Tata Village, a small village on the border of the Empire.

It's a beautiful place with farmland all over the place.

Every year is a good harvest year, and the warehouses are piled up with grain.

It's a pity that it's the lord's warehouse.

The poor are still the poor, and they will starve and starve.

Especially when the magic cannon has been developed recently, and the world is at war with people.

Although several countries have been defeated in a row, they have even frightened several countries to bow their heads and surrender.

But how can there be immortals in war? Not to mention that in order to save such an important resource as magic crystals, the empire does not use magic cannons to wash the ground in every battle.

So the damned will still die, and the soldiers are dying more and the poor are living worse than before.

Their taxes were increased on the grounds that they should be heavily taxed in times of war.

Moreover, the young men of the village, even those who could take up arms, were forced to serve as soldiers.

This also led to the fact that this year was a rare harvest year, but the villagers were lifeless and had no surplus food at home.

At this time, the lord's castle was gathering an army, and this was the seventh time they had gathered an army.

The soldiers of the first six times have basically died after going to the battlefield, after all, the vast majority of them are untrained militiamen, and the chances of surviving on the battlefield are not high, let alone fighting in a row.

In the lord's mansion, the lord hung a flag on the wall and nodded with satisfaction.

This is already the sixth flag he has received.

These are not only feats, but also proofs.

When the empire takes down the whole world, he will be able to use these military exploits to exchange for a larger territory.

This is also the reason why he is frantically looting supplies in the territory, and even sending out people who can fight.

After he changes his territory, there will naturally be a larger number of poor people waiting for him to scavenge, as for the remnants of these people in the original territory?

Who cares if they live or die?

Just as the lord was admiring the great achievements on the wall, the door was suddenly slammed open, and a guard ran in with a nervous look.

"Oh no! Master! City! There's a big black fog outside the city! The scouts didn't move when they entered! ”

"What?!"

The lord was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly led his guards up the city wall.

As soon as he went up, he saw a black mist surging in the distance like a tsunami, and a red light flickering in the black mist.

At this time, the black fog had already killed the surrounding villages, and a large number of awakened villagers scattered and fled, most of them running in the direction of the castle.

After all, only the castle has a strong defense system, and it is most likely to block this strange black fog invasion.

It's a pity that the rest of the village are the old and weak, women and children, and their escape speed is naturally not going anywhere.

Some of them ran and fell to the ground, and in an instant they were swallowed up by the black fog chasing from behind.

The next second, the screams sounded, and then stopped abruptly in an instant.

Not only the screams of people, but also the neighing of various animals could be heard in the black fog.

Obviously, the monsters hiding in it are not only attacking humans, they also do not spare small animals such as pigs, horses, cows, sheep, and even chickens and ducks!

"Lord! Lord, open the door! ”

"Let us in!"

"I'm the captain of the militia! It's your own people! ”

"Save my child! You promised my husband! Said that as long as he joined the army! to keep my son safe! ”

A large number of villagers crowded outside the castle, shouting frantically for the people inside to open the gates.

It's just that the defenders and lords in the city looked at the black fog that was getting closer and closer behind, but no one dared to go over and open the door.

What if you don't close it in time! What if the other party takes advantage of the opportunity to rush in!

Even if the black fog is still a long way away from the city gate at this time, it can't do it! Because they don't want to take the risk!

The defenders of the city were indifferent, and even began to strengthen the city gates, blocking the entrance of the city with a large amount of debris to prevent someone from violently breaking down the city gates.

Seeing that the defenders were reluctant to open the door, and the black fog that would kill people in the rear was getting closer and closer, the villagers gathered below were completely angry.

Some of them hurled insults, while others even grabbed stones and threw them at them.

Some, the wiser ones, had ventured back to the nearby houses and brought up long ladders to climb the walls.

The defenders who saw this scene turned pale, and the lord also had a constipated expression on his face.

The captain of the guard next to him flashed his eyes and couldn't help but whisper a reminder.

"My lord, if this group of people breaks through the defense line, it will affect our defense, in my opinion, it is better to let them in, at least they can help move the sundries, right?"

Hearing this, the lord nodded slowly, raised his hand and gestured to the guards beside him.

"Put!"

As soon as these words came out, the captain of the guard next to him looked happy.

"Open the door and let people go!"

"Who told you I'm going to let people in!"

"Huh? What do you mean, sir? ”

"I mean release the arrows! Shoot them off for me! ”

"What?!"

The captain of the guard was shocked when he heard this, but he would be surprised that the lord's personal guards did not hesitate.

The rain of arrows fell instantly, shooting wildly at the villagers who tried to climb up, and a burst of screams erupted.

Some people even directly knocked down the bamboo ladder, causing the crowd above to scream and fall.

As the guards attacked, the defenders who were unknown around them also began to attack.

There were casualties under the city wall in an instant, and at this moment, the black mist rolling behind them surged over in the desperate eyes of the villagers, and instantly engulfed them.

Screams rang out, along with the sound of blades cutting flesh.

Thousands of villagers didn't survive ten minutes before they fell completely silent.

There was silence in the black fog, and there was silence on the walls.

Under everyone's nervous gaze, a wild dog suddenly burst out of the black mist, howling with its tail between its legs, and ran towards the city wall.

But before it could run a few meters away, a javelin shot out of the black mist, instantly piercing it through the ground.

With the sound of horses' hooves, a black knight who looked erratic with black smoke emitted black smoke sprang out of the black mist, grabbed his javelin, raised it with the dog, turned around and disappeared into the black mist............

Seeing the fleeting black knight, a person on the city wall suddenly screamed.

"I know them! I've seen them! They're ghost riders! It's the ghost of the legendary knight who died unjustly! ”

The captain of the guard, who was originally pale, was still very dissatisfied with the ruthlessness and cruelty of the lord when he heard this, but he still asked for information out of professionalism.

"How's the strength? How much? ”

"The strength seems to be around the fourth order! The number is generally not large, and it is common for three or five to appear together! No more than ten! ”

As soon as these words came out, the defenders on the city wall instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

If there are only a few of them, even if the strength is difficult, they are not unable to cope with it.

Not to mention the city walls.

It's just that just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the black fog in front of them gradually faded.

And as the fog cleared, what appeared in their field of vision were tens of thousands of black cavalry.

Legion of Ghost Knights!