The First Vampire

Chapter 612: 610 Siege (Part 2)_1

Smack!

The whip struck his back, forcing Tom to kneel on the ground, but he was quickly pulled up and stumbled forward.

Around him, human refugees were being led by ropes.

Hunched old men, shivering children, disheveled women, blood-covered men, and even dead bodies—they were led like cattle, herded by the orcs towards Wind Whisper City.

Those who walked too slowly, cried too loudly, or just looked the wrong way, met with a painful lash from a whip.

The scent of despair was thick in the air, carried by the west wind to the walls of Wind Whisper City.

Tom watched the city gates with hopeful eyes, awaiting the Holy Knight Duke to lead his army out and drive away these brutal orcs.

However, as time ticked by, no army emerged, nor did the stunningly handsome Holy Knight Duke, who was as enchanting as an earthly angel.

The closed city gates isolated the inner world from the outside.

The light in Tom’s heart was slowly fading until a thought suddenly emerged—

Why don’t I fight back?

In a daze, Tom remembered his beautiful wife and their adorable daughter, remembered the moment when their heads were chopped off by the orcs.

A wave of intense pain surged from his heart, turning Tom’s eyes completely red.

The city wall was getting closer, and Tom could already see the soldiers with their bows drawn on top. And they were aiming their arrows at him below.

“Open the gates!”

“Please, open the gates!”

“We are human, citizens of the Westland too!”

“Save us!”

…

The refugees pressed against the city walls, shouting desperately for help. Their cries of despair sent shockwaves through the hearts of the soldiers.

At this moment of indecision, a strange but loud horn resounded from the orcish formation.

Whoo—

A dense wave of orc soldiers surged towards Wind Whisper City, but the city’s soldiers, confronted by the gathering refugees below, were too hesitant to attack.

Tom could feel the trembling of the earth. Seeing the bloody wave sweeping from behind, he roared:

“Brothers, let’s fight these orcs!”

With this, he charged towards the orc army, pulling the tied refugees along.

But not everyone had the courage for a desperate last stand. Some refugees kept retreating, trying to hold back this young man who seemed to have gone mad. Yet others were emboldened, charging at the orcs with Tom, even knowing it meant death.

The scene became even more chaotic.

Boom!

Tom felt as though he had collided with a mountain, the immense force of the impact throwing him several meters away.

Before he could get up, a wave of sharp pain surged from his waist. Then, he lost all feeling in the lower half of his body.

A huge figure stepped over him, shattering his right shoulder completely.

The intense pain exceeded his brain’s limit, and Tom felt nothing at all.

He turned his head, just to see a rain of arrows finally falling from the city tower, shooting towards the refugees below the city, and also towards the charging orc soldiers.

Tom’s gaze was fixed on the figure of the orc soldier who had just cut him in half, seemingly wanting to see his opponent’s demise with his own eyes.

Unfortunately, just before Tom completely lost consciousness, his wish was not fulfilled.

Despite being hit by several arrows, that orc soldier still carried the ladder, leaned it on the city wall, and then quickly began to climb.

Knight Maiko pushed a rolling log, watching the orc who was hit by it actually rise from the ground and then try to climb the city wall again.

Although it was not his first time fighting against orcs, Knight Maiko was still amazed by the tough defense the tenacious orcs possessed.

When it comes to the orcs’ siege tactics, they are not impressive. Their siege equipment is simply just ladders, unlike any sophisticated devices like trebuchets or battering rams, they haven’t got any.

But with their robust body, as well as the time gained earlier when they drove the refugees to gather under the city, the orcs managed to climb up to the city wall quickly.

Knight Maiko knew that before arriving at Wind Whisper City, the orc army had almost swept half of the Westland, no matter how fortified the city was, it didn’t seem to last a day in front of the orc army.

This was indeed due to the fact that most of Westland’s elite forces had been buried in the Sky Breaking Mountain Range, but it also showed how fierce the orc’s offensive was.

Even in Wind Whisper City, the capital of Westland, the orcs had managed to reach the city wall in less than an hour.

Knight Maiko did not know how many defenders were in the city, did not know whether Duke St. Gregorian was here or not, did not know how long this city could last. But all he could think of right now, as he watched the orcs climbing up to the city wall, was a simple thought- kill as many as possible!

An orc soldier just showed his head but had not yet clear saw the situation on the city tower, then his vision was filled with a flash of silver.

Swish!

Knight Maiko chopped off an orc’s head, dodged a flying ax thrown from below, and then rushed towards a Skull-shatterer, who was killing rampantly on the city wall.

Clink clink clink!

After rounds of short but intense exchanges, Knight Maiko felt his blood churning underneath his armour, his undergarment completely drenched in sweat.

His long sword had several notches and was on the verge of being scrapped.

When the Skull-shatterer opposite swung his huge axe again, Knight Maiko could only choose to dodge.

Thud!

A flurry of rubble flew and forced back several human soldiers who were trying to assist.

Knight Maiko knew he might not be a match for this Skull-shatterer, so he could only move agilely around him, preventing him from attacking the defensive positions of the human soldiers and causing more slaughter.

But even so, the situation on the city wall was heading in an unfavorable direction.

In the face of the orcs’ simple but fierce attacks, human’s defense line was like a violently fluctuating water line, seemingly about to collapse at any moment.

Knight Maiko could only feel the number of human soldiers around him decreasing while the number of orc soldiers climbing from the bottom of the city wall was increasing.

Gradually, while fighting this Skull-shatterer, not only could he not get the support of human soldiers, but he also had to deal with the harassing orc soldiers.

Knight Maiko felt that he was almost unable to hold on.

“Leave quickly!”

Viscount Cast appeared from nowhere, pushed the Skull-shatterer away with his sword, and tried to pull Knight Maiko to escape.

Knight Maiko instinctively avoided Viscount Cast’s extended hand, he was just about to speak when he heard a huge roar from below.

He turned back and instantly went pale.

The West City Gate had been breached.