Chapter 87: Sacrifice
The sky was overcast and it seemed like it was going to rain soon.
A large number of wails, screams, and sobs echoed over the entire camp.
A few minutes ago, a swarm of drones from the Holy See attacked the camp of the Emperor's coalition forces again.
Different from the previous raid shooting and fixed-point blasting tactics, this time the drone swarm carried a large number of bombs, and while the emperor was inspecting the camp and giving a speech, they approached from a high altitude and quickly dropped bombs, even the demigods present did not have time to react, and could only preemptively keep the emperor safe.
A large number of soldiers who were caught off guard were swept in by the explosion. Killing on the spot was the luckiest, but what was even more terrifying was that the soldiers who had not sacrificed but had suffered permanent mutilating injuries could only hold their stumps and broken arms in vain, howling in pain and sorrow.
The military doctors are running around, but there are too many injured to be saved. As for the corpses that had died of death, there was no one to collect them, so they could only be scattered everywhere, bleeding everywhere.
On the high platform where the Emperor had spoken, the corpses of the Bladed Warriors lay lying on their backs. Eleanor's second brother, Henry, was leaning against the high platform, and the lower half of his body had been completely blown away by the bomb, revealing the horrific internal organ wounds inside.
Peggy struggles to activate the ability of "death deprivation" to keep the Frankish man's remaining life alive, while Nora is engrossed in stopping the bleeding of his upper body. Eleanor and the Duke of Bavaria stood behind, looking at the scene in front of them with horror and despair.
However, it is not the blood loss that is really fatal, but the organs that have been badly damaged.
Stomach, spleen, kidneys, and even heart...... All organs in the chest, below the middle lobes of the lungs, had been destroyed in the explosion. If it weren't for the ability of "death deprivation", Henry would have lost all his vitality at this time.
"No way!" Nora stopped his healing ability, "His lost body must be repaired, otherwise simply stopping the bleeding will not be able to save it at all!" ”
However, the regeneration of residual limbs is an effect that can only be achieved by the "life" ability of level IV. At this time, Nola's ability is only level III.
"School of Life, that's right! Find someone from the School of Life! Nora suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly touched her phone, and then suddenly realized that her phone had been destroyed as early as the last magic tide.
"My law ability can't last that long!" Peggy was still insisting on exporting her spirituality, and she hurriedly shouted, "Unless you pollute him with my flesh and blood abilities!" Hey, you haven't taken potions, have you? ”
"After taking ......," the dying Henry barely smiled, "just last week, took ...... Blade Samurai's Justice X ......"
"Ugh." Peggy was speechless. The sequence of justice and the sequence of flesh and blood are absolutely incompatible, and if he tries to transform him into a vampire, I am afraid that he will immediately lose control.
Is there really no way to save him? Eleanor gripped her father's palm tightly, her expression of anxiety and anguish overflowing. The girls of the Azure Sword gathered around, racking their brains, at a loss.
Soon, the emperor and the demigods of the other families also rushed over.
After all, he is the second son of the Duke of Bavaria, and of course the rescue must be prioritized. It's just that in the face of this situation, even the demigods can't think of any effective way.
"I remember your bloodline should be the blood clan, right?" Marson the Wasteland Bear opened his mouth and asked Peggy, "Can absorbing my life force and transferring it to Viscount Regens save him?" ”
"Nope." Nora shook her head in denial and said, "Life force can heal wounds, but it can't regenerate organs!" Now he has lost even his heart! ”
Without a heart to maintain blood circulation, every minute and second of life force loss is a staggering amount. Even if the demigod is used as his life force battery, Peggy acts as a conduit to transport life force, but it can't make up for the loss of life force in this body.
But to regenerate the heart, it can only be done with a few special sequences, or by heart transplantation. Not to mention that there are no transcendents in the military who meet the requirements, even with a ready-made healthy heart, Peggy's "death deprivation" law ability is not enough to maintain the time required for the transplant.
Now it seems that it is a dead end.
"Your Majesty......" Henry rolled his gaze weakly, and Emperor Otto immediately stepped forward with a solemn expression.
When the drone swarm dropped bombs on him, Henry, who was the bodyguard, immediately spotted the attack from above his head and pushed him away in time.
"I'm finally ...... It's done...... My obligation ......" Henry gasped slowly, his lips pale, "Your Majesty ......"
"Yes, Viscount Henry. As a Blade Samurai, you have fulfilled the oath you swore you made. The Emperor gently shook his hand, "In the name of Emperor Otto, Lord of the Holy Solomon Empire, I declare that your loyalty to the Empire and the Emperor is beyond doubt. ”
"That's good......" Henry seemed to smile. However, under the severe pain, his blood-stained face smiled more like crying. Eleanor covered her face in grief, her throat squirming.
"Father's ......"
"Henry." The Duke of Bavaria stepped forward with a pale face, knowing that he had to meet the death of his youngest son.
"I ...... No...... Disgrace to the Weissbach family......" he breathed heavily, and said intermittently, "I defended the family's ...... Honor. ”
"Yes, you defended the honor of your family." The duke's voice was choked, and he forced the grief in his chest to suppress it, and said in a trembling voice, "Rest for a while, Henry......"
"I still have ...... Anyway...... "Henry turned his neck with difficulty, and turned his last gaze to Eleanor, "Sister ......"
"Brother." Eleanor said sadly.
"I'm sorry." Henry's voice gradually weakened, and his breath was like a candle in the wind, "John's death, I'm sorry......"
"No, I don't blame you!" Eleanor knelt down beside him and took his other hand, "I don't blame you for a long time......"
"That's good......," Henry's mouth moved, "so much...... Drinking......"
"I've got wine here." Leopold, the god of war, walked out from behind, "Bavarian beer, maybe a little inferior." ”
Henry's gaze was fixed on the bottle of wine, and the meaning was self-evident. Leopold stepped forward, cut off the mouth of the bottle with one hand, and carefully poured the liquor into his lips.
He sipped contentedly, but the liquor ran down his throat and poured blood out of the gap in his esophagus.
"Ah......h
"Hallelujah ......," he said with all his remaining strength, "praise God," and his head fell crookedly.
Died.
Peggy stood up with an ugly face, her spirituality was running out and she had to stop the ability to "deprive herself of death".
It's just that no one will blame her.
The news of the death of the second son of the Duke of Bavaria spread to the major families of the empire as the demigods spread to the nobles, making the nobles more and more worried about the outcome of the war.
As if to make up for the low morale, the emperor, in the name of the Blade Warrior, held a grand funeral for Henry on the same day, in an attempt to arouse the hearts of the people to mourn; On the other hand, based on the clues accumulated by the investigation of the Blade Samurai, dozens of premeditated riots hidden in the army were dismantled.
For a while, the order in the imperial coalition army also improved a lot.
The Duke of Bavaria fell ill when he returned to the camp. No one would blame the duke for the loss of his beloved son, and his knights and army were temporarily led by the demigods of the Weissbach family.
As for Eleanor......
"Asker." Nora, who returned to the camp, immediately found Asker again.
"Eleanor, didn't you come back with you?" Asker noticed that she had returned alone, "Where is she now?" ”
"It's still in the place where her brother died, and I can't persuade her at all." Nora said worriedly, with a sad face, "What should I do?" ”
"She's been standing for six hours."