The Sun King's Evidence

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The Battle of Wallaya Gate finally ended with the retreat of the participating armies. Judging from the results, the expeditionary force held the Wallaya Gate and repelled the attacks of greenskins, ratmen, and undead. Although they suffered heavy losses, they basically Having accomplished his strategic goal, it can be regarded as an out-and-out tragic victory.

In terms of the expeditionary army, Belegar's 5,000 dwarf army was constantly protected by Valaya. Only more than 800 people died in battle, and there were still more than 4,200 people, and their status was full. The dwarf rune craftsman Slud -The Honest One was promoted to Rune Master and Rune Lord in one fell swoop, becoming another strong man in the Sanctuary.

As for the human army, the casualty rate of knights and knights' retinues is still barely acceptable. The four thousand knights participating in the battle suffered less than a thousand casualties, the knights' retinues suffered more than 1,800 casualties, and the four battalions of the Old Guards suffered 1,500 casualties. After counting more than a hundred people, only a thousand were left, and the serf infantry regiment suffered the heaviest losses. After the original fifteen serf infantry regiments were reorganized, there were only less than eight left, and nearly half of them were killed. During the expedition, Of the more than 16,000 serf infantry, less than 8,000 were left.

As for the mercenaries, Kislev's Sea Soul Guards were completely wiped out, and Leonardo's Leopard Regiment was completely dispersed. This guy led the remaining two hundred people to protect the eagle flag and supported them directly from Kalad. Direction escaped and did not enter the Walaya Gate.

Thirty percent of the rangers were killed.

After counting the casualties, after the expeditionary army participated in the Battle of Walaya Gate, including Belega's more than 4,000 troops, the original number of 35,000 had been reduced to about 20,000.

Skarsnik and his Evil Moon Clan participated in the war with 60,000 troops, but by the time they retreated to Eight Peaks, they had less than 25,000. The Evil Moon Clan lost a large number of green-skinned Big Brother warbands in the Battle of Valaya's Gate. Together with the green boy warband, the powerful Anak'nari giant spider war group was also lost, and the troll legion also stayed in the tunnel, but the cunning Skarsnik did not invest the most elite black orc legion. and its personal bodyguard, the Night Goblins "The Outlaws of Eight Peaks Mountain".

The right-clawed headhunter Quirk of the Skaven Mors clan also suffered losses of more than 20,000 in this war. Five storm rats and six dimensional lightning cannons were destroyed. Headhunter Quirk has already sent his troops to Karak. -The Moss clan territory in Hongyun Mountain seeks reinforcements.

When Neferata set off from the Silver Peak Mountain, the countless undead army finally escaped Khalida's pursuit and returned to the Silver Peak Mountain. Only a dozen Lamian female vampires from the Lahmian Sisterhood were left. , as for the losses suffered by Khalida and her Lybalas Army, they were not very big, but that is a story for another day.

At this time, Ryan and others who had retreated into the Valaya Gate had no time to think about Khalida and Neferata.

Two hours later, within the deep and quiet leyline network.

Behind Valaya's Gate is a brand new dwarf leyline network. Although it has gone through an extremely long time, the leyline network behind the door has indeed not suffered any attacks or earthquakes, and many ancient runes can still run.

At the top of the tunnel, under the guidance of the rune power of the dwarf rune master Slud, the ancient rune stones began to glow, and a great underground fortress gradually appeared in front of the expeditionary army. The area of ​​this fortress was not particularly large. There is a main castle and two branch castles built in a deep mountain cave, covering an area of ​​less than one hectare. Two dozens of meters high statues of the mother goddess Wallaya, one of the three main gods of the dwarves, are located in front of the underground city. From the appearance, she is a short, fat, dwarf woman with a round figure.

On a statue, the dwarf mother goddess wears a pointed two-cornered round helmet on her head, has two big braids, wears breastplate and chain armor, is fully armed, and holds a rune battle ax and shield in her hand.

Another statue shows Varaya wearing a loose robe, holding a baby in her arms and feeding the baby beer.

That's pretty dwarfy.

Belegar-Ironhammer led all the dwarves of the Angrond clan to kneel down and pay tribute to this great mother goddess. If this mother goddess had not inspired and protected the dwarf army, they would have lost their lives in such a tragic war. It was impossible to pay more than 800 casualties.

The human army could only remain silent. The knights in tattered armor followed the king and bowed collectively, expressing their respect for the dwarf ancestor god. Valaya's power not only protected the dwarves, but also helped humans. Neferata and Her undead army's always invincible undead magic also eclipsed the power of Valaya, unable to resurrect the dead for her use, which was also an important help to the human army.

The more than 200-meter-long bridge leads directly to the gate of the city, and the luminous stones on both sides echo each other. The newly promoted dwarf sanctuary rune master Slud-Honest walked at the front and introduced to Ryan and Belega: "Valaya The main temple, also known as the City of Wallaya, is a masterpiece of ancient dwarf rune craftsmen. It is the only remaining main temple of the three ancestors that was not built in the Kingdom of Mountains."

"Walaya inspired me in the illusion. She gave me strength and courage." The army crossed the long castle bridge, Srud-the Honest lit up the runes, and the sound of the machine's wheels was accompanied by smoke and Dust, a broad and grand hall appeared in front of everyone.

The army began to set up camp in this empty dwarf city. The extremely tired human army immediately looked for a place to rest in the castle. They fetched water from the underground river of the main temple, ate a hasty meal with dry food, and then fell asleep. , some soldiers didn't have time to take off their armor and fell asleep directly on the ground.

Ryan was also seriously injured. After making some arrangements, he took a bath to clean the wound and found a side hall to rest.

The dwarves were very energetic. Seeing that the army of knights was very tired, the dwarves took the initiative to undertake the tasks of patrolling and sentrying. Among them, the direction of Wallaya Gate was the key defense target, but the dwarf rangers led by Belega soon discovered The collapse of the ancestral hall on the other side of the gate has caused the collapse of an entire leyline network outside. It will take at least several decades for the greenskins, undead, or ratmen to dig up this leyline network again. This is obviously impossible.

Belegar personally led a group of dwarf rangers on a patrol. The King of Eight Peaks' heart fluctuated. He knew how many sacrifices Ryan and his chivalry army had made in this battle, and if it weren't for Valaya's Blessed, the dwarves will also suffer heavy casualties.

After several hours of patrolling, within the deep leyline network, Belegar led the rangers back to the city of Walaya. Oncoming were Slud-Honest and the dwarf leader Berric-Northstar and him. The North Star Ax Group, a group of iron-breaking warriors.

The dwarf patriarch Berric North Star was also in high spirits. He said to Belegar: "Your Majesty, we checked the ley network leading to the Titan Gate in Eight Peaks Mountain. Fortunately, the runes of the ancestors are still functioning. As long as We can open the passage to Eight Peaks Mountain at any time if we need it. If we don't need it, then neither the Skaven rats nor the green-skinned guys will be able to find the rune door from the smooth rock wall."

"Very good, it seems that we have a comfortable home for the time being." Belega's face was serious, and the King of Eight Peaks thought for a moment: "Have Brother Ryan woke up?"

"Most humans are still resting, but His Majesty Ryan and those respectable Holy Grail Knights are already up." Berrick North Star said with respect.

The army of knights has won the respect of all dwarves through their hard battles.

"We still need to discuss with Brother Ryan how to fight this war next." Belega nodded, and the King of the Eight Peaks Mountain walked into the castle.

In the corner of Wallaya City, the Holy Grail Knights are gathering here. Two Holy Grail Knights have returned to the embrace of the Lake Fairy forever.

Ryan, who had woken up, knelt on one knee. He knelt silently in front of the relics of many knights. Due to the hasty retreat, the bones of many knights did not have time to be collected and buried.

"Sir Aristide, Sir Froy, Count Dulin, Baron Lops...the knight brothers who died in this battle, as well as the Old Guards and serf infantry who gave their lives for the expedition to the Eight Peaks Mountains They used their sacrifices to gain this tragic victory for us." Ryan whispered, and the king closed his eyes sadly.

Behind him, more than twenty Holy Grail Knights, led by Kalad, Fedmund, and Antelm, all knelt down on one knee to pay tribute to these fallen warriors. Bertrand, the commander of the Old Guards, was also among them. , the knights whispered: "Never forget! Never forgive!"

"Revenge!" Ryan held the goddess of revenge tightly.

"Never forget! Never forgive!!!" the knights shouted again, with the fire of revenge burning in everyone's eyes.

After a brief mourning, Ryan stood up and took out a weapon: "Everyone, do you know who the owner of this sword is?"

"This is Black-Hearted Lepp's sword, the blood of bravery!" Kalad sighed softly, and said seriously: "Black-Hearted Lepp... also died in the battle."

"He is a respectable warrior. I saw him bravely fighting the Skaven warlord, the headhunter Quik, to buy time." Fedmund also walked up: "Finally Defeated... killed."

"A respectable warrior." Antelm also walked up, and Count Kuileu said loudly: "On behalf of the knights, I would like to announce that the past has been wiped out. He and his independent regiment have won our victory. respect."

"Respectable warrior!" The knights nodded in agreement. The dead accounts were settled. Now that Black Heart Lepp is dead, the knights agreed that everything ends here. From today on, they recognize Black Heart Lepp's contribution and the status of the independent regiment. .

"After Black Heart Repp died in the battle, his deputy Durant wanted to take back his body, but he only took back this." Ryan glanced outside, with many bandages on his body and walking with a limp. Durant came in from the outside with a wooden stick on his crutches. He took Black-Hearted Lepp's sword from Ryan's hand and couldn't help crying, "Captain!"

Everyone was silent.

The losses in this war were huge. The knights had sophisticated armor and shields, so they were not easily killed by penetrating armor. After all, most greenskins, ratmen, and undead skeletons had limited armor-breaking capabilities, but the serf infantry could not. Not as good protection anymore.

Recovering Bafeng Mountain is destined to be an extremely difficult war. Wanting to completely recover the entire Bafeng Mountain through one or two decisive battles is simply thinking too much and being too simplistic. Otherwise, Belega would not have failed three times in trying to recover Bafeng Mountain. The second time, with the strong support of the 10,000-strong army of High King Thor Green, they invaded the interior of the Eight Peaks Mountain, but in the end they had to retreat.

An expedition is not a treat. The difficulty of the great expedition to recover the Eight Peaks Mountains is just that, otherwise the rewards would not be so generous.

"Let's rest here for a while." Ryan then gave the order: "The supplies are enough for the time being, and the army needs to rest. Please settle down first and heal your wounds. How should we fight next? Wait until we and Belega The king will discuss this."

"Yes!" The knights dispersed in a hurry.

Ryan turned around again, and the king let out a sigh of relief and remained silent for a long time.

The ranger commander Estelle was also killed in the battle. This news even came to the end after they retreated to the Walaya Gate and when they were counting the number of people, they discovered that Estelle had not returned and the half-elf remained on the other side of the gate forever. , he didn’t leave any last words, and no one even knew how he fell.

The sacrifice of the expedition made Ryan unable to speak for a long time. The King of Knights actually had a premonition of all the situations before the expedition. After all, the difficulty of the Eight Peaks Mountain expedition was well known, but when he really faced this moment, he still couldn't hide his grief.

But the rewards after the bloody battle were also rich. After experiencing this truly tragic war, more than a hundred knights were promoted to the legendary level alone. A Holy Grail knight and an expedition knight broke through the legend and advanced to the holy realm.

Even Ryan himself is on the verge of breaking through to the high level of the Holy Domain.

Seventy-three of the old guards were promoted to the legendary level in one fell swoop after the bloody battle.

The sound of high heels came from far away, and a slim figure hugged the King of Knights from behind. The smell of rose perfume covered Ryan's sense of smell, and a gentle voice whispered in Ryan's ear: "My dear, it's not your fault. You tried your best, you have accomplished the impossible feat with one against two, those are Neferata and Gul!"

"Veronica..." Ryan turned around and hugged the Witch of Gloria into his arms. The king said softly: "What's the matter?"

"King Belegar asked you to come over, my dear." Veronica stood on tiptoes and kissed Ryan on the lips: "There are new discoveries in the main temple."

"Well, let's go there together."

Ten minutes later, the main temple of Wallaya.

In the magnificent, solemn and regular hall, thousands of ancient runes are shining. The statue of Valaya stands in the center of the hall, more than forty meters high. Ryan and Belega are walking side by side, hundreds of The luminous stone re-glowed under the power of the runes, lighting up the entire hall.

The people who came in seemed extremely small. After passing through the golden arches and the glorious corridor, Ryan and others listened to the explanations of Rune Master Slude.

"Walaya predicted very early on that perhaps one day the dwarves would face an unprecedented disaster and the glory of the mountains would be dimmed, so the Mother Goddess did not build her main temple among those mountain kingdoms. Instead, we chose to bury ourselves deep underground in order to give our civilization a chance to survive in times of crisis.”

The door to the weapons depot in the temple was opened, and there were hundreds of rows of dwarf rune-standard equipment with no end in sight. Slude said with pride: "The temple has a full set of runes sufficient to equip several dwarf legions. Equipment and weapons, the ancestral rune craftsmen have selflessly crafted these weapons and armor, as well as many exquisite war machines, so that they can be put to use one day. I have already started to let the mustaches start to modify some of the rune equipment. Brother Ryan, these equipment will definitely help you and us."

"Yeah!" Ryan and Belega couldn't help being excited, and they nodded repeatedly.

"There is a dwarf forge underground in the fortress, which stores three doomsday anvils, hundreds of tons of meteorite and mithril, countless steel and a very complete dwarf weapon forging workshop, and it can Use, we can repair our damaged equipment and forge new armors and weapons here, as well as make new war machines." Slud-Honest walked to the statue of the ancestors, and he pressed the rune: "This Many functions in this fortress need to be further explored. Although they are ancient technologies, I would say that these technologies are so advanced that I don’t know where the Mountain Kingdom is now.”

There was a rumbling sound, and a huge platform rose from the entire hall. All the people standing on the platform found themselves rising on the spot until they reached the second floor of the main hall, the second floor of the main temple of Wallaya. , the map of the Dwarf Mountain Kingdom and the murals of countless ancestors' great achievements appeared in front of everyone under the illumination of the luminous stone and the divine light of the dwarf ancestors. Ancient dwarf music and chants could be heard endlessly, telling the story of the past glory of the Mountain Kingdom.

Slud said with a tone of pride and sorrow: "What we boarded is a creation of the most glorious era of the dwarves. At that time, our civilization was like the most brilliant meteorite in the Gremni starry sky, shining across the mountains and the world."

On the map of the Mountain Kingdom, all the lines of the dense network of ley lines are clearly visible.

"All the situations in the Leyline Network have been updated. My king, Brother Ryan, now we can prepare our next plan under the guidance of our ancestors."

"Very good!" Belega's voice was indescribably excited. The King of the Eight Peaks Mountain clenched the Holy Hammer in his hand: "With this castle and Valaya's blessing, we will surely recapture the Eight Peaks Mountain and restore us. Home!”

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