The Release That Witch

Chapters 111

The first group of freed men who served as human flesh shields met no resistance whatsoever and managed to climb the slope of the ground.

On a ramp formed from the slopes of the earth, the defenders had built a wooden fence to block the invading forces. The fence was not completely closed, but rather had many holes for the spear. As long as the attacker was busy destroying the fence beams, the defenders could only stand behind him and use their spears to kill the enemy.

However, contrary to Duke Frances expectations, the defenders who should have been standing behind the fence were nowhere to be seen. The entire wall is currently unguarded. So the vanguards carrying their axes can quickly open up some gaps in the walls. After the logs were removed, the rush to the city began. A moment later, the wooden gate was also opened.

"Let's go," said the Duke, and shook the reins of his horse and led the rest of his army to the gate. From the start of the siege until the gates were opened, less than thirty minutes had passed, so what did Garcia Wimbledon do?

Frances frowned, even if she did not have much combat experience, he should still know that he had to leave behind a small group of private guards or mercenaries who had been bought with a lot of money and were not afraid of death. Only this way could he gain enough time for the larger group to escape.

The 3rd princess was definitely not a fool. Otherwise, it could not be explained why he could take over the South so quickly. So why didn't he arrange for a man to defend that wall? Building a solid defense, even with a well-placed trap in it, but without anyone operating it, is just a waste of money. Frances thought, it's decided now, my personal bodyguards will be the first group to enter the city and investigate whether the situation is safe.

But then, when the captain of his personal bodyguard returned to report, he reported that even within the city the situation was still the same, they did not encounter any resistance. However, there were indeed some wooden and stone obstacles, but after his men ordered the locals to work, it was immediately removed.

Hearing this report, Frances no longer hesitated and began to lead her remaining troops towards Eagle City. He had followed King Wimbledon III in many campaigns over the years and could be considered a veteran, so how could he let himself be feared by a little girl? Contrary to what is expected, the time invested in analyzing the enemy's move for error is not wasted. Because if he could wait until all the gates were captured, he could instantly drive across the city and save a lot of time.

When he stepped through the gate, Duke Frances could smell something with a pungent smell. It was not the smell of rotting corpses that often appeared on the battlefield, but rather more like a mixture of pine nut oil, tangerine peel, and incense. If one took a deep breath, they could even imagine it as a perfume.

What's this smell? But when he scanned his surroundings once more, he was unable to detect anything unusual. The only thing that does not seem to be true is that the ditch for the drainage system is clogged, and waste overflows out of its ducts, slowly flowing along the ground. It had collected so much dirt that he had no idea how long they had not been cleaned, but when the sun fell on these dark substances, it was reflected in five beautiful colors.

Perhaps the smell came from this pile of dirt, Frances shook her head, cleared it of this unnecessary thought, then began to lead her unit further into the castle district.

Since they took over Eagle City, they naturally had to go to the Castle and City Hall, and see if there was any looting worth it. Of course, it was most likely that Garcia had looted the city, so there shouldn't be many gold royals left, but some of the larger crafts and ornaments were also very suitable trophies. Right for this job, Frances brought her own food cart. Regardless of the condition of the loot, everything would be loaded on the carriage. As for those mercenaries, it was likely that they had already looted the surrounding shops and farms.

Well, for now, it doesn't matter. More importantly that Duke Joey is dead, and it is still uncertain who will be his successor. So now it's a tight battle, to decide under whose rule this city will fall.

When Duke Frances entered the castle, she thought she had come to the wrong place.

From the outside it looks like a castle, he thought. But not only did they take all the coins, no, they also cleared the entire basement. They took all the clothes and did not even leave a single piece of corn in the barn of wheat. Some of the wall paintings hanging on the walls were also all taken away, leaving only an empty wall behind. There are no more books on the bookshelf and they also do not forget to take the bed from the bedroom of God. In short, the entire castle has been stripped naked.

Is this something that is done in a hasty retreat? Frances gradually became more agitated. If this was not planned in the first place, the castle would not be thoroughly cleaned.

Just at the moment when he wanted to go to the City Hall to see if the same situation was there, thick smoke suddenly started to appear through the North Gate.

"What's up, is something burning?"

Yes, it must happen . The Duke's first thought was that these were all traps, but then he realized that this method of burning the gate was meaningless. After all, they could easily pass through the gate, they only needed to cross the slope and then they were already outside. Burning something, without additional attacks is meaningless, after all, an organized team will not need much time to put out the fire.

The correct use of this tactic is to place soldiers on the inner side of the wall, who will wait until the fire extends throughout the city, and then when the enemy forces begin to panic, that was the time for their own surprise attack to begin. If this was the case, it could easily disrupt the enemy formation, perhaps even forcing them to retreat. But as he said before, without anyone operating a trap, it was meaningless.

At this moment, from the direction of the other three gates black smoke also began to appear. And when he looked back at the flames in the North Gate, he could see that the flames were spreading at too fast a speed; it was as if the entire neighborhood had been filled with straw. It didn't take long until the first cries of civilians were heard, indicating that some of their homes were already lit.

This is impossible ... Duke Frances thought, a fire came from the north gate, but there is nothing that can be used to light a fire, there is only open space! But if there was nothing, how could the flames spread so quickly? Suddenly a terrible thought appeared in his mind, could Garcia Wimbledon secretly recruit a magician?

Frances convincingly touched the God's Stone of Retaliation hanging from her neck, calming the fast-beating heart. Hopefully this is just a fire ignited by a witch, as long as I can go straight through it. After all, with this stone that demonic flame could not hurt me. And furthermore every member of my personal bodyguard also wears this thing, so this fire cannot threaten us at all. As for the free people, who have no money to donate to the church, I just don't have time to take care of them.

Despite the fact that he had such a stone, the city still became dangerous, so he decided to escape to the war camp at the South Gate. From there he could not only monitor Eagle City, but also wait for the new King to return with cavalry. When he thought of his next move, he immediately gave the order to the Captain of his guard: "We will leave the city through the South Gate, during the journey you will honk to gather all our troops."

"As you command!"

Everyone immediately left, but as their group approached the South Gate, flames started to cover the entire city, having burned many civilian homes. The heat emanating from the fire became so hot that they were forced to retreat. Moreover, the commoners who had originally hidden inside their houses behind closed doors, were now on the streets and fleeing from the flames. Crowds all over the street with people. They became so numerous, even the sword-swinging knights were unable to move forward. No one could help fight the panic of the people fleeing to the only available open space that had not been burned. At this moment it seemed like everything would be engulfed in flames and smoke in the surroundings.

"Everything is calm, we have to go to the well. From there we can take water to put out this fire," Duke Frances quickly gave some orders, "Don't try to save the house, they are out of control. Just turn off. scorch obstacles in the streets, so we get a way out of the city. Don't stop the horn, tell others where we are!”

"Sir!" shouted a knight who came from the direction of the city center. The knight did not even wait until his horse stopped, instead, he directly jumped off the horse. When he took a closer look, he discovered that it was a knight sent to the North Gate by his Captain. "Master, at the North Gate we can't control fire!"

"What did you say?" Frances could not believe it, so she had to ask again, "You can't fight fire?"

"The fire is burning in this black water," he said quickly, "Not only is it not extinguished with water, it even quickly spreads over it, and now the whole northern city is on fire!"

"Eternal fire," Frances muttered, "Yes, it must be demonic fire." And then Duke shouted, “Don't panic! It's Garcia who harnessed the abilities of these evil witches! As long as you wear the God's Stone of Retaliation, you are safe! Even if these flames seem scary, they cannot hurt you!”

"So that's the reason, you're so kind." Moliere involuntarily stroked his chest, "Master, what should we do?"

"With the Stone of God's Retaliation we need not fear anything! Everyone launches, we'll break through!" The Duke waved his hand, "This demon fire as long as we wear the God's Stone of Retaliation, it will disappear without a trace!" He paused, "Moliere, you'll lead the first group of people out, I'll stay here and wait for the people who are still coming."

The female knight nodded in confirmation, "Master, you should take care of yourself, pay attention not to it!"

Then he turned around and rushed without hesitation towards the raging flames at the end of the road.