Chapter Thirteen The Darkness Before Dawn!

Fallen Leaf City, a temple.

Priest of the Holy Spirit, Mi Lan, who was kneeling in the center of the temple and praying, suddenly opened her eyes. A dazzling brilliance appeared in her pupils. She stood up in an instant, and said excitedly: "Ready to transfer believers! Our Lord is almost here!"

"Arrange the guards of the temple immediately. We will move the most devout believers to a safe place first. Our Lord has led the army here."

Surprise in the temple!

But then the priest gave an order, and the only remaining guards in the temple moved quickly, arranging manpower to move here.

"I want to arrange for the most devout believers to leave!"

Pastor of the Holy Spirit, Milan, stood up and said with a serious expression: "These people are the easiest to arrange, and they are willing to obey our orders. As for the others, we will wait until the first batch of people are sent away."

Just a few days.

This teenage girl has already matured a lot. Although she still looks immature, she is quite sophisticated in her work.

As the church's only pastor of the Holy Spirit, she has learned a lot during this time!

"Yes!" The temple guard responded.

soon.

There was a mess of voices outside, and many people hesitated to leave now. However, there are still many devout believers who are ready to leave together immediately, because the siege of Fallen Leaf City has frightened them, and the majesty of the giant dragon has imprinted the imprint of the gods on their hearts. According to the priests, their new god is a powerful god who can drive dragons. As long as they leave here, the gods can provide them with safe protection.

In the crowd, a pale mother hugged her child tightly.

Although Fallen Leaf City has temporarily lifted the crisis, there is still not enough food, and her delicate face is somewhat panicked. Holding the baby in his arms tightly with both hands, he moved slowly with the crowd.

At this time.

A man dressed as a militiaman came over, walked quickly to her side, and hurriedly said: "Sister? Are you really planning to leave with them? The general said that there will be reinforcements from the elves soon, and we can repel those half Orcs!"

The beautiful woman turned her head and glanced at him, with tears in the corners of her eyes. He murmured, "How long will it take?"

"Even if the orcs can be defeated? How long will it take?"

"How much more blood will be shed? We've run out of food! I'm afraid my child and I won't last until then!"

"I'm not afraid of death."

"But I want him to live!"

The young mother looked at the wide-eyed baby in her arms. There were scars on her fingers. It was when the food was most scarce that she fed the baby in her arms with blood. The little baby was very courageous, and still didn't cry when he saw so many people in such a panic, but just stared at everything with wide eyes, as if he could feel something. When the young mother's eyes fell on the baby, she suddenly softened. She shook her head firmly and whispered, "I'm sorry!"

"I plan to take him to a safe place and raise him slowly."

"Staying here is hopeless."

"Even if I defeat the orc, I can't take him through this autumn."

The militiaman next to him fell silent.

A trace of hesitation appeared on his face, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay. I'll leave with you. I can't let you take the child to such a far place alone."

finished. The young half-elf in front of him looked at the city wall in the distance, with a trace of sadness on his face.

He is a brave fighter.

If possible, he would never want to leave his hometown, but now he must face a dilemma. One is to stay here and protect the homeland. In the end, I found a way to defeat the invading half-orcs, and the other was to protect my sister and go overseas together. Waiting for the future to regain their homeland. One side is his hometown, and the other is the only surviving relative. In the end, he chose the latter.

………………

Hasty footsteps sounded.

A young figure rushed into the temple quickly, and shouted at the priest present: "Battleship!"

"A lot of warships!"

"Over the Onyx River! It's full of warships! We're saved!"

scout.

In this case, the only ones who would leave Fallen Leaf City were the scouts. The young man who obviously had more elven blood had an excited expression on his face, and hurriedly said: "Army! The army of our lord has arrived!"

God of half-elves and rogues.

The remaining strength of the church is not only priests, but also many half-elven wanderers. Not long after the oracle was conveyed, the church sent out many wanderers.

Pastor of the Holy Spirit - Milan showed a smile on his face, knelt down on the ground and prayed devoutly, then stood up and said: "Let's go immediately!"

"Everyone pack up and escort the believers to leave!"

at this time.

The voice of a middle-aged priest sounded. He looked more like a nobleman than a priest. He said in a deep voice, "Leave like this? There is an army of orcs wandering nearby! What if we meet them on the road? We can't hold on How long!"

Pastor Fina frowned and glanced at him, then said in a deep voice, "Of course our Lord will take care of us."

"Leave immediately!"

at this time.

It was already approaching the afternoon, and after some busy work, thousands of believers quickly gathered. These are the most devout believers of the church, and they chose to leave together without hesitation after the oracle was conveyed.

The south gate of Fallen Leaf City opened.

The first to come out were the guards of the temple, then some of the militiamen, followed by the mighty civilians, and the priest in charge of the back of the temple.

city ​​wall.

A gorgeously dressed nobleman silently watched the crowd leave in front of him, his cold eyes were fixed on the figure of the priest of the Holy Spirit - Milan.

"Your Mightiness."

A middle-aged man who looked like a military officer came to his side and said in a deep voice, "Is this how you want them to leave? If they leave, the hearts of the people in the city will be scattered."

"I'm afraid our situation will be even more difficult in the future!"

The gorgeously dressed nobleman turned and glanced at him, and said with a cold expression: "I know. Withdraw the frontline people, they can't reach the Onyx River before dark, as long as they leave here, they will be exposed to the attack of the orc army." In sight."

Speaking of this, his expression turned cold.

Yes.

Most of the believers are old and weak, women and children, or ordinary civilians. These people travel very slowly. It is absolutely impossible for them to arrive before dark after a distance of twenty or thirty kilometers. And if they were found out by the half-orc army, then there was almost no need to think about the final result, how could a group of civilians fight against the powerful half-orc army in the wild.

The face of the middle-aged officer suddenly turned ugly, and after understanding the reason why the nobles let them go, he couldn't help but feel a little unbearable.

Unless someone quickly responds on the way past, the final result of these people may be very miserable!

As long as it is caught up, it is a massacre.

And if these people were massacred by the half-orc army, the civilians in Fallen Leaf City would never have the idea of ​​leaving. This would also be a major blow to the prestige of the church. In this case, the noble council would have absolute control.

It was getting dark.

As soon as the pastors tried their best to urge the crowd to speed up their pace, it was impossible for so many old and weak women and children to go fast. There are many orphans of soldiers in the crowd, and those women holding children have not had a full meal for a long time, and now they are even more exhausted from walking. It was getting dark now, and they had only walked about half the distance. If the orc scouts spotted them, they would most likely be caught up by the enemy.

"It's too slow to go on like this!"

The old bishop glanced at the bloated and slow team, and murmured, "I'm afraid the orcs have discovered us."

"Get the temple guards ready for battle!"

"The militiamen stay to protect the believers, and the others are ready to fight with me!"

Half a day has passed.

It is almost impossible for this mighty team not to be discovered. If it is discovered, it is estimated that it will not be long before an enemy army appears.

The old man bowed his head and prayed a few words, and said slowly: "Now I can only hope that my lord's reinforcements can come to respond!"

"otherwise."

"We may not make it to the Onyx River."

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Whoooo!

The desolate horn sounded.

The crowd suddenly let out a cry of panic, and countless people looked into the distance in horror. In the distance, the figure of a half-orc appeared. Although the night affected their sight, they could still see the enemy approaching rapidly.

"Ready to fight!"

"Ready to fight!"

"Follow the temple guards! The others leave with the civilians!"

The old man in a bishop's costume pulled out the long sword at his waist, and he clenched a stainless steel shield. His seemingly old body rushed to the rear, and at the same time shouted: "Don't mess! Go in the direction of the Agate River ! Our Lord’s reinforcements are ahead!”

"The priest stays!"

"Servants of the church! Warriors of the temple! We cannot abandon believers!..."

"All who can fight follow me to prevent the enemy from approaching!"

"This is the last darkness before dawn!... The army of our lord is coming soon!... For the glory of our lord!..."

"Ready to fight!"

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Woohoo!

The desolate wolf howl sounded.

Accompanied by the reverberation of the dull war drum, dozens of half-orc cavalry riding a huge warg rushed out from the side of the half-orc army. It is more difficult to raise these ferocious beasts than to support a heavy cavalry, even with the whole half-orc clan Zhili only trained a squad, but now this wolf cavalry squad bypassed from the side and accelerated towards the retreating civilians.

Orc warriors have appeared in front of them.

Facing the wolf cavalry who were getting closer and closer to the crowd, the remaining temple guards could not support them at all.

The distance is getting closer!

The shadow of death enveloped everyone, once the wolf cavalry rushed into the crowd, it was a massacre! ! !

……………(to be continued ~^~)