Alien Knights

The night at Beishi Fortress was silent. The guards squatted at the door of the armory, counting the stars in the sky boredly, and the captain's snoring could still be heard in their ears.

"This is a bad job."

The soldier picked up a stone and threw it forcefully into the distance. Watching the stone pass across the night sky, he suddenly noticed a strange movement in the air. It looked like a layer of transparent mist, frozen in front of it.

"How can it be foggy in this season?" The guard who didn't know what was inside looked at the fog twice, and was just about to take a few steps forward. In the next second, the blade with the sound of wind behind him pierced out of the void and cut his throat.

Before he could utter a scream, a large amount of blood splashed everywhere like a fountain. The soldier felt that all the strength in his body was drained in an instant, and the darkness in front of him became heavier and heavier.

The "reconnaissance alien" covered in a black robe dispelled the abilities of "mimicry" and "stealth", picked up the soldier's body, and hid it in a dark corner. A wooden box was placed at the door of the arsenal, and the wooden board was lifted, revealing that it was filled with explosives.

Ten minutes later, there was a deafening explosion, accompanied by a mass of flames that soared into the sky, announcing the official start of the chaos of the Battle of Beishi.

In the camp of the Muxi Knights, Cumberland put on his armor and loudly conveyed orders to his subordinates. Seeing Todd standing in front of him in uniform, the old man frowned: "Commander, you don't need to participate in tonight's battle."

Todd shook his head and said: "As you said during the day, a heroic commander should be able to let the soldiers see him at any time."

Cumberland sighed, and turned to Huggins' "Successor" cavalry squad and said: "Your troops are the reserve team, stay with the commander-in-chief, and protect the commander at all costs!"

Looking at the troop that had just sent the monks and books back to Muxi Town, and rushed back to join the battle, Todd had no intention of opposing Cumberland's decision, but in the dark, he counted the number of the "Successor" cavalry squad, but there seemed to be one more person?

In Beishi Fortress, Earl Hewlett, who was awakened by the explosion, hurriedly dressed, went to the hall, grabbed a messenger and asked, "What's going on?! Has the enemy attacked the city?"

The messenger mourned: "My lord, the enemy did not attack the city, but those barbarians..."

"What happened to those people? Tell me!"

"They rebelled!"

Hewlett slapped the messenger angrily: "Nonsense! I have deployed heavy troops around the barbarian camp, and they have only a few people, no weapons or armor, how can they rebel?!"

The orderly covered his flushed cheeks with one hand, and pointed to the flames outside the door: "My lord, those barbarian soldiers are not the only ones rebelling! There are also thousands of barbarian slaves. They opened the gate of the arsenal and are now attacking the gate of the inner city of the fortress!"

Earl Hewlett's face was ashen, and he stayed where he was.

Inside the fortress, in the camp of the massacre mercenary group, the head of the group, Tim, sat on the steps, listening to the shouts of killing in the fortress, and remained silent.

His subordinates shouted anxiously: "Boss, those barbarians are about to break through the gate of the inner city, shouldn't we go to support the count now?"

Tim stood up, picked up the axe, and spat on the ground: "The notice goes on, let everyone prepare their weapons, we are going to attack the silver vault of Beishi Fortress."

What? !

The soldiers of the mercenary regiment opened their eyes wide upon hearing the commander's order, and all cast surprised glances.

"Boss, attack the treasury?! Did you make a mistake?"

Tim laughed: "That earl, do you really think I'm an idiot? He can use the barbarian army to consume the enemy's strength today, but tomorrow he will let us die in order to preserve his strength! So, we should also make some plans for ourselves."

The barbarian army acquired a large amount of armor and weapons from the arsenal. With these tools of war, even the weakest child and youngest woman in the tribe had the courage to fight the enemy head-on. Because the desire for war and the maintenance of the tribe are the honors that flow in the blood vessels of these barbarians.

This nearly 1,300-strong army caught the fortress defenders by surprise, and the gate of the inner city officially changed hands after half an hour of their attack. A clansman asked Boyle: "Boss, the gate of the inner city has been broken, what should we do next?"

The barbarian leader glanced at the plain outside the fort, and issued an order to the troops: "Capture the fort's treasury as soon as possible, and withdraw from the fort after looting, and head north into the mountains!"

In this way, in this chaotic night, the fortress defenders, the massacre mercenary group, and the barbarian troops fought together in the inner city. The three forces mixed together like paint, and together in this painting called "Northern Stone Fortress", a chaotic and strange scene was depicted. However, after the Muxi Knights broke through the drawbridge of the fortress, they encountered an unexpected enemy.

Cumberland led the troops. When they passed the main square of the fortress, a huge figure with a height of seven meters crawled out from the underground of the fortress. Under the night, with its dark skin, coupled with mutated limbs and organs, it looked a bit like an "ogre" in myths and legends.

Todd reined in his horse, looking in surprise at this seemingly similar giant, with mottled patterns on his skin, two arms, one big and one small, and the head of the dead embedded in the chest cavity, which had been slowly assimilated by flesh and blood...

Todd finally remembered who this guy was.

This guy is clearly the "Successor Mutant" that he met in Fort Watch!

It's just that compared with the "Frankenstein" that was stitched together at that time, this mutant has slowly fused the flesh and blood from different creatures together, and it looks more like a whole.

After a brief shock, the soldiers of the Muxi Knights waved their weapons and rushed towards the monster in front of them.

The mutant put its huge arm on the side of its body, and after charging up its power, it struck out violently. Five or six soldiers were knocked into the air by this attack, and then fell hard to the ground, losing their lives instantly. The remaining people were terrified by the monster's terrifying face and super powerful attack.

"Huggins! Take your team to defeat him!" Seeing this situation, Todd couldn't care less, turned around and shouted orders to the knight beside him.

Huggins seemed a little hesitant: "But, my duty is to protect your safety, Lord Todd!"

Todd moved his body closer to Huggins: "This is the order of the chief! If the fight continues like this, the losses of the Muxi Knights will expand to an unacceptable level! Listen, Huggins, the only person who can defeat the "Successor" is the "Successor"!"

The knight looked at the huge monster in front of him, thought for a moment, finally nodded towards Todd, and led the "Successor" cavalry team to meet him.

The existence of "Dragon Bone" allows the aces of the Muxi Knights to have superhuman strength, agility and speed, while "Regeneration", "Metal Skin" and other abilities give them the basis for survival on the battlefield.

Thirteen "successors" surrounded the huge "mutant", taking advantage of their speed and strength, they were unable to fight against the latter.

Just when Todd thought the overall situation was settled, a vision happened.

The "variant" knelt down on the ground, a huge bulge bulged on its back, and a strong vibration came from inside. As roars resounded on the battlefield, dozens of creepy creatures emerged from the ground of the fortress.

Perhaps using the word biological to describe it may not be accurate.

They are like "things" made up of dead bodies. Old people, children, women, soldiers, these long-dead people, naked and naked, were sucked into a huge "meat pile", digested, transformed, and turned into "mutants" made up of corpses.

With a pale face, Cumberland took out the cross on his chest, drew the holy cross, and shouted to his subordinates: "We are the army of the heavenly father, the vanguard of heaven! These evil creatures are just a group of fragile puppets in front of the supreme holy light! Throw out all the remaining "Holy Thunder"!"

Hearing the sound of the explosion, Todd tightly squeezed the rein in his hands, his hands were covered with sweat, and while he was thinking about countermeasures, a burst of black smoke slowly floated in front of him.

Natural vigilance and high tension allow Todd to react extremely quickly to the scene in front of him.

When a hand reached out from the black smoke and struck Todd, he slipped off his horse and narrowly escaped the attack.

"Long time no see, Lord Todd..." The black mist slowly condensed into a human form, standing in front of the horse with a throat bone, and looking at the people on the ground with a smile: "Your achievements and progress really impress me, I really believe it now, the so-called holy son once said."

Todd stood up from the ground and looked at the man with cold eyes: "I never thought that I would meet you here. What is the 'Relief Society' here for?"

Throat Bone glanced back at the "mutant" and the group of corpses, and said in his mouth, "Is it 'Relief Society'? I believe that the term scavenging should be more accurate."

The man watched Huggins discovering the situation here. The latter had turned his horse's head and rushed towards him. He turned back and said to Todd, "So, since the last time we parted, Mr. Todd has not been to our place as a guest. Why don't you... go with me again this time?"

Todd took half a step back, his eyes full of warning: "What if I don't agree?"

Throat Bone took out a 20-centimeter short sword from his bosom, pinched the hilt with two fingers, stabbed at Todd, and said, "Then I can only let you lie down first."

Todd looked at the slowly enlarging sword blade in his eyes. Frightened, his body wanted to move, but his feet seemed to be rooted, and he couldn't do it. At this critical moment, a dagger pierced through the air, firmly supporting the dagger at the throat.

A woman with black hair and black eyes stood in front of Todd after disabling "mimicry" and "disappearance".

Looking at this familiar figure, Todd exclaimed, "Karin? Why are you here?!"

"Someone warned us two days ago that the "Relief Society" is here, so my sister asked me to follow Uncle Huggins to the battlefield to protect you."

Seeing the knight's horse getting closer and closer to him, he knew that the best time had passed. He withdrew his dagger with a smile and shrugged: "Master Todd, there must be some misunderstanding between us. But it's okay, I believe we will meet again soon."

After saying this, Throatbone put his hand to his mouth and whistled. The "mutant" and the group of corpses slowly left the battlefield and disappeared outside the gate of the fortress.

"Master Todd, please don't forget our identities. We are all heterogeneous, and sooner or later we will have a common enemy." The larynx turned into a black mist and scattered in the dark night.

Watching Cumberland organize manpower to rescue the wounded, Huggins leading the team to clean up the war, Todd watched the rising sun slowly in the east, and sat down on the ground, tired and worried like a tidal wave.

From today, Beishi Fortress ended hundreds of years of occupation by the kingdom, and was officially incorporated into the territory of Muxi Town.

But all this is just the beginning.