Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 255 Goodbye Panda
With excited roars, the orc warriors rushed into the city of Cologne through the gap in the city gate as if they had seen some delicious food.

For them, what is before them is a gift from the God of War that can enhance their strength.

You know, Gaoyabao's top-level Berserkers only have two of them so far. They often show off their frenzy in front of the barbarians, as if they were holding back their poop, which has long made these barbarians envious.

Now everyone is trying their best to kill more enemies and become berserkers.

This result caused the mercenaries in front of them to suffer a lot.

Facing the enemy's spear formation, the barbarians sneered and pulled out steel javelins from their backs and held them in their hands.

No orders or calls were needed, they acted as one, and the next moment countless steel spears flew over at the same time, covering the sky and the sun.

The mercenaries' carefully prepared formation was of no avail, as they stared in amazement at the javelins coming towards them.

A huge wave of blood suddenly rushed up into the sky, broken limbs and arms flew everywhere, and shrill wails continued.

These mercenaries were like poor wheat facing a farmer's sickle, all cut down in one swoop.

The barbarians did not stop there. They used all five javelins they carried at once.

The result of doing this was that most of the densely packed mercenaries in front of him were reduced at once, and only a few of them were smart enough to lie on the ground and escape.

Before the two sides even engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the mercenaries suffered heavy losses.

"I go."

The lord holding a broadsword looked at the cleared corridor and felt as if all his experience packs had been stolen.

He felt that this group of mercenaries were not even as good as the city guards of Blackrock Castle, but after thinking about it, he felt that he could not have too high expectations for these mercenaries.

Not to mention these mercenaries who are one level weaker than the regular army, even if the regular army came, they would not be able to face the barbarians who have now become high-level soldiers of the system.

You know, a high-level soldier determined by the system is enough to become a top-level martial arts instructor for a legion, not to mention the scale they have now formed. Their advantage over ordinary people is astonishingly huge.

When these mercenaries faced the Gaoyabao team, they were destined to be like a pitiful mantis trying to stop the wheel, and their only end was helpless despair.

After dealing with the guards at the city gate, the lord waved his hand and led his men to help Montvit on the city wall, completely taking control of this section of the wall. He would then decide whether to help the main force or go to the inner castle alone, depending on the situation.

But before he had taken two steps, he saw a large group of Cologne soldiers rushing towards them from a street in the distance. They were wearing armor with the tulip logo printed on them and were obviously Cologne's regular army.

Both sides stared at each other.

There was no need for questioning or probing, as both commanders issued the most direct orders.

"Guard the city gate! Guard the city gate! Beat these northerners back!" Officer Colen, who came to the rescue, roared at the top of his lungs.

Unfortunately, if loud noise can represent combat power, then at least every orc barbarian is a dragon slayer.

This time, the lord rushed into the crowd in an instant, swung the broadsword in his hand fiercely, and with a crisp sound, it was as if he had cut countless watermelons. The view in front was suddenly empty, and the Colen guards were separated from the lower body that had accompanied them for many years and fell to the ground alone.

"Cool!"

Listening to the constant reminders of experience in his mind, the lord laughed three times, and then began to chop wildly like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

"Devil, this is a devil!"

"Oh my God, why do you let us suffer this kind of devilish torture!"

This extremely horrifying performance scared the thousands of guards who came to the rescue so much that they wailed miserably, dropped their weapons and turned around to run away. They were so frightened that they fled in all directions without any choice.

In just a moment, all the little soldiers had fled, leaving only a few frightened young men sitting on the ground with lifeless eyes.

"Depend on."

Looking at the reinforcements that fled after he killed only a hundred of them, the lord realized that he seemed to have missed an opportunity to make a name for himself.

If the name had been announced just now, these fleeing soldiers would have taken it upon themselves to publicize the power of the Lion Hunting Knight, saying that he was a peerless warrior who alone could have chopped down a team of a thousand men.

He might even be given the title of the bravest man in history.

But Levi was just thinking about it. Perhaps in modern times, few people could match his personal bravery, but a thousand years ago, there were also strong people who could destroy an entire country by themselves.

There was no doubt that he had missed another opportunity to increase his reputation, which was more painful than losing a hundred gold grams.

And he made up his mind that before starting a fight, he would announce his name first.

He finally understood now why those knights of mediocre strength had to go through so many complicated rituals before a duel, and they had to announce their names first.

A typical poor student has a lot of stationery.

Now I know that this was all for show... No, it was all for fame!

This time there was no resistance, and the lord successfully led the orcs to rush up the city wall and meet up with Montvit. It only took the two of them two hundred pulses to clear out the mercenaries on this section of the city wall and take control of it.

The other side obviously knew that the loss of the city wall was a fact and could never be recaptured, so they stopped sending troops here and began to gradually shrink the defense line towards the inner castle.

This resulted in the main Northern army being in dire straits, and it was estimated that even with the help of the ice and snow wizards, it would take a while to take it down, but the opposing defenders inexplicably retreated to the inner castle.

This made the Northern soldiers, who had captured the city wall effortlessly, somewhat confused.

But in general, as long as they won, it was worth celebrating, so they cheered one by one, and soon cut off the southern border flag on the city wall and replaced it with the northern border's "eagle holding sword" flag.

This is the emblem of the Martell family, and it also means that Colen has basically fallen into Florina's control.

After more than half a year of preparation, they finally achieved their strategic goal and entered the southern capital. The northern expeditionary army even held a ceremony to enter the city.

The guards of honor, wearing leather shoes, red dresses and feather hats, lined up in neat rows in front, blowing trumpets and beating drums, while the army followed behind and walked into Cologne happily.

This lively scene attracted many curious eyes from the cracks in the doors and holes in the walls on both sides of the road, all of whom were secretly looking at the army coming from the north.

To be honest, when they knew that the South and the North were going to fight, besides being worried all day long, they just prayed that the Duke of the South could beat back the Northerners.

Now, facing the Northern Army entering the city, he cursed the relatives of those noble lords in the Southern Territory in country slang in his heart.

He prayed in his heart that for the sake of the Mother Goddess of Earth, these Northern lords would vent their anger on the Southern lords and not harm these unarmed civilians.

The army did not relax after entering the city, but began to search the city, fearing that there were thousands of soldiers hiding in a stinky ditch and they could give them a severe blow at the critical moment.

Only after they confirmed again and again that there were no enemies left in the city of Cologne, with only the towering white castle and some remnants of enemies remaining, did the officers and nobles breathe a sigh of relief.

Then soldiers were sent to surround the Duke's Castle in Cologne, and even the sewers and secret passages leading to the outside world were heavily guarded.

When all this was done, the sky had already set.

Fires were lit in the camp, and the cooks started to make fires and cook. One by one, the cattle and sheep bought from the farmers were slaughtered to comfort the soldiers who had made great contributions to the siege. Although the Duke's Castle had not been captured, even the twenty-eight-blade Koren had been captured, not to mention the inner castle with only seven or eight blades.

Besides, it was already night, and considering the many disadvantages of fighting at night, the soldiers had been hungry for nearly a day.

Therefore, the capture of the inner castle was scheduled for tomorrow's sunrise.

Now that victory was at hand, the Northern Legion and the Highcliff Fort team finally put aside their exclusion for a short time and celebrated together.

There was a huge tent specially built outside the city of Cologne. The ground was covered with thick wool carpets and long tables were placed inside. The seats around it were already occupied. At a glance, they were all various nobles and personal guards.

A dozen maids shuttled among them like butterflies flying among flowers, bringing out plates of delicious food.

Of course, in terms of exquisiteness, it is still not as good as the food in Duke Castle.

But now everyone has been in the army for several months, and they are just satisfied with having enough to eat every day. When the war is urgent, they have to eat dry food every day.

Therefore, it is extremely rare to be able to have such a hot meal.

As for these maids?

It can only be said that it is not surprising that some nobles would take a few maids with them when they go out to fight off the enemies.

Except for the legion commanders under the regular duke like Fujiro, ordinary nobles have this habit.

This is also a tacit behavior, and Florina will not say anything about it.

The meal had not officially begun yet, and the northern nobles were already talking loudly.

If you listen carefully, you will find that 70% of the conversations are about how to experience the differences between the women in the South after completely conquering Koren.

Thirty percent of them are mixed with discussions about a certain person.

If the Lord heard this, he would be furious and curse these nobles as a bunch of good-for-nothings who only care about women. After all, a group of women could be more interesting than him, a Lion Hunter Knight.

It just doesn't make sense.

As the tent curtain was opened, a very beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes appeared first, followed by a very handsome young man with a perfect body like a tiger or leopard.

The northern nobles seemed to have suffered from a collective muteness. They kept silent and looked carefully at the Lord of Highcliff Castle, the Lion Hunter.

The whole tent was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The lord smiled modestly, maintaining the aristocratic demeanor just right, until he saw the shaggy strong man pushed into the corner of the tent, and his masterly demeanor was shattered.

"Fuck, when did Pan Shuai come?" he said in surprise.

I saw a burly panda sitting in the corner like a young wife, quietly looking at the northern nobles around him.

Judging from its appearance, it seemed to want to find someone to kill time by playing tricks on it, so as to divert its attention from the food.

However, those northern nobles were so arrogant that they were unwilling to pay any attention to this panda, which made it feel like a male tiger mixed into a group of cats, so out of place.

"Sir, I just arrived today." Panda looked up when he heard the familiar voice, and his eyes lit up instantly.

Panda already knew that the human nobles looked down on half-orcs like them. Now, he was called to attend the banquet even though he had just arrived. There was no one familiar in the room, which made him feel uneasy.

At first I wondered what was wrong with these Northern nobles, as they were silent.

Now seeing someone familiar, he stood up excitedly and almost overturned the table in front of him.

This made the Northern nobles frown. If this pandaman was not the Duke's number one thug, they would have had this ignorant orc kicked out long ago.

"Come and sit with me, Sir. I feel like there's no one to talk to me, so we can chat a little bit."

The Lord waved his hand.

Panda, who was already feeling uncomfortable with being excluded, did not hesitate and followed the lord with his tall and sturdy body.

"Panda, let me introduce you. This is Miss Leah, tomorrow's Duke of the South, my lord."

Levi started calling Leah all kinds of names, which made the girl's face turn red.

After all, to be honest, these titles seemed somewhat undeserved to her.

This kind of solemn introduction made the Panda Chief feel awe-inspiring. To be able to become Lord Li's feudal lord, he must be a great figure.

"This is the Count of Wolf Island, Lord Montwitt." Levi introduced them one by one.

"This is Panda, the leader of the Panta Warriors and the chief of the Panda people."

Leah nodded slightly and stretched out her little hand as white as jade.

Panda quickly stretched out his big furry hand and shook hands gently with the two of them.

After getting to know each other, they found a specially reserved seat and sat down.

Levi could see that the expressions of the northern nobles opposite him were all wrong.

Obviously it was because of Panda. Although they excluded this panda man, he was still a person from the North after all. But now he was mixed up with the Lion Hunting Knights, which made them feel a little jealous.

The lord didn't care about all that. He took Panda's big furry hand and started talking about parents.

"Why can't I see you guys up ahead? Why are you here just now?"

This is what Levi is confused about. Logically speaking, the Penta Warriors are the trump card under Florina, and they should not be left out.

But since they didn't come until now, when the war is almost over, it's hard not to wonder if there's some other hidden story.

Looking at the worried expression of the Lord of Highcliff Castle in front of him, which formed a sharp contrast with the cold northern nobles just now, the young panda chief felt a warm current flowing through his heart.

It is hated by the northern nobles, but it can be clearly felt that the Lord of Highcliff Castle values ​​and cares for it.

It's hard not to be moved by this.

Panda calmed down and shook his head: "Something happened in the tribe, and I took the tribe members back to deal with it, which wasted some time."

"After the problem was solved, we hurried and finally arrived this afternoon."

"Okay, if you have any difficulties, tell me, sir." Levi nodded without asking any more questions.

(End of this chapter)