Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 204 Choice
Rhodes didn't sleep long when he was woken up by the noise from the castle, but he lay on the bed and didn't want to move.

When he returned to the city, he heard the sound of slashing and roaring from the castle.

It should be when he was sorting out the space ring, those Nords discovered that the castle was on fire, and then launched an attack.

However, Rhodes felt that it was meaningless for him to participate in the frontal siege battle. With his strength, he could not bring much advantage to the Nords on the frontal battlefield.

And even if such chaos occurred in the castle, the Nords could not easily break through the castle wall. The commander of the empire would definitely choose to give up putting out the fire in the castle and transfer all soldiers to the wall for defense.

If this is the case, the armies of the two countries may still be at a stalemate on the wall the next morning, and the advantage of defending the city is still much greater than the advantage of attacking the city.

It is normal for a general siege battle to last for several days.

Rhodes stood up and decided to go and have a look, maybe he could have a chance to play.

After going downstairs, he saw Gilbert sitting behind the smashed counter with a one-handed sword, looking out warily.

This one-handed sword should have been touched by him from the three Nord soldiers.

"Are you ready to open the door before dawn?" Rhodes asked with a smile.

Gilbert was startled when he heard Rhodes' voice.

"Why are you silent when you walk? It scared me to death." Gilbert said after seeing that it was Rhodes. Here it is."

"They are busy fighting, who will come to you?" Rhodes walked down the stairs.

"It's possible that after you left, another wave of people came, they asked me to extort some money and left, and then I smashed up the shop by myself so that no one rushed in again. ’ Gilbert sighed.

"It will be fine after a few days." Rhode comforted, "I'll go out again now, you'd better go back to your room and sleep peacefully."

After speaking, Rhodes went out. Seeing the pitch-black sky, he thought for a while and finally found a place to put on his night clothes suit.

After putting on the night suit, he felt that his whole body had merged into the darkness again.

After that, he walked towards the castle.

From a distance, he could see the flames in the castle, not only the castle was burning, but also the walls outside the castle were full of flames.

In addition to torches there are many burning rockets.

Rhodes slowly approached the wall outside the castle, and none of the Nord soldiers on the road noticed his presence.

He came near the wall and found that there were not many people on the wall. The soldiers of the empire and the Nord soldiers were all gathered near the gate of the wall.

Rhodes noticed that the gate of the wall seemed to have been opened, but he couldn't think of the reason for how it was opened.

Could it be that someone else sneaked into the castle wall and found an opportunity to open the wall?
Rhodes thought for a while, and then walked towards a siege ladder. There were not many soldiers guarding the wall. It would definitely be faster to climb up and enter the wall than to walk through the gate.

But in contrast, climbing up the wall from the siege ladder is much more dangerous than walking from the gate to the inside of the wall.

Rhodes quickly climbed up the city wall along the siege ladder.

The imperial sergeant standing next to the siege ladder saw a man in black suddenly appearing on the city wall by the light of the torch, and he was so frightened that he threw the torch in his hand directly.

Although Rhodes is not afraid of fire, his clothes are afraid of fire. Now he only has a set of night clothes, and he doesn't want such useful equipment to be destroyed like this.

He deftly dodged the torch, then randomly took out a sword from the interspatial ring and stabbed it.

The imperial sergeant blocked Rhode's stabbing sword with the shield in his hand, and then he pushed the shield towards Rhodes violently.

Rhodes took the initiative to put his body on his shield, and grabbed the hand of the imperial sergeant with the shield with his free left hand, and then he set his left hand on fire.

The imperial sergeant screamed out in pain, but he still endured the pain and stabbed Rhodes in the face with his sword.

Rhodes turned his head to avoid it, and pierced the throat of the imperial sergeant with the sword in his right hand.

Blood gurgled from the imperial sergeant's throat, and he knelt down on the ground with his eyes wide open, without moving.

Rhodes drew out his long sword and wiped it on the Imperial Sergeant, then walked down the stairs.

Several imperial soldiers ran towards him, but they couldn't find Rhodes under the dark wall.

Rhodes walked towards the castle, he wanted to see if there was a good opportunity for him to get credit...

"How do we get out of here?" The emperor of the Roman Empire sat in a safe place on the first floor of the castle, asking nervously.

"If we want to leave here, we have two options. One option is to surrender to the Nords. I believe that the Nords will definitely not embarrass you, and someone will definitely pay you to redeem you. Another option is When we break out on horseback, those Nords will not be able to ride their horses for a while, and they will definitely not be able to catch up with us, but this also has certain dangers, after all, bows and arrows don’t have eyes, and you may be shot to death by Nords’ archers.” The middle-aged knight guarding the emperor said respectfully.

"Then shall we surrender?" the emperor asked tentatively.

An older court mage's face changed when he heard it.

"Your Majesty, you have to think about the future. If you choose to surrender, even if you are redeemed, you will become the laughing stock of everyone on the continent. Who will obey your orders in the future? Even if you die here , your son can legitimately inherit your position, if you choose to surrender, some ambitious nobles may rebel in a few years, and the country that has been passed down for thousands of years may be destroyed in your hands." The old man The mage persuaded.

The emperor was very angry when he heard it, and he shouted loudly, "It's not that you are so useless! If you persuaded me well at that time, the city wall of the fortress is still in our hands, and those Nords can only be embarrassed fled back to the north."

Kai Leno, who was wearing a black armor, laughed when he heard it, but he didn't laugh out loud as before, and no one would pay attention to his expression under his black visor.

"The previous things have passed, so what should we do now? Whether it is surrender, breakthrough, or death battle, I will follow your orders." Another knight in golden armor asked.

"Where is Marquis Eric?" the emperor stood up and asked.

"Maybe it was burned to death by the fire." Kai Leno made an unpleasant hoarse voice under his visor.

"It's all trash, so it will burn him to death!" The emperor snorted coldly.

After hearing this, Kai Leno held back the displeasure in his heart and did not explode. He clearly remembered that the emperor in front of him, who was still losing his temper, was so frightened that his legs went limp when facing the flames. It was still the middle-aged The knight carried him down...

(End of this chapter)