Dawn of the Ash Tower

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Just when Cheese and Leon were rushing to their destination separately, unlike the anxious mood of the mage and the knight commander, Lothar's heart could almost be said to be joyful.For the Count of Montenegro, nothing is more challenging than facing an unknown enemy.Observing the enemy in battle, and then thinking about ways to overcome them, was Lothar's favorite pastime.Although the act of war is a means for almost all commanders to obtain resources or protect the territory and people, but as far as the Earl of Montenegro is concerned, this kind of direct large-scale armed conflict is not just for him to fulfill his noble duties. Duty of duty, it was his interest.

An assassination in his childhood caused heavy losses to the Montenegro family. The previous Earl of Montenegro and his wife both died unexpectedly, while Lothar at that time survived because of a short trip invited by a friend.Although he was lucky enough to escape the assassination, the murderer and the mastermind behind the scenes were quickly found out for questioning, but the death of his parents plunged the young Lothar into an unprecedented confusion.Although King Cangshi also expressed his concern for the sole heir of the Montenegro family, and brought Lothar to the capital for education, it may be because no one can truly replace his parents to give him the direction.For Lothar at that time, the family, the title, and even the kingdom had nothing to do with him. He was just an orphan who had lost his direction. The teachings of the king and the teacher did not allow him to find himself. As time passed, Lothar seemed to have been depressed like this.

Under such circumstances, depravity is almost a matter of course. Spending time on endless fun and enjoyment seems to be the most capable way to paralyze oneself, but Lothar does not.The way he showed confused those who wanted to win him over. As a young man without the constraints of his elders, he was too abstinent.The young earl even rejected the servants assigned to him by the king. During the years in the capital, Lothar seemed to only appear in two places outside of his residence, and that was the large library and the martial arts arena in the capital.

As the carrier of knowledge, books are precious and rare in the secular kingdom, so whether it is the Cangshi Kingdom or other human nations, or even in other intelligent races, books must be carefully preserved.The large library in the royal capital was established by the Cangshi Kingdom to preserve books. The books obtained from the kingdom or outside the kingdom are basically kept in backup.And if you want to enter and exit the large library, unless you are a nobleman in the kingdom or a scholar with corresponding certificates.As for ordinary people, the big library is not open to them. Of course, it's not that the king doesn't want his people to know more. It's just that, as I said before, knowledge is a precious resource in this era.

From this point of view, Lothar, who often went to the big library, should have accumulated a lot of knowledge during that time. This knowledge may become his strength. When he returns to the Montenegrin Territory as an adult, he will become an outstanding the ruler.But in fact, this is not the case. Although Lothar spent a lot of time reading books in the large library when he was young, what he read was not geographical history, nor mysterious astrological medicine.The earl had read only one type of book in the great library—the volumes of bards.If this is not enough to make people understand, then the so-called bard archives refers to the collection of stories told by various bards.In other words, fiction.

But just when the nobles and scholars in the capital sighed that another absurd noble who was obsessed with knight's biography or weird magic would appear, Lothar did not act as ridiculously as they thought.On the contrary, the earl's demeanor has become more humble, people will not be frightened by an earl who brainwashed the biography of knights, but Lothar's performance is really more and more incomprehensible, the weird Montenegro , this is Lothar's nickname when he was in the capital.

Compared with these, Lothar's superb martial arts practiced in the martial arts field makes people think that it is much more logical.When Lothar returned to Montenegro to inherit his title and territory the year before last, he could deal with the knights of the three kingdoms alone without armor. Such force made the king unabashedly hope that he can become a military force in the kingdom. lord.After Lothar returned to the territory, he quickly reorganized the bear hunters into a well-trained force as expected by the king.And from that time on, Lothar began to actively apply to the king for combat instructions.His bear hunter troop became the troop with the most frequent battles in the entire Cangshi Kingdom.As a matter of course, many nobles in the kingdom began to look up to the young lord, and invitations for meals and dances were said to be used as fireplace fuel in Montenegro Castle.However, in the face of these olive branches, Lothar was unmoved. No matter what other people invited, the Earl of Montenegro just buried himself in his battle. If it was to show his loyalty to the king, Lothar also refused. The king granted him the marriage with the third princess of the kingdom.His acting style is so weird that no one can figure out what this person is thinking.

In fact, Lothar didn't think about anything.Just because he never came out of the shadow of his childhood.Back to the present, the Earl of Montenegro urged his mount, and soon came to the outskirts of Zhuoliu Town, where the bear hunters and the Kingdom Knights fought against the Ratmen.The Ratmen poured into the streets of Zhuoliu Town from outside the town like crazy ghosts. They didn't pay attention to tactics and efficiency at all, they just blindly and suicidally attacked the defense line of human soldiers.With an axe, a squirrel who jumped down from the roof was lifted into the air, and he drove his horse, which was also in armor, to step on the monster that had lost its ability to resist with its front hooves.

"Be careful! They are above the house!" The Earl of Montenegro shouted to the surrounding soldiers, reminding them to be alert.

This is the case, although the human side has an absolute advantage in equipment, well-trained and well-dressed soldiers can kill and injure the ratmen who pounce on them several times when they form a defensive formation.But these native rats have the right to choose the direction of attack, above the head, under the feet, or in the shadow of the corner.Lothar saw with his own eyes a native skaven drilled through the gravel road in Zhuoliu Town, and disemboweled a soldier who hadn't been discovered in time from behind.These insane monsters followed instinct and attacked soldiers from their weakest point of view.

"Don't stand alone, move in teams!" So Lothar issued a second order.

With Lothar and Gregory on the scene, the soldiers whose morale had been low due to the loss of their forward positions began to gradually regain their status. After the Earl of Montenegro set an example, he rushed into the group of Ratmen and killed a After going back and forth, these fighters also know that the enemies they fight are not the product of nightmares, they can also be killed.But seeing that the situation on the battlefield was gradually tilted towards the human side, Lothar's expression did not look good.It was all too easy, as if the skaven were vulnerable the moment he came into battle.Although Lothar asked himself that his quality of commanding battles should be among the best in the kingdom, he would not believe that his simple two instructions and a show of force could make these troops seize a large number of positions from his troops at an extremely fast speed. The monster fell flat.Something is wrong.

"Gah!" There was an unpleasant stench from his mouth. The earl's golden armor was the most striking symbol on the battlefield. A rat man suddenly came out from the ground, grabbed the back of the earl's war horse, and tried to pull the horse down. The count fell off his horse.However, its attempts were in vain. As Lothar's mount, this war horse has experienced far more battles than ordinary soldiers. It does not need the earl's order, and a simple back kick will kill the rat man. The whole thing was brought out from the ground, and then fell heavily on the ground behind.

Lothar, who was sitting on the horse, was not surprised by this small episode. He had already gotten used to the ever-changing situation on the battlefield, and he had also developed the ability to keep thinking in this environment.Many people will give up thinking after entering the fighting state, and even completely rely on the instinct or experience they have developed before. This is no different from suicide in Lothar's view.While dealing with the Ratman rushing towards him, the Earl of Montenegro was also looking for what he thought was wrong.Finally, after a close encounter, he discovered why the skaven seemed so insane.

"They're on fire?"

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