Proof of the Sun King

By the time Lane, Suria and the others arrived in Helenhilde's conference hall, almost all of the nobles who participated in the war in Winford were already present. Crazy Sand Literature Network

Surya's cousin, Earl Anthelm, and others were already present. There were more than a dozen high-ranking nobles present. These people greeted them when they saw Ryan and Surya come in together, and Ryan and his wife also one by one respond.

After marrying Surya, Ryan was finally fully integrated into the core of the principality.

Many members of the Quinalis Brotherhood of Champions and Knights were present, here are just a few of the most famous legendary knights.

The most famous are undoubtedly François "Long-Legs", Duke of Winford, and his son-in-law, Lane, Earl of Glamorgan "The Pious".

Many of the remaining legendary knights are also famous in the kingdom and even in the old world.

Knight of the Holy Grail, Count of Kuilau, Anthelm of Ostair.

A paladin of Azarex, Sir Jarrod, cousin of Francois.

Sir Geoffrey "The Brawler" Angleton, who once alone slaughtered a dragon named Skala.

"Wanderer" Tolan, the expedition knight fought a ghoul king Scotos for two days and one night at the Tainho Pass.

Ser Lyon of Tula, once beheaded a powerful vampire baron.

Count Conde-Reno once led several knights to defeat the entire Goblin tribe.

"Ghoul Slayer" Fastrick, the famous knight who leads an entire Pegasus force "The Swift Pegasus" will assist Francois and Lane's army in this war.

The conference halls of Helenhilde Castle are full of talents and stars. Today, these heroes of Breton folklore, these epic creators who have created countless epic stories, come together.

Together they will tackle this crisis.

"Lane, Surya, are you here?" François, Duke of Winford was looking at the map. Seeing that Ryan, Surya, Armand, and Bellegar had all arrived, François gestured: "sit down."

"Hey~ guys, are you interested in hearing me tell a story?" With so many legendary knights gathered together, the eyes of Belgar-Hammer, the king of the Angrond clan, lit up, and he thought it was these people All go to the expedition to the Eight Peaks, and defeat Skarsnick and "Headhunter" Quick is just around the corner!

"The story will be told later, Belgar...the king." Count Antelm of Kuilau called out to the king, feeling awkward in his heart. The dwarf king in front of him didn't even have a fortress, so he was embarrassed to say that he was king?

But this is not the point now: "Lane, since you are here, let us introduce what we have learned so far."

"How's it going?" Ryan signaled Bellegar not to rush to tell the story, the business was important, Bellegar shrugged, he found his own small bench, Bellegar's arrival was expected by François, and the conference hall was filled with There is a raised small bench in the front position.

The crowd began to listen to Anthem's story.

Ryan took Suria and sat down, he held Suria's small hand, and the female knight also put her small hand on his big hand to show that she was okay, the husband and wife looked at each other and smiled and began to listen.

"Two days ago, the Duke of Montfort sent someone to ask for help throughout Britannia, and a huge army of undead rushed out from the Black Rock stronghold in the Grey Mountains, targeting Montfort at the Axe Bite Pass. Castle." The huge map of Brittany hung on the wall, Antelm pointed to the castle of Montferre in the axe pass and said: "The Duke of Vercade thought at first that the enemy was coming out to attack his principality. For the tentative attack, Vulkard himself had experienced hundreds of battles, but he assembled an army of 3,000 led by 200 knights to go on the expedition, and ordered to retreat immediately if the battle went unfavorable."

"On the plains near the town of Sodden on the upper reaches of the Gresmore River, this army encountered the undead army, and was immediately surrounded by the undead army in the first battle, leaving less than a hundred knights and two hundred farmers. Soldiers withdrew."

"Knowing the seriousness of the matter, the Duke of Vercade immediately ordered the hard walls to clear the field. He ordered all the serfs and nobles on the road of the undead army to immediately take refuge in the castle of Montfer. The town temporarily repelled a small number of vanguards of the undead army, and responded to the retreat of the refugees. According to the report of the scouts, the number of the undead army was astonishing, and the initial estimate was more than 50,000. Duke Falkard knew that his army was not enough to fight the undead army, so he asked the king. And all the dukes for help!"

"Is there a reply from the king at present?" Francois frowned, and Duke Winford himself asked first.

"The Regent Lawn received a request for help. His response was to let the Duke of Falkard hold on for the time being. At present, the entire kingdom is in the autumn harvest, and he is temporarily unable to organize an army of knights immediately. He asked the dukes in the north to gather the army together. , Before facing the threat of the undead army, the army must be assembled and reorganized, and any sporadic support is only to increase the number of supplements for the undead army." Anthelm said.

"Correct judgment." Ryan, who was sitting beside the round table, nodded and said, Raun's approach may be relatively unapproachable, but his doing well is undoubtedly correct.

"The duke of Bastogne has just received a request for help. It takes time for him and his duchy to gather troops. We all know that Bastogne is special..." Antelm continued: "So at least wait until the autumn harvest is over."

Most of the lords of the Principality of Bastogne are Holy Grail Knights, which makes the entire Principality immersed in the glory of the past. It is also relatively low, especially Bethmond himself. He always appoints a deputy to manage the duchy, and he stays in Bastogne Castle with the knights of the Brotherhood of the Red Dragon Knights to fight and expel all kinds of powerful enemies. .

Under such circumstances, Bastogne would have to spend a lot of time to organize an army.

"Carcassonne doesn't need to think about it, its border is too long, it's good that Duke Hubald's army can defend the border..." Ryan continued to think: "Similarly, Berleon doesn't need to think about it."

"Then we are left with Palaon and Bordro... Will the Seagod Knight support us?" Gerald also asked his own question.

"Don't put your hopes on others, Gerald, we can only rely on ourselves." Francois interrupted Gerald's question, the duke still frowned: "It is certain that the other party is Heinrich, the great necromancer. - Kemmler and his Tomb Corps?"

"It's certain."

There was a murmur in the conference hall, Heinrich Kemmler returned, and he returned with him and his Tomb Corps.

"So what should we do now, should we temporarily stop the autumn harvest and support Montferre Castle immediately?" said Sir Geoffrey of Angleton.

"If the army is recruited now regardless of the autumn harvest, it will be a huge loss to the territory."

"But if we don't support Montfer Castle as soon as possible, maybe the castle will fall. This is not allowed. We must not allow the land that the lady gave us to the Bretons to be desecrated at the hands of the dead."

"Montferre Castle is a famous fortress in the old world, and it is not so easy to fall! We must be well prepared."

There was a quarrel in the conference hall. The nobles were arguing about whether to send troops during the autumn harvest. After all, the autumn harvest is in their own interests. The Castle of Montferre is a famous fortress in the whole old world. Many knights think that the Tomb Legion will not be so easy. Defeat Montferre Castle.

Furthermore, the knights and nobles of Winford understood that fighting the undead army must be done quickly and without delay. Every dead knight and soldier will become a new undead, and the strategy of fueling is not advisable.

Ryan also frowned, what should I do?

"Flkad's request for help this time is really straightforward. In terms of his pride, he would not have asked for help so quickly." Anthelm continued: "But the destruction of the axe pass at the beginning of the year made the Duchy of Montfort economically economical. He suffered a major blow, so Falkard immediately asked the entire country for help, and by the way he also asked for help from the Empire, and the Imperial Court has not yet responded."

"Let's reorganize and gather the army first, and when the autumn harvest is over, we will send troops immediately!" In the end, Francois's decision was finalized.

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Brittany, in the mountains of the Duchy of Montfort.

A huge undead army with no end in sight is marching along the mountain road. Tens of thousands of zombie army and skeleton warrior army crowded the entire mountain road. Black bat army and sky ghost army covered the mountain. In the sky, in the middle army, Kemler's two most elite army of desert tomb guards and the army of tomb ghouls and tomb demons marched slowly, and he himself was carrying a staff and did not ride a horse.

Matthew Bard led two undead knight corps and a team of blood knights to follow Kemmler, the black knight of Mousillon wearing all-black cursed plate armor, following Kemmler, he was this The main provider of cavalry in the war.

"Montfort Castle is now a crowded barrel, and most of the refugees have withdrawn into the castle under the cover of Vulkard." Matthew Bard said to Kemmler: "Your The slow march gave Falkard plenty of time to prepare."

"You're questioning my decision?" Kemmler looked up, his torn and ragged wizard hat slightly raised.

"No, my mission is to assist you, this is the condition of our alliance." Mathubard said disapprovingly.

"Humph! Then do as I ordered." Kemmler lowered his head again.

Kemmler and his Tomb Legion were not ready to attack the coalition forces of Lane and François first, but the attack during the autumn harvest would make Brittany in a hurry, and they have been on the offensive for three days. There have been no signs of troops gathering anywhere.

However, Kemmler's advance was not particularly smooth at the beginning. There was very little farmland in the Principality of Montfort. Most of the serfs relied on grazing and mining for a living. Without the task of autumn harvest, the serfs met the first of the undead army. The response was to turn around and run.

At this time, Kemmler ordered not to pursue. On the contrary, except for the massacre of several villages at the beginning, he slowed down the advance of the army, which gave Vercard, Duke of Montfort, time to bring the refugees into the castle. , and perfect the defense of the castle.

Matthew Bard was a little confused about Kemmler's order. Since he was rushing to attack during the autumn harvest in Brittany, why is he slowing down the attack now? Since it was planned to make a large number of corpses to replenish the army through massacres from the beginning, why did Kemmler let Duke Falkard cover the retreat of a large number of refugees?

Isn't this a contradiction?

Did the undead wizard really lose his mind after being cut off by Francois?

Well, you can die hard, Kemmler, Matthew Bard has a hideous smile on his face hidden under his helmet. When you die, I can take over all your forces.

Do your best!

The army of undead continued to advance. On the rugged mountain road, Kemler looked at Mathubad without a trace, and he also sneered in his heart.

He didn't persuade me, this kid wanted me to lose, so that he could take over all my power.

If this kid persuades me not to do it, then he wants me to win big.

Like Matthew Bard's abacus, Kemler has a plan of his own.

The Montferre Castle is extremely strong, and the undead are a race that is not good at siege. His Tomb Legion has no siege equipment, and it is almost impossible to conquer this castle quickly.

That's why he asked Duke Falkard to lead the refugees to retreat. So many refugees, how many mouths? How much food is in the castle? How long can the castle last without food?

What he has to do is to fight for reinforcements, and the Principality of Montfort will definitely ask the kingdom for help. He just needs to wait for other reinforcements from the Knight Kingdom and destroy them!

At the same time... Kemmler recalled the battle of La Maison abbey more than twenty years ago, of François rushing to him on horseback, and in the wrath of the lake god, the sword of the unicorn was drawn After a flash of memories when Leng Feng almost decapitated him, the Great Necromancer clenched his Noisy Skull Staff tightly.

François, I will pay back a hundredfold for what you have brought me!

A week later, Brittany, Montferre Castle.

Montferre can be described as a model of castle in Brittany~www.wuxiamtl.com~ It is located in the middle of the gorge of the axe bite, showing the world the best example of fortification: five large and solid walls divide the castle one by one, The towering stone walls start at the extreme western end and end at the fort in the eastern pass. The castle collected lijin from all transit people, and a prosperous trading city was also formed in the castle.

It is said that Montfort was a dwarf fortress in ancient times, but it was later abandoned due to the decline of the dwarf power. The present Montfort Castle is built by the Breton tribe who crossed the Grey Mountains to fight against the greenskin tribe on the site of the dwarf fortress. of.

The main castle of the castle is on the north side of the mountain pass. It is a giant fortress over twenty meters high. The five-story stone castle is filled with obsolete artillery imported from the empire and fixed giant trebuchets. Each floor is divided into Two separate fortifications. The lower three storeys are parallel to the cliff edge, and the top two storeys are towering watchtowers.

Every city wall was filled with Brittanian defenders, who numbered tens of thousands, but even behind such strong and tall fortifications, their hearts were still surrounded by fear.

Now, the entire giant castle is submerged in a sea of ​​undead.

The Duke of Vercard stood on the watchtower and looked at the army of undead that could not be seen at a glance, his face was grim: "My lady is above, this will be the most severe test that Montever Castle has faced in decades. May you grant me victory."

"In the face of the undead, there is no peace, no surrender, the citizens of the Duchy of Montfort! We can only fight to the death!"

"United, under the faith of the lady, we have only one battle, may the lady bless us!"

"May the lady bless us!" The huge response from the castle echoed in the valley.

As if in response to Duke Falkard's words, a twisted and hateful horn sounded from the undead army.

The war has begun.