Chapter 377: Tom Hiddleston demolishes the tower and shoots arrows at the master

Eunas's message interrupted the Count's plan to lay siege to Parsley Castle.

Sieging a castle required several times more knights than the defenders, along with sufficient mana to enhance the knights' combat power, thereby destroying the castle.

Especially named, large castles had formidable defenses, making them even harder to attack.

His initial plan was to coordinate with Hiddleston's demolition skills, concentrating five knight orders to attack Parsley Castle, suppressing the defending knights inside so that Hiddleston could unleash his magic freely.

Now, however, the situation had grown increasingly dire.

Eunas's Grey Knights had suffered heavy casualties and were unable to attack the castle of Small River City; on the other side, Viscount Trick's Blue Knights were also in trouble—the castle in Green Shade City was tall and solid, making it impossible to breach. Meanwhile, Baron Levis's Yellow Knights were assisting Viscount Trick, leaving them with no time for other tasks.

The Count needed to contain the knights of Parsley Castle.

Therefore, the task of reinforcement fell on Levis.

Without hesitation, the Count immediately tasked him: "Take Hiddleston with you to support the Grey Knights at Small River City and take down the castle, then proceed to Green Shade City to support the Blue Knights. Levis, you are my son blessed by the glory of knighthood! This battle will bring you the glory you deserve!"

Having been baptized in victory, Levis no longer feared battle, only felt excitement.

He thirsted for military achievements to earn a title. Conquering just Mane City wasn't enough. Now, with Small River City and Green Shade City added, and finally mixing in a battle achievement from Niu Mao City, it would be sufficient.

"Yes, father. I will earn even more glory!"

They set off.

As the sun rose, they hurried toward Small River City.

Along the way, Levis remained busy taming a chocobo. The Count had observed this low-level dragon beast but didn't know its breed or level. He treated it as a low-level magical beast that couldn't cast magic yet, sarcastically remarking, "The glory of knighthood truly favors you."

Even a sword saint couldn't find a magical beast mount, yet his son was riding one and leading another.

It was indeed sour.

They traveled swiftly.

By midday, they reached Small River City and met with the Grey Knights who were resting. Viscount Eunas, his left wrist wrapped in bandages, greeted Levis: "Baron Levis, thank you for your generous support. How did the battle at Mane City go?"

"I have annihilated the knights of Mane City and was heading to Niu Mao City to meet the Count when I received your request for aid."

"You've already annihilated Mane City?" Eunas was surprised.

Levis gave a faint smile. "Of course, it was easy."

"Easy..." Eunas wanted to say not to boast in front of him, but thinking of Hiddleston, he couldn't say anything and shifted the topic. "So, Baron Levis, what's the plan now? My Grey Knights have lost more than half of our knights and can hardly organize an effective charge."

"What's the state of the castle in Small River City?"

"Originally, there were about 150 knights. We've heavily wounded around 50, leaving about 100 knights hiding in the castle, not coming out."

"Then let's tear down their castle!"

Hiddleston had only shown his abilities in charges, and his talent for demolition hadn't been tested yet, but after the previous battle, Levis was now full of confidence. "Viscount Eunas, organize the Grey Knights to merge with my Black Knights, suppress the castle completely, and let me command Hiddleston to dismantle the castle."

"Can Hiddleston do it?"

"No problem."

"Good!" Eunas was a straightforward man. His Grey Knights had suffered heavy casualties, and this battle could be considered a loss. Now, he hoped to quickly turn the tide of the war and still have a chance to earn some glory in the upcoming battles to compensate for the losses.

After reorganizing.

At 3:00 PM, when the sun was shining obliquely on the castle's façade, Liszt had already switched to the Black Dragon horse and was leading the Black Knights in a charge towards the castle alongside Viscount Eunas.

Most Earth Knights practiced archery, but not many cultivated skills like "Multiple Arrows."

Therefore, as the knights circled the castle, the scale of the attack was quite impressive. Arrows charged with mana struck the walls like small bombs, constantly eroding the castle's stone defenses. Expert archers, continuously maneuvering and firing, targeted the archers inside the castle, suppressing any counterattacks.

Liszt was an expert archer himself.

But he didn’t shoot. Instead, he raised his shield and commanded Hiddleston to approach the castle: "Hiddleston, rock grenades!"

Boom!

Hiddleston unleashed a magic spell, and a massive rock formed in the air, crashing down onto the castle.

Crash!

The wall on the second floor of the castle cracked like a shattered phone screen, but the wall, reinforced with glutinous rice juice, remained standing. It wasn’t something a single rock grenade could take down.

Liszt didn’t expect to succeed with just one shot.

He kept commanding Hiddleston to unleash rock grenades, targeting the same section of the castle wall, occasionally releasing rock spikes to damage the corners. The rock spikes had to emerge from the soil, so their damage to the wall's corners was limited, but continuous bombardment caused the castle to start shaking.

After a dozen or so impacts, Hiddleston was panting heavily, but a section of the nameless castle's wall finally collapsed.

Revealing a huge gap.

Seeing this, Viscount Eunas threw his knight's spear, aiming it fiercely at the gap.

The veteran elite Earth Knight's power was fully unleashed at this moment. The spear pierced through two Earth Knights who were trying to block the gap, pinning them inside the castle.

"Charge!"

"Into the gap!"

Liszt swapped his steel shield for another, threw his knight's spear with one hand, and stabbed a peeking Earth Knight. Then he drew his Red Blood Sword and pointed it at the castle gap.

The Black Knights and the remnants of the Grey Knights charged like sharks smelling blood, madly sprinting, charging forward, and leaping off their horses into the huge gap. The knight's spears were unusable in the tight confines, but single-handed and double-handed swords were perfect for close-quarters combat inside the castle.

Every knight had to practice two routines: charging and sword combat.

Liszt was very proficient in sword combat.

Because he knew his promotion to Sky Knight would be swift. Once promoted, there would be no need to lead knight charges anymore; he could fight solo.

The second stage of a Sky Knight, called a Sword Saint, originated from this.

To achieve sainthood through mastery of the sword!

At this moment, Liszt was pre-enacting, walking outside the castle with Hiddleston, avoiding direct engagement. In such tight spaces inside the castle, fighting could easily lead to injuries, which he disliked. When absolute strength wasn’t available, it was more his style to output with a bow and arrows from the outside.

"In the last battle, I led the charge, and everyone remembered my bravery. At this moment, I use the bow and arrow, as if handing over the sure victory to my troops."

Drawing his Swift Shadow Bow.

Liszt nocked an arrow, aimed at the fiercely contested gap, drew the bowstring, charged it with mana, and released.

Swish!

A faint sound of air cutting was heard, and the arrow, enhanced by the special properties of the Swift Shadow Bow, turned into an invisible light, accurately piercing the neck of a fierce Earth Knight who had just raised his head, exposing a small gap between his helmet and armor.

That tiny gap proved fatal.