Chapter 177: 177 Chaos Army_1


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    Twenty-odd miles away from Ice Rock City, a rudimentary yet organized camp had been established.


    The camp was situated next to a smallke on a clear stretch ofnd, with the ground simply leveled.


    Annoying shrubs had beenpletely deforested, but as they were recently soaked by heavy snow, they were too damp to be used as fuel right away. Instead, they were sharpened and stuck into the ground, forming a simple defensive fence.


    A hundred fully-armed mercenaries patrolled around the camp, while inside the camp, there were dozens of even more well-equipped soldiers.


    From their g, one could tell these soldiers were from the private army of the Uman n.


    In the center of the camp, a knight dressed in silver-grey armor was warming himself by a bonfire.


    Without his helmet, his handsome young face was exposed. Blue eyes, ck hair, thin lips tightly pressed together, all giving him an appearance of determination andposure.


    The sound of light footsteps resonated and the knight turned his head to see his wife approaching.


    “Walra, it’s veryte. Aren’t you going to sleep?” Kaitlin murmured petntly,ing to the bonfire and leaning against her husband’s broad shoulders.


    “I’ll keep watch for a bit longer, you go on to sleep first.” Knight Walra rubbed his wife’s hair with a doting smile.


    “Okay then, I’ll keep youpany. I’m not actually sleepy yet,” Kaitlin said, fighting back a yawn.


    Walra chuckled, shaking his head, “You should sleep. We’ll probably reach Ice Rock City tomorrow. Don’t show up with a tired face then, or Viscount Angler is likely to me me for not taking care of his sister properly.”


    Kaitlin smirked, “Colin wouldn’t be that petty.”


    Walra nned to persuade her again, but suddenly he seemed to sense something. His muscles instantly tensed.


    Kaitlin felt her husband’s change and asked in confusion, “What is it?”


    “Someone’sing!” Walra helped his wife up, then quickly put on his helmet and equipped his knight sword.


    Just then, the sound of rms went off in the camp, and the panicked cries of mercenaries echoed: “Rebels, the rebels are attacking!”


    “Rebels?” Kaitlin’s face turned pale. Clenching her husband’s arm tightly, she asked anxiously, “Will we be ok?”


    “Don’t worry, they’re just a bunch of ves who can’t get enough to eat. Kill the few who charge to the front, and the rest will run away,” Walra reassured her with a rxed face.


    “Still, please be careful!”


    “Alright.”


    Afterforting his wife, Knight Walra stepped forward. As he banged his shield with his sword, creating a loud ‘thunk’, thunk’, ‘thunk’, he roared:


    “Stay calm! Form up! Ready for battle!”


    At the call of Knight Walra, the Uman n’s guards quickly formed a battle array, gathering around the Knight, watching the ves who were rushing up from outside the camp with calm faces.


    The mercenaries’ performance, however, was a bit disastrous. When they saw the overwhelming number of ves swarming, they were scared to death, bing weak in the knees and not knowing what to do.


    “Bowmen, fire!”


    Knight Walramanded calmly.


    A volley of arrows flew from within the camp. Though not dense, they caused substantial casualties among the defenseless ves.


    After three rounds of arrows, the ves had reached the fence. Knight Walra stood behind his massive shield and bellowed:


    “Raise your shields and advance!”


    Under the lead of Knight Walra, the guards of the Uman n, like a sharp de, thrust deep into the rebel ves. Wherever they went, the ves could hardly resist.


    The gap in equipment, martial skills, and fighting spirit was truly too vast. These starved ves were no match for the guards of the Uman n.


    At this time, Knight Walra was bathed in golden holy light, striking fear into the ves to the point of wailing and scurrying around in chaos.


    Their bravery also awakened the mercenaries as if from a dream, and one after another, they shouted and joined the fray.


    The ve rebel army with their numerical advantage was instead beaten into a steady retreat.


    At the back of the rebel forces, the cripple, witnessing hispanions in a pitiful state, harbored deep disdain in his heart, but respectfully said to the ve leader standing next to him:


    “Sir, there is a knight in the camp. I’m afraid we can’t take it. We should retreat. Ice Rock City is our real target.”


    The ve leader’s face darkened with rage, “A bunch of wastes can’t even take down a small camp, how are we supposed to take Ice Rock City!”


    The cripple quickly exined, “Sir, your current army is not substantial. Only by uniting with other rebel forces in Ice Rock City can we have a chance to take it.”


    Theplexion of the ve leader quickly changed, and when he nced up again, he saw the Knight Walra causing a fearful carnage. He shivered all over and issued the reluctant order: “Retreat!”


    The moment the ve rebel army received the order, they scattered like ants, quickly disappearing into the night.


    In the ambiguity of the night, some ves even lost their direction, bing separated from the main force.


    The ve leader had no mind to count the loss. He just led the remaining ves directly towards Ice Rock City.


    The ve leader, deep in the bitterness of his failure, did not notice that the ve known as the “cripple” had disappeared from the ranks at some point.


    As the morning sun dispelled the fog in the woods, the troops of the Uman n set off again.


    After the battle of the previous night, Knight Walra’s prestige within the group had greatly increased.


    Those who had looked down upon him for his lowly birth of being an illegitimate son, now saw him in a new, respectful light.


    One’s origin indeed mattered, but power was the universal business card of this world.


    The group’s pace was not fast, it was not until sundown that they finally caught sight of the towering city walls of Ice Rock City.


    However, at the base of city walls of Ice Rock City, a bloody massacre was still going on.


    Innumerable ves, like ants, gathered beneath the city walls, apparentlyying siege to the city.


    They had built a number of rudimentary woodendders, madly trying to scale the city walls.


    However, Knight Walra, battle-hardened, saw at a nce that the city defenders were not yet showing their full strength.


    It was as if they were worried about scaring off all the massed ves with a sudden, overwhelming show of power.


    But even though the defenders were holding back, the ves’ attacks were chaotic and disorganized, with vers fighting each other fordders, and more simply standing bewildered beneath the walls, shouting incoherently, unaware of what they should do.


    The numerous ve leaders gathered together, looking at the chaotic scene in front of them, were somewhat at a loss.


    After all, they had not received any military education. How could they possibly know how tounch an attack on a city?


    Just as the ve leaders were bing more and more anxious, the city gates of Ice Rock City suddenly opened.


    The ves stared nkly for a few seconds, then cheered and all rushed toward the open city gate.


    But before their excitementsted long, the ground suddenly began to tremble.


    Apanied by the sight of scattered corpses and sttered blood, a squadron of dark armored cavalry shot out from the city gate like sharp arrows,pletely scattering the ve army.


    Witnessing this, Knight Walra shook his head with a smile, turned to hismand, “Kaitlin, you stay here with the mercenaries. I will lead the family guard in and lend a hand.”


    “Alright.”