Chapter 31: The Scourge of the Dead (Part II)

A terrifying roar, wisps of mournful howls, echoed repeatedly in the empty streets, and the night was silent. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Lanthir exploded instantly.

The citizens who were awakened in their sleep looked in horror at the undead creatures that suddenly appeared on the street outside the window through the gaps between the curtains.

The pale skeletons shimmered coldly in the moonlight, and the pungent rancid stench was disgusting.

Of course, if only a few skeletons or zombies popped out of a single skull, it wouldn't cause such a strong shock among the citizens - after all, in this fantasy world of magic and alien civilizations, undead creatures are nothing strange to any ordinary person with even a little knowledge. Any slightly larger human settlement will occasionally crawl a few skeletons out of the cemetery.

And this fortress city yes. The citizens of Lantier, because of the need to take turns as militia and be in charge of the night patrol of the cemetery, almost every family has someone who has dealt with the undead, at least watching others defeat zombies and skeletons, so naturally they do not know how to cry and scream when they see zombies or skeletons infested, as some uninformed ladies do. To say the least, there are thousands! The familiar street outside the window is now full of waddling white skeletons, as well as all kinds of rotting maggots and mutilated pieces of moving humanoid flesh!

And, in addition to the "regular" zombies and skeletons, the streets are filled with more ferocious ghouls and ghouls, huge skeleton centipedes, giant four-legged monsters covered in fleshy skin and pustules and festering scars, and weird egg-like monsters with pink intestines wrapped around their bodies, or strange things that look like rotten octopuses or jellyfish, slowly wriggling with slime. The only thing they had in common was a pungent rancid stench that was almost suffocating—in short, these ugly and vomit-inducing monsters, hissing and unpleasant growls, slowly moving towards the city. Almost every step of the movement drops a few pieces of rotten flesh and organs from the body...

Suddenly, despair, fear, anxiety, hope, all kinds of complex and intense emotions kept rolling in the hearts of the citizens.

Even the most unheard of people have heard of the horror legends of the undead.

“…… The cold and merciless gaze stared ahead, the immortal race with the body of a dead man, forever hating the living who could breathe, longing for the bright red blood and screams of grief from the living to satisfy their empty hearts...... Wherever the army of the undead passes, there will be no grass ......left.'

What's even more terrifying is that most of the legendary cities that have been captured by the army of the undead cannot escape the fate of being slaughtered. For for the dead, the living life is of little use, and the corpse and skeleton are the greatest treasure in the eyes of the undead.

Seeing the citizens full of immortal people outside the window, it was as if they had foreseen death!

In fact, there are indeed many zombies and skeletons that have broken through the unclosed portals on both sides of the street, broken into people's houses and started to massacre.

However, as powerless and weak people, in the face of such a sudden catastrophe, they can only silently pray for the rescue of adventurers and the army.

Unfortunately, the object of their hope is really not very reliable at the moment......

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--When I was asleep, I was awakened by an army of undead from nowhere, and the feeling was almost deranged.

When the fortress of the city yes. The mayor of Lantier, Panasore, was woken from his sleep by a panicked servant, put on his coat, and climbed the tallest tower in the inner city, when he realized in a daze that his city seemed to be overwhelmed by the undead!

Suddenly, this fat, middle-aged fat man with a big belly and a poop was so frightened that he almost went out of his body, and the bloated fat all over his body began to tremble violently.

“…… How so? I remember when I slept, was it all right? ”

“…… There's no point in talking about that anymore! Mayor! The question is what to do next? ”

Yes. Laxire, the president of the Lanthir Wizards' Guild, a thin man as slender as a bamboo pole, sighed and said. And the officials, tycoons and nobles who followed the inner city wall also nodded yes.

-- Looking down from the towers of the inner city, street after street was reduced to slaughterhouses as the second wall defending the civilian area was breached. Everywhere was like a blood-stained hell, with sticky blood and brains, and spilled with the stumps of humans and animals.

With the help of the bright moonlight and the magic of the Eagle Eye, even standing on the towers of the inner city, Yay. The upper class of Lantil could also see through the night the boundless undead monsters, like the roaring tide of the sea, filling every street and alley, defying the magic, arrows, and blades of the human resistors. Unless the arrows or magic are powerful enough, or the spears and machetes are powerful enough to shatter them completely, even a few broken bones will be painless to the undead who are not living creatures.

These dead monsters, even if they had been shot like hedgehogs by arrows, still pounced on any place where there were living people, dragging the citizens hiding in the house out and biting them. Even if some citizens hid on the rooftops, trying to hide from these seemingly clumsy undead creatures. But immediately, a series of corpse-stained intestines shot out of the darkness, dealing a fatal blow to these citizens who thought they were smart!

What's even more troubling is that many undead creatures are able to turn the living people they kill into undead in a very short period of time.

As a result, the citizens, militiamen, and adventurers who had been defeated by the undead died in great pain, and soon after dying in great pain, soon turned into new zombies, stood up from the ground again, and carried out bloody slaughter on their former compatriots. Moreover, even the carrion splattered by some undead creatures in the middle of the fight can poison and infect the unfortunate unlucky ones, quickly creating more zombies......

Therefore, once the undead are allowed to break into a densely populated area with weak defenses, they will quickly "multiply" like a beacon fire in an instant, until the entire city is reduced to dead ruins...... However, these nightmarish scenes have already begun to be staged in the city!

“…… Yeah! Now is not the time to hold accountable, the key is what to do next......"

Listening to the reminder of the president of the Wizards' Guild, Mayor Panasore finally reacted, "...... Do you want to gather your forces and go out to fight the undead? But......" He looked back at the rather sparse figures on the inner city walls, and couldn't help but be troubled.

-- According to the kingdom system, there was no standing army at the local level. The only force that the mayor of Panasore could command at any time was a fairly limited number of mercenaries, and even these mercenaries did not all live in the inner city, but were scattered in several camps. It's the middle of the night now, and in the rush of the incident, it is already the limit that he can gather a maximum of a hundred people around him.

And the number of undead that poured into the residential areas of the city looked as if it had swelled to the thousands. With such a small number of troops, even if you add the battle mages of the Wizards Association, once the fight starts, it is estimated that it will be difficult to deal with it. Also, yay. The Adventurer's Guild of Lantil is also located in the civilian area outside the inner city, and it is either falling or in the midst of fierce battles at the moment, and it is impossible to count on it for the time being.

“…… It's too late! Mage Laxir shook his head, "...... I just used the [Message] magic to contact the magicians stationed in the two outer city walls, according to them, the cemetery has completely fallen, and many of the city gates have been broken by the undead, they are trapped on the city walls with nowhere to go, and many people have begun to flee to the suburbs...... In other words, the whole city is out of control! ”

In other words, the fall of most of the city is a foregone conclusion, and now we are not thinking about how to calm down the disaster, but how to protect ourselves.

“…… In fact, with the strength we have at hand, it is not easy to hold the inner city. ”

A noble knight dressed as a warrior said, "...... Moreover, although there are no undead creatures capable of flying yet, as the situation continues to deteriorate, sooner or later evil undead capable of flying will appear, so both magicians and archers must stand on the walls of the inner city and be ready to meet them at any time. Otherwise, once the undead break through the third wall and enter the inner city, then yes. Lantil is really finished! ”

“…… That's right...... It seems that there is only one way to wait for help. Mayor Panasore sighed, "...... Has the call for help been sent? ”

“…… The Guild has used Message magic to call for help from other nearby cities, and the equestrian messenger has ventured to break out. Master Lakhir replied, "...... His Excellency the Warrior Commander of the Kingdom has just left Yay. Landiel won't be long before she gets the news, and maybe she can bring someone back to help......"

“…… In that case, do you want to open the gates of the inner city and send a team of soldiers to contain the surviving civilians in the outer city......"

Mayor Panasore had just said half of his words when he saw the eyes of resistance and opposition from everyone, obviously unwilling to put his noble people at risk for the sake of the lives of ordinary people, so he had to change his words, "...... Forget it, the defense of the inner city at the moment is really not to be weakened. Let's use magic to inform the people on the outer two walls, open all the gates of the outer two walls, and let the surviving citizens escape to the wilderness as soon as possible! ”

“…… Yes, sir! Excellency! The magnates and tycoons on the inner city walls immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

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With the full-scale invasion of the army of the undead, the fortress city of Yay. The residential area within the second city wall of Lantil suddenly turned into a chaotic battlefield.

In the face of death, some people choose to hide in the cellar, some choose to flee in a hurry, and some choose to go crazy when they are close to death. As for the vast majority of adventurers in the city, they have chosen to resist - they have power, they are more accustomed to taking their fate into their own hands, and want to use their swords and wands to open a victorious path to hope and survival. Moreover, the adventurers who have been crusading against monsters all year round know very well that the rumored undead never need living people, in this case, it is better to try their best to fight for a way out.

In a plaza outside the Adventurer's Guild Gate, there is a mountain of fresh or rancid mutilated corpses. Under the light of the magic light, piles of stumps and broken bones can be seen everywhere. The roars of the undead and the shouts of humans still echo through this purgatory-like battlefield.

However, for the adventurers who fight in this flesh mill, the most dangerous and fearsome opponents are still the same humans.

“…… What a speed! Is this woman a necromancer's lackey? [Magic Arrow]! Oops, didn't hit! ”

“…… Ahh

“…… Damn, how did she pierce Frante's full body armor with a dagger? Or the thickest cuirass! ”

“…… Shoot arrows! Shoot an arrow at that woman! She's already here...... Ahh

“…… Captain! Help-uh...... Thump! ”

……

In the midst of the chaos and noise, one after another heavily armed adventurers fell in pools of blood, but they failed to inflict half damage on their opponents.

“…… Damn, what the hell is going on with this woman? ”

Looking at the blonde woman in front of her strolling among the walking dead, harvesting the lives of her teammates with a gesture, the leader of the "Kralgra" adventure team with a long sword and covered in blood, the Mithril-level elite adventurer Igfargi, couldn't help but let out a desperate scream.

With the help of the magic lights in front of the Adventurer's Guild, Igfalji could see that this was a fairly young and pretty blonde girl with a slender and bumpy figure. However, her black cloak was stained with dark red blood, and there was a strong smell of blood, as if she had just finished a massacre - in just a few moments, three of her subordinates and friends had been killed by her men one after another!

If he could, Igfarji really didn't want to run into each other in a time of crisis like this...... No, looking at the other party's bloodied face with a sickly smile on his face, Igfarji silently added a sentence in his heart.

“…… Even in normal times, I don't want to encounter such a monster! Where did this female murderer come from? ”

However, the cruel and cold reality is always not subject to the subjective will of human beings......

- Half an hour ago, when he woke up from the rented hotel and found that there were already undead creatures on the streets of the city, Igfargi gave the order to his teammates to break out of the siege, and prepared to lead everyone to gather in the adventurer's guild.

Although low-level zombies and skeleton soldiers are indeed a huge threat to ordinary citizens, for the "Kralgra" team, which has experienced many battles and has the strength of Mithril-level adventurers, even if it is too dangerous to travel through the sea of skeletons. Igfalji believed that in such a time of crisis, there would definitely be many adventurers who would break through and converge on the Adventurers' Guild from all over the world, as he thought. After all, there is a lot of strength in numbers, as long as enough adventurers gather together, it will be much easier to defend themselves or break out of the city.

The action was very smooth at the beginning, and the low-level zombies and skeletons really couldn't stop the elite adventurers. Razor-sharp swords can easily sever bones and carrion from opponents, and magic chanters unleash magic that can blast skeletons into the air.

Of course, the big undead monsters look more difficult to deal with and can flick their intestines like whips, but they are slow and unresponsive. Even if you can't hit them head-on, as long as the adventurer is agile, it is not difficult to avoid them.

However, just when the Mithril-level adventurer Captain Igfargi, with his teammates and a few other lone adventurers he met halfway, fought all the way to the door of the adventurer's guild, he collided with this blonde female killing god!

A one-sided slaughter ensued—three of his teammates fell to the ground in the blink of an eye, but he didn't even see how his opponent was moving.

“…… Could this guy be ...... Steel-grade masters! Why haven't you heard of such a guy? ”

Igfarji muttered to himself as he held his sword and trembled slightly. The rest of the adventurers obviously did not have such a good psychological quality, and when they saw that their three companions were killed in an instant, someone immediately exclaimed, turned around and ran wildly back and forth.

“…… Yo, little mice, I Clementine didn't let you go! ”

The blonde woman smiled devilishly at this, and then disappeared from the spot at an alarming speed. The next moment, the adventurers who tried to escape stopped almost at the same time, and each of them had an extra blood-spurting crack in their necks, while their bodies "pounced" and collapsed to the ground limply.

At the same time, a man in a black robe slowly walked out of the door of the Adventurer's Guild, carrying the head of the Adventurer's Guild Leader's Blind in his hand, "...... Clementine! Stop playing! Hurry up and call it a day! We're going to have to attack the third wall! ”

“…… Got it - little Kaji is really anxious! Okay, are you guys going to die? Oh hehehe! ”

Clementine, the blonde woman who seemed to kill the gods, said with such a coquettish smile, her facial expression was extremely distorted for a while, and her mouth was about to crack her ears with laughter. At the same time, he walked towards Igfargi, who was still dying, and with each step, there was a sound of metal colliding with each step.

The sharp-eyed Igfargi immediately noticed that the sound was coming from the colorful fishscale armor beneath her cloak. Wrong! It's definitely not the metal plate that makes up the fish scale armor! That's a metal card for countless adventurers! White gold, gold, silver, iron, copper, and even the colors of Mithril and Orichalcum! Obviously, it is all proof that this woman in front of her killed a large number of adventurers, and frantically hunted the spoils of human beings!

What level of killing maniac is this! Igfalgi groaned in despair, but then became calmer.

Seeing him look back, the magician of the adventure group immediately raised his wand and blessed his captain with various buff magics: [Low-level Attribute Enhancement], [Shield Wall], [Demonized Weapon], [Low-level Arm Strength Enhancement]......

- The "Kralgra" adventure group, which is composed entirely of Mithril-level adventurers, is a group of experienced combat elites. The long-term common battle allows them to have a considerable degree of tacit understanding, and in the face of sudden life-and-death battles, they can achieve perfect cooperation even without notifying each other.

The magic brilliance of various colors flashed on Igfargi's body one after another, and Igfargi, who was holding a long sword, stared at the female killer standing quietly in front of him with sharp eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.

Generally speaking, if you see an enemy casting positive spells on each other, it is the most correct tactical idea to interrupt immediately. However, the blonde female killer in front of her didn't make any moves, as if she was deliberately giving herself time to increase her strength.

Could it be that she is too confident in her skills?

But Igfargi had no time to think about it any more, and there was only one thought left in his mind:

No matter what, you must kill the female butcher in front of you!

With this conviction in mind, Igfargi let out a roaring roar, signaling the attack to his companions.

The next moment, a red light flashed on his long sword, and the attack magic that had been prepared for a long time was also released, and the longbow that was full of it shot sharp arrows, as well as various flying knives and other hidden weapons were also thrown together!

In the moment of life and death, all adventurers have exerted their strongest attack power!

So, in just a moment, the battle was over.

All the adventurers fell to the ground with flesh and blood, blood gushing out of their chests, abdomen, or necks like fountains.

The blonde woman, on the other hand, was still unharmed, and even stretched out her tongue and licked the blood stains on her dagger in a leisurely manner, "...... Oops, it's really fun to bully such a weak trash fish! When will you find a few good opponents to fight in the last game? ”

“…… How can it be? And so the regiment was wiped out? O God! Is there anyone else in the city who can beat her? Igfargi, who had a gaping cut in his chest, collapsed to the ground, still unable to accept the reality in front of him in his mind, muttering to himself with blood foaming at his mouth.

“…… Hehe. There is no warrior in this country who can beat me - no, there are almost no fighters who can beat me - "

The blonde woman, Clementine, gracefully withdrew the dagger back into the leather sheath of her belt, and replied, "...... According to the information that those guys in the Wind Flower Sacred Book heard, there are only five people in this country who can fight me properly. Jeff Gerge. Storonov, Gergran of the Rose of the Rose, Lusenberg of the Vermilion Dewdrop. Abrien, and Brythe. Angelus and the retired Wischer. Crove. Emperor. Luo Fang...... But even with all their might, they couldn't beat me. Even after I threw away the magic items given by the state. ”

“…… Graceful Sacred Scriptures? …… You are...... People from the Slian Sect?! The dying Igfargi groaned intermittently.

“…… Let's just say that! Well, I've answered all your questions, so please die now! ”

With Clementine's cold sentence, the blood-stained dark red boots stepped on it hard, and in an instant, the skull shattered, and the brains splashed, ending the agony of Igfargi's dying in an instant, and also ending the last organized resistance of the adventurer's guild in the city.

At the same time, the undead creatures in all directions let out a series of smug roars...... Guys, I, Clementine, didn't let you go! ”

The blonde woman smiled devilishly at this, and then disappeared from the spot at an alarming speed. The next moment, the adventurers who tried to escape stopped almost at the same time, and each of them had an extra blood-spurting crack in their necks, while their bodies "pounced" and collapsed to the ground limply.

At the same time, a man in a black robe slowly walked out of the door of the Adventurer's Guild, carrying the head of the Adventurer's Guild Leader's Blind in his hand, "...... Clementine! Stop playing! Hurry up and call it a day! We're going to have to attack the third wall! ”

“…… Got it - little Kaji is really anxious! Okay, are you guys going to die? Oh hehehe! ”

Clementine, the blonde woman who seemed to kill the gods, said with such a coquettish smile, her facial expression was extremely distorted for a while, and her mouth was about to crack her ears with laughter. At the same time, he walked towards Igfargi, who was still dying, and with each step, there was a sound of metal colliding with each step.

The sharp-eyed Igfargi immediately noticed that the sound was coming from the colorful fishscale armor beneath her cloak. Wrong! It's definitely not the metal plate that makes up the fish scale armor! That's a metal card for countless adventurers! White gold, gold, silver, iron, copper, and even the colors of Mithril and Orichalcum! Obviously, it is all proof that this woman in front of her killed a large number of adventurers, and frantically hunted the spoils of human beings!

What level of killing maniac is this! Igfalgi groaned in despair, but then became calmer.

Seeing him look back, the magician of the adventure group immediately raised his wand and blessed his captain with various buff magics: [Low-level Attribute Enhancement], [Shield Wall], [Demonized Weapon], [Low-level Arm Strength Enhancement]......

- The "Kralgra" adventure group, which is composed entirely of Mithril-level adventurers, is a group of experienced combat elites. The long-term common battle allows them to have a considerable degree of tacit understanding, and in the face of sudden life-and-death battles, they can achieve perfect cooperation even without notifying each other.

The magic brilliance of various colors flashed on Igfargi's body one after another, and Igfargi, who was holding a long sword, stared at the female killer standing quietly in front of him with sharp eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.

Generally speaking, if you see an enemy casting positive spells on each other, it is the most correct tactical idea to interrupt immediately. However, the blonde female killer in front of her didn't make any moves, as if she was deliberately giving herself time to increase her strength.

Could it be that she is too confident in her skills?

But Igfargi had no time to think about it any more, and there was only one thought left in his mind:

No matter what, you must kill the female butcher in front of you!

With this conviction in mind, Igfargi let out a roaring roar, signaling the attack to his companions.

The next moment, a red light flashed on his long sword, and the attack magic that had been prepared for a long time was also released, and the longbow that was full of it shot sharp arrows, as well as various flying knives and other hidden weapons were also thrown together!

In the moment of life and death, all adventurers have exerted their strongest attack power!

So, in just a moment, the battle was over.

All the adventurers fell to the ground with flesh and blood, blood gushing out of their chests, abdomen, or necks like fountains.

The blonde woman, on the other hand, was still unharmed, and even stretched out her tongue and licked the blood stains on her dagger in a leisurely manner, "...... Oops, it's really fun to bully such a weak trash fish! When will you find a few good opponents to fight in the last game? ”

“…… How can it be? And so the regiment was wiped out? O God! Is there anyone else in the city who can beat her? Igfargi, who had a gaping cut in his chest, collapsed to the ground, still unable to accept the reality in front of him in his mind, muttering to himself with blood foaming at his mouth.

“…… Hehe. There is no warrior in this country who can beat me - no, there are almost no fighters who can beat me - "

The blonde woman, Clementine, gracefully withdrew the dagger back into the leather sheath of her belt, and replied, "...... According to the information that those guys in the Wind Flower Sacred Book heard, there are only five people in this country who can fight me properly. Jeff Gerge. Storonov, Gergran of the Rose of the Rose, Lusenberg of the Vermilion Dewdrop. Abrien, and Brythe. Angelus and the retired Wischer. Crove. Emperor. Luo Fang...... But even with all their might, they couldn't beat me. Even after I threw away the magic items given by the state. ”

“…… Graceful Sacred Scriptures? …… You are...... People from the Slian Sect?! The dying Igfargi groaned intermittently.

“…… Let's just say that! Well, I've answered all your questions, so please die now! ”

With Clementine's cold sentence, the blood-stained dark red boots stepped on it hard, and in an instant, the skull shattered, and the brains splashed, ending the agony of Igfargi's dying in an instant, and also ending the last organized resistance of the adventurer's guild in the city.

At the same time, the undead creatures in all directions let out a series of smug roars......