Chapter 439 Knights

In the rock fortress city, in the mage tower used to control the focus of magic, the fierce but short battle has ended.

Once filled with magical brilliance, the gorgeous and bright arcane hall was in a mess. The explosion of magical energy and the explosion created by the attackers left shocking damage everywhere. The walls were covered with craters, and the ground was torn apart by the explosion. The steel supports were also melted by high temperature, turning into a pile of twisted metal skeletons that slumped to the ground. At the entrance of the hall, the two arcane stone statues that had been used to defend the hall had been turned into lifeless obsidian fragments, and they fell to the ground. On the ground, and in the center of the hall, in the huge circular formation, only a few faintly recognizable human-shaped scorch marks and armor fragments remained.

Sir Maryland, who rushed to the scene at the fastest speed, stood stunned at the entrance of the hall, watching the tragic situation in the hall, and did not say a word for a long time.

"...The battle was concentrated inside the tower, and there were no signs of the battle outside the tower or the nearby outposts," the mage advisor said beside Sir Maryland of the clues he had collected so far, "The attackers fought in a strange way, which has never been seen before. Yes - it was a burst of explosions in a short period of time, there were traces of high temperature burns and explosions everywhere, and the guards seemed to be killed without reacting - and we also found next to the remains of an obsidian golem. got this."

Sir Maryland looked at what the mage advisor handed over: it was a twisted and broken blade or blade, with remnants of runes and inlaid alloy parts visible on the side, no matter from the casting precision or the design style, it did not It may be a product of the interior of the rock fortress, and it is not the appearance of any standard sword in Ansu.

There is only one blade, and its grip is missing.

"...Cecil's equipment!" A southern knight who followed over exclaimed the moment he saw the broken blade, and then said very quickly, "General, this is an extraordinary weapon. The magic blade of the sword can emit extremely high heat, and it can cut through the soldiers in light armor in an instant. One of my squires was killed by this weapon..."

Listening to the words of this southern knight, Sir Maryland suddenly remembered another incident that had just happened: Viscount Carroll fell to his death under the terrace... There was no trace of fighting on the terrace, so he could only judge that Mr. Viscount was himself. stumbled and fell.

The banquet happened last night, and Viscount Carroll has not appeared since last night. Everyone thought that the always worried Viscount was too drunk and went back to rest early...

The attack in front of me took place inside the mage tower. Everyone was raided into the hall without any defense and then killed. There was no trace of battle outside...

The Cecilians are in the city, and they have been in the city for a long time, and even... they are hidden in the guardians of the mage tower, or they have already gained the trust of the guardians.

Responsible for guarding the mage tower and inner city walls,

It was the army of the southern nobles, to be precise, Lady Ropeni?

A deep palpitation gripped Sir Maryland's heart, and along with this palpitation gripped him, there were the constant commotion and faint explosions coming from the distant city wall.

This war...is this a war?

"There are ghosts in the city... Where is Lady Ropeni?!"

The guard knight on the side replied immediately: "The Countess hasn't appeared on the city wall since this morning—nor has the bodyguard she brought."

Sir Maryland immediately ordered in a loud voice: "Go at once..."

Before he finished speaking, a disturbing whistling sound suddenly came from the upper floor of the mage tower. The whistling sound was mixed with the sound of something shattering. The other knights and soldiers present immediately looked up subconsciously. Go, but both Sir Maryland and the wizard advisor turned pale at the same time: they thought of the possible cause of the whistling.

It's not the Mage Tower's problem, it's something connected to the Mage Tower - the magical barrier of the Rock Fortress.

The magic barrier is connected to the city wall of the fortress, and it is also connected to every mage tower in the city. When the barrier continues to weaken, the first thing that will react is the magic crystal on the top of these towers.

He immediately rushed out of the tower with someone.

The inside of the lofty rock fortress is echoing one after another whistling sound. Along with the whistling sound, there is a low roar that is becoming more and more obvious. It is the sound of the constantly shaking city shield crumbling, and it is the air inside the shield. The sound that resonated as the city wall vibrated. The shimmering magic barrier was now covered with ripples. A pale pattern spread from the top of the city wall to the height of the fortress. When Sir Maryland rushed out of the mage tower, those ripples Almost two-thirds of the sky is covered.

This high-level knight has never faced such a desperate situation in his life, but he calmed down at this moment. He watched the magic barrier that was breaking down a little bit, and put one hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist. , asked the mage advisor beside him in a low voice: "Master, how long can the shield last."

"Twenty minutes, or less," replied the wizard advisor. "I'll lead the surviving War Mages up the walls and use our own mana to recharge the shields—perhaps three or five minutes longer."

"Don't waste your mana, it's no use fighting that weapon with manpower," the sergeant interrupted the mage advisor. "Let the war mages recharge their batteries and prepare for battle in the city."

Then he turned his head and looked at his most trusted subordinate, the knight of the guard who had followed him for many years.

This guard knight should be one of the most capable people in the rock fortress besides him.

The city shield can last for 20 minutes. After the shield is broken, there is still the southern city wall. The south city wall, which has been poured with metal, can last for at least dozens of minutes against the "sky fire explosion" of the Cecil people, even if the Cecil people let " "Sky Fire" crosses the city wall and falls into the city, and it will only destroy the surface facilities in the second city wall, and the main runes of the magic focus and magic barrier are buried underground.

He still had things to do before the walls also collapsed completely.

"Defend the city," the ser said to his knights. "Also, find out Ropeney Glenn and her missing guards. They most likely have already betrayed. Get rid of them before the havoc."

The guard knight's eyes widened: "General, what are you going to do?"

"I have sworn in my family's name to guard the rock fortress to the death, and it is time for me to fulfill my oath." Ser Maryland pressed the hilt of his sword, every word clearly and forcefully, "if I succeed, Cecil's The attack may stop, and if I fail, your allegiance will end - you take the survivors out of the North Gate, go to the capital, and pass on the whole story of the fall of the Rock Fortress to the Prince of Wales... "

"General! I'll go out with you!" the knight of the guard said immediately, "I also swore that I would always follow you on the battlefield. Running away in battle is not something a knight should do, let alone something a noble should do!"

"The War of Nobility is over!" Sir Maryland stared at the knight's face, and then his tone slowed down, "...The War of Nobility is over."

...

The knights who still had courage stood up, and a knight group, led by the commander of the fortress, began to run to the gate of the southern city wall. Sir Maryland rode on his trusted horse, watching the gate of the city grow more and more in front of him. closer.

The magic barrier outside the city wall has shown a critical state of collapse. Large swaths of chaotic ripples are wandering around, and even magic pores have appeared in some areas. In the places where the barrier is damaged, the out-of-control mana turbulence jumps on the city wall like lightning. There was chaos everywhere.

Groups of southern knights and noble soldiers escaped from the city wall, and some southern nobles were mixed among them.

They were still shouting and shouting on the city wall a moment ago, triumphantly.

Looking at these unbearable guys, a thought suddenly popped into Sir Maryland's mind:

Why did he accept these guys in the first place?

When did the nobles of this country... become such people?

Although he wanted to ignore them, Sir Maryland couldn't help but stop, he pulled the reins in front of a group of panicked southern knights, and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen - if you are still a little noble, With the honor of being a knight, let’s at least maintain order in the city! The rock fortress hasn’t fallen yet!!”

Then, no matter how many people heard his words, he turned his horse's head and ran forward.

The city hides sabotage troops infiltrated by the enemy, who could inflict greater losses at any time.

After losing the commander to sit, the order in the fortress may fall into even greater chaos.

The top commander of the fortress should not leave the fortress lightly in this situation.

All this is clear to Sir Maryland.

But someone had to stop those two ships, those two terrible weapons that were loaded on those two ships.

Ordinary soldiers and slightly weaker knights go out to die. Only if he, a high-level knight attacking under the cover of the knights, has a little hope - this is the value and usefulness of strong personal combat power.

The city gates opened, and a pungent scorched smell came out.

It was the unique smell of high-intensity arcane energy surging through the air, breaking down certain substances in the air.

The knights raised their heads, looking up at the two beams of light directly above them with shock and a hint of horror.

At this position and angle, they looked even more terrifying—the pure arcane light was pouring down the crumbling magical barrier like two long rivers of light, and the majestic aurora was crushing the city little by little.

The Ansu Second Dynasty was built with countless human and material resources, embodying the highest magic skills of the royal family at that time. It has stood on this land for a century as a rock fortress, and is gradually coming to an end under the impact of arcane torrents.

The fortress was used to defend the Cecil family, but the Cecil family had never fought back once in the past century.

Many people didn't realize this until now - this is just the first attack of the Cecil family since the establishment of the rock fortress.

"Don't look up, look forward!" Sir Maryland raised his long sword high, then pointed at the White Water River, "Don't stop!!"

The knights pulled down their masks and began to accelerate slowly along with Sir Maryland's steeds.

Most of them won't make it to the attack alive, and in fact most of them won't be useful even if they make it to the Whitewater River alive: those two ships are in the middle of the river, as the land king's The knight is also helpless when facing the warship floating in the middle of the water.

But as a high-level knight, Sir Maryland can - there are countless ways for high-level transcendents to ignore the small "terrain trouble" of the Whitewater River. As long as the distance is close enough, a high-level knight is enough to make the magic on those two ships. The device stops.

The Knights began to charge.

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