Invade the white dove

Odong's White Pigeon Castle was built on a cliff, the cliff protruding like a bird's beak hook. The waves of the Red Sea washed over the rocks, always screaming, like the melodious singing of birds.

This is how Fengxiaoya got its name.

The tower where the little prince lived when he was a child was built only after he was born. Perhaps his father, King Fino, worried that he would be too boring when he grew up, so he deliberately opened the windows on the side facing the sea.

The singing of flying gulls and the constant waves and wind tsunami replaced the absent mother, humming a lullaby every night for him.

Julis once thought the sound was monotonous, and later he was distressed that he could no longer hear the harmony of wind and waves, but when he finally smelled the damp wind and saw the returning gulls, he yanked tighter. the reins.

The black horse neighed, its hooves were raised high, the dirt and grass were thrown off by the horse's hooves, and fell back to the ground with a crackling sound.

Sotiria was on the horse almost at the same time as him. The white horse snorted, tilted his head and rubbed against his companion, and touched his lips more frankly and intimately than his master.

Seeing this, the herald immediately stopped the army and rested on the spot.

In Yulis's memory, the territory of the Odong Kingdom stretches endlessly. If it were not for the barrier of the Red Sea, the dove's wings would touch the edge of the world.

When he took a boat from White Pigeon Castle and fled to the sanctuary far away in the Tyr Ice Field, he had half a month to regret his cowardice, but he rode all the way from Gaman's capital Stani to here, day and night. During the rapid march, he only had four days and three nights to piece together the remaining memories in his mind.

It turns out that Odong is not as vast as he imagined.

The soldiers hadn't closed their eyes for many days, and they were miserable. Now they finally got the order to rest. Although the destination was right in front of them, no one raised any objections, and almost all of them immediately dropped their buttocks to the ground.

Yulis got off his horse, let the black horse eat grass on the roadside, left the marching road, waved his hand to stop Hassan who wanted to follow, climbed to the highest nearby hillside alone, and looked at the gray cloud-shrouded building in the distance. City - Erdu.

This was the first time he looked at his city from this angle across the Doma River.

This city, which once represented peace and prosperity, is distributed in a triangle according to the direction of the tributaries of the Red Sea.One of the tops is naturally the Dove Castle, while the other two corners extend to the north and south respectively.

Three city walls tightly surrounded the castle and the houses. With the ups and downs of the terrain, the city wall on the land alone was nearly 9000 meters tall, towering so high that even the sea breeze was temporarily slowed down.

There is a tower every 50 meters on the inner wall, one towers every 40 meters on the outer wall, and a 20-meter-wide moat guards the outer circle.

This city has witnessed the backs of too many enemies retreating in embarrassment.

In the past 200 years, the city has experienced more than 50 siege battles, large and small, and only one time was lost due to the enemy's internal and external cooperation.

Therefore, not only the people of Odong, but everyone in the Black Zee Continent believed that Eldu, which had three walls, was almost impossible to be breached.

Even now, looking at the outer city wall piled up with collapsed stones in the northwest corner and surrounded by scorched black, Julis can still feel that the defeated enemy troops are facing the iron barrels of Erdu, almost How hopeless it must be when there is no flaw in the defense.

"Invincible", this is the first word that pops into the mind, and it is also the exclusive reference to Erdu among the foreign population. The Odon songs sung in the tavern have never been without a rich description of the city wall of Erdu .

However, Garman's army invaded and occupied the city in just 20 days.

Until now, until he saw the ruins of the capital with his own eyes, Julius still couldn't figure out what went wrong.

A familiar coldness approached, and there was no sound of footsteps, but Julius knew that Sotiria was following.

"In the past, every Mayday, Advent or other major festivals, the streets were full of people. At that time, you didn't have to walk by yourself. You could reach the square just by letting passers-by squeeze you."

Julis pointed to the open space in the center of the city where the remains of the stone statue collapsed.Even from this perspective, the dilapidated scene is still shocking.

Sotiria did not continue what Julis said, but pointed to the tributary outside the north wall that flows eastward into the Red Sea: "Doma River, it seems that a ferry is needed to enter the city. It's getting late now, why not stay here Rest for the night first."

Julis turned to look at the soldiers rubbing their shoulders and beating their legs.

At the knight canonization ceremony four days ago, after he "executed" the three warriors of Odong, Kyle happily sealed Odong as his territory and assigned [-] soldiers to him.

Since then, Julius has grown from a penniless "Refugee of the Kingdom of Nice" to become a contract knight of King Kyle, the head of the guard of the Garman royal family, and the great lord of the Odong territory.

This is almost a supreme honor in the Garman Empire.

The aristocratic young masters who were protons in the court all day sycophant stared red with jealousy, while the noble girls who wanted to take Julius as a lover and had a romantic relationship with him tore apart the veil of disappointment.

——How could this powerful new aristocrat have a crush on them who are penniless?

"Upstart" Julis saw everyone's reaction, but just shook off his cloak, and led his army towards Odong that night.

He was worried that after a few more days of delay, the magistrate Kyle sent to Odong would execute all the surviving subjects in a fit of rage.

"No, the governor of Odong didn't know we were here. Tens of thousands of slaves were locked in the dungeon. The place was dirty and smelly. It might take another day..."

"I'm not asking for your opinion, Julis." Sotiria put his hands on Yulis' shoulders, and straightened his body without rejection. Julis bowed his head, but Sotiria He squeezed his chin again.

The cold war that started inexplicably because of the incident of "Tattoo of Thorny Rose" ended inexplicably, and Sotiria and his little prince regained their original intimacy.

Or in other words, "looks" intimate.

However, in the process of getting along for a long time, Sotiria has gradually groped for a way to get along with this stubborn white pigeon: just the right amount of toughness can actually make Julis obedient.

In the orange afterglow, even Julius's pale cheeks were stained with crimson.But Sotiria frowned, pointed his index finger at the corner of the other's eyes, and said in a reproachful tone: "You haven't slept for four days, take a good look at your eyes, they are all bloodshot. You have stubble growing on your chin , your hair is messy like a chicken coop, and you still smell of sweat and horses. Julius, you are like a..."

"Like a devil." Julius laughed with his mouth open.

"Like a child who drank a bitter medicine made from snake gall and aconitum, frowning and looking for sugar everywhere."

Sotiria ruffled his hair.

It has been more than half a month since Julius cut off his long hair in order to escape from the siege of the Devil's Temple. Now his hair has grown a lot. Although it still can't cover his ears, at least it doesn't hurt to the touch.

"Rest at least one night, you can't set foot on your territory like this."

"If all my people are dead, what kind of lord am I?" Julius asked heavily.

But even though he didn't agree with his mouth, he has been standing here and has not issued an order to the army to set off.

The sun quickly entered the mountains, and the shadows of the two were stretched very long.Gradually, even the gaps between the shadows disappeared. From a distance, they seemed to be entangled together without distinguishing each other.

The field is covered with a layer of smoky blue yarn.

Erdu, which was still silent just now, started from the White Pigeon Castle at the top of the east, and slowly lit up a hazy light.

The city comes alive at night.