Meanwhile, on Linde's side...
"My lord, this is the place..."
Aldridge stretched out his hand and pointed out the location to him with trembling hands.
Linde finally spotted his target through the trees.
A miniature fortress.
It's called a miniature fortress because it's really tiny.
"Such a small fortress? Are you kidding me?"
Aldridge said, his voice trembling with emotion:
"Yes, sir, it's inside."
"This fortress was originally the temporary residence of the local earl before the fortress was built. After the earl's castle was completed, it was transformed into the earl's grain and treasure warehouse."
"Look, why are there so many guards and soldiers in such a small fortress? There are even several torsion crossbows on the walls..."
Linde looked in the direction he pointed and, just as he said, there were several torsion crossbows in the best position on the wall.
This powerful crossbow was specifically designed to deal with siege equipment such as battering rams and siege towers, and was occasionally used to eliminate powerful high-level warriors.
Even the Silver-ranked warriors clad in heavy armor dared not take the attack head-on and could only dodge and evade.
Frankly, using these ballistae on this tiny castle is a bit of a waste.
"It doesn't matter, these things are useless to us."
After observing it carefully, Linde concluded that it wouldn't be a problem to simply devour the small castle.
The castle walls were not very high, and their defensive capabilities were limited. The soldiers inside were just ordinary soldiers wearing armor.
"Aster".
"I am here."
"Tell the soldiers to get ready, in a moment..."
Lind whispered something in Astaire's ear, and Aldrich, standing nearby, strained his ears to hear what Lind said.
Unfortunately, Lind was very cautious and spoke very softly, so Aldrich couldn't hear a word he said.
Aster hesitated for a moment, then said:
"My lord...isn't this too dangerous...?"
"It's okay, trust me, go ahead."
"yes."
Aldridge noticed the hesitation in Astaire's expression and thought to himself:
"This fool, he thinks he can attack the city with so few people? This fortress may be small, but it's not something that can be taken by such a small group."
Aldridge observed along the way and could tell that Lind's troops were very elite, disciplined, and well-equipped.
Most importantly, they are all bronze warriors.
Aldridge couldn't help but wonder about Lind's identity.
"The only son of an earl? A viscount of some power in a region?"
Before Aldrich could figure it out, Lind rode off to the fortress.
"?"
Aldrich couldn't believe it. Were all nobles this brave these days? Running alone to the gates of a local castle, weren't they afraid of dying?
Linde arrived near the fortress, and the garrison on the fortress noticed the uninvited guest. Soldiers on the walls shouted down:
"Who is standing below the city? What brings them here?"
The soldiers guarding the city were not very educated and spoke in a very rough voice, which Linde found somewhat unsettling.
After realizing that the garrison did not take him seriously, Lind revealed a very cunning smile.
"Hehe, I'll treat you to this!"
He then pulled a peculiar javelin from the mage's sleeve.
"What is that? What is he doing?"
"I wonder... he wouldn't be planning to throw this thing up here... would he!"
Before the city guard could finish speaking, a thing with a streak of light flew up and stabbed straight into the torsion crossbow on the wall.
Before they could even see what it was, they heard a loud bang, and a white light and a torrent of intense magic destroyed everything nearby, blasting a huge crater in the wall.
The shockwave and the deafening noise knocked the unprepared soldiers on the city wall to the ground, completely unaware of what had happened.
Immediately afterwards, near another torsion crossbow, the same explosion occurred again.
Linde galloped wildly on his horse beneath the city wall. To prevent Tongguang from being startled, he specially wrapped Tongguang's ears with thick cotton cloth.
"Enemy attack!!!"
After experiencing a series of explosions, the soldiers on the city wall finally realized what was happening and began to try to regroup.
"Waaaaah—!"
The rallying horn sounded, and the soldiers in the city, who had already been startled by the loud noise and had rushed out of the castle, now frantically ran towards the city walls upon hearing the rallying horn.
"What's going on? Has the Kree army attacked?"
The soldiers who reached the city wall panicked, thinking that a large army of Crees had attacked.
"Wasn't this supposed to be outside the front lines? How come the Kree are attacking?"
The soldiers looked down from the city, but did not see a single Cree.
Just as the soldiers were wondering what was going on, they suddenly heard a series of orderly footsteps.
It turned out that Aster had led his elite troops to attack from the flank.
"Look...look there, it's the Kree!"
A hundred bronze warriors clad in fine plate armor and elite riders wielding longswords charged toward the castle on horseback.
The ordinary soldiers hadn't recovered from the explosion yet, and when faced with the well-trained bronze warriors, they instantly lost their composure.
By this time, the torsion crossbows were no longer on the city walls, and the sparse rain of arrows could not harm the rapidly approaching bronze warriors.
Seeing that the time was right, Linde went to the city gate and threw the last crystal javelin he was carrying at the gate.
The soldiers on the city wall felt a violent tremor beneath their feet, and the once sturdy city wall was blown to pieces.
The leading soldier then realized what was happening and stammered:
"The city...the city has fallen!"
The battle ended as Lind and his soldiers stormed into the castle.
Kill! Leave no one alive!
"kill!"
…………
Soon, the entire castle was emptied by Lind and his men, and the overwhelming stench of blood lingered in the castle.
The smell attracted many birds, which circled above the castle.
"Lord Lind, this is a list of items we just found in the castle. Please take a look."
A soldier ran up and handed Lind a list detailing the supplies inside the castle.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Lind patted the soldier on the shoulder in a friendly manner, signaling him to go about his other business.
The soldier was somewhat excited and went out without saying a word.
Lind then unfolded the list to see what was hidden in the castle.
Linde looked closely and saw that apart from the usual provisions and some gold and silver treasures, there was nothing particularly noteworthy on the list.
"Tch, I thought there was something good in there, but it turns out it's just this?"
Linde tossed the paper aside and gave orders to Astaire, who was standing nearby.
"Everyone, hurry up and get ready. We'll leave here after dark."
"Take everything of value from here, and burn all the grain and fodder!"
"yes!"
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