Evolving Silver Dragon

Chapter 426: 444 The War Begins_1

Like most noble castles, Doran’s castle also had a secret entrance.

The refugees gathered outside the main gate, waiting for Earl Meadow’s next move after eating their black bread.

However, they ended up waiting until the sun had set.

Not only did Earl Meadow never appear, but even the old man who had entered the castle earlier had not given any news.

When they finally realized they had been deceived, they angrily broke down the castle gates.

By this time, Doran had taken almost everything and everyone that could be taken away, leaving only some cleaning ladies and untrustworthy militiamen behind.

The refugees were dumbfounded, and the body of the old man who had served as the representative and entered the castle was found in a corner.

Fortunately, some people found a food reserve in the castle basement. Although it was a considerable amount, it would not last long for the numerous refugees.

More importantly, tens of thousands of monster armies were about to kill, but most of the refugees were uneducated peasant, they couldn’t have foresight.

So, on the second day, most of the refugees perished under the monsters’ fangs and claws along with Kerry.

After destroying Kerry, the monster army didn’t linger and rushed towards their next target.

The Nords were responsible for cleaning up. Kerry’s geographical location was good, so they would rebuild the almost ruined town into a military fortress.

This monster army was naturally the Soaring Dragon Legion. Their desire for blood and slaughter had grown since they had not been able to fight in many previous battles.

In less than a month, the territory that originally belonged to Farrand and was later occupied by Felton had been captured by the monster army of the Soaring Dragon Legion.

Now, the Soaring Dragon Legion had reached Reema Fortress, a famous and impregnable stronghold on the border of Felton’s original territory.

Unlike previous unprepared and long-neglected towns and fortresses, Reema Fortress had tall and thick walls, with well-equipped soldiers standing on top of them.

All kinds of war machines were fixed in many parts of the wall. They were not surprised by the menacing Soaring Dragon Legion.

Furthermore, judging from their preparedness, they were well aware that this scene would happen.

The reason was simple. Half a month ago, the panicked Earl Meadow arrived and issued a warning.

Although Reema Fortress was doubtful about the warning, they made corresponding preparations just in case.

At this time, Earl Meadow Doran was standing on the city wall with the highest ruler of Reema Fortress, Grand Duke Reema.

They looked at the hideous monster army below without any sense of tension. In their view, Reema Fortress had stood for hundreds of years since it was built.

In the past hundreds of years, Reema Fortress had gone through many battles, big and small, but no matter how dangerous the situation was, the fortress had never had any accidents.

Even the Elf’s army couldn’t take down Reema Fortress, let alone these ugly monsters.

Grand Duke Reema, standing on the city wall, showed disdain. He had already begun to consider whether to deal with these monsters with archers or the war machines on the wall.

At this moment, Earl Meadow, who stood beside Grand Duke Reema, looked at his feet with some confusion and asked curiously, “Your Grace, I’m not sure if it’s just my imagination, but is there an earthquake?”

Upon hearing Earl Meadow’s words, Grand Duke Reema looked at his feet in confusion. Soon he noticed the ground trembling slightly, with tiny gravel jumping continuously on the ground.

“There seems to be something underneath the city wall…”

Before Grand Duke Reema could finish his words, the tremor on the city wall suddenly intensified. The pampered and round-bellied Grand Duke Reema lost his balance and fell to the ground.

“Boom!”

Before Earl Meadow could panic and help Grand Duke Reema up, a deafening explosion roar came from the fortress gate.

Then, in the panic-stricken eyes of the soldiers, the solid metal-cast gate was directly blown into pieces.

Some soldiers waiting behind the city gate were even killed tragically by the scattered gate fragments because they couldn’t dodge in time.

“What…what’s going on?”

With the help of Earl Meadow, Grand Duke Reema struggled to get up. Then he saw a large number of hideous monsters rushing into the wide-open gate.

He immediately wanted to order archers and war machines on the wall to take action, but before he could raise his voice, numerous Chimeras and other flying monsters had already flown above the city wall.

Then, one by one, huge iron balls fell from the sky, followed by a series of terrifying explosions.

“Boom…boom…boom…”

Continual explosions and smoke appeared all over Reema Fortress’s city wall. The guards of Reema Fortress, who had lost the upper hand, could only passively take a beating at this moment.

Although Grand Duke Reema was now plump, he was once a brave man. In this critical moment, his once-passionate blood surged up, filling his fat brain.

“Swish!”

Grand Duke Reema suddenly drew the sword from his waist, shouting loudly and giving orders. He wanted to personally lead the soldiers to clear out the monsters that had entered the fortress.

Although he was full of passion at that moment, he was no longer young, and his movements had become quite clumsy.

The staircase on the city wall had already been dyed red with blood, and Grand Duke Reema, who was struggling to descend the wall with his sword, embarrassingly slipped and fell directly into the sea of monsters.

His fate naturally didn’t need further explanation.

Earl Meadow never imagined that he would come all the way here to end up in such a situation.

The soldiers of Reema Fortress were fighting desperately, while he stood alone in the corner of the city wall.

Looking at the soldiers dying in front of him, Earl Meadow’s heart had completely turned cold.

After a deep sigh, Earl Meadow slowly climbed up to the edge of the city wall. Staring at the dense monster army below, he clenched his teeth and closed his eyes, taking the last step of his life.

As the sun rose and set, the Reema Fortress, which had never been broken for hundreds of years since it was established, had changed hands.

After losing this strategic stronghold between Felton and Farrand, Felton had become almost defenseless against the Soaring Dragon Legion and Vide.

Naturally, the war had just begun.