Snapped!
The whip lashed his back, and Tom fell to his knees with a thud, but was dragged to his feet again, and staggered forward.
All around him were human refugees who were being pulled by ropes.
Bent old men, trembling children, disheveled women, men covered in blood, and even dead corpses, they were led by ropes like a herd of cattle and sheep, driven by orcs, to Wind's Rest City went.
Anyone who walks slower, cries louder, or looks wrong will receive a scorching whip.
The breath of despair rolled in the air, was blown by the westerly wind, and was sent to the top of Wind's Rest City.
Tom stared expectantly at the gate of Wind's Rest, expecting that the Paladin Duke would lead an army out of the gate and drive away these brutal and brutal orcs.
However, time passed bit by bit, but no army came out of the city, and the glamorous Duke of Paladin, who looked like an angel, did not appear either.
The closed city gate separated the inside and outside of the city into two worlds.
The light in Tom's heart faded little by little, and finally, a thought popped out——
Why don't I work hard
In a trance, Tom thought of his beautiful wife and lovely daughter, and the moment when their heads were beheaded by the orcs.
There was a violent pain in his heart, which made Tom's eyes completely turn scarlet.
The city wall was getting closer and closer, and Tom had already seen the soldiers with bows and arrows at the top of the city, and the arrows in their hands were pointing directly at himself below.
"Open the door!"
"Please, open the door!"
"We are also human beings, and we are also the people of the Western Territory!"
"Save us!"
…
The frontmost part of the refugees had already squeezed under the city wall. They shouted loudly for help, and the shrill and desperate sound waves hit the hearts of the soldiers defending the city.
And just when the defenders were hesitating how to deal with the current situation, a strange and loud horn sounded from the orc formation.
woo—
A dense crowd of orc soldiers flocked to Wind's Rest, while the defenders at the top of the city feared not to attack the refugees gathered below the city.
Tom felt the tremors of the ground, and seeing the waves of blood sweeping behind him, he roared violently:
"Brothers, fight with these orcs!"
After finishing speaking, he rushed towards the direction of the orc army, and pulled the group of refugees with him along the way.
But not everyone has the courage to fight to the death. Some refugees kept retreating, wanting to hold back this apparently crazy young man, and some were inspired to follow Tom even if they knew they were dying. the orcs.
The scene suddenly became more chaotic.
Boom!
Tom only felt as if he had hit a mountain, and the huge recoil force threw him three or four meters away.
Before he got up again, a sharp pain came from his waist and abdomen, and then he couldn't feel his lower body.
A huge figure stepped over him, completely crushing his right shoulder.
The severe pain exceeded the brain's load limit, and for a while, Tom couldn't feel any pain.
He turned his head, and saw that a rain of arrows finally fell from the top of the city, shooting at the refugees below the city, and also at the orc soldiers rushing up.
Tom stared fixedly at the back of the orc soldier who cut him in half, as if he wanted to watch him die with an arrow.
But unfortunately, Tom's wish was not realized until he completely lost consciousness.
The orc soldier had several arrows in his body, but he still carried the ladder, put it on the top of the city, and then quickly climbed up.
Knight McCull pushed down a log, and watched the orc who had been thrown down stand up from the ground again, and then climbed towards the top of the city again.
Although it was not the first time he had fought against the orcs, Knight McCull was still surprised by the opponent's thick-skinned defense.
To say that the orcs' siege methods are really not very good, let's talk about siege equipment, that is, the simplest ladder, large equipment such as catapults, door hammers, etc., they don't have any of them.
But the orcs have already climbed to the top of the city quickly by relying on their rough skin and thick flesh, and the time they bought by driving the refugees to gather under the city.
Knight McCull knew that the orc army almost swept across most of the western region before Wind's Rest, no matter how strong the city was, it seemed that it would not be able to survive a day in front of the orc army.
This is of course because the most elite army in the western region has long been buried in the Tianduan Mountains, but it also shows how sharp the orcs' offensive is.
It was the capital of the western border—Wind's Rest City, the orcs rushed to the top of the city in less than an hour.
Knight McCoy didn't know how many defenders there were in the city, and he didn't know whether Duke St. Grian was here, let alone how long the city could last, but at this moment, he looked at the orc soldiers climbing up the top of the city. , with only one thought in mind—
Kill a few more backs!
An orc soldier just poked his head out, and before he could see the specific situation on the tower, he found that his field of vision was filled with a silver flash.
Chi!
Knight McCull chopped off the head of an orc, avoided the throwing ax thrown up from below the city, and then rushed to the orc skull-crusher who was rising up at the top of the city.
Clang, clang!
After several rounds of short and dangerous fights, Knight McCull only felt the blood on his body surging, and the clothes under his armor were completely soaked.
The long sword in his hand already had several gaps, and it was about to be scrapped.
When the orc skullcrusher on the opposite side swung his giant ax to strike again, Knight McCull could only choose to dodge.
Boom!
A burst of rubble flew around, forcing back many human soldiers who were trying to come up to help.
Knight McCull knew that he might not be the opponent of the Skull Crusher, so he could only flexibly harass him around him, preventing him from attacking the defenders' positions and causing more slaughter.
But even so, the situation at the top of the city is still developing in a bad direction.
Facing the simple but ferocious offensive of the orcs, the human defense line was like a violently fluctuating waterline, and it seemed that it would completely collapse in the next moment.
Knight McCull only felt that there were fewer and fewer human soldiers around him, while more and more orc soldiers climbed up from the bottom of the city.
Gradually, when he was fighting the orc skull crusher, not only could he no longer get the support of human soldiers, but he wanted to harass the orc soldiers.
Knight McCull just felt that he was going to be unable to hold on.
"Go!"
Viscount Custer appeared out of nowhere, forced the Skull Crusher back with a sword, and was about to run away with Knight McCoy.
Knight McCoy instinctively avoided Viscount Custer's outstretched hand, and was about to speak when he heard a huge roar from below.
When he looked back, his face instantly turned pale.
The west city gate is broken.
(end of this chapter)