The night was dark.
Under the cold moonlight, the Storm Fortress standing among the mountains is like a sleeping monster.
Mark was lying in the open camp, looking at the fortress wall not far away, with countless thoughts in his mind.
The day's hard work made his body extremely tired, but Mark tossed and turned until midnight, but couldn't fall asleep.
Ever since he learned the rumors that Mr. Ji was about to sacrifice Storm Fortress, Mark could no longer maintain his peace of mind.
In fact, Mark himself has long been prepared to die in battle. If his death can really help Mr. Xi kill the orc emperor, although Mark is a little unwilling, he will not feel too angry and scared.
But he also has a younger brother in the fortress.
If the two brothers are dead, who should enshrine the parents far away in their hometown
What's more, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees from the western border in the fortress.
These people were not soldiers, and Mark felt it was his duty to get them out.
Therefore, Mark has quietly revealed this rumor in the past two days, and most of the soldiers in the team have already learned the news.
However, due to the existence of the supervisor and the fact that these soldiers were all drawn from various armies and did not know each other, they lacked trust and tacit understanding and could not unite in a short period of time. Fear and anxiety pressed down in my heart, watching, waiting...
Seeing that the reinforcement project of the city wall was coming to an end, Mark was not going to wait any longer.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Mark carefully moved his body outside the camp. Whenever the soldiers on patrol passed by, Mark immediately lay down on the ground, pretending to be asleep.
After arriving at the edge of the camp without any danger, just when Mark thought he was not far from success, a majestic voice suddenly sounded behind him:
"Where are you going?"
Mark froze, turned his head slowly, and was thinking of what excuses to use to avoid it, but suddenly heard a burst of air. .
In the next second, he saw that the throat of the supervisor behind him had been pierced by an arrow feather!
"Ho... ho..." The supervisor stared, covering his throat tightly with one hand, and grasping in front of him indiscriminately with the other.
"what happened?"
This movement alarmed the night patrol soldiers not far away. A series of hurried footsteps made Mark wake up like a dream. He didn't dare to stay any longer, and he didn't have time to think about who was helping him. He let go of his legs and went out of the camp. Run away.
Mark's fleeing seemed to be a signal, and the other soldiers in the camp immediately stood up and began to flee in all directions.
At the same time, someone kept hissing and shouting:
"Mr. Zhe wants to sacrifice Storm Fortress! All of us will be burned to death by him! Run away!"
There was an explosion in the camp, and the supervisors and guards immediately put down the riot, but what made them terrified was that their own people were constantly being killed by various backstabbing.
It seems that there is a cold-blooded killer hiding in the dark night, ruthlessly harvesting his prey.
Mark ran forward all the way.
The warm night wind whistled past his ears, and there were continuous roars and screams from behind, but he just ran forward and didn't dare to turn his head.
As time went by, Mark found that the commotion in the fortress didn't seem to be limited to the place he had just escaped, and there were faint cries from all directions. At this moment, the sleeping monster of Storm Fortress was finally awakened.
"elder brother?"
A familiar voice stopped Mark in his tracks. He leaned on his knees and gasped for breath, then grabbed his younger brother who was running up to him, and growled:
"Quick! Run! Run out of the fortress!"
…
The central castle, in front of the emperor's bedroom.
A group of anxious imperial nobles were trying to negotiate with the guards.
"What serious illness does His Majesty have? Why can't you see people?"
"Sorry, my lord, I don't know what kind of illness His Majesty has, but I can't let you in."
Earl Nicole stared, his gray beard stood on end, and said anxiously: "Even though rumors are spreading in the fortress and people are panicking, isn't His Majesty going to see us?"
"Sorry, Lord Earl, I was only following orders..."
"Whose order are you following?"
"It's my order!"
Earl Nicole turned his head, and saw the crowd behind him gradually parting to the two sides, revealing a graceful and noble figure.
"Your Highness." Count Nicole quickly turned around to salute, and then asked, "Your Highness, what happened to Your Majesty?"
Queen Midella walked forward slowly, with a sad face, said:
"Your Majesty's heart aches for the countless soldiers and soldiers of the empire who died in the Tianduan Mountains, as well as those people in the western region who were brutally ravaged by the orc army. The grief is too much, and coupled with the exhaustion of dealing with the orc army, this is why I can't afford it."
"But Your Highness, now that rumors are spreading in Storm Fortress, isn't His Majesty going to come forward to clarify?"
"What rumors?" Queen Midella asked indifferently.
"Some soldiers who participated in the reinforcement of the city wall discovered that the building materials used turned out to be charcoal, and then there were rumors that... Said that Mr. Ji is in the Storm Fortress, and he is planning to set fire here, sacrifice everyone, and cast a forbidden spell to come. Assassinate the Orc Emperor."
In fact, the complete rumor was that the queen colluded with Mr. Xie and prepared to sacrifice Storm Fortress, but Earl Nicole definitely did not dare to tell the complete rumor in front of Queen Midella.
Queen Midella didn't seem surprised when she heard the words, she nodded and said:
"That's right, Mister Ji is preparing to sacrifice Storm Fortress."
"What?"
All the nobles were in an uproar.
Immediately, a terrible idea appeared in their minds—
Are the rumors true
Is it true that the Queen colluded with Mr. Ji to sacrifice Storm Fortress
What about... His Majesty the Emperor
Not knowing whether it was because of fear or anger, Earl Nicole's body began to tremble uncontrollably, his cloudy eyes fixed on Queen Midella, and asked in a deep voice:
"His Royal Highness! How are you going to deal with Mr. Ji's crazy behavior?"
Queen Midella's cold eyes slowly swept across the imperial nobles and officers, and finally settled on Earl Nicole, and said:
"I am ready to let him complete this sacrifice!"
Wow—
Everyone immediately exploded.
They never expected that Queen Midella would directly and frankly want to cooperate with a demon like Mr. Xie, and she was also going to sacrifice Storm Fortress!
Today's Storm Fortress has gathered the main force of the Glorious Empire, as well as hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Western Territory, and the total number has even exceeded one million!
"Your Highness! How can you do this?"
"Your Highness! You are destroying the foundation of the empire!"
"We want to see His Majesty!"
…
Facing the excited crowd, Queen Midella was still calm and composed, and her clear and firm voice sounded again:
"Without sacrifice, there is no glory!
This is our only chance to destroy the orc army!
If these people in the Storm Fortress were reluctant to part with, then more people in the Glorious Empire would lose their lives under the torment of the orcs.
All the crimes, all the responsibilities, I will bear with all my strength!
After today, I will use my life to atone for the sins of everyone who died in Storm Fortress! "
(end of this chapter)