#45 - Section 45
“Ding, detecting that the host has temporary team command, the team has expanded to three thousand people, temporarily activating the Warlord Aura!”
“Warlord Aura: All warriors under the host, including those temporarily obeying the host's orders, have +5 to their stamina and +5 to their speed, gain the special effect of being fearless in the face of death, and gain the special effect of becoming braver in battle!”
“Fearless in the Face of Death: The warriors under the host temporarily forget the fear of death and the pain of injury, perfectly unleashing 200% of their combat power until death.”
“Becoming Braver in Battle: The warriors under the host gain the ability to recover their own stamina or injuries by obtaining a portion of the enemy's stamina with each attack!” The system's prompt made Allen slightly stunned, and then he revealed a smile.
It's simply a divine skill!
“Lord Allen, ahead is Iron Ridge City. This city is backed by mountains on three sides, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, its city walls are made of the iron ore unique to this area, making them much stronger than ordinary city walls.” Allen rode on Silvermoon Wolf, with Ayron, Viscount Ironwood, Baron Whitebird, and Baron Red Bamboo by his side.
The one speaking at the moment was Viscount Ironwood, who was in his prime. His family was famous for producing ironwood, so naturally he knew the hardness of iron ore.
Although he was a viscount at the moment, and his title was higher than Allen's, he still looked respectful and humble.
This was not only because Allen's cultivation was high, but also because Allen's performance in the naval war had already earned everyone's respect.
Moreover, Viscount Ironwood had also heard that His Royal Highness the First Prince had praised Allen greatly, and even directly asked Allen if he was willing to pledge allegiance to the Grand Duke.
This meant that Allen would definitely have a meteoric rise from now on.
The nobles enfeoffed by the Grand Duke were the same as earls, they were nobles of the duchy!
This was a completely different level of significance.
Allen listened to Viscount Ironwood's words with a calm expression: “Iron ore is indeed known for its hardness, but it is only relatively hard, and it is far from being indestructible.” His tone was calm and he didn't care about the dark city not far away, his expression was extremely indifferent.
Along the way, he had already solved the fiefdoms of some barons and viscounts.
These small nobles couldn't stop Allen's army at all.
However, Allen's army had also been delayed for some time because of this.
After all, they weren't just here to fight, why fight? Wasn't it for resources, gold coins, and Spirits of Nature?
Allen naturally took away all the good things wherever he went.
This also delayed Allen's speed of advance, giving Iron Ridge City enough time to summon its citizens and close the city gates.
However, Allen didn't care about this. He just gave his cavalry a look, and immediately, fifty wolf riders rushed out quickly. “Lord, only fifty people…”
Viscount Ironwood was slightly stunned. According to his idea, they could enter the mountains to see if they could find a chance to enter from the mountains around Iron Ridge City.
Of course, Allen could also take action. With his strength as a Level 7 knight, destroying the city gate would be more than enough.
However, considering that there was also a golden knight stationed on the other side, they did not approve of Allen taking action.
Of course, Allen didn't think about doing it himself. A mere city gate made of iron ore, did they really think he couldn't open it? “Viscount Ironwood, don't worry, wait for them to open the city gate, and then all of you will charge with me!” Allen said calmly.
Viscount Ironwood, Baron Whitebird, Baron Red Bamboo, and Ayron looked at each other.
Fifty cavalrymen, wanting to open the iron ore city wall? How easy is that… “Boom!”
Before they could finish thinking, a violent explosion sounded. Allen nodded in satisfaction: “Everyone pay attention, prepare to charge!”
Everyone then came back to their senses, only to see not far away, fifty wolf riders quickly wandering in front of the city gate, the arrows and spears of the city's defenders could not hit them.
Even Silvermoon Wolf would occasionally release wind-type magic, Wind Blade.
Almost none of the defending warriors could avoid this strange and invisible magic.
From time to time, warriors would fall from the city wall.
Of course, this was just the performance of Silvermoon Wolf, the real focus was still the magic scrolls that the wolf riders took out from their hands.
This was a strategic material that Allen had purchased from the Roland Chamber of Commerce at a huge cost.
Magic scrolls were extremely expensive, and most importantly, this thing was scarce, only a real big chamber of commerce could have enough stock.
This was the benefit that Allen had gained after cooperating with Anna.
According to the information that Allen had learned, the number of people in the entire Ryan Duchy who were qualified to purchase magic scrolls in large quantities did not exceed ten, and Allen was one of them.
It was not an exaggeration to say that even Earl Albert was not qualified to purchase a large number of magic scrolls from the Roland Chamber of Commerce…
They could only purchase a small amount regularly, spending a huge amount of time as the price to gather a batch of magic scrolls.
Therefore, when the war reached this point, Albert did not let anyone use magic scrolls.
Because that thing was too precious, once it was used, it would take several years, or even ten years, to continue accumulating.
Of course, this was the situation of others.
As a person fully supported by Anna, Allen was qualified enough to directly purchase enough magic scrolls from the Roland Chamber of Commerce's warehouse.
Even some precious potions.
“Magic scroll! Still an intermediate magic scroll?!”
In an instant, Viscount Ironwood and the others widened their eyes.
With the use of magic scrolls, the originally solid iron ore city wall quickly collapsed and disintegrated.
Alan disregarded the shocked gazes of others and waved his hand, "Everyone, charge! Rush into Iron Ridge City! Spare those who surrender, and show no mercy to those who resist!" The moment the gates of Iron Ridge City collapsed, Alan issued the order. Simultaneously, he activated his War Lord aura.
Instantly, all the warriors felt as if their bodies were filled with power. "Kill! Trample Iron Ridge City!"
Baron Tie Mu didn't waste any words. He drew his longsword and charged out on his warhorse.
Soon, everyone followed him, rushing towards Iron Ridge City.
Inside Iron Ridge City, a dense mass of troops also surged out, seemingly outnumbering Alan's forces considerably. "Hmph, I thought Earl Thorns Flower had come himself. I didn't expect it to be just a few ants!"
A Gold Knight clad in golden armor soared into the sky, a hint of disdain in his expression. "A bunch of ants daring to attack my Iron Ridge City?!"
Alan's eyebrows twitched slightly upon hearing this, and he quickly ascended into the air as well. "Ants? Are you talking about yourself?"
Alan gripped his knight's sword in his right hand, looking at the slightly astonished Iron Ridge Earl with a smile.
"A Level Seven Knight? A little brat is actually a Level Seven Knight? Hahaha, it seems I've encountered a genius from the Ryan Duchy?"
The Iron Ridge Earl, after a moment of stunned silence, immediately burst into wild laughter.
"Excellent, excellent! I love killing you ignorant geniuses the most!"
Chapter 73: Slaying the Iron Ridge Earl, Corn Spirit! (3 requests for initial order, requests for subscriptions!)
"Kill me?"
Alan smiled, a hint of coldness in his eyes. At this moment, the Iron Ridge Earl was just a huge source of merit points to him.
The previous Angry Bear Earl provided him with 10,000 merit points. "You can try."
Alan chuckled, and in a flash, he was already engaged in a fierce battle with the Iron Ridge Earl. "Courting death!"
The Iron Ridge Earl's expression was indifferent. Since it wasn't Albert, the Level Eight Knight, he had no reason to be afraid.
But very quickly, this arrogant and conceited Iron Ridge Earl realized he was wrong.
Terribly wrong.
Judging by his aura, Alan was indeed a Level Seven Knight, but his explosive power, speed, and strength completely surpassed the Level Seven threshold in every aspect.
Even if someone said Alan was a Level Eight Knight at this moment, the Iron Ridge Earl wouldn't doubt it. "Boom!"
Alan slashed down fiercely with his sword, directly cutting the Iron Ridge Earl, clad in golden knight armor, from the sky.
"Boom!"
The earth was stirred up by the Iron Ridge Earl's fall. "Pfft!"
The Iron Ridge Earl's face was extremely unsightly at this moment. His originally calm and composed expression was completely shattered by Alan's strength in just a few breaths.
"Impossible! How could you be a Level Eight Knight?!" The Iron Ridge Earl said in horror, spitting blood.
Alan swayed and appeared in front of the Earl, who had already been beaten to the point of doubting his life: "No, Iron Ridge Earl, I've always been just a Level Seven Knight."
The Iron Ridge Earl looked terrified. He swung his sword, preparing for a desperate fight, but Alan shattered his knight's sword with a single strike.
At the same time, Alan's longsword sliced across the Level Seven Knight's neck.
Soon, blood sprayed, and the Iron Ridge Earl became the second Gold Knight to die at Alan's hands. "Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10,000 merit points!"
Hearing the system's notification, a smile appeared on the corner of Alan's mouth. "The Earl is dead!"
"What?! The Earl has been defeated?!"
The scene of Alan slaying the Iron Ridge Earl immediately caused the morale of the Iron Ridge City troops, who were still fighting hard, to plummet.
They were already starting to doubt their lives after being beaten by Alan's forces.
Clearly, their own forces far outnumbered the enemy, but when they fought, they found that they were actually at a disadvantage.
The madmen on the other side were simply devils!
No matter how badly they were injured, these people acted as if nothing had happened and were able to stand up and continue fighting.
In addition, the enemy's cavalry was too terrifying, especially those guys riding magical beasts.
They were simply battlefield bulldozers.
The magical beasts continuously released wind blade magic. Not to mention ordinary warriors, even the knight lords would be cut to pieces by the wind blades if they weren't careful.
With that group of magical beast cavalry present, there was no way to establish a defensive line on the battlefield. The enemy directly roamed the battlefield without restraint, and no one could stop them!
"The Earl has been defeated. It's over, Iron Ridge City is finished. No one can stop them!"
The Iron Ridge City warriors, who were already under immense pressure, saw that the Iron Ridge Earl was dead and saw the group of bloodthirsty enemies around them, and the warrior completely collapsed.
He directly threw away the weapon in his hand and began to flee.
Unfortunately, he was killed before he could take two steps.
With the first, there was naturally a second and a third.
The morale of the Iron Ridge City garrison had been shaken, and their fighting spirit had collapsed.
Even if they had twice or even three times the strength, they could not reverse the decline of the war.
Soon, all the Iron Ridge City troops began to collapse and scatter in all directions.
Alan's troops began a frenzied massacre, and finally stopped slowly after the entire plain in front of Iron Ridge City was covered with corpses.
Iron Ridge City was defeated, and Alan led his men into the entire Iron Ridge City.
At this moment, there was no force of resistance in the city except for the civilians.
Who would dare to resist?
Outside the city was a battlefield littered with corpses.
The tragedy of the war had already made the remaining people realize the beauty of being alive.
Looking at the group of devils behind Alan, each of them was soaked in blood, as if they were blood men.
