Dawn of the Ash Tower

The Earl of Saron is located at the northernmost tip of the Cangshi Kingdom.Although the Frost Guards nominally admit that they are the subjects of the kingdom, the terrifying unity of the northerners and their control over the Dragon's Back Mountain make the royal family feel uneasy.Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the Earl of Saron, the task of the first earl was to contain the power of the Frost Guard in the north.The establishment of the entire earldom was prepared to be transformed into a barrier against the northerners when necessary.The first to bear the brunt of this is the capital of the earldom, Valley City.

The location of Valley City is just like its name, it is on the bank of Dragon Blood Creek, the largest waterway in the entire Earldom.At the same time, due to the influence of the remnants of the Dragon's Back Mountain, the terrain of the entire earldom is dominated by mountains and rugged hills, and the location of the valley city happens to be at the most accessible lowland gorge.In this way, as long as the Valley City is occupied, the entire northern route to the south can be cut off.But this also required that the Valley City had to face attacks from surrounding highlands and threats from waterways during the war.Therefore, the definition of this city at the beginning of its establishment was not a commercial or agricultural city, but a complete military fortress.

Earl Saron's castle is like a nail, firmly set into the road leading to the south, and its towering outer city wall is no worse than the main cities of other duchies.The only disadvantage is that the small geographical space limits the size of the city, making it difficult to develop into a large city.But for military fortresses, the larger the size, the more difficult it is to mobilize supplies and troops. Those giant cities that only take an hour or two to ride across the city may not be as good as the Valley City in terms of defense. powerful.

Although the northerners have proved over time that they have no ambition to compete for the land in the south, and in recent decades, the successive earls of the Saron family have gotten along well with the legion, but the city maintenance cost of the valley city is not ambiguous at all.Therefore, it is almost impossible task even for the famous blood lion to enter the valley city with a team of forty cavalry without the permission of the people in the city.

Lyon has been circling Dale City for a day.During this period, no matter how much he and his subordinates yelled, or shot arrows with letters on the city wall, there was no response from the valley city.Not even Lyon saw a single living person on the walls.Although Leon didn't know that the Saron family had all died of the plague, and even the only surviving youngest daughter, Gloria, had mutated into a monster due to the illness, but the knight commander could draw conclusions about the situation in the city based on his own experience. Very bad conclusion.The farmhouses and villages along the way were in a state of misery, the burned houses, and the dilapidated fields all showed that the situation in the earldom was worse than imagined.What's even more frightening is that Lyon didn't find any corpses of residents along the way, or that he had never seen a corpse with flesh.Wherever the knights went, they could only see scattered bones, and the black spots on the bones made Leon dare not let his hands go down to contain these bones.This reminded him of the rumors of monsters among the refugees received in Zhuoliu Town.

Those horrible and blood-devouring monsters came along with the plague, they never showed up in the daytime, they only appeared at night, they attacked livestock, poultry and even lonely humans.With the development of the plague, those monsters became more unscrupulous. They would attack families living in remote areas, and thick wooden doors and solid walls could not stop their hungry claws.

At first, Leon thought it was the refugees who had seen the plague-infected beast.There is precedent for this, and many plagues can make infected creatures go berserk, especially beasts.But as he led the team into the infected area, he felt that it was impossible for those beasts alone to cause such huge damage.Lyons even found a completely collapsed house in one town.The destruction of that house was so unnatural, it was as if, as if something had hollowed out the foundations of the whole house.The knight commander realized that there might really be something wandering in the infected area beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

In this world, although magic and curses are not common, they are not really non-existent.Not to mention the Twilight Theocracy, which has a terrifying belief in the eyes of outsiders, there are at least half a dozen various magical creatures and spellcasters that they have seen during their missions in Lyon.And every encounter with these existences would put Lyon's team in a near-death situation.The Knight Commander is well aware of the dangers and horrors of those things that lie in the shadows of the world.Therefore, he asked his knights to be careful at all times, which was a prerequisite for survival in the face of those unknown existences.

"My lord, where shall we camp tonight?" A knight came to Leon and asked.

The knight commander looked up at the gradually setting sun.He remembered the rumors about the refugees—they only came out at night.He thought for a while and said.

"Camp up tonight by the Dragon's Blood Creek, double the number of vigils. Don't be stingy with the torches."

If it was normal, the knight would definitely ask Leon if it was necessary to be so careful.However, the eerie silence in the Earl made him feel that the knight commander's decision was correct.He even doubted whether he could really fall asleep in such an environment.

"By the way, my lord, I heard that Violent Hammer also sent a search team." It was no secret, the king ordered the Kingdom Knights and the troops of Violent Hammer to enter the earldom from two directions to explore.In this way, the two teams can also take care of each other.

"Yes, it's just that they entered the Earldom from the Western Region, and the distance to Dale City is a bit farther than ours. I think if they don't encounter any problems, they will probably join us tomorrow." Leon nodded, knowing The presence of friendly troops can boost the morale of the soldiers.

"Then their team leader will be the rumored Knight Commander Heather?" the young knight asked excitedly.

Leon could understand his excitement. In the military, no matter what kind of army, women are rare animals.Not to mention Heather, the female knight known as the Hammer Rose, even Leon himself would feel surging in his heart when he remembered the memories of acting with Heather.

"I don't know, maybe it is, maybe it's not. We'll find out soon, right?" The Knight Commander said with a slight smile.

Not only was the young knight not disappointed after getting the ambiguous answer from Mo Luo, but he left happily.Perhaps it is time to apply to His Majesty for a few female knights to be placed in the Knight Order?Leon looked at the knights cheering softly in the distance and thought.Immediately, he dispelled his somewhat absurd idea.

The sun gradually lost its brilliance in the shadow of Dragon's Back Mountain, and the knights had already set up camp by the Dragon's Blood Creek, and the raised bonfire dispelled the cold night.It has also become a beacon to guide those predators in the dark.Leon felt that this night might not be peaceful.He gently wiped the sword that he had fought with him for many years, and said to the herald.

"I ordered all the staff to wear armor tonight, and I asked them to be able to fight within three breaths."

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