The wind and rain were mixed, and the heavy rain poured down, scouring the potholes and pits on the city wall that was smashed by the smashed stones.
The blood that had been splattered on the city wall layer by layer these days was washed away in this heavy rain, and the sewage flowed into the river, dyeing the already turbid river an ugly sauce color.
The sudden torrential rain made the siege more difficult. In order to reduce casualties, the army of Gasdad who had attacked the city today withdrew early.
On the towering walls of the royal city, a group of people stood there, looking out at the Gasthard's camp in the distance.
Heimos stood at the front, still in black armor, his jet-black hair had already been soaked by the rain, and it was wetly attached to his forehead.
The rain was running down his cheeks, and his brown skin was glowing with water.
The people behind him were more or less tired, but he was still in good spirits, even in the pouring rain, those golden red eyes were burning like an inextinguishable flame .
Wangcheng has been besieged for more than ten days.
Except for a few days ago, the Gasdadians just drove the troops of the various countries under their command to attack tentatively, filling up the moat, and when the news that Judas City was recaptured by Gallan arrived, in the next ten days, It's all a real siege.
The people who want to come to Gasdad also understand that their back roads and food and forage transportation have been cut off. If they received this news on the way, the army could rush back immediately to take back the city of Rudas, but it was already under the royal city.
Although it is feasible to turn to attack other large cities now, it is strategically meaningless except for delaying time. After all, the Gasdadians themselves are the most unable to delay time.
Therefore, the best way is to capture the royal city.
As long as they sit on the majestic city of Aaronlandis, the Gasdadians will no longer fear any threat.
In the past ten days, the Gasdadians have exhausted all kinds of siege tactics, whether it is fire attack, digging tunnels, poisoning water sources, etc., but in the end they are all unsuccessful.
And the only fine works they left in the royal city were all dug up after a little movement. They died in public with their heads. The heads are still hanging on the city wall to show the public.
Perhaps because of the news that the armies of Aaron Landis had begun to gather under the prince's command, the Gasdadians attacked more and more fiercely. Attacked twice.
But none of the above was successful.
Although the soldiers of Aaron Landis, who were guarding the royal city, looked tired from the fierce and uninterrupted attacks of the Gasdadians, they still blocked the attacks of the Gasdadians again and again.
And it was Heimos who was standing on the city wall at this moment, who led the crowd to see through the siege tactics of the Gasdadians again and again, and firmly guarded the king's city.
If Heimos made everyone dare not speak out when he forcibly enforced the 'upright wall to clear the field', his image was extremely bad in the hearts of the people, and his prestige had fallen to the lowest point, then now, the leader who led the soldiers firmly guarded the royal city. His popularity has risen again.
Especially for the people in the royal city, this Prince Heimos has become like a patron saint.
Because of his existence, the royal city was not breached by the brutal Gasdadians.
At this moment, all the soldiers standing nearby looked at Heimos, who was standing in the rain and watching from afar, with reverence.
Heimos looked away from the Gasthard camp on the ground in the distance, over the sky, through the rain screen, to some distant place.
He touched the malachite ring on his finger that had been washed with more emerald green by the rain, and a smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Gallan should have received it by now, right
The gift he gave him.
…
The torrential rain hit the huge tent, making a snapping sound.
The silver-haired Prince Gastade sat on a chair, turned his head to look at the pea-sized rain outside the window, and the blurred royal city in the rain, his eyes were cold.
He followed his father to fight on the Gastard Plateau since he was a child, and watched his brave father conquer tribe after tribe, kill one after another called warriors, and unite Gasth. Dade.
His father was satisfied with this, but he was not satisfied with it.
Because he knows that there are many countries in the south of Gasdad, which are different from the snowfields of Gasdad, which are shrouded in extreme cold and night and have a difficult living environment. Those countries have fertile land, are bathed in sunshine all year round, and are warm in all seasons. Like spring, the people of those countries do not need to fear the cold, wind and snow, starvation and death, and live a comfortable and prosperous life.
Why
Why did the Gasdadians have to struggle to survive in a dangerous environment from birth, and why did his people face severe cold, wind and snow, and starvation anytime and anywhere
In this world, the strong survive.
In the warmest and richest place, what qualifications are those weak guys to occupy
That should belong to their Gasthards.
No... It should be said that this continent, all the land, belongs to their Gasdadians!
Coming all the way with a large army, the Gasdadians under his leadership broke through one country after another. Their strength and bravery made them never encounter an opponent, and no one could stop them from going south.
This gave the Gasthod the illusion that they were an invincible army, and even Tyr vaguely gave birth to the illusion that it was nothing more than a hero in the world.
However, all these illusions are shattered in Aaron Landis.
The battle that was lost at the hands of the Lion King was a trap set by Tyre, and the defeated army was a chess piece he discarded, so Tyre did not think it was a defeat.
However, the battle to recapture Judas City launched by Garlan was a naked slap in the face, letting the always proud Tyre know what it meant to be defeated for the first time.
And then, he was frustrated at the hands of Heimos.
For more than ten days, the Prince Heimos kept his army of more than 100,000 troops out of the city wall.
The city wall stood firmly on the ground, and countless Gasthard warriors were lost, and the possibility of breaking the city was still invisible.
The rain outside the camp became weaker, and it fell down. Tyr looked at the rain curtain outside, his eyes were cold, and his face was sinking like water.
time is limited.
he thinks.
The army that Prince Gallan had assembled would soon come.
If this continues, the army of Gasdad will fall into a passive position and be attacked by both sides.
He had to make a decision now.
…
…
The city of Judas became more lively every day, and armies from all over Aaron Landis gathered here.
Those generals who came late and had to be stationed outside the city deliberately complained for two days. Seeing that there was no response from Garland, they obviously didn't bother to pay attention to them, so they immediately died down and honestly nestled.
However, when there are too many people, conflicts can easily occur between them, resulting in various frictions.
The generals of Aaron Landis were all right. After all, they did not dare to mess around under the crown of the crown prince, and there was also the highly prestige City Lord of Kareni sitting in town. If they have any conflicts, they go directly to the old man appointed by the crown prince as the commander-in-chief to complain, and let him decide.
However, there were also things Kareni didn't know what to do.
The most typical example is the friction between generals of different countries.
It's not that the people of Aaron Landis have friction with people from other countries. After all, everyone is very polite to the friendly countries who came to help Aaron Landis.
And this trouble is...
"His Royal Highness! Please allow me to wait and teach those arrogant men a lesson!"
Garlan, who was patrolling the city wall, was caught by the angry-looking female General Elson.
"I don't know who the guy who was taught is yet. I don't know you women."
Opada, who followed closely, scoffed.
"A woman, actually trying to compete with a man? I'm really not afraid of death."
The female soldier Elson laughed angrily.
"There are countless men who died in my hands."
She looked at Opada contemptuously.
"Men? All of them are soft bastards who will only kneel and beg for mercy in front of our Elson female warriors."
Opada was furious.
"Who are you calling a softie—"
"It's you!"
The boy who was squeezed between the two of them looked at Tewa who was chasing after him.
Tewa shrugged, showing a helpless expression, and silently told Garland with his lips that Lord Kareni had nothing to do.
These two, a general from Tasda and a female general from Elson, disliked each other all day long and quarreled endlessly.
It's not just them, the Tasda and Elson female warriors are also in constant conflict with each other. If Opada and Vinier were not concerned about Gallan's face and forcibly suppressed their subordinates, they would have been too early. It started.
However, even if they were pressed down, the contradiction between the two continued to intensify, and even the two generals could hardly hold it back.
In fact, Garland had long guessed that it would become like this.
after all…
A complete manhood.
An extreme woman.
It's simply irreconcilable.
Moreover, the people of these two countries are proud of their own martial arts, and it is strange that they do not fight together.
It's good that Vinier and Opada can bear to rush over to find him until today.
The two were arguing angrily, and Xinyas on the side was impatient.
"What a quarrel, if you are dissatisfied, come and fight with me!" He waved the big hammer in his hand with great interest, and said, "I'm just bored, come and fight with me."
Opada: "… "
Vinier: "..."
The two generals, who disliked each other, were rarely in agreement at this moment, ignoring Sinyas.
They are all brave warriors, but brave is brave, not stupid. Fighting with an inhuman guy like Xinyas is your own draw.
This stunned green does not need any martial arts at all, and can knock you out with just one punch.
Regardless of whether they are afraid of pain or not, the key is that it would be very humiliating to be kicked out like this—especially in front of your own subordinates.
The two of them didn't say a word, just stared at each other with their eyes, and they had the attitude of doing things if they disagreed.
If it wasn't for Garlan's presence, I'm afraid the fight would have really started.
Seeing their posture, Garlan blinked and suddenly said, "Well, what's the point of arguing like this? Just do it."
Vinier: "… Huh?"
Opada "Huh?"
Garland's words made them very stunned, because they were worried that the other party was Garland's friend, so they kept restraining themselves and their subordinates not to let them do it. Start fighting.
"Your Highness, will this be too…"
Tewa, who was beside him, also smiled wryly when he heard Garlan's words.
"Both are guests, and a fight will have a very bad impact."
"It's ok."
Garlan raised his hand and pointed to a wide training ground in the military camp below the city wall.
"Directly, each side will send 100 people to fight in an open space. Of course, lethal weapons are not allowed. Whoever loses in the confrontation will unconditionally obey the winning side."
He rolled his eyes and said,
"The question of who is more powerful in the end depends on their ability, how about it?"
After Garlan finished speaking, the eyes of the two of them lit up at the same time. They turned around and walked out without saying a word.
They are all gearing up, intending to teach the other party a hard lesson.
"Uh... Your Highness, this doesn't seem right..."
"I feel very good."
Garland shrugged.
"There was friction between the generals. Although Kareni's mediation was useful for a while, it was always uncomfortable. It will be like this in the future. If there is a conflict, they will directly bring hundreds of people to fight on the training ground and lose. Obedience wins."
He smiled and bowed his hands.
"It's simple and clear, right? Don't bother to mediate to mediate, it's only useful to see the truth on the training ground. This will not only solve the dispute, but also allow everyone to vent, and incidentally, it can also allow everyone to train and train, killing three birds with one stone. is not it?"
Tewa: "… "
It seems that something is wrong, but what His Highness said seems to be very reasonable.
Just when Tewa was struggling, Vinier, who had just left, suddenly turned around and came back.
"By the way, Your Highness, I have something to pass on to you here."
Suddenly remembering an important thing, Vinier temporarily pushed back the idea of putting the group of men on the ground, returned to Garland, took out a beautifully carved ivory box and sent it to Garland.
As soon as she opened it, there was a great contrast to the delicate carvings of the small box, the rough workmanship of the sapphire ring inside.
The azure blue gemstone was set in the gold ring that did not look like a regular circle.
Garland: "..."
Looking at the ring, Garlan suddenly remembered the rough lapis lazuli earring he was wearing on his ear for some reason.
These two things seem to have the same effect.
"His Royal Highness, this is made for you by our little princess. The inlaid ocean stone on it symbolizes the protection of the goddess of the ocean."
Vinyl looked at Garlan with a smile.
"The little princess wants you to put this ring on and see it as if you saw her. She said that although she is not strong enough to come to you in person this time, as long as you wear it Ring, the goddess of the sea who sheltered the Elson royal family must also shelter you…”
"This is also the proof of the agreement between the little princess and you. When she grows up, she will definitely come to Aaron Landis to find you."
Garlan, who was suddenly given the ring, was still a little stunned.
The female general who unceremoniously matched her little princess, who was only ten years old, held the wooden box in both hands and brought her to Gallan with a smile on her face.
She said: "After all, the little princess has decided that she must give birth to your child in the future..."
Just halfway through her words, a loud eagle chirping sounded in the sky, and a black shadow swooped down, taking the sapphire gold ring away.
The long black wings fluttered in the sky, and the black eagle circled in the sky above Garlan's head with the ring in his mouth.
Vinier couldn't react in time, and she was stunned for a while watching the ring made by her little princess being taken away by an eagle.
She reflexively touched her back, took off the bow behind her, and was about to use the bow to shoot arrows in the next second.
But Opada, who was standing beside him, suddenly stepped forward and held her arm.
Vinier glared at Opada, while Opada glared at her, still holding her and not letting go.
He said, "That's Garland's eagle."
As soon as Vinier turned her head, she saw Garlan raised his head with a smile on his face. As soon as he raised his hand, the black eagle hovering above his head immediately flapped its wings and swooped down towards him, landing on his raised arm.
Before everyone could react, it suddenly spit the ring in its mouth at Vinier's feet, making Vinier's face black in an instant.
Seeing her, she could persuade Prince Garlan to put on the little princess' ring.
What happened to this broken eagle who suddenly came out to make trouble
She thought bitterly as she leaned over to pick up the ring.
If it weren't for the prince's eagle, she would definitely shoot it down and bake it.
…
This is... pets like owners... right
He followed Black Hawk Anu, so the blond knight who saw the scene just now thought silently in his heart.
He stepped forward to salute Garland, and then said, "Antalya, the general of Menestre, has come to see him."
Garlan was gently stroking Anu's dark feathers, thinking about how Anu, who was supposed to follow Heimos in the royal city, came here. Hearing Kaihos's words, he was stunned for a moment.
"Menister City?"
That's Heimos's...
"Well, he delivered a large number of elite weapons."
After Caijos finished speaking, he moved aside.
A middle-aged general who followed him stepped forward, bowed his knees and bowed his head to Garlan.
"His Royal Highness, I am under the order of His Highness Heimos to deliver the ordnance to you."
The black eagle Anu, who was parked on Garlan's wrist, uttered a short chirping and lightly flapped his wings.
The boy touched its wings and laughed softly.
He turned his head and looked far to the east, where the king's city was.
Although they were thousands of miles apart, that person seemed to be by his side.
He's not fighting alone.
There was another person, someone he could trust, someone he could feel at ease, holding up the sky of Aaron Landis with him.
Heimos.
The existence that once terrified him was now the existence that gave him great courage and support.
"it's time."
Garlan raised his hand, and the black eagle spread its wings and flew high into the sky.
The bright sunlight fell on his face, making the young man's golden eyes gleam in the sunlight.
"Let's go to the royal city."