night.
In the faint starlight, a group of orcs are searching carefully in the forest.
At a certain moment, the leader of the orcs suddenly stopped, and he suddenly turned his head to look in a direction beside him. As soon as he swung the giant ax in his hand, he saw a figure rushing out of the darkness.
Boom!
A small encounter broke out suddenly.
Knight McCull knocked an orc into the air, but in the process of losing his balance, he still inserted his long sword into the opponent's chest.
After landing, Knight McCull rolled a few times, dodging several slashing attacks.
The companions behind also rushed out, and the Cavaliers of Castor took the lead, rushing into the ranks of orc soldiers was a set of combos.
Amidst the waves of blood, three or four orc soldiers were decapitated.
The orcs fought back desperately, but because they had already been attacked by the Knights of McCoy and killed the strongest Skull Crusher in the team, the remaining ordinary orcs were no match for the two knights at all, and were quickly killed.
However, their dying counterattack also caused a lot of casualties to these humans.
After the fierce battle, Knight McCull came to a companion who was lying on the ground and wailed. He looked at the opponent's right leg that was broken at the knee, with a gloomy expression.
"Lord McCull, don't worry about me, I'm afraid I won't be able to follow you to Wind's Rest."
Knight McCull was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Jason. I have been fighting with your father for six years, but I have just been the team leader, so it's normal that you don't know me."
Knight McCull looked at this little officer who had dissuaded him from acting recklessly several times along the way, and felt an unspeakable feeling in his heart.
Viscount Custer saw that Knight McCull stood there for a long time without any movement, so he had to remind him softly:
"We'd better leave as soon as possible, and new orcs will soon be chasing us here."
Only then did Knight McCull come back to his senses, handed his saber to Jason, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Draw a few backs..."
"I understand!" Jason nodded emphatically.
Knight McCull immediately got up and continued eastward without looking back.
Not long after, they heard the faint sound of fighting behind them.
Knight McCull paused in his footsteps, but he still didn't stop.
A group of people crossed mountains and ridges, tried their best to choose small paths between mountains and fields, and hurried towards Wind's Rest City.
Along the way, they encountered more and more orc scouts, which meant that they were getting closer to the main force of orcs.
However, on the way, they gathered several waves of soldiers from the Western Territory who broke down from the Tianduan Mountains, and the number of troops increased instead of decreasing.
In mid-July, when Knight McCull and others arrived in Wind's Rest, a hundred or so people had already gathered.
At this time, the orc army had not yet reached Wind's Rest City, but the distance was already very close.
The air in Wind's Rest is filled with panic and anxiety.
The gates on three sides of the city were tightly closed, and only the east gate was open.
This place is crowded with people coming in and out. There are not only the warriors of the western region who have received the call-up order from the Duke of St. Grian like Knight McCoy and Viscount Custer, but also a large number of warriors who have heard that the orcs are coming and want to Civilians fleeing Wind's Rest.
At the same time, there are also refugees who fled to Wind's Rest from the cities that were captured by the orc army.
These refugees poured into the city and began to ask Storm's End for food, and they wanted Storm's End to send troops to recover their homes immediately. Some refugees saw the residents fleeing and began to occupy the vacant houses, which also caused some friction. Even fighting, in short, the city of Wind's Breath at this time is in chaos.
The army in the city simply didn't have enough manpower to maintain order, and they were busy preparing to defend the city at this time. As long as there was no chaos in the city, they would not intervene.
Viscount Custer and Knight McCoy rushed to Storm's End immediately after entering the city, wanting to ask to see Duke St. Grian, but they were stopped by the guards at the gate of the castle.
"Everyone in this city wants to see His Excellency the Duke, but how can His Excellency have the time to meet each of them?"
Seeing the guards making things difficult, Viscount Custer had no choice but to reveal his identity: "I am the lord of Little Rock, Viscount Custer, can you let me enter Storm's End?"
"Viscount?" The guard didn't let him go, but curled his lips and said, "Has Little Rock been defended? If not, your title is gone."
Viscount Custer was speechless. Seeing that the other party really refused to let him go, the two had no choice but to leave.
However, as the Viscount of the West Region, Custer always had some connections in Wind's Rest, and he quickly found an officer he once knew.
The officer was instructing his subordinates to demolish the houses near the city wall to make rolling logs and stones. After seeing Viscount Custer, he didn't give a good face:
"Want to see the Duke of St. Grian? Viscount Custer, I advise you not to waste time. No one can enter Storm's End now, let alone you, a viscount who lost his territory. There was another earl who was stopped before." outside the castle."
Viscount Custer frowned, full of doubts.
Because the Duke of St. Grian was needed to calm people's hearts at this time, why did she block Storm's End and see no one
A dangerous thought appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help asking in a low voice:
"My lord... is he still in the city?"
The officer glanced at Viscount Custer with complicated eyes, and then said coldly:
"If you want to run, run quickly! If you want to keep the orc killers behind, come and help! Don't think about nonsense!"
Before Viscount Custer could speak, Knight McCull stepped forward and said, "I want to kill an orc. Do you need help? Count me in."
Only then did the officer's expression soften a little, he pointed to the ruins in front of him, and said, "Okay, then you can help move those beams to the city wall."
"Okay." Knight McCull didn't feel that such a job was humiliating, so he immediately stepped forward to help.
Viscount Custer sighed, and said, "I won't run anymore. Little Rock is gone, so why should I run? I just want to know how many defenders there are in the city, and whether Wind's Rest can still defend Can you live?"
The officer did not answer this question at all, but continued to direct his subordinates to work.
Viscount Custer had no choice but to go forward to help demolish the house.
And on the second day after Knight McCoy arrived in Wind's Rest, the first batch of orc army finally arrived outside Wind's Rest.
Afterwards, groups of orc armies gathered from all directions in the west towards the largest city in the western region.
The gates of Wind's Rest City have all been closed, and entry and exit are prohibited.
As for Storm's End, the gates are still closed.
The Duke of St. Grian was also missing.
Standing on the top of Wind's Breath City and looking down, on the opposite side of the wilderness, groups of figures gathered together into a suffocating black tide, spreading all over the mountains and fields.
In front of the orc army formation, a large number of human refugees were gathered, and the sound of crying, screaming, and begging for mercy resounded across the field.
(end of this chapter)