Chapter Ninety-Five: An Olive Branch
The flow of people is surging. Tonight, the soldiers who had been patrolling the city for a long time gathered in the streets around the bell tower.
These black-striped sergeants, priests of Saint-Serge, or knights of the Aegis, could have gone to a carnival at the HΓ΄tel de Toulouse on this romantic evening, or had a drink, or had a sweet sleep with the girl they met.
And now, they had to obey the orders of their superiors, and on this cold and dleak night, they went out into the streets with torches, and were busy for hours, searching for two young girls who didn't know where they were?
Resentment slowly accumulates. Naturally, these soldiers did not dare to vent their grievances on their superiors. And just as these soldiers were looking for a place to vent, a necromancer and a blood mage appeared in front of them.
Both necromancy and blood magic are branches of black magic. A dark magician tends to have a sharper awareness of negative emotions.
Will felt the malice around him, and he looked up at the top of the bell tower. Over there, Lilith smiled helplessly, then flapped her little wings and slowly walked away.
"Bloodghost?"
A tall man stands out from the crowd of soldiers. He was dressed in armor, holding a large sword in his hand, with short rich light brown hair, a scruffy beard, and a rugged appearance with a charm that fascinated a woman.
"I'm Toby, the deputy head of the Aegis Knights. Even in the face of two vicious men, the knight remained as polite as he deserved. "Where are Grannie and Sissi?"
"Those two women?" said the blood ghost, with the corners of his mouth curled.
"If you hand them over, I'll let you leave the city in peace. I pledge with the honor of a knight. Toby said word by word with a calm face.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not in the habit of giving things to others for nothing!" the bloodghost shrugged and smiled helplessly.
"Ah! it seems that there is no business for me here, you go on, I'll go first. β
Will's voice cut into the somewhat awkward context, and all he got was silence.
"Just catch them and take a breath!" said Toby in a cold tone. Listening to the order, more than a dozen knights charged forward with large swords in hand.
In the face of hundreds of enemies with more and more reinforcements, the blood ghosts trapped in the center did not have the slightest look of concern, and only an expression of excitement on their faces.
The blood ghost is so fast that he doesn't look like a magician at all, but like an assassin. He shuttled through the crowd, and every swing of the blood-colored short spear in his hand represented the fall of a life.
"Blood Explosion!"
The lives that were harvested by the blood spear did not get the rest they deserved, and under the control of the blood ghost, their bodies suddenly exploded, like a bomb, implicating the surrounding soldiers.
In the blink of an eye, the dozen or so charging knights disappeared completely. On the ground behind the blood ghost, there was nothing but blood and unrecognizable flesh. "The quality of the personnel of the Holy See is really getting worse and worse. Don't you know, whether it's necromancy or blood magic, numerical superiority isn't an advantage?"
The group of blood ghosts sneered, not caring at all about the obvious anger ahead.
There was a moment of silence, and Toby drew his broadsword and stepped out of the crowd step by step.
Different from the previous minions, the aura of the deputy head of the Holy Shield Knights has risen by at least several grades. The two-meter-long sword did not hinder him in the slightest.
Toby raised his sword in front of him and said in a deep voice, "In the name of God, punish you!"
As he spoke, the paladin shone with white light and charged towards the blood.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the distance of more than ten meters passed in an instant, and Toby raised his sword and slashed straight towards the blood ghost.
A slash, the two-meter-long sword left deep marks on the hard marble floor.
Unlike ordinary heavy swordsmen, Toby's body has no signs of fighting with strength. The sword is round, whether it is a heavy sword, a light sword, or a long sword, the swordsmanship that is popular on this continent, Toby can use it through that heavy sword.
This is a difficult opponent, Will made a judgment in his mind for a moment.
The bloodies also have a hard time coping, and the mages are not samurai, and the practice of martial arts is only to pave the way for better magic.
And now, in the face of a paladin who specializes in demon smashing, the blood ghost's offensive is obviously becoming more and more sluggish.
Perhaps seeing the decline of the blood ghosts, the papal knights, who were still hesitating in the crowd just now, rushed over with a long sword, wanting to help Toby and capture the vicious blood ghosts in front of him in one fell swoop.
The blood demon dodged Toby's slash and flipped behind him, unknowingly appearing in his hands with two blood-colored chains.
The long chain danced with the blood's body, locking up the two cathar knights who rushed to the front. Then, as if they had lost all their weight, the two cathar knights were swung at Toby by the bloodies who had just landed on the ground.
"Blood Explosion!"
The cathar knights in mid-air didn't know what was happening, and as a cold voice came from behind them, their bodies exploded in vain, turning into a mist of blood, and diffusing towards Toby.
"Holy Shield!"
A spherical white shield unleashed around Toby, separating the blood mist, the plague and the curse within.
"Don't come here!"
Toby shouted loudly, but it was too late. The blood ghosts rushed into the group of cathar knights first, and as the bodies of the cathar knights flew around, the blood mist slowly dispersed through the nearby streets.
Ordinary soldiers didn't have the means of a paladin like Toby, and as the blood mist spread, the lively soldier wilted in the blink of an eye, clutching his chest, and the liquid foam in his mouth flowed out involuntarily.
The blood-ghost's tactics were so swift that the small number of priests in the crowd didn't have time to rescue them one by one. Like dominoes, the human body is used as a medium, and the epidemic spreads rapidly. If the bloodies are willing, they can turn the city into a hell in an instant.
"Holy Light Magic, Radiant Radiance!"
A white light swept by, sweeping everything in its path with a strong attitude, including the blood mist that filled the air.
St. Serre's white bishop Zibcock stepped into the circle of soldiers step by step with a short staff in his hand, and behind him, more priests were pouring in.
"How about we join forces?"
Glancing into the distance, the bloodghost turned his head and looked at Will behind him, extending a hand of friendship.
β.......β
Never act with a madman, or unless you become like him. Otherwise, you never know what he's going to do next? Will now finally knows what that sentence means.
A moment ago, they had to live and die. At this moment, the goods decisively handed out an olive branch. And it seems that there is no psychological barrier at all.