Throne of the North.

Chapter 128 The Mine Digged Through
Fortunately, nothing happened that night, as neither side dared to start a war in the dark night.

“How many of us died?”

Early the next morning, Viscount Walter, who had not slept much due to nervousness, called his knight to ask.

"Master Viscount, we lost 120 slaves and seven soldiers in yesterday's battle, and more than 30 were injured and unable to continue fighting."

Upon hearing this number, Viscount Walter almost fainted.

Because the county seat of Tieshan County was on the westernmost border, there was only one village in his own territory. The civilians and slaves in the village were all helping him farm and mine iron ore. There were less than a thousand of them. Together with the population in the castle itself, there were only about thirteen or fourteen hundred people.

As a result, they lost 10% yesterday? This is still defense.

"This matter must not be disclosed to anyone, especially to the slaves."

Viscount Walter still understood some things. If it were a head-on fight, the number of deaths would be enough to cause the slaves to scatter in all directions.

Only in the castle could they not see everything and did not know exactly how many people had died.

In fact, this loss ratio is not surprising. You have to know what these slaves are. They are slaves who have not been selected as soldiers after Tieshan County has experienced several wars.

In other words, their quality was far worse than those slaves who were used as soldiers. They could almost be said to be the weakest group of people in the noble territories.

Compared with Viscount Hogg's army, even those slave soldiers and cannon fodder were all young and strong men selected from the slaves. Moreover, they were the winners of several wars. They were superior to the slaves in the castle both physically and mentally.

If it weren't for the castle as a natural defense, a clash between the two sides on the battlefield would almost certainly be a battle that could be ended with a single charge.

"When will Baron Frozen's army arrive? They can reach Baron Freeman's territory from here in one day. Why haven't they returned in one day?"

"Also, where are the reinforcements from other nobles?"

Viscount Walter roared angrily. He needed reinforcements, whether it was Ryan's army in the south or the reinforcements formed by other nobles in Tieshan County after learning about the situation here.

He sent all the Flying Wolf Cavalry out for help.

"The noble armies from the north, east and west are about to arrive. They will reach your castle by this afternoon at the latest. However, we have not received any response from the army of the Frozen Baron, and Knight Luke has not returned yet."

Viscount Walter's hands trembled slightly. How could he trust those defeated nobles in Tieshan County? What he needed most now was Ryan's well-organized army.

"Damn it Ryan!"

In the end, he had no better solution, and he had no extra Flying Wolf Cavalry to send out.

"Keep attacking, we must capture this castle today!"

Viscount Hogg's roar once again frightened the soldiers below. After Viscount Hogg killed several captives who had escaped yesterday, the army of nearly 5,000 people once again launched an attack on Walter Castle.

Unlike yesterday, today they had more makeshift ladders. As time passed, an hour later, more than three hundred soldiers rushed into the castle. Fortunately, the two hundred soldiers of Viscount Walter arrived and, under the leadership of several powerful knights, they blocked the gap.

But the price of this was that twenty-two of the two hundred soldiers were killed or injured again.

As for the other slaves, even more died. Two hours into the war, some of the slaves fled to the depths of the castle out of fear of death and war. They were really not capable of fighting a life-and-death battle.

In the second and a half hour of the war, several noble reinforcements finally entered the castle and saved the situation from complete defeat.

But... the castle gate was broken.

A group of warlocks appeared in Viscount Hogg's army. They used magic to corrupt the gate of Walter Castle. Under the tremendous power of the Golden Knights, this ancient gate finally could not hold on. The huge hole was enough for the soldiers of both sides to look at each other.

"These damn warlocks, I shouldn't have saved those gold coins for the magic secret patterns."

Viscount Walter was a little annoyed. Now that the city gates were gone, the enemy could fight directly from above. What if his knights couldn't stop the enemy...

"Damn Ryan, why hasn't he come yet?" At this moment.

Ryan was leading an army of hundreds of people through the mountains.

"Viscount Hogg's army, with tens of thousands of people, cannot possibly leave no traces. Since he was able to dig through the mines and is in the south, he doesn't have many options left."

Ryan looked at Knight Luke. Soldiers that can fly are really useful.

"Go and look for places in this area where trees have been cut down and where there are obvious signs of this."

Knight Luke rode into the air on Airwolf, and he had no idea what the Frozen Baron wanted to do.

Looking down from the sky, Knight Luke quickly caught sight of a clear road. It was particularly conspicuous in the wilderness. Not only had all the trees been cut down, but even the weeds had been trampled clean. Looking down from above, there was only one clear road.

"found it."

Knight Luke returned to Ryan's team, and soon Ryan saw the muddy road formed by the trampling of thousands of people.

At the end of the road was a bare and desolate mountain wall, with no caves to be seen anywhere.

"The great mage beside Viscount Hogg is very talented."

As Ryan spoke, Brand beside him quickly rushed towards the stone wall in front. The next moment, a terrifying force attached to the shield, and the collision with the stone wall made a deafening sound.

The empty mountains all made a cry at this moment, and the next moment the stone wall in front of them shattered as if it was hit by a ferocious beast. The flying stones scattered in all directions, revealing a large dark hole. Some chaotic and frightened voices came from the darkness.

"who?"

"Heh, it seems that Viscount Hogg knows the importance of this passage."

Ryan took a few steps back, waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him rushed forward.

Soon, twenty or thirty soldiers who were tightly bound were brought in front of Ryan.

"Are you knights under Viscount Hogg?"

Ryan asked.

Although these knights were somewhat afraid of Ryan, they remained calm. The leader spoke:
"We are the servants of the Viscount."

"Are you here just to guard this passage?"

"Yes, it is."

"What's there to defend?"

Ryan waved his hand, and the soldier who controlled them led the group towards the center of the team. Being watched by hundreds of people, it was impossible for them to escape.

However, when the last soldier walked past Ryan, Ryan suddenly made a move and grabbed the other's shoulder with great force.

While the soldier was still shocked that the noble in front of him had such great power, Ryan's voice had already fallen into his ears.

"Besides you, are there other people here?"

His words made the soldier's face change. Although he pretended to be calm the next moment, Ryan still grasped the changes in his body at that moment.

"Ha ha……"

Ryan waved his hands, and screams were immediately heard behind him.

(End of this chapter)