Chapter 5: The Nightmare Begins
As the only daughter of King Saton II, Lina was much favored. In order to allow the princess to better escape the heat in the summer, Satun II even spent a lot of money to open up a manor for the princess at the edge of the Great Gram Forest.
So every summer, the princess will spend a cool and pleasant summer here under the escort of the personal guard. But apparently, this "every year" does not include this year.
Norton is an ordinary town at the foot of the Great Grimm Forest, and its inhabitants have lived a peaceful and peaceful life for generations.
Until a few years ago, the monarch built a royal estate next to the town, and the princess lived here for a period of time every year.
When the news spread, some men came to visit because of the princess, some eunuch families followed the royal family's example and established a summer manor nearby, and more merchants came to smell the money.
In short, with the establishment of the royal estate, the town began to prosper. If it weren't for the appearance of zombies this time, in a few years, a high wall would have been built here and upgraded to a city-state, but unfortunately there is never the word "if" in the dictionary of fate.
When the town first found a large blood stain in the forest, it didn't attract much attention, after all, there are many hunters who hunt in the Great Grimm Forest.
Although the veteran repeatedly insisted that it was the smell of human blood, and that he had fought for decades, it was impossible for him to admit his mistake, but no one would care about the words of a bad old man.
It wasn't until more and more hunters and woodcutters disappeared into the Great Grimm Forest that the mayor finally realized that something was wrong, and he sent a group of twenty armed militiamen.
It wasn't until the next day, anxiously at the head of the city, that the mayor and the soldiers guarding the city saw five bloodied figures and hundreds of "human" figures following them.
Where had the mayor seen such a battle, he hurriedly rescued five people and immediately ordered the gate of the town to be closed.
Standing on the low wall of the town, looking at the stench and screaming "corpses" below, the mayor of the town, who had always been old and serious, almost fell directly without being frightened, and the militia next to Xin Yu supported him with trembling hands.
It is said that after that day, the mayor became ill and muttered, "The devil... The devil from hell...", the town was terrified.
Fortunately, the low wall seemed to temporarily isolate everyone from death, and the only small temple in the town covered with cobwebs was overcrowded for a while, where old people and children came to pray for the protection of the gods, and merchants and officials came here to repent of their crimes.
People are like this, they like to pin their hands on gods for things that are beyond the reach of man, but where are there so many good gods in the world.
In the end, the inhabitants of the town did not wait for the blessing of the gods, but only the tricks of fate. The five militiamen who had fled from outside rose up and wounded people in the darkness of the night.
By the time dawn landed the next day, there was already a zombie army of more than 2,000 people in the town, and the town was completely in chaos.
In order to escape for their lives, the people who lost their minds opened the gates of the town, and the zombies joined forces inside and outside, and the town fell directly.
Except for a few militiamen with better skills who escaped from this town that has been reduced to purgatory, tens of thousands of town residents have all joined the zombie army.
Fate is here again to show its absolute fairness, no matter how rich and powerful you are in front of you, there is no room for bargaining in the face of death.
And the few militiamen who escaped will only spread panic throughout the country in the nightmare of a lifetime, and finally die in despair in fear.
When the gate of the town was just surrounded by zombies, Princess Lina outside the town had already evacuated Norton Town under the escort of the personal guards.
By the time the town fell, the princess had been gone for two days.
Eventually, Princess Lena made it to the nearby city-state of Rusifa as one of the most important city-states in the south, and it was the safest fortress in the southern part of the Sada Empire.
Princess Lina's arrival was warmly welcomed by Lord Dandy, and the young lord was very fond of her.
Despite the captain's repeated emphasis on the seriousness of the situation in Norton, our Lord Dandy apparently didn't care.
Said something "It's just a bunch of dead corpses, it's a big deal to let them die again." He insisted on throwing a big party for the princess that night, and invited all the celebrities in the city to celebrate together.
At the banquet, Lord Dandy said in front of everyone that he would lead the army to clean up the group of living dead who had long been buried and fight for the princess.
Early in the morning, our lord Dandy, with a thousand heavily armed knights and four thousand well-trained infantry, walked out of the city gates with great vigour.
Until the next day, the people of the city-state of Rusiffa did not wait for Lord Dandy and his warriors, not even the shadow of a horse was seen.
On the third day, the defenders could faintly see a large force moving in the distance at the head of the city. By noon, people in the city center can smell a strong stench.
At this time, everyone finally realized that something was wrong. Later, according to the guards guarding the city, it seems that our dear Lord Dandy was seen in the zombie horde. As the rumors spread, the whole city was thrown into a huge panic.
Despite the fact that the city-state of Rusifa was surrounded by high walls and had plenty of food, there was no major crisis for a while, but under the domination of rumors and panic, few people could maintain absolute calm.
Gradually, some vicious events began to occur in the city, and at first the city's defenders were barely able to maintain stability. Later, due to the lack of the lord's restraint, some soldiers began to join the ranks of the vicious incident, and the whole city fell into chaos.
The remaining defenders and guards could only stick to important positions such as the city lord's mansion and the city gate, at least for a short time, no one dared to attack the idea of these places.
It wasn't until General Seth and his troops broke through the hordes of zombies outside the city and came to Lucifer that the situation began to turn around.
General Seth was General Jackson's most trusted lieutenant and enjoyed a high reputation in the army, so it was only natural that he took over all the troops and absolute dominance of the city as soon as he arrived in the city-state of Russifer.
After throwing thousands of people off the walls and feeding zombies, the city finally returned to calm, but panic and rumors continued to simmer in the city.
After a few more days, Seth found that the number of zombies outside the city had not decreased, but had increased.
He understands that there is only one way to die, and if it is only him and his army here, he will not hesitate to leave all the people behind and choose to break through, just as he did when he broke through into the city.
A knight may be ashamed of this, but a general must not be ashamed of it, because he has the lives of all his soldiers on his shoulders.
But now that the princess is here, his task is to escort her back to the capital, which makes him uncertain. He didn't dare to gamble, nor did he dare to bet that he would be able to protect the princess's safety, and he couldn't even guarantee that he would survive so many zombies.
After much deliberation, he decided to send a thousand-strong death squad to break out and ask for help, and if they could successfully break through and deliver the news to the rescuers, it would be the best.
Of course, Seth also prepared for the worst, that is, to desperately break through and escort the princess out, after all, every knight's biggest dream is to be able to protect a princess, even if he dies in the end, he will get the highest honor of the empire.
If you are lucky enough, you may be able to get the favor of the writer of the book and stage a beautiful scene of a knight princess, which can be regarded as death without regrets.
On the day the death squad set out, Seth prepared good wine and meat for them, praised their loyalty and courage in front of the whole army, and said that they were heroes. Then he made a generous statement, saying that he wished he could join them.
Finally, he filled each soldier with wine and drank it all with them. The troops rushed out of the city to the sound of loud war drums, without the slightest hesitation, because it was a battle for honor.
Seth looked at the back of the death squad, and couldn't help but look gloomy, he knew that he single-handedly pushed them into the abyss, and it was estimated that few people would survive in the end.
But he had to do it, he was a general, all he could do was how to maximize the interests of the army, without any personal feelings, and he could even sacrifice himself if necessary.
What everyone doesn't know is that General Seth has a "Martyrs' Book", which records the list of all the death squads, so as to remind himself that his life is not his own. This is also the secret of his repeated victories on the battlefield and his ability to survive every time.
After a few more days, the death squads were still silent, and General Seth foamed at the growing number of foul-smelling corpses beneath the walls, as if he had made up some kind of determination.