Hearing this voice, Elson suddenly felt a fire igniting in his heart. Excitement, emotion, and surprise were intertwined back and forth, but he also knew that now was not the time to be happy.
No one knew when the communication would be lost, and the situation in the fortress was urgent. The gray-haired knight suppressed the beating in his chest. He immediately walked to the stone platform, closed his eyes, and used his mind to contact the communication formation.
"Lord, this is the Black Forest Fortress, Silver Knight Elson."
"It's actually connected? It seems that Artanis's small communication array is not inferior."
After hearing the reply, the voice on the other end of the communication array seemed equally surprised: "Unfortunately, the distance is too short. I rode a horse in the snowfield for two days before I had enough signals... Elson, how is the situation in the fortress?" ?”
He didn't understand what a small communication array or a signal was at all, but Elson could learn from this scattered information that his lord was not far away from the fortress.
While excited, in order to save time, he reported the report as quickly as possible: "The fortress has lost all satellite fortresses, and the supplies are less than one-third of the full warehouse. There are nearly 50,000 wild beasts ahead in the Black Forest. It's about to start, and the black-purple mist that permeates the mountains can cut off all detection magic and communication magic, which is why we can't alert the main city."
"How many casualties?"
Hearing this, the voice at the other end of the communication array suddenly became serious: "Is the situation critical now?"
"The number of casualties was not many. Fifty-three soldiers died when the fortress was breached, and one hundred and sixty-seven were injured during the retreat. However, yesterday the beast retreated after conquering all the fortresses. As for the fortress itself, there is currently no Under attack, the 40-meter-high city wall is not so easy to break through. Now the wild beast may attack at any time, and everyone is preparing for the battle with all their strength."
"The situation is not bad, the loss is acceptable, Elson, who is the leader around you..."
Buzz!
A low buzzing sound came, and the communication was interrupted. Elson opened his eyes angrily. He looked around, only to find that the entire clock tower was shaking slightly, and there were traces of ripples on the white mirror on the stone platform. This was also confirmed.
"what happened?"
Quickly walking out of the room, the gray-haired knight looked out the window. The snow on the roof of the house began to slowly slide down. The trees that had lost all their leaves shook their branches. Many pedestrians on the street stopped and looked at them in surprise. Around, but can't find the reason.
No one thinks that this vibration is an earthquake, because this is the northern part of the empire, the Great Ajax Mountains, and an active volcano is in the center of the mountains. If an earthquake occurs, there will definitely be signs, and it will not be as silent as it is now.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak."
In the house and in the tree holes, countless mice, squirrels, and small beasts lurking in hibernation were awakened by instinctive warnings. With the increasing vibration, the bricks and tiles on the house began to tremble, and the icicles under the eaves also fell one by one. , fell to the ground and turned into broken ice.
—Black Forest.
As the earth trembled, black and purple mist began to surge in the forest, and even spurred huge waves of cloud and mist. This dirty and chaotic wave submerged the entire forest, and the soldiers guarding the city moved their sights here. They were alert to this huge change and were ready.
"Hooah!"
Suddenly, with a roar that shook the mountains, the black and purple mist was dispersed by a huge figure rushing from afar. It was at least thirty meters tall, and its huge body was like a moving fortress. Through the fog, it can be seen that this long-haired monster like a giant elephant mammoth has a pair of huge fangs and a strong proboscis, and a huge bone plate wraps the entire head.
The ice and snow became extremely active due to the arrival of this giant beast, and even turned into a flowing ice tide surrounding its body, forming a solid armor of ice. With every breath of the giant beast, there was a black smoke. Dark purple mist rose and danced among the hair.
boom!
The running giant beast hit the abandoned human fortress head-on. Under its impact, the tall stone building was smashed like a fragile toy. When the huge fangs swung, the fragments of the building flew everywhere, and the impact caused by A column of smoke rose up from the dust, and it temporarily stopped impacting and seemed to be slowly recovering its strength.
"Alarm! Quickly sound the highest level of alarm!"
"The golden behemoth is suspected to be attacking!"
Du-du-du-du-
The shrill siren suddenly rang throughout the city. The soldiers who were stunned by the terrifying appearance of the giant beast finally reacted. They immediately went to their respective posts, preparing to confront the huge monster.
"Artillery preparation!" "Mage, where is the mage?" "The ice armor on its body is at least half a meter long. Unless it is a siege heavy crossbow, it will have no effect!"
The noisy sound spread among the city walls and towers. It sounded very chaotic, but in fact it was secretly orderly. The city defenders, who had been on guard against sudden attacks by wild beasts, were frightened by the sudden appearance of the giant beast without warning. Jumped, but did not get confused by it.
A few seconds later, a goblin magic cannon that seemed to have been specially modified was pushed to the front of the city wall. The 155-caliber black muzzle was aimed at the giant beast that had temporarily stopped moving. Under the urging of the pyroxene powder, The magic pattern lit up, and it fired the first cannonball in this battle to defend the city.
Whoosh!
The sound could not catch up, and the armor-piercing bullets with pointed steel cores flew through the atmosphere at supersonic speed. The magic shells specially made by these large monsters hit their target's left shoulder—it successfully broke through the ice tide, penetrated the ice armor, and then The demonic explosive dust contained in it exploded, releasing an extremely powerful shock wave and high-temperature airflow, tearing and burning flesh and blood, and completely destroying it.
"Success! Hit!"
The morale of the guards on the city wall was immediately boosted. They could clearly see that with the violent explosion, a huge wound appeared on the left shoulder of the giant beast. Purple-black blood spurted out like a fountain, blowing away the surrounding white snow. Colored with muddy colors.
"The raw materials for this cannonball cost three thousand gold coins, but the power is indeed worth the price!"
"Continue, don't stop attacking, it still has fighting power. If this guy hits the city wall, it will be over!"
Some people can also see that although the wound seems to be very serious, for the huge monster that is thirty meters high, forty to fifty meters long, and twenty meters wide, the wound is probably equivalent to being dug on a human body. Losing two finger-sized pieces of flesh, although it was very painful, would never affect his fighting ability, it would only arouse anger.
The reality was just as he predicted.
"Boom!"
The snow was flying, and the thunderous sound waves turned into substantial impacts. The air was shaken by the huge sound, creating translucent ripples. This giant beast, which was several times larger than the mammoth, raised its head and let out a violent roar, which seemed to be In response to its will, a violent blizzard suddenly rose from the sky and the earth, and black and purple mist spread crazily on its body.
It raised its two forelimbs, and then trampled the ground heavily. Under its power, the frozen soil in the North that had been frozen by ice and snow for thousands of years instantly became like soft mud, a torrent-like wave surged towards the city wall. Pounce.
At the same time, the second wave of attacks from the fortress also poured out. Whether it was heavy crossbows, spells, artillery or slings, they all hit the huge target, although most of them were discharged by the ice tide surrounding the giant beast. The remaining small part was blocked by the half-meter-thick ice armor, but there were still very few attacks that actually hurt the monster.
Being hit by this tide of earth, the fortress wall shook violently. Although the wall had been blessed by the elves and had activated tree roots inside, it would not be destroyed by such an attack, but the people above could not withstand such a shock. The continuous attacks suddenly stopped.
"call!!!!"
The giant beast also let out a second painful roar. It took several steps back, with many huge wounds appearing all over its body. However, an inexplicable pressure suddenly appeared, and the giant beast suddenly opened its mouth and violently opened its mouth. Breathing, ice, snow, purple mist mixed with countless air were swallowed into its belly, and its momentum seemed to swallow everything up.
"Crack, crackle—"
The originally huge body swelled with constant inhalation, and the wound was suppressed by the crazy expansion of muscles. It stopped bleeding. The beast's violent momentum continued to rise, and even broke through a limit in the end -
"Boom-ahhh!"
The surrounding peaks began to tremble due to the roar, millions of years of snow collapsed, and the torrent of collapsing ice swept towards the forest below, and endless wild beasts also walked out of the black forest shrouded in purple mist, howling. , began to rush towards the fortress.
—On the second floor of the clock tower, communications were finally restored again.
The highest-level siren that resounded throughout the city was heard immediately. Joshua on the other side of the communication array immediately asked: "What happened?"
“…”
The gray-haired knight did not answer his lord's question. He just stared out the window blankly, looking at the other side of the fortress.
Violent tremors came from the section of the city wall facing the black forest, as if something huge was slowly moving towards the fortress.
Amidst the shrill siren, Silver Knight Elson's sight seemed to penetrate the city wall for an instant. He saw a huge fire of life burning crazily right in front of the fortress. It was as huge as a mountain and an ocean. The existence of fear, by burning its own life, breaks through its own limits and lights up a light.
It is the radiance of gold, the power of glory.
"The golden behemoth..."
He murmured in a low voice, with a complex light flashing in the eyes of the thirty-nine-year-old silver knight: "The crazy golden beast, the city wall is finished."
He turned back to the room and reconnected the communication.
"My lord." Kneeling on one knee, the middle-aged knight closed his eyes and said quietly to the other end of the communication array: "The golden beast is coming, the city wall is about to be breached, and the Black Forest Fortress is about to fall. .”
Who can stop the knights from guarding their hearts
No more, the knight's sword swing must be to defend something. With this determination, life and death have long become meaningless words.
"It's really a shame that I haven't had time to serve you yet, but now I will rush to the front line to protect this land..."
After a pause, the gray-haired knight laughed, his expression calm. He vaguely recalled the first time he saw Joshua at the gate of the main city.
"Fighting to the death for you and this land is a knight's duty."
"No, Elson, stop it."
After a moment of silence, a majestic and confident male voice sounded again from the other end of the communication array. The Moldavia lord said firmly to his knight: "No one will die, and you don't need to Be loyal to me with your life.”
"Because I'll be there soon."
I can write better when I revise the previous chapters and this chapter in detail.
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