"What, the Archie family has been wiped out so soon?" Delai looked at the battle report in his hand, and the shock in his heart was incomprehensible, just two years ago, the Archie family's background was also relatively strong.

Although he suffered heavy losses from two orc invasions in succession, Delai never expected such an outcome.

"According to the refugees who fled, those guys were not human at all, they were completely mindless monsters, and the sword could not kill them at all." Hans's expression was more solemn than ever, it was the first time he had fought a monster.

"Hmph, there are no undead creatures in this world at all, if this group of monsters were really that strong, their creators would have been able to rule the continent a long time ago."

Delai smashed the battle report in his hand on the table, he didn't believe the record on it at all, there was nothing that could not be killed, and if there was, then it was not killed thoroughly enough.

"Where are Brace and these monsters at the moment?"

Hans quickly glanced at the information and said, "At present, they have left Chelt City, but the next target is unknown, and the preliminary speculation is that it is us or the Golden Swallow Flower Collar further away."

The 2nd Battalion had already entered the Bress Territory on your orders, and had met no resistance, and all that could be seen was the corpses of the refugees. ”

Delai stared at the map as if to discern the enemy's intentions from above, and asked without looking back:

"Is there any news from Horay City?"

"There is already news, although Lord Viscount is not here, his younger brother, Baron Mane, has sent two battalions of infantry to the battlefield, and it should not be far from the Chert Territory now." Hans replied in the affirmative.

On the first day of the fall of Breisland, Delai gave Mane, who was temporarily in charge of the Viscount of Marton. Baron Malton delivered the message.

After all, in Linton County, the Malton family is the leader, and the nobles are still fighting on the battlefield, and it is the obligation of the Malton family to maintain stability in the rear.

Although none of Chels' children are currently in the realm, he appointed his younger brother as ruler before leaving.

Although this Baron Mane has mediocre qualifications, his greatest strength is to listen to his brother, and he firmly remembered that Chels would do whoever caused trouble. No, I just rolled up my sleeves and went into battle in person.

Although Delai is very confident in the private army of the Marton family, the enemy they face is not simple, and the strength of the two battalions is a bit too much.

"Have the other noble territories been contacted, and have any reinforcements been sent?" He asked with a frown, silently calculating Baron Mane's itinerary in his heart.

"At present, only the Maple Leaf Leader and John Leader have responded to us, and they have both sent a certain amount of troops to participate in the encirclement and suppression, and the rest of the nobles have not expressed their position for the time being."

"Hmph, they're all human spirits, and if they don't threaten them, of course they won't take a stand. Order the 2nd Battalion, move in this direction, join up with Baron Mane's army, and annihilate this group of monsters! ”

The speaking Kung Fu Delai had calculated the approximate location of Baron Mane, intending to gather all his forces together to keep the enemy out.

After that, he looked at Hans and said: "I am not very worried about this battle, I have to personally go to the front line to command, I will hand over the third battalion and the new battalion that is being formed to you, and you must protect the safety of the territory." ”

"Rest assured, as long as I live, I will not let the tragedy of the Chert Leader repeat itself." Hans nodded firmly.

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After leading the guard to join up with the 2nd Battalion, De Lai joined Baron Mane as fast as he could, and the army succeeded in intercepting the so-called legion of the living dead at the border of the Chelt Territory.

At the first glance, Delai knew that there was no exaggeration in the battle report, and these "people" really could no longer be called people, proper monsters.

Their posture is unusually awkward, but they are very fast, far beyond normal people. None of this is a big deal, and Delai has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he doesn't have much of a sense of surprise at it.

If that's all there is to it, then Dray simply can't call them "monsters".

In front of the army, thousands of living dead people rushed towards them in a disorderly manner, some of them were in rags, some of them were missing arms, some of them had many bloody holes in their bodies, some were missing a leg, and some of them were disemboweled, and their colorful intestines hung outside the wounds......

But they weren't affected in the slightest, just staring at the scarlet eyes and rushing forward, can you imagine a person running wildly with his intestines dragging on the ground?

This alone shocked everyone present, because they were full of fatal wounds, but they were almost unaffected, such a visual impact was unimaginable, and there were faint signs of instability in morale before they even fought.

"What the hell are these monsters?" Baron Mane did not have much experience in battle, but fortunately, the Marton family had a large family and many talents, and there were professional officers as commanders, so he asked the army commander.

"I don't know, but since they are like this now, it proves that they are not as powerful as they are rumored, and they are not afraid of swords.

Although I still can't take it by common sense, I already have a preliminary battle plan, which is to cut off their heads and limbs as much as possible.

Even if you really don't die, there is no threat to lose these, and we will have a way to deal with them when the time comes. ”

What is a profession? It's called professionalism!

Although he had never been in contact with it, he was able to tell the point about the shortcomings of the Legion of the Living Dead based on the only information he had.

As long as I can break through your defenses, I'm not afraid of you, and I can still live if I disembowel, right? Then I'll cut off your hands and feet, without which you can still fly and attack?

Without the threat, why is it not up to them to have the final say?

Won't you die, right, I'll chop you into meat sauce or not? I'll just burn you to ashes with a fire, will you die? I'll give you bones and ashes, will you die?

Delai nodded slightly after listening from the sidelines, these words were indeed to the point.

When the two sides officially met together, it was even more certain that although the living dead far surpassed ordinary people in terms of strength and speed, they had not yet reached the level of transcendentals.

Moreover, they have few weapons and armor, and they are not enough to see in front of the formed army, although they were affected by the opponent's fearless death and hideous image when they first came into contact, and the losses were not small.

But by the time the soldiers had chopped off their heads, limbs, or simply cut them into several pieces, according to their commander's tactics, that fear faded.

As a result, the soldiers became "amputee maniacs", and they even used the tactics of dealing with cavalry, cutting off their legs first and then their heads. For a while, arms and thighs flew together, and there were several human heads in the middle, and the scene was as brutal as it was, comparable to a slaughterhouse.

But when he chopped and slashed Delai, he realized that something was wrong, and according to witnesses, this army of the living dead was about five or six thousand people. Although they didn't go into details, according to Delai's experience, they would definitely not face more than 2,000 people, where would the rest go?

Even if there are losses in the course of the battle, it shouldn't be so big. For a moment, cold sweat soaked Delai's back.

"This is a decoy thrown by the enemy, and the territory is in danger!"

Delai quickly figured out that the enemy was not a stupid pig, and the fall of a barony would definitely attract the joint encirclement of the rest of the nobles.

So the other party directly planned and threw out a bait on the surface, and the big spikes appeared in front of them to attract their attention, and the rest of the living dead attacked the rest of the noble territories during this period.

And they only have two targets, either the Golden Swallow Flower Collar or the Kana Collar!

For a while, Delai was anxious, if the opponent chose to attack Kanna, it would be a disaster.

Thinking of this, he didn't care whether he was on the battlefield or not, and immediately ordered to beat the gold weapon to collect the troops and return to the defense territory.

Baron Mane, who was fighting, was bewildered by his actions, was this going to sell them?

He rarely goes to the battlefield, but he is not stupid, this is an escape! Naturally, he couldn't sit idly by and watch such a thing, and immediately sent someone to question it.

Although Delai was in a hurry, he also knew that he couldn't make trouble for Ryan, so he patiently told his speculation.

Baron Mane was not stupid, and quickly understood the seriousness of the matter, so he immediately told Delai to return to the defense immediately, and when he settled the battle here, he would go to support.

Delai's reaction was not timely, and while they were hurrying back, Brace had already led the remaining legions of the living dead to defeat an infantry battalion of John's Commanders who had gone to the battlefield to support, and slaughtered the Canna Lords in a mighty manner.

At this point, Delai's previous precautions came into play, and the scouts and experienced hunters who had scattered out had spotted them, and by this time they were less than thirty miles from the nearest town.

In view of this situation, Hans, who was taken aback, not only immediately sent troops to intercept it, but also quickly evacuated the residents of villages and towns near the border in the direction of Dorman City.

Population is more important than anything else!

Due to the preparation for this, the evacuation of the people was very timely, leaving the legion of the living dead empty, for which Blaise was a little regretful.

The living dead did not have an advantage in attacking the city, so he resorted to siege points and send reinforcements, attacking the more densely populated towns to attract the troops in the city to fight.

This method was adopted when the Archie family was destroyed in the first place, and because the state of the living dead was so strange, the army led by Baron Archie was caught off guard as soon as it came into contact, and was quickly defeated.

Without the main army and lord, the city of Celt lost the ability to resist and was easily taken.

Brace had planned to repeat the old trick, but unfortunately Delai had been prepared, and he did not succeed.

"They...... The population is large and has just been evacuated...... Soon, I can catch up. Blaise said a little mechanically, and then a shrill cry came out of his throat, and the legion of the living dead immediately ran wildly, killing the townspeople in the direction of the retreat.

In the end, he did not succeed, because Hans arrived in time with the soldiers of the 3rd Battalion and intercepted them halfway.

Looking at the visually striking enemy in front of him, Hans couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and his heart was actually a little nervous, after all, this is an "immortal" army.

"Didn't the Legion Commander, Baron Mane and the others stop them, why did they suddenly appear in the Kanna Territory, did something happen to them?" Hans thought with some concern.

But soon he threw away these thoughts, because he was now unable to protect himself, and there were only more than 1,000 people under his command, while the enemy roughly estimated that there were more than 3,000 people, a difference of three times, and the other party also had an aura of "immortality", no matter how he looked at Hans, he didn't feel that he had the possibility of winning, which couldn't help but make him a little powerless.

Looking at the soldiers who were just as nervous as he was, Hans knew that he could not be timid, otherwise the morale of the army would really be lost.

"Goo-goo-goo......"

A strange sound was heard, and the monsters rushed towards Hans's team with scarlet eyes.

"Formation! Formation!

The shieldman defends, and the crossbowman prepares.

Don't mess up, don't mess up.

Warriors, behind us is the homeland of tens of thousands of people, and it is also the home of you and me, we have no way back, hold on to your weapons until death! ”

Hans had a determined look in his eyes, he didn't know the current state of the Delai army, he could only stop them as much as possible, fortunately, there were repeating crossbows and thousand machine crossbows, which could give him the confidence to hold on for a while.

As soon as the enemy was within range, Hans ordered two repeaters and twenty runic arrows to rush into the enemy line.

Under Hans's nervous gaze, twenty arrows plowed several blank passages in the legion of the living dead, and any person shot by the rune arrows, no matter what position it was, was the result of heavy damage, and if it hit the torso, it was directly shot in two.

The enemy occupies a dense position, and this round has left hundreds of living dead incapacitated.

Seeing the success of the battle, Hans's eyes suddenly burst into light. These enemies ...... It didn't seem to be as terrible as the legend said, and hope rose in his heart again.

The enemy was so fast that the crossbow fired only two rounds before it was within range of a normal crossbow, and the lethality of these arrows was negligible.

A few rounds of arrows killed a few unlucky people, and more of the living dead continued to attack with arrows on their bodies, a scene that almost broke the morale that had been gathered again.

Fortunately, there are repeating crossbows that can deal effective damage, but there are only 100 arrows, so you must use them carefully.

There will naturally be casualties in hand-to-hand combat, and Hans did not have such good insight to find the weakness of the living dead until now, so he could only rely on a tight military formation to resist.

The dark green army formation is like a holding on to the raging waves, resisting the enemy like a tide.

They are so desperate that you can't stop them if you stab a spear through their hearts!

Although the soldiers were terrified, as Hans said, they had no way to retreat from their homeland.

The tearing continued, the losses on both sides were heavy, Hans had used up all the rune arrows, and the army was crumbling.

Just as he was preparing for his final desperate fight, the flag of the second battalion appeared on the horizon, and Delai and the second battalion finally arrived in time......

(End of chapter)