Martin listened and nodded slowly. It seemed that the leaders of both sides were indeed maintaining considerable restraint, but the nobles below were probably not so patient.
In the following days, the knights who arrived one after another were split up and rushed to different places to defend.
Martin happened to be assigned to the same place as Earl White. At first, Martin thought that the three allied families were operating secretly, but after some inquiries, the three families said that they had not informed each other about this matter.
Martin informed Earl White of the situation.
After hearing this, Earl White asked Martin to wait in the tent for a while and then turned to leave. After a long time, Earl White returned, but the look on his face was really hard to describe.
Seeing this, Martin hurried forward and asked, "Father, what happened?"
Earl White said solemnly, "I just asked the dispatch officer. According to common sense, family-based knight orders would be deployed separately for easier management. But the dispatch officer said that Prince Herbert specifically instructed us to be placed together this time."
When Martin heard this, he immediately had a bad feeling in his heart. As the saying goes, when something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
As expected, the transfer order came down soon, ordering the White family to go to the east side of Iron Ridge Hills to cooperate with the Royal Ninth Legion to resist the Orc army. Also transferred there were Count Carlos's Knights.
When Martin learned about this, he secretly groaned in his heart. Isn't this just picking on the weak?
With the transfer order now in place, there was no turning back; they had no choice but to accept it. Thus, the White family's knights and Count Carlos's knights marched together towards the east side of Iron Ridge Hill.
Before setting off, Martin specifically instructed Earl White to inquire about the situation there. The news he received was that the situation was neither good nor bad, but not as tragic as he had imagined.
After receiving supplies from the quartermaster, they set out on their journey.
Along the way, Count Carlos' face was filled with resentment, and he couldn't help but complain, "Why did Your Highness do this? Could it be because of the marriage between our four families?"
Martin thought to himself: You are asking even though you already know the answer. A duke, a marquis and two earls, if they were to marry, the combined power would be so formidable that the kingdom would naturally be wary of them.
Martin and Count White were both silent. Seeing this, Count Carlos guessed what was going on. He just snorted heavily and said no more.
There was no conversation along the way, and soon they arrived at the east side of Iron Ridge Hill, where they took over the shift with the knights stationed there.
Watching the exhausted knights and wounded soldiers passing by, Martin's heart sank. His intuition told him that the next defensive task would probably be extremely difficult.
After the change of guard, Earl White and Earl Carlos immediately went to pay a visit to the commander of the Royal Ninth Legion.
Not long after, the two returned with the newly divided defense map in their hands. Martin took a look and found that the area was not much different from the area the Knights had defended before, except for a large forest.
Afterwards, the three of them divided the defense areas and led their knights to their respective posts.
Martin, Carlos and White are stationed on the left, center and right of this defensive area respectively.
Next to them, the Royal Ninth Legion was on full alert. In comparison, the Royal Ninth Legion was under significantly greater pressure, while Martin and his men were under much less pressure.
On the right is the dense forest, which was divided from the Ninth Legion. It is also the defense area under the charge of Count Carlos and is closest to the Ninth Legion.
Martin was on the left, the outermost edge of the defense line. This location was far from the Royal Ninth Legion and was very dangerous. As for Earl White, he was defending the center.
The orcs attacked with great suddenness and swiftness, striking in the morning, when the sky was still dim and people were at their most sleepy and confused.
Martin successfully repelled the orcs' first attempt with the help of the magic fortifications built by the Knights earlier.
In the days that followed, this tentative attack seemed to become an established pattern. After the orcs made a tentative attack every day, they would not launch a large-scale attack for the whole day.
Anyone with a little knowledge could sense the weirdness. Martin immediately used the communication crystal to warn Earl White and Earl Carlos to pay attention to the unusual behavior of the orcs. Both sides quickly responded to express their awareness.
After that, Martin continued his daily routine of inspecting the magic fortifications, and half a month passed in a flash.
During this period, Martin asked Eric and Shuang Ning to send the S-level magic circle back to the Valley of Beasts, and to come back quickly. A few days later, Eric and Shuang Ning came back.
For the next period of time, everyone seemed to have gotten used to this rhythm of "daily testing", and repelling the orcs every morning was like completing a task.
However, an unexpected event occurred. The forest previously designated as Count Carlos's defense area became a breakthrough point for the orcs.
That night, a small group of orcs, using a B-level magic item to conceal their presence, quietly infiltrated Count Carlos's position. After more than half a month of repeated attempts, the knights on duty gradually relaxed their vigilance.
The Orcs were able to bypass the guarding knights and sneak straight towards the node of the defensive magic circle. By the time Count Carlos realized it, it was too late. The node of the defensive magic circle had already been successfully destroyed by the Orcs.
Although Count Carlos finally annihilated the Orc team, the magic circle node was destroyed. Now he could only urgently notify the magicians of the Ninth Legion to come and repair it.
But the cruel thing is, the ferocious orcs will never give them this chance to breathe easily.
As soon as the defensive magic circle nodes were destroyed, the Orc army, as if receiving an attack signal, rushed towards Count Carlos's position like a tide. In an instant, the two sides engaged in close combat, and the sound of fighting resounded throughout the sky.
Without the support of the magic circle, Count Carlos's defense instantly became precarious.
The orcs were fearless and quickly attacked the fortifications. Seeing the critical situation, Count Carlos had no choice but to personally take the field and charge into the enemy camp.
Coincidentally, there was also a golden knight in the Orc Legion, who immediately rushed forward upon seeing the situation. The two men clashed fiercely in the crowd, swords flashing and sabers flashing. The surrounding soldiers dodged, and soon a clearing formed beside them.
The orcs didn't care about the duel between the two golden knights. They bypassed the fighting and continued to attack the position frantically.
The magic cannons in the position had lost their stable source of magic power due to the destruction of their nodes. They could only be fired with the help of replenishing magic crystals, and their power was greatly reduced, thus dramatically reducing their deterrent effect on the swarming orcs.
Count White and the commander of the Ninth Legion saw the flames rising from Count Carlos's position from afar, and knowing that the situation was not good, they immediately ordered their knights to go and reinforce.
But just as the Knights were about to set off, the Orcs' army of monsters appeared.
These Shadow Panther Knights, riding Shadow Panthers, disappeared into the darkness and advanced towards this side. The commander of the Ninth Legion had no choice but to withdraw the knights who were ready to depart and redeploy the defenses to prevent further loopholes in the defense line.