Chapter Seventy-Six: The Burning Heart

In the winter of 1817 in the Nantes calendar, the army of the undead went south to Noller, and in only half a month, the southern part of the Soller plateau fell. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the spring of the same year, the army of the undead marched north to Adelaide, vowing to march to the royal capital within a month and take the crown of the Adelaide Lions.

However, the army was blocked in the Brilliant Fortress, and the undead army attacked for half a month, losing countless troops, and failed to take this legendary fortress.

The angry undead commander, who went into battle in person, almost didn't come back.

In the end, it was the Grand Lich Marjunlin Duo who issued a new military order, and they were surrounded in the form of an umbrella, waiting for her arrival.

The undead continued to attack for half a month at any cost, and the glorious fortress that was once full of soldiers quickly declined, and the armies of several nearby territories were all wiped out.

In order to maintain the energy supply of the fortress circle, not only the magic crystals stored for hundreds of years were exhausted, but also the magic crystals of several cities were also exhausted.

If the army of the undead continues to attack for another half a month, this fortress, which has not been lost for hundreds of years, may change hands.

It stands to reason that the army of the undead has been in the fortress for half a month, and the reinforcements from the royal capital should have arrived a long time ago.

It's a pity that King Adelaide is old, and the city defense army is controlled by the noble council at all levels, and a lot of news from the front has been thrown into the trash.

All they know now is the news of the loss of Bishop City a month ago, the collapse of the war between the front line and Noller, and the organization of parliament to discuss measures for peace talks with Noller, scoffing at the information of the undead army delivered by the military headquarters, and fiercely driving out the scouts who arrived overnight from the fortress.

Fortunately, there is a wise princess in Adelaide. After receiving the news of the arrival from the front, she knelt in front of her father for a day that night, begged for an order, and urgently dispatched the Red Red Legion, which had been stationed in the north and was the strongest in the kingdom, to rush to the Brilliant Fortress overnight to support.

In the noble council, he was majestic and intimidating, speaking out the horror of the undead, never leaving prisoners, and successfully frightened many nobles.

With the help of her uncle, the Duke of Havre, she successfully passed the vote and promised to expel tens of thousands of private troops, and let the royal knight chief Raphael lead them to the fortress to support.

Then he invited the main figures of several major chambers of commerce of the kingdom overnight, and under the sacrifice of part of the kingdom's rights, a huge number of strategic materials were collected and transported to the front line one after another.

Only then did he survive the second wave of attacks by the army of the undead.

By the time Arnold arrived at the Splendid Keep, the fortress had been withstanding the undead for months, from spring to June.

The king of Adelaide even issued a very high bounty hunting mission, so the fortress gathered countless adventurers.

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Woo~~~~~

At noon in early summer, the sun was blazing and the weather was drowsy, and just as the soldiers were straining their spirits, a rapid siren slammed through the sky above the glorious fortress.

"It's the banshee's howl of pain!

"The bones are here again, ready to fight!"

"Everyone, hurry up and get to their respective defense zones. ”

On the fortress, the voices of commanders everywhere are endless.

Trained in the flames of war, the soldiers of Adelaide's glorious fortress have all become battle-hardened and adapted to the way they fight against non-humans. The nerves are tensed, and the slightest movement can immediately enter the combat state.

To fight against the undead who don't need to eat or sleep, you must seize every moment of rest, and once you are ordered to rest, you can immediately fall asleep.

The commanders of each district have rich combat experience, and they can still command calmly in the face of the howl of the banshee.

In the undead array, there is a platform several feet above the ground, on which a mysterious formation is depicted, and nearly a thousand banshees stand in the magic array, silently waiting for orders!

On the horizon of the Soller Plateau, a castle slowly appeared, and this castle was in the very center of the undead position, walking with the huge army of the undead.

Slowly moving the castle forward, there were hundreds of undead dragons, and only their immense strength could pull them.

At the top of the castle stands a throne, which is made up of a dragon skeleton, with the dragon's head on the left arm, the dragon's tail on the right, and the huge dragon wings supporting the back of the throne.

On the throne sat the skeleton of a giant, wearing a rusty crown, a huge scythe in one hand, and a lantern that emitted a light that pierced through the mist. That's the king of all dry bones, Salinas, the Skeleton King.

He was the Grand Lich King Majunlyn Duo, the first undead High Lord summoned from the Land of the Dead with the Mercury Scepter.

Skeletron Salinus cracked his mouth, exposing his obsidian-encrusted fangs to the air.

The two flame-like eyes, full of cruel smiles, lightly slapped the sickle in his right hand, and spat out two hoarse words.

"Attack!"

Strong soul fluctuations spread across the battlefield from Skeletron Salinas.

"Let life tremble in our screams!"

The banshee commander immediately flew those sharp claws and ordered excitedly.

Nearly a thousand banshees behind her raised their heads at the same time, letting out a terrifying howl of pain.

The howl in the void, forming ripples visible to the naked eye, quickly swinging towards the glorious fortress, becoming a nightmare for countless civilians in the fortress, the pain of the soldiers, and the anger of the adventurers.

At the same time, in the darkness behind the castle, countless undead winged beasts flew out.

These undead winged beasts all come from the undead factories in the caves, and they load countless bones with various wings to form the cannon fodder air force of the undead army.

Mix gargoyles and bone dragons into an elite flying air force, and descend with a large force.

Banshees were once beautiful elven women who were brutally murdered by demons during the fall of Nantes. These dead souls still remain silently in this world, wailing in pain. Over time, they became jealous of all living creatures and developed a deep hatred for them. When the undead queen Sylvanas and them, she gathered the banshees together, promising them a chance to take revenge on the living creatures. Sylvanas used the mercury scepter to give them a terrible voice that sounded terrible to the living, and howled unceasingly. The banshee became a warrior of the undead legion, attacking her enemies on the battlefield using the power generated by the mournful wails. Their creepy screams of evil could be heard miles away.

The shrill sirens of the fortress still sounded non-stop, and the supreme commander of the fortress, Regg, had already come to the command hall for the first time, and countless pieces of information had gathered into his hands, and he had issued countless orders to make the entire fortress run in an orderly manner.

"Raphael, you take your knights, go and gather all the knights you can find in the fortress, go to the entrance of the fortress and wait for orders. ”

"Yes!" Raphael walked out of the command hall without looking back.

"Tie En, you take the second red brigade to the city wall to supervise the battle, don't let the cowardly aristocratic private army ruin the morale of the army. ”

"It's the regimental commander, I, Tie En, will definitely let that group of nobles know what a battlefield is. At this time, Deputy Commander Tie En had a serious face, received the order, solemnly gave a military salute, and solemnly walked out of the command hall.

Reg nodded, looked at the thumbnail of the fortress, frowned and pondered.

Why did the undead attack at this time, we couldn't succeed when we were not well prepared, let alone the soldiers and supplies were sufficient now.

Could it be that they want to use a large number of undead winged beasts? No way, hundreds of magic repeaters on the fortress are not decorations, not to mention magic crystal cannons.

For a moment, the entire command hall fell silent.

"General, should we remind the Inspectorate that they are ready to open the fortress barrier at any time. An adjutant cautioned.

"Fortress Barrier? No, don't worry, although now that you have the key, you can use the energy of the Scorching Heart, and you don't have to waste an incredible number of magic crystals every time you open it, but this is the killer feature of the Brilliant Fortress, and it can't be easily opened until the end. Reg said lightly, turning his head to continue looking for the undead on the topographic map, when he suddenly made a move, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Is it for the burning heart?"