finally!

In the early morning of the third day after receiving the information, the southern city area of ​​Neverwinter City bounded by the Neverwinter River, part of the docks and the repaired city area collapsed into a gap called a "chasm" but was later discovered.

The seal, the area currently being repaired, is all surrounded by the undead army led by the red-robed wizard.

Looking from the tall walls of Neverwinter City that have been repaired not long ago, I can see that the originally green land in the south of Neverwinter City is densely packed with the kind of black people who are tireless, fearless and have no fear.

A terrifying undead army that doesn't need any supplies.

That is the real ‘Shadow of Death’!

And now, although they came a day or two late, they still came after all, and shrouded the hearts of all the defenders, making all the Neverwinter guards who were standing on the city wall ready for battle as well as those who had been temporarily recruited

The hearts of the militiamen, adventurers, caravan guards, and other warriors who came to help with the defense felt heavy in their hearts.

"..."

At this time, on the south wall of Neverwinter City, the actual person in charge of this extremely prosperous metropolis a few days ago, the Prime Minister of Neverwinter, Edkin, who was known as the "Hand of the Queen", was in the same mood.

Not comfortable.

However, the reason why he was in a bad mood was not because of the undead, but because of something else.

"..."

Under the concerned gazes of his friends Holgai and Simon, he was reading a letter from the Lords Alliance Council with slightly trembling hands. His face was full of the kind of anger, frustration and lividness that wanted to devour others.

expression.

The Alliance of Lords is a multinational alliance organization established after years of negotiation and mediation between a part of the human biological settlements in the northern part of Faerun and their rulers. The number of its member states and members of the parliament is not fixed.

It is mainly related to the respective situations of each member city, but also to the political tensions in each region.

At present, the main members of the Council of the Lords Alliance are: Lyra Silverhand, Lord of Waterdeep City, Tern Hornblade, the Supreme Mage of Silvermoon City, and Erd Rei, the Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate and Marshal of the Flame Fist Corps.

Wengard, the Duchess of Daggerford, Morwen Daggerford, the Marquis of Mirabar, Sherrin Ramle, Doyle Hubbell of Longsaddle, the Queen of Mithril Hall, Dagnab Weberd, Ann

Lord Done Ilzima of Fel, Water Baron Nestra Lucio of Yatta, and the new Queen of Neverwinter—Arcane Archmage Anne Hastur!

all in all!

The Alliance of Lords currently includes the most powerful business and political groups in the North. When a member is attacked by an external force, they have a commitment to provide military support to each other; and when there are internal differences, a peace meeting is also held.

The obligation to discuss and resolve differences.

It can be said that the principle of the Lords Alliance from beginning to end is based on the theme of communication and exchange to promote the development of commerce, avoid the outbreak of war between each other, and unite with each other to resist external invasion.

For many years, the Alliance of Lords has used slogans and declarations to maintain close trade relations within and outside the alliance and to help member states maintain peace.

Of course, at least on the surface?

Anyway!

Three days ago, after learning that the Crossroads Fortress had been breached, and that the black dragons 'Black Death' and 'Greedy Reaver' from the Swamp of the Dead had united with the red-robed wizards for unknown reasons and led the undead army towards Neverwinter City.

, since a certain evil Queen of Neverwinter was not at home, Edkin was forced to send a letter of notification and a request for help to the Lords Alliance Council as the Prime Minister of Neverwinter City.

But the result...

That group of bureaucrats didn't know what was going on. The discussion alone took two full days?

Then, it wasn't until this morning, when the undead began to siege the city, that they finally received the magic letter that the parliament had discussed and approved and agreed to send troops?

At the same time, the letter also said that only the lords of Waterdeep City, Silvermoon City, Mirabar, Longsaddle Town, Mithril Hall and Yatta agreed to send troops. However, due to various reasons such as distance and the need for preparation, even if the distance was not enough,

Lord Doyle Hubbell, who is the closest to Winter City, will take at least ten days to reach Neverwinter City, so Edkin and others must stick to Neverwinter City for at least ten days or even longer?

"Ah!"

"Ten days..."

Looking at the undead army outside the city that was already approaching the city, and then looking at the better-than-nothing letter in his hand, Edkin angrily clenched it into a ball and threw it out of the city, then turned his head to the side with some sadness.

His companions Holgai and Simon, whose faces were as ugly as his own, asked aloud:

"What do you think..."

"Can our city of Neverwinter last for ten days?"

At present, all the people in Neverwinter who can take up arms are armed by him. Those with combat experience are directly placed on the city wall by him, while ordinary armed civilians are placed in the city for logistics and maintaining public order.

But even then, the total number of troops Edkin received was only 20,000, and those who could fight and be said to have combat effectiveness were only 10,000 at most. There was really no more!

You know, excluding the escaped nobles, wealthy businessmen and some cowards, the total number of living people in Neverwinter City is only sixty or seventy thousand. Excluding the old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children, he can scrape together twenty thousand.

The military strength is really at its limit.

Therefore, no matter what others think, when he looks at the black army of undead outside the city, the conspicuous red-robed wizards further away, and the two terrifying black dragons hovering in the sky, Edkin just feels like

Waves of desolation and helplessness.

Especially when I think of a certain arcane archmage who claims to be the most, most, most, most, most, most... the most powerful, that is, that lousy little girl, the Queen of Neverwinter, who is currently not in Neverwinter City and is quite good.

After not seeing the other party for several days, he felt even more uneasy.

"I have no idea!"

"But I will keep a spell and prepare some boats for us at the northern dock."

"When needed……"

"We can take Kira and some women and children and escape to the sea as quickly as possible."

After a moment of silence, Simon could only sigh and speak softly.

"correct!"

"The residents and some food supplies have all been evacuated to the northern city."

"If the city in the south falls, we can retreat to the north and blow up the Dolphin Bridge, Feilong Bridge and Sleeping Dragon Bridge. In that case, maybe we can survive for a while with the help of the fast Neverwinter River?"

Then, Simon did not forget to report on some of the tasks he was responsible for.

Obviously, Simon himself is not very optimistic about their defensive operation this time, especially when the high-end strength of the two sides is very different, so he is now prepared for the worst.

After all, the actual situation is indeed quite bad. Putting aside everything else, in Simon's opinion, the two adult black dragons in the sky alone are enough for them to drink from a pot of Neverwinter City!

"Edkin!"

"The Church of the Lord of the Dawn, the Temple of Ogma, and dozens of priests came to support us, as well as the dozen or so members of the Harper Alliance in the city. They all came to join the defense."

At this time, Holgai said suddenly, as if he wanted to give Edkin a little more confidence?

"it's useless!"

“A drop in the bucket!”

Shaking his head, Edkin first smiled bitterly at Horgai, then pointed to the black dragon that looked like two black clouds in the distant sky and said:

"Unless they can guarantee to deal with those two dragons, otherwise..."

Otherwise, Edkin did not continue to talk, because it was impossible and it would make no sense to say it.

"If only Annie could come back soon!"

"No matter what happens..."

"It's okay if Henk and Fat Orange are here!"

Having said this, Edkin couldn't help but sigh again.

There is no doubt that Annie can deal with the giant dragon. They had seen it in that dungeon, that is, the ruins of the hanging city of Dorumbude. But unfortunately, Annie is not here now, and she doesn't know anything.

It's time to come back.

As for the dragon in Neverwinter, the Fat Orange, although a little fat, is still a dragon after all, has disappeared together with Henk for a long time. If there is such a dragon, maybe there is still a chance.

But now...

"never mind!"

"No more talking, prepare to defend as long as you can, as long as you can!"

"If it doesn't work, just follow the plan Simon just said!"

Sighing again, Edkin suddenly stopped talking.

because……

The undead obviously didn't intend to give them a chance!

Isn’t this?

Following an order from a red-robed wizard in the distance, and a certain magic ripple sweeping across the entire battlefield, there was no need for the shrill horns or drums, and the army of the undead, which had looked so dark in the past, finally started to move.

"!!"

"Fire arrows!!"

Seeing this, Edkin immediately drew out the sword from his waist and swung it towards the outside of the city.

Just like that, almost at the moment when the undead army moved and pressed towards the city wall of Neverwinter City, the defenders on the city wall of Neverwinter began to fire bursts of sharp and flaming crossbows with crossbows and longbows.

Oil arrows.
To be continued...