Chapter 273: Return to the Horse Gun
Half an hour later, a large group of sneaky figures emerged from a hidden woods and headed straight for the ruined village of the Flag Bearers, led by the necromancer Koleman on a necromantic bone horse, followed by several undead players, all of whom had survived the previous battle.
Looking at the ruins in front of them, several undead players couldn't help but exclaim: "Damn, this buddy's hands are black enough, how long has it been, and he has directly made the entire village like this?" β
"Yes, I don't know where he is, his strength is really a bit strong, especially the knights under his command, I saw several guys with light on their bodies, some black, some white, and even red, that's the fighting spirit, right?"
"Yes, a vindictive guy, converted to our level, we have to have at least a 10-level combat level, plus the group of 4th-order imperial knights, this guy is definitely not a small role even among the aborigines, but I don't know which province he belongs to, and we have nowhere to go if we want to take revenge in the future."
"I don't know, but this is the closest to Wesson Territory and Rick Territory, where the empire's capital is located, so I guess these two provinces are from. If he's coming from somewhere else, he'll have to run a lot of way, and NPCs won't do that easily, as it could cause all sorts of disputes, especially with the size of his troops. β
"That's right, this buddy's strength is a deadly threat to the town level, those cannons...
Speaking of this, several undead players stopped in unison, looked at each other a few times, and found that the other party was also full of fear.
They weren't afraid that they wouldn't be able to, originally they had twenty or so people defecting to this necromancer together, but who would have thought that in just half a minute, there would be only a few of them left. Even if there is always competition on weekdays, resulting in a bad relationship between them, it is inevitable that there will be some sad emotions.
But their call made the necromancer in front of him even more irritable, he had already lost too many subordinates today, otherwise he would not have had the last trace of hope and ran to this ruin to check the fate of the speechless.
"You guys, be quiet! Obviously they are all God's chosen heroes, look at the people, and then look at you?! The necromancer was very disgusted, originally he was a little complacent because he had gathered so many God's Chosen Heroes under his command, but now he was only irritable.
"What?"
"What's going on?"
"God's chosen hero?"
Several undead players were dumbfounded, they had always thought that the other party was a powerful NPC, but now, listening to the meaning of this necromancer, they realized that it was not an NPC, but a player like themselves and others?
These more than 20 people were almost wiped out by the players of the empire? But where can a player gather such a large army? Which Grand Guild are they?
However, they had nowhere to ask, because the necromancer had already stopped his skeleton and pointed out some of the ghostly troops, "Go, search for me if there are any survivors inside!" β
In the previous war, in order to be able to escape smoothly, he abandoned most of his subordinates, and now he and those few Chosen Heroes combined, there are only five or six hundred undead around him.
Although they are all elite, either fast-moving infantry such as the Evil Samurai, or simply a floating ghost-type class, although the overall combat power is still maintained, the necromancer has also suffered heavy losses.
So he put his last hope in the Speechless One, and he desperately wanted to find it, even if it was only a corpse, and he would be able to awaken a powerful subordinate from it!
But in the next moment, there was a sudden rhythmic tremor on the ground.
The necromancer suddenly changed color, and his face, which was originally pale and not human, was now more like it had been painted with a layer of white ash, because he had clearly seen the enemy army that was rapidly approaching in the distance, it was the cavalry, the cavalry of the brigade, the cavalry who had attacked him before and caused him to retreat in embarrassment!
It's the army led by the Empire's Chosen Hero, and it's a trap!
"Defense, organize the defense, you are in charge of the left flank!"
The necromancer immediately screamed a little sadly, and at the same time, he hurriedly waved his staff and summoned several squads of the Tomb Warrior, wanting to replenish his melee troops, because his options were very limited.
Now he has no spearmen and halberds that can fight against cavalry, nor does he have cavalry that can hedge against them, and the two abominations that can temporarily resist the cavalry charge have all been lost in the previous battle.
As for ranged troops, where do the regular ranged troops come from among the undead? They'll either rely on necromancers and vampires to cast spells, or they'll have to rely on catapults!
But after casting spells several times in a row and summoning more than a hundred low-level undead to serve as cannon fodder, the necromancer was a little surprised to find that there seemed to be no movement behind him, and the left wing was also a little empty, which should have been the task of those chosen heroes.
When he looked back, his nose was almost crooked, where were those God's chosen heroes behind him? They all ran away with their troops! I know that these guys are unreliable, and they came here to try their skills in the first place!
On the other side, Levi, who was in the middle of the charge and gradually accelerating, also noticed the escape of the undead players, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
Because they are not of much value to themselves, according to their strength, the experience points given by each player are almost equivalent to a 4th order undead, although the equipment can drop more points, but it doesn't mean much to themselves, so just let them go.
The most important thing is that the prey he values the most, the necromancer, has fallen into the trap, and he has not waited in vain for more than half an hour in the forest!
Seeing that there were at least three or four squads of ghost-type enemies around the opponent, floating in mid-air and looking at him, Levi reached out and began to apply the flame enchantment to himself and the surrounding Golden Lion Knights, with this magic effect, they would also be more advantageous against those ghosts.
Ghost enemies usually only have a high resistance to physical attacks and a chance to dodge, but they are much more vulnerable to magical attacks than normal classes!
After a round of mortar shells fell into the enemy's camp first, smashing several huge gaps, Levi also led the cavalry to approach the best charging distance, he immediately stopped casting spells, and instead raised his spear high, the fiery red flames on it kept shining, like a flying bright flag.
After a slight pause of two seconds, Levi began to try to learn the most common slogans used by the Native commanders in battle that circulated on the forums, and I heard that after doing so, although there would be no change in the soldiers' stat panels, they would be somewhat motivated.
"Valiant knights, for the Empire, for Bretonnia, charge!"
Sure enough, in the next moment, even the usually silent Moorish knights, as well as Hua Meisi, who was smiling all day long, seemed to be infected, and they all shouted loudly with those golden lion knights and imperial knights: "For the Empire, for Bretonnia!" β
In the face of the heroic charge of the cavalry, the fragile undead under the command of the necromancer could not resist this fierce attack like a tide, and they were easily completely broken through the formation by the cavalry with Huamesi and others as the vanguard and rushed straight in front of him.
Despite the necromancer's best efforts, he continued to summon various undead to delay time, and applied layers of defensive magic to himself in an attempt to break out of the siege. But this was only his delusion after all, and in the face of the siege of the cavalry, he could not hold out for even a minute, and began to beg for mercy loudly, completely losing the prestige of the first time he saw Levi.
"Wait, wait, you don't have to kill me, do you? I can pay for it! β
"Oh? Is it? β
Levi responded casually, and at the same time waved his hand to signal Huames and Tanato and others to retreat for the time being, and hand over the battle to the other Imperial Knights and Golden Lion Knights, because for Huames and them, killing each other is just a simple increase in experience points, but if they are Imperial Knights, they may be promoted because of this, after all, according to the strength of this guy, he is at least a 5th-order elite unit.
The necromancer thought that Levi was tempted, although he secretly hated it in his heart, but on the surface, he forced out a smile, and an old face wrinkled like a chrysanthemum: "That's right, that's right, I will definitely pay the price that satisfies you, and even the Lich Master will remember your kindness!" β
Levi snorted, "Lich Master? Heinrich KemΓΌller? β
Is it really such a coincidence? He still remembered that since he took over the task of Landoin's blood, the hatred between himself and the other party was permanently locked into mortal enemies!
The necromancer was immediately overjoyed, and immediately nodded again and again: "Yes, I am a magus under the command of the Lich Master, specializing in how to create mutated undead creatures, so let me go, and you will gain the friendship of the Lich Master." β
"Sounds good," Levi seemed to be thinking about it, but suddenly his voice changed, "Unfortunately, I don't need to, kill him!" β
The necromancer was still stunned, four or five cavalry spears had already stabbed at the same time, and before he even had time to curse, he was directly pierced through the head by a golden lion knight, and with a shining white light, this lucky man was promoted to a 5th-order cavalry - Rick Guard on the spot with this experience package.
According to the introduction, Rick is the name of the province where the Imperial City of Aldolph, the capital of the empire, is located, and only the best knights from each province can become Rick's Janissake, because Rick's Praetorian Guard usually serves as a royal guard in various places, and is a royal knight directly under the emperor!
In addition to the significant improvement in various attributes, the most obvious change in Rick's Praetorian Guard is in terms of defense, the armor on his body has been replaced with a heavy armor with strong defense, and the already thick shield has also grown more than a circle, and there is a very good skill called the Praetorian Guard.
This skill is very similar to the core skill of the Yurik Teutonic Guardians, as long as they stay by their side, their own defense, and the defense of the heroes they are guarding will be slightly improved, the chance of being critically hit, and the ability to resist arrows.
After seeing the introduction of the skills, Levi's face was full of surprise.
Don't ask for too much, if he can have a few squads of Rick Janissaline under his command, and the safety of his own life and that of the Huamei stanato will be guaranteed to a considerable extent, those Ulrick Teutonic guards can be specially dispatched to Sienna, who is in charge of command, Wendy, the battle commander, and Sister Saraya, who is responsible for adding blood.
Of course, he also knew that he might not be able to achieve this goal in a short time, because he had never seen this kind of troops at all when he was in Nunn, and they were probably only possible to recruit when they arrived in the imperial capital of Aldolph!
Levi turned to look at the necromancer's corpse, which was shining blue with several things, and even the necromancer's space bag had fallen out, along with four parchment scrolls beside it.
Now Levi is very happy to see this kind of sheepskin scroll, because whether it is skill or other things, the value is usually not low.
"A few battle treasures that increase the undead, and necromancer-specific equipment, two 3 to 4 class promotion orders, and one elite advancement order that is valid for 4th level troops, oh, it's best to be a good thing, but unfortunately, it's still biased towards the undead."
"Koleman's manuscript, a one-time consumable item, after use, you can randomly learn 1-3 skills mastered by the necromancer Koleman, the higher the intelligence attribute, the more likely you are to learn more skills, but no more than 3."
Without any hesitation, Levi threw this thing directly to Orfini, it was really inappropriate for him to use this thing, in case he learned a skill to summon skeleton soldiers, would he dare to use it, the chosen hero of the order camp?
On the contrary, Orfini is a dark death mage, and she has far fewer scruples than herself, and only her intellectual attributes can maximize the value of this thing.
Orfini was not polite, she looked at it twice and used it directly, and then Levi found that there were three more magic spells in her panel, and she really deserved to be a genius mage, and she lived up to her expectations of her, and developed the maximum value of this thing at once.
"The first is the Dark Blessing, which specifically enhances the undead, which can be ignored for the time being, the second is Weaken, which weakens the enemy's attack and defense, and the other is the Bone Shield, which can summon a suspended magic shield to defend itself. Overall, it was very good. β
Levi nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, with the skill of the Bone Shield, you will be safer in the melee in the future, remember to use it first, safety first." β
"yes, I see."
"Let's go, return to Blackstone Castle!"