The king led the army forward, heading straight for Beaumari Castle.
Not far from the main trunk of the Lacey River, the barrier of Beaumarie Castle, the army chose a suitable location by order of the king.
There was a small amount of snow floating in the sky, and under the protection of a small group of elite knights, the king climbed to a nearby highland. This is the best place to observe, but it is actually a huge rock lying on the ground with no shelter on it, and the rebels on the opposite side can also clearly see the people standing on the high ground.
The knights held their shields cautiously and guarded the king.
The king held a black umbrella and looked at the continuous fortress building standing on the other side of the Lacey River.
The two black stone fortresses are like silent giants, standing in the middle of the isolated island in the center of the river and the sloping tributaries respectively. The Lacey River with cold mist floating on the water surface is very fast here, and ordinary rafts are easily overturned by the rushing water. There are also large and small jagged black rocks as natural obstacles in the water. If you want to pass, you can only walk on the bridge over the water.
But the rebels were ahead, destroying the bridge connecting the left bank to the island before the king's army arrived. In addition, they also nailed dense wooden stakes in the water to form a fence that cut off traffic.
After these outer fortifications, is the magnificent Bomari Castle.
Under the gray sky, the king looked thoughtfully at the Black Rock Castle opposite.
The dark black rock is extremely hard, and the entire castle has countless pointed towers, giving people a sharp and powerful feeling. Buildings of this style are rare, but the king has a familiar feeling... he seems to have seen similar buildings somewhere, even bigger and more spectacular.
After a little thought, the king remembered.
- That's in hell.
At that time, when he accepted the invitation of the devil to travel to hell, the king saw a dark castle on a barren land. The castle was covered with huge pale snake bones, and countless spires were integrated with the mountain peaks. , leaving a memorable shadow on the dark red sky.
Apart from the absence of snake bones hovering, Beaumari Castle is like a tiny fragment of the castle in Hell.
The Rose Palace was built on the basis of the skeleton of a giant dragon. It is similar to the palace style of the lord of "greed and ill-gotten wealth". The dark and pointed tower of the Bomari Castle belonging to the Rose family is similar to the castle in the barren land of hell. … The king has more speculations about the relationship between the Rose family and hell.
Just as the king was observing the distribution of the towers of Beaumari Castle, the knight beside him took a step forward with a shield.
The fine iron giant shield is about the height of a person, divided into left and right halves, controlled by two knights together, and when it was heavily inserted into the ground, it immediately formed an airtight steel low wall. At the moment when the iron shields were put together, a shrill arrow roared in the air.
Clang, clang, clang.
Three iron arrows flew out from the archery hole in the black tower fortress in the center of the opposite river. The person who shot the arrows was definitely a good hand. From a long distance, the three iron arrows hit the heavy iron shield. The arrowhead collided with the relief on the shield, splashing out dark red sparks.
The other knights immediately raised their shields and stepped forward, picking up the three iron arrows from the ground and handing them over to the king.
The king took the arrow and put it in front of him.
The arrowhead is made of cold-forged steel with a triangular blood slot on it. The technical level of the northern states is far from this level. This is a weapon produced by the low country, and the three arrows fired from the opposite side are actually a deterrent signal - the defenders in the tower of Blackrock Fortress are warning them.
The king stretched out his hand, and the guard beside him gave him the longbow.
"Withdraw."
The king put the arrow shot from the opposite side on the bowstring, and the hand with the rose ring filled the string of the stiff bow.
The knight holding the giant shield was the Rose Rider who had followed him in the Battle of Banz City. Hearing the king's order, they separated to the left and right without hesitation to make room for the king.
At the moment when the giant shield was withdrawn from view, the king let go.
The iron arrow burst out of the air at a faster speed than when it came, and the blood slot on the arrowhead made a long, shrill whistling sound.
In the center of the Lacey River, in the Blackrock Fortress of the Lonely Island.
The archer at the top of the tower saw that the three arrows he shot with all his strength landed on the tower-like shield. He put away his bow and shook his head at the officer standing beside him, indicating that the other party was fully prepared.
The external military defense of Beaumari Castle is in charge of the Balbo State. The representative of the Balbo State stationed here is General Arlu, nicknamed "The Vulture". He has a conspicuous aquiline nose, gray eyes, and a gray head. send. General Condor was on the tower of the fortress in the center of the Lacey River. He squinted and looked at the broken rock on the other side of the river.
Let the archers shoot arrows to attack, being able to kill King Legrand is naturally the best result.
General Vulture also knew that the possibility of such a result was very small, and he was not disappointed. The more important purpose was to warn the enemy.
"As tough as his uncle."
General Vulture muttered to himself, looking into the distance from the archery hole.
At this moment, he saw the huge shield on the opposite broken rock suddenly separate.
Before General Vulture could react, a sharp arrow whistled in his ears.
"not good."
He immediately went to draw the sword from his waist.
A bit of cold light passed in front of General Vulture, and the strong wind cut a thin slit in his cheek, stinging. Immediately, General Vulture heard a dull sound coming from his side. He turned his head and saw that a chill rose from his spine and swept across his skull—an iron arrow sank into the head of the archer beside him.
The archer's eyes widened, and he fell straight back to the ground.
General Vulture took a step back, backed away from the archery hole, and stared at the iron arrow on the corpse's head. He would not admit that it was the arrow shot by the archer just now. The other party judged his location from the three arrows of the archer, so he returned the arrow of the archer and took his life by the way.
When did Legrand's longbowmen become so terrifying
Before General Vulture could think about it, there were two more terrifying arrows.
The remaining two were accurately shot through the archery holes, and under the watchful eye of General Condor, they were nailed to the obliquely front tower wall. The tail of the arrow is still buzzing.
Regarding who was shooting the arrows, General Vulture had a faint guess in his heart—
It is said that at the Battle of Banz, the king of Legrand shot and killed the Count of the rebel army who wanted to escape with terrible archery, completely crushing the entire army.
General Vulture was clinging to the tower wall, and while he was staring at the two arrows and making guesses, he suddenly found two arrows nailed to the wall, one of which was tied with scarlet silk on the shaft. Dimly written - it was a letter.
General Vulture reached out and picked up a shield from the side, protected himself, and approached the arrow carefully, pulling the arrow from the tower wall with force. During this process, the opponent did not shoot any more arrows.
The general unwrapped the letter and saw the signature on the letter at first glance.
This is a letter handwritten by King Legrand.
General Vulture's heart moved slightly. He didn't care to read what was written in the letter, and hurriedly looked out of the archery hole again. I saw that on the far opposite Broken Rock, the king had left with the black umbrella surrounded by the knights.
The letter in his hand seemed to be a hot sword, and General Vulture's expression changed.
Finally, he gritted his teeth, lowered his head and opened the letter.
…
"That guy saw you."
The devil walked by the king's side, and he smiled at the king.
He walked by the king's side, but none of the knights around noticed his presence. The dark creature's fear of the sun was not present in him.
The king nodded slightly.
The king climbed the broken rock today, and there is one most important purpose—
Help the devil to confirm whether there is indeed the inhuman power of the Holy Court in the castle.
The rebels' defense was too calm, which made the king suspicious.
If he attacked the castle of Beaumarie, then the pacification of the North could be considered a doomed situation. Such a result would obviously not be what the Holy See wanted to see—they would never want Legrand to withdraw from the civil strife as soon as possible. Since the Angel of War was able to appear on the battlefield to kill the Duke of Buckingham after paying a huge price, then...
When the war situation is about to fail, the Holy See should also intervene again.
The devil returns from Blasey with a lot of useful information for the king.
Although the decree is about to be lifted, the time for the Millennium Kingdom has not yet come. It is impossible for even the Holy Court to use the means to interfere with the entire battle situation like the last time the Duke of Buckingham was killed. Therefore, they are likely to resort to assassination this time.
As long as the king is dead, the Northland counterinsurgency movement will be destroyed.
In the words of the devil, hell and the Holy See have been at tit-for-tat for so many years, and he has a way to detect whether an angel is hiding in the castle of Beaumarie.
In the king's hand, in addition to the ring of the Rose family, he also carries the bone ring that symbolizes the authority of "greed and ill-gotten wealth". black umbrella. The devil stood beside the king, hidden in the shadow cast by the black umbrella.
The devil's black umbrella has a special concealment ability. When he opens the black umbrella, he can walk into any church like no one except the sanctuary of the Holy Court. Even the monks of the Inquisition had trouble finding him.
However, if the opposite is an angel, I am afraid that it is more sensitive than a monk, so the black umbrella is opened by the king wearing a bone ring.
Entering the main tent, the king closed the black umbrella and gave it back to the devil.
The devil shrugged. He wished that the king would not give him the umbrella... but his majesty was so sharp.
"When do you think they will act?"
The devil asked with a smile.
The king looked up outside the tent and replied calmly, "This evening."
The devil clapped his hands briskly: "I'm glad you think the same, then... let's prepare for this hunt, my dear majesty."
There was a bit of coldness and blood in the devil's smile. The frivolity is just a habitual disguise, and there is a more terrifying side under his mask.
The king rubbed the bone ring in his hand.
The hunter is still the prey, until the last moment, it is always unknown.