Lord of Hyranza

It was dark.

A row of pine oil torches were lit on the top of the city, vaguely reflecting the silhouettes of the knights on duty at the top of the city.

Suldak pushed open the wooden door of the treatment room and sent away the last seriously injured guard. Most of the first night in Wojmara City had been spent quietly. Claire expressed his thanks.

Under Karl's persuasion, the injured city guards waiting in front of the treatment room were finally willing to leave first with the number plate written by Karl himself.

When the sun rises, the place will become busy again, and Suldak only has two or three hours to take a nap. Fortunately, he has the 'Divine Blessed Body', and his physical strength and energy can be recovered quickly enough. Walked to the front of the 'Water Gathering' magic rune board, took a glass of water and took a sip of warm water.

The thin army blanket on the hospital bed was already soaked in blood, making it impossible to lie on it.

He took out a red-eyed hyena skin sleeping bag from his magic pocket, spread it out on the floor of the warehouse, then took off the heavy magic pattern armor on his body, wiped it carefully, and stored it in the space of the magic pocket Among them, this set of 'Earth Shield' magic pattern armor is the most valuable thing on Suldak.

The two horse lanterns hanging on the wall exude soft light, and the room is not bright.

Suldak was lying on the ground wearing a linen shirt. Perhaps he was a little too excited during the day's battle. He couldn't fall asleep lying in his sleeping bag. He felt a little regretful about taking over such a mess. Obviously, the casualties of the city guards It was worse than imagined, most of the guards didn't have any way to deal with the injuries on their bodies other than simple bandaging.

There are certain toxins between the canine teeth and sharp claws of hellhounds, especially the saliva is highly corrosive, and the wounds will fester after a long time and it is difficult to get better unless the carrion can be patiently cleaned up, but many wounds involve When it came to the organs, some injured guards needed to have their limbs amputated. Vozmara's city guards fought bloody battles at the top of the city for seven days and nights. The casualty rate was so high that Suldak alone couldn't handle it.

According to Karl, this time Bena province has gathered a group of mages, including several water magicians who are good at healing and detoxification. It is estimated that the wounded on the side of the city defense army may be relieved to a certain extent after tomorrow.

As for the treatment of city guards this time, since the decision has been made, it should stick to it, Suldak said to himself in his heart.

The treatment room was full of bloody smell, and there was also a sour smell from rotting flesh. In short, the smell in the room was not that pleasant. He felt the signal from the magic notebook in the magic pocket, so he took out the magic notebook. , put in front of who will take the lead.

Cyrus Hickok's black magician's magic notebook runs automatically without wind. The pages of the book keep turning backwards until the last page is turned. A magical girl's face appears on the page, but she is a little serious this time. He looked at Suldak carefully.

"How on earth did you find the magic-weave spirit bone on the Hellhound?" Celia Cooper asked Suldak curiously.

"I can see the magical fluctuations in the hellhound's body," Suldak said.

"Then you...can also see the life magic pattern on the leather of the monster?" Celia Cooper finally realized and asked in surprise.

When Suldak usually hunts monsters, he rarely wastes sacrifices to open the 'Eye of Reality', so he doesn't know. He said uncertainly: "Probably it should be possible, but I don't know if it will be possible. I haven't seen many monsters, but I was in charge of skinning the black devils from the evil spirits on the battlefield of the Warsaw plane."

Celia Cooper smiled and said: "Your skinning technique is really amateur!"

"..."

Suldak felt that he had nothing to say.

……

When the first ray of sunlight shone through the door of the treatment room in the morning, Suldak crawled out of his sleeping bag and opened the treatment room.

According to the order of last night, there was a long queue at the door of the treatment room again. Suldak simply washed his face beside the clay pot filled with water, and then signaled the injured guards who had been waiting outside to enter the treatment room.

Facing the rising sun, Suldak saw a familiar figure appearing on the stone steps of the city wall. The slender and tall half-elf archer wrapped his hands tightly and slowly climbed up to the top of the city again. Arrow tower, among the archers standing on the archery tower again, he grasped a forest bow that looked like a light green vine, and glanced towards Suldak as if aware of it.

After a whole day of fierce fighting, Suldak also climbed to the top of the city to participate in the battle three times in a row.

The tempo of the Hellhound attacking the city was much tighter than yesterday, and without yesterday's sporadic climb up to the top of the city, their actions appeared more unified, and their fighting will was stronger. Almost all the Hellhounds that climbed up the top of the city first It is not to kill the city guard knights immediately, but to use their lives to buy precious time for the hell dogs behind.

They pounced on the guard camp knight almost without any scruples, and the hell dogs behind also rushed up one after another. The offensive was like a sea tide. The waves in front were smashed on the reef, and the hell dogs behind continued A wave of hell dogs rushed forward, and if the knights at the top of the city couldn't deal with the first batch of hell dogs in time, they would be instantly overwhelmed by the next ones.

Karl and the squad leaders in the support squadron could not resist this ferocious offensive, even with the support of the archers on the archery tower.

Suldak was wearing the 'Earth Shield' magic-pattern armor and stood in the middle of the human wall with a dwarf chain shield in his hand. The halo of power under his feet made his companions around him feel a steady stream of power. They are knights with a 'power halo', but their fighting style is still derived from the way of the shield warriors of the heavy armored infantry regiment, standing like a cornerstone on the top of the city.

Perhaps because there were two constructed knights in the support squadron, the defense line at the Hailansa Guard Battalion was considered one of the squadrons with the least casualties.

Every time the offensive eased slightly, Suldak would silently walk down the city wall and quickly devote himself to the work of treating the wounded guards. Obviously, every wounded soldier who came to ask Suldak for treatment would carry a hell The head of the vicious dog, but it is indeed much less useful than yesterday. Suldak's reward is still the corpse of the hell dog.

But I don’t know if it’s bad luck, or the corpse of the hellhound has been left for too long. Those magic bones have melted away with the flesh and blood of the hellhound. Bone dog carcass.

After a day of hard work, the Hailansa Guard Battalion finally suffered casualties, and just as the knights stood at the top of the city for a whole day and night, feeling physically and mentally exhausted, the defense section of the Hailansa Guard Battalion also welcomed the city defense command. The defense order was changed, and the Knights of the Guard Battalion from Constantinople replaced the Knights of the Guard Battalion of Hailansa who stood on the city wall all day and night.

The Archer Battalion and the Knights of the Hailansa Guard Battalion switched defenses at the same time.

At the same time, two carriages transporting military supplies also arrived at the base of the city. The auxiliary soldiers of the logistics department began to unload some arrows from the carts and carried them to the arrow tower at the top of the city. However, there were still no more important kerosene and supplies. Rolling Stones.

The knights of the Hailansa Guard Battalion silently withdrew from the city wall defense section, and Suldak seemed to be forgotten in the treatment room. When the guard battalion withdrew, they did not bring him back to the temporary camp in the city. The only thing that can prove that he was tacitly allowed to stay here is that the Hailansa Guard Battalion arranged an assistant for him.

When the sky gradually darkened, the guard battalion knights of Constantinople were slowly adapting to the role of guarding the city wall on the top of the city wall. A tall figure was carrying a green vine forest bow, dragging his tired body from the top of the city wall. Walking down, this time there are three more hellhound heads on his waist than yesterday.

He didn't line up either, and walked into the treatment room without a word, and then Suldak saw that his bandage-wrapped arm was even more exaggeratedly swollen than yesterday.

"You need a little time to rest. If you don't want to lose this arm, do what I say from now on. Your arm is in very bad condition. My treatment can help you recover quickly, but it can't connect the broken arm. Lost meridians!" Suldak warned the half-elf archer.

But obviously he didn't listen to Suldak's words, and the half-elf archer left the treatment room without a word.

……

On the evening of the third day after arriving in Wojmara City, it was the turn of the Hailansa Guard Battalion to climb up the city wall to change defense after a day of rest.

The support squadron led by Karl continued to guard this section of the city wall. Karl saw the corpses of hellhounds piled up at the door of Suldak's treatment room, so he had to lead people to clean up the corpses of these hellhounds.

Seeing that Suldak still didn't show signs of fatigue, he could only sigh:

'I know now...you are indeed qualified to come back alive from the Battle of Moyunling. Inside your body is a giant ice bear that can walk in a snowstorm for a month without getting tired. '

Suldak took the barbecue from Karl, swallowed it in three or two bites, then wiped his hands and continued the rescue work.

For two consecutive days, the number of wounded guards in Vozmara City did not decrease, but some wounded guard battalion knights also joined the wounded team.

During this period, two water-type magicians also came to Suldak on a special trip. Seeing him, he had awakened the perception of sacred magic elements, and had initially mastered the holy light technique. He did have some healing methods, and there was a beautiful female magician The master offered to invite him to join the healing team composed of seven water magicians.

This kind of treatment team, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the War Command, enjoys the generous resources of the Maca Plane War Command. It not only has special guards to protect the safety of the healing magicians, but also a dedicated field hospital.

However, Suldak was not moved by the eloquent invitation of the female magician. He decisively rejected the good-looking female magician because the soldier had no plans to leave the Hailansa guard camp.

For several days in a row, the half-elf archer would appear in front of Suldak on time in the evening and receive special treatment from Suldak, but the injury on his arm was getting worse, according to Suldak That is, his right arm looks like a rotten cantaloupe, the skin on the outside looks intact, but the blood vessels that are constantly bursting inside are about to rot, and I don’t know how he uses this arm. The arm stretched the forest bow.

However, every time Suldak was on duty at the top of the city, this half-elf archer would give the most effective support. His archery skills were very precise, and almost every arrow could hit the hellhound's eyes. The most vulnerable part of the Hellhound's body, I have to say that the elves' archery talent is really unique.

It only took two days for Karl to successfully investigate the details of the half-elf archer. After all, investigating unknown incidents is the old profession of the guard battalion knights.

In fact, this half-elf archer is quite well-known in the circle of mercenaries and regiments in Wojmara City. Compared with his excellent archery skills, the evaluations given by the mercenary union and the adventure union are terrible. Yes, the two unions gave the half-elf archer the lowest evaluation of the union.

And the mercenary union also wrote very straightforwardly in the comments: Don't be blinded by his excellent archery skills, stay away from him, he is a thief!

There are similar words in the comments of the Adventurer's Union, but the tone is a little more tactful: He is an excellent archer and guide, when you cooperate with him, you should fasten your wallet tighter.

Suldak didn't expect that he would pay attention to a thief, and was stunned for a while.

With solid evidence in hand, Karl asked him curiously: "What do you want to do after spending so much time investigating a thief? And you seem to take special care of him. Do you like... elves?"

Seeing Karl's eyes shining with fire of gossip, Suldak wished to smash him into panda eyes with a punch.

"I'm just curious about him. What kind of belief is it that caused his arm to be injured like that, and he insisted on participating in the war! Ordinarily with his ability, life shouldn't have to be so embarrassing!" Suldak gently Sighing deeply, he said, "If he participates in the battle again, that arm will be completely useless. I want to find a reason for him to do so."

Karl curled his lips in disdain, and said indifferently: "Even if you found the answer, so what? Do you still want to help a thief and completely heal the hidden wounds on his arm? Let him use this weapon in the future." Continue to steal things?"

"..."

Suldak was speechless by Karl, but he always felt that this matter was not that simple.

……

The low-level hellhounds of the demons and the human defenders are in a stalemate in Wojmara City, consuming a lot of supplies every day.

The Wojmara City War Command is planning a counter-offensive operation. Almost every day, some magicians riding magic scorpions fly out of the city. They try to get out of the dense forest along the hellhounds and trace back to the hidden place. Hell connection channel.

The hell demons procrastinated on the Maca plane, so that the devil's son and the succubus could grow up.When the knights of the Hailansa Guard Battalion boarded the city wall for the third time, they saw a three-headed hellhound standing on a huge rock on a hill far outside the city, surrounded by several huge hellhounds .

It is like the king of hellhounds, staring at the city of Wojmara in the twilight...

Chapter 434 The corner forgotten by kindness

The Wojmara City War Command temporarily requisitioned a closed business building, and built a field hospital in just two days.

The field hospital can receive hundreds of wounded soldiers every day. Many soldiers are injured while defending the city, and they will be carried directly to the hospital by the auxiliary soldiers. In this way, the pressure of treatment on Suldak's side is greatly reduced.

Since the "Divine Blessing Body" can stabilize the wounded guards and help the seriously wounded soldiers pass the most dangerous period, the death rate of the wounded soldiers walking out of the Suldak treatment room is much lower than that of the field hospital. Here in Suldak, the local indigenous guards on the Maca plane will not be discriminated against. Many injured guards will still line up outside the treatment room, waiting for the Knight of the Hailansa Guard Battalion to spare more time for treatment. .

In order to allow Suldak to have more time for treatment, on the city wall where the knights of the Hailansa Guard Battalion are in charge of the defense section, there are always some cases where some indigenous guards assist in the defense for no reason. The guards sometimes bring some local specialties to the knights in the guard camp.

As for this guard battalion knight who is always doing nothing, Karl, who is the leader of the Hailansa Guard Battalion Support Squadron, has always given him the greatest freedom within his authority.

……

The Maca plane has a warm and pleasant climate, and most of the land is covered by vegetation. There are vines and shrubs in the forest outside the city, and hell dogs come out of the dense jungle. The mages brought considerable trouble, the mages did not dare to sneak into the dense forest on the magic scorpion, so they could not accurately trace the source of the hellhound.

The sun shines through the Taylor trees overhead, leaving dots of light on the sidewalks beside the city wall.

There was a faint fragrance of trees in the air. On the fifth day after arriving in Wojmara City, the Hailansa Guard Battalion took a break again. Suldak put down what he was doing and finally had a chance to enter the city.

He and Karl took to the streets. The city was full of warriors wearing leather armor and weapons. Occasionally, some knights on horses would pass by the streets. It was promised to equip the High Lansa Guard Battalion with war horses until now. Realized, Viscount Emmet communicated with the Plane War Command and learned that the Knights waiting for the horses are not the only one from the Hailansa Guard Battalion.

The main gate of Vozmara City is less than one kilometer away from the section of the city wall guarded by the Hailansa Guard Battalion. From a distance, Suldak saw a whole group of heavy cavalry gathered at the gate of the city. These horses were neatly lined up on the street. , There was the neighing of war horses.

The gate of the city was slowly opened, and there was a huge vibration from the falling of the suspension bridge, and then hundreds of heavy armored infantry rushed out of the city holding heavy shields, and formed a defense made of shields on the suspension bridge at the gate of the city. The city wore knights and rode out of the city one after another, confronting a group of hell dogs outside the city.

In the past two days, with a large number of reinforcements entering Wojmara City, the War Command has been trying to send knights and heavy armored infantry regiments to fight outside the city, in order to open up the situation in the Wojmara City area and prepare for the next big move. Make some preparations for the counterattack.

Karl looked enviously at the heavy cavalry who rushed out of the city on horseback. The crowd on both sides of the street burst into cheers and shouts of encouragement. The gate of the city seemed very crowded. Into a narrow alley.

……

This city is much bigger than Hailansa City, and the five blocks in the city are clearly divided, the rich area, the commercial area, the industrial area, the poor area X2, and so on.

In Vojmara City, the slums of the imperials and the slums of the local aborigines are two completely incompatible blocks. Suldak and Karl walked into this alley with walls full of wet moss. The stone road inside is full of sundries, and the narrow alleys are distributed like cobwebs in the slums of Wojmara City.

Drops of water fell from the eaves of the roof and shattered on the stone slabs by the street...

An old aboriginal man with wrinkled face rubbed his hands on the stone slab, grabbed the crushed herbs from the stone trough, squeezed them into sticky green pancakes and pasted them on the wound of the young man, the young man Eat and grin with a painful expression, but dare not make a sound.

The aborigines of the Maca plane sat under the eaves on both sides of the alley, leaning against each other with their upper bodies naked, and there seemed to be no panic on their faces after the siege of the city. Many of these aborigines crowded together were wounded young people, and they also had People are using oilcloth to maintain armor, and they are also sharpening spears in their hands with whetstones.

The Nanai aborigines came out from the depths of the mountains, entered the bustling city, and gradually adapted to the life here.

Most of the aborigines are engaged in the dirtiest, hardest and most tiring jobs in this city. Of course, the aborigines have another way out - to join the army. The Green Empire implements a nationwide recruitment system, but if they reach the limit, they can still stay in the army. In the barracks, and can receive a monthly salary, so there are some aboriginals who are professional fighters.

A young aboriginal guide stood under the eaves. He saw Suldak and Karl approaching, whispered something to his companions, then walked quickly to the street with bare feet, and greeted Karl humbly. , and took the two of them to the depths of the alley.

The roads here are intricate, and it is easy for unfamiliar people to get lost when walking in them. Only those who have lived here since childhood can find the shortest way.

The guide led Suldak and Ka into a street that looked more lively, with various taverns and hotels lined up on both sides, and some scantily clad street girls leaned on the stone pillars next to the gate, and greeted the passing pedestrians. Showing his worth, the native guide stood on the street, pointed to the innermost part of the street, and said to Carl, "Master Knight, the orphanage is at the innermost part of this street."

Some young imperial poor people on the street frequently made provocative gestures to the Nanai guide, but the Nanai guide just pretended not to see it, and explained to Carl in a low voice: "This street is where we Nanai and the Empire come together. The dividing line of the poor, we rarely step on this street, and they will not come to our side."

"Will you fight if you meet outside?" Karl asked curiously.

The Nanai guide puffed up his chest and said proudly, "After leaving here, they won't dare to provoke us."

"The poor people living here are a group of imperial people who entered the Maca plane a long time ago. They originally planned to create a career, but in the end due to various reasons, they stayed in Wozhimara City to live. They have already regarded this place as their home." Karl explained to Suldak in a low voice, and then turned to the Nanai guide and asked, "Then what should we do there?"

"There is their guide on this street." The Nanai guide said with some embarrassment.

The three of them walked along the street to a dilapidated yard. The yard was not too big. There were some purple morning glories growing on the fence at the gate, and there were delicate trumpets blooming outside the wall. A dilapidated wooden sign, with a line of words 'Worzmara Orphanage' written crookedly in imperial characters.

Karl stood at the entrance of the orphanage and asked the native guide: "Does this orphanage belong to your Nanai or to the poor of the empire?"

The native guide scratched his head vigorously, and it took him a long time to understand Karl's question. He shook his head and said clumsily, "Neither of them belong to us. We Nanai people don't have orphanages. The children of Nanai people belong to God Paglio." , we will raise them together. Regardless of the poor life of these imperial poor, their orphanage is between the poor area and the rich area, and there are many rich people who are willing to go there to express their kindness. This orphanage is They are specially designed to take in children of mixed race."

"..."

In the yard, a group of children are sitting on a bench in the yard holding wooden bowls to eat, and a hunched old mother is standing in front of the wooden table with a wooden bucket, scooping from the bucket while holding a wooden spoon Serving vegetable soup, he said, "Eat well, you guys are clamoring all day long to grow up quickly, how can you do it with just such a little?"

Karl and Suldak pushed open the wooden door and walked in from the outside. They saw a group of children holding porridge and eating it silently with their heads down. They didn't make a sound while eating.Hearing footsteps coming from the gate of the courtyard, all the children looked out together.

Now Suldak suddenly discovered that this group of children obviously had features that did not belong to humans, but they were also not indigenous children. They should be a group of half-elves, half-orcs, or other weird features, pointy ears, plush Ears, bi-colored eyes, and kitten whiskers on the mouth, each child is different, but without exception, they are not pure-blooded human.

At the end of the wooden bench, Karl accidentally saw the little girl who had picked up the terro fruit. He didn't expect that she actually lived in the orphanage.

The little girl obviously saw Carl at a glance. She was so excited that she jumped off the stool, but was held back by an older child beside her.

The native guide standing at the door said in a low voice: "This kind of mixed-race children, the public orphanage in Wojmara City does not accept them. This kind of children are full of destructive power, violent and obedient. I want to make them sensible and obedient. It takes a lot of patience to communicate with them and build trust with them, not every nun in an orphanage is willing to do this!"

Karl frowned and said nothing. He knew that if such a mixed-race child entered the Kilometer Orphanage, most of the taxpayers in Wojmara City would protest to the city governor. The city hall should not waste taxpayers' money like this, because this Parents of children basically do not pay taxes to the tax collector, so they do not enjoy ordinary citizenship rights.

Generally speaking, the status of these people is worse than that of the poor. They are basically prostitutes, thieves, tramps, etc., and it is difficult for such people to survive themselves, so it is easier to abandon their children.

Carl asked the native guide: "So there is an orphanage here?"

Before the native guide could answer, the old nun who was carrying a wooden bucket bent over and walked over slowly, saying, "It can only be regarded as a shelter, and they come here because they really have nowhere to go."

Afterwards, she took a soft look at the children on the bench behind her, and said with a slight smile, "They are all good children, but they just don't know how to express themselves."

Karl asked the old nanny, "Is there a half-elf archer who is very good at arching, and he is also an orphan who went out from here?"

The old mama heard that a few people were looking for a half-elf archer, a trace of worry and panic flashed in her eyes, she clasped her rough hands on her chest, and asked bitterly, "Are you here to look for Samira? Poor kid, please forgive her for what she did wrong, everything she did was for the shelter here."

She didn't even ask Samira what she did wrong, she was just exonerating her, and it seemed that the half-elf archer had a bad record in the past, just like the rumors.

"Oh, no!" Carl stood up straight, with an air of integrity and trustworthiness, which can also be said to be one of the eight virtues of knights. Carl said to the old mother: "She has been sticking to the watch tower recently Let’s fight against the Hellhound’s siege together with us, and he is our best archer, and he gets the most harvest every time.”