Ambush

Harald had just given the ruthless order to fire the castle and was preparing to turn around, step down from the cannon platform, and return to the central command tent to await news of final victory.

The group of high-ranking Sauron generals behind him breathed a sigh of relief, preparing to follow their Great Chieftain away from this blood-soaked high ground.

The siege of Carnford was far too long and far too brutal.

The constant fighting, the harsh siege environment, and the staggering casualties suffered against the tenacious defenders had long since exhausted their initial fervent enthusiasm for war and plunder, leaving only a deep-seated weariness and a longing for the end.

Now, this stubborn fortress has finally been breached, and the most difficult moment has passed.

The thought of leaving this nightmarish battlefield and leading a victorious army, having plundered vast wealth and driven away hordes of slaves, back to Frosgard's main camp in a grand and imposing manner filled him with immense joy.

A grand celebration was held there, and the final, and most exciting, portion of the spoils was divided according to merit and power.

The impending stability, prosperity, and glory brought a sense of relief and anticipation to these hardened warriors who had spent years risking their lives on the edge.

The immense burden on my shoulders seemed to lighten instantly, and even my breathing became much easier.

However, at this very moment...

"Enemy attack!!!"

"The eastern camp has fallen!"

"Stop him! Stop that madman!"

A sudden burst of panicked, chaotic shouts and piercing screams came from the east side of the Sauron camp at the foot of the mountain!

The sound was so abrupt and alarming, completely out of place with the previously orderly atmosphere of the siege!

Harald and all the generals abruptly stopped in their tracks, turned around sharply, and looked down the mountain in the direction of the sound!

With just one glance, all the high-ranking Sauron officers, including Harald, were struck dumb. Their pupils contracted sharply, and their faces instantly drained of color, filled with disbelief and horror!

On the east side of the camp, the sturdy wooden palisade had been breached by some terrifying force, leaving a huge gap! Wood chips flew everywhere, and the broken edge looked as if it had been gnawed by a giant beast!

What was most heart-stopping was that from that gap, a dazzling golden aura of Battle Qi qi, seemingly igniting the dark sky, burst forth like the sun tearing through the clouds, forcefully entering the massive Sauron camp with unstoppable momentum!

At the center of the light was one person! One rider!

A Gorse Knights clad in gleaming silver armor, his outer garment tattered yet still striking!

He was enveloped in golden Battle Qi aura, like a war god descending from the heavens! His warhorse also seemed to be covered in golden flames, its neighing shaking the sky!

It was that knight! Harald's mind exploded instantly; he had no mistake! It was the same Plantagenet knight who, at the crucial moment when he accepted General Reynard's surrender at Old Osric Fortress, single-handedly disrupted the situation and caused him to fail at the Gorse Knights!

That powerful figure possessed terrifying fourth-tier Battle Qi and was incredibly brave!

Friedrich von Schmidt!

He... he actually came! And in such a way! Alone on horseback, he directly attacked Sauron's main camp, which had an army of 100,000!

"Has he gone mad?!" This was the unbelievable cry shared by all the Sauron generals who witnessed this scene.

However, reality left them no room for doubt.

After storming into the camp, Friedrich did not pause for a moment, nor did he change direction!

With each swing of the longsword in his hand, which shone with golden light, a massive, incredibly condensed, crescent-shaped golden sword beam emerged!

Wherever the sword's edge passed, the Sauron soldier who tried to stop them, whether heavily armored infantry or cavalry attempting to charge, were as easily thwarted as paper figures!

The sword's edge easily tore through their heavy armor, severed their weapons, and cut both men and horses in two! Limbs and entrails flew everywhere; no one could withstand a single blow from him!

His path of charge was instantly cleared, leaving a trail paved with flesh and death!

In this way, with an incomparably domineering and domineering aura, he single-handedly carved a straight bloody path through the enormous Sauron camp, which had tens of thousands of troops!

And the direction he charged was clearly aimed directly at the heart of the central army!

Too fast! Too sudden! The soldiers in the Sauron camp were completely stunned!

They were making final preparations for the attack on Carnford's inner city when, unexpectedly, someone would sneak in from behind, outside the camp, on horseback.

Moreover, the strength of the newcomer was terrifyingly unbelievable! In the rush, they couldn't organize an effective resistance formation at all, and could only watch helplessly as that golden whirlwind of death, like a hot knife through butter, wantonly trampled and slashed, invincible in its path!

The entire eastern area of Sauron camp instantly descended into utter chaos and panic! Shouts, screams, the mournful neighing of warhorses, and the clatter of weapons hitting the ground filled the air!

As the golden aura of Battle Qi qi sliced through the vast Sauron camp like a red-hot blade cutting into butter, tearing a bloody path straight into the heart of the central army, Harald and the other senior officers on the artillery platform were momentarily stunned by this sudden and completely illogical attack.

"Great Chieftain! Quick! We must send troops to suppress him immediately! We cannot let him continue his advance!" The first to react was Leon, the Broomflower standing beside Harald.

His face was deathly pale, and his voice was shrill with terror. "This man is exceptionally brave. If we allow him to run rampant in the camp, causing panic to spread, it could lead to a mutiny! Once morale collapses, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Leon's exclamation was like a slap in the face, instantly snapping Harald out of his shock! He jolted awake, a cold sweat breaking out on his back!

Yes! No matter how strong Friedrich is, he's still just one person! Even if he possesses fourth-tier Battle Qi and can kill a hundred or a thousand people, can he possibly wipe out an army of one hundred thousand?

What's truly terrifying isn't his individual acts of violence, but the chain reaction his actions might trigger and the rapid spread of panic!

Especially at this time, after a fierce siege, with soldiers exhausted both physically and mentally, and the camp filled with many unstable factors!

If panic is allowed to spread rapidly through the military like an invisible plague, the consequences will be catastrophic!

Soldiers unaware of the truth will completely lose their minds, turning their weapons on their own men and killing each other in a fight for survival! Any officer attempting to maintain order could be overwhelmed or even killed by the panicked crowd!