Throne of the North

Before the army of the North Wind Province arrived at the Kingdom of Andara, the defense line in the north of the kingdom was broken first.

The defense lines of dozens of fortresses fought a series of failed wars due to insufficient manpower. After the front fortress was breached, a large number of warthogs surrounded the remaining military fortresses.

The warthog warriors were as powerful as knights. Their fearless charge frightened the slave army in the fortress. They could no longer resist the attack of the orcs, and the soldiers began to flee in an all-round way.

This defeat completely led to the absence of any obstacles between the warthogs and the capital of the Kingdom of Andara. They quickly went south under the will of Hernan, and even the territories and populations in the process were no longer concerned. After all, the one who commanded them was Hernan who was crazy about regaining his throne.

"Open this city for me! I want to return to my throne!"

Inside the capital, Cardinal Raymond hesitated, because he looked up. At this moment, the sky was dusk and the sunset was diffused. Surtur might fall and watch at any time.

He didn't want to be like Pastor Soto, who had to return to the Holy Mountain to be baptized by the dawn.

"There are no legends in this orc army. The Andara Kingdom can resist it."

The cardinal said this. There are 200,000 people in the royal city. Relying on the solid city walls, it can fight against the orc army outside.

At the beginning, it was indeed like this. McPherson, who was afraid of death, ordered everyone in the royal city to resist the orcs. Under the tragic losses, the warthog orcs were indeed blocked outside the city walls.

But the problem is that their enemies are not only warthog orcs, but also a former royal prince.

And a bunch of weird people serving Surtur.

In a short period of time, some people who were once loyal to Hernan did not react to what happened at all. As slaves, they naturally did not change their identity and loyalty, and no one cared about the self-destruction of a group of slaves.

From the moment the door of this solid royal city was opened from the inside, ordinary slaves could no longer resist the crazy orc attack.

"The kingdom of humans! Loot them all!"

The warthog warrior roared, and the bone blade cut the chest of the soldier blocking the front. After the city gate was broken, the army composed of ordinary people became more combat-ready, because they had no way to retreat and could only fight madly.

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"No, the orcs are coming in, the orcs are coming in!"

In this war, there are always people who flee in fear. They shuttled through the streets and alleys, spreading the news that the orcs had broken through the royal city and entered the royal city.

The people in the royal city were already panic-stricken, and at this moment they were completely confused and desperate.

"Did they really break in?"

Someone couldn't believe it and pulled a soldier, who was an acquaintance.

"Of course, it's terrible. Those orcs are taller than the house, and there is no way to fight them. I saw Harlan next door, who was just hit and his brain was knocked out."

The person who escaped back cried and complained in fear. That scene brought too much blow to his weak heart.

And his words brought greater panic to other people in the royal city.

The orcs are entering the city!

A piece of news was like a storm, sweeping through the royal city, tearing off the roofs of every household and exposing them to the desperate winter.

Some people with a little bit of brains began to run frantically towards the south. They wanted to escape from here. According to legend, orcs were gluttons and not only plundered wealth and food, but also captured humans as reserve food. They put them alive on the grill and watched the wailing of humans and shouted excitedly.

"Run!"

"The king has already fled, and the orcs can't stop him."

The army was defeated, and thousands of warthogs rushed into the royal city, showing the people of this city what ferocity and cruelty are. The two-meter-tall warthogs could easily pick up humans like little chickens, throw them into the sky and drop them heavily. Looking at the humans struggling in a pool of blood, the warthogs laughed.

His Majesty the King has not escaped yet, he madly rebuked the cardinal.

"Sir Raymond, why don't you take action!"

"My royal city and my palace are about to be occupied by orcs!"

"And where is Pastor Soto?! Where are his troops! What on earth are you doing in the Church!"

The king of the Andara Kingdom roared madly, his anger was like the flaming sunset above his head, but he did not have the slightest dignity of a king.

His voice could not put any pressure on the cardinal.

But the cardinal had to admit that he had made a mistake in his judgment. The royal city of the Andara Kingdom did not have the ability to fight against such a huge orc army. In the past, they had consumed too many knights on various battlefields. New soldiers and new knights had not yet been trained. The orcs seized this only opportunity and broke the kingdom's royal city.

But will he take action now?

Surtur at dusk has accepted the sacrifice of fire and death in this royal city. His eyes are looking down, and even he... I am afraid it will be difficult to resist.

As a cardinal of the Holy See, since he had not taken action just now, even if he took action now, it would probably not change the failure of the decision-making in the royal city this time. The Pope's rebuke would not be milder just because he had recaptured the city. In this case, why would he provoke a great existence of the dusk?

Raymond was scared, he looked at the king.

"This is a war between the orcs and the kingdom. I have no reason to take action. I didn't see Dusk's Familiar."

"But Your Majesty, I will send you and the royal family to the Wall of Dawn. Pastor Soto is the court chaplain of the kingdom. He will help you."

Pastor Soto has not left yet, because the heresy incident here has not been completely resolved, so leave it to him and let Pastor Soto fight against Surtur in the dusk.

He was the cause of this mess.

This time, the king really escaped. He took his royal family members, a large number of people and wealth and left the royal city in full view of the public. This move caused complete despair and panic in the royal city.

The population of more than ten or two hundred thousand people lost all their courage at this moment. They followed the king desperately and fled out of the royal city. The warthog orcs chased them as easily as wild wolves chasing sheep. .

With the departure of the red archbishop, outside the royal city, Hernan finally walked into this familiar royal city. He used to go in and out, but now it is so difficult for him to come back.

He came to the palace step by step, looked at the messy scene inside, and couldn't help scolding!

"This is my palace!"

The warthog orcs were frightened and ran away rolling and crawling, just like the humans who were being chased by the orcs in half the city to the south.

Soon there were no orcs around. Hernan came to the throne step by step. He was wearing the king's crown, wearing the king's robe, and his hand was wearing the king's ring of authority. Now, he finally sat down. On the throne that belongs to the king.

"This is my throne, my kingdom, and I am the new king of Andara hahahahahaha——"

Hernan's laughter echoed in the empty palace, gradually going crazy, and inside the dim palace, a huge shadow gradually covered the palace.

The leader of dusk, the great existence, Surtur came down again to watch, so Hernan's eyes became cold again, and he stood up looking down. This is His container, which can accommodate more powerful people because of his status. power.

The most wrong thing that Raymond did was to hand over the royal city and the throne of the royal palace easily. He missed the best opportunity to destroy the power god.

But at this moment, Raymond, who was outside the royal city, looked back and was extremely happy.

"Fortunately, I didn't take action before. Surtur was indeed watching here."

He found an excellent reason for himself. He protected the royal family and the king of Andala Kingdom.

In the palace, Surtur looked at his container angrily. He still felt uncomfortable. This container was not the king of this kingdom, or in other words, it was not the only king.

Power fell apart, most of it was divided into three, and the remaining part fell into the hands of the nobles. The royal power of the Kingdom of Andala had long been fragmented. Without the old king, the royal family was divided, and the nobles were also Be loyal and obey the king's orders again.

This gap made Surtur angry. He roared hoarsely, and the flames ignited the sky. At this moment, all the warthog orcs knelt on the ground in fear.

"I want to take back the kingdom that belongs to me! Kill all the false kings. Every noble must come before me, kneel at my feet, and swear absolute loyalty to me!"

Hernan's voice roared in the royal city.

And soon, Adams in the Earl of Merces in the south also publicly announced that Macpherson was not the real king of the kingdom. He had abandoned his royal city and his identity. He was just a puppet of the Holy See!

"His Royal Highness Adams is the savior of the Kingdom of Andara and the true king!"

Earl Merces used his own channels to speak out, attracting a large number of nobles to join him.

"Hernan in the royal city is a heretic and an enemy of the God of Light. He is not qualified to appear in the Kingdom of Andala, a land that believes in light!"

Such sounds spread across the land of the Kingdom of Andara, forcing the red archbishop to send the king to the Wall of Dawn as quickly as possible. The crowned king also spoke angrily, scolding Adams for betraying the kingdom and the royal bloodline. , also made a promise to take back the royal city belonging to the kingdom and return to his throne.

However, it was difficult for the nobles to believe him. The royal family had lost too much authority after the death of the old king.

The two royal highnesses who claimed to be the true kings were quarreling, but they did not have an army under their command. Instead, they were an army of warthog orcs in the royal city. Under the will of dusk, they gave up their enjoyment in the royal city and quickly went south to capture them. And to plunder the territories of the nobles, Hernan needs their loyalty, first of all he needs to make them kneel in front of the throne.

It was no longer just the royal city and the royal family that suffered. The nobles of the kingdom began to fall into despair and crisis.

…

Click~!

The dead branches belonging to the winter broke under the horses' hooves. Ryan, wearing the mithril armor, looked at the dust rising in front of him. There were hundreds of warthog orcs chasing an army of seventy or eighty, but the guards With the families of the nobles, the army failed to fight the orcs well, and could not escape the orcs' pursuit.

Ryan looked at Bogeld. This girl couldn't bear it anymore and drew out the long sword in her hand.

"Brothers, charge!"

The armored bear left head-sized footprints on the land, and quickly rushed towards the warthog orc army. Amidst the roar of the armored bear, the warthog orc watched in horror as the bear's paw came into contact with his head.

The sharp fangs scratched the bear's paw, but the huge force also knocked the warthog orc's head away.

The head struck first and flew more than ten meters away. The body fell in mid-air and hit a group of orcs heavily.

The warthog orcs' weapons slashed at the armored bears, but since they were armored, these violent war bears could resist these sharp attacks very well, so although their huge bodies brought more defenses, they were still invincible. Charge into the warthog orc army.

After all, the armored bears are not fighting alone. On their backs or beside them, there are Butans cooperating with Bilge's people, powerful warriors.

The shield blocked the warthog orc's slash, and then the long sword thrust forward, causing a large area of ​​blood and flesh and screams.

Kicking the orc in front of him away, Bogeld looked at the more orcs in front of him with cruel eyes.

"Kill them all!"

The armored bears roared and became more ferocious, biting the bodies of the warthog orcs with their bloody mouths, and the bear's paws falling on them were a truly crippling blow.

Fear does not only appear in humans, but also in orcs, but their ferocious appearance sometimes hides all this.

But death doesn't lie.

The warthogs were frightened, and they fled, chased by the armored bears behind them. Until Ryan ordered a retreat, less than a hundred warthogs managed to escape successfully.

And in the process, the noble team became trembling as they watched their number increasing and gradually turning into darkness.

Fortunately, this huge army was also human. The nobles guarded by the soldiers came out and appeared in front of Ryan as nobles.

Before he could speak, Ryan first revealed his identity because of the badge on the other person's body.

Before coming to the kingdom, Ryan was familiar with the symbols of most of the nobles in the kingdom.

"Baron Turner, I know you, the lord of the Qingguo Territory of the Kingdom of Andala, how can you be in such a mess?"

Seeing that the other party recognized him, Baron Turner felt much more relaxed. After learning Ryan's identity, he was shocked and replied:

"The orcs have broken through the royal city and are currently attacking the noble territories of the kingdom. The incompetent king..."

When he said this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth. In his eyes, the new king had completely lost his majesty.

"The incompetent king cannot organize an army to fight back at all. He has abandoned his promise. As a king, he cannot protect his people and the nobles of the kingdom!"

Ryan didn't care about these, he only heard the key things.

"You mean, the hundreds of thousands of warthog orcs didn't all gather together, but split up to attack the kingdom's nobles in a fan shape?"

The huge orc army invaded the Kingdom of Andara from the north, but now it has separated and turned into a large-scale war. In this way, it cannot be completed in one battle. In Ryan's view, this war has suddenly become a lot more troublesome. .

However, the pressure is also reduced.

After all, the 30,000 Light Judgment Legion behind him was still small in number. If a decisive battle broke out and a legendary war involving more than 200,000 people broke out, even he would feel numb at that moment.

"This war is no longer a macro war, but a micro-operation."

Ryan had to admit that this would consume more of his energy.

But he couldn't just rush over with an army of 30,000 people. He had no idea about the geography of the kingdom. By then, hundreds of thousands of warthog orcs would make dumplings out of him. No matter how he thought about it, he wouldn't be able to win the war.

And really let him deal with a strange god? How can there be such a thing? Ryan is here to deal with the orc army, not to fight against the gods.

"Where is Your Highness Adams now?"

Lane asked, and Baron Turner thought for a moment before remembering.

"His Royal Highness Adams is now at Count Mercus's manor. He is gathering troops to try to fight against the orcs' attack."

"Count Merces..."

Ryan knew this person fairly well. He had no territory or power.

But it's a bit far away from here. It's impossible for him to lead an army of 30,000 across the kingdom to meet His Highness Adams. The most critical thing now is to prevent the warthog beasts from fighting.

"Lord Hora!"

"I need your Airwolf Cavalry to help me deliver the letter to His Highness Adams. At the same time, all the nobles whose territories have not been invaded by the orcs need to get my letter."

"Let them bring back the map of the territory and the map of the kingdom obtained from His Highness Adams."

After finishing speaking, Ryan looked at Baron Turner.

"Mr. Baron, I still need you to tell me which noble territories are along the way."

"By the way, let's help you first - take back your territory."

Baron Turner was so excited that the 30,000 troops behind him rushed towards a village in the distance. The place had been destroyed by war and gunpowder smoke. Warthog orcs could be seen brutally killing civilians, and a small number of people could be seen holding inferior quality goods. weapons to try and fight the warthog orcs.

"Deal with them."

Ryan said, Brand next to him glanced at the centurion behind him, and the next moment the iron hooves rumbled and ran out. The armored bear was still a little slow, but the charge of the northern war horse was as fast as an avalanche.

"kill!"

There was a sound of horseshoes, and the centurion's movement of reining in the horse made the front hooves of the northern war horse leap high. The next moment, the horse's hoof fell, and the warthog orc fell to the ground under the huge force, and could no longer get up.

Like a divine army descending from the sky, the people in the barony looked at the sudden arrival of reinforcements in shock.