Chapter 34: Cannon Fodder
Since coming to this world, Song Zheng has been most worried about the invasion of the undead natural disaster!
It can be said that it is a sign of the emergence of a new crisis in Azeroth, followed by the outbreak of various world-ending crises such as the Burning Legion and the Elder Gods.
Song Zheng really can't imagine how long an ordinary person can hold out in the face of these disasters that are about to destroy the world at every turn, even if he is lucky enough to avoid a crisis of annihilation, but what should he do for the second and third times?
And what made him most depressed was that he actually participated in the crisis of this undead natural disaster, and he was also involved in the core!
"That 'stealing' skill really can't be used indiscriminately......" Song Zheng sighed in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that he accidentally stole the things of the Cursed Church last time, he would not have been hunted down all the way, and now he can still stay in Nanhai Town and enjoy a beautiful beach life.
At the same time, Song Zheng thought of a more serious problem...... Now that these mages of the Church of Damned have made the undead magic appear openly, and they are also used to attack the team escorting Gianna, then presumably the Church of the Damned no longer cares about secrecy.
This undoubtedly shows that the invasion of the undead is imminent, and it is likely to have broken out quietly in other places!
Thinking of this, Song Zheng only felt a little chill all over his body, he had never thought that the undead natural disaster would appear by his side before.
"I don't know how Cheng Yuan's guy is now, the undead plague is about to break out, I just hope he can be safe in the army......" Song Zheng suddenly thought of the big man Cheng Yuan, it has been a while since Cheng Yuan left, and I don't know what his current situation is.
At this moment, the battlefield was extremely chaotic, and the knights had begun to retreat in panic, in fact, the war horses under those knights were also in extreme panic, and they were no longer even under the control of the knights.
What's even more speechless is that in addition to the syndicate thieves who were killed before, the merchants who died in the chaos of arrows before also staggered to their feet, and even the dead horses began to stand up.
"That's okay...... Even horses can be resurrected? By the way, Invincible seems to be a resurrected war horse......" Song Zheng began to have a bad feeling in his heart, this time maybe the knights will not be able to resist it.
Song Zheng couldn't help but look in the direction where Gianna was, because a large number of knights had rushed to her side at this moment, she could no longer see her figure clearly, but the light emitted by her blue staff was still clearly visible in the dark night.
"Speaking of which, Gianna was also implicated by me this time, in case she died here...... Am I not to blame for changing the course of Azeroth's history? Or rather...... Will this crisis finally affect Gianna? ”
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On the carriage at this moment, Gianna looked at the battlefield in the distance, and also showed a look of surprise: "This is evil necromancy!" Dalaran had long forbidden the study of this kind of dark magic, but he didn't expect that such an evil mage would be hidden in the syndicate! ”
"Your Highness Princess, get back to the carriage, no matter who the enemy is, we will definitely keep you safe! We will definitely send you to Nanhai Town safely! The knight next to him said very nervously.
"You don't have to worry about me, I have sailed on the endless sea with my father since I was a child, what kind of wind and waves and dangers have not been seen, this undead spirit still can't scare me, you hurry up and prepare to pick up Carl and them." Gianna quickly regained her composure, shook her head, and still stood on the carriage looking out at the battlefield in the distance.
Perhaps under Gianna's influence, the knights around him who were originally in panic and nervousness also calmed down.
However, the nearly 200 knights who had charged against the syndicate thieves had now been completely defeated, and had lost nearly thirty men, and if it weren't for the speed of the horses, they might even be wiped out.
Behind these defeated knights, many undead are chasing after them with their teeth and claws!
"The speed of these undead is so fast...... Song Zheng was a little surprised in his heart, the undead in front of him were not as slow and dull as he imagined, but extremely crazy, and even kept jumping, trying to pounce on those knights on horseback.
The two sides chased and fled, and soon approached Song Zheng's location.
The rest of the knights who remained here had already risen to meet them with shields in hand, ready to meet their fallen comrades.
However, as the horses were still in terror and difficult to control, the knights had to abandon their horses and charge on foot, and the undead not far away rushed like a black tide.
By the time they got past their defeated colleagues, these knights were already facing a large number of undead!
This may have been the first head-on collision between the knights and the undead scourge, and the knights with swords and shields collided with the mad undead almost instantly, making an extremely dull crashing sound.
The knights, wearing armor and holding shields, must have had an advantage in this almost savage frontal attack, and many of the undead were directly knocked upside down and flew out.
However, the next moment, the undead who were tumbling and falling to the ground immediately got up again, and then rushed over again with their teeth and claws.
Fearless of life and death, this is the most terrifying thing about the army of the undead!
Those knights quickly reunited with these undead, but even if the long sword in their hands had stabbed the other party, those undead were still fearless, and even many undead took the initiative to pounce on the blade, just to bite these knights.
As the sharp nails of the undead scratched at the knights' armor, the knights' wills continued to crumble.
Fortunately, at this moment, the mages in the rear began to use magic to support, and as several fireballs exploded in the group of undead, many of the undead instantly ignited a fire, and these fireballs were more likely to cause fatal damage to the undead than long swords.
"Those undead are not afraid of death, but their strength is not strong, if you give me an axe, I can smash them all!" Sal stood beside Song Zheng, and he had also been staring at the battlefield not far away.
Song Zheng shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's useless, whether it is those syndicate thieves before or these undead now, they are just some cannon fodder, and the real enemy has never appeared." ”
"The real enemy? Is that what you call the Church of the Damned? Sal looked confused.
"Hmm...... But in fact, there is a stronger enemy and a greater crisis behind the Cursed Church, Thrall ...... No matter how far you grow in the future, remember that these undead and the forces behind them are our worst enemies. Song Zheng said as he began to look around his surroundings, and out of the instinct of a thief, he had already begun to look for the best way to escape.