Inside Kasparmi Castle, the residents were in an uproar. Every household was busy packing up their belongings and hiding them in the cellar.
No matter when, the ones who suffered in war were always the civilians.
"What are you panicking for! We have high city walls! Sturdy gates! Powerful warriors! "
Viscount Tarchton, who was temporarily acting as the feudal lord, stood guard outside the city gates with his guards. He sternly stopped the residents who wanted to escape from the town. On the ground beside him, there were a few dismembered corpses of the dead. They were families who had tried to escape the chaos of war. There was even a two year old child among them.
Viscount Tarchton waved his luxurious ceremonial sword and shouted crazily, "No one is allowed to escape! All the strong males above the age of 14, take up your weapons and prepare for battle! Those who try to escape will be sentenced to death for the crime of treason! "
Viscount Tarchton was Lawrence's loyal subordinate. He had helped Lawrence deal with too many dirty matters, and could not stay out of it alone. Now that Lawrence was dead, unless he could get rid of Tang En, the only thing that awaited him was death.
"Viscount Tarchton, please arrange for us to leave immediately! Even the surrounding air has become dirty when we're with these lowly commoners! "
The one who spoke was Lawrence's wife, Countess Barbie. The young Countess was accompanied by an eight year old child. The two had arrogant and disdainful faces, but their eyes were filled with deep unease.
Obviously, the two of them also knew what kind of impact Lawrence's death would have on their current superior living environment. Without the halo of the feudal lord's wife, the mother and child would have no power to protect their wealth. Sooner or later, the wealth in their home would be completely divided up by those greedy fellows.
Tarchton's gaze swept over Countess Barbie's chest. He swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice, "Madam, please return to the castle. We rely on the castle and have an impenetrable defense line. There are also warriors who fight to protect this place. Tang En can't break through here!"
Countess Barbie's woman's intuition made her notice Tarchton's gaze. If it was any other time, she would have immediately reprimanded Tarchton for his rude behavior. But after losing Lawrence, they could only rely on Tarchton. Countess Barbie's eyes turned and she quietly pulled on her clothes, exposing more of her chest. She then pleaded in a low voice, "Viscount Tarchton, if there's any danger, please take us with you and leave this place. I will definitely thank you."
Tarchton's eyes lit up and he immediately understood. He revealed a proud smile, "Don't worry madam, I won't forget.."
"They're coming! They're coming! "
"Oh my god! They're obviously not riding, how are they so fast? "
"The power of the Apocalypse! It must be the power of the Apocalypse! "
Hearing the frantic shouts of the guards on the wall, Tarchton's expression changed slightly. After urging Countess Barbie and the Earl's son to return to the castle, he quickly climbed up the wall and prepared to watch the enemy.
However, he didn't need to watch. Ellington's army had already arrived outside Kasparmi Castle in the blink of an eye. They were only a few hundred meters away.
Tarchton looked at the army that didn't seem to be a big deal from the outside. He let out a sigh of relief, "They don't even have catapults. Now that the drawbridge has been raised, unless they can fly, they can't break through Kasparmi Castle!"
After saying that, Tarchton shouted in a stern voice, "Guards! How are the defensive preparations? "
The captain of the guards on the wall said, "Reporting to Lord Viscount! The hot oil has been heated. Rolling logs and falling rocks have been prepared. The archers are on standby. But … "
"But?"
The captain of the guards said with some hesitation, "But if the enemy is a Apocalypse, these methods won't be effective against them."
Tarchton flatly denied, "What a joke! How could they have so many Apocalypse? After awakening their innate gifts, most of the Apocalypse chose to become adventurers. How many chose to join the army? How could the puny Ellington afford to be a Apocalypse warrior? "
"But they even defeated the elites led by Lord Lawrence. Who dares say … Lord Viscount! They have begun their attack! "
Tarchton was furious, "Counterattack, idiot! Do I need to give the order?! "
"Counterattack! Archers! Fire at will! Release rolling logs and rocks! "
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
A dense rain of arrows flew out from the walls of Kasparmi Castle. Because they occupied a high vantage point, and because of the tailwind, their projectile fire actually broke through a distance of more than four hundred meters, landing in front of Ellington's army in a scattered manner.
After all, the archers weren't rangers who had awakened their innate gifts. Being able to shoot four hundred meters with the wind was already a very powerful archer. But at such a distance, the arrows basically lost their lethality.
Depp turned his head and asked, "My Lord?"
"Continue forward. Activate the power of blood to defend against the rain of arrows."
Tang En said calmly, "Leave the gates to Elsa. Do your best to intimidate them. I don't want to engage in unnecessary slaughter."
Although this was war, Tang En had long since regarded Kasparmi Castle as his own. The more people died here, the harder it would be to recover in the future.
Thus, apart from taking the opportunity to clean up Lawrence's remnants, Tang En didn't want to engage in any more slaughter.
The commoners and normal human soldiers only needed to display their undefeatable strength to thoroughly intimidate them. Once Tang En entered the Lord's Manor, they would naturally surrender.
"Yes! Everyone, continue forward! Activate the power of blood! "
"Yes!!!"
The uniform responses converged into a terrifying boom, like a sudden explosion of thunder that split the heavens and earth. Following that, all of Ellington's battle formations, which were divided into fifty-five units, emitted a bright red glow in unison.
That was the power of blood that the Seers had comprehended after their awakening. It was a special light produced after merging with the magic power of the outside world.
The rain of arrows fell with a pitter-patter, colliding with the Blood Qi. They lost their last trace of strength and fell to the ground crookedly. Then, the rangers who followed behind picked up the arrows with a smile, keeping them for their own use.
Although these arrows weren't magic arrows, nor were they specially made with special materials, ordinary arrows could still unleash great power in the hands of rangers.
"Heavens, heavens! Oh my God! They, they're all Seers!!! "
The captain of the guards on the wall saw the sudden appearance of the blood-red light below. His legs immediately went soft and he fell to the ground, almost wetting his pants in fright.
With so many Seers forming an army, unless the royal army of Seers arrived, with the current military strength of Kasparmi Castle, there was no possibility of victory.
Touchedon was also panicking, but he had to do his best to maintain his composure. "What are you panicking for! So what if they're Seers?! Could it be that they can jump over the cliff?! "
The cliff was one of the fortifications built in Kasparmi Castle. After the castle and the suspension bridge were built, the craftsmen and slaves spent another three years digging up the ground outside the city wall and forcibly created a cliff to encircle Kasparmi Castle in the center.
The huge drawbridge that was a hundred steps long was the only way into the castle.
It was because of this that Touchedon had the confidence to block Ellington's attack. They didn't even have siege weapons, how could they attack the castle?!
Even Seers couldn't break through the walls with their bare hands!
How could such a powerhouse submit to others and be willing to be a soldier?!
"Lord, Lord Viscount! They're charging over! Rolling logs and falling rocks are completely useless against them! "
The soldiers were terrified to discover that the rolling logs they threw down were completely unable to stop their advance. The trees that were thick enough for two people to wrap their arms around were as weak as paper in front of those people!
"What are you panicking for! They have no way of crossing the cliff! We're already in an invincible position! "
Touchedon berated. "As long as we hold the fort, within a month, there will definitely be reinforcements!"
Touchedon didn't believe that the Cadier family would give up on Kasparmi Castle. He also didn't believe that Prince Girard would sit idly by when Ellington declared independence. So as long as they persevered, they would definitely win!
"But, but … Heavens! They, they have a magician! "
The captain of the guards stared in shock. Touchedon followed his line of sight and immediately discovered to his horror that at the edge of the cliff that was a hundred steps wide, there was actually a solid and spacious rock path extending out. A young girl was sprinting on it, heading straight for the drawbridge!
"Release the arrows! Quickly release the arrows! "
The arrows whizzed towards the young girl, but the young girl, who was bent on showing off, completely ignored those arrows. Relying on her extreme speed and powerful blood energy, she blocked the arrows.
When she reached the bottom of the drawbridge, she grinned at the soldiers on it, and then … with a powerful leap, she jumped directly onto the drawbridge's winch!
"She wants to destroy the winch!"
Touchedon was horrified. "Quickly pour hot oil to stop her!"
The hot oil, which was sizzling due to the raging flames, splashed down. Elsa frowned slightly, and her blood energy erupted once more, becoming even more vigorous. The hot oil had just gotten close to her when it was bounced off.
Then Elsa grabbed a huge iron chain that was as thick as a grown man's waist and pulled hard. With a piercing sound, the iron chain was torn apart by her!
"What a terrifying strength!"
Seeing the scene of Elsa tearing the iron chain apart with her bare hands, the captain of the guards on the city walls had already lost all hope.
Crushing, this was simply crushing strength — the other party had never intended to fight with them from the start.
They had only released their strength to intimidate them, so as to achieve the realm of a bloodless victory.
This battle had already ended before it had even begun.
Kasparmi Castle had already lost from the start.
With a "crack", Elsa broke another chain, and the huge drawbridge fell with a loud crash, revealing the sealed city gate behind it.
Kasparmi Castle had been stripped of its strongest defenses.
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