first batch of veterans in the Duke’s Guard; no, if the innate talent is eliminated, these guys Even after three months of training, the conscripts on the last battlefield can't match.

At least the conscripts will unconditionally obey orders, unlike this group of guys...the arrogant thinking that strength of oneself can prevent a war!

"The Duke gave us an order to find out the murderer who led to this war and investigate the truth about the spread of the Corrupt Demons in the Yunling Kingdom." Martin, a new recruit, clenched his fists tightly, and argued:

"There are still four days before the time limit. We didn't even get any useful information. We should leave like this?!"

"The Duke said'if there is An opportunity...', don’t be arrogant to me!" Carl Colin said coldly, "Besides, now that the Cloud Peak battle is about to start, you tell me where the opportunity is?!"

"Of course the opportunity Yes!"

The recruit Martin lifts the head, staring at the direction where the black smoke rises, and facing the "road of blood" under the dust: "Once the siege begins, Everyone’s goal must be focused on the city wall defense line and the city gate. No one will notice the already blocked tunnel network.

Although the tunnel is blocked, large-scale troops cannot pass through. , But one or two people are still possible-we can use this opportunity to sneak into the cloud and meet with informants to find out the real culprit behind this civil war!"

Carl Colin thoroughly shocked.

He originally thought that this recruit named Martin was too naive, with a bloody and thick-lined head; now it seems that he really wants to be simple by himself; he can pass Dalton · Kander’s assessment and get his way. How could the chief recognized by Sn Captain be so "innocent"?

This is simply a lunatic, and it’s a task by fair means or foul. He doesn’t even take his life seriously. It’s a lunatic from the bottom to the bottom—it’s quite the way of Captain Lucian!

The wide-eyed recruit was still staring at him, without saying a word, anxiously awaiting Karl Colin's reply.

He hesitated a bit.

In all fairness, this recruit has some truth in what he said. During the war, the monitoring intensity in the city will be greatly reduced. The words of good luck may really be able to sneak into the cloud Peak quietly during the war; it's just...

The two Fiend hunters turned their heads and looked towards behind them almost at the same time, searching for them in the empty jungle.

Karl Colin narrowed his eyes vigilantly, his right hand pressed the hilt behind his shoulders, and gestured towards the recruits beside him; the two quickly spread out on both sides, hiding on the spot.

Half a minute later, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps in the jungle.

Heavy, messy, irregular, and unstable.

Judging from the sound of footsteps, it should be a dwarf, and there should be only one or two in number... Carl Colin, who is hiding in the dark, speculates, holding the hilt of the half-sword behind his shoulders tightly.

But why does it sound so heavy and wobbly...is it hurt?

The confused Karl Colin lifts the head, only to find that the recruit hiding opposite is looking at him in horror.

so that's how it is, is it a Corruptor... This is not surprising.

In the next second, with the sound of heavy and shaking footsteps, two plump silhouettes the size of five heads came into their sight.

"Clang——!"

The long sword came out of the sheath.

Two Fiend hunters flew out of the jungle tacitly, one left and one right two silver lights drew an elegant half arc, and at the same time they attacked the head of the carrion demon.

Only by smashing or cutting off the head, can the Corruptor stop acting-in the "Fiend Hunting Code" of Skywing, this is the top priority of the repeated orders.

"pu ——!"

Blood spurted and his head fell to the ground.

Everything is back to normal.

The scared recruit fell to his knees with a "pu Tong" cry, complexion pale panting violently, as if he had not fully recovered from the excitement of avoided a catastrophe, staring at the ground in disbelief and still twitching "Corpse".

Karl Colin swung down the plasma on the spine of the sword while calmly gazing at the jungle behind him. Corrupt demons are usually large-scale collective action monsters, like three or two alone. The situation is quite rare.

In other words, what they encountered was only two in a certain cluster, and more Corruption Demons should be around, even somewhere not far from them.

If this is the case, let's retreat as soon as possible... The information for the investigation has been collected, and if you wait, there will be no new changes in this war.

Just as Karl Colin made up his mind, a rush and dull voice suddenly sounded.

"dong! dong! dong!"

The two surprised people turned their gazes behind them almost at the same time, instinctively widening their eyes.

"dong! dong! dong!"

The same voice, but clearer, and the distance is obviously closer!

Like the army of monsters in the Northern Duanjie Mountain, the Corrupt Demon is a monster of large-scale collective action. It is rare to be alone...

Carl Colin took a Deep breath protects the recruits behind him, twitches his throat vigorously, and asks calmly:

"How many are there?"

"Wh, what?" Scared silly.

"How many are those corrupting demons?!"

"I don't know!"

The face pale recruit shook his head desperately, holding the sword in his hands. Shaking incessantly: "But... there should be many, many... many, many!"

"From the perspective of Void Reaction, at least...tens of thousands——!!!"