Chapter 10: The Siege of Talung (Part II)

The fog grew thicker and thicker, and the zombies kept coming out of the ground dragging their stumps and internal organs, their eyes all burning with blue ghostly fire. Rows and rows, crowds poured in, and all in sight was this faint blue firelight. Ares immediately understood what was going on, the previous group of undead did not really flee, but deliberately lured himself here to awaken the sleeping undead underground through psychic spells. These undead will not say much, they are the local militia and villagers who died in the defense of Talung County that year.

The zombies rushed from all sides, some of them also carried shields and iron swords, and Ares swung his sword and slashed the neck of a zombie, and black blood suddenly sprayed out. With another sword, he stabbed the ghoul who attacked behind him, stabbed the ghoul over and nailed it to the ground, and in the struggle, the giant sword was pulled out violently, and pus and blood sprayed all over the ground again.

"Retreat!"

Ares yelled, and everyone on the field was struggling to slay the undead, trying to break through a gap. But in the fog, it was impossible to see the direction at all. Even, Ares and Ogris lost contact. Unlike mages, who can transmit simple messages through magical energy, in this team of paladins, warriors, and priests, communication is no longer convenient, and Gianna is still in the Chapel of Light's Wish, dealing with some tricky military affairs with Tirio.

But even so, the members of the Brotherhood fought hard, and all of them stood shoulder to shoulder in a circular formation, surrounding the priest in the middle of the circle, holding their weapons and shields outward, fending off the steady stream of zombies.

In the orange mist, the paladin's flail and war hammer struck, and the golden light bloomed, but it was quickly extinguished. After more than ten minutes of fighting, the undead showed no signs of abating.

"How many people died in the Battle of Talon......

Ares complained from his heart.

A ghoul lungled upon him, knocking him to the ground, then opening his disgusting mouth and gnawing at Ares' face. He was knocked over by Ares' punch, and when he got up again, he was bitten on the shoulder by another ghoul! A sharp pain came, and before he could deal with the ghoul beneath his feet, Ares slammed the ghoul on his shoulder, stabbed it in the abdomen with one hand, and sent disgusting blood gushing out.

And almost all of them are starting to get tired because of the constant fighting. After treating his shoulder with the light, Ares still felt a thrust of soreness. The Light can heal wounds, but humans have the limits of their physical strength. There is no way to keep fighting.

"Kill out, may the Light guide us!"

In desperation, Ares raised his sword and shouted. There was an orange mist on all sides, and Ares could only hope that he was rushing out in the right direction.

The next moment, all the members of the Brotherhood began to follow their Great Lord, concentrating on one direction to break through. Although there were only a dozen paladins, when the elites of this group of knights collectively summoned the Holy Light, the power was still very strong. It was like a bright wall of holy light, constantly advancing.

Swords and war hammers fell one after another, knocking down the undead zombies in front of them one by one. The blazing light blinded even the undead who rushed up, falling like headless flies under the swords of paladins and warriors.

Soon, however, Ares found that his luck had come home. Charging all the way, breaking through, failing to break out of the encirclement of the undead, but drilling into the ruins of Talonjun...... The ruined buildings around him tell Ares that he is now completely in the center of the encirclement of the undead zombies......

"Damn it! Evacuate to that house! ”

Besieged from all sides, Ares opened his eyes stinged by the mist, looked at the surrounding terrain and buildings, and gave the group an improvised order to enter the tall abandoned building first. Judging from the appearance, it is estimated to be the city hall of Talonshire, with only one main gate to enter and exit, and only a few paladins and priests need to guard the gate to withstand the hordes of undead zombies.

In this way, others have a chance to rest.

With an urgent order, everyone raised their weapons again, panting and slaughtering the tall abandoned house that Ares was referring to.

Clutching his shoulder, bleeding again, Ares stumbled into the Talon County City Hall. Fortunately, there are no undead entrenched in this. The conference table and all kinds of furniture are stained with a thick layer of dust. It shows that there have been no creatures for a long time, and even zombies have not patronized here anymore.

……

After arranging for a few paladins to watch the gate, Ares dragged his tired body out of a dirty chair and sat down, oblivious to the dust on it...... Whitemane hurriedly followed, bandaging the wound on Ares' shoulder with gauze, looking distressed, but Ares didn't have time to pay attention to her emotions. The heavy armor had been removed, and five large holes had been bitten through by ghouls. The pain followed, and Ares gritted his teeth and continued to endure it.

Fortunately, after hiding in the town hall, the other members of the Brotherhood of Light also found random chairs or simply sat on the ground. Everyone gasped, but after a struggle, no one died. The strength of this team was beyond Ares' expectations. It's just that the Scarlet Crusaders, for their part, began to express their dissatisfaction with the command ability of Ares, the president.

"We shouldn't attack here, damn it, there's nothing here but piles of zombies."

The great warrior Xia Zuo stuck his big sword on the ground and said indignantly. The implication of his words was clear to everyone, meaning that their president did not detect the danger in advance, and the command error would put the team in trouble.

"Ares, we must get in touch with Tirio and Kleist as soon as possible and break out."

Immediately after, Scarlet Priest Kim nagged. As he spoke, he untied the water bag from his waist and drank it with a grunt. For the first two hours, everyone didn't even have time to drink water and rest.

"There's no way to get in touch with Tirio and them, and without a mage, we're on our own. Let's rest for a while. ”

Ares replied.

Then, he moved his gaze to the bodies of several Gilneth warriors not far away.

Perhaps, it is time for these Scarlet Crusaders to accept such a concept. Especially now, if these werewolves don't change their bodies, it will be difficult for them to fight their way out of this ruin.

Looking at the still energetic Gilneth warriors, Ares nodded calmly to them.

Then the burly Gilneys warriors stepped forward, walked to the center of the hall, threw their armor aside, and even took off their shirts and threw them on their chairs. Such a strange behavior made everyone suddenly cast puzzled eyes......