Chapter 38: The Death of King Leoric
Once vibrant, tranquil and laid-back, Tristram has become home to demons. At night, every house closes its doors and windows, turns off its lights early, and there is not a single pedestrian to be seen on the street. Ever since someone had been dragged away by a demon that had emerged from the cathedral, everyone no longer dared to go out at night or approach the dark church.
King Leorik had completely lost his mind, he was lost in the battle with nightmares and horrors, the darkness controlling his emotions, making his murderous intent skyrocket, and even his guards were brutally killed by him.
Aidan and his party hurried to the outskirts of Tristram in a short time, and to their shock, the demons were wreaking havoc everywhere in the town, and fierce flames and demonic laughter were spreading across the land.
Aidan glared angrily and commanded loudly, "Everyone! Follow me to protect civilians and evacuate! Rakdanan, go find my father, mother, and my brother, you know where they are! ”
"Yes, Your Highness! I'll go! Rakdanan was also stunned when he looked at such a human tragedy.
Aidan led his troops to rush into Tristram and fight to kill the raging demons, Aidan was so anxious that he rushed out alone, but he was surrounded by the minions of Hell who were lying in ambush, and he fell into a desperate situation.
Aidan was too far away from his followers, and with demons in the middle, and despite their efforts to kill him, there was no time to rescue him.
"No, I can't die!" Aidan roared inwardly. "My father, mother, my brother! Their life and death are still unknown, how can I fall here! ”
Just as the demon's claws were about to tear through Aidan's chest, three arrows flew in a zigzag shape at great speed, directly nailing the three demons to the ground. The saved Aidan slashed and chopped the remaining demons around him into meat sauce.
"It's you! Boss of Rogge! Aidan looked at the familiar figure who had saved him and said in surprise, "Why did you come here?" ”
"Prince, I had a premonition that there would be a catastrophe here, so I came to take a look, but I didn't expect this place to be full of demons," said the bloody Bloodrow, "Kill them all!" They crawled out of that church! ”
"Damn it, Nolan, follow me! We'll fight all the way! Aidan yelled.
At the same time, the five paladins who had already reached the church and went to rescue King Leorik did not have a fight, they rushed all the way to King Leoric's conference room with a huge shield, and after rushing in, to their surprise, King Leorik was not fine, but sat on his throne.
Leorick, who went crazy first, saw the appearance of Rakdanan and said angrily, "Why did you come back?!" Aren't you supposed to be at war with the Westmars? ”
Rakdanan said sadly: "Your Majesty, we have failed, the enemy is too strong, and only five of us have left us alive to come back, thanks to the rescue of His Royal Highness the Prince. Your Majesty, come with us now, there are demons everywhere, and where is the queen? Your Majesty, time is pressing, and we must hurry to save her. ”
Leorik was furious: "You traitor! Traitor! How dare you deceive me, you deliberately lost to the Westmars, and I will put you to death!" I want you all dead! You're all going to hell like that shameful cousin! ”
Rakdanan was stunned, he didn't expect King Leorik to say that he was a traitor! He and his knights defended the dignity of the king with their lives, but they were ruthlessly abandoned by the king, and he did not expect that the queen had died at the hands of King Leorik!
"Brothers, don't come near him, let me bear the charge of betrayal." Finally, the enraged Rakdanan couldn't take it anymore, he clenched the sword in his hand, walked towards Leoric, and in his angry gaze, killed the mad King Leorik with a single sword.
"May death free you from madness, Leoric!" Rakdanan said coldly.
The dying King Leorik looked at each of them with hatred and roared, "You traitors! Even if I die, the guards of Canduras will obey my orders! You're the only ones who will betray me! I will curse you in hell! With that, Leorik could not hold it anymore and collapsed, becoming a corpse.
"You're finally here!" Archbishop Lazarus suddenly ran out from behind the door and said to the paladins in embarrassment: "King Leorik has gone mad, he is controlled by demons, you don't have to blame yourself for this!" Now, it is important that His Royal Highness the Little Prince is still missing in the depths of the church, so please go and find the Little Prince after you have buried our King! ”
Rakdanan was startled, and did not have time to question why the archbishop was here, so he hurriedly carried the body of King Leorik and rushed into the depths of the church with his men.
The royal tomb had already been built under the church, and out of the shame of betrayal, Rakdanan planned to bury King Leorik in order to give his last loyalty to the king.
They also searched carefully along the way, but they didn't see the little prince, which made them feel anxious, because there was a thick darkness here, it was difficult to say that the little prince could survive in such darkness, even they paladins felt creepy!
Just when Rakdanan and his party arrived at the tomb complex to bury Leoric, suddenly, to their shock, the surrounding shadows frantically flocked to Leorick's body, and his cursed evil spirit returned! Leorik's body was torn apart by the frantically growing skeleton, and soon a huge skeleton wearing a crown and holding a giant sword stood up from the corpse.
With blazing flames in the skeleton's eyes, the skeleton roared, "You traitors! Suffer death! ”
With the precise cooperation of Aidan, Nolan, and Bloodcrow, the demons between the church and Tristram were quickly slaughtered, and they were horrified when they looked at the dilapidated church with a surging evil aura, and hurriedly rushed in. The first floor of the church was stained with blood, and the ground was full of demon corpses, but it was empty.
Knowing that this must be the result of the battle of Rakdanan and his party who arrived first, Aidan hurriedly followed the footprints and headed into the depths.
"Your Royal Highness! Wait a minute! In the shadows, Lazarus reappeared, calling out in a panic, "I see the little prince caught in the deepest part of the church!" We must save him! ”
Aidan stared at Lazarus in surprise and narrowed his eyes: "Archbishop, why are you here?" What about my father and mother? ”
"Just now, that group of traitor paladins brutally killed our king, Your Highness! You must avenge the king! Lazarus wept bitterly.
"What do you say?! Lazarus! You'd better remember what you say! Soldier, keep this suspicious person under control! Nolan, Blood Crow, come with me! Aidan was furious, he didn't have time to deal with the suspicious archbishop, and hurried to the depths of the church with his companions.
"You can't do that to me, Your Highness." Lazarus smiled horribly as he looked at Aidan in the distance, and shadows frantically poured out of him, devouring all the soldiers who had no time to react, turning them into evil skeletons.
"I hope you like the gift I have prepared, Your Highness."