Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 266 The Demonic Army
The moon was dim and the stars were sparse. Under the pitch-black sky, a group of soldiers were right behind the boundary between light and darkness. It was not very real to see them clearly, as if they were a giant beast in the darkness, ready to devour its prey.

"We are the vanguard, and my father is still behind. We probably won't arrive until tomorrow morning."

This illegitimate son of Ando rode on his horse, looked down at the lord, and spoke with a smile on his face.

"We are just patrolling as usual. Don't blame us too much." Levi kicked a small stone on the roadside. It sounded very crisp in the night sky where only the torches were burning.

"understand."

Levi noticed that there were some bloodstains on the illegitimate boy's armor. It had obviously been cleaned, but there were still some residues. The helmet was not very suitable. It was obviously a little high, making his head look a little long.

"How's the situation in the south?"

"When we arrived, the demons had already been dealt with. We returned because it was useless to stay there and we came back to tell you the good news." After the other party finished speaking, he added, "Actually, there is no need to wait for us. Letters about this will reach Cologne in a few days."

"Everything is peaceful?" Levi continued to ask.

"Everything is fine!" The other party nodded affirmatively.

After the simple interrogation, everything was normal. Zat was already laughing and couldn't help but put his hands behind his back and scratch his butt, thinking about whether to have beef stewed with potatoes or braised meat wrapped in dough for supper when he got home later.

"Sir, the soldiers are sleeping in the open air, just like fledgling swallows that have flown away, eager to return home. Although entering the city at night is against the regulations, please forgive the eagerness of a group of people who have left home."

Although the other person still had a smile on his face, the urgency in his words was obvious.

Levi pondered, the other party's answer was almost correct, so much so that it seemed a little weird because it was too normal.

He began to analyze step by step what made him feel wrong, and soon came to the conclusion - the other party was lying!

The blood on the armor clearly proved that the other party had been through a fierce battle, but he said that everything was over when he went south, and only then turned back.

It is undeniable that the other side encountered bandits and robbers whose brains were eaten by goblins on the road and who dared to attack the regular army, but it is not the turn of a serious cavalry commander to personally take action against such little scoundrels!

Levi could clearly hear the army's light breathing, but he obviously found something wrong. Their breathing was a little too rapid, as if they were trying hard to restrain something.

and……

On such a gloomy night, the enemy had no lighting at all, and the large army stopped just before stepping into the dividing line illuminated by the fire, so that people could only vaguely see the outlines of the soldiers' bodies.

Could it be that Andao's elite army has reached the point where they can march at night without lighting without any soldiers falling behind?
Even the Lord did not dare to guarantee that the Gaoyabao team could achieve this level.

The most important thing is... even Ando didn't dare to sit on horseback and talk to him, the Lion Hunter Knight, so how could a bastard dare to do that? !
Besides, as far as Levi knew, this illegitimate child would never call Andao father!

"Excuse me, why is your head pointy?" Levi asked suddenly.

"What?" The young knight looked confused, but he still explained seriously: "It's just that your eyes are blurry, sir."

"I see." Levi smiled.

"Sir, can we enter the city now?"

"I'm sorry, you are not allowed to enter the city at night." Levi made a gesture behind him. The barbarians still had silly smiles on their faces, but they were already alert in their hearts. The Fed archer on the city wall had eyes as sharp as an eagle. He quietly took off his purple longbow and put an arrow on it.

"By the way, only you guys are allowed!" The Lord's voice suddenly turned cold.

"Why aren't we allowed into the city?"

The masculine voice suddenly became hoarse, and was filled with deep doubt.

"Stop pretending, I can tell at a glance that you are not human!" Li Wei sneered, "Tell those bastards behind you to show their faces!"

"Hehe, as expected of someone this body admires so much, you are really cautious."

The young knight's fake smile disappeared in an instant, as if he had an expressionless face, without any expression at all. He took off the helmet that was a bit too high on his head, revealing his true face.

The sounds of swords and guns being unsheathed continued, accompanied by waves of excited roars.

Scarlet skin, a hideous face like a devil, claws on all four limbs, a tail with a sharp hook, dry flesh and blood, skin tightly attached to the skeleton, making the body look extremely thin, and a smile of the purest evil on the face.

There is no doubt that this is the Bloody Demon that appeared in public at Blackrock Castle last time. Of course, the real name should be Babu Demon, and Bloody Demon is just a verbal name after seeing its appearance.

The illegitimate knight in front of him had a palm-sized spider-like creature lying on its head. The string of testicles on its body made the lord suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. All eight of its sharp legs were embedded in the knight's head.

Babu demons are sneaky and cunning. When they decide to ambush their opponents, they usually make good use of their superb multiple attacks and sneak attacks.

Therefore, the truth is already obvious.

"It seems that my good brother, Earl Ando and his army have fallen into your hands." The lord took a deep breath, his face looking a little ugly.

When this guy left, he started from zero frame and was covered with flags. It was too late for him to stop him.

Now it’s okay. I can only hope that he will be more careful in the next life.

"That's right. We took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on his army. Originally, I wanted to control his body, which would definitely increase the chance of success. However, his will was really strong. I had no choice but to eat up his strong body bit by bit while cursing until I had finished eating up the delicious brain marrow and the wonderful sound ended." The knight licked his lips. He was obviously dead, but a vivid and terrifying smile appeared on his face.

"That thin, rough tongue was eaten by the group of Babu demons. To be honest, it was too sweet and the group of bastards fought over it until they were bleeding."

"Damn undead creature!" Zat was the first to curse, guarding the lord with a steel battle axe, ready to chop him into minced meat at the command.

It had a good relationship with Count Ando and would go to his camp to get food and drinks whenever it had nothing to do. Now that it saw that the other party had been defeated and was being tortured like this, it was furious.

"Although you are cautious, you are also stupid. You are so close to us, it is difficult for you to win." The other party said confidently.

It seems that just as the intelligence said, this unknown demon can absorb part of the memory, so its IQ is actually the same as that of a human.

"It seems that you have forgotten to absorb the most important memory." The lord sighed and calmly held the sword in his hand.

"What?" The knight was even more confused. "You were too close to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a flash of silver light, and before anyone could react, a good head slipped off.

"Someone come and watch this thing for me, and the rest of you follow me and grab some weapons."

Unfortunately, just as Levi finished speaking, the unknown spider demon above his head instantly lost its color and turned into a dead object.

"Fuck, it's that damn magic again."

The lord, who had already learned a lot of magic from Heather, could tell at a glance that the magic that controlled people was not the devil itself, but a kind of spiritual magic.

The Babu demons who had received orders to pretend to be soldiers began to run desperately towards the city gate.

All kinds of howling sounds gathered together, filled with bloodthirstiness and greed. These demons were like evil spirits, surging towards Colen along the plain like waves.

"Retreat to the city gate."

The other party's background is still unknown. Even though the lord believes that Gaoya Castle is now world-class in strength, he does not intend to confront the other party head-on.

There were bursts of teeth-grinding sounds of string pulling, followed by a rain of arrows falling down. The scarlet-covered Babu demons in the front row were instantly cut down like wheat.

In the past, Feder's archers could almost never hit the target when shooting upwards from the bottom of the city, not to mention that now they have the advantage of terrain and can shoot low from high.

The bowstrings were pulled high, and the enemy's numbers were constantly decreasing. Hot blood was spilled, flowing from their bodies, gathering on the ground and forming a small stream.

Levi led the barbarians calmly retreated from the corridor to the city gate. As the heavy city gates were closed one by one, the demons were completely blocked outside the city gate.

After fighting for a lifetime, this was the first time that the lord and the Highcliff Castle team had fought a battle to defend a city.

These demons were like ants emerging from the ground, densely covering the plains. Their charge was disorganized, even the country militia was stronger than them, but they were also crazy enough.

The monsters, which seemed to have no end in sight, were charging forward desperately, and the visual impact alone was enough to make people tremble with fear.

However, the Gaoyabao team felt extremely relieved, and the barbarian warriors even had the leisure to write and comment.

The reason... is naturally that the twenty-eight-blade-high city wall of Cologne has finally demonstrated its true usefulness.

This group of demons looked terrifying. Even if they finally rushed to the city wall under the hail of arrows, they had no siege equipment and could only stare at the towering city wall.

Their original plan was the same old one, to trick the city gates into opening, but they didn't expect that the human guards here were unusually cautious.

Even so, they were able to rush in before the city gates were closed, but the enemy's archers were also terrifyingly sharp, and every arrow hit their legs or eyes.

So in the end, he could only watch the city gate close.

"It seems something must have happened in the Bone Fortress. The situation may be more critical than they said." The hobgoblin Leighton came to the city wall at some point and looked at the demons below the city with concern.

The other person had obviously just fallen asleep not long ago and was woken up and rushed over, wearing a pointed woolen hat on his head.

It was a light sleeper, and the camp of High Cliff Castle was near the main city gate, so when it heard the shouting and killing, it knew something must have happened, so it put on an old leather armor and rushed over.

"There are at least several castles between Colen and the Bone Fortress. I wonder if these demons came around or have already reached here." Levi's face was calm and expressionless. It was not that he was not worried at all, but as the commander, his every word and action would affect the morale of the soldiers. So no matter how worried he was, he had to pretend that he could withstand it even if the sky fell.

"If it's the latter, it's indeed a bit troublesome. After all, they were able to reach Cologne without any warning. Those Griffin Knights who went south were just eating for nothing!"

"But these demons are much weaker than we imagined." Leighton looked at the demons below and made pertinent comments.

In the "History Book of the Abyss", there is a record of a demon called Babu, who is cunning and cruel.

He is about 1.9 meters tall and weighs about 140 pounds, so he looks extremely thin, but his strength is definitely no weaker than that of an adult.

In a one-on-one fight, it is hard to say whether an untrained adult can defeat the other person.

If the devil was only at this level, there would be no need to be afraid of him. But the fact is that he is almost at the bottom of the entire devil family, and his status is only slightly higher than that of cowards and little devils.

If it was the eight-armed snake demon, or the lord Balor, the result would be completely different.

Soon, Montvit also rushed over, and the Wolf Island soldiers behind him immediately joined the battle.

"Levi, what's going on? I was on patrol just now when I heard the fighting over here." He had a serious face and was still wearing leather armor.

"Look, you'll know when you take a look." Levi pointed towards the city.

The Count of Wolf Island was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment. His mouth was dry. "How come we didn't receive any news about this group of demons coming to Koren?!"

What really shocked him was that whether it was Damon before or the Griffin Knights behind, the entire information transmission seemed to have disappeared.

They had no idea what was happening in the south, so all these demons suddenly arrived in Cologne.

The questions here are enough to make one feel cold all over if one thinks about them carefully.

"I want to know this more than you do." Levi aimed at the place with the most people under the city, raised his hand and threw out a rolling log used to defend the city.

There was a whistling sound, and with the blessing of abundant huge force, the rolling log weighing a thousand pounds fell to the ground and killed seven or eight demons. The rolling log was made of solid material and did not break after hitting the ground. It continued to roll into the crowd with momentum. For a moment, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and broken limbs were scattered everywhere.

Even though he was already aware of the strength of this Lion Hunting Knight... no, now Marquis Li, he still couldn't help but jump his eyes when he saw with his own eyes that the other party threw a thousand-pound log that required at least two or three strong men to lift up like a pebble.

As time passed, under the indiscriminate killing of archers and the barbarians' strenuous efforts to throw stones and roll logs, these demons looked at the city walls that were as high as 28 blades and knew that it was impossible to break into the city. So they could only leave corpses on the ground and retreat into the darkness like a tide, spying on the city in the dark.

"Leighton, I'll leave this to you first." After giving the order, Levi patted Mengweit on the back and said, "Let's go find Flinna."

The two looked at each other and then headed towards the White Castle.

(End of this chapter)