Game of the World Tree

The stars appear, and twilight falls.

Mania tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Dotted lights light up in the city, from near to far.

And brighter than the lights are the burning torches.

The torches gather little by little, like endless fireflies, spreading continuously on the criss-crossed streets, extending into the distance.

It was the angry people and the rebels who entered Mannia.

They danced brightly colored flags in the dark night, moving toward the southeast of the city.

At the end of the road, a towering castle stands in the dark, like a monster in the dark, overlooking the ancient royal city.

It was Doloria Castle, known as the "Indestructible Fortress".

Dororia, which means frontier fortress in Old Segoth.

This city wall is 20 meters long and the tower is 50 meters high. It is the tallest building in Mannia except for the Eternal Cathedral, and it is also the commanding height of the entire city of Mania.

When the Holy Mania Empire was still an alliance of slave city-states, the castle had already stood in the city of Mania.

At that time, the Mania city-state alliance was only Mania, a city established by escaped slaves, and Dorolia Castle was a military fortress built by the Mania to resist the former slave owners.

Later, the founding monarch of Holy Mania, Karl I, who was elected as the consul, expanded the fortress, made it his own castle, and changed the city-state republic to a hereditary monarchy.

With the city of Mania as the center, he expanded all the way, and finally achieved a generation of miraculous achievements in which he achieved the emperor's exploits as a slave.

The Doloria Castle has thus become one of the symbols of imperial authority in the entire Holy Mania Empire.

Of course, thousands of years have passed.

Times are developing, and magic technology is constantly improving.

Today, many nobles are no longer satisfied with living in ancient and dark castles, but prefer to live in beautiful manors with magical defense barriers.

Due to the continuous expansion of the empire, the defensive role of Doloria Castle gradually lost its meaning and no longer has the value of resisting foreign enemies.

Because of this, this impregnable castle gradually changed from a royal domain to a royal prison, dedicated to political prisoners who resisted the royal family and nobles, as well as pagans who opposed the Eternal Church.

Since then, Doloria Castle Prison has become a terrifying place of legend for the people of the Empire, feared and feared by people...

It is like a big mountain pressing on the hearts of the people of Manny City, making people breathless; it is also like a devil monitoring the whole city, which makes people talk about color change.

On weekdays, even on the streets near Dorolia Castle Prison, there are few pedestrians, and some are just soldiers who come and go.

But today, it's different.

Doloria Castle, outside the fortress.

Gunpowder smoke billows, sometimes obscuring the sky, sometimes revealing starlight.

On the street, the fire was a little bit, even in the dark, you could see the dense crowd under the flames.

There are full-armed imperial soldiers, mighty hedge knights, civilians who hold high flags, and wanderers whose clothes have been patched.

There were old and young, men and women, and the only thing that was alike was the golden armband that was tied to the right arm, gleaming in the light of stars and torches.

They brandished different weapons, shouted the same slogan, and rushed towards the prison of Doloria Castle in the dark...

"Long live! Take Dororia!"

"Long live! Take Dororia!"

The cry was like a tsunami, drowning the darkness.

On the tall tower of Dorolia, looking at the crowd like a vast ocean, the noble officers and soldiers guarding the castle looked shocked.

"Master Prisoner! The gate of the outer city was captured by rioters! The rebels have entered the city and are rushing to us with the mob!"

The soldier who delivered the letter rolled and climbed, and came to the tower, looking in front of the warden in the distance, and said in panic.

"Rebels? Where did the rebels come from?"

The warden from a noble family was stunned.

"The Guards! It's the Guards! They are wearing the standard equipment of the Guards. I am afraid that the Seventh Guards Regiment outside the city has rebelled! Not only that, but there seem to be mercenaries!"

The messenger said hurriedly.

Hearing his words, the warden's eyes widened in disbelief.

He took a deep breath, picked up the telescope from the Elf Forest, and looked out of the castle.

Under the starlight and flames, when the warden saw clearly the iconic silver armor of the Seventh Guards Corps, and the mercenaries and citizens who were rushing towards him with them, his expression changed slightly. Take a deep breath.

For a time, his expression became more serious.

"Everyone listens! Enter the highest alert state! Please activate your defense magic, Your Excellency Daniel! Prepare the archers and magic crystal gunners, don't let these rebels in!"

The warden looked at the direction of the inner city, looked at the sky again, drew out the command sword in his hand, and drank it.

With his order, the magic crystal cannons with deep muzzles were set up by the defenders and aimed at the street outside the castle and at the people who were constantly pouring in on the street.

The archers also tightened their bowstrings, mounted their arrows, and aimed at the citizens and soldiers who were gradually surrounding the castle.

In the darkness, the castle defenders standing on the tower faced off against the rebels who were gradually encircling the castle.

"People outside, get out of here quickly, if we go one step further, we will shoot arrows!"

Seeing the growing crowd outside the castle, the warden's scalp went numb, suppressed the fear in his heart, and shouted loudly with the use of amplification magic.

Doloria Castle is impregnable.

But there are too many people gathering outside the city.

In the face of these thousands of rebels, even if the warden had great confidence in the castle, he couldn't help but be shocked by this exaggerated scene.

And outside the castle, in a dense crowd.

Soon, people separated to the sides, and several professionals dressed as mercenaries stood up.

The leader is none other than Tim the Hound.

And beside him, there are also several mysterious people wearing hawk-billed hoods who can't see clearly.

Recognizing Tim's identity, the warden was furious:

"Tim? Do you know what you are doing?! Your actions now are blatantly fighting against the Empire and the Church!"

However, Tim the Hound just shook his head slightly:

"Lord Eichendorf, don't say anything that doesn't make sense."

After speaking, he looked solemn:

"Open the gate of the castle and surrender to us, otherwise, we will attack... and if we attack, we will not be able to guarantee your safety after the battle is won."

The warden was stunned for a moment, then laughed angrily.

His eyes swept across the vast majority of the people under the tower who didn't even have decent equipment, and he snorted coldly:

"A group of rabble! Do you want to attack Doloria Castle Prison alone?!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and ordered to the soldiers on the castle:

"Fire the cannon! Shoot the arrows! Let these mobs know the fate of the rebellion!"

With his order, the cannons sounded in unison, along with arrows like rain, falling into the crowd outside the castle.

For a time, the flames caused by the explosion of magic power exploded in the crowd, and the rebels at the forefront fell one after another in the rain of arrows.

Watching the scene of the tragic death of their companions, the rebels who besieged Doloria Castle instantly fell into chaos and began to retreat.

"Tim" looked solemn.

As he chopped down the arrows that came, he shouted:

"Everyone find cover! Hold on! Don't mess up! Hold on!"

And then, he looked at the mysterious man wearing a hood beside him:

"Lord Cyber!"

The mysterious man beside him nodded and shouted in a certain direction:

"Fuck! Prepare to attack the city!"

With a cry, on the street hundreds of meters away, the crowd slowly moved away, and the heavy magic crystal cannons were pushed out by the rebels.

Seeing the heavy magic crystal cannon that appeared on the street, the warden's expression changed slightly and exclaimed:

"Elf Magic Crystal Heavy Cannon!"

Elf Magic Crystal Heavy Cannon...

It was a kind of heavy artillery that only the elves of the Elf Forest had, and it showed great power when it attacked the demon army some time ago.

Even in Mania, the warden of Dororia had heard of it, and he had specially looked for the picture book and saw the appearance of this legendary heavy artillery.

It is said that in the final battle of the Southern Land to besiege the demon fortress, the elves blasted away the demons' city walls with just one shot...

However, today, he did not expect that he would encounter this terrifying opponent on the battlefield.

Thinking of the power of the elf magic crystal heavy artillery, the warden's face became paler.

The next moment, the rebels activated the magic inscription, and bursts of brilliance converged on the gun body of the heavy magic crystal gun. With the deafening roar, the magic crystal gun spewed out terrifying elemental bullets.

A violent explosion blasted through the walls of Doloria Castle, and the entire castle seemed to tremble.

The soldiers on the tower were shaking, and the unfortunate ones were torn to pieces by the elemental bullets that fell on the city wall.

And after a few roars, a crack has appeared on the surface of the sturdy castle...

"not good!"

Feeling the trembling of the castle, the warden's expression changed drastically, he pulled up a messenger who was rolling and crawling, and shouted:

"Isn't it okay?! Daniel-sama's defensive magic isn't up yet?!"

"I'm getting ready... I'm getting ready! Lord Daniel was meditating just now, and just freed up..."

The soldier said terrified.

"Meditation?! When are you still meditating! These legendary wizards with eccentric characters!"

The warden cursed.

And as soon as he finished cursing, another series of cannon sounds came from outside the castle, and the whole castle trembled again.

While hiding from the fire, the warden raised his command sword and ordered:

"Fire arrows! Shoot me arrows! Fire! Fire!"

Inside and outside the castle, the two sides were equally famous for their artillery fire, and they fell into a fierce battle.

Elemental bullets fell into Doloria Castle, and a firework-like brilliance bloomed above and below the castle.

In the crowd besieging the castle, explosions continued to come, and every time there was a roar, a piece of resisters was torn to pieces in the screams.

Finally, when another elemental bomb focused on a section of the city wall of Doloria Castle, the 20-meter-high city wall finally collapsed.

Seeing this scene, the warden's face turned pale, and the morale of the resistance army was lifted.

"The city walls are falling! Charge! Charge to the castle! Hurry! Take advantage of this time and attack Dororia!"

"Hound" Tim shouted, raising his sword.

Following his order, the rebels held up the red flag, shouted, waved their weapons, and set up a cloud ladder, rushing towards the smoke-filled Doloria Castle.

The arrows from both sides kept flying, and the shouts were like thunder.

Braving gunfire and arrows, guards, mercenaries, adventurers and ordinary citizens marched one after another.

They fell in batches after batches, but whenever the people in front fell, the people behind would keep up, taking over the tattered flags in their hands that had long been covered by arrows and artillery fire, to Doro Leah Castle rushed...

"Long live! Take Dororia!"

The rebels shouted angrily.

In that cry, there seemed to be a burst of infinite anger that had been suppressed for a long time, like a gushing volcano.

"Long live! Take Dororia!"

The shouts came one after another, from teenagers as young as teens, to old people as old as twilight, the roars of men and the shouts of women were intertwined, and they converged into a tsunami-like cry, which even overwhelmed the violent explosions in a moment. gunfire.

Under the shouts of overwhelming momentum, the defenders on Doloria Castle felt that the castle below them seemed to be shaking.

Finally, after I don't know how many people were sacrificed, the resistance army carrying the ladder, arrows and artillery fire rushed under Dorolia Castle!

"Block them! Block them!"

On the castle, the warden swung his command sword and roared with horror on his face.

However, there were simply too many rebels besieging the castle.

When the boundless people gathered from all directions, when one after another rudimentary cloud ladders were placed on the cracked city wall, on the defending side, the situation turned sharply in an instant.

However, just as the resistance army at the forefront finally climbed the city wall and fought with the prison guards, a light blue beam of light suddenly rose into the sky...

A faint blue light gradually enveloped the entire Doloria Castle, and a vast force spread around the castle.

In the shocking sight of the rebels, the entire Doloria Castle was emitting a faint brilliance, and then, the places that were destroyed by the artillery fire began to slowly recover.

At the same time, the rebels who were climbing the city wall suddenly suffered a pain, and light blue flames spontaneously ignited on them.

Along with a series of screams, they, together with the ladder, were reduced to ashes in the flames.

Seeing this terrifying scene, for a while, the rebels on the street were silent.

"Legendary solidification spell... Dororia Bulwark!"

Tim the Hound's pupils shrank.

Dororia is known as an inextinguishable fortress, not only because it has taller and stronger walls than ordinary castles.

It is because it has a unique solidification magic in the entire Seggs world. It is a legendary magic Dororia barrier that was created and solidified by Karl the Great, who is a dual-cultivator of magic and martial arts. It integrates defense, recovery and attack.

Although this solidification magic has disadvantages such as a long activation time, a small radiation range, and it must be controlled by a legendary wizard, when it is activated, Dorolia will be invincible.

Above the castle, the warden who witnessed the change of the castle widened his eyes, and his expression soon became excited and excited.

He laughed out loud hahaha, and that happy laugh soon turned into a wicked laugh.

I saw that he looked at the rebels outside the city resentfully, raised his long sword again, and drank to the defenders:

"Defensive magic activated! Fire the cannons! Destroy these goddamn rebels!"

However, not long after he ordered, there was a commotion inside the castle.

The warden frowned slightly and looked behind him suspiciously, only to see a soldier with blood all over his head, rolling over in a panic.

He looked terrified, faintly, and seemed to be a little dazed:

"Master Warden! It's not good! The prisoners in the dungeon are rioting! They rushed out of the dungeon and into the castle!"

"What did you say?!"

The warden was stunned for a moment.