Chapter 175: The End of the Road I

Chapter 175 – The End of the Road I
Relying on the Super Alchemy Bomb, he blew down the city wall.

Zachary led the soldiers of the Northern Legion and easily rushed into Greyfusen Castle.

Without the protection of the city fortifications and being attacked by the alchemy bombs, the orcs in the castle instantly blew up their camp.

Seeing this scene, it was as if Derensi had returned to that rainy night more than three months ago.

At this moment, the orc commander knew in his heart that the battle situation could not be undone, and the orc army under his command only had one way to lose.

Delunsi was a ninth-ranked orc, not very old, and still had the potential to impact the legend.

In the orc empire, he was also considered to be a not-so-small figure.

A high-ranking orc like him was naturally unwilling to die in the same place as ordinary soldiers.

After discussing with Gunderson, Derensi decided to let the senior orc officers each take a portion of their elite troops and disperse to break out.

Derensi was a 9th rank warrior with very strong combat power, and the guards he brought were also elite orcs.

Dozens of orc professionals attacked fiercely, and surprisingly, they protruded out of the siege and escaped into the depths of the mountain forest.

Gunderson was not so lucky and was surrounded by William with the third brigade.

Although Gunderson’s combat power was quite a bit stronger than William’s, in this kind of large-scale battlefield, a ninth-ranked werewolf couldn’t determine victory or defeat at all.

Surrounded by superior forces, Gunderson was quickly wounded and his head was chopped off by William.

A ninth-ranked professional was worth a strange feat that could be exchanged for a barony.

This merit, together with the battle merit William had accumulated in this war, was not far from being promoted to Viscount.

However, this time William wasn’t going to be ordained a second knighthood, he was going to exchange his merits for the Breathing Method.

William’s Holy Light Breathing Technique still lacked two more layers to be perfected, the last two layers of the breathing technique were of high value, and if he wanted to exchange for a transcription, he would need to consume eight great merits.

Having gotten the Gunderson head, redeeming the breathing method was enough.

William was a very ambitious officer, although he did not come from a high background, he had a soul that was not willing to be inferior, not only did he want to become a noble, but he also wanted to strive towards being a Legendary Professional.

This battle was a great victory for Zachary here, completely annihilating fifteen thousand soldiers of the orcs, with only three thousand casualties of his own.

The orcs that broke out from Greyfusen Castle were only about two thousand.

Richard received the news of the total annihilation of the orc army, it was already two days later.

It had been more than four months since the war broke out, and the military honors of Harland’s territory had been handed out. In the first battle, he captured the orc military station and crushed the orc brigade, Richard got eight medium merits, and the total annihilation of Maruland’s department, he got four large merits and six medium merits.

It was hard to deduct the military merits for the heads, but the merits for winning the battle were deducted a lot by the king’s capital.

According to common sense, Richard successively wiped out four brigades of orcs, and should have gotten four great merits, but as a result, a large portion of it was deducted, leaving only one and a half great merits.

After deducting the merits of Richard, the commander, the merits of his soldiers and officers were also deducted.

The significance of Richard having won the battle was almost suppressed by more than half.

The nobles of Black River County knew in their hearts why they deducted Richard’s merit.

Richard had offended the interest group behind Jerram back then and was now being retaliated against by others.

The Harland family didn’t have many connections in the king’s capital, so it was natural that they would suffer in the process of evaluating the merits, which was something that Richard had also considered and knew very well in his heart.

It’s a pity that the allied forces of the nobles of the Black River County, because of the losses suffered, do not dare to blame the royal capital, but on the contrary, there is some disconnect with Richard, not willing to listen to his command. They quietly wrote a letter to Zachary under Baron Rice’s tandem, requesting to fight under Viscount Rommen’s command.

In the past few battles, Richard was very nice to the Black River County Noble Coalition.

Although Richard got the lion’s share of the booty, he hadn’t screwed them over.

Every time he fought, he didn’t let them suffer any losses, but instead he was able to capture a lot of belongings.

Unexpectedly, these nobles have turned away from Richard and defected to Viscount Rommen.

Inside these nobles, there is also Richard’s uncle, Baron Dak.

Although Richard’s mother and Baron Darke are not siblings, the relationship is also relatively distant.

However, because of this relationship, Richard took care of Baron Dak.
I didn’t realize that people don’t even miss the slightest bit of sentiment, but on the contrary, Baron Sharp, because he is the first generation baron, has a very heavy military style. Because he is the first generation Baron, he has a heavy military style. He is still willing to fight under Richard’s command because he is grateful that he has helped him to defend his territory.

The last time he pacified the rebellion, Richard had already accumulated six major merits and nine medium merits.

Together with the five great merits and four medium merits he had accumulated this time, the merits for obtaining a new territory were already enough.

Being targeted by the interest group behind Prince Felix this time, Richard secretly remembered it in his heart, and when he had the chance, he naturally wanted to retaliate ruthlessly.

Now the strength is not enough, can only follow behind Duke Roger, flagrantly support Prince Chris.

Richard in the barracks, suddenly received the news of the missing scouts, immediately felt abnormal, immediately informed Soros, let the cavalry assembly.

The scouts Richard sent out were forty-eight in total, twenty-four groups.

There were six groups in each direction, each responsible for a five-kilometer scouting mission.

The scouts returned to the camp in two hours to transmit information once, and the scouting range was thirty kilometers.

Now after two and a half hours, no news had come from the scouts from the east, so they must have met with an accident.

Although Legionary Zachary had annihilated the orc army, there were still quite a few leaky fish on the loose, and the biggest big fish was the orc legionary Derensi.

Suddenly remembering this person, Richard decided to take a gamble.

Hearing Richard gather his cavalry, Sophia immediately guessed his thoughts and made sure to follow Richard and participate in this mission.

After the Wraith Cavalry assembled, Richard, together with Sophia, took the Wraith Cavalry and immediately rushed to the place where the scouts disappeared, repeatedly searching for clues and pulling the net to search for them, and soon found the bodies of the missing scouts in the caves.

Along the traces left by the enemy, the Wraith Cavalry tracked all the way and soon found the murderer.

The murderer was indeed the Ninth Order Lionman Drency.

At this point, Delunsi was at the end of his rope.

At this moment, there were only eleven orc guards left by Delunsi’s side. These eleven orc guards were all werewolf and lion professions, and among them, there was also a fourth rank.

The guards were not in very good condition, more or less carrying injuries. They hadn’t had any water or rice for two days, and only had about half of their stamina left.

A big shot like Derenci had been hunted by the Northern Legion all along, even though he had managed to break out.

It was not easy to get rid of the pursuers, and was already less than twenty kilometers away from the orc army, but accidentally leaked the trail. After killing the scouts, Delunsi was clear that the news would surely be leaked, and immediately seized the time to escape, not expecting to be caught up by the Wraith cavalry.

Seeing Delunsi, Richard’s eyes immediately glistened, as if he had seen a precious treasure.

(End of chapter)