Chapter 24: The Northern Campaign (3)

In today's increasingly rampant undead, fighting the undead has become a compulsory course for every Dawn cultist, whether it is the lowest priest or a probationary knight, the entry assessment is to complete a purification ritual under the leadership of the seniors, and everyone who can be sent to the northern front to participate in support has rich combat experience, but when they see the mirror image projected on the fortress wall through the magic eye, they can't help but gasp. The sea of corpses and bones is no longer enough to describe the scene presented in the eyes at this moment.

Beyond the valley of paradise, on the frozen plains of the blizzard, the endless undead stretched to the end of the horizon, and the soul flame of the orchid gave the illusion of stars in the night sky in the dim environment of cold and gloomy haze. Unlike the river of life, which represents life outside the entire crystal wall, these beautiful rays of light symbolize deadly death.

Although Julian was resentful, he had to admit that what the Child of Nature had just said had some truth.

Not to mention the battle, this amount is enough to make people lose their fighting spirit just by looking at it. Cowardice before fighting is a taboo for soldiers, not to mention that there is no attrition at all for the undead, even the Dawn Divine Technique, which can completely purify their souls, cannot completely curb their own attrition, and every time they die, it is to increase the enemy's combat power, and before the battle begins, the alliance side has already lost half of it.

"What about the enemy commander?" Even with the strength of the pillars as support, Link would not be as arrogant as Julian.

Death knights, vampires, and lichs, the three most powerful factions of the Undead Empire, the position of lich lord has not changed since the appearance of frost, and the other two lords are not recorded in the history books, only by their positions. The reason why Cybrien and Field were able to leave their names was entirely due to the direct invasion of the empire by the undead in the later period, and the only one who really made a name for himself in the early wars was Lord Frost, who was called the Lich King by his enemies.

Now. What Link wanted most was to find out if his worst enemy, Frost, had come to this plane.

The time difference between Earth and Edgar was constantly changing, and he wasn't sure if Frost's fame was at the beginning or after it had been dormant. In terms of stratagem, Link doesn't consider himself a rival to Frost, and if the Lich Lord, known as the Grim Reaper's henchman, is in Edgar, the battle will be a life-and-death battle between their two old enemies.

Traveling through time and space does not mean that you will not die, and you will make mistakes. He will fall in the name of Befast or lose the deity of the pillar and die as a common man. Link is not afraid of death, but he fears that the history that has changed because of him will affect the future. So, it's also a battle that can't be lost.

Probably because his mood was too heavy, even Julian, who had always been at odds with Link, sensed that something was wrong, and kept glancing at him.

"Two of the three lords are on the front line. "It was Elf Romero who answered Link. Strictly speaking, only elves in the alliance can be counted as the same faction as the children of nature.

"Although the charge of the Death Knight is tricky, under the protection of the Life Barrier, as long as you don't leave the fortress, you can still avoid the cause and effect of death. But with the addition of the Lich Lord. The pervasive necromancy has skyrocketed casualties on our side. Dante also joined the ranks of the battle commentators. The dwarves, who were born incapable of magic, suffered the most casualties in the face of pure magic attacks, and he desperately wanted the Children of Nature to join in and reverse the long-standing defeat.

"The problem is that just because we don't go out doesn't mean the enemy can't come in. Mario pointed out the problem that caused them the most headache right now: "The Life Barrier can only defend against the dead, but it can't stop the blood slaves controlled by the dead blood, and even with the help of a mage, it can't screen out who is infected in the fortress." ”

The Imperial Commander representing humanity looked at the Child of Nature from afar with expectant eyes, if not even this one could solve the imminent Blood Slave. It was only a matter of time before the fortress was breached.

"Blood slave...... Link bowed his head thoughtfully, and under his feet was the sturdy and thick city wall. A third of the soldiers were hid there, ready to replace their comrades on the city walls at any time, and even he could not perceive the blood slaves of the living without using divine magic. Moreover......

"It's not difficult to find out, but if this batch is solved, there will be new infected people. Unless you don't plan to send soldiers into battle. ”

The commanders and high-ranking generals present all had bitter expressions on their faces, except for Romero, and Archmage Ortega had said similar things. Once infected with blood poison, the body and mind will completely become slaves to the vampire, and the longer the poisoning, the lower the chance of recovery, and even if the vampire is annihilated as the master for a long time. The Poisoned have also become monsters that only obey their blood-sucking and killing instincts.

"The Blood Slave can be put aside for the time being, and the most important thing for now is to let the enemy know that reinforcements from the Alliance have arrived. Link leapt onto the wall, an act that immediately caught the attention of the skeleton archers beneath the fortress, and a dense rain of arrows poured down on him as if they were about to shoot him into a sieve.

"Hey......" Julian subconsciously shouted, only to see the deadly arrow turn strangely at the moment when it was about to touch the Child of Nature, grazing his body and sliding down, piercing the gravel ground into a dense "nail board".

Rao is accustomed to seeing the siege scene of the alliance soldiers were also shocked by this casually exposed arrow defense, this kind of technique is not advanced in spells or magic arts, but the defense point is calculated by individual or area, so many and long waves of attacks, the general technique has long been broken. Furthermore, the Nature's child of nature's arrow defense seems to be slightly different from the other people's techniques. Whether it's magic or magic, the ultimate goal of arrow defense is to keep ranged physical attacks out of the barrier, and Nature's Child's arrow defense is closer to channeling, directing all attacks from itself to another. It seems simple, but if you are not careful, you may be shot, and once the guidance is interrupted, the consequences can be imagined, and absolute control is required.

Show off? No...... This guy has no one in his sights, but he never does that kind of boring thing.

......Are you used to it? It's really unpleasant, with the blessing of the pillar, I really want to see him lose his power.

Even though he understood that Link's actions were not intentional, Julian still had some scheming in his heart.

If the life force of humans is like fireflies, then Link, as a child of nature, is like a torch in the dark, with an irresistible force for the undead outside the fortress, and they follow the instinct to attack without giving orders. Wave after wave of arrows roared towards him, and they were staggered by an invisible force, and all fell into the open space within the city walls.

The necromancers and low-level lichs who were in charge of controlling the low-level undead quickly noticed the loss of control in front of the army, but by the time their orders reached the front of the position, the skeleton archers had already contributed a lot of arrows to the enemy, which were real iron arrows, not the ghostly power of ghost archers.

Dante was the first to react, and immediately ordered the dwarves in heavy helmets to pick up the arrows on the ground, they were short of supplies, and the supplies from the south were far from enough to consume. It's not that I haven't tried this method, but who wants to let a mage who is a precious combat power be used as a bait to attract artillery fire, no commander dares to use his subordinates to do this kind of thing, and at the same time, he will add backup to the other party.

The eerie silence didn't last long, and the next wave of attacks arrived, this time shooting the arrows by ghostly archers who couldn't rely on physical defense, and the shield-wielding dwarves hurriedly retreated, ducking behind the solid stone fortifications, waiting for the mage's enchantment support.

Ortega didn't give the order as usual, and his eyes were fixed on Link, who was still standing on the wall. No one urged him, and everyone wanted to know what kind of countermeasures this one would show next.

Rao is state of mind had reached a level of calmness, and Link was still tired of the archmage's temptation. It is precisely because we attach too much importance to benefits and gains and losses that human beings will miss the opportunity to defeat the undead again and again, even if they can't win, they shouldn't lose so badly.

Disgust is disgust, and Link will not give up his defense because of his disgust with Ortega. The frozen ground rumbled up, overturning the skeleton soldiers standing on it while blocking the pale arrows that shot at the same time, and then when everyone didn't react, they turned into dozens of earth elements as high as the city wall, and used the agility that did not match the huge body to rampage through the skeleton army of the forward, and in a blink of an eye, most of the undead who had approached under the walls of the fortress were wiped out, and the morale that was still sluggish before was immediately boosted, and even the soldiers hiding in the bunkers of the city wall couldn't help but cheer.

"This ......" Mario lay on the battlements in a daze, although he had heard that the power of the divine envoy was beyond the imagination of ordinary people, but this was too exaggerated, I didn't even hear him chant the spell, when did he cast the magic spell? Looking at that relaxed expression, this kind of attack is all trivial......

Dante stroked his thick beard, and a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Should I really say that he is worthy of being a child of nature?

He didn't feel much divine power before, and he was still a little worried, but his casual hand proved the strength that a child of nature should have, and even if he couldn't win this war, he wouldn't lose it.

Also holding the same view as Dent is Romero, a natural elemental magician who has a deeper sense of Link's power.

The Earth Shield, Earth Elemental Summoning, Shockwave, and Hope Technique, the four divine spells were activated at the same time, this is no longer an ordinary child of nature, I'm afraid it has reached the incarnation level...... Just as he was thinking about it, the earth elemental that was charging in the enemy army suddenly cracked, turning into rubble and pouring down to the ground.

The sudden change heralded the appearance of a formidable enemy, and the army of the undead, who had been forced to retreat, regrouped, and silently formed a formation and pushed back again.

Even without the use of Eagle Eye, Link saw the new general—the pitch-black nightmare and the pitch-black armor were too abrupt to be seen at a glance in the white skeleton.

"Dead Rider Lord!" all the commanders shouted, so soon, one of the three major lords appeared, in the past, this battlefield god only appeared in the second half of the battle, this time he appeared so early, did he sense that there was a relationship between the masters on the alliance's side? Sure enough, he responded to what he said at the beginning. (To be continued.) )