Volume 5 The Return of the King 96 is inevitable
To be honest, my first consideration was whether or not to go back. It's not about going back, it's about whether to go back. The undead army that came this time is not comparable to the last time, and at this glance, it feels like the city wall is really a little unbearable. And there are plenty of Abominations and Lichs in this rolling ranks, and this battle ...... It can be very costly.
That team may be the reinforcement who asked for help a few days ago, but this state is obviously being chased and running.
Do you want to go back?
After much hesitation, I decided to go back, personally thinking that I would be able to escape even if the city was broken, but I still couldn't watch the two children of my old friend die, and of course Arellas ยท Fire Blades.
I ran as fast as I could, but the horse under my crotch was a living creature, and the living thing had to rest, and even if I let it run quickly, it wouldn't last long, and I couldn't run the horse to death, and I couldn't delay the trip, and I went around after I had caught up with the crusaders in front of me.
By the time I got back to the Valley of the Hearth, I had received the information, and the walls were busy again, but the battlefield hadn't been cleared yet. The ramp where the corpses were piled up has not been completely cleared yet. In this case, if it really starts, it may be very troublesome.
The city had just been happy for two days, and now it was a mess again, and now everyone was busy packing up their things and going to take refuge, but I don't know if they knew how many undead disasters had come this time.
When he came to Arellas Fireleaf's house, he was not at home, and it is estimated that he has gone to work as a counselor for Abidis now. I wandered the streets, just like last time, waiting for the alarm to sound, but this time it was not the alarm but the army that came to support.
The people in the street did not run away when they saw the army coming in, but welcomed them in the aisle, and they cheered to welcome the army into the city. I was also standing on the side of the road and watching, and a tall figure in the middle of the line came into view. I subconsciously dodged back, Saidan Dasohan rode a high-headed horse majestic, and I also saw the figure in the back, it was Ethan Lien, but Ethan Lien was dressed much more formal than Saidan, Saidan was just wearing a teaching uniform, not armor.
The people chanted hooray, chanting the names of Grand Prosecutor Ethan Lien and Grand Crusade Saidan as if a savior had come.
I don't know if it's a savior, but morale is really raised.
It was already dark when Huoye came back, and when he saw me, he was surprised, "You didn't leave?" โ
"I'm gone, I'm back." I say.
"Why?"
"You're not going to have a good fight." I pushed the door open and went inside.
He lit the candle at home, "You also know that it's not easy to fight, so you'll come back?" โ
"You can't just sit idly by, can you?" I said, "I alone can take on ten of you." โ
"The Great Crusade is coming." He said.
"I know, I know."
"That guy is quite out of the way." "His attitude towards the undead is ......," he said.
"I know." I smiled, "I saw him when I went to Icewind Hill to pay homage to Uther before you were here. โ
"He didn't see you?"
"I don't know, but then he sent someone to kill me." I say.
"Humph!" Honoha laughed, "Then you'd better not let him see you." โ
"The number of people who came this time was unimaginable." I said, "There's a good chance it's not going to be here." โ
"They didn't say that."
"I won't lie to you." I stood up, "So I'll warn you, if it's really not good...... You have to survive first. โ
"Hah!" He laughed too. "I know."
"You're a good guy, you're the one I've ever seen compared to other elves, and I feel the most ...... Good elves. I said, "So I hope you don't die." โ
"I'm not that vulnerable." He laughed too.
I didn't stay long at his house before leaving, I wanted to go to Darien, but by this time the city walls were already full of soldiers. For people like me, they strictly forbid approaching.
That night, somehow, it rained lightly, and the rain carried a hint of coldness. The soldiers who had been spending the night outside all woke up at this time. This kind of bad weather is very damaging to the mood.
The rain drifted for half a night, and just as the rain stopped for a while, suddenly an alarm sounded from the city wall, followed by the sound of the city bells. This suddenly made the soldiers who were originally sleepy all refreshed.
I couldn't get up the walls, I didn't know what was going on outside, the soldiers were all lined up, and all the braziers around me were lit. And within a few minutes, the stone thrower immediately began to fire.
This shocked me, so close?
When I saw the flickering fire on the towers of the wall, I knew that the magicians had begun to cast spells. The trebuchet rattled, the stone-loading operator gave loud commands, and everyone else was silent, waiting for the moment to come.
It wasn't until the arrows flying from the sky fell that the soldiers, who had been silent, boiled.
The battle is on the verge of breaking out!
I took the opportunity to squeeze in and made my way to the city walls, the fire spells unleashed by the magicians seemed so weak in the pre-dawn darkness, especially ...... It was terrifying when the flames illuminated the vast expanse of undead soldiers around them, the soldiers seemed endless in the darkness.
And the human bows and arrows didn't do much damage to them, and I felt a hint of fear as the undead army began to charge as it slowly advanced.
The pile of corpses that had not been cleaned up in the first place gave the undead soldiers a very good boost, and the crowd of corpses that poured in like a tidal wave once again set up a human ladder. The oil was poured down, and I could see how many people were surrounding me when the flames below lit up the night sky again.
That's a problem!
What's even more troublesome is that the flame was extinguished in a violent freezing cracking sound!
It's a lich!
There were far more lichs than the last time, and their frost spells not only extinguished the burning flames, but also froze the undead on the walls.
The soldiers continued to pour oil and light fires, the lichs continued to put out the fires, and the two sides engaged in a tug-of-war, but the lich's spells seemed to be more effective, and the flesh ladder built by the zombies gradually took shape under the impetus of their frost spells. The speed and intensity of this attack is definitely incomparable to the last time.
Looking at the undead soldiers who were constantly pouring up, I realized that I was not busy at all, and the crowd of people under the city reminded me of what a hand-to-hand fight should be like for a while.
The flames can't stop the undead anymore, and now there is only one thing that is to be more ruthless than anyone else, who will live longer.
The soldiers also saw that the undead were about to climb the city wall, and the stones, wood, and other things that were supposed to deal with people were all thrown down without reservation, but after throwing them, they realized that they did not cause much damage to the group of dead people. This reminds me of the scene when Alsace marched with a mighty army, and perhaps those who dared to resist us back then are also in the same mood now!
Suddenly, a loud noise came, and I only felt a huge force coming from under my feet, and the earth was deformed, and it trembled! I only heard someone shouting! "The gates have been breached!"
This cry was undoubtedly the biggest shock to us, the city gate was broken...... That means we will not only face siege warfare, but the undead will pour in from the gates to tear through our defenses.
After a commotion, the soldiers below hurriedly lined up, the shield wall was erected, and the spears were pointed at the broken gates, waiting for the undead to kill.
No one rushed in at the gates, but the waiting of death, knowing that it was going to die, was torturous.
Finally there was the sound of heavy breathing and the clatter of teeth fighting outside the city, more and more, closer and closer, and the undead soldiers let out a roar of rage as they burst through the smoke and appeared in front of us.
The roar and unifying movements of the undead soldiers pierced and shattered the rushing undead soldiers, but the few abominations that followed used their huge bodies to show everyone what it means that everything is in vain in the face of absolute power.
The four or five Abominations who rushed out at first used their bodies to resist the spears that were poked at them, but they didn't stop even if they were poked into their bodies, and they went straight up. Their three stout arms grabbed their weapons and slammed them down on our soldiers.
Truth be told, no one can withstand the blow of abomination on their own. But the soldiers were now at home, they were stoned to death, but immediately someone would come up with shields. We thought that these abominations would tear through our defenses, but our soldiers withstood the first wave of attacks.
But the wave of corpses that followed was like a raging tide, and it suddenly passed the front row of soldiers, and they trampled on the ground and the bodies of the dead undead soldiers and threw themselves on the heads of the crusader soldiers. Instantly, you could feel that the soldiers were showing signs of retreating.
It's instinct! But this instinct must be overcome at this time! Suddenly, the frost thorn fell from the sky, and the two magicians cast a spell together, and smashed down a hail about the size of a bedside table. In an instant, a piece of undead was suppressed.
The opportunity was fleeting, and the soldiers tried their best to slash and kill the undead who pounced in front of them, and the undead attack was suppressed in a short time, but the ice released by the two magicians gathered more and more. When the iceberg was about to close the gap, the undead followed the previous practice and used their bodies to build a physical ladder.
We can only watch as the undead soldiers slowly sweep past the frost-built levees like a flood about to burst. And the undead who are still climbing the walls have already climbed up from under the city!
The city defense can't stand it!