XXII. The Corpse of the Cable

The road after that was paved with corpses.

It's hard to say where the corpses came from, they're all scrawny, parched, and hairless, with long nails that make them featureless. They covered the ground, piled up into mountains, surrounded walls, and thousands remained, remaining on this already desolate and terrifying land. There isn't even a single demon in this plain, and it seems that the demons are avoiding here.

I heard Narlei curse, "What the hell is this rotten shit?" ”

He is a nobleman, how can he swear like this? This kid is really uneducated.

Lamia said, "It's really a grass devil's mother." ”

I was overjoyed in my heart and sincerely sighed that she scolded well, and this sentence spoke to the hearts of all of us.

But the bodies weren't dead, and we paid the price when we learned about it.

A corpse looked up, the knight of the sword and shield guild shouted, and slashed its head with a sword, and the corpses in the circle below woke up, grabbed his legs, tore his armor, and the knights around him swarmed up, and the blade flashed arc light, cutting the corpse into multiple pieces, so messy, more corpses woke up, grabbed the warriors, and so, more warriors went to support, more corpses woke up, and a vicious circle was formed.

I saw that the corpses were just holding people, and did not seem to mean to hurt them, and each of the knights who cut people was entangled in seven or eight corpses, and those who did not cut people were unharmed, and I said, "These corpses have grievances, but they are not heavy!" ”

Lamia shouted, "Don't hurt the body, don't move, go slowly." ”

Duke Dunn immediately ordered the entire army not to use force against the corpse, no matter what happened to him. The soldiers trembled, resisting the urge to chop indiscriminately, and quickly trodden across the plain of corpses. And those who hurt people before, carrying a heavy burden, can't move an inch, we try to strip the corpse, but we can't do it without hurting the corpse.

Salvador asked, "What should I do?" ”

"We have to leave them behind for the time being, and when we return, we can transport them back to the ground on a trailer and maybe the problem will be solved," Missey said. ”

Thirty men were lost for no apparent reason, and about ten others remained to guard them.

All the way on, we saw a mountain, which was also covered with corpses, and I suspect that the whole mountain was a mountain of corpses, and a relatively smooth mountain road winded up into the valley.

Lamia said, "Langi, you go and find the way." ”

I snorted and said, "I'm a person with status, how can I do this again?" ”

"If you don't go, those soldiers will probably die in vain."

I shook my head firmly and said, "My face is important, as a duke, I can no longer take the lead and take risks, but should strategize and make a move." ”

Lamia frowned: "Don't be long-winded, I'll let you go." ”

I couldn't help but sneer, and secretly said in my heart: "Dear wife, who are you and me?" Once upon a time, I may have been a little afraid of you, but I have long since changed, and today, I will no longer obey your words and look at you, because now that I am in a high position, how can people see through my fear of my wife? ”

Thinking of this, I pointed to the distance and said in a loud voice, "It is convenient for me to go there, and all your troops will stop and wait for me." ”

It should be a good cover-up, they won't think that I have to do it because I am afraid of my wife, they will only think that I am going to the most dangerous place to get a tuba, what kind of heroic romance is this?

Lamia said, "Be careful, my dear. ”

I told her that I really just went to the toilet, but as I passed by the crowd, I heard people say, "The duchess will do whatever the duchess says, and that's true love." ”

I was shocked, and I searched for this person who was chewing the root of my tongue, but I didn't see a shadow.

At the back of the hill was a valley where there were about a thousand corpses standing, and when I looked closely at these "corpses", they were probably not dead, they were all alive, at least they moved extremely slowly like zombies.

The corpses were sturdy, tall and short, and their bodies were surrounded by metal wires and iron bars, as if they were wearing some kind of somatosensory transmission device, and their expressions were dull, if not completely expressionless.

I walked over to a corpse, pulled out Mjonir, tentatively touched it, and it didn't seem to notice, and with more force, I slashed its head with a sword, and it simply fell to the ground, igniting a bunch of small sparks.

It doesn't seem dangerous, but it makes people feel very wrong, what are these devices? Is it a sensor? Why do these corpse demons dress like somatosensory gamers in the Demon's Rift?

I cautiously walked through the sluggish corpses, using the Eye of Odin to detect subtle anomalies. Because I always felt like someone was hiding somewhere, watching me.

Suddenly, I sensed something, and when I turned around, Norman appeared at the pass with a group of heavily armored knights, and she said, "You are too slow, Duke, we don't know how far the enemy is from us, and we have less than a day. ”

"These brothers are very strange and wrong."

Norman said, "Aren't you very strong? Try it out. When she saw her brother who fell to the ground, she frowned and said, "Oh, you've already done it?" They didn't overreact? There is also no 'karmic retribution' of those corpses before? ”

I replied, "It's as docile as a little sheep, so it's even more uneasy." ”

Norman thought for a moment and smiled, "You are becoming more and more admirable, indeed, the more you look at it, the more it looks like a trap." ”

One of the warriors beside him, who seemed to be an earl, said, "My lord, allow me to tempt! "With a crossbow in hand, he fired an arrow that pierced the head of a corpse, which lay backwards.

After waiting for a while, the Sword and Shield Guild let out a happy laugh and said, "It's all live targets. ”

Norman leapt down and swung her sword at the corpses, her powerful blade enveloping them and crushing them to pieces, breaking even the steel into pieces.

"It looks safe, the devices won't explode," she said, "and told the Rangers that they could go up the hill and practice targeting." ”

Soon after, when the army reached the entrance to the valley, Legang asked, "What to do?" ”

I said, "There is no doubt that it was set up by the Epoch Empire, but the purpose is unknown." And I sensed that there were people hiding in this valley. ”

Legang's nose sniffed and said, "If there is, he is very good at hiding, I can't find him." Do you want to take a detour? ”

"There must be no detours, otherwise it will be too late."

Norman said, "Fire at these targets, we have a limited number of crossbow arrows, and the Rangers should be active." ”

The rangers walked up the high slope, the soldiers fired, several corpses fell in response, and someone laughed: "It's a piece of cake...."

At that moment, I saw the somatosensory devices on the heads of the corpses light up red. Naturally, Lamia had seen it, but they were at least two hundred meters from the hillside and could not pose a threat, and she shouted, "Alert, keep firing!" ”

Suddenly, the pale corpses were red and their muscles grew larger, and they rushed forward like crazy, bullets raining down and guns and headshots, but this time they weren't dead.

Lamia shouted, "Replace it with Excalibur Bullet!" ”

Excalibur bullets shot in a volley that pierced their heads, the red light on their heads brightened, and their muscles swelled again.

I was shocked, and I thought to myself, "These devices shouldn't explode, and it was clear when I tried it before." ”

Norman: "Block them and let the allies shoot!" ”

The sword and shield warrior held the sword and shield in his hand, stepped forward, and faced these corpses that were already the size of a man, the two sides collided together, and the sword and shield would turn on their backs, and the strength of these corpses was much greater than that of the white demon.

The Rangers fired another volley, their corpses still moving, the red lights on their heads had turned orange, they were as big as the red demons, and their muscles were growing!

Someone is controlling them and allowing them to get close to the army! The guy was so patient that he let us kill them until we got close.

The electricity flowed through the corpses, and they jumped three meters, grabbed the rock, and jumped a few more times before charging into the rangers. Lamia kicked one of the corpses off a cliff, but the rest of the corpses had metal claws growing out of their fists and piercing the front Rangers' torso.

Lamia said angrily: "No! ”

I arrived at once and slashed out the godslayer, the corpses were unusually strong, I only killed one, and they had become close to the black demons.

Legang and Vasilisa turned into wild beasts and fought hard, and these corpses fought against them, and actually dragged them down. The rest of the Rangers were powerless in front of the corpses, and the sword and shield below were also defeated.

Norman shouted, "These monsters... How can it be so strong? ”

I wanted to summon the saints, but suddenly, the lights on the heads of some of the corpses went out, and they immediately bled and fell to their deaths.

I shouted, "They are victims!" The man sacrificed them for his purpose! They last three minutes each! ”

Baudelaire: "Then stall for time!" ”

The corpses in the rear were also activated, quickly approaching the army, I unleashed a dark cloud, obscuring the cliffs, and Lamia swung his sword, repelling the incoming corpses and directing the soldiers to retreat, in the dark clouds, these corpses lost their way.

Someone shouted: "How many enemies are left?" ”

"I don't know! There were at least a thousand of them below! ”

I ran to Vasilisa and said, "I can find the head of the enemy, but I must maintain the dark clouds!" ”

Vasilisa said sensitively: "You tell me where they are, and I will solve the problem in an instant." ”

I melted into the web of madness and sent my thoughts to her, and the manipulator was so excited that his thoughts were very different from the anxieties of others.

Vasilisa said: "I smell him!" Then she rushed out.

We resisted for about three more minutes when a scream was heard in the distance, and the cable-riddled bodies all fell and could not move.

I cleared the dark clouds and saw Vasilisa returning with a man with lion-like blond hair, who she threw down and said, "The rats of the Anno Empire are always so troublesome. ”

Baudelaire said, "I've seen him on the IBA's wanted post, the infamous Darren Bruce, and it seems that the Anno Empire has a lot of shady gadgets. ”