Alien Knights

"Then did you agree in the end?"

"Are you kidding? How could I agree to this kind of thing?!"

In the forest under the night, Rachel raised her head slightly on the horse, glanced at Todd beside her under the hood, and let out a drawn-out "oh" with her nose.

Todd straightened his back and said righteously: "I just agree, and I am willing to swear in the name of the gods to provide the necessary protection to Fogar and his daughter Emel!"

Rachel lowered her head with a chuckle and didn't speak any more.

Todd breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his head to look at the winding troop behind him.

One hundred gladiators and two hundred barbarian warriors set off from the camp a few days ago and are marching towards a small town in the Kingdom of Ulster. Before Todd left, he handed over the defensive command of the camp to Alfonso, and left the Knights of the Guards as the guards. And the army he led accounted for almost two-thirds of the total force of the Froststone camp.

The tightly bound Fogar was at the forefront of the army and was responsible for leading the way. More than a dozen soldiers surrounded him and watched his every move.

Todd drove to Fogar's side and said to him, "How far is it?"

"Crossing the hills ahead is the small town of Marozzi." Fogar stopped, looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, and estimated the distance: "After another fifteen minutes of walking, you will be able to see the periphery of the town. Every spring, the Kingdom will store the food of the Southern Army in the castle in the center of the town, and then the convoy will disperse and transport it away."

Todd nodded, signaling the troops to pause.

Soon, a barbarian hunter who was good at lurking and reconnaissance returned to the army from afar and reported to Todhui: "Boss, I checked in the town and everything is normal. The enemy didn't notice it."

"Where's the enemy's sentry?"

"There is a watchtower facing south, and two sentries, it's not difficult to deal with."

"The situation of the defenders?"

"I inquired about it. An enemy army just left the town last week. There are no more than two hundred defenders in the town now."

Foggal, who was firmly held by several barbarian warriors, said at this moment: "Look, the fate of me and my daughter is already in your hands. I have no reason to lie to you."

Todd stroked his chin and thought for a while, then ordered to the troops: "Ackerman, you lead all the cavalry to put on their horns and explore around the periphery of the town; Casper, you lead fifty gladiators and stay on the hills and highlands in front; the others stay put and prepare for battle!"

Fogal curled his lips: "You are really careful in doing things, I really don't understand, how did you get caught last time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the barbarian warrior behind Fogar punched him hard on the back, knocking the snarky guy to the ground.

Todd walked to Fogar's side, squinted at the old guy with a painful face, and said, "Casper, make sure he doesn't leave your sight. If we have any accidents in the town, the first thing you have to do is kill him!"

"I will go with you."

Todd looked at Rachel who spoke, shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice, "Stay here on the high ground, if anything happens, I need you to guard my back."

After arranging everything, Todd raised his sword and shield and nodded towards the soldiers behind him.

An army of 200 people disappeared quietly into the night.

An hour later, the silence of the night was broken by the din of war.

The cries and screams of the residents completely awakened the defenders in the town from their sleep.

On the wall of Fort Marozzi, wounded soldiers knelt at the commander's feet, crying loudly: "My lord, all our brothers in the town have been killed!"

The commander of the castle was an aged Lord of the Kingdom, and he shouted loudly: "Who is the enemy?! How many people are there?!"

"I... I don't know, they didn't fly any banners, one hundred and fifty people? Two hundred people, maybe more! Many of them are wearing good armor!"

The corner of the commander's eyes twitched, and he kicked heavily on the wounded soldier's lower abdomen: "You bastard! Do you think I'm an idiot?!"

"My lord, the enemy army is approaching the castle!"

Hearing the warning sound of the sentinel, the castle commander left the others, walked to the wall and looked forward.

Metallic figures, like war spirits returning from hell to the human world, passed through the blazing flames and marched towards the castle.

The commander looked at the fire-reflecting armor on the enemies in the front row, then at the well-crafted weapons and shields in their hands, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"My lord, the enemy has entered the range of the bow and arrow!"

The commander finally regained his composure: "Oh... oh, shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"

The arrows shot hit the heavy armor of the enemies in the front row, and except for the sound of ding ding dong dong, they failed to cause any substantial damage.

As the enemy approached step by step, the commander gritted his teeth and ordered loudly: "Tell the defenders of the city gate! Wood, carriages, stone materials! I don't care what they use, in short, block the city gate as soon as possible!"

"Also, tell those archers, don't waste arrows, bring the enemy closer! There will be a tough tug-of-war, but as long as we can hold out until dawn, the kingdom's reinforcements will come to rescue us!"

To his surprise, the unidentified army suddenly stopped some distance from the castle. Their queue was divided into left and right halves, and all the soldiers bowed to a man in the formation who was holding a sword and shield and was not wearing armor, but the latter dropped the weapon in his hand, stepped out of the infantry formation, and walked slowly towards the castle.

The castle commander said to himself inexplicably: "What the hell are these people doing?! Did you send a negotiating envoy?"

A few seconds later, the commander opened his eyes wide, opened his mouth to the maximum unconsciously, and was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he sat down on the ground.

The figure of the warrior under the flames gradually grew longer and larger. Sharp iron claws, pitch-black scales, a huge body... In just a few seconds, a tiny human turned into a monster over four meters tall.

Weapons beat against shields, and armor stomped on the ground. Shocking cheers and praises erupted from the enemy line, and everyone shouted a strange name loudly.

"Misegus" (Northern dialect: Son of the Gods)

The castle commander stumbled up from the ground and shouted at the stunned defenders: "Attack! What are you still doing?! Use all the weapons in your hands to attack that monster!"

Arrows and throwing stones fell on the pitch-black monster like raindrops.

The latter let out an earth-shattering roar towards the sky, then fell on all fours and charged towards the gate of the castle.

Possessing astonishing speed and powerful strength, the monster's body was like a speeding tank, slamming heavily into the closed city gate.

The ground trembled throughout the town, and cracks appeared in the stone walls of the castle.

Without waiting for any reaction from the defenders, the fanatical warriors followed the monster's footsteps, swung away, followed closely behind, and charged towards the city gate.

The commander who fell to the ground due to the shock waved the weapon in his hand and screamed hysterically: "Kill that monster! We must not let him break the city gate!"

Lei Mu and Rolling Stone were thrown down from the top of the wall.

The monster whose head was hit by these heavy objects just shook his head uncomfortably, then raised his head angrily, opened his huge mouth like an ancient lizard, and breathed out a frosty breath towards the defenders on the city wall. Soon, there was a sound of ice shattering from the top of the city, and the attack of the defenders was almost eliminated.

The monster lowered its body, its limbs exerted strength suddenly, and slammed into the crumbling city gate again.

Finally, with a loud bang, the city gate collapsed.

The monster returned to human form, stood at the gate of the city, looked at the terrified defenders in front of it, and did not move.

Amidst the smoke, a group of warriors like wolves and tigers rushed into the collapsed city gate from his side, and launched a tidal wave of attacks towards the defenders.