Chapter 6: Breakthrough
Luo Fan and his party have been on the mountain for three days, looking at the dense zombie crowd under the city-state of Lusifa, Luo Fan is still at a loss in his heart.
Halfway through, they were also attacked by more than a dozen waves of zombies, large and small, and there were more and more of them, Luo Fan knew that a large number of zombies had begun to gather here.
Come to think of it, the zombie group has always been getting bigger and bigger, and now there are so many zombies surrounding the city-state of Lusifa that the zombies within a radius of hundreds of miles may have been attracted to it, and the scope and number of them are constantly increasing.
Luo Fan had to make a choice, otherwise if it dragged on, it would be difficult for him to break through. Looking at the zombie army in front of him, Luo Fan planned in his heart.
"Master, I don't advise you to take this risk, with the number of troops you have now, even if you can rush in, you will suffer heavy losses and will not be able to break out.
As your private secretary, I am obligated to dissuade you from this near-suicidal behavior. Luo's voice sounded in Luo Fan's mind.
Luoluo's words made Luo Fan, who was originally a little hesitant, finally choose to give up, indeed, there are many opportunities to blend into the empire, but there is only one fate, and now Luo Fan has not figured out why fate led him here.
Now that he had made up his mind, Luo Fan began to reorganize his team and decided to quickly leave this place of right and wrong.
But when Luo Fan had just finished reorganizing the team and was about to leave, he found that the zombie hordes under the city of Lucifer began to stir. In the binoculars, Luo Fan saw the gates of Lucifer slowly open, and a large number of heavy infantry with shields quickly poured out of the gates.
Luo Fan knew that the soldiers in the city had finally begun to break through, and seeing the army breaking through towards him, Luo Fan hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to choose to respond.
Luo Fan himself didn't know why, but he felt that he had to do this, maybe this was another damn fate.
Coming to the edge of the zombie group, Luo Fan estimated that this was the breakthrough exit of the defenders in the city. Looking at the endless crowd of zombies, Luo Fan swallowed heavily and spit.
Under Luo Fan's deliberate greeting, a large number of zombies were attracted by Luo Fan and his party, and under the protection of the Sam soldiers, Luo Fan and his party fought and retreated, leading a large number of zombies away from the path of Lucifer's defenders.
And at this moment, General Seth is leading a large number of knights, guarding the princess, forming a cone-shaped battle formation, like a sharp sword tearing through the encirclement of zombies.
Despite the speed of the breakout, unfortunately, if you can look down from the air, you will find that this army is insignificant in front of the larger zombie army, and it is difficult to even make many waves.
General Seth's mind is very complicated, and the heavily armored and shield-wielding warriors who left the city at the beginning were left behind by the cavalry after opening a path for the cavalry to pass, and were quickly engulfed by zombies in isolation.
Seeing that the cavalry around her was getting fewer and fewer, and more soldiers were replenished from behind, although the total number of troops was decreasing, the guards beside the princess had never decreased.
At the beginning of the breakout, Seth still had 10,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. But now, there are less than a thousand people left alive, and most of them are the princess's personal guards, and the 5,000 light cavalry that Seth brought out of the capital are basically buried in this devastated land.
Seth knew that this breakthrough might be a failure, and according to his estimates, there were still a large number of zombies waiting for him in the outer areas of the breakthrough.
Just as Seth was about to lose hope, he suddenly noticed that the zombie crowd in front of him was starting to thin out, and it didn't take long for them to successfully break out.
Seth didn't even have time to think about why the zombies on the periphery were gone, so he directly led the team to gallop towards the outside of the zombie group. Of the 13,000 people who broke through, less than 500 survived.
"Finally, it's over. Seth thought to himself.
At the same time, after luring the zombies on the periphery away for a distance, Luo Fan and his party quietly came back.
"Zombies are just a bunch of moving corpses. Luo Fan smiled secretly in his heart, as if he had forgotten that he had just been chased around by these corpses in his mouth.
"Looking at the horses' hooves on the ground, they should have managed to break through. Luo's voice sounded in Luo Fan's mind. Under Luoluo's guidance, Luo Fan and his party galloped in the direction of the breakthrough of the Lucifa defenders.
Three days after the breakout, Seth's team had successfully left the confines of the city-state of Rusifa and had a week's walk before they left the southern part of the empire and entered the heart of the empire.
It was mostly safe at that time, at least now Seth hadn't seen any zombies for a whole day, so he decided to set up camp on the spot.
There was just one question that plagued Seth as to why he hadn't received any news of reinforcements until now, and they should have set off a few days after their own departure.
It stands to reason that he should have been able to spot their traces a few days ago, and they had successfully converged, and a feeling of uneasiness lingered in Seth's heart, which could not be dissipated for a long time.
That night, more than 100 wounded in the team burst out and wounded, and Seth had to take the remaining 300 or so exhausted sergeants to fight fiercely with them all night.
By the time the battle was over, there were only dozens of scarred guards left, and even General Seth himself was inevitably bitten on the back by a sneak attack zombie, but fortunately, the princess was well protected by the guards and was safe and sound.
At dawn, when Luo Fan and his party finally found General Seth, the battle had just ended, and General Seth was burying the sacrificed soldiers, and when he saw a group of figures walking in the distance, he was instantly on alert.
"Which unit are you from? Seth looked at the group of people wearing the military uniforms of the Sada Empire who were gradually approaching, and couldn't help but ask with a sigh of relief.
There were still two surviving daredevils in Rovan's team, and they explained to General Seth that Rovan and his party were the rescuers they had found, and they had saved them.
After learning that Luo Fan and they were also troops of the Sada Empire, Seth finally breathed a sigh of relief. In such a special period, the living are much kinder than the zombies.
Especially after last night's battle, there were only a few dozen people left under General Seth, and all of them were wounded, and it was difficult to ensure the safety of the princess.
At this time, of course, it would be best to have such a heavily armed army to join, so Seth did not ask Luo Fan about their identities again. This made Luo Fan breathe a sigh of relief, if he asked, he really didn't know how to answer.
Not long after the two teams merged, a dying wounded man took two soldiers again. This aroused Luo Fan's vigilance, especially after learning that except for the princess in General Seth's team, the rest were injured to varying degrees in the battle with the zombies, Luo Fan's back was cold, and he was speechless for a long time.
The next day, Luo Fan went to General Seth to inquire about the situation these days, and when he learned that all the wounded soldiers had changed suddenly on the third night after the breakout, Luo Fan knew that their time was running out, but he did not know how to tell General Seth.
After all, it is far more cruel to tell a person that his time is running out than to kill him directly.
"I know, I'm dying, princess, please ask you, I can see that you are the leader of this group of soldiers. Seeing that Luo Fan looked like he wanted to say something, General Seth broke the silence.
As he spoke, he lifted his clothes, revealing the wound on his back, which had begun to fester.
"I've been fighting with this group of devils for so long, watching the soldiers become one of them, and thinking that I'm about to join the devil's camp, it's really a little unwilling. ", continued General Seth.
"According to my estimates, the seriously wounded of you are expected to start mutating tonight, and by tomorrow night at the latest, you and your men will become what you call the devil. Although he couldn't bear it, Luo Fan still decided to tell the truth.
Despite knowing that this was the case, Seth remained silent for a long time, looking at the sunset on the horizon and not knowing what he was thinking.
Sure enough, that night, more than a dozen pro-guards turned into zombies one after another, but fortunately, everyone was prepared and there were no casualties. By the night of the third day, all of the guards had been killed by General Seth one by one after the mutiny.
Until the last moment, General Seth still let his men rest in his hands one by one. This great spirit and perseverance made Luo Fan awe-inspired.
It's a pity that the Grim Reaper never opens up to anyone because of who is great and noble, and what should come will come after all. When General Seth lay in his tent and could no longer get up, he knew he was dying. Luo Fan and Princess Lina were beside him, watching the death of this great general.
"Brave knight, thank you for defending my safety with your life, you are worthy of glory, worthy of the gods, and the messenger from heaven will eventually lead you to God. The princess's kiss fell on Seth's forehead, and a soft murmur echoed in Seth's mind.
"It's really a death without regrets. Seth thought.
A boundless sleepiness made him close his eyes, and it was pitch black in front of him, but he seemed to see the door of heaven slowly opening in the void.
Eventually, Rofan buried Seth and his men with a fire, and buried their own story. Watching the sparks beat for a long time, Luo Fan still couldn't understand what kind of faith made them so sacrificed to die.