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Major Nellensorton breathed in the air mixed with the smell of blood and rancidity.

A faint gray haze filled the air, the thin droplets of water left behind after the undead magic had dissipated.

The undead army, claiming to be the Restoration Army, fell into a trap and smashed into the defense line in front of the cathedral, leaving behind a foul-smelling mess.

He had reorganized his army, leaving the non-combatants in the church and waiting for another commander present to finish his work.

"The wounded stayed. Locals stayed. You can't use magic yourself, you can only use the equipment to stay. ”

The uncrowned Protestant pope, Archbishop Bonnie Seiffel of the Reformation Church, stood on the steps in front of the main church, raised her hand, and with a simple order to divide her apologists into two detachments.

"The defense is up to you. Try to protect yourself, then sweep the remnants of the enemy in the south. ”

One man after another, with bishops and parish priests, quickly rallied the fighting forces of their churches. Naimon was amazed at the sheer number of these mid- and high-level clergy.

"In the face of the evil army of the undead, we are the last and strongest divine defensive force in Phase Harbor. You will face the army of the undead who have landed on the side of the Inland Sea and sweep them away. ”

He made a rough estimate, and counted six or seven priests of the bishop or above. That's an army that far exceeds the number of people the Phase Port Innovation Association should have.

Like all Protestant major orders, the Reformation is a coalition of several autonomous churches. But because of Bonnie Sefir's incredible personal strength and organizational skills, the congregations gathered under the emblem of the Revolution were already the largest among the free nations, almost rivaling the power of the four major Protestant orders.

"I will not be fighting alongside you, and the command will be in the hands of the Overseer, Mr. Namentholeton. After the death of General Gao Huo, the commander of the Zhuhai Division, he is the de facto commander of the Free Army of the Phaseport, and he will provide you with guidance and intelligence. In the harbor area, you should be able to find Admiral Wei Taiping and his deputy Major Marshal Wei Buwu, who are in charge of the fleet, and now their marines should be defending the harbor area. ”

One after another, men and women wearing episcopal epaulettes, dressed in elaborate and elaborately decorated close-fitting robes, pressed their hands to their chests, and loudly ordered them to leave, gathered their respective ranks, and marched eastward with torches.

"Our opponents are the undead of the Ancient Elven Empire, and they will have all kinds of spells that we can only see in ancient books, and even spells that we don't even have in ancient books. The Eastern Front is in your hands!"

Only Naimon, who had more information than the others, discovered the sense of incongruity inherent in these orders.

He leaned over to Bonnie, lowered his voice and asked, "Bonnie, do you want to deal with that immortal alone?"

Hearing Naimon's question, the archbishop bent the fingertips of her right hand slightly, and the gold thread on the back of the white silk glove flickered, allowing the invisible mist to block the voices of the two.

"The Immortal is the commander of the enemy army, ask Anne in detail, she knows best about the revival army, I don't waste time. Unlike the speed of her previous speeches, Bonnie's speech became faster and faster, "They are always lurking in civilized society. According to the principle of 'the beneficiary is the most suspicious', I think the most suspicious is the empire, and it is Wei Taiping's subordinates who come down. If it's an immortal of the empire, I probably know it, but if it's Wei Taiping's subordinate, I'm afraid it will be an immortal I haven't heard of......"

"No, I'm not asking what an immortal is, I can probably guess. Even if it's an empire of the dead, the organizational structure is no different from ours. What I want to ask is, why do you want to go 'alone'. ”

"Because ......," Bonnie paused, "if I'm wrong, there's more room to go alone." Take four or five bishops, it is possible to completely tear their faces with the silver dragons, don't worry, even if there are immortals, they are not my opponents. ”

Naimon shook his head.

"No, Bonnie? Anne told me a word. This hunch of hers now, in your time, was called the 'Banner of Death'. That's what Anne did last time she lied to me. ”

"Well, I'm not Annie. I don't like you, so it's not going to be a flag of death. The glittering Bonnie raised her hand to fix her hair and took a half step back, "I guess some idiot must be kissing......, right?

This sentence poked Naimon's memory. He raised his hand and interrupted in a low voice, "I'm sorry. I kissed it. ”

Bonnie stopped in embarrassment, turning her gaze to the side.

"I'm sorry. I don't know about it...... I'm stupid. ”

The atmosphere suddenly became very awkward.

"But no matter what, you don't have to worry about me losing to a mere Immortal. And if it's an Empire Immortal, I still know who it is! I haven't been able to defeat him even if I have risen to the ninth rank, let alone now. By the way, if you encounter a high-level commander such as the Immortal or the Undead Ruler or the Undead Protector on the other side, you can hold the Soul Stone and ask what to do with the memory. No one is better at dealing with the undead than that gem. ”

Bonnie panicked and finished all the words she wanted, and as if fleeing for her life, she released the spell of mute and turned in the direction of the cathedral.

Naimon saw from behind her, and Bonnie raised her hand to wipe her face.

"By the way, help me get a clean cloak!"

Bonnie shouted to a priest who was leaving, and took off her bloodstained white priesthood cloak. The priestess's hands trembled with excitement, and she clutched her cloak tightly to her chest, forgetting to take off her cloak for the archbishop.

Bonnie reached out and unfastened the preacher's brand-new cloak, put it back on, and raised her hand to straighten her hair. Her dark brown shoulder-length hair was bathed in holy light and looked as if it were pale blonde.

"Horses!"

Bonnie shouted again. Naimon withdrew his gaze and turned back to his group.

His army was ready to go.

"Give me something about the Immortals on the way, Annie. ”

"Oh, the Immortals. In the Recovered Elven Empire, these level spellcasters are second only to the sleeping emperor, probably equivalent to the cardinal of the Orthodox Church, the most high-level necromancer magic user, and especially superior in combat effectiveness......"

The young Overseer clutched the blue soul gem and mounted his horse and whipped it.

"There is still some time until the firefight, so you can take a closer look. He whispered to Anne's memory, "...... Let me hear more about her. ”

The army began to move towards the port to the east, which was clinging to the phase bridge.

At dusk, the bus stop on the west side of the bridge

The last rays of sunlight faded across the projection line of the hills to the west, leaving the earth in endless darkness.

If it was the West Port of the Phase, the mercenary mage on duty should take a wand and turn on the magic lights of Lingang Avenue one by one, and the guards of the Phased Port Guard should also start patrolling the alleys and light the oil lamps at key intersections to guide night walkers.

But now, only three or five lone lights are on.

But the night is not dark.

Hundreds of torches lit the roads near the dock area, and more ship lights shone on the sea, maintaining communication between fleets. Workers who had been withdrawn from the docks were stranded on the roads near the waterfront, and the scattered bazaars were flooded with people preparing to go home, and many more were stranded in the harbor area because the public carriages were out of service.

"Is it an invasion? Are the Empires finally coming?"

"How can the empire have such a large fleet! I'm afraid the elves are coming to take revenge!"

Those who want to cross the bridge in a horse-drawn carriage can only be poor.

It is a well-known fact in this day and age that the poor are not human beings, but just labor that can be bought with money.

So no one came to explain to them that war had broken out, and no one told them that the public carriages had fled.

In the eyes of the Legion of the Dead, the defenseless poor are just a resource to be converted into zombie warriors, and the guardians will protect the poor, but in reality they are only to prevent the enemy from continuing to grow.

Briss stood in the midst of the panicked crowd, looking in the direction of the harbor with a worried face.

After working from a coffee shop and preparing to return to the hideout of Donggang, she happened to be blocked by this invasion at the head of the phase bridge.

Di Meiyi had already contacted her three times through the huge consumption of anti-detection teleportation, and the girl who could only do a low level of magic had almost used up her magic power to warn her.

"Is there really no problem? The Free Army of Donggang and the self-defense groups of the major families have been assembled, and we will go over to pick you up if necessary. ”

"I'm really going to figure it out on my own. With your weapons and training, it's probably useless to come here. Night is coming, save your mana, today is a day that will drain all magicians of their limits. Don't contact again, it's an order. ”

After sending the news back to Eastport, Bridis began to think about the situation in front of him again. As the person in charge of the hidden pile of Taiping Daoguo in Phase Port, she knows more than ordinary people, but not enough.

"I really should convert the funds left by Sister Zhang into more manpower......

The sorceress who used to serve in the Thieves' Guild denounced her short-sightedness in her heart. The demands for her own safety and secrecy were too high, resulting in few credible cronies in her hands.

"Let's go to the North District! There are two more, eight gold pounds each! There are two more, let's go when it's full!"

There were also some bold horse-drawn rentals shouting nearby, claiming they could pull people to safety. But their offer is too high, and none of the remaining people want to hire them, and probably can't afford to hire them.

"How much does it cost to cross the bridge?" "But it's not too much!" "But my home is in Donggang!"

A couple of men dressed as merchants were arguing with the coachman. However, no one dared to cross the phase bridge. From time to time, undead battleships with black sails passed over the bridge, wounded ships of the Fifth and Seventh Fleets burned and scattered across the sea like evening lights, and from time to time the blinding light of cannonballs and magic flickered on the bridge.

The sound of firefighting between the two sides could be heard in the evening breeze, and there were even a few exotic Sanskrit chanting mixed with the sound of explosions drifting in the wind.

"Therefore, there is no color in the air, no thoughts, no knowledge, no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind......"

"Is it the Dharma caster who is rooting out evil spirits...... No, why do I understand?"

With a little horror, Barreth discovered that he could understand these exotic spells. Whenever she almost forgot that she was just an amnesiac spare body, she was reminded by these things that were closely connected to the wizarding world: you weren't using your own powers.

She looked around, squeezed out the largest crowd, and walked towards the Phase Port Bridge.

The artillery barricades at both ends of the bridge are firing frantically. The two nearest forts, not far from the bus stop, were lined up in a row of soldiers in charge of the guards, pointing warily with their weapons in their hands.

"Don't approach the forts! The undead army is accustomed to trickery, and those who approach will be killed!"

The defenders were unusually nervous and violently stopped the crowd. At the front of their queue were three or five corpses of civilians trying to approach them.

"It doesn't seem like this road will work......"

But her gut told her that she couldn't stay here. If she were the commander of the invaders, she would have taken control of the bridge first, and there was only a dead end here.

“...... Damn it. There must be some way. ”

Her fists clenched, and she couldn't help but think of the night before that led to the death of "Emerald Ring". I think that I can sit back and relax when I have a backer, I seem to be too optimistic.

"Is it safe to follow the crowd, or is it safe to escape by yourself?"

Both seem to have their pros and cons.

"Going alone is definitely exposed, it seems too dangerous. ”

Although Bai Ruith's anti-detection magic is usually very effective, it is because she has been cautiously hiding out of the detection range of high-level magicians. Don't want a regular army like the Undead Legion with a huge overcast of spellcasters, even if the magic detachment of the Free Army gets serious, she will be as conspicuous as a torch in the night. In the shadows of the entire Phase Harbor, there must be hundreds of reconnaissance mages active, trying to find out the situation for their respective forces.

"But with the crowd, it seems to be ......"

She cast her gaze on the chaotic crowd, just in time to make eye contact with a young girl in the crowd.

"Is it Sister Bai? Do you also live in Donggang? It's great to find someone I know, I don't know what to do!"

Probably because she was standing on the periphery of the crowd, the young Taoist girl screamed, pounced, and hugged Bai Ruisi.

"Are you...... Ah, we worked together at a coffee shop?"

Bai Ruisi stared at her for a moment, and then vaguely remembered this part-time companion in his mind. It seems to be a recent refugee from the Taiping Dao Kingdom, but I can't remember what it was called.

"Yes, I'm Yao! What is Sister Bai's name?"

Sound. Everyone was panicking. Bai Ruisi frowned, and reported her pseudonym when she worked at Ionette's shop, "Bai Rui." ”

She surmised that the Daomin girl in front of her was about the same age as herself, but much younger than the Oriental mask she was using now. In anyone's opinion, the young and beautiful Yao Lubo is only fifteen or sixteen years old, but Bai Ruisi's ordinary, even ugly appearance is about thirty years old.

"Since you work in that shop, Sister Bai Rui is also a magician, right? Yao Lubo glanced in the direction of the port, "The enemy doesn't know when it will come, and I don't know what to do alone, but fortunately, I can find someone I know to act together......

Who's going to do it with you? Bai Ruisi secretly complained in his heart, but he still coped: "In this situation, the Xianggang Bridge will definitely not be able to pass." What are you going to do?"

"I want to go back to the coffee shop. Isn't it close to the Cathedral of the Reforming Society, and perhaps the priests over there have the power to protect our ......."

Brish frowned. She shouted in her heart: I don't want to go to the Cathedral of the Renewal Society and meet Bonnie Sephir in a fighting state. If I had met Bonnie Sefir, would I be imprisoned back in that tower and turned into a spare body again?

She really wanted to leave the strange girl and the crowd in front of her and run across the phase bridge alone. But when such a thought reached the tip of his tongue, he turned into a rational persuasion: "However, the intruder will also be aware of this." Eighty percent of the people around the cathedral are already surrounded by enemies, how can a half-magician like us be an opponent?"

Hearing this well-founded rebuttal, the young Daomin girl thought for a moment, "Why don't you move to the port? The port should still be in the hands of the Free Army, right?"

"Then we must hurry and go, if I am the commander of the enemy, we should cut this bridge"

Before Bai Ruisi could finish his analysis, a scream came from the direction near the port.

"Zombies!

"Shelling! Shelling backwards!"

With such screams, a loud rhythmic sound could be faintly heard coming from the direction of the bridge.

"The voice is...... Volleys of guns?!Are they shooting at the fleeing crowd?!"

Brish looked around. Countless people were rushing in front of them, and behind them was the continuous sound of guns firing.

Panicked crowds and killing armies can't be stopped, let alone armies made up of dead people.

It's not time to hide your strength. Brireth quickly ran away from the main road to avoid the two being trampled into meatloaf by the crowd, and raised his fingers to prepare the spell.

Halfway through the preparation, she saw that the Taoist girl was still stunned, so she scolded sharply: "Do you know how to float or fly?!

"No, it won't ......"

"Then levitate!"

Blazers threw out the five-stage magic, grabbed the Taoist girl's collar, and jumped onto the three-story storehouse on the side of the road. Standing on a high place, she was finally able to take in the entire Lingang battlefield.

Groups of zombie sailors, under the supervision of the death knights who came from the water, swam through the port area and climbed the breakwater made of stone. But the Seventh Fleet's marines also formed a strong defensive line, and they rushed from the direction of the harbor to press the largest group of landing enemy forces in the direction of the bridge.

Very good tactical ...... However, the thousands of poor and civilians were unfortunately caught between the bridge and the battle line.

"If this is also the habit of the original owner...... Well, maybe she's not that scary. Brish laughed at himself in his heart.

"Okay, so powerful magic ......" The Taoist girl who was caught by Bai Ruisi and flew up to the house together was surprised, "Sister Bai, you ...... magic power"

"Yao, you're loud enough, aren't you?" Bai Ruisi scolded his nosy self in his heart, "Tell them that the bridge is impassable, run towards the city, in the direction of the Cathedral of the Reformers!

"Yes, yes, big sister!"

Soon, under the shouts of Bai Ruisi's newly acquired sister, the crowd finally stopped rushing in the direction of the bridge, but ran towards the Westport City instead.

The people spontaneously repeated the command from an unknown source:

"Zombies are here!

"The phase bridge is broken!"

"Flee to the Cathedral of the Renewal Church, the Holy Maiden will protect us!"

The crowd rushed across the avenues, rushed across the intersections, stranded in squares and widely.

At the end of the crowd are huge detachments of zombies, skeletons, and ghouls, unsapient creatures that unleash their instincts and bite the straggled, wounded civilians to death, making them one of their own.

And more intruders are climbing the breakwater to engage patrols of the Seventh Fleet.

At the rear of the patrol's defensive line, they were commanded by a young oriental general, who was somewhat similar to Marshal Wei Taiping.

"It seems that someone has ordered the civilians to retreat, Your Excellency. ”

"Oh, leave them alone. We don't have enough users of magic and Dharma, as long as we can hold the port line and the bridgehead. ”

The Seventh Fleet's Major Marshal Wei Buwu instructed his subordinates, "You can send a few detachments to chase down those guys who are chasing and biting civilians, and it is very troublesome for those thousands of civilians to turn into zombies." ”

"Yes, young marshal. ”

After issuing the order, the rear marshal of the Seventh Fleet refocused his energies on the enemy in front of him.

Just as the Jiedu envoys of the Eastern Empire appointed his sons and adopted sons as commanders of the Yanaidu, Wei Taiping also appointed his most trusted son as the captain of the flagship, and when the flagship "Xiyang" was anchored in the harbor, the captain of the flagship became the chief of the naval forces stationed in the port.

In front of him were the death knights who had stepped on the sea. The ghost horse's invisible hooves can tread water, and it is the only pioneer in opening up the landing ground. Behind these knights were ghost ships that had broken into the harbor and were preparing to land on the beach.

"Ignore the civilians and keep advancing! No matter what, the enemy can't let the enemy take the bridge!"

Donggang also has a large number of troops, including the 13th Division of the Free Army, and its combat power is even higher than that of these troops in Xigang. If the Phase Port Bridge were taken by the Undead Army, the problem would probably be devastating.

"If only there were more monks in the fleet. ”

Just as the Western world relied on theortic users to fight the undead, the Eastern world also had the most skilled magic faction known as the "monks" who were the most skilled at dealing with the undead. Wei Taiping learned his previous lesson and brought most of the monks into the fleet to fight against the corrosive magic of the ghost fleet.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Nellon Soleton Headquarters, which had the largest number of priests and clerics, finally approached the west exit of the Phase Bridge.

The first to hit his ranks were a large number of civilians.

People trampled on each other and stumbled through the narrow gravel path, blocking the road.

They shouted messages and orders from nowhere, probably because they had been passed on by many hands, and most of them sounded absurd.

"The bridge has fallen, don't go to the bridge!" "The harbor has been taken over by the undead!"

"Go to the Cathedral of the Renewal Church, the Holy Maiden will save us!" "The Holy Maiden has arrived at Phase Harbor!"

The last news surprised Naimon.

He ordered the troops to make way for the refugees, and the priests to set up Sanctuary magic to calm the refugees and allow them to pass through the gaps in the ranks in a stable and orderly manner.

Then, Naimon found the nearest bishop to him: "Your Excellency the Bishop of Champagne, has you announced the news that His Excellency the Archbishop is in Phase Port?"

The bishop of Champagne was also stunned: "No, even I learned that the archbishop had arrived early after the invasion began. Almost all those who have formal clergy are ready to greet Your Excellency at the cathedral. ”

"Strange. Where the hell did the news come from?"

Naimon tapped his knuckles, thinking about the words Bonnie had left before leaving.

"Could it be that the news is coming from the Empire or the fleet? it is the news from the undead immortals, but why did he release the news that Bonnie is in Phase Harbor? they should not know that the war in the Cathedral of the Renewal is over...... Is it to inform your teammates?"

The thought of this unfathomable and mysterious enemy gave Naimon a headache.

"Forget it, let the archbishop deal with it. These intrigues are not for me. ”

The evacuation of refugees is not fast. After half an hour of marching against the refugees, the front army suddenly heard the sound of gunshots, swords clashing, and exotic spells, which lifted Namen's spirits.

"Is there finally a firefight?!"

The Overseer crosses the ranks and leads to the front of the battlefield.

What awaited him there was a hellish battlefield that he had never expected.

Thousands of refugees were cut off from the cathedral by the army of the undead, crowded into an open field near the Phase Port bus station to stop the carriages for people to get on and off the carriages, a large open space with an inclined ramp leading to the Phase Bridge.

The wagons that had been parked here were dragged by the defenders of the nearby fortifications to build fortifications. The Artillery Guards turned all their light artillery in the direction of the avenue and used it to bombard the army of the undead who were attacking in the midst of the refugees. The phase bridge was built on a high cliff and could bombard attackers from a high position.

In the direction of the port, there were several naval units struggling to maintain the front. They were assisted by a few Eastern Clerics, but were able to barely reach a draw with the enemy guards, who were supported by the Death Knights. From time to time, a new force climbs up from the sea and joins the many undead in the square.

If it weren't for the dozen or so spellcasters and adventurers fighting hard among the civilians, these thousands of refugees would have been eaten by the army of the undead. Even so, their battle lines are in jeopardy, and every second someone becomes food for the mouths of zombies.

But I just can't beat it!

"Your Excellency, we have tried, but we will not be able to penetrate it! I'm afraid all the bishops will have to come to repel this great enemy!"

Captain Garner, who commanded the vanguard, greeted him and said bitterly.

Naimon waved his hand fiercely: "But those civilians, they are gradually turning into the enemy's new zombie and ghoul troops! Those adventurers also look like they are about to lose the enemy's strength! Where is the main force of the fleet marine?!"

"Maybe it's still in the harbor. One of the bishops interjected, "I'll let the parishioners who are pacifying the refugees come up!"

"How long?" asked Naimon, "there may be more than a thousand civilians left, and they will last another quarter of an hour at most!

"If Archbishop Séfir's is here, you can charge as you did before...... But I don't have enough cultivation to keep you and you and your cavalry safe. The bishop shook his head and said, "At least, at least wait for everyone in the headquarters to catch up!

Bonnie Seiffel's name pokes at Namen's short-term memory.

"Wait a minute. Bonnie seems to be in a hurry to live something......"

"There's no one better at dealing with the undead than that gem. In Bonnie's impatient speech, there seems to be such a paragraph.

Naimon reached into his pocket, grabbed Anne's memory, and asked:

"Is there any magic that can stop these undead creatures from attacking?"

Anne was silent for a moment, then replied, "Stop?" Just ring the bell of the command. Hold on to this soul bell and pour some of your magic into it. ”

"Infuse me with magic?"

"Yes, and then, look at the legion of the undead that you want to stop. ”

Naimon looked at the numerous legions of the undead in front of him and took them all into his mind. Their ferocity, ruthlessness and killing.

Then command them, stop, and obey. ”

"I command, stop, and obey. ”

The sapphire in his hand suddenly shone brightly, and the light escaped from his fingers, dazzling everyone around Naimon.

"This holy light," exclaimed the Bishop of the Far South Diocese, "Is it from His Excellency the Archbishop?"

But what really surprised them was yet to come.

All the undead creatures that Naimon saw in his field of vision stopped moving

Then he knelt on the spot.

Whether it's zombies, skeletons, ghouls, ghosts, or even death knights, as long as they are undead, they all kneel in the direction of Naimon and stop moving!

Only a few dozen Dark Friends and Necromancers who had been operating with the Renaissance Army looked around in shock and amazement.

"What kind of magic is this? I've never heard of such magic! How can this magic exist!"

One of the necromancers even screamed hysterically.

"Attack!"

Seeing that there seemed to be a advantage to be taken, whether it was the marines, the artillery guards, or the civilian adventurers, they all launched a frenzied attack! In front of them, the previously tough and tricky undead legion did not react, and let all kinds of weapons smash themselves to pieces.

Seeing that Naimon himself was also frightened by the effect of this magic, Gagnel did not hesitate to give him the order:

"Assault of the whole army!"

Hundreds of horses' hooves stepped into the sea of corpses, mixed with the sweep of holy light.

Only a female magician hidden at the end of the tall warehouse nearby, kept staring at what Naimon was holding in her hand.

"That's ...... Soul Clock?Why did that name jump into my head?What the hell is that thing?Who the hell is that Overseer bastard?What is his relationship with Bonnie Sephier?"

Bridice struggled to sort through the messy fragments of his memory, but couldn't figure it out.

However, she did understand something: that man was not only the murderer of the Bloodbath Phase Port Thieves' Guild and the enemy of the "Emerald Ring", but he also had a relationship with his original body, Bonnie Sefill.

What's even more terrifying is that he even holds a valid soul clock.

A soul bell that has been authorized to command legions of the undead. The unknown knowledge in Brass told her that only the most advanced necromantic magic users should be able to forge and possess artifacts of this level.

Even the Immortal Commanders of the Revival Empire mostly had no such thing.

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