The First Vampire

Chapter 667: 665 Routed_1

Woo——

The piercing sound of the horn echoed through the night, abruptly waking Springs Town from its slumber.

Knight Vito frantically waved his sword, commanding soldiers on the city wall to shoot arrows down at the invaders.

Yet the arrows seemed to pose no threat to the Orcs. They continued to climb the city wall at an incredible speed.

Springs Town was not a fortified stronghold – just a small baron’s territory. Its city wall was merely five to six meters high. To the towering Orcs, it provided no substantial impediment whatsoever.

In the blink of an eye, the first orc had stormed the city wall. Roaring, it swung its spiked club at the head of a guard@@novelbin@@

Thump!

The guard’s head exploded like a watermelon.

The Grant Family was not a prestigious one. To make matters worse, the most elite troops in their territory had already been sent to the frontline. Only reserve forces were left behind.

They may be called reserve forces, but they were mostly part-time farmers. They probably spent more time using their hoes than their swords.

Faced with the hellish dread of the Orcs, there was no courage left in them to fight. Those who managed to stand their ground, rather than running away, could be considered warriors.

They had initially thought that after the Battle of Luwal Valley, they wouldn’t have to worry about an invasion by the Orcs again. Yet, here the Orcs were, in Springs Town!

Could it be that Knight Vito unusually patrolling the area was because of this?

Nevertheless, Knight Vito was completely disoriented at this point.

He had never imagined that the “big event” mentioned by young master Benson was an invasion by the Orcs!

Asking him to hold off the Orcs? That was overestimating his abilities.

Knight Vito knew that even Wind Whisper City, the largest city in the Westland, could only withstand the onslaught of the Orcs for less than half a day.

How could Springs Town, a small place, possibly fend off such an attack?

Knight Vito’s legs were trembling, and he was ready to run away.

However, he then noticed that the number of invading Orcs wasn’t too large.

Although they were ferocious, there were only about four to five hundred of them. In comparison, the Springs Town defense force had nearly two thousand people.

And also, the team escorting the remains of Emperor Reinhardt back to Dragon City consisted of a thousand guards. These were the empire’s regular army, the real elites who had undergone the baptism of the Luwal Valley battle!

Moreover, there was a Holy Knight, Prince Lexie among them. What could these Orcs do against them?

Knight Vito calming himself, self-encouragement, shouted:

“Don’t run! Don’t you dare run! Your families and friends are behind you, your homeland is behind you, how can you run!

The invading force is just a small group of Orcs. They are not many. We will fight with them!

Attack!”

Inspired by Knight Vito, many human soldiers finally mustered their courage, rushed forward, and tried to drive away the Orcs who had climbed the wall.

This wave of attack had some semblance of order, for the first time.

But reality, cruel as it was, taught these self-overestimated guards a severe lesson.

The human soldiers who reached the Orcs couldn’t even withstand a casual blow from them.

Despite having a numerical advantage, even with a three to one, five to one, or even ten to one advantage, humans stood no chance against these Orcs.

The guards, when faced with the Orcs, were like lambs before a hungry wolf, with no power to resist.

Almost instantly upon contact, the human offensive was thoroughly crushed.

The splattering blood and flying limbs momentarily silenced the battlefield; the human soldiers who managed to grasp what had happened were frantically fleeing in every direction.

They were completely outmatched.

Knight Vito roared until his voice gave out, but still couldn’t stop the collapse of the defending forces.

Out of desperation, he even pulled out his sword and killed two deserters, but to no avail.

Truth be told, he was scared out of his wits right now.

From the way the battle started, although the number of orcs in the attacking forces wasn’t much, their strength was shocking.

Even if ordinary orcs were naturally stronger than ordinary human soldiers, they couldn’t possibly be this much more powerful!

This overwhelming advantage made Knight Vito realize—

The orc forces were entirely made up of Skull-shatterers!

What the hell was he supposed to fight against then!

The outcome of a battle with such disparity in strength was determined from the very beginning.

Seeing the dismal state of affairs, Knight Vito could only spread his legs and run hectically towards the castle in the town center.

“The Orcs are here! The Orcs have breached our defenses!”

Chaos started to spread within the town, cries, wails, and roars filled the air.

Just as the residents of Springs Town were preparing to face the onslaught of the Orcs, they were stunned to find that the orcs were merely tearing down the street and heading straight for the Grant Family’s castle.

The residents of Springs Town who had managed to escape watched the retreating figures of the orcs, couldn’t help but wonder—

Since when did the brutal and bloodthirsty orcs refrain from harming the civilians?

Of course, the majority of the residents seized the opportunity when the orcs were attacking the castle and flocked out of the town.

In the blink of an eye, all of Springs Town was thrown into chaos.

…

“Orcs? How did the orcs appear in Springs Town? How many of them are there?”

In the Knight Hall of the castle, Benson Grant interrogated Knight Vito.

The elder son of Baron Grant was also panicking, the defending forces had completely collapsed in an instant of engagement, this cruel reality almost made him lose the confidence to fight back. If it weren’t for the team escorting the emperor’s remains in the castle, Sir Benson would’ve probably prepared to abandon the castle and escape already.

“Young Master, I don’t know how the Orcs appeared in Springs Town either.” Knight Vito replied pitifully. “But, their numbers aren’t many, probably around four to five hundred, probably just a small group that has scattered from the frontline…”

“Four to five hundred?” Sir Benson raised an eyebrow and cursed angrily, “Such a small number of orcs, and they invaded Springs Town in less than ten minutes? Are you lot pigs?”

“Enough. Now is not the time to place blame, we must first deal with the current crisis.” Governor Fred spoke up.

Sir Benson immediately turned around, putting on a flattering smile, he said:

“Governor Fred, please mobilize the royal guards to help the Grant family repel the Orcs.”

Governor Fred did not respond directly to Sir Benson’s request, but turned to his attendant instead and asked:

“The Blood Knight Army… has the battle ended?”

“Not yet.” The attendant shook his head. Seeing Governor Fred frown, he quietly asked, “Sir, do you want them to stop their attack?”

“No, let them continue.” Governor Fred said indifferently. He then turned to Duke St. Rands and Count Nicoll, saying, “Gentlemen, I hope you can send your guards to assist the Grant family in repelling the invading Orcs.”

“Of course.” Duke St. Rands and Count Nicoll immediately responded.

Finally, Governor Fred turned to Prince Lexie:

“Your Highness, we will continue as planned.

Next, it’s up to you.”

Prince Lexie silently nodded, said nothing, and then turned and walked out.