Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 458 Burning the City
The imperial soldiers enveloped by the colorless airflow all fell to the ground. Some Nord soldiers took this opportunity to break through the defense of the imperial soldiers and began a violent counterattack.

Holding Han Ye, Rhodes quickly killed the surrounding imperial soldiers. Every time he swung his sword, at least a dozen imperial soldiers would fall to the ground.

With the cooperation of the Nord soldiers, it didn't take long for the imperial soldiers near the city gate to be cleaned up. None of the empires in command surrendered, and all of them died here.

Rhodes felt that there were a little less in the empire. Could it be that there were too many Nord soldiers, so the killing speed was so fast?
He suddenly remembered that in the afternoon, it seemed that many nobles transferred some soldiers away. He thought it was a change of guard for dinner, but now that he thought about it carefully, it seemed that none of them came back.

Could it be that they had expected it and planned to retreat directly to the castle?
The Nord soldiers outside the city kept pouring into the fortress from the gates and siege ladders. It didn't take long for the huge Nord army to control the surrounding area of ​​the city wall.

Some of the remaining imperial soldiers chose to raise their hands and surrender, while others were still stubbornly resisting.

This is not right!

Rhodes had always thought that this would be a difficult battle, how did it turn out so smoothly?It feels as if the enemy has already fallen before exerting strength.

The King of Nord who was not far away came to Rhodes. He took off his helmet, wiped the blood on his face, and said with a smile: "This is really a brilliant victory. It is so easy to win this fortress." down."

"Not yet." Rhodes shook his head, he always felt that the battle was too smooth.

"Approximately how many imperial soldiers did you kill?" Rhode immediately asked again.

"I killed dozens of them alone. We have a total of nearly 10 people. Even if four or five soldiers killed only one, we would have killed [-] to [-] imperial people." King Nord replied.

"Do they only have so few defenders?" Rhodes asked.

"Of course it's more than that. There should be a little more. There are at least a few thousand more in the castle. In this way, it's almost the same. A fortress with [-] to [-] defenders is actually quite a lot." King Nord said again .

"You didn't count the reinforcements brought by the Duke of Elvis, and there are quite a few people on the city wall who were recently recruited militiamen, not regular troops," Rhodes said.

"Don't think so much, let's take down that castle first." King Nord patted Rhodes on the shoulder.

Then he loudly issued several orders, letting some soldiers stay here to deal with the battlefield, and the rest followed him to besiege the castle.

Rhodes followed, thinking carefully as he walked on the street, he always felt that something was wrong.

On the way to the castle, he happened to pass by the tavern where Michelle stayed, and he stood there thinking whether to let Michelle come down.

Rhodes suddenly recalled what Viscount Dean said earlier. Viscount Dean told him that there are many oil barrels in the castle, so are there many oil barrels in other places in this fortress?

Without the slightest hesitation, he turned his light work and rushed towards the castle quickly. Now he must immediately notify King Nord to let him withdraw his army from the fortress.

It didn't take long for Rhodes to run near the castle. He heard cheers coming from the castle, and saw that the Lionel family flag hanging high on the castle was torn down by several Nord soldiers and replaced with a A banner with a fire-breathing dragon painted on it, which is the banner of the Nord royal family.

He used the mage ball to find King Nord who was cheering on the long table in the castle hall, and then he rushed over quickly.

At this moment, there was an explosion sound in the distance, which seemed to be from the direction of the city wall.

Then a series of explosions sounded, and Rhodes turned his head to see that the entire fortress had been turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the cries of the fortress residents were everywhere.

boom!
There was a loud noise in the castle in front of Rhodes, and then it collapsed, and a raging fire was still burning on the ruins.

He rushed forward, and after using the cold night to extinguish the flames in front of him, he began to dig the ruins with his bare hands.

A beast-like roar resounded in the castle, and Rhodes saw the Nord king in black keel armor stand up from the ruins, and he turned around and pulled out several seriously injured Nord nobles .

"Retreat! No need to line up!" King Nord shouted loudly. When he first entered, he found that the well in the castle had been sealed, and now the entire fortress was in flames, and it was too late to put out the fire.

When the surrounding soldiers who were about to dig the ruins heard it, they quickly ran out of the castle.

"I didn't expect that they didn't care about the residents in this fortress at all." King Nord said through gritted teeth.

"Let's go too." Rhode was also very angry in his heart. He hadn't thought about this before because he felt that the nobles of the empire couldn't do this kind of thing.

After all, this fortress is filled with people from the Roman Empire.

It is also unknown whether Duke Elvis was kept in the dark or supported the plan.

When Rhodes came outside the castle, he found that the street in front of him had been turned into a sea of ​​flames. The houses on both sides of the street were burned and collapsed and just blocked the street, and the flames were still burning on the wreckage.

People who can use magic began to use ice magic to attack these flames, trying to open up a path, but the position that was just extinguished by them will soon be engulfed by flames again.

Rhodes was choked by the thick smoke and coughed a few times, he roared loudly: "Follow me later."

He poured magic power into Han Ye, held Han Ye high and slashed at the street in front of him. A chill visible to the naked eye spread along the direction of the sword, extinguishing all the flames in a straight line in front of him.

Without hesitation, Rhodes rushed forward, freezing the flames in front of him while running.

The soldiers behind also followed up, but there were too many of them, and all those who fell behind were swallowed by the re-closed flames.

Rhodes originally planned to use the bucket, but he thought that if the flames were extinguished with water, the soldiers behind him would definitely die faster. The fire was so big that the water was not enough.

The high temperature and thick smoke produced by the flames could not harm Rhodes. He had taken Viper's blood before, which was able to resist the toxicity of the smoke produced by burning wood.

But the soldiers behind him couldn't do it. They fell to the ground one by one.

Rhode regretted it a bit. He should let them pee on their clothes, cover their mouths and noses, and follow him into the sea of ​​flames, but he was too anxious at the time and didn't think about it.

How much they can survive depends on their luck.

After leaving the main road directly in front of the castle, Rhodes turned a corner and led them to take a shortcut and run towards the city gate.

Fortunately, he was the one to lead the way. If these soldiers who didn't know their way were allowed to run by themselves, they probably wouldn't be able to find the city gate for an hour when the sight was affected by the flames and smoke.

It didn't take long for Rhodes to lead them to the city wall, and there were not many soldiers left behind him.

Originally there were at least a few thousand soldiers running with him, but now there are only a few dozen left.

Fortunately, King Nord took only a small half of his men to attack the castle, and the rest basically stayed around the city walls.

And when the fire just broke out, some nobles in the castle courtyard immediately ran away with their own soldiers.

Hope they all survive.

Rhodes saw a golden light shining near the city gate in the distance.

The golden light slowly approached them.

King Nord took off the weapon on his back while running, preparing to meet the enemy.

Rhodes pressed his hand down.

"You are safe." Misail's voice came from afar.

Rhodes saw that his body was shrouded in a layer of golden light, and the breathing of the soldiers behind them who were smoked and breathless gradually became stable.

"Thank you." King Nord said gratefully to Michelle.

Not long after, everyone passed through the city gate and came outside the city.

There are traces of burning near the city gate, but the flames have been extinguished.

Rhodes saw a fierce battle taking place in the distance, and the Nord soldiers who had just escaped from the sky were fighting with the imperial cavalry.

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(End of this chapter)