Chapter 481: Soldiers are coming to the city
Raymond couldn't find the man Adela was talking about, and he couldn't even get out of the Border City, because the day after he arrived at the Border City, an army of undead who seemed to have fallen from the sky suddenly appeared on the horizon of the Border City.
When Raymond saw the boundless sea of undead, his whole person was like falling into an ice cave, the border city was more than a thousand kilometers away from Tiga, and there was a large land ruled by elves and dwarves in between, how did these undead come over?
What's more, he had never heard of a necromancer in Tiga with such a powerful army, no skeletons, no zombies, no ghost vampires, not even dark knights and bone dragons, and countless bone jade scepters-corpse witches, and the half-rotten heads were more hideous than the sludge monsters in the Tartaglia swamp, and that number could not be counted, if I had to summarize a range, it would only be despair.
No one could answer Raymond's question, the vast and mysterious forests of Turalea, the rushing rivers and the narrow valleys, in short, these difficult terrain did not cause any delay to this army of the undead, because the man who led them was called Gru.
Ten days ago, he set out from Black Duck City, and it took only two days to cross the southwest corner of the Tulaone forest, killing 11,000 defenders in the hill dwarf fortress Hearthstone, and then marching into the elven barrier forest valley to slaughter the defenders, if it weren't for waiting for Elson, he might have been faster than Raymond.
The reason why Elson is slow is because Sandru values this operation very much and gave him the Cloak of the Ghost King, so those who can answer Raymond's question are now in the city, of course, in the form of a corpse witch.
"What should I do, my lord?"
On the city wall, Dylan looked at the sea of undead corpses not far away with a pale face, the enemy army had just arrived and surrounded the border city, but the strange thing was that they did not attack at the first time, but no one came to negotiate.
"Did you notify Parrington?"
Raymond's face is also not good-looking, this time he came to the border city, the main task is to escort Adela and the others, not a war, in the case that Parrington has made it clear that he will support Spartacus, he did not bring many troops, and in order to prevent possible changes and avoid Palrington's taboo, the Spartacus army under the command of Adela is not stationed in the city, but camped on the coast more than ten kilometers away from the city, monitored by the army of the Fish-People.
Unfortunately, even Spartacus's army is useless in the city at this time, and suddenly the lord rebels, and then all the high-ranking generals are arrested and imprisoned, and the blow to morale is probably fatal, and it is impossible for this army to return to its former combat effectiveness without a long period of time, and even as long as there is a certain detail that is not handled well, it is possible that this army will be abolished from now on, and this, Raymond obviously knows.
This is where Raymond suffers, his own army has been drastically reduced, and he has no direct command of the Fish-Man and Palrington's army, and now that the Necrons are besieging the city, he is almost like a broiler on a chopping board to be slaughtered, and in the face of this situation, the enemy has no idea what kind of attitude Parrington will have without indicating his intentions.
Thankfully, it didn't make Raymond anxious to isolate the walls for long, as a horn like a banshee's howl rushed from behind the Sea of Necrons into the gloomy sky, and then the bones of the corpse witch army were stirred, and a distinct aisle was cleared.
"Hello. ”
A young man with black hair and black eyes wrapped in a black cloak and riding on a black war horse nearly three meters high appeared under the city wall, if it was not daytime, I am afraid that his existence could only be determined from the source of the sound and the blood-colored eyes of the war horse covered by heavy black armor.
"I'm sorry to appear in front of you in such an abrupt way, but please don't worry, war is not our first option, for His Majesty the Order Dragon God, even in Tiga, he is highly respected, I am Eielson, a student of the Grand Master of the Tiga Palace, So, who can come out and talk to me?"
From beginning to end, Eielson's bruised but slightly dehumanized face had a kind and gentle smile, obviously he was already an immortal spirit, but because of this smile, it made him look a little more angry than ordinary people, like a scholar who has been sick for a long time but is still as warm as jade.
"I'm Elder Raymond of the Temple of Spartacus, a man from Tiga, why did you suddenly appear here?
Although he was still beating a drum in his heart, Raymond was also a person who had seen the world after all, and since the other party had already expressed his attitude, he had to answer no matter what.
"It's true that Tiga and Orf have formed an alliance, and it's true to crusade against Lear, but before that, the teacher asked me to come to Eli to find someone, but when I arrived in Eli, I learned that she had been taken to the border city by you, so I had to walk a little more to find her. ”
Knowing how to take off his cloak, Elson bowed slightly to Raymond with his hand over his chest, as if he were the one besieged.
"Who are you looking for?"
In fact, the first time he heard Elson's story, Raymond was suspicious in his heart, as far as he knew, Lear and Sandru had been mortal enemies for many years, and even these followers under his command were just as incompatible with Sandru, and Lear didn't know that his subordinates would be in trouble, what was Sandru's intention to intervene inexplicably at this time?
There were many questions in his chest, so even if he had already guessed who Elson was looking for, Raymond still asked so knowingly, in order to wait for a reason to find out a little information from Elson, of course, there was also an element of delaying time.
"Lady Adra, I heard that she was imprisoned by you, if you don't mind, can you let me see her?"
Elson replied politely.
"Just to meet?"
Raymond was even more inexplicable, Xingshi moved thousands of miles to meet an enemy who had become a prisoner, what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd?
"Just to meet, I know that she is now a rebellious colleague, and it will be very difficult for you to take her away, and we don't want to have a head-on confrontation with Spartacus for the time being, for the reason that I have already said, even in the group of necromancers, His Majesty the Dragon God of Order is quite revered. ”
The more gentle and polite Elson was, the more Raymond felt very empty in his heart, not knowing what the other party was trying to do, and also felt that there might be some big conspiracy in this that he couldn't imagine, and for a while, the idea of not allowing Adela and Elson to meet anyway actually prevailed.
"What if I refuse?", he asked tentatively after a long silence.
"Please don't make unfounded guesses and wrong decisions under any circumstances, which will affect the friendship between Spartacus and Tiga, I really just want to meet with Lady Adra, my teacher has a few words that I must convey in person, I just said that war is not our first option, but if you insist on refusing my reasonable request, I am afraid that I will have to take the path I least want to take. ”
Even if it was a threat, it came out of Elson's mouth as if it were a request, as if he was the one who had to do it.
"Bold! Do you know who you are threatening? Do you Tiga or Sandru want to be the enemy of the whole continent? I am here, Adela is in the city, you can come and take a look at the siege! See if your necromantic army is powerful or the muskets and artillery in the city are powerful! The army of Spartacus and the Fish-Man is ten miles away in an instant, if you are not afraid of the enemy on your back, you can let the horse come!"
The whole battlefield was silent, and Raymond, who roared, was awe-inspiring, and Dylan, who was standing behind him, was terrified that Elson would really attack the city under his anger, and the Palrington soldiers who were standing on the city wall were inexplicably eager to throw him off the tower.
In fact, although Parrington has not appeared until now, the generals defending the city have long received a secret order to wait and see what happens, unless the enemy really launches an ant-annexed siege, they must not do anything to provoke the enemy, and the generals who defend the city have always pursued this principle, allowing Raymond to mediate with Elson, but in fact, Parrington and his soldiers are the real masters of the border city.
How do you know that Raymond suddenly came to such a show, he was refreshed and full of momentum, but the people who really wanted to fight and die were the people in their border city, and the boundless corpse witch army under it could make people fall into an ice cave just by looking at it, how many lives would it take to fill it up?
For a moment, the air in the entire battlefield seemed to be drained, and there was a painful sigh of mouth everywhere, except for those undead who didn't need to breathe, there was still a dead silence, and everyone on the walls of the border city stared at Raymond's back with a kind of dying carp-like eyes, if the eyes could kill, then he should be thousands of pieces of meat by now.
Facing away from the people on the city wall, after the awe-inspiring roar of justice, a sneering light appeared in Raymond's eyes and then disappeared in an instant, how did he not know Palrington's wishful thinking, the siege of the city has been ten minutes now, and he can climb from the Earl's Court to the city wall by climbing, avoiding it, just because he doesn't want to take this contradiction and wants to be borne by him or Spartacus.
I'm even afraid that he had already received the rumor that Elson was not here for him this time, he had heard earlier that Eli was full of necromancer nails, and although Lear had cleaned it once, how could someone like Sandru not be cunning?
However, when there are benefits, they want to go, and when there are difficulties, they want to hide, but the so-called alliance only wants to take advantage of its own interests, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world.
Raymond snorted coldly in his heart and said, "Don't you want to hide, I'll pour the oil directly on your tile, see how you can hide?"
Hypocrites, scum, heretics, and His Majesty the Dragon God came down to wipe out all of you vicious dogs, and at this moment he clearly classified Parrington as Lear.
Take 10,000 steps back, even if Elson really launches an attack on the city, he is not afraid, with the military strength of the border city and the high walls and deep rivers, even Eielson's undead army will not be able to attack it for a while and a half, then he can lead the priest group to break through from the south gate, I believe that Parrington will not dare to stop him, when the time comes, the fish-people will be connected to the sea, can these ugly necromancers still swim over?
Thinking of this, Raymond's mood that was also a little hanging immediately eased a lot.
To Raymond's disappointment, his righteous words did not anger Elson, and he didn't even have a little mood swing when he spoke again, it was still the smile that seemed to have remained unchanged for thousands of years, but the content that came out of Elson's mouth made Raymond almost spurt out a mouthful of old blood.
"Lord Raymond, we are all cultured men, and there is nothing new in this hypocritical trick of blaming others, and if you are sure to refuse my request, I will attack the city if I think there is no other way to solve it. ”
"I have never underestimated the garrison of the border city, and the fact that they can stand on the city wall without changing their faces in the face of the endless sea of the dead proves that they are all brave warriors, and I am also in awe of the new weapons of Spartacus, but if the two sides really have a bloody conflict and cause irreparable consequences, please note this account to Elder Raymond. ”
"You fart!"
Before Elson's words were finished, Raymond, who couldn't bear it, finally scolded regardless of his manners, and was pierced by Elson in front of so many people, as if he had directly stripped him naked and tied to the torture rack for people to watch, and what was even more terrifying was that if he let Elson continue to say it without refutation, he would also be able to sit on the black cauldron of the trouble, and Parrington would not be light on him at that time, and it would probably be difficult to explain it when he returned to the Grand Elder of Spartacus Delo.
It's a pity that Elson turned a deaf ear to Raymond's excitement, and said with a deep smile: "As for the fish-people and Spartacus army you are waiting for, I'm afraid they won't appear, not only won't they appear, I'm afraid you'll never see them again, I know that you've been stalling for time until now to wait for rescue, in fact, I'm not the same, ask a question, haven't you noticed that there is one less person on my side?"
Who is missing, what to do, how many people to take, Raymond doesn't think about anything anymore, Parrington may know that the most important commander in the necromantic army is missing, Gru, and the number of corpse witches transformed after slaughtering several dwarven elf towns along the way should be far beyond the current scale, which may be the reason why Parrington has not appeared until now, but this, Parrington has never revealed any information to Raymond!
He only felt like a beam-jumping dwarf now, and he didn't know that he was being covered with a black cloth over his whole body, but he thought he was in control of the whole darkness.
"You...... Want to ...... with Spartacus Are you an enemy of the dragon god?"
Not knowing what to say anymore, Raymond finally let out such an unwilling struggle, like the last bubble spit out by a drowning man, breathing, but powerless.
"This joke of yours is really not funny at all, from the time of Lear, all the way to the present, and even in the distant future, haven't we always been enemies?"
It's not funny to say it, but the warm smile on the corner of Elson's mouth has never disappeared, and he waved his hand forward faintly, and the army of the undead, which had been like petrified and dried bones, suddenly boiled like a thousand tons of boiling oil.
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