[Chapter 229 A Little Holy Light Shock]
When Snowfield Castle was first established, it received strong support from Iron Tree Castle. All kinds of manpower and material resources were transported to the land that was almost the center of the northern plains.
Therefore, Snowfield Castle was built very quickly.
When David looked at Snowfield Castle from a distance, there was only a circle of simple walls here. Now a simple wall has been built around Snowfield Castle.
Although this wall cannot be compared with the tall and heavy wall of Iron Tree Castle, it can be regarded as a prototype.
If the orcs had not attacked Snowfield Castle so quickly, giving humans some time to slowly manage it, it would not be incredible that Snowfield Castle became the most powerful and defensive fortress in the northern plains.
Unfortunately, the appearance of the orcs caused Snowfield Castle to fall into the flames of war early. These simple walls have already had many gaps under the repeated attacks of the orcs.
According to the current trend, as long as the orcs continue to attack, even if they cannot kill into Snowfield Castle through the gap, they can continue to increase the gap and make the defense of Snowfield Castle worse and worse.
The human soldiers were distracted and under mental pressure, so it was only a matter of time before Snowfort fell.
“No wonder they rushed to ask for help from Winter Town.”
When David received the letter for help, he knew that the situation in Snowfort was not good, but when he got here, he realized that the key to the problem was not only the physical and mental state of the soldiers, but also the impending collapse of the defense facilities.
Because of the difference in manpower, once the protection of the city wall was lost, the people of Snowfort would soon be completely swallowed up by the orc army.
Following Knight Madox Hawke, he quickly learned about the general situation of Snowfort, and David also came to the wounded camp.
It was called the wounded camp, but it was actually the military camp of Snowfort.
The seriously injured were placed here, and there was a place for stacking corpses not far away.
David noticed that there was already a pile of firewood there, and it seemed that they were ready to burn these corpses at any time.
“If they can hold on, these sacrificed soldiers will be sent back to Iron Tree Castle… If they can’t continue to hold on…”
David nodded, and if they couldn’t defend themselves, they would burn the corpses directly to avoid being harmed by the orcs.
Maddox and his men did not expect those ugly, uncivilized strangers outside the city to properly place the bodies of these soldiers.
As for the wounded soldiers…
David looked at the wounded a few more times. The wounded here were all seriously injured. Many soldiers were just hanging on for a breath. Maybe someone had taken his last breath when David looked at them.
Originally, he wanted Sally Whitemane to treat these wounded soldiers, but now it seems that there are quite a lot of wounded soldiers and their injuries are very serious. Although Sally Whitemane is an excellent Holy Light priest, it is still a bit difficult for her to treat so many seriously injured people in a short time.
“It seems that I have to do it myself.”
David looked at his position, and then walked to the open space next to him in the puzzled eyes of Maddox Hawke.
“Baron, what are you doing…”
“Wait a moment on the side, I will deal with these wounded first.”
“Deal with…” Maddox’s face changed drastically, and he immediately thought of a possibility.
Just as he was about to say something, he opened his mouth when a golden energy suddenly burst out from the body of Lord David Glamorgan in front of him. The
powerful energy burst set off a gust of wind, and Maddox, who was completely unprepared for this situation, was almost blown off by the strong wind.
Fortunately, the armor on his body helped him stabilize his body and allowed him to come back to his senses in the first time, clearly witnessing the whole process. A
powerful holy light burst out from David’s body. As he slowly raised and opened his hands as if to embrace something, the holy light gradually expanded to the surroundings until the entire Snowfield Castle was enveloped in a golden halo.
And inside the Snowfield Castle covered by the golden holy light, it seemed as if golden “rain” was falling, but some of the rain was like silk threads, some like feathers, and the speed of falling was also very slow. Everyone could clearly see the “rain” and could even touch it easily.
Along with these strange sights, the soldiers felt that their bodies had recovered to their best condition. The fatigue that had filled their bodies was swept away, and the injuries they had suffered during the battles during this period also disappeared with the washing of the rain.
Some people even took off their armor and watched in amazement as their various injuries healed quickly.
“Oh my God! This is a miracle!”
“What is this? I feel that my body is stronger than ever before. Now let me go out of the city and I can kill three orcs with one punch!”
Compared to the soldiers in other areas of Snow Castle who had no idea what was happening, Madox Hawke, who was close at hand and saw Baron David Glamorgan release a huge holy light with his own eyes, was so shocked that he didn’t know how to react.
Especially when he saw that some seriously injured patients not far away actually sat up or even stood up directly from the bed with their own strength.
As time passed, more and more seriously injured soldiers left their beds and the ground where they were lying, and slowly walked to this relatively empty square.
Except for a few people who looked up at the “rain” falling from the sky, most people were staring at the man who was emitting a sacred glow all over his body with eyes full of shock, hope, gratitude and other emotions.
They didn’t know who this person was, but they all knew that this person had saved them.
As the first knight knelt on one knee to David and bowed his head to express his gratitude, more and more knights and soldiers knelt on one knee to David.
The holy light shrouding the Snowfield Castle gradually dissipated, and the light on David’s body gradually converged. The soldiers around who had recovered had seen David’s true appearance at this time.
Just when they were guessing in their hearts who this person who saved them and almost gave them a second life was, they heard the man’s “self-introduction”.
“I am the Lord of Winter Town, Baron David Glamorgan, and now I officially take over all the affairs of Snowfield Castle!”
David’s eyes swept over everyone, without stopping on anyone. But everyone present felt that they were being watched.
“From now on, you will serve as my soldiers and accept my command!”
“I am willing to serve Lord Glamorgan!”
The deafening response resounded through the sky and spread throughout the Snow Castle. Even the orc army stationed outside the city at a certain distance heard this powerful shout.
The orcs could not understand human language, but they could sense the surging fighting spirit from it. The orcs who thought that there would be no changes in the next battle began to sense that something was wrong.
What the orcs who were some distance away from the Snow Castle could sense, of course Maddox Hawke who was at the scene could not fail to sense.
As these soldiers were healed of their injuries by that magical power, the morale of the Snow Castle soldiers reached its peak, even exceeding that when the reinforcements just entered the Snow Castle. It
was not surprising to think about it. If he was lying there unable to move and could only slowly wait for death to come, but a powerful existence healed his injuries, he would also be extremely grateful to that person.
If this strong man is still his commander for a while, then he will have enough confidence to fight any enemy!
Even if he doesn’t have the experience of near-death resurrection, he is now full of hope for the future.
With this magical power as a backing, he no longer thinks that the orcs outside the city are such a huge threat, even though there are more than 5,000 orcs gathered outside the Snowfield Castle.
“What is the current situation in Iron Tree Castle and the Kingdom of Tilan?”
David determined through the reactions of the people around him that these soldiers from Iron Tree Castle would support him wholeheartedly in the future, and would not disobey orders or even cause trouble for himself.
Now he is very curious about what the reaction of Iron Tree Castle will be after Snowfield Castle asks for help from Iron Tree Castle?
“The reinforcements from Iron Tree Castle cannot reach Snowfield Castle in a short time.” Looking at the young Baron Glamorgan in front of him, Maddox Hawke became more respectful than before: “I don’t know what the reaction of the capital of Tilan will be.”
David nodded, indicating that he knew, and then he went to the city wall to observe the orc army outside the city.
On the way, he also asked about the current specific situation of Snowfield Castle.
This time, the question was not about military strength.
He already knew about the military strength of Snowfield Castle before he came. With the recovery of the seriously injured, the military strength of Snowfield Castle has declined a little compared to its peak period, but it is still very strong.
However, he did not know much about people’s livelihood.
Now through Maddox’s introduction, David knows more about Snowfield Castle.
In addition to the 1,000 auxiliary soldiers who came this time, there are now more than 700 left; the original male civilians of Snowfield Castle can basically serve as auxiliary soldiers, and there are about 400 people left.
In addition, there are about 500 craftsmen and farmers who escaped from the villages and towns in the east not long ago, and were subsequently recruited from the villages and towns in the west.
There is no accurate number of women and children.
After listening to the report on the population situation, David did not continue to ask.
David did not look down on the building facilities in Snowfield Castle. After repelling the orcs, he would definitely let the digging tigers thoroughly rebuild the Snowfield Castle.
David, who stepped onto the city wall, looked at the orc camp in the distance: messy, simple, and rough!
It was called a camp, but it looked more like a large group of orcs found a place to sit down and rest in groups of three or four. A little fire could be seen in the crowd, which should be the bonfires lit by the orcs. Apart from that, not even a simple camp could be seen.
After looking around for a while, David asked Maddox directly if he had seen anything special during the battle with the orcs.
“Special situation? It seems not…”
(End of this chapter)