MTL - Dawn of the Grey Tower-Chapter 15 Gully

The Earl of Saron is at the northernmost end of the whole Cangshi Kingdom. Although the nominal Frost Guardian admits that he is a kingdom's people, the northerners' terrible solidarity and control over Longji Mountain make it difficult for the royal family to feel at ease. Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the Earl of Saron, the task of the first Earl was to contain the Frost Guard ’s power in the North. The establishment of the entire Earl's Neck was prepared when necessary to transform into a barrier against the northerners. The first to bear the brunt of this is the capital of the Earl, Valley City.

The location of the Valley City is like its name. It is located on the shore of the Dragon Blood Stream, the largest watercourse of the Earl's Collar. At the same time, because of the influence of the Longji Mountain, the entire Earlland terrain is dominated by mountains and rugged hills. The Valley City is also located at the mouth of the lowest isthmus. In this way, as long as the valley city is occupied, the entire road to the south of the northern border can be cut off. However, this also required Valley City to face attacks from the surrounding highlands and the threat of waterways during the war. Therefore, the definition of this city at the beginning of the city was not a commercial or agricultural city, but a thorough military fortress.

Count Saron ’s castle was like a nail, and it was inlaid on the road to the south, and its towering outer wall was no less than the main city of the other duke lords. The only drawback is that the small geographic space limits the size of the city, and it is destined to be difficult to develop into a large city. But for a military fortress, the larger the volume, the more difficult it is to mobilize supplies and troops. Those giant cities that only take an hour or two to cross the city on horseback alone may not be as good as the valley city. Tough.

Although the northerners used time to prove that they had no ambitions to compete for the land in the south, and the counts of the Salon family in recent decades have all got along well with the legion, but the city maintenance cost of the valley city is not ambiguous. Therefore, it is almost impossible to enter the Valley City without the permission of the people in the city with the team of forty rides, even for the famous blood lion.

Lyon has been around the valley town for a day. During this period, no matter how he and his men shouted, or shot arrows with letters on the city wall, there was no response in the valley city. Not even Lyon saw any living people on the city walls. Although Lyon did not know that the Salon family had all died of the plague, even the only surviving young daughter Gloria had become a monster in the pain, but the knight chief could draw the city ’s The situation is very bad. The tragic farmhouses and villages along the way, the burned houses and the broken fields all indicate that the situation in the Earl's collar is worse than expected. What is even more terrible is that Lyon has not found any corpses of residents, or that he has not seen any corpses with meat. What the knights could see was only scattered white bones, and the black spots on the white bones even made Lyon dare not let his hands go down to converge these bones. This reminded him of the monster rumors circulating among the refugees received in Zhuoliu Town.

Those horrible and blood-eating monsters come with the plague. They never show up during the day, only appear at night. They attack livestock, poultry and even single humans. With the development of the plague, those monsters have become more unscrupulous. They will attack families living in remote areas. Thick wooden doors and solid walls cannot stop their hungry claws.

At the beginning, Lyon only thought it was the refugees who saw the beast infected by the plague. There are precedents to follow, and many plagues can make infected creatures violent, especially in beasts. But as he led the team into the epidemic area, he felt that the beasts alone could never have caused such great damage. Lyon even found a completely collapsed house in a town. The damage to that house was so unnatural, as if, something had hollowed out the foundation of the whole house. The Cavaliers realized that there might be something beyond ordinary people's imagination wandering in the epidemic area.

In this world, although magic and curses are not common, they are not really non-existent. Not to mention the Twilight Religion, which has a terrible belief in the eyes of outsiders. At least half a dozen of the various magical creatures and spellcasters I saw during the mission in Lyon. And every encounter with these existences will bring Lyon's team into a state of nine deaths. The knight knew deeply how dangerous and terrible those things were in the shadow of the world. Therefore, he asked his knights to be cautious at all times, which is a prerequisite for life preservation in the face of unknown existence.

"Master, where are we camping tonight?" A knight came to Lyon and asked.

The long knight looked up and watched the setting sun gradually fall. He remembered the rumors of the refugees-they only appeared at night. He thought about it and said.

"Tonight camp by the Dragon Blood Stream, double the number of vigils. Don't be stingy with torches."

If it is usual, the knight will ask Lyon if it is necessary to be so careful. However, the strange silence in the Earl's collar made him think that the Knight's decision was correct. He even doubted whether he could really fall asleep in such an environment.

"For adults, UU reads www.uukanshu.com. He heard that the Hammer also sent a search team." This is not a secret. The king ordered the troops of the Kingdom Knights and the Duke of Hammer to enter the Earl's collar from two directions explore. In this way, the two teams can also take care of each other.

"Yes, it's just that they entered the Earl's Neck from the west, and the distance to the Valley City was a little farther than ours. I think if they didn't encounter any problems, they would probably join us tomorrow." Lyon nodded and knew The presence of friendly forces can increase the morale of the soldiers.

"Then their leader will be the rumored Heather knight?" The young knight asked excitedly.

Lyon can understand his excitement. In the army, no matter what kind of army, women are rare animals. Not to mention Heather, a horsewoman known as the Rose of the Hammer, even when Lyon himself remembers the memories of acting with Heather, his heart will feel surging.

"I don't know, maybe yes, maybe not. We will know soon, don't we?" Cavaliers smiled lightly and said.

The young knight, after getting this Morrow's answer, was not disappointed, but left happily. Perhaps you should apply to your majesty to install a few female knights in the knighthood? Lyon looked at the knights cheering softly in the distance. Immediately dismissed this somewhat absurd idea.

The sun gradually lost its glory in the shadow of Longji Mountain. The knights' camp on the Dragon's Blood Creek had been set up. The rising campfire dispelled the night's coldness. It has also become a beacon to guide the predators in the dark. Lyon felt that this night might not be calm. He gently wiped the saber that followed him for many years and said to the herald.

"Tonight everyone is ordered to wear armor for trimming, and I ask them to be able to fight within three breaths."