Chapter 607: An Army of the Undead
The morning sun was so bright that no one knew what had happened last night, and the vendors and pawns went out of their homes to start their day's work.
Nabelal opened the window and looked at the crowd of people coming and going.
"Lord Anz, are we going to continue the mission today?"
Nabelal was a little disgusted with being around those lower humans, especially the bed bug that was in heat all day long, which made her want to use magic to destroy it directly.
"Yes, in order to break into the other world, it is absolutely necessary to contact humans."
Anz said of course, as an undead he naturally does not need to sleep, but in order not to attract attention, he pretended to go back to the room to sleep, last night Ye Lantil was a little uneasy, in the middle of the night there was a faint magic fluctuation.
However, because the magic fluctuations were too weak, Ainz didn't bother to check it.
"Sure enough, I'm still a little concerned......"
Ainz regretted not joining in the fun, maybe he could get some useful information, but he didn't let up on the green-robed woman, and according to the information from his men, they had left Ye Lantier at the moment.
"It's cloudy, it looks like it's going to rain soon."
When Ainz and the others came to the tavern, dark clouds were rolling in the sky, and it seemed that heavy rain would fall at any time, and the air had become a little viscous, and such an environment made him a little irritable.
He was about to tell Nabelal to rest for the day, when he suddenly froze again.
There was a strange energy in the air around him, which even he could not detect, and this energy actually penetrated into his body through the armor, and it seemed that because the energy was so small, it disappeared automatically as soon as it entered his body.
Nabe on the side was unaware of this.
"Nabe, if you don't go out today, let's stay here."
Ainz was a little intrigued, and perhaps soon he would be able to see the high-end forces of this world.
"Yes, AnnβMr. Feifei."
"Hey, can you not add Mr. Big, it feels so stupid."
Ainz sighed, if it is not expected, I am afraid that it will be how can it be, not respectful enough and other wording......
There is a place about a quarter the size of the outer wall of Yah Lantil. The common cemetery of Lantil. Other towns certainly have cemeteries, but they are nowhere near as expansive.
There is still a lot of unclear about the causes of the undead, but in the place where the living die, unclean things are often born, and the possibility of reincarnation is the highest among the dead who died unexpectedly and there is no one to hang on them, so the undead often appear on battlefields and ruins.
Since the battlefield of the war with the Empire was outside of Ye Lantil, in order to prevent the dead from becoming immortal, a huge cemetery was needed for people to hang the dead.
In this regard, the same is true of the neighboring Empire, which will also conclude agreements in battle, and even if they are in a state of fighting each other, they will still prioritize the exclusion of the undead.
The main reason for this agreement is that if the undead are left alone, as the number of undead increases, it is easy to create more powerful undead, so adventurers and guards patrol the cemetery every night to eliminate the weaker undead as much as possible.
There is a wall about four meters high around the cemetery, this wall - the dividing line separating the dead from the living, although not as tall as the city wall, but it is enough for people to walk on the city wall, and the gate is quite strong and sturdy, and it is absolutely impossible for the low-level immortals to easily break through.
There are stairs to the left and right of the gate, and there is an observation deck next to the wall, which is guarded by five people on each shift.
The lighthouse with the cemetery rack and the perpetual light magic is quite bright even at night, but due to the large area, there are still many dark places, and the view is even worse where the tombstone is blocked.
A guard with a gun looked at the cemetery absentmindedly, yawned and said to his companion who was watching nearby, "It looks like it's going to rain, let's go in and hide from the rain, there can't be a powerful undead here anyway." β
"Also, there were only five skeletons before, right? Judging from the frequency of occurrence in the past, it feels like it has decreased a lot. β
"Well, the souls of the dead have been summoned back by the six gods...... If that's the case, you're lucky. β
The other guards were also attracted by the topic and joined in the conversation.
"It's just that we can handle skeletons and corpses. However, it is not easy to take down skeletons with a gun, which is a bit troublesome. β
"I think it's a centipede skeleton, and the last time it wasn't for the adventurers who were on guard nearby who came to relieve the siege, I died at that time."
"Centipede skeletons? I heard that if you let go of the weak guys, it will take a long time to produce powerful undead, and it is clear that as long as you take advantage of the opponent's weak hour to kill them all, you will not produce such a powerful undead. β
"yes, absolutely. Last week, the team patrolling the cemetery was reprimanded by our captain, and while the wine was great, I didn't want to go through that again. β
"Alright, let's go in, I don't want to be a soup chicken."
The guards nodded to each other in agreement.
"Did you hear that? The situation in the plains of Kaz seems exaggeratedβ"
A guard who was about to continue speaking suddenly paused, "Give me silence!" β
"What's wrong? It can't be an undead coming out, right? β
"I didn't hear anything going on...... But it seems to smell earth. Hasn't there been a cemetery dug before? It tasted very similar to ...... back then."
"Don't make jokes like that."
ββ¦β¦ Hey? Ah, hey! Look there! β
Two guards who were out on patrol were rushing in the direction of the gate, both of them panting, their eyes wide and bloodshot, their sweaty hair sticking to their foreheads, and they looked as embarrassed as they were.
The sight in front of them made the guards feel bad.
The guards patrolling the cemetery acted in groups of at least ten. Why only two people? It doesn't look like it's running with a weapon in hand, and it looks like it's running away.
"Open the door! Hurry up and open the door! β
Seeing the two of them shouting in front of the door, several guards on the city wall hurriedly ran down the stairs to open the door.
Before the gate could be fully opened, two guards rushed in from the cemetery. The two guards who left the cemetery interrupted the questioning with pale faces, panting and shouting, "Quick! Close the door! The undead are coming! That's a lot! Fast! β
When the guards heard this, they immediately closed the door again and put the deadbolt on it, which was a sigh of relief.
When they reached the city wall, all the guards were dumbfounded by what they saw.
A jaw-dropping number of undead is heading from the cemetery towards the gate.
"What's the deal with this amount?"
"I'm afraid there should be thousands...... ......."
"Too many ......"
There are countless undead in places where the light does not shine, and it is difficult to estimate the total number of them if you include the shadows that flicker in the darkness.
With the stench of corruption, they slowly approached the gates, and among them were not only zombies and skeletons, but also a scarce number of powerful undead - ghouls, hungry ghosts, ghouls, bloated ghosts, rotting corpses, and so on.
Despair, fear, helplessness.
It is impossible for a few of them to stop these undead, and even with the entire strength of Yerantir, I am afraid that they may not be able to eat this batch of undead.
Not only that, but some of the undead can also turn the killed into the same kind of undead, and although there are no flying undead yet, if you don't sweep them up as soon as possible, sooner or later powerful undead who can fly will be generated! It's a vicious circle!!