Chapter 22: The Lady with a Sigh (58)
I remember a bard of my time who said something profound and philosophical: Only enemies who are evenly matched can be remembered by one another.
It's a really interesting statement, and at first, I didn't really understand the inner meaning of this sentence. And at that time I was still an elf, I was still an elf, I didn't have that much view of life, the teachings of the elves told me that in life you don't need to pay attention to too many things, just love nature, love life is enough.
In the early days of becoming an undead, I was very confused about what my position was, as I had just changed my identity. And the first time I really understood the true meaning of this statement was hundreds of years after I became a ghost.
At that time, I didn't have any pursuit of this world, my heart was like a stagnant water, and I was completely thinking about how to defeat my enemies, and if there were no enough equal enemies, I would surrender my strength so that those human Kaiyuan Three Kingdoms had the right people to be my opponents. However, because I deliberately lowered my strength, after finally defeating them, I didn't feel any sense of accomplishment at all, on the contrary, I felt deeply bored. In addition, there are many enemies that I have created that I have not defeated and killed, but have all been defeated by the same enemy, and that is time.
After all, human beings are not elves or undead, their lives are only a few decades, and no matter how powerful humans are, they can't withstand aging and death, and no matter how powerful humans are, they are no exception.
Over thousands of years, I have faced one enemy after another, as if I were enjoying the scenery from a car. There have even been a few opponents who have been my opponents since the seventh or eighth generation of my ancestors, and in his generation, they are still my opponents. It makes me feel very bored, yes, really boring.
However, in addition to the apostle clan, there is an opponent in the Three Kingdoms of Kaiyuan alone, even if so many years have passed, it still makes me remember it deeply, and in human terms, it can probably only be described as an old enemy.
Yes, rivals. If you want to run into an old enemy, the first and most important thing is whether the other person can threaten your life, and how long the other person can be your enemy. And which of my so-called rivals is perfect enough to satisfy both of the above points. Although he has only been an opponent for more than thirty years in my long life, I am very excited every time I face him, and he is the only member of the Three Kingdoms of the New Century that can threaten my life among the many opponents I have faced.
As a token of my greatest respect, after his death, I personally went to his family alone to exterminate all his relatives. And it was the first and only massacre in my life. But don't get me wrong, I didn't kill him because I hated him, but because I respected him. In the creed of our undead, the only way to show the greatest respect to our opponents is to slay them all.
And this time, the opponent I faced also gave me this little bit of a rival. Why say a little? Because I can only feel that this unknown being can only threaten my life, but how long it can threaten me, then I don't know.
It's not that there isn't a lack of existence that can threaten my life, on the contrary, there are many. Whether it's the mourning master of the apostle group, or the dragon demon named Meduna, or the War Blademaster, Viren, Qi Tianci, and Ciel, etc., they are all existences that can threaten my life. And Rebek, Rebek, heh. Needless to say, that's even more important. But they are not my old enemies, and although the apostles are powerful, they are no longer qualified to be my old enemies. I and the mourner are destined to die in the future. The rest of the people are basically friends that I identify with. And as for Rebek, Rebek, alas. I don't know what happened to this all-powerful king of hell, is it okay now?Or is it because he was swept up in that completely unknown dimension and completely disappeared? I don't know, I don't dare to think about it.
Well, I forced myself to come back to reality from the chaos of my thoughts. As I walked farther and farther ahead, there were more and more zombies around me. Looking at these zombies that gradually became boundless, I shook my head helplessly. These things don't pose any threat to me, and the reason they've gathered so much is because of the mysterious adversary who summoned them. It seems that this thing has the ability to lead these zombies.
But that's not enough to see at all, and if that's the case, this unknown opponent is just a pile of garbage to me. In the midst of the zombies, I jumped lightly. Because I didn't have any time to pay attention to these little trash fish, I increased my strength a little more and summoned ten skeletons in the form of beasts. Well, yes, looking at these ten beast skeletons, the dozen or so little skeletons before were almost like dolls. These beast skeletons, every pounce, every grab, can easily break a zombie's head into pieces, since the zombies still have no intention of attacking me and my skeleton soldiers, so I don't care if these dozens of skeletons of all kinds will be damaged.
But just then, I suddenly heard a female howl. This sudden voice made me stunned, could it be that there were still survivors like Shen Lin who were surrounded by zombies at this time? Since none of these zombies have the desire to attack me, if the female voice is a human being, then these zombies should turn their target and attack that woman? These zombies should have no intelligence at all. At least that's what these ordinary zombies are.
And, on the other hand, after the extremely shrill female voice stopped, the zombies began to suddenly point the finger at us. Interesting, things are starting to get interesting. The first unfortunate ones were the dozen skeleton soldiers. At the beginning, I didn't plan to have any hope for these things, just imagine, what is the use of such a thing that bites someone and collapses his own head? So, there is no room for resistance, these skeleton soldiers are quickly dismantled into all kinds of broken bones by those zombies like sea water, and then turn into ashes and float away in the wind, gradually disappearing.
And the ones who can hold on a little longer are the skeleton beasts. One thing that I didn't expect was that the defenses of these skeleton beasts were at least ten times greater than the defenses of the dozen or so skeleton soldiers who had disappeared.
So, what kind of feeling is this more than ten times? A simple analogy. If the zombies start to attack the cute but useless skeleton babies in my hands, then just by swinging hard, these cute skeleton babies may fall apart because they can't withstand such a serious force. But what about skeleton beasts? there is no such situation at all, and skeletons that are already taller than skeleton soldiers and ordinary zombies are also extremely agile, allowing them to freely shuttle through this vast and boundless sea of zombies.
In addition, even if he was caught by those zombies carelessly, it was nothing. Their defense is indeed very strong, even if a dozen zombies attack a skeleton beast together, it is only a little bit of a skeleton beast's skeleton. So, until I quickly moved forward and left the ten skeleton beasts behind me completely, I didn't notice a single skeleton beast fall apart.
Uh-huh, not bad. I'm very happy with the performance of the skeleton beast. As I leapt into the air, I summoned ten skeleton beasts again. Unlike last time, however, this time I didn't ignore the skeleton beasts I had summoned, but rode on the back of one of the slightly larger skeleton beasts, leading the other nine skeleton beasts side by side. As for the ten skeleton beasts in the back, I'm sorry, the situation is a bit urgent right now, and I can't afford to be distracted by this.
Wait, why should I say I'm sorry? These skeleton soldiers and skeleton beasts are what I have summoned, they are my creations, why should I care if they live or die? yes, yes, that's it. If they survive, then their instincts should have caught up with me as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, my heart became more cheerful. I unconsciously sped up the movement of the skeleton beasts, and these zombies were like mantis arms in front of my ten skeleton beasts, so that I didn't feel the slightest challenge.
However, as we got deeper, I realized that the zombies I encountered next were significantly different from the ones I had encountered before. First of all, the zombies I met at the beginning were all ragged, without a single intact skin on their bodies, and there was never any communication between their companions. I even found dozens of zombies on the backs of skeletal beasts that had no legs and were just gliding on their upper bodies. And these zombies, my skeletal beast can crush them to pieces with just a single kick.
And the zombies I meet now, although the whole body is still not very complete, but at least I can see the complete skin. In addition, all the zombies are able-bodied, and none of the zombies have any movement affected. In addition, they will also look at other companions from time to time and make various noises, which is very different from the previous zombies who only knew how to howl unconsciously. While these zombies are just as fragile to my skeletal beasts, they have at least some instinct and have learned how to work as a simple team.
Of course, all the zombies that stood in my way and the skeleton beasts under my command were vulnerable to us like a tide. The role that these zombies behind can play is only to slow down our progress a little. It's boring for me, and if this mysterious opponent is really all that's what he can do, then I'm afraid I'm going to get bored.
Still, the surprise came. As my speed grew faster and faster, less than a hundred meters in front of me, another female-only howl rang out. Suddenly, dozens of jumping zombies appeared in front of us.
Jumping zombies? This was a surprise to me. If there is no mistake in the information provided by Shen Lin, then ordinary zombies will not jump and move extremely slowly, but these zombies can not only jump, but also have the best physical integrity I have ever seen, and their bodies are also quite strong. Come to think of it, these jumping zombies should be the elite guards who protect that mysterious opponent.
Alas. Really disappointed me a little, generally speaking, only the weak are protected. And the real strong disdain to be protected. Obviously, the mysterious opponent I'm going to face is only capable of ordinary zombies. Thinking of this, I didn't have any desire to continue playing, but quickly shot more than a hundred arrows, knocking down all the elite zombies who wanted to jump up and attack me one by one.
Once I had broken through that last line of defense, I finally saw the opponent I was up against.
She's just a little girl. From a distance, there is no difference between her and Shen Lin and a human being of this era, even if she gets closer, she just feels that her skin is paler than Shen Lin. Seeing that I had broken through her defenses, she looked nervous, scared, and started screaming again.
"Well, let me set you free. I looked at her with pity, and an arrow had pierced her head. Looking at her terrified eyes, I sighed softly. Why do such children have such a cruel side, but only face to face, they find that they are also extremely vulnerable.
"Good, good. At this time, there was a sudden burst of applause, and a flirtatious female voice: "It's the first time I've seen someone so skilled with crossbow arrows." ”