Chapter 45: The Decisive Battle Begins!
The army of the undead as far as the eye could see roared through the graveyard of the mountain-shaking beast, like a black tide, and the cemetery was submerged in a moment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Not long after the sentinels sounded the alarm, the vanguard of the army of the undead appeared in the canyon. These three-meter-tall zombies staggered with waddling steps, dragging huge hammers, plate axes, and other weapons, and let out a terrible low roar as they advanced.
They are ogres captured by the undead, who have been transformed into zombies by the undead, and have lost their sense of pain and self-awareness. The strength of the ogre zombie is completely incomparable to other small zombies.
Behind the ogre zombies, a neat line of skeletal warriors and archers. Unlike normal skeletons, these undead creeps have a strange black sheen on their bodies, and they are one size larger than normal skeletons.
They are all enhanced by necromancy, and the source of the magic is the black robes behind them, and even the head is wrapped in a hood!
The intelligence of these corpse witches is no less than that of humans, and they can control the actions of low-level undead through magic, allowing the undead miscellaneous soldiers, who were originally scattered, to exert unimaginable combat effectiveness.
The undead troops behind can't see clearly, but a rough estimate shows that the number of enemies will not be less than 20,000, which is enough to make everyone frightened - this is the regular army of the undead natural disaster!
However, the strange thing is that the undead army did not rush forward, but blocked the entrance of the canyon, looking at the army from a distance.
Hearing that an army of the undead was coming, Viscount Thomas immediately panicked, spun around like an ant on a hot pan, and muttered vigorously.
What to do, what to do?
The White Tomb is so secretive, only a few people around His Majesty and myself know the news, how come they are here?
It's over, it's said that the large-scale undead troops are all from the Lich Mountains, and they are the subordinates of the famous Great Lich, and they will definitely not be able to defeat them, so are they going to die here?
Is this going back?
Thinking of this, Viscount Thomas subconsciously touched his chest, where there was a magic scroll made by the court archmage himself-the dimensional door scroll.
As soon as you activate the scroll, you can instantly activate a magical dimensional gate that spans thousands of miles! In just one step, Thomas can go from the inaccessible Emerald Wasteland to the warm and inviting gardens of the imperial capital.
But the idea only flashed through Viscount Thomas's mind, and he quickly rejected it.
Returning empty-handed, His Majesty will definitely be disappointed, and the consequences of disappointing His Majesty are so serious that Thomas does not dare to imagine it.
Thinking of a way out of the predicament, Thomas was filled with fear, his legs trembled, and he even felt a hint of urinating.
"My lord! My lord! ”
The servant who had been serving by Thomas's side was also frightened and his legs went limp, and he couldn't help but say loudly, "We can go into the tomb and hide,"
"Yes, yes, you're right!"
Thomas, who had no master, nodded again and again as if he was grasping a life-saving straw, and yelled at the officer next to him: "Quick! Go and get the army together and enter the White Crypt! ”
The pro-guards next to him received the order and quickly ran away.
Thomas didn't care about the lives of these soldiers, but he knew better than anyone that the danger in the white crypt was no less than the army of the undead in front of him! If you don't pull your feet on your back, going in is no different from committing suicide.
Caroline's gang is probably over, and now that everyone is rushing in, maybe they can find the heart of the wild before they die, wouldn't it be beautiful?
The army of the undead in the distance slowly advanced, and there was no posture of charging to annihilate the enemy, and the fear in Thomas's heart slowly disappeared, and he regained his calm expression.
The guards who went to give the order quickly ran back, panting tiredly.
"Your Excellency...... The soldiers refused to retreat into the tomb. The herald's face was not very good-looking, and he said in a slurred voice.
"What? You repeat! Thomas stood up sharply, glared and shouted as if he had heard something fantastical.
"There were a couple of squad leaders and a group of veterans who got together and didn't agree to retreat into the tomb. Say that the tomb is a dead end, and if you run in, you will completely lose the opportunity to fight back, and the other party has a magician, and you can easily play thousands of people to death by setting fire to water at will! ”
The herald took a few breaths, and his face palpitated: "Those people have a very tough attitude, saying that they will defend the territory and then send an elite team to pick up Lord Caroline, which is the best choice." ”
"These bitches dare to disobey! Someone, give me an order, order everyone to enter the tomb at once, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! Thomas's face turned blue, he gritted his teeth angrily, and shouted by pulling his neck.
He never thought that these lowest-level soldiers would dare to disobey his orders, and he still had His Majesty's token! Shouldn't these untouchables be like dogs, obediently obeying orders and proud of the nobles for giving their lives?
Seeing Thomas's furious appearance, the herald couldn't help but hesitate, and said cautiously: "My lord, with all due respect, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this." Now, with the exception of our Guards, most of them are soldiers from Cedar Town. ”
"What's more, what's left is the six squads of the boot camp, which are now all in ...... With that Yang Shouma as the head, if you don't leave some leeway, I'm afraid it will ......"
"I'm afraid of what?" Thomas was on the verge of an outburst, and he said with anger in his breath.
"I'm afraid it will cause a mutiny......"
Hearing this, Thomas was shocked, and the whole person was cold from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.
Mutiny! Even if Thomas had no brains, he could have imagined the consequences of triggering a mutiny in such a place - the entire pro-soldier team, including himself, would be dead.
Looking down in silence for a moment, Thomas let out a sigh of relief and waved his hand.
The herald also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and bowed down.
Thomas did not expect that the less than two hundred recruits and dozens of veterans in the boot camp would become the last straw that broke the camel's back. Thomas felt extremely humiliated, and it was inexplicable that he was restrained by a recruit!
At this time, Thomas did not think of his own incompetence, nor would he admit that he had brought the army to this death, he only saw the present, or only wanted to see the present, the terrible state of being betrayed by almost everyone.
This Yang Shou, if you have a chance in the future, this Viscount will definitely let you live like this!
At the front of the line.
No one cared about the viscount's badly wounded self-esteem, and everyone was acting spontaneously to organize a line of defense in the narrowest part of the canyon.
There are many veterans like Baker in the army, and they have a lot of combat experience. It was they who deliberated together, and in the end, against all odds, rejected the proposal of Viscount Thomas and many recruits, and chose to face the enemy head-on here.
In the distance, black flags fluttered in the army of the undead, and the army of tens of thousands of people was quiet and a little weird. At this time, the sun was sinking in the west, and the army of the undead stood in the shadow of the canyon, and in the dim darkness was full of scarlet fine red spots, which made people's scalps tingle.
Several squad leaders gathered together, hiding behind makeshift fortifications, and whispered discussions.
"What are these skeletons trying to do, why haven't they moved?"
"I don't know, is it possible that the other party's target is not us?"
"It makes no difference,"
A slightly immature voice came, special in a group of hoarse and rugged voices: "The army of the undead has two absolute rules that never change: absolute obedience, and killing and transforming any valuable life. ”
Several veterans looked at it and saw that it was Danny, a nervous recruit.
"Little ghost, how do you know about such a thing?" Captain Baker asked curiously, staring at Danny with interest.
"Brother Yang Shou told me." Danny straightened his chest, his tone full of pride.
Several veterans looked surprised, glanced at each other, and quickly passed on the order.
The whole army is on alert and ready to meet the enemy at any time!
……
In the center of the undead army, a skeleton knight riding a black war horse stood quietly, and the surrounding necromantic creatures avoided the knight as if they were driven by something, so that the area around the knight was empty within a radius of ten meters, and it looked quite strange.
The Skeleton Knight was dressed in dark red armor, and behind the fully covered helmet, two red flames burned silently. On the side of the saddle hung a two-handed broadsword, the length of which was almost the same as the height of an ordinary person, and it was extremely domineering.
If Yang Shou was here, he would definitely be able to recognize it at a glance, this guy is one of the famous Four Horsemen of the Cataclysm in the future, a skeleton swordsman known as the "Black Hell", Judd!
Regarding the legendary story of this guy, Yang Shouneng talked endlessly for a long time. But the event that really made Judd famous all over the world, or "infamous", was that he was the first to attack the imperial capital of the Metal Empire as the vanguard of the army of the undead, and personally beheaded Diggle IV.
Beside Judd, a black-robed mage bowed slightly, with a public attitude.
"This is not what I expected,"
The mage looked up at the front, revealing a shriveled face, which was full of wrinkles, as if covered with a layer of bark: "These soldiers didn't run away? That's not Thomas's personality at all. ”
"Theodore, I told you that no amount of stratagem is as effective as a massacre." Judd snorted coldly, and the voice came through the helmet with a buzzing resonance.
"That's what my lord said, but after our spy sent the news to the Metal Empire, he investigated this Thomas by the way,"
The mage known as Theodore was very respectful and patiently explained: "He is just a cowardly nobleman who is timid and afraid of things, and he will never have such courage, does that Caroline dare to disobey the orders of the army and fight privately?" ”
"That's right, I can't wait to meet her, the first day of the Empire of Steel, Duke's beloved apprentice."
Judd's eyes behind his armor lit up, and even the giant sword on his saddle burned with a strange green flame: "Theodore, put away all your useless little tricks, go and give orders, and start attacking." ”
"Yes." Theodore bowed in acceptance, a subtle scorn flashing in his lowered eyes.