The next day, Mountain City began to evacuate.
People packed what they could take away, bagged wheat, dried meat, pickles, honey, seeds of crops, and so on. They also included clothes, furniture, kitchen utensils, and ornaments. The rich also packed famous paintings, antiques, and even gold bars. All of these things were put on oxen or horse-drawn carts, and then they left Mountain City in groups. On the road, there were soldiers riding horses shuttling back and forth, calling on everyone to abandon those heavy and useless things to lighten the burden and increase their speed. Among the so-called useless things were large pieces of furniture. For this reason, many abandoned items could be seen along the way, making the entire mountain city look like it was welcoming the end of the world.
Remington, dressed in gorgeous armor and a cloak with a fur collar, stood in front of Mountain City. Before this, he didn\'t have much feeling about this city. Born here and died here, this was probably his general impression of Mountain City. However, at this moment, he was about to leave, but there was an indescribable feeling in his heart. His heart was filled with melancholy, and in the end, he sighed. He mounted his horse and pulled out his sword decorated with silver patterns and gems. He shouted to the residents of Mountain City, "I promise you that we will return! This day will not be long! "
The crowd applauded warmly, and then the team that left the city had less worry on their faces.
"Now that he looks like this, he looks a bit like a City Lord." In the distance, Allen said as he rode on his horse. He looked no different from usual, but in fact, half of his body was bandaged by Lola, and his movements were not as smooth as before. Gojoseon was tied to the side of the horse, but it was placed on Allen\'s left hand. When necessary, it would be convenient for Allen to draw his saber to defend against the enemy with his left hand.
However, Lola, Hubble, and Belmore followed him. Even if they met an enemy, Allen would not be able to make a move.
Belmond nodded and said, "Young Master, after you went north, I also paid attention to the situation in Mountain City. At first Remington, as you would expect, plundered his brother. He wished he could find his brother and kill him so that he could sit on the throne of the City Lord. However, after the Shadow Duchy began to move, Remington did change. Even today, he can't be considered a good person, but at least he is responsible to his people. "
"This is what humans are like." Allen shrugged. "Our Lord Edward once said that even though our lives are filled with darkness, we don't lack light. Let's go. We don't have time to lament here. There are still many things to do. "
They urged their horses to move to the front of the group. Halfway through, a rider chased after them from behind. Allen stopped. It was General Keller. Keller nodded to Allen and said, "Lord Allen, I'll leave the guards to you. I'm ashamed to say this, but this was originally our responsibility. But we're short on manpower now, so we can only rely on you. "
"As for the work of bringing up the rear, leave it to our Bucks Army. I can't guarantee anything else, but I definitely won't let a single alien appear before your eyes, not until I'm dead! "
Allen looked at him with more respect. In the battle last night, more than half of the Bucks Army had died. With only a thousand or so people left to cover the rear, once the alien army attacked, it would mean a battle to the death. At this moment, Allen saw the pride of being a soldier in Keller. Keller didn't hesitate at all, and he took it for granted that he would die. He nodded to Allen again, then turned his horse around and left.
Looking at his back, Hubble suddenly said, "When we fight with you, what we hate the most is to meet humans like Keller. They can always create impossible miracles. Even this miracle must be paid for with sacrifice."
"Because we know we are weak, we can become stronger than our enemies when we need to." Allen turned around and stopped looking at Keller. Keller had his duties and work, and so did Allen. His job was to send this team safely to his territory.
The front end of this long dragon that evacuated Mountain City was hundreds of meters outside the city, and the back end was still in the city. The flow of people and carriages continued to surge out, seemingly endless. Allen trotted on the left side of the team, and most of his men and horses were distributed in this direction. If the outsiders attacked, they would definitely attack from the high ground on the left and west. The Bucks Army's team remained outside the city. They were in charge of the rear and would not set off until the team had completely left the city.
There was no rain today, but the sky was covered in dark clouds, and the light was dim. Even Allen couldn't tell if the dark clouds above his head were naturally formed rain clouds or the abilities of some experts among the outsiders. He only knew that the atmosphere on the ground was solemn, as if war would come at any moment. In Allen's indescribable emotions, finally, a drum sounded from the west highlands.
Dong!
The heavy muffled sound seemed to have knocked on everyone's heart. Most of them stopped at almost the same time and looked in the direction of the drum.
Allen was no exception.
Then, drum beats came one after another, followed by the long blare of a horn. The long and desolate bugles grew louder and louder, gradually rising in volume. When Allen's ears were filled with the sound of drums and horns, he saw a few hills.
Of course, it was not a hill, but a warbeast. In the attack of the outsiders last night, most of the warbeasts had been consumed, and now there were only two or three left. But when those warbeasts swayed and appeared in his line of sight, the pressure was still astonishing. Behind the beasts, there was a dense black tide. Allen tried his best, but he couldn't see how many soldiers there were. But he knew that there were at least three to five thousand people.
Although there were many casualties of the outsiders last night, there wouldn't be many. At least Allen believed that the vitality of the opponent's main force hadn't suffered too much damage. After a night of rest, the enemy seemed to have pushed out a temporary commander, so they could see the enemy's frontline at this time. Just this vanguard wave of soldiers alone was enough to create enough pressure. Then, at this moment, the melodious and clear horn of the Bucks Army sounded. Allen turned his head and saw Keller looking at him.
The general of the Bucks Army held his helmet and smiled at Allen. That smile was filled with many meanings. Then, he put on his helmet, pulled out his saber, and pointed at the enemy's weapon. Keller shouted, "Long live the empire!"
The cheers behind the general were like a tide.
"Charge!" With a simple order, Keller took the lead and drove his horse out.
The soldiers behind him followed closely, pulling out an arrow formation. This arrow formed by the Bucks Army stabbed diagonally in the direction of the outsider army. The morale of humans was like a rainbow, but compared to the enemy's tight formation, the Bucks Army's army of about a thousand people was like a river flowing into the sea of rage.
No matter how fast the river flowed, it would only be drowned in the sea of rage.
As soon as Keller moved, Allen could already predict his fate. He narrowed his eyes, turned around, and shouted, "What are you waiting for?! Hurry up and don\'t waste the sacrifices of General Keller and the others! "
Everyone was moved, so the men clenched their fists, but they turned around and urged their horses to speed up.
Allen rode on his horse and didn\'t move. He watched as the Bucks Army gradually approached the enemy tide. The outsiders quickly sent out a vanguard to welcome them. If nothing unexpected happened, the two armies would come into contact in a few breaths, and then there would be a life-and-death battle. Allen silently watched all of this, deeply imprinting this scene in his mind. The Heavenly Fire Origin Energy in his body roared and boiled, but his expression was as calm as an ice lake.
Just as the two weapons were about to collide, a beast roar suddenly sounded from the south. The beast roar carried a powerful pressure. The three warbeasts of the outsiders were actually so frightened that they stopped moving forward. No matter how the Saber Demon on the throne urged them, they would not move. Then, Allen saw another army inserted between the two. When he saw the composition of the army clearly, he was stunned.
It was an army made up purely of ferocious beasts.
At the front was a herd of wild boars that were as big as cows. One of the wild boars had dark red fur and two large curved fangs that were as black as ink. As it ran, dark red flames rose from its body, and its aura was as fierce as flames. The wild boars rushed into the outsider army. These ferocious beasts would often raise their heads, and the two fangs would pierce through the thin body of the Saber Demon and throw them backwards. Even if they weren\'t hit by the wild boars, they would be trampled down by their four hooves. Once he fell to the ground, it meant that he would be crushed by the beasts. That feeling was definitely not good.
Then, a colorful ribbon collided into Allen\'s line of sight. When he saw it clearly, he realized that it was not a ribbon, but a giant python with a body as thick as a chimney. The lines on the python\'s body flickered, and the crystal thorns on its back lit up. It rushed into the outsider army, its big head swaying left and right, and it spat out a colorful mist of light from its mouth. After being sprayed by the mist of light, regardless of whether it was the Saber Demon or the Jana people, their bones and flesh were corroded and melted. The seemingly beautiful mist of light actually contained poison!
The outsider army immediately became a great enemy. Keller, who had already rushed forward, hurriedly raised his hand and told the Bucks Army to stop charging. He had to see the situation clearly first. At this moment, the ground gradually trembled, and a huge figure crashed into the main force of the outsiders. It was a monster shaped like a giant tortoise, waving seven or eight thick tentacles on its body. The tentacles were either rolled up or pulled out, and they were all extremely powerful. Even the strongest Catus would vomit blood and be seriously injured by its hands. Keller was even more dumbfounded. He recognized the giant beast in front of him. At that time in the Wilderness Highlands, he had fought against this giant beast. However, he didn\'t expect that this giant beast would actually come to the Absolute Shadow Highlands.
The two highlands were connected, but they needed to cross mountains. The wild beasts that lived in the Wilderness Highlands rarely traveled long distances.
"General, look, there\'s someone up there!" A Knight beside him cried out in alarm. He raised his finger and pointed at the giant beast\'s head.
Keller looked over and saw that there was indeed a figure on the giant beast. He looked like a human youth, about thirteen or fourteen years old. He sat on the head of the giant beast and seemed to sense Keller\'s gaze. He turned his head and Keller saw a pair of golden pupils.
The youth nodded strangely at Keller, as if he was an old acquaintance, but Keller swore that he had never seen him before.
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