Chapter 486 Mariov♀(1/3)
Lu Gaoyin on the west coast of Gemini, this huge trading port, the pearl of the past glorious and prosperous desert, the largest and only large human city in the Aranoke Desert, has been continuously glorious for hundreds of years, and now it has gradually disappeared from the prosperous scene of the past.
Now it is moving towards decline step by step and towards the brink of destruction...
If you look at it from afar in the desert, the Lu Gaoyin now has only a bleak cloud... The broken city walls, sparse lights, and from time to time, people are constantly fighting with evil monsters who suddenly emerge from somewhere at the city walls or gates.
In addition to the city wall, the huge wooden iron gate is now incredibly broken!
The above was now full of temporary repair traces and the miserable appearance of the swords, axes and feathered arrows inserted into it... If, coupled with the layers of monsters and human corpses outside the city, it would be enough to show that the battle here should have lasted for a long time, and it was very tragic... so that their defenders did not even have time to clean the battlefield.
After a long bloody battle with the demons, the population of nearly 100,000 in the city of Lu Gaoyin is now less than half... and most of the fewer people are slaughtered by demons or monsters who raided into the city... and then, there are others who died in the battle against the demons.
Now, almost everyone in this city is involved in the battle with the demons! However, the results are not great. Taking down civilians who have not been trained in combat, even holding spears in their hands is just to add some results to the demons...
That's right, now Lu Gaoyin, Jehein has issued a mobilization order for a full-scale war. All residents who can take up weapons, whether men or women, must pick up weapons, as long as they are not the elderly, weak, women and children, must take up weapons and be ready to fight against demons or evil undead monsters that emerge from the sewers or other places!
It’s a pity that even though he has achieved this level now, even Jehein, the king of Lu Gaoyin, even he himself feels that things are moving in a worse direction, and they can’t hold on for long.
Because, now, the message from his confidant Renander was heard in the palace: the five thousand elite royal soldiers of theirs have now lost most of their losses... and, worse, they lost most of the palace prisons and were about to retreat to the residence of the originally tragic women!
If those demons are still blocked in the palace prison area below, they can barely defend by relying on the terrain... However, once they break through to the residence of women at the higher level and into those spacious places, they will basically be defeated!
By then, Jay Hein would have to open the seal of the palace and close the gate of the palace, forcibly lock the demons inside for a while, so as not to be rushed out and poison the entire city.
Even if Jay Hein himself knew that opening the Seal Dialect would only last for three to five months at most, but he had no other choice, so he could only do this! Because now, their Lu Gaoyin's fate seemed to be like the sun in the sky covered by a strange solar eclipse, making them unable to see any hope...
Everything they do now is nothing more than a futile struggle.
"well……"
Jayne sat dejectedly on the steps in front of the gate of the palace, looking at the dark city where smoke was everywhere in the distance, and from time to time, some demons roars and screams from women or children came. Even though he was in a lot of thoughts, he could only sigh in vain and lower his head.
He had tried his best, but in the end, he still didn't see any hope of defeating the demons! Those demons were endless, while their warriors and people were fewer day by day. Every day, the more different the strength of the enemy and us were... One day, the demons would completely crush them.
The once extremely glorious Lu Gaoyin, a desert city that has been given to hundreds of years, and a desert kingdom that has been passed down for countless generations, is now finally going to be defeated in the hands of Jehein... Not only is there any excuse, Jehein is just a sinner and an incompetent king... And now, all he can do is perhaps only to face the destruction of fate with his own people.
In fact, Jehein had thought of withdrawing his people in time...but after careful consideration, he could only painfully give up those unrealistic fantasies.
After all, they have too few ships, and at most, they can only transport 8,000 people... Once Lu Gaoyin's people left the desert and left this wealthy port city, they would not even farm. Where can they go in this world where demons are raging?
Without territory and people, if they really dare to bring so few people away from here, they will either die under the claws of the demons or let those greedy foreigners eat without even the scum!
Instead of that, it would be better to stay here and fight against the devil and fight against the fate of death and destruction!
Their people of Lu Gaoyin should be the owner of this Aranoke Desert; and if they want to die, they must become the ghosts of this land!
"Nation, Your Majesty the King!"
Just as Jayhein was sighing and sad alone, a black bearded man wearing the style of a desert man and covered in dirt and black blood, carrying his weapon, ran calmly to the gate of the palace, and reported to the king Jayhein, who was sitting on the steps and was in a mess all over his body.
"Ha! It's you, Grez...why, is there any bad news?"
"Tell me, anyway, I have heard enough bad news over the past period of time! Tell me, is there another urban area captured by monsters? If that's the case, you can find a way to deal with it yourself. I can't help you here. Look, there are only dozens of guards left here..."
Looking at the middle-aged soldier who was originally just a caravan mercenary leader, but now he became his own in a dilemma. Gaoyin's kingdom city defense minister, Jeheyin could only sigh again.
At this moment, if the other party is rushing here in such a hurry, there will definitely be no good news.
It won't be too long. When his elite soldiers are about to fight with the demons under the palace, what can they do with the remaining people on the ground and under the attacks of those demons that are constantly appearing and becoming stronger?
"Bad news? No, not bad news, not demons, but good news!"
After being stunned for a while, Grez, the leader of the mercenary, took two steps forward again and said to their king with excitement.
“Good news?”
"I haven't heard any good news for a long time. This is really a rare thing... Forget it, then just talk. I really hope you are not talking nonsense or making me happy?"
He smiled like a self-deprecating smile, and then Jay Hein supported the steps behind him with both hands, and did not stand up, and just looked at the other person casually.
Obviously, in this desert that is ravaged by demons, with sea and land cut off, he does not think that any good news will be spread here. And the fate of their destruction seems to have been destined.
"It's Varif of the horse team. He led his men across the desert and came here from the west!"
The leader of the horse team named Varif, many people knew Lugain, including Gretz himself. After all, in the past, he had indeed assigned his mercenaries to protect the opponent's horse team and earned high commissions from it.
"Varif? I seem to remember this person..."
"But what good news is this? What do he want to do when he comes here at this time? If it is a business transaction, it is better for him to leave quickly! Look at it yourself, where are there merchants or goods sold to him here? Now, we are almost alone in an empty city and ruins!"
Of course, Jehein knew about that Varif, because every time the other party came, he would always bring specialties from all over the world, and of course, a lot of taxes!
Unfortunately, Lu Gaoyin, who is on the verge of destruction, has nothing worth buying from the other party. They have cut off the trade for a long time... Maybe, he, Jerhein, can spend money to buy all the goods brought by the other party, and then let the guy who has the ability to venture across the desert and get here get out early? As for tax collection and other things, he no longer wants to care about it! After all, the tax officials in the city are probably almost dead, right?
"Forget it, you go to the treasure house to withdraw some money, then buy their goods, and let them leave by themselves..."
"Ha! This is really difficult for those of their businessmen. Now that the demons are rampant, they are still thinking about making money and doing business?"
Jehein, who had just aroused a little hope, soon lay down on the steps of the palace again dejectedly, regardless of the king's etiquette.
The situation in the west of the continent was a little bit known to the refugees or merchants who fled here from the west. It is said that the Kandras Kingdom was also raging with demons, and the situation there is much worse than that in Lugaoyin.
That capital, that Tristrime Royal City, had long been slaughtered by the demons!
Even the King of Light, Leolic, had been successfully driven crazy by the demons, and soon, the entire country fell apart under the rampage of the demons, and the family's descendants were cut off...
Whenever I think of the tragic situation of the Kandras Kingdom, which is only separated from my Lugaoin Desert Kingdom by a huge mountain range, Jehein feels much better. Because when I feel that I can't hold on, when I think of King Leorek who is even more unlucky than me, in the comparison of the situations between the two sides, I can always give him a lot of comfort and superiority.
Compared with the unlucky King Leorek, who has already died in the family, at least, he, Jehein, is still alive and well. This is good news, isn't it?
"His Majesty the King!"
"Warif, what he brought was not a caravan, but a group of reinforcements that were said to be very powerful!"
Seeing the king's careless look, Grez quickly repeated this point. When the other party was interrogated, Varif had already told him, so he ran here in person.
In fact, Grez believed in the strength of those people, because he was an elite warrior, so he could naturally feel the fierce aura from those guys wearing cloaks... They could cross the desert, and they would definitely kill many demons!
“!!”
"Reinforcements? This...how many reinforcements have they brought to us?"
When he heard that the other party was not here to do business, but to bring reinforcements, Jehein was so shocked that he jumped up from the steps of the palace gate.
A person who had no reason with him actually brought reinforcements to him, and this matter was rare and tight! If the matter was true, he swears that as long as someone could really save his city, he would share half of the wealth in the other party's vault, which was a huge sum of money!
Anyway, as long as Lu Gaoyin is still there, he will be gone, just increase his income a little bit of taxes and will come back. Once the city and people are destroyed by the demons, it will be completely over!
"Actually, there are not many, only three hundred people!"
At this time, before Graz could reply, a woman's breathless voice came from a distance.
Then soon, in the dim city street environment, Jehein successfully saw an old man with a slightly hunchback, that is, Varif was leading a group of weird men wearing almost all-body cloaks that were mopping the floor.
And the person who was talking without a hood was actually a young heroic woman? Looking at the others, it seemed that they were all women?
If it were normal, Jay Hein would definitely not be able to resist coming forward and chatting, or want to invite the other party to have dinner, but now, he obviously is not in a bad mood.
"What's the use of reinforcements with only three hundred people?"
Hearing that there were only three hundred people, Jayhei was depressed again, and today he was shocked, and now he didn't know what to say.
Think about his own royal soldiers, those thousands of elite soldiers are about to fight all under the palace... But now, what's the use of these mere three hundred reinforcements?
"By the way!"
"You... may not be just the vanguard troops? Are there a large number of main forces behind you, in the desert?"
Looking at the face of the heroic and determined female general under the light of the brazier in the palace, Jay Hein suddenly asked with some expectation after being stunned for a while.
Since the other party looks so confident now and is not afraid of demons at all, they must have some confidence or support! For example... they are actually following tens of thousands of troops behind them? If that is the case, then they, Lu Gaoyin, will be saved!
"I'm sorry, we are not a forward, so what you said is the main force following behind..."
"Nothing!"
Squinted and looked at the sloppy man who didn't look like a king, Kasha sneered for a moment, and finally ruthlessly shattered the other party's unrealistic fantasy under the other party's hopeful gaze.
There were tens of thousands of troops... During the heyday of their nuns, all of their Rogues and those nuns were probably only tens of thousands of people.
"No main force..."
"Ha! Think about it, that's true... It's now, who can care about whom?"
After laughing for a while as he sighed and laughed at himself, Jay Hein simply sat back on the steps of his palace in a disfigured way again. Now, the city is constantly being raided by demons and monsters, and there is a portal under the palace connecting hell, so he really has no place to go except to sit here.
"Sorry, I almost forgot to ask, where are you from, and why do you come to us, Lu Gaoyin, who was besieged by the demon?"
"Believe me, if you only have three hundred people, it will probably have no impact on the battle situation here!"
In Jehein's opinion, when the demons attack the shelter world, it is believed that all the countries in the Western Continent will be unable to protect themselves. So, the group in front of us seems to be all composed of women. Where does it come from?
Could it be that the female Amazon warriors from the Scovos Islands in the southern Gemini Sea? What do they want to do if they don’t stay on their islands and have to run to land to take this muddy water?
“We come from the west!”
"We are the judging corps of the 'Blind Eye' Monastery! We came to you Lu Gaoyin, of course, to hunt down and judge the demons! In particular, the dark wanderer who brought disaster to this western continent, brought death and terror, the king of fear - Diapolo!"
After looking thoughtfully at the faint sound of fighting and the terrifying aura of the demon from the palace behind the other party, Kasha took a little forward and looked down at the king of Lu Gaoyin who was sitting on the steps in a very invisible manner.
Because, she just discovered that there was someone fighting with the demon in this seemingly the palace?
"Blind Eyes..."
"I'm sorry, if I remember correctly, wasn't your monastery already captured by a female devil named Andalil? She seemed to have cut off the land transportation on both sides of the east and west... Why can you still come here now?"
To be continued...