Chapter IV
As we progressed, the bright lights of the city of Rome in the distance were already in sight. Tens of thousands of zombies are like a black tide, silently surging forward with a boundless breath of death.
At this moment, several fiery rays of light suddenly erupted in front of the marching procession, and the light shining with runes inside was like a powerful bomb, and dozens of zombies in the front dissipated inside.
The calm ranks violently stirred, and the necromancers struggled to control the restless zombies, like a huge wave crashing into a reef, and the corpse troops stopped on a horizontal line.
Sensing the commotion ahead, Shawcony and Sida hurried up. Shaw Conney grabbed a necromancer and asked, "What's going on?" ”
The necromancer hurriedly said, "There is a human spell trap in front, it is very powerful, and we have already lost two squads. ”
As he spoke, several waves of blazing light erupted in front of him, and the commotion of the zombies intensified, and the necromancers who accompanied them did almost everything to keep them from getting out of control. Sida raised her delicate nose and sniffed in the air, and said to Shaw Conny: "There are people from the Holy See in front, and there are quite a few of them. ”
"Has it been discovered?" Shawcony nodded in understanding.
He wasn't too surprised, it was only a matter of time before so many zombies were discovered moving together, and in fact it was ideal to get here quietly. According to his estimates, this place is less than 30 kilometers from Rome, and it will be absolutely difficult for the Holy See to resist the attack of the corpse war forces when it is caught off guard.
"Leave two hundred zombies to deal with, and we'll move on." Shawcony gave the order according to the plan.
The necromancer nodded, and then stepped back. At this moment, the explosion of the previous magic suddenly became dense, and at the same time, hundreds of thick pillars of light illuminated, reflecting the place as if it were day.
These are ultraviolet searchlights, specially designed to deal with vampires and ghosts who are afraid of sunlight, and while the zombies of the Corpse War Force are not afraid of the sun, the necromancers who control them are extremely damaged.
Necromancers were constantly turning to ashes under the ultraviolet beams of light, and out-of-control zombies were agitated like undulating tides, all signs were that the forces of the Holy See ahead were not in a hurry.
"What's going on?" Both Shawcony and Hilda were taken aback.
A necromancer hurriedly came: "Not good, there are at least a thousand papal guards in front, and we seem to be encircled. ”
"What? How is this possible! Shaw Conny's face sank, and he hurriedly walked to the front with Sida.
In front of the party was a rolling hill, at the foot of which had been blasted out of one pit after another by spell traps, and the edges were littered with zombie remains. From the top of the nearby hill, hundreds of pillars of ultraviolet light shone horizontally into the corpse battle troops, and because of the backlight, they could only faintly see many people standing on the hill.
"Sida." Shaw Conny turned his head to Sida and spoke.
Knowing what he meant, Hilda nodded, whispering a string of incantations in Elven language, two pairs of thin dragonfly-like wings stretching out from her back, glowing a faint blue color in the ultraviolet light.
The thin wings trembled slightly, and Sida flew lightly into the air. The papal guards on the hill spotted her, and immediately there was a loud burst of gunfire below, and countless points of light shot densely into the air. While dodging the bullets, Hilda circled over the hill, quickly getting a clear idea of what was going on.
Gesture to Shawcony from afar, who already knew that the papal guards on the hill were not enough to hold off the corpse troops. With a snort, he was about to give the order to forcibly break through, when the sudden change recurred.
With a dull, massive flapping of wings, a huge black shadow suddenly rose from behind the hill and swooped down on Sida. This is a terrifying beast, its huge body is like a small mountain, its wings are spread out more than ten meters long, and the sound of slapping the air is like the roar of an angry tide.
Although it was not clear, the necromancer behind him had let out a terrifying exclamation, and each of them was muttering the same word, which was... Dragon.
Looking at the half-empty giant beast, Shaw Conny was also dumbfounded: "Hades, what is this..."
Caught off guard, Hilda was also taken aback, and before she could react, the huge shadow of the giant beast had already hung over her head. With a terrifying roar that resounded through the night sky, the giant beast erupted into a blood-red pillar of fire, instantly engulfing Hildar in it.
With the flames shining in the night sky, Shawcony finally saw the appearance of the giant beast. It was undoubtedly a full-grown wyvern, but it was covered in enchanted chains, and its body was covered in thick and interlaced stitches, and its body seemed to be made of countless pieces.
The dragon's hard scales bulged out of its body, like thorny patches all over its body. Its eyes were bare, filled with a cruel glow without the slightest hint of reason, and the huge winged membranes on its back hardened, and every slap brought a thunderous sound, and the edges of its wings were torn apart.
No dragon of any kind looks like this, it's more like a toy that has failed to be made. However, at this moment, this monster appeared in front of everyone vividly, and the terror and despair that followed it were even stronger than that of a real dragon.
The figure around him flashed, and Xiao Conny didn't have to look back to know that it was Xida who came back. Her clothes were burned with countless holes, and her body was constantly emitting a trace of steam due to the super high temperature, although her beautiful flesh was not damaged in the slightest, but looking at her expression, it was extremely dangerous just now.
She looked at the dragon in the air with palpitations: "Am I wrong, that's a dragon." ”
Shaw Conny nodded: "Although it is hard to believe, it seems that the dragon clan and the Holy See have joined forces. ”
Sida turned her head in surprise: "How is this possible?" And the appearance of this dragon..."
Shaw Conny said in a deep voice: "There's no time to pursue it, the most important thing now is... Be careful! ”
At the same time, he and Hildar had swept away from each other like lightning, and at the same time, the mid-air dragon opened its mouth and spat out a wave of flames like an angry wave again. A huge pillar of fire shot straight out, and the moment it made contact with the ground, it surged into all directions, and the surrounding zombies and necromancers were immediately enveloped in it.
With the powerful swing of its muscular neck, the dragon spewed flames in all directions. For a while, it was like a magma pool surging in the crowd of corpses, and the zombies in the ultra-high temperature flames were wiped out.
Finally, with the dragon's last powerful spitt, the flames finally stopped. Under the meltdown of the high temperature, a large cone-shaped pit with a radius of more than ten meters and a depth of several meters appeared on the ground, and the soil in the pit was burned into a black hard shell by the high heat, and the surrounding rocks were also in a semi-molten state.
What's even more shocking is that the densely formed corpse battle troops also appeared as if they had been erased from a piece, and a terrible vacancy appeared, and hundreds of zombies disappeared just by spitting just now.
What a terrifying power it was, and only when you face it yourself can you understand that any creature is vulnerable to this ancient beast.
Without time to be shocked, Shaw Conny immediately raised his voice and shouted to the surrounding necromancers, "Disperse!" Spread out! Rush over this hill and attack Rome! ”
However, before he could speak, an even greater horror had loomed. Listening to the wind howling with a series of fluttering wings, dozens of dragons flew into the air from behind the hill, their huge wings covering the sky, and in an instant, it was like a heavy dark cloud enveloping the entire corpse battle army.
Panic spreads like a contagion that is uncontrollable by anyone. The necromancers looked fearfully at the dragon in mid-air, whispering prayers in an incomprehensible language, and even the zombies, who were supposed to have no feelings, were agitated and screamed in the air under the impetus of some mysterious force.
The moment these dragons appeared, Shawcony knew that the operation had been a complete failure, and that even the entire corpse battle force would be doomed. Looking at the air with a dull expression, Xiao Conny muttered in a desperate tone: "O god of the underworld, what is going on, is the end of our non-human race really coming..."
As a member of the Einsatzgruppen, Shawcony was supposed to remain calm in any situation. However, the current situation is so terrible that fear has inevitably infected everyone. Especially after the complete failure of what was supposed to be a victory, the huge gap is enough to make anyone go berserk.
"Shawcony, we've failed, run away." At this moment, Siddar pulled Shawcony's sleeve and said in a panic. Like Shawcony, she was shrouded in extreme panic.
Awakened, Shawcony knew he had to do something. Taking a deep breath, he shouted in a thunderous voice, "Quick, retreat around, retreat!" ”
After all, he was a member of the special operations team, and his voice temporarily suppressed the terror brought by the dragon. After being stunned for a moment, the necromancers who reacted immediately commanded the corpse combat troops they were responsible for to flee in all directions.
If you look down from mid-air, you can see that the dense black shadows on the ground suddenly disperse in all directions like broken glass. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of teams of zombies began to run away, although ugly, but it was the best way, even if they were chased by the dragon, at least they could escape.
However, how could the Holy See, which had already set up a net of heaven and earth, let them run so easily? Suddenly, with the location of the corpse battle force as the center, a light curtain rose from the sky within a radius of several kilometers, enclosing this area like a fence, and the zombies who rushed to the edge melted and turned back as soon as they touched the light curtain.
Hundreds of black tides rushed to the edge of the light curtain, as if they had hit a reef, and all the zombies were gathered in this small area for a while.
At this moment, the dragon in mid-air also moved. Waving their huge wings, they swooped down, spitting flames as much as they could the moment they approached the ground. Dozens of pillars of fire lit up in mid-air at the same time, and the ground was even more like a rising tide.
The Holy See troops on the hill also took out various weapons to join the battle, and for a while, the sound of runic guns and cannons was loud, and explosions continued to burst into the sky, and tens of thousands of elite zombies suffered devastating blows.
The unexpected appearance of the dragon was fatal, otherwise even a few times more Papal Guards would not be able to stop the advance of the corpse war troops. These deviant dragons spew almost tirelessly, each stream of flame reaching the limit of their abilities, which is very strange in itself, considering that even the strongest dragons can't breathe this deadly super-hot flame for long.
In an instant, thousands of zombies had disappeared into the flames, and the rest were still pounding at the barrier that stood in their way. Suddenly, under the command of an unknown necromancer, a group of zombies gathered together and surged into the air like a long whip made of lumps of flesh.
At this time, a giant dragon happened to swoop down, perhaps not expecting the zombies to fight back, and it was wrapped in a long whip before it even had time to dodge. In an instant, the dragon's wings were entangled, and it fell to the ground with a terrible scream, and the earth trembled with the impact.
The surrounding zombies immediately poured in, and the huge dragon was built on top of the huge dragon like ants. The dragon struggled in vain, flapping its wings to its feet, but the zombies became more and more attached, and soon the dragon's neighing stopped.
Like lighting a fuse, the necromancers, knowing that there was no way back, began to fight back with all their might. Under their manipulation, the remaining zombies gathered one after another, and faced the dragon in mid-air in various strange postures.
From this moment on, the battle really began. Within a radius of several miles, dozens of giant dragons roared through the air, spitting scorching flames downward. On the ground, thousands of zombies gathered into tower-like bundles of flesh, writhing into the air like tentacles. On the hills behind, all kinds of guns and cannons rained down into the battlefield, and the flames exploded one after another, the sound shook the sky, and the night sky flashed like a neon red.
At this moment, the scene is like the battle between gods and demons in a fantasy novel, beyond the comprehension of any human being, and these creatures that only exist in legends are fighting to the death. There are constantly giant dragons being pulled to the ground by the corpses, and more zombies are turning into ashes in the fierce flames, and the scene is extremely tragic.
Although the situation is stalemate due to the desperate counterattack of the corpse fighting forces, anyone can see that the defeat of the non-Terrans will be sooner or later, the difference is only how much damage they can inflict on the other side.