Chapter 147, Summer Night Sky

Early the next morning, the army broke out. The Marquis of Anci led an army of more than 30,000 people and entered the Arden Forest from the front. Winford's army joined Bastogne's army and prepared to enter along the circular path. Arden Forest.

The number of this unit is not large, about 6,000 people, of which there are about 3,000 combatable soldiers, and the rest are army followers and logistics personnel.

Early in the morning, a kingdom knight who looked to be in his thirties, wearing a silver gilt patterned cross helmet with a golden dragon statue on the top of the helmet, and a full set of mithril plate armor forged by the master craftsman of Bastogne came to Ryan In front of him: "Hello, Lord Grail Knight Ryan, I am Marquis Gabriel de Bastogne."

"Hello, Lord Gabriel, I'm Ryan Malcador." Ryan shook hands with him.

"It's a pleasure to fight side by side with you. If you don't mind, please let the soldiers of our Bastogne Beast Killer Regiment lead the way." Gabriel said seriously: "The soldiers have been fighting with the beasts at the edge of the Arden Forest all year round. They are quite familiar with the complicated roads in the forest."

"Oh, of course, of course I welcome soldiers who know the way to lead us!" Ryan said very sincerely: "We are an army from afar, and we are not familiar with the forest. Your Bastogne army has been fighting with these beasts all year round. We are fighting, and we have to rely a lot on your performance."

"As expected of a lady's God's Choice Champion!" Marquis Gabriel praised, "Please!"

"Please!"

About an hour later, the army completed its assembly and began to march along the road towards the forest.

Walking in the front were more than 100 kingdom knights, then more than 300 ranger knights, then 600 serf archers, and then more than 2,000 serf infantry led by sergeants, and the rest were a large number of followers With the rear of the logistics troops, more than two hundred rangers are covering the two wings of the army.

Ryan, Julius, and Gabriel, the three kingdom knights, followed the front of the kingdom knight team.

The third son of the Duke of Bastogne has a resolute face, with many scars on his face, and his eyes are shining. At first glance, he looks like a veteran on the battlefield. He has a strong aura on his body. He is a legendary strongman with very stable strength. By.

The Bastogne family has no mediocrity for generations. As the direct descendants of the first knight King Arthur, this family has always had extremely strict family systems and rules. Coupled with good training and excellent guidance since childhood, this Marquis is powerful. Nor is it surprising.

"This time, the Wenford Fugitives and the Bastogne Beast Killers are going to fight side by side." Ryan took the initiative to provoke the topic.

"It is an honor for our Bastogne knights to fight side by side with the famous Winford knights, and it is an honor for me, Gabriel, to fight side by side with the lady's God-Chosen Champion, Her Excellency Ryan!" Gabriel also seriously Responded: "Even though Bastogne's troops are assigned here, we are not going to be spectators."

"Audience? How do you say that?" As they gradually entered the forest, the originally neat army formation could no longer march so many troops side by side, and the entire army began to stretch. Ryan said curiously while paying close attention to the movement in the forest.

"Hey, Lord Ryan, you don't know. When I learned that Angie Desmond arranged for us to go on the right, I knew that he didn't want us to steal his limelight." Gabriel's tone Some are dissatisfied.

"I would like to hear more about it." Ryan and Julius glanced at each other, they were not clear about the situation in Arden Forest.

"The right road is the worst road among the Three Route Army. There are a lot of Beastman war gangs on this road, and the road is also rough and difficult, so it is difficult for us to get enough gains, and it is not convenient for us to march quickly. "Gabriel went on to say: "Your Excellency Ryan, our army is not enough. My view on our march is to advance steadily, not to pursue the results too much, just follow the predetermined route and wipe out the Beastmen along the way. Meet up at the scheduled location.

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"This is also my idea. The forest is not our home field. How can the knights charge in this uneven land and dense bushes?" Ryan nodded.

"We are here to exterminate the Beastmen, not to play hide-and-seek with them," Julius also said.

So the strategic policy of the Right Route Army was determined in this way.

The knights of Bastogne have a lot of experience in fighting the Beastmen. Seeing Ryan affirming the plan, Gabriel felt very relieved. Like a hot-blooded ranger knight, as soon as he sees the beastman appear, he will chase him.

In the forest, such a fight would definitely end.

The march on the first day did not encounter too many accidents. There were almost no traces of beastmen along the way. Everyone advanced smoothly, and then camped near a small stream. The soldiers quickly boiled water for cooking, and the sky gradually Fall into dusk.

"Hex, arrange for someone to patrol that hill! Olivier, pay attention to send someone to guard the upper stream of the creek, and pay attention to whether the beastmen are poisoning." Ryan arranged for the army to patrol, and Gabriel of Bastogne also Arranging his own army: "Baudoin! Alphonse! You know what to do!"

"Obey! My marquis!" The knights of Bastogne are well-trained, and the serfs are even more familiar with camping. These soldiers don't need to be reminded at all. They seem to be very skilled. The Bastogne Beast Killers are not called for nothing. of.

Ryan stood alone by the creek, looking at the flowing water, he noticed footsteps behind him, and some faint scents.

Hmm~ It's the scent of jasmine and iris, so Ryan turned around: "Miss Suria? Miss Sylvia?"

"Good evening! Your Excellency Ryan!" "Good evening, Lord Holy Grail Knight Ryan!" Both girls greeted Ryan, and Sylvia was still a little rusty, and Suria was quite natural: "What are you thinking? "

On a summer night, in the quiet forest, the cool breeze, the chirping of insects, and the two beauties in front of him, Ryan was in a good mood. Neither of the two female knights wore knight armor when they camped at night. Britannia standard knight dress, blue vest and white shirt, as well as brown tights and riding boots, the two female knights are in very good shape, only Ryan can identify the button of Suria's shirt Stretch it tighter.

"I'm wondering whether our chivalry war can achieve its goal. For now, we haven't encountered a strong enemy." Ryan said softly: "The Beastmen seem to have disappeared."

"Your Excellency Ryan, don't be careless! These beasts may be spying on us from the dark right now!" Sylvia said subconsciously.

"Sylvia! How could His Excellency Ryan be that kind of knight?" Suria hurriedly signaled Sylvia to stop talking.

A very serious, beautiful female knight who likes to have a straight face, Ryan thought so, but the relationship between this maid and Suria is very good, the two are like sisters, so he said with a smile: "Miss Sylvia, don't be so serious , I don’t mean to be slack, on the contrary, I’m afraid that the Beastmen won’t fight us.”

Hearing this, the two female knights came to be curious, so Ryan continued: "Our Britannian knights, what are we good at?"

"Well, what we are good at is group charges on the plains, and what we are good at is fighting in formation." Su Liya thought for a while, and immediately understood: "So, if the beastmen are willing to fight us head-on, we knights will occupy Great advantage."

"Yes, because of this, the Beastmen will never fight us head-on. We wear solid armor and hold heavy shields. Once we launch a group charge, the Beastmen will not be able to resist. We know this, and the Beastmen also know it. , Never underestimate the wisdom of these beasts, they may be much smarter than many knights." Ryan looked up at the army camp after saying these words.

Already a few knight-errants from Bastogne had quarreled with knight-errants from Winford, and it looked like another knightly duel was about to start.

"Pfft~" The two female knights looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing coquettishly.

Compared with the ranger knights who want to charge without thinking when they see everything, perhaps the Beastmen are really much smarter than them.

"Your Excellency Ryan is absolutely right!" At this moment, Marquis Gabriel and Marquis Connery joined the conversation between them, especially Marquis Gabriel, the kingdom knight who was already in his thirties, clapped his hands: "I have been on the battlefield since I was sixteen years old. I have fought these beasts for more than twenty years, and I have a deep understanding of their cunning. In this huge and dense forest, our knights have strict discipline and defend against strong attacks. Weak, so the Beastmen will never give us a chance to fight decisively on the plains and grasslands, on the contrary, dense jungles, narrow roads, and even muddy environments are the favorites of these beasts."

Ryan nodded, and he suddenly said with regret: "I suddenly feel, Sir Gabriel, you are the one who is suitable to lead the army."

"Perhaps." Marquis Gabriel held the broken steel knight sword at his waist, his face was ugly: "But I know that I can't get this position, even if this war of chivalry is not the commander of the Marquis of Anxi, it is reasonable Your Majesty Zha will not hand over the position of commander in this chivalrous war to me."

"Why?" Ryan asked curiously.

"Because my surname is Bastogne!" Gabriel left after finishing speaking. Seeing this, Suria walked to Ryan's side and whispered: "Originally Richard's knight king should be the Duke of Berhemond. Yes, but he refused."

Lane got it.

Yes, the Principality of Bastogne, the land of dragon prosperity in Britannia, the direct descendants of the first knight king Arthur, the red fire dragon family, they are the real pure royal blood, the dragon skin of the first knight king Arthur The armor is still preserved in the castle of Bastogne, and the Duke of Bohemond is an honorable Grail Knight and Grand Knight of the Sanctuary.

If the Duke of Red Dragon stood up and shouted at the king selection meeting, saying that I am the purest descendant of Arthur, and that I am also a Holy Grail Knight and Sanctuary Grand Knight recognized by the lady, then there is no need to hold the king selection meeting That's right, Bohemond can directly be crowned King of Knights relying on these two points alone.

He refused to be crowned King of Knights, and the Duke himself was not interested in becoming king, which allowed the Kingsmoot to go ahead.

So would the current King of Knights, Richard, be grateful to him for this?

No, not at all. On the contrary, Richard wants to take extra precautions against the Red Dragon Duke and strictly monitor him.

To put it simply, the Red Dragon Duke holds a "strong claim" to Britannia, and is a local faction. If this is a game, then Knight King Richard should do everything possible to replace him or assassinate him Just drop it.

But this is reality, not a game. It is impossible for Richard to do that, but precaution and suspicion are indispensable.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are people, there is politics. Ryan knows that any kingdom has its own unique political situation, just like the imperial election system, like the principalities of Britannia and the fairies in the lake Belief.

Ryan is not a barbarian, he can't push like a barbarian, occupying a place and declaring another piece of territory to be under my control, the result of doing this is that the world is enemy, and then Khorne and Tzeentch in Chaos God will be very Happy, because they'll get a lot of energy from this act, and sit back and watch the humans fight among themselves and wait for their chance to strike.

There is still a long way to go, Baron is just the beginning.

Ryan raised his head, the summer moon was gradually getting rounder, exuding bright light, nourishing the dark earth.

Wait, gradually getting round?

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Deep in the woods of Arden, the same moonlight shone over the heads of the Beastmen herds.

The Demon Rock, also known as the Chaos Core, is the sacred totem of the strength and belief of the Beastmen. All kinds of materials in the camp are also piled here to appease the gods and exchange favors. The corpses of the enemy soldiers are all around these stones.

The Rock of Myriad Demons always stands where the winds of magic gather, usually the place where an ominous meteor falls.

Today, a grand beastman banquet was held deep in the forest. Groz, the screaming shaman "Heart Eater" who was more than three meters tall, was presiding over the alliance meeting.

The captured Britannian knights were dragged to the Demon Rock while screaming, disembowelled, and then generously rewarded to all the strong beastmen who came to the alliance.

"We... eat! We... kill! We, strong!!!" Maras, the nearly four-meter-tall Beast King "Bloodhorn" has two huge horns and holds a battle ax: "Kill!!!"

After finishing speaking, the Beastmaster bit the head of a captured knight, and the brains were scattered everywhere.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Tens of thousands of Beastmen surrounded the Demon Rock, and at the same time, more Beastmen kept coming from afar. Every corner of the black forest was filled with these beastmen. scary creature.

The earth is shaking and the forest is crying.

The raging flames of the alliance lit up the sky and burned around the magic rock. The shamans threw grass containing hallucinogenic ingredients into the flames, and large streams of colorful fireworks scattered in the jungle.

The light of fire and the smell of carrion attracted the Beastmen in the entire Arden Forest to converge towards the Demon Rock, gradually forming a huge torrent of flesh and blood. Its name is engraved on the place of the magic rock, and it is loyal to the powerful beast king "Blood Horn" Maras.

Three thousand, five thousand, eight thousand, ten thousand, the number of beastmen is increasing every second, horned beasts with horns, tall giants, fierce doomsday bulls, chaotic war dogs, razor beasts, harpies There are monsters, centaurs, and the most terrifying cyclops and four-armed bull demons.

"Knights... are here! Beast people... kill them! Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Countless Beastman war gangs, battle groups, and war beast herds, numbering more than 12,000, responded to the call of the Beastmaster. In addition, there were countless Beastmen from afar joining them: "Kill... the knights! Kill... the false gods in the lake!"

"The season of rest...has passed...now...is the season of killing!"

kill! Destroy those stupid knights! Wipe out all non-splitters in the world!