Chapter 66: The Beginning
"Hey!" Oz waved the shield in his hand and directly scattered one of the skeleton warriors who tried to sneak up on him, and then he roared, put the shield in his hand on his shoulder, and then launched a short charge forward at full speed, directly breaking a passage in the middle of a large group of skeleton warriors, and rushed into the side of Franco and the others, who were also part of the Wind Mercenary Regiment, surrounded by the skeleton warriors.
"Oz, you ......" I don't know if it's because of tired panting or because of emotion, Franco, the deputy head of the surrounded Wind Mercenary Group, can't even speak, he and several companions around him are now all with large or small wounds, both physical strength and will have been weakened to the extreme, it can be said that if it wasn't for Oz rushing in to rescue them, maybe these mercenaries of the Wind Mercenary Group wouldn't be able to last even a minute.
"You shouldn't have come!" Franco finally said what was in his heart: "Your family lives in the slums, and it only takes a few minutes to leave the city, let alone come here to die, and don't forget that you have a wife and a lovely daughter......
"I won't leave my companions behind. Oz interrupted Franco without waiting for him to finish: "Now you follow me to the west, remember not to fall behind!" Oz said this, and vigorously swung the pure steel battle axe in his hand, and struck the handle of the axe against the shield in his left hand hard, making a crisp and loud sound, and then Oz let out a roar of rage and killed in the direction he came. Franna and the others originally thought that they would definitely die, but now that they were rescued by Oz, their morale was naturally boosted, and they followed him and began to fight hard.
Surrounded by Franco, almost all of them were skeleton warriors, undead creatures that used the bones of humanoids to transform into almost the lowest level of existence, and their individual combat power was not even as good as that of an ordinary human warrior. It's just that these undead creatures that exist in another "life form" don't feel tired at all, they can fight continuously without considering the problem of morale and supply, and even if it's just an ordinary, necromancer whose mana is about the same as that of an intermediate mage can summon dozens of them in one go, and only need to spend a very small amount of mana to control them to fight, so skeleton warriors can easily form a numerical advantage, and then slowly exhaust their enemies.
Oz's state of mind was completely unaffected by the heavy overlapping and disgusting white bones, and he calmly rushed to the front of the entire formation, killing a bloody path for his companions behind him. Even after leaving Ryan and Faras, Oz still hasn't dropped his hard training, even if he already has his own daughter, he still maintains his strong physical strength, and his martial arts have become more and more proficient because of these years of training, and the skeleton warriors around him can't affect him at all.
When Franco and the others had regained some of their strength and could protect Oz's flanks and behind them, Oz simply hung his shield back on his back, and once again picked up two battle axes made of pure steel, like a whirlwind, to open a passage through the vast expanse of undead warriors, and any enemies in his way were all reduced to pieces by the slashing of the two battle axes.
In just thirty minutes, Oz and Franco have fought through two streets, which are less than 500 meters away from Oz's home, and only 5 minutes away from the only west gate of Seabreeze City, of course, this refers to the usual walking time, and now the sudden undead army has launched an attack on Seabreeze City, and Oz himself does not know whether they have occupied the city gate and blocked the only escape route in the city.
"Hungry!" a muffled voice came into Oz's ears, and then a familiar fishy smell wafted into Oz's nose, causing him to immediately stop moving on, for he was already sensitive to the sound of this smell coming to his ears. As Oz had expected, after the muffled voice sounded, the skeletal warriors who had gathered around Oz to stop him faded away like flowing water, and a huge bloated creature staggered out of the corner of the street in front of them.
"God of Light, what is that!" Franco cried out, he had never seen such an undead creature assembled from multiple human corpses, but the view of the bloated undead creature stretching out five arms holding various different weapons, and the white bones and internal organs of its body exposed from the decay were enough to make the deputy head of the Wind Mercenary Group vomit on the spot.
"Be careful, this guy has a lot of strength, I killed a few of them back then, it's very difficult to mess with!" Oz whispered a warning, then took the shield from his back with his backhand, blocking it in front of his chest, and then carefully stared at the assembled monster in front of him.
"Meat, fresh meat!" was another few equally muffled voices, and then the doors of the shops along the street were reduced to splinters and flew around, and another assembled monster appeared next to Oz after leaving a large hole. Two identical assembled monsters appeared on the side, behind and behind Oz.
Oz's heart began to sink, although his current strength is far greater than when he was adventuring with Ryan, but he still does not have the confidence to kill such an assembled monster independently, and now he is surrounded by four assembled monsters at once, Oz knows that he is only afraid that it is impossible to escape today, fortunately, he let his wife leave with their daughter in his arms early in the morning, and told her to flee to Cassano's side, counting that it has now been more than ten kilometers, as long as their mother and daughter find Ryan, I believe that this former companion will take good care of themγ
"Long time no see, Oz. Dressed in a black robe, Bailey appeared on the roof of a house by the street with his hands behind his back, looking condescendingly at his companion who had been competing with Ryan at the AtlΓ©tico Royale tournament with mixed feelings. And Oz, who heard his voice, raised his head and looked carefully for a long time, but because the sky was too dark, there was no way to identify Bailey's identity, not to mention that Bailey's body was almost changed now, whether it was his voice or appearance, it was completely different from before, even if he looked closely face-to-face, Oz was afraid that he would not be able to recognize the person in front of him as the magical genius Bailey who was invincible in the imperial capital at that time.
"Do you know me, who are you?" Oz asked two questions in one breath, but Oz, who was high up, did not speak, he waved his hand casually, and said softly: "Leave him behind, and kill the rest." β
As soon as Bailey's words fell, the four assembled monsters immediately made a greedy sound, and rushed towards Oz and them without hesitation, Oz's face changed greatly, he was about to meet a assembled monster and they desperately, suddenly his ankles tightened, and he was already entangled by something.
Oz's eyes glanced down, and he saw countless dense branches like a long snake constantly wrapping around his thighs, and before he could react, those branches had completely wrapped around Oz's lower body, and then a strong surge of power hung Oz upside down in the air.
Oz struggled desperately, and he even desperately used the sharp battle axe in his hand to split the branches, but those plant branches were unusually hard for some reason, and Oz's axe could directly split through the arm-thick stakes, but could not make even a slight mark on the surface of these branches.
"No!" Oz, who was under his head and feet, watched as the assembled monsters tore Franco apart without any effort, and then grabbed the severed arm that was still dripping with blood and stuffed it into his mouth, letting out an earth-shattering roar, if it weren't for his body being bound by those plant branches, even if he wanted to kill himself, Oz wanted to rush to those ugly monsters now, and die with them.
Unfortunately, Oz couldn't do anything, his only choice was to close his eyes in pain, but Franco's dying howl was still heard in his ears, and the feeling of powerlessness consumed Oz's heart like a plague, and two lines of blood and tears slowly flowed out of his eyes. When he returned to Seabreeze City, he was invited by Franco to join the Tempest Mercenary Group, and the bits and pieces of being taken care of by Franco and others for so many years resurfaced in Oz's mind. Now Oz hates himself very much, why didn't he continue to follow Ryan's side at the beginning, but chose to retreat, otherwise he must have enough strength to protect his wife and girlfriend around him, instead of being so weak.
Soon, Oz, who had lost his freedom, was dragged away by a dozen skeleton warriors, which was specially arranged by Bailey, who hoped that his teacher Nicholas could turn the half-dead human warrior into another dark creature, so that when Bailey met with Ryan again, he could witness the dilemma that made him jealous.
Bailey looked up at the rising sun, and his heart was full of expectation: "Ryan, who has always claimed that he will not abandon his companions, I am very similar to the expression you had when you faced Oz, who has turned into a dark creature, I think, this day will come soon, don't let me down." β
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After breakfast, Ryan walked in the busy barracks, and suddenly felt a sense of unease in his heart, he was stunned for a moment, and stood with his head sideways, thinking about Orlando's arrangement repeatedly, hoping to find out the reason for his uneasiness. This time Ryan came to the northern battlefield and brought only one person, Allendo, Cassano's main force did not move at all, plus Galib's sitting, it can be said that it is very stable. And in the imperial capital, with Faras and Red in charge, plus a large number of cardinals and royal magisters, even if the legendary powerhouse Catherine personally helped, it was enough to support Victor's reinforcements. Orlando has been thinking about these aspects for a long time, and naturally it is impossible to leave any flaws.
Ryan smiled self-deprecatingly, feeling that he was still too young to hold his breath in the face of the big battle, so that this chaotic feeling appeared, he quickened his pace, and soon came to Orlando's military tent. As the supreme military commander of the entire alliance army, General Orlando will announce the military deployment of this main decisive battle today, and the outcome of this general battle will also determine the future fate of the imperial capital, the Holy Alliance, and the entire human race.