Chapter 44: The Prologue to the Empire of the Dead
The sky flickered with thunder that did not belong to this season, falling one by one, and under the light purple skyline, there was an endless wilderness plateau. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"They're coming!" the wind blew the flag, and someone shouted in the wind. A tiny spot appeared on the horizon, followed by a second, and then a third, with more and more spots, gradually forming a silvery-white line. Just like the rising tide, a thin waterline has appeared at the turn of the sky and the sea.
Then there was the majestic sea, countless skeletons came with their steps, and rows of skeleton mages in robes condensed each ** law in their hands, like a lighthouse in the dark.
On that jagged line, stood tall figures that had never been seen before—the undead were abominated. A group of dark shadows flew out of the sky, gargoyles, huge demonic wings, flapping wildly in the dark night.
The clouds rolled, and suddenly a huge mouth of the abyss opened, revealing a huge dragon head, spreading its wings that seemed to cover the sky and the sun, and its cold and dark pupils stared at the city under the dark sky. It's a terrifying frost dragon.
Bishop City, the lights were bright, and everyone standing on the city wall was quiet at the moment.
Suddenly, the crowd split up, and the Fire God put on the Marquis Nelson in the fiery armor and walked up to the city, accompanied by the knights of the guard. The sharp turbulence blew the mane on his collar, and the red lion's mane stood up one by one and flew backwards, and the dark red eyes reflected purple electric light, one by one, as if to light up his eyes.
The long dark red hair flew behind his head, and his sharp eyes revealed determination and hope. Everyone felt the change in their commander's temperament, and Marquis Nelson was like a hero about to die for his country, clutching the Imperial Medal and pursing his lips at the scene.
A few kilometers away, the trembling of the earth had already been heard.
In the Mage Tower, Archmage Giles stands on the top floor, looking through the crystal, looking for a way to survive. The winds tugged at his long mage robes, but the archmage was silent, his bright eyes shining brightly, staring at the battlefield.
The undead, the siege is on.
In 1817 in the Nantesian calendar, the army of the undead, led by the great lich Marjunline Dow, destroyed the city of Bishop. Tens of thousands of troops and more than 100,000 civilians in the city of Nole have all become undead. Marquis Nelson, the commander of the Fire God, slew hundreds of Death Knights before the death of the Grand Lich Marjunline Duo.
Only the Grand Magister Giles fled with hundreds of potential youths.
The Lich, the strongest undead and the controller of the undead, possesses terrifying intelligence. They use their own power to prolong life in unnatural ways, giving up life in order to be strong. Usually they have dark deep eye sockets, which are hollow and have only two dimes of light. It can see in the darkest environments and is not affected by bright light. Radiates a force field of cold and darkness.
And three days ago.
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Under the gray sky, layers of fog filled the air, and visibility was reduced to only a few hundred feet.
A team of ten people was walking through the fog, stopping from time to time to calibrate their route before continuing on. Looking at the skillful movements of these people, it is obvious that they are the elite of the professionals, and they must be gathered here to complete a very difficult task.
For them, the only people who knew these strange undead best were the priests of the Holy See of Light, not to mention the fact that they learned from the mouth of Fergus Wanfu that this was a veritable fourth-order high priest.
"General Fergus, please wait. Charles suddenly called out to Fergus, who was leading the team.
When Fergus heard this, he raised his hand to signal his vigilance, and drove his crotch mount to Charles's side.
"I sensed the chaos ahead, and the entrance to the Cave of the Dead was ahead. But I also sensed that there were countless undead in front of us, and we had to kill them. Charles said to Fergus with a serious face and a blank face.
"There is no second way?" asked Fergus, who did not move.
"Nope. Charles looked at him coldly.
Fergus nodded, his cold face suddenly relaxed, and then he drew his long sword, drove the mount, and slapped the mounts of the other 8 members one by one.
"As you have heard, there are countless undead in front of us, and we are going to open a path for Pastor Charles, and we will die for the rest of our lives. Fergus raised the long sword in his hand and continued to snort coldly: "Now, who wants to abstain and withdraw from this mission?"
The other eight members were immobile and calm, as if what Fergus said was not a matter of life and death.
"Very well, Master Green, you and Reverend Charles are in the middle of the line, the knight and I are leading the charge, and the others are guarding on either side, do you hear clearly? Fergus lowered his voice and drank.
The crowd nodded.
This ten-person team, in addition to the Holy See's Reverend Charles, the general of the Noller Empire, Fergus, also has a disciple from the mage tower Grand Magi Giles, the third-order Grand Magi Green Hammy.
The other 7 people are, the third-order swift archer Valen Quaker of the Mercenary Guild, the third-order silver assassin Campbell of the Thieves Guild, the berserker Marco of the Warrior Guild, and the two brothers Sias and Simos of the Swordsman Guild, who are also third-order.
The last two were Benson and Morey, the just knights of the Knoreer Empire, who were also nobles with the title of Barons of the Empire.
This is a team with an average level of three or above, but they are experienced in a hundred battles and are from elite backgrounds, and they can work together to deal with any fifth-order professional.
"Holy Armor!"
"Holy Shield!"
"Holy radiance!"
Seeing that everyone had lined up in formation, Charles raised his hand to wave three divine spells and bless them on the team, their effects were to reduce physical damage, reduce magic damage, and continue to restore life.
"Arrow protection!"
"Endurance lasts!"
"Giant's Power!"
The Great Magician Green also wielded a few group buff spells that are rare among mages, which can resist the protective magic of long-range arrows, increase the recovery magic for 1 hour for 1 hour, and double the power of the giant.
"Let's go. Seeing that everyone was ready, Fergus drew his long sword, slammed his hip down the highland warhorse, and took the lead in sprinting.
The Knights of Justice Benson and Morey followed closely behind, two cold-braving silver spears guarding the sides of the team.
The two brothers Sias and Simos escorted Charles and Green at the same time, and behind them were the berserker Marco and the silver assassin Campbell, and the last one in the team to break the tail was the agile and strongest dodge archer Valen Quake, who is said to have learned elven archery during his adventures, and his agile body was also derived from this.