In the face of the frantic attack of the ghouls, the infantry could not stop the cavalry, and the entire battle formation was gouged through.

The ghoul cavalry was heavily armoured, and the dragon crystal weapons in the hands of the soldiers were difficult to effectively kill, and ordinary steel weapons could not be lethal.

The warriors with life are defeated by the resurrected dead, red blood flies on the snow, and the corpses that have fallen to the ground stand up in the blink of an eye!

The soldiers were killed and wounded, wailing and screaming.

The warriors roared and roared unwillingly, and as the direction of the ghoul cavalry appeared, the torrent of ordinary ghouls surged, and the demoralized Dragonstone Legion immediately turned around and fled.

As commander-in-chief, Stannis was powerless to recover the rout, and could only watch as his loyal soldiers died one by one, and the only thing he could do was to pin his hope on faith as before.

Blood dripping from the flames.

The priestess who wielded blood magic chanted the incantation, and the female voice echoed throughout the battlefield for all the living soldiers to hear,

The surrounding believers who believed in the Lord of Light all looked at the flames fanatically, all of them exuding fanatical expressions of anticipation of the miracle, and some even knelt down to pray to Rahlo regardless of the danger.

The wind and snow are stagnant.

The ghouls' frenzied offensive suddenly waned.

The bonfire, made of torches, suddenly rose like a rising dragon, and the flames drove away the snow and cold, instantly restoring the morale of the soldiers.

But that's not enough.

The ghoul cavalry that once again chiseled through the battle formation was not vegetarian!

Break out of the crowd of living people and turn to the third place in the snow, they are about to crush the Dragonstone legions.

"The Lord of Light will grant us victory!"

The fanatical believers let out a reverent chant, and Melisandre controlled the dragon-like fireworks, transforming into a dragon with fangs and claws, and flying towards the ghoul cavalry charging at the horseshoe and snow.

The flames drowning the Ghoul Iron Rider in an instant.

"Kill them all!"

"With gunpowder!"

Melisandre's move immediately restored a lot of morale to the Dragonstone army.

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

However, except for the ghoul cavalry, ordinary ghouls broke through the battle formation and got entangled with ordinary soldiers, and the fire magic could not release support at all.

The use of gunpowder is also easy to cause accidental injury.

All the red-robed priestess could do was cast spells on the ghouls on the periphery, not daring to unleash flames on the crowd caught in the bitter battle.

And.

Sacrifice Stannis's blood to perform blood magic.

Melisandre has pushed the power of her mana to the limit, and even if she casts a spell to attack, she can't keep killing the resurrected ghouls.

They lost.

Everything is a foregone conclusion, and it is impossible to reverse the defeat with his own blood magic alone.

Melisandre's mood became more complicated.

Doubts arise as to whether Stannis is the rebirth of the legendary hero Azor Yahai in the prophecy of Rahlo, the Lord of Light.

Looking at Stannis, who regained a little advantage but failed to completely eliminate all the ghouls, and led the soldiers to fight back with swords, he saw that the soldiers were still falling, and the resurrected dead were increasing.

Blood magic performed by sacrificial blood has no desired effect.

As the magical creature with the ice crystal blade appeared, the soldiers in their path were slain and fell like wheat, and then rose back to their feet and frantically charged the living.

No matter how hard you try.

The soldiers are still unable to reorganize themselves into battle formations and effectively deal with the ferocious and terrifying resurrected dead.

Seeing all this happening, Davos immediately found the Prince of Dragonstone, gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, we can't stop them, the magic of the red-robed girl is useless at all!"

Hearing this, Stannis immediately turned his head and ran towards the red-robed woman, clutching his long sword and asking, "You said that the Lord of Light would help me defeat these ghouls!"

Doubts about the identity of the legendary hero's rebirth.

Hearing the question, the priestess did not answer, but looked at Stannis, the Prince of Dragonstone, who looked like he was about to hack him to death.

"My lord, now is not the time to say this. ”

Davos remained calm, knowing that the priestess had extraordinary power even if she couldn't destroy all the ghouls now, and hurriedly said, "We should consider retreating to preserve our forces!"

Stannis looked at The Onion Knight, didn't say anything, and turned back to look at the red-robed woman angrily.

He went north to the Great Wall for the sake of righteousness, and in order to defeat the ghosts and ghouls, he chose to burn his own daughter at the stake, and did all this for the sake of all the humans in Westeros.

However, in such a life-and-death battle, Melisandre made a sacrifice and set fire only on the ghoul cavalry.

Although the ghoul cavalry was burned to charcoal, and it was no longer possible to form a torrent charge, the battle formation had been broken, tens of thousands of soldiers had died, and the ghouls were getting more and more, and the decline was irreparable.

Davos saw the situation clearly and knew that if he continued to fight, he would only destroy the army.

So I want to preserve my strength as much as possible.

However.

In such a cold and snowy place, in the wilderness far from the castle, the casualties of the rout army were definitely even heavier.

"Say no more, I'm in measure. ”

Stannis raised his hand to shut up the Onion Knight, and continued to look coldly at the red-robed priestess and asked, "You said that you assisted me according to the will of the Lord of Light, and this is how you assisted me?"

Melisandre bowed her head and muttered, "Maybe this is still the test of the Lord of Light. ”

"Test?"

"With the lives of soldiers?"

Stannis's temper wasn't as bad as that of his eldest brother Robert, but all the nobles of Westeros didn't like it, and he was definitely not a very good talker.

Sacrificing the life of his own daughter, in the end, only to get a fiasco, and a gentle word "test".

Suspicious of the priestess, he could not tolerate deception!

Who is Melisandre?

She had already seen the murderous intent of the Prince of Dragonstone, and with a sigh, the priestess waved her hand and with the help of the flames, several more fire snakes rose and struck at the ghouls who tried to get closer.

However.

For the strangers who follow the ghouls.

The fiery serpent was completely useless.

"My lord, we can't take any more risks!"

Davos hurriedly protected Stannis in front of him, leaving the green mountains behind, not worrying about running out of firewood, he didn't want the Prince of Dragonstone to trust the red-robed woman again, and then let all the loyal soldiers die here.

The strange ghost has rushed towards him with a fierce wave of ice crystal blades.

Without the Valyrian Steel Sword, all the soldiers who tried to stop it lost their weapons, and then were killed on the spot, and then fell back into ghouls and got back on their feet.

Ice Armor Cover.

Steel shatters when touched, dragon crystal arrows are impenetrable, dragon crystal spears and daggers are blocked by ice crystal blades, and strange ghosts are as ferocious as tigers rushing into the flock.

Stannis watched the soldiers and guards die and could not do anything about what happened, and finally looked at the red-robed woman next to him.

"Melisandre, can the Lord of Light kill this stranger?"

"The Lord of Light can, but I can't. Hearing this, the priestess sighed and shook her head, "If the adults can pass the test, maybe they can do it." ”

Hearing this, the Prince of Dragonstone was only disappointed in Melisandre.

Davos: "My lord, the guards can't stop it, let's get out of here." ”

Reluctantly, he took a deep look at the stranger, and the priestess took a deep look, Stannis cut down two ghouls who tried to kill him, and was immediately escorted by Davos to retreat.

Melisandre tried to keep up, but found that the Onion Knight was blocking him intentionally or unintentionally, and immediately frowned, deciding to leave the battlefield first and then slowly find the Prince of Dragonstone.

Taking Stannis to the safety of the rear, Davos let him mount his horse, and then carried his sword and said, "My lord, I will leave to command the soldiers to break the rear." ”

Stannis, who was in a complicated mood and looked gloomy, didn't say much, nodded and took the lead in retreating with the guards to the last Hearth.

Davos is quite a capable man.

The commander retreated and left, and when he took over the command, he immediately tried his best to let the soldiers reorganize into battle formations, relying on shields and dragon crystal spears to defend and retreat.

The wind became more and more violent, and the snow gradually spread violently.

Soon.

Rush to Stannis in the last Hearth, only to find that ghouls have appeared in front of them!

"My lord, what are we going to do?"

Hearing the guard's inquiry, the Prince of Dragonstone Island frowned, thinking that this guy was too stupid, and couldn't help but dislike it: "Kill them all and rush over!"

"But my lord, there are too many of them......

As soon as the guards finished speaking, the soldiers engaged with the ghouls in front of them screamed and wailed.

Stannis knew that the battle had been lost completely.

There are no transcendentals, ordinary soldiers will not get tired or hurt when they are hard hit, and there are no fearful ghouls, the prince of Dragonstone Island gritted his teeth hard, and said to the soldiers beside him: "Let's retreat to the south and return to Severn City!"

"No, my lord, there are ghouls to the south, and we are already surrounded. ”

Listening to the scout's report, Stannis's face turned pale, but he still calmly asked, "What about Simon?"

The scout said, "Not yet. ”

"Then we'll go west!"

"But... My lord... To the west is... Frost and Snow Fang Mountains. The guards were hesitant.

Stannis asked in a deep voice, "Can you break the ghoul encirclement?"

The guard immediately lowered his head: "No." ”

"Then go west, and find a way to tell Davos to follow. Stannis swung his sword to block the approaching ghoul and slashed his sword, then kicked the bone rack so hard that he lost his head.

Davos wasn't far from them.

At the end of the day, the ghouls blocked the road in the direction of Hearth, and the onion knights, who commanded the soldiers to form a war, resisted the attack of the ghouls to the death, and returned to Stannis after a while.

"My lord, we have lost all our baggage and logistics. ”

This was all expected by Stannis, otherwise he wouldn't have been so eager for the miracle of the Lord of Light to appear.

"I know. ”

Davos: "And... My lord, Lady Celis is gone. ”

Hearing this, Stannis was stunned, and rode on horseback for a moment before asking, "Are you with Melisandre?"

"I don't know, I'm afraid that Madame is already very lucky, please forgive me for my poor protection. Davos, who was following the prince on horseback, bowed his head.

Stannis was silent.

But everyone could see his bad look, and no one dared to talk nonsense.

In this way, the Dragonstone Legion, which had experienced a great defeat and heavy losses, all fled to the west, and was chased by the ghouls and ran into the mountains.

No food and supplies were brought with them.

It is difficult for them to survive in the snow-covered mountains that have been swept by ghouls.

The stranger doesn't have to be chased.

Destroy the scattered and fleeing Dragonstone soldiers, who can replenish tens of thousands of troops and operate wherever they want to attack.

And a castle with insufficient troops will definitely not be able to stop the attack of an army of tens of thousands of ghouls, and a castle with a large number of troops will not be able to consume them.

...... To be continued......

(End of chapter)