The Song of Kaxilda

An astonishing howling sound pierced through the air, and fell on the ice layer, shaking out a crack and splashing shattered ice.

The sharp piece of ice drew a bloodstain on Kevin's face, making him almost fall from the seat placed on the back of the pack animal. Fortunately, Reginold was agile.

"Is it a stone?" Reginold saw clearly the shadow that fell just now, "No, order to speed up!"

The new order was immediately conveyed layer by layer, but the other party obviously didn't want to let go of this opportunity to distract them with a brief panic.

After the test launch, the giant equipment on the cliff quickly started to work again, and six huge boulders slammed into the advancing beast crowd. Although no casualties were caused due to immediate evasion, the ice layer began to emit An unsettling croon.

In an instant, tiny cracks formed on the ice surface that couldn't be counted at once, and then began to spread wildly at an accelerated rate.

The human beings seemed to have calculated the direction, and the crack formed by the landing point of several boulders just wrapped the orc elite guards at the end and their pack animals.

However, in this severe winter, the ice layer on the lake is still solid enough, with a considerable thickness.Apart from forming a network of cracks after the boulder fell, it did not break it.

Except for one or two unlucky pack animals that happened to be at the landing point of the huge boulder, because they were carrying heavy supplies and failed to dodge in time, their spines were broken on the spot.

The dull neighing sound of the huge body crashing to the ground stirred the unsteady nerves of the orcs.

Although it is not clear what kind of equipment humans used to throw the huge boulder so far, the orc warriors did not show their uneasy mentality on their faces, and they still regrouped to protect the royal family and priests , was ordered to speed up the march, trying to get out of the landing area before the next wave of attacks.

The creaking sound of the giant wooden instrument came from the sky behind, and then several black shadows accompanied by shrill screams flitted across the air like birds.

Because of their lighter weight, those black shadows obviously landed farther than those boulders, and one of them happened to land not far behind Reginald.

"This is..." Reginold stared in surprise.

He couldn't see more clearly, those orcs who were clearly staying in Carcosa.

"How dare they... treat us orcs like this!"

"Your Majesty, no." Kevin held Reginald, who was gnashing his teeth, causing several veins to burst out on his neck.

"Hmph!" Reginald sat down heavily, and punched hard the armrest of the seat on the broad back of the beast, full of anger and nowhere to vent.

The orc who fell from the sky was still young, and even though all the bones in his body were broken, he still had a breath of air, and he made up a short syllable with a fragmented voice: "Flee!"

Before the end sound fell, his body suddenly made a loud noise, and the filth after the explosion stained the surrounding orc warriors who were trying to save him.

At the same time, there were crackling sounds from other directions, and then several black shadows fell.

After the same five rounds of attacks, the sight was full of mess and appalling.

The orcs froze on the spot and had no time to react.

Several of the orcs who stayed in the city before were their relatives and acquaintances, but now they instantly disappeared in front of them in this way, which is naturally unbearable.

What's even more strange is that after several rounds of throwing, the human army began to retreat, and soon there were only a few scattered people left on the cliff.

"What the hell are they playing?" Although Reginald was full of doubts, he had to put the overall situation first, let everyone count the losses, tidy up and move on, "If you want to cause damage, then use that weapon to throw A few rounds of boulders are enough, why give up? Humans should not only intend to use this as a deterrent, but now they evacuate directly, I can't think of what purpose they are trying to achieve."

"Your Majesty's thoughts have been disturbed." Kevin's brows have never been relaxed. "The boulder is difficult to transport, the ice is solid, and the damage range is not large. I must have not prepared so much. As for those orcs... I think it is better It would be safer for the priests to gather here, I'm afraid..."

"Okay." Reginald immediately agreed, "If something happens, the members of your house of priests will be able to deal with it in time."

"It's really not right, could it be..." Kevin's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked up at Reginald.

Reginald also had a dignified face: "It's a blessing that only a few pack animals and some supplies have been lost. I hope your premonition will never come true."

Yet premonitions will eventually be confirmed, no matter how much time passes.

This confirmation took less than a day.

Under the cover of the night of the Fall of Ice Festival, first a strong orc warrior collapsed without warning, then the second, and the third... Sudden high fever, fatigue, headache, nausea, and broken skin collapsing, difficulty breathing, and eventually death.

What these fighters have in common is that they were all affected by the previous explosion and stained with the red blood of their compatriots.

The number of fallen soldiers increased fissionally, and there were hundreds of them in a blink of an eye, and it continued to increase.

Only then did Reginald and Kevin fully understand the true intentions of human beings.

plague.

This nightmarish word that Reginald didn't want to mention the last time was still thrown out of the tip of his tongue and weighed on everyone's heart.

Fortunately, the priests had been summoned ahead of time quite unexpectedly, but I don't know if it was luck or misfortune.

As the priests who have the most research on this nightmare created by humans among the orcs, although they still can't cure this plague, they still decisively and quickly deploy a temporary barrier to keep all orcs who have been exposed to the pathogen at the back.

At the same time, Reginald also intercepted the news, so as not to cause greater panic among the ordinary orc people who evacuated with them.

But the isolation barrier deployed by the priests is only temporary after all, and cannot exist for a long time.

Even they couldn't completely block the tragedy of the disease and the screams before death.

Before the emergency situation was dealt with, the human chasing army couldn't wait to appear behind the fallen orc soldiers.

Despair is always spreading.