finally!
In the early morning of the third day after receiving the information, the southern city area of ​​Neverwinter City bounded by the Neverwinter River, part of the docks and the repaired city area collapsed into a gap called a "chasm" but was later discovered.
The seal, the area currently being repaired, is all surrounded by the undead army led by the red-robed wizard.
Looking from the tall walls of Neverwinter City that have been repaired not long ago, I can see that the originally green land in the south of Neverwinter City is densely packed with the kind of black people who are tireless, fearless and have no fear.
A terrifying undead army that doesn't need any supplies.
That is the real ‘Shadow of Death’!
And now, although they came a day or two late, they still came after all, and shrouded the hearts of all the defenders, making all the Neverwinter guards who were standing on the city wall ready for battle as well as those who had been temporarily recruited
The hearts of the militiamen, adventurers, caravan guards, and other warriors who came to help with the defense felt heavy in their hearts.
"..."
At this time, on the south wall of Neverwinter City, the actual person in charge of this extremely prosperous metropolis a few days ago, the Prime Minister of Neverwinter, Edkin, who was known as the "Hand of the Queen", was in the same mood.
Not comfortable.
However, the reason why he was in a bad mood was not because of the undead, but because of something else.
"..."
Under the concerned gazes of his friends Holgai and Simon, he was reading a letter from the Lords Alliance Council with slightly trembling hands. His face was full of the kind of anger, frustration and lividness that wanted to devour others.
expression.
The Alliance of Lords is a multinational alliance organization established after years of negotiation and mediation between a part of the human biological settlements in the northern part of Faerun and their rulers. The number of its member states and members of the parliament is not fixed.
It is mainly related to the respective situations of each member city, but also to the political tensions in each region.
At present, the main members of the Council of the Lords Alliance are: Lyra Silverhand, Lord of Waterdeep City, Tern Hornblade, the Supreme Mage of Silvermoon City, and Erd Rei, the Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate and Marshal of the Flame Fist Corps.
Wengard, the Duchess of Daggerford, Morwen Daggerford, the Marquis of Mirabar, Sherrin Ramle, Doyle Hubbell of Longsaddle, the Queen of Mithril Hall, Dagnab Weberd, Ann
Lord Done Ilzima of Fel, Water Baron Nestra Lucio of Yatta, and the new Queen of Neverwinter—Arcane Archmage Anne Hastur!
all in all!
The Alliance of Lords currently includes the most powerful business and political groups in the North. When a member is attacked by an external force, they have a commitment to provide military support to each other; and when there are internal differences, a peace meeting is also held.
The obligation to discuss and resolve differences.
It can be said that the principle of the Lords Alliance from beginning to end is based on the theme of communication and exchange to promote the development of commerce, avoid the outbreak of war between each other, and unite with each other to resist external invasion.
For many years, the Alliance of Lords has used slogans and declarations to maintain close trade relations within and outside the alliance and to help member states maintain peace.
Of course, at least on the surface?
Anyway!
Three days ago, after learning that the Crossroads Fortress had been breached, and that the black dragons 'Black Death' and 'Greedy Reaver' from the Swamp of the Dead had united with the red-robed wizards for unknown reasons and led the undead army towards Neverwinter City.
, since a certain evil Queen of Neverwinter was not at home, Edkin was forced to send a letter of notification and a request for help to the Lords Alliance Council as the Prime Minister of Neverwinter City.
But the result...
That group of bureaucrats didn't know what was going on. The discussion alone took two full days?
Then, it wasn't until this morning, when the undead began to siege the city, that they finally received the magic letter that the parliament had discussed and approved and agreed to send troops?
At the same time, the letter also said that only the lords of Waterdeep City, Silvermoon City, Mirabar, Longsaddle Town, Mithril Hall and Yatta agreed to send troops. However, due to various reasons such as distance and the need for preparation, even if the distance was not enough,
Lord Doyle Hubbell, who is the closest to Winter City, will take at least ten days to reach Neverwinter City, so Edkin and others must stick to Neverwinter City for at least ten days or even longer?
"Ah!"
"Ten days..."
Looking at the undead army outside the city that was already approaching the city, and then looking at the better-than-nothing letter in his hand, Edkin angrily clenched it into a ball and threw it out of the city, then turned his head to the side with some sadness.
His companions Holgai and Simon, whose faces were as ugly as his own, asked aloud:
"What do you think..."
"Can our city of Neverwinter last for ten days?"
At present, all the people in Neverwinter who can take up arms are armed by him. Those with combat experience are directly placed on the city wall by him, while ordinary armed civilians are placed in the city for logistics and maintaining public order.
But even then, the total number of troops Edkin received was only 20,000, and those who could fight and be said to have combat effectiveness were only 10,000 at most. There was really no more!
You know, excluding the escaped nobles, wealthy businessmen and some cowards, the total number of living people in Neverwinter City is only sixty or seventy thousand. Excluding the old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children, he can scrape together twenty thousand.
The military strength is really at its limit.
Therefore, no matter what others think, when he looks at the black army of undead outside the city, the conspicuous red-robed wizards further away, and the two terrifying black dragons hovering in the sky, Edkin just feels like
Waves of desolation and helplessness.
Especially when I think of a certain arcane archmage who claims to be the most, most, most, most, most, most... the most powerful, that is, that lousy little girl, the Queen of Neverwinter, who is currently not in Neverwinter City and is quite good.
After not seeing the other party for several days, he felt even more uneasy.
"I have no idea!"
"But I will keep a spell and prepare some boats for us at the northern dock."
"When needed……"
"We can take Kira and some women and children and escape to the sea as quickly as possible."
After a moment of silence, Simon could only sigh and speak softly.
"correct!"
"The residents and some food supplies have all been evacuated to the northern city."
"If the city in the south falls, we can retreat to the north and blow up the Dolphin Bridge, Feilong Bridge and Sleeping Dragon Bridge. In that case, maybe we can survive for a while with the help of the fast Neverwinter River?"
Then, Simon did not forget to report on some of the tasks he was responsible for.
Obviously, Simon himself is not very optimistic about their defensive operation this time, especially when the high-end strength of the two sides is very different, so he is now prepared for the worst.
After all, the actual situation is indeed quite bad. Putting aside everything else, in Simon's opinion, the two adult black dragons in the sky alone are enough for them to drink from a pot of Neverwinter City!
"Edkin!"
"The Church of the Lord of the Dawn, the Temple of Ogma, and dozens of priests came to support us, as well as the dozen or so members of the Harper Alliance in the city. They all came to join the defense."
At this time, Holgai said suddenly, as if he wanted to give Edkin a little more confidence?
"it's useless!"
“A drop in the bucket!”
Shaking his head, Edkin first smiled bitterly at Horgai, then pointed to the black dragon that looked like two black clouds in the distant sky and said:
"Unless they can guarantee to deal with those two dragons, otherwise..."
Otherwise, Edkin did not continue to talk, because it was impossible and it would make no sense to say it.
"If only Annie could come back soon!"
"No matter what happens..."
"It's okay if Henk and Fat Orange are here!"
Having said this, Edkin couldn't help but sigh again.
There is no doubt that Annie can deal with the giant dragon. They had seen it in that dungeon, that is, the ruins of the hanging city of Dorumbude. But unfortunately, Annie is not here now, and she doesn't know anything.
It's time to come back.
As for the dragon in Neverwinter, the Fat Orange, although a little fat, is still a dragon after all, has disappeared together with Henk for a long time. If there is such a dragon, maybe there is still a chance.
But now...
"never mind!"
"No more talking, prepare to defend as long as you can, as long as you can!"
"If it doesn't work, just follow the plan Simon just said!"
Sighing again, Edkin suddenly stopped talking.
because……
The undead obviously didn't intend to give them a chance!
Isn’t this?
Following an order from a red-robed wizard in the distance, and a certain magic ripple sweeping across the entire battlefield, there was no need for the shrill horns or drums, and the army of the undead, which had looked so dark in the past, finally started to move.
"!!"
"Fire arrows!!"
Seeing this, Edkin immediately drew out the sword from his waist and swung it towards the outside of the city.
Just like that, almost at the moment when the undead army moved and pressed towards the city wall of Neverwinter City, the defenders on the city wall of Neverwinter began to fire bursts of sharp and flaming crossbows with crossbows and longbows.
Oil arrows.
Those arrows did not need to be aimed at all, and the undead in the distance were easily ignited by the cotton cloth soaked in kerosene on the arrows.
Obviously, people in the world of Faerûn are no strangers to the undead. They know that shooting them with ordinary arrows is to equip them with nothing. Therefore, what they shoot are fire arrows, which can ignite and destroy the undead while also providing them with equipment.
It can burn the arrow shaft in time to avoid being pulled out by the undead and used again.
When the undead began to take action, the two black dragons in the sky also began to swoop down.
While they opened their mouths and screamed out bursts of dragon roars that could make people panic from the bottom of their hearts, they also kept lowering their height, as if they wanted to use their poisonous burning breath, which black dragons are best at, to burn the city walls.
garrison?
Fortunately, Neverwinter seems to be well prepared!
Whizzing!
Just when they descended to a certain height, a series of huge winch-bed crossbows shot at the two black dragons that were swooping in the sky, shooting the huge three-sided arrows like spears that had been prepared for a long time.
But unfortunately, due to the timely and agile avoidance of the two cunning black dragons, most of those giant arrows failed. Although a few of them almost passed through their bodies and left conspicuous marks on their scales, the black dragons
After all, they are one of the most terrifying creatures in the world. They have unparalleled strong bodies and tough scales. The giant arrows of the defenders will be difficult to cause effective damage to them as long as they do not hit the weak points directly.
Forget about those stray arrows.
However, that did not stop the defenders from having the courage and determination to fight against the dragon.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Therefore, with the terrifying sound of breaking through the air and the sound of huge crossbow strings, more giant crossbow arrows were shot into the sky, forcing the two black dragons to turn around and regain altitude and stay away from Neverwinter.
The walled area of ​​the city.
At the same time, the heavy crossbow arrows falling in a parabola were quickly planted outside the city, either nailing a string of undead to the ground, or simply directly piercing deeply into the streets or streets inside the city.
In the house, the reserve troops who were preparing for battle in the city were greatly frightened.
"..."
After staring at the two cunning black dragons for a while, he found that their desire to attack was not strong. He just tried it out and flew back to high altitude. Although Edkin was deeply concerned about the opponents that he had missed in the past few rounds,
Shooting in the air was a little annoyed, but he had no choice but to look elsewhere.
At this time, a fierce battle scene was being staged on the city walls of Neverwinter City.
Almost every defender is constantly attacking the undead army in various ways. They use various weapons and spells to bombard the undead who are building ladders and climbing the city wall under the city wall, and sometimes use catapult handles.
Huge stones were thrown at the enemy, and sometimes fire oil and water guns were used to spray out fire oil and burn it, turning the groups of undead under the city wall who wanted to climb up the city wall using the sea of ​​corpses tactic to ashes one by one.
Edkin saw that the battle situation reached its most difficult moment almost instantly. Almost the entire southern wall of Neverwinter City was shrouded in fire and smoke. For a moment, he couldn't tell who was burning the undead.
Or the undead are burning them.
But there is no way, because he knows that to deal with the undead, flame is one of the few and most effective means that even ordinary people can possess. Compared with letting soldiers fight with the undead and cut off the enemy's head with their lives,
He felt that it would be more efficient and faster to burn it directly with fire.
But...
Soon Edkin discovered with some despair that as time went by, the number of the undead army crowding under the city wall became larger and larger, and the pile of corpses under the city wall became higher and higher.
The distance between them is getting shorter and shorter.
If this continues, in less than half an hour, the following undead will almost be able to rush directly to the city wall, stepping on the corpses of their companions.
What worries Edkin even more is that in the distance, those organized red-robed wizards are constantly casting all kinds of vicious spells, spells and curses, causing their Neverwinter defenders to quickly fall into a huge trap.
In the midst of a crisis, their limited spells and priests could not suppress those terrible wizards at all.
Fortunately, what pleased Edkin was that the morale of the defenders of Neverwinter was still high.
They are still stubbornly resisting and killing the enemy at their respective posts. Although their formation has begun to become a little loose and people continue to fall, every soldier and warrior who still sticks to their posts keeps fighting.
Attacking the enemy, their unparalleled courage and tenacity made Edkin admire and feel a little regretful at the same time.
After all, if there are no surprises and reinforcements, that kind of resistance is destined to be in vain.
even……
Edkin began to feel that perhaps they should not have resisted, but should have retreated from the beginning?
Because, according to the current offensive of the undead army regardless of cost, let alone the recently repaired city wall, it is very likely that even blowing up the three cross-river bridges on the Neverwinter River in the city will not be able to stop their advance.
pace!
‘!!’
‘Hiss~!!’
At this time, a sharp neighing sound sounded.
When Edkin hurriedly turned his head to look, he realized that it was the two black dragons that had broken through the air defense net formed by the bed crossbows in the air and had already swooped down.
As for the bed crossbows that had been deployed on the city walls before, in the fierce confrontation with the black dragon, more than half of them were lost at some point, so that it was no longer possible to organize an effective and dense air defense network.
So, soon, many more defenders fell.
They were either killed by the swarming undead army using various attacks, or they were jumped down from the sky by the black dragon, biting, grabbing, or burning and poisoning them to death, all while Edkin and other commanders were watching.
The officials' eyes were about to burst and they were helpless.
Finally, in this fierce battle, the defenders of Neverwinter began to show their fatigue.
Especially after the black dragons in the sky began to wreak havoc, their combat effectiveness and morale had begun to decline, but the army of the undead was still attacking and climbing the city wall tirelessly and crazily, and the offensive did not seem to be reduced at all. As for the red robes further away
The wizards also began to cast various vicious spells and curses, making it even more difficult for the defenders to resist.
In this way, the war entered its final intense stage...
The defenders and archers on the city wall were still shooting and defending, while the crossbowmen were running back and forth on the city wall to supplement the gaps in their brother's defense. They kept pulling the crossbows hard and shooting arrow after arrow.
Shooting at the undead or in vain at the black dragon that flies down from time to time to wreak havoc in the sky.
Many of the catapults were wiped out by the magic of the black dragon and the red-robed wizard, but the rest were still roaring. Burning stone bullets and oil cans continued to fly out from the city walls, hitting the dense army of undead outside the city and crashing.
It exploded, leaving behind a burning pile of fire on the ground that used the undead as firewood.
However……
The number of the undead army is still too huge. No matter what weapons they use, the defenders of Neverwinter cannot destroy them all. Apart from constantly consuming each other, there is not much they can do.
boom!!!
At this moment, with a roar and explosion, Edkin and countless defenders found in despair that the two adult black dragons swooped down from the sky, and then burned and exploded in an instant with a joint breath.
The steel gate of Neverwinter?
Look at their huge and strong bodies that rise quickly after succeeding, look at the gleaming scales that will bounce away even if they are hit by ordinary arrows, and look at the flames and poison that are constantly spitting out from their mouths.
Wu Wu, facing that kind of terrifying monster, including Edkin and others, couldn't help but feel unprecedented fear and tragedy.
"Simon!"
Therefore, Edkin felt that there was no need to continue fighting like this, and turned to look at Simon who was not taking much action and prepared to give an order.
"Send the order!"
"Prepare to withdraw..."
Because once the poisonous flames at the city gate are extinguished, a large group of undead souls will swarm in. By then, the defenders on the city wall will die without a burial!
Therefore, Edkin planned to order a retreat, abandon the city wall and the southern area of ​​Neverwinter City, directly abandon all the areas south of the Neverwinter River, and at the same time blow up the city wall after the soldiers withdrew to the north, and use the Neverwinter River to temporarily block it.
The pace of the undead's attack.
boom!!!
Just then, an accident happened again.
As a force so powerful that even Edkin on the city wall felt it suddenly emerged from the dock area on the west side, followed by strong wind and fire, a flame like a wall of fire suddenly ignited and started to burn on its own.
It swept from west to east along the bottom of the city wall towards the undead army in the distance, turning hundreds of thousands of undead into ashes almost instantly, while also leaving a wall of fire several meters high in place, directly blocking it.
Stop the undead's offensive.
"!!"
"That's dragon breath!"
That's right, that's Dragon's Breath!
And the 'Dragon's Breath' went from west to east, directly in front of the city wall of Neverwinter, leaving a blazing ravine in the army of the undead. Countless undead that were still moving forward numbly and had been included were burned one after another.
It turned into crumbling ashes, so that the red-robed wizards in the distance had to command the undead to stop their offensive, preparing to wait for the wall of fire to extinguish on its own.
"who is it?!"
Simon, the magic consultant and chief warlock of Neverwinter, instantly recognized what the flames that helped them temporarily relieve themselves were, and then they all looked toward the dock with the equally surprised Edkin.
"!!"
"Is it Fat Orange?!"
Then, the next second, Edkin and Simon both exclaimed with joy.
At this time, the two adult black dragons that were constantly circling in the sky, swooping and attacking, suddenly discovered the wall of dragon breath fire and a certain one that was slowly climbing up from the coast at the pier that should not have appeared here in the first place.
red giant fat giant dragon.
‘!!’
‘Hiss!!!’
As a result, they were so angry that they had to suspend their attacks on the city walls and the city walls of Neverwinter. Instead, they roared angrily, turned around, and flew quickly towards the shore of the pier close to the city wall.
"Very good!"
"look!"
"It's a dragon!"
"Our dragon!"
"quick!"
"Everyone, hold on!"
"Drive those undead out!"
As soon as he saw that his own red dragon appeared, it cleared away a large number of undead beside the city wall, and also used its terrifying flame breath to burn out a long isolation zone, and the two terrifying black dragons were finally led away.
They were not sure whether their own giant dragon was a match for the two adult black dragons, but after getting a chance to breathe, the defenders of Neverwinter City returned to their respective posts with cheers, preparing to continue to resist the attacks of the undead.
Wave after wave of attacks.
"Send the order!"
"quick!"
"Ask Horgai to lead the Neverwinter Guards to guard the city gate, and be sure to block it there!"
Upon seeing this, although he didn't know why the 'fat orange' suddenly appeared, Edkin, who was originally planning to retreat, seemed to see a glimmer of hope. Then, he quickly changed his order and prepared to continue to hold on to Nancheng District.
The city wall is here.
"no problem!"
"Be careful yourself!"
Seeing the fat red dragon in the distance and two familiar figures behind the red dragon, Simon was very excited. Then after telling Edkin to be careful, he directly used the teleportation staff to start a teleportation
He opened the door and teleported him directly to the city and went to convey a certain order to Holgai.
And at this time...
When the battle in Neverwinter was in full swing, further out on the sea, a troubled little girl who stepped on something unknown and was slowly swimming towards Neverwinter finally saw the horizon.
The black smoke of different sizes.
"Huh?"
(*⊙o⊙)
"Isn't that my Neverwinter city?"
(●′～`)
"What's going on? Is someone trying to steal the house?"
|˙˙)
Then, Anne began to look out.
However, although she had a surprised look on her face, for some reason, she didn't seem to be in a hurry to go back, but continued to look out, letting the unknown thing under her feet in the sea water
The thing continued to carry her and swam towards Neverwinter City in a hurry?
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Chapter completed!