Chapter 437, The Siege of Monteverde (Part 1)

On the tenth day of the siege, the undead finally launched a very fierce offensive. Under the leadership of several tomb ghosts, several skeleton warrior legions and zombie legions launched an extremely fierce attack on the walls of Monteverl Castle. The army's offensive wave after wave has brought great pressure to the defenders.

At this time, the Duke of Furcade personally led the knights of Montfort to patrol back and forth on the city wall. His shouts and admonitions full of fighting spirit and hope made the defenders more courageous. The undead army who barely climbed the tower was killed by the defenders.

In particular, an expeditionary knight wearing a golden fire dragon cross helmet next to Furkad is even more brave than ordinary people. When a bloodthirsty sky ghost descended from the sky and attacked the garrison on the city wall, this expeditionary knight shot the head The bloodthirsty sky ghost beheaded.

Furcard's presence on the front line inspired the morale of the entire castle. He drew out his long sword: "Fire! Soldiers! Destroy the army of the undead! Victory belongs to Montfort, for the lady and the king, and for Britannia!"

Dozens of cannons on the castle fired continuously, and the sizzling sound of lighting the fuses and the pungent smell of black powder sounded one after another. Amidst the roar of thousands of cannons, solid bullets fell on the undead army one after another, causing the entire undead army to be in chaos. In a group, especially the tall tomb ghosts fell one after another, which greatly reduced the pressure on the front line.

"For Montfort! Soldiers, fight back! Where is my trebuchet?" Furkad went to the front line to fight. The Duke himself was a powerful knight of the kingdom. In two, the filthy flesh and blood spattered his face, but the Duke himself ignored the pleas of his knights to back off, and the Duke of Montfort yelled: "That's a battering ram! Destroy it! Destroy it! it!"

"Adjust the angle!" The army of the Principality of Montfort is not fighting alone. A large number of expatriates from the empire are very willing to help them. Due to the perennial trade between the Principality of Montfort and the Empire, the relationship between the Principality and the Empire is very good, except for spending a lot of money on imports from the Empire. In addition to a large number of obsolete old-style artillery, the imperial expatriates living here also took up weapons and joined the battle. Most of them only had a scimitar and a firecracker in their hands, and a few of them held halberds, sword shields and long-barreled firearms. Guns, they shouted angrily to release their own power, the retired engineers and musketeers from the empire and the serf archers of Brittany tilted the gunpowder and arrow rain together, the free militia and the serf infantry regiment The tide-like offensive of the undead was knocked down from the top of the city.

Just above the city wall, more than a dozen giant trebuchets and artillery aimed at the giant battering ram that was being carried forward by the undead. The battering ram was very simple, but the battering ram was engraved with many imprints of undead magic. , under the power of Kemler, this battering ram has been fully strengthened.

The eight-headed tomb ghosts are pushing the battering ram forward. The decayed metal on the hammer tip is blessed by dark green undead magic, which makes Furkad terrified. He will never allow this battering ram to rush to the castle gate: "Fire, soldiers, and shoot the catacombs in the legs!"

The soldiers on the city wall responded loudly, the firepower of the defenders fully took care of the battering rams, and even the serf archers on the side hurriedly lit the arrows in their quiver bags and fired them.

The tomb ghosts have rough skin and thick flesh, and they don't feel pain at all when they are shot by old-fashioned muskets and serf bows and arrows. Even if one or two of the tomb ghosts fall down, the latter will immediately make up for them.

At this time, a row of artillery on the city wall opened fire, and several cannons were loaded. Except for one cannon that unfortunately exploded and completely misfired, the remaining cannons fired seven or eight projectiles towards the battering ram.

"Huh~" These black solid bullets went directly towards the battering ram, making a small sound in the air. Kemler, who was supervising the battle in the middle army, rolled his eyes and chanted a spell loudly: "Day of the Dead, All things wither, and the life of all spirits is my time!"

"Four-ring magic, wall of bones!"

In front of the battering ram stood a low wall made of countless white bones,

The solid bullet hit the low wall, punching several big holes in the low wall made of white bones, and the bones made of magic shattered into countless pieces.

The battering ram was safe under Kemler's protection. Kemler was about to signal the battering ram to move on, but two stones flying from above the castle entered his field of vision.

The counterweight wheel of the trebuchet rotated, and the boulder thrown bypassed the wall of bones and hit the top of the battering ram fiercely. A tomb ghost was hit by a boulder on the spot and turned into a disgusting mass of flesh.

"Hmph! Good luck." Kemler snorted coldly. He shook his head and turned to leave the central army. Matthew Bud watched the whole process without saying a word. Seeing Kemler leave, he also turned and left.

The high walls were full of shouts of victory, Furkad and his personal guard knights immediately mounted their horses and charged on the walls, relying on the textbook-like knights' charge, the defenders finally retreated Relying on the simple wooden ladder The skeleton warriors and zombies who climbed the tower, as the last skeleton warrior was defeated and thrown off the city wall, the Tomb Legion, which had lost its battering ram, was forced to retreat.

Monteverl Castle was defended once again, and after paying the casualties of hundreds of serf infantry and a dozen knights, the ancient tomb army retreated slowly.

"Thank you, Karard, without your help, maybe the gate of the castle would have fallen." Looking at the retreating army of undead, Duke Furkad said to an expeditionary knight standing beside him: "Can you On behalf of the entire principality, I will always be grateful to you for your kindness."

"Fighting evil is an obligation." The expeditionary knight Karard has been on the road to the Holy Grail for more than a year. This powerful expeditionary knight set off from Britannia on his own elf horse. The most important thing for this expeditionary knight is Contributions include:

Fight against the four-armed bull demon and the Cyclops in Rickland, kill a goblin shaman in Wesson, single-handedly behead a bipedal dragon, and solve two greenskins alone at the black fire pass in Aviland Warlord, single-handedly killed a necromancer in Steelland, a bile troll and a champion of Nurgle in Ostermark.

Afterwards, Calad went north to reach Kislev, and he and Kislev's Ursavalry Legion fought against the Chaos Marauders in the north. He singled out five barbarian tribal chiefs and disarmed the barbarian looting alarm. Immediately after he marched westward into Oster and Nord, and slaughtered two Beastman tribes, Callard, who was subpoenaed by Francois, returned to Britannia, preparing to participate in the battle between Ryan and Francois against the Blackstone stronghold. war.

Along the way, Callad has made many achievements in battle, and his honor is equal to his body.

On the way, he was dreamed by the fairy of the lake. The goddess told him the news that the ancient tomb army had surrounded Monteverl Castle. Callard did not stop and immediately rushed to support the Duke of Furcade.

"The siege has lasted for ten days, and we still haven't heard any news of reinforcements." The Duke of Furkad is a middle-aged man in his fifties, and of course he is also a legendary knight of the kingdom. Seeing the retreat of the undead, the Duke himself Standing at the top of the city, he looked at a gap in the city wall.

That was the gap created by Kemmler's spell. There, the surface of the city wall was blown away by the magic of the undead, and the original white walls turned black and bubbling.

The Duke of Furkad did not choose to let the Holy Maiden Order send the Lake Goddess and the Lake God Prophet to help him. He chose to hire a wizard from the Imperial Royal Wizarding Academy. This wizard of the Light Department brought his apprentices to the city wall He chanted spells and repaired the city wall. Haixi, the wind of light, blew away the magic of the undead and rolled up the gravel. The craftsmen of Montfort immediately stepped forward to repair the gap in the city wall.

"Reinforcements will come." Calad walked beside Fulkad, and he whispered, "Please understand, my Duke, last year's Chaos invasion caused the army of the northern duchies to be severely depleted, and we must organize A large army is not so easy, as you know, His Excellency Hagen, the Duke of Gisoleochs, lives in Courona all year round, and it will take a lot of time for him to rush back to the territory to gather the army."

"I know, the northerners can't count on it, but what about the arrogant southerners? What about Behemond and his Brotherhood of Red Dragons? What about François and his Brotherhood of Champion Knights of Quinalis? You alone? And the lady’s God’s Choice champion? Ryan Malcador? I’ve asked them for help, but they haven’t come yet, and if they don’t come, the castle will fall.” Fleckard, Duke of Montfort, was a little irritable at first said, but he soon sighed in a low voice: "The food ration has been halved, my friend Karad, but even so, the rations of tens of thousands of people still make it difficult for this castle to support, plus my private storage room, The food reserves can last up to another 20 days to a month, which is the most optimistic estimate! I can wait, but my subjects can't wait."

The Principality of Montfort basically relies on grazing to harvest food. This Principality imports a large amount of food from the Empire and other Principalities of Britannia every year to maintain its supply. Not much, and now it is even worse after the influx of tens of thousands of refugees.

After inspecting the defense line of the castle for a while, the Duke of Furcade and Callard stood on the watchtower overlooking the Principality of Montfort and the peaks of the Gray Mountains. Unexpectedly, the defenders and refugees always maintained a strong fighting spirit. They Morale was high, and many Montfort people believed that the fairies of the lake were watching the battle. In order to defend their homeland, the refugees took up arms and vowed to fight the undead to the end.

Montfort people are always so special, looking at the resolute Duke of Furcade, the expeditionary knight Karard thought to himself.

All the land of the Principality of Montfort is basically within the Gray Mountains, so the people here are almost all skilled climbers. After experiencing the threat of greenskins attacking the territory and the harsh environment all the year round, the character of the Montfort people has gradually changed. Stubborn and tough, they welcome all fellow humans and outsiders, but are very hostile to all non-human races, including elves, halflings and dwarves, which is also reflected in the Duke of Furkad himself.

Duke Fulkard is a staunch human supremacist. He insists that only humans are destined to rule the peoples. Therefore, he is very hostile to dwarves, halflings, and elves. He has ordered dwarves to be expelled more than once. Exiting the country and burning the elves as chaos mutants, of course, the fact that Ryan took in a large number of dwarves and elves caused serious dissatisfaction with Fulkad. He has repeatedly suggested that King Richard punish Ryan, the reason is that Ryan is God's choice as a lady The champion must guarantee "purity".

Purity in various senses, generally speaking, the Duke of Furkad does not hate Ryan, but hates his actions, hates his association with dwarves and elves, as the god-chosen champion of the fairies in the lake, he spends all day with Pointy ears hook up with short scorpions, how decent is this?

On the other hand, the Duke of Furkad is a very friendly person to the people. He established the almshouse system, reduced taxes for hard-working serfs, and cooperated with the Temple of the Goddess of Mercy to provide free medical care on a regular basis (only for a limited number of common diseases), he welcomes all human compatriots to settle here, he not only tolerated the preaching of the Justice Church here and established the largest temple of the Justice Church in Britannia, but also often led the army to protect the safety of the people, so, in In the defense of the city, all the citizens are willing to fight for him, including the expatriates of the empire.

Sometimes people are so complicated.

At this time, the Duke's butler arrived, and the butler with a beret on his head whispered, "My Duke, the refugees have changed."

"What change?" As the sky darkened, Duke Furkad turned around abruptly, and Karard was also shocked when he heard it.

Now the lower area of ​​Monteverl Castle is full of people, a large number of refugees gather together to spend the day, the smell of human body and feces spreads in the lower area and residential areas, relying on the suppression of many troops to barely maintain With order, if there is a riot at this time, the defense of the castle will be devastating.

"There is a rumor among the refugees, which makes their morale high." The steward swallowed, and continued: "There are rumors among the refugees that Lady's God-Chosen Champion, Earl Ryan Macado and Duke Francois of Winford are Gathering an unprecedentedly large army, this support army will eliminate all undead once and for all, this rumor has spread from the lower to the upper, my Duke, and now even many knights are convinced."

There are more than 2,300 registered knights in the entire Principality of Montfort, of which more than 1,500 are in the castle.

The Duke of Furkad first wanted to yell at the inexplicability of this rumor, but the Duke himself immediately realized that he and his people needed this kind of rumor, even if it might be a lie, the Duke still wanted to use it.

So Fulkad nodded: "Understood, don't worry about it, that's it."

"Yes." The butler withdrew.

The Duke himself was still worried. He hesitated and asked hesitantly, as if a drowning man was grasping at the last straw: "Will Lord Ryan come to help?"

"It will." Calad's eyes are full of confidence: "He has saved the kingdom from danger several times."

"Heh~ I hope so." Furkad laughed suddenly, and he forced a smile: "Fortunately, I chose me to attend his wedding and toast with him, so I shouldn't offend him too much."

"Your Excellency Ryan is not that kind of person." Callard shook his head, he couldn't say much about this matter.

"Go and rest, this is just a tentative attack, the undead's attack will be more violent!"

"Um."…………

Early in the morning, Earl of Glamorgan, Jean Town.

Lion and Bellegar stood together on the high platform, looking at the gray sky.

The army has been assembled.

Undead, Kemmler, Matthew Bard, Musilon, Montfort, Ryan turned his thoughts once, he turned around, and Bellegar nodded to him, motioning him to order.

"The whole army is going!"