Section 222 The First Ambergris War (4)
The undead flocked to the city like a tidal wave, and the creatures of the High Elves and other tribes defended the city.
Edgar did not go out of the city to take the initiative to attack, and the elves who had only gone through the fierce battle during the day had their physical strength decreased, and their magic power was also exhausted, and they had not fully recovered, so relying on the location was the best policy.
However, the High Elves' cities are not strong, not because they can't build strong walls, but because defensive cities in a strong form usually don't fit the aesthetics of the elves.
Moreover, this is in the Emerald Continent, in the original continent of this High Elf, it has not experienced a large-scale war for too many years.
Therefore, the impenetrable gate of Pei Ji City was quickly destroyed by the undead, and it was broken open by the two abominations.
Edgar himself guarded the city gate with his sword, and only then did he temporarily repel the two ghouls led by the Abomination, and held the undead at the gate.
Due to the lack of highly intelligent guidance such as necromancers, and the undead have no siege tools, most of them are clumsily climbing the city walls except for attacking the city gates with all their might, which gives the High Elves the opportunity to slaughter.
At the gates of the city was Edgar, and at the head of the city was his two children, Melinda and Lombana, commanding the elven archers to shoot.
However, ghouls are much more difficult to kill than ordinary sea people, they are so tough that they are blessed with phloem, and because they are undead, unless their bodies are completely destroyed or disintegrated, they will still continue to move even if they are hit by an arrow in the vital point.
Therefore, the archery skills of the High Elves can kill with one arrow when shooting the Sea Clan, but they can't do it when facing ghouls, or they need multiple arrows to solve. Or you need multiple people to shoot together to form a rain of arrows.
After a few rounds of arrow rain. Melinda and Lombana discover something that isn't quite right. That is, although it has also dealt a heavy blow to the army of ghouls, it seems that the strength of its own army to shoot is getting weaker and weaker.
"What are you doing, where is the strength, are you scared of all this filth?" said Lombana at the head of the city.
The elven archers at the head of the city bowed their heads in shame, but the shame in their hearts did not help to turn the situation around.
Melinda looked at the other High Elves thoughtfully, of course it wasn't that they didn't do their best, now that everyone was being attacked by the undead, it could only be said that it might be that the battle during the day had greatly affected their physical fitness, so they would be tired so quickly.
But the undead came to attack Pei Ji City with an interval of several hours. It stands to reason that even if the elven shooters do not fully recover, except for the more serious injuries that cannot be recovered overnight, it is still no problem to recover most of their physical strength, how can this be?
Just when Melinda was wondering, she was suddenly a little far away from her, and some of the elven archers belonging to the team commanded by Lombana suddenly broke out in sweat, their faces turned pale, and their bow-wielding hands looked weak.
"Useless fellow, looking at the way you look, you can't even hold the bow steadily. Lombana shouted angrily.
"Wait. Lombana. Melinda asked a deputy captain from a wealthy family in the city to take the command, and she went over to stop Lombana.
"What's going on?" she felt uneasy.
"Ambergris cream. Give me a little ambergris and I'll recover quickly. The shooter said embarrassedly.
"Ambergris?" Lombana was stunned.
Melinda's eyes shot a fierce gaze, "You're still smoking ambergris?"
"Yes, I'm sorry, I couldn't hold back, and I still have some of the amberg cream I bought before at home that I didn't use up, so I was reluctant to throw them away, so I ......." The shooter was startled by the chill in Melinda's eyes.
Only then did he remember that it was because of Melinda that there was a lot of trouble in the Elven Empire and the arrest or expulsion of those merchants from other continents.
He even doubted that he would be corrected by Melinda on the spot for secretly hiding things forbidden by the royal court, but this did not happen, Melinda just took a deep breath, as if trying her best to suppress the anger in her heart, she looked at the other weakened High Elf archers, "Is this also the reason for you?"
At least half of the elven shooters bowed their heads, not daring to face Melinda's eyes.
Although the ambergris paste has been banned, but the previous inventory, many people still have some at home, the royal court has been determined, they naturally dare not openly gather to smoke as before, but a few elves who can't bear the addiction are still secretly smoking, and even buy from the Centaurs, merchants from other continents were expelled or arrested, but most of the elves destroyed were Titanian merchants. The ambergris ointment left behind by the merchants of Asturias has fallen into the hands of the centaurs, and of course these goods are now getting scarcer and fewer, so the price has increased several times compared to before.
"You guys!" Lombana roared as he grabbed an elven archer by the chest, and he couldn't help but be angry.
One hand separated Lombana from the ashamed elf archer, it was Melinda's hand, Lombana squirmed his lips, and finally said to Melinda with a guilty face, "I'm sorry, sister, you are right." โ
Lombana is hateful about his sister's anti-ambergris incident, and like his father Edgar, he is not too addicted, and he participates more out of activities with his friends. Melinda's anti-ambergris cream leads to his turn against his best friend, which keeps him holding a grudge.
But now in the city of Fiji in distress, the soldiers in the city showed signs of slow physical recovery and lack of stamina due to the use of ambergris, and finally realized that he was wrong.
"Go, go to the nearest place, bring your private collection of ambergris, burn a stove and smell it. Just when Lombana was ashamed, he heard Melinda give an order that shocked him the next moment.
"Sister, why do you still let them smoke ambergris cream?"
Melinda Huo Ran turned around and said angrily: "Do you think I want to do this? If I can, I want to kill you criminals who are still smoking saliva, but the most important thing now is to let them recover as soon as possible, otherwise they won't survive tonight, and there will be no tomorrow in Fiji City." โ
The High Elves who were scolded by her realized that Melinda had never changed her attitude towards Ambergris, but now she was experiencing two major wars in a row, especially the war that was going on now, and the opponent was the undead army that was more difficult to deal with than the Sea Clan.
A few of the troops at the head of the city who understood it had come over went and went to find some ambergris ointment and stoves. Then they are baked on a fire at the head of the city. Although there is no confined environment for people to incense. But it is still possible to get closer and smell the incense.
Some addicts have sniffed a few sips in the past and felt that their mental and physical strength has recovered quickly, but by this time they have really understood the dangers of ambergris cream, and this recovery is based on continuing to smoke ambergris cream.
If they continue to smoke, their physique will continue to be damaged, and their physical strength and endurance will become worse and worse, and this sign will become more and more obvious over time.
But as Melinda said, she doesn't care so much now. The current smoking is to smoke even if you know that it is a drug, because only by smoking can you speed up your recovery in a short time and continue to fight, otherwise you will be broken by the undead, and the consequences are unimaginable.
After smelling the incense, the High Elves recovered some of their physical strength, and they continued to shoot the army of ghouls with bows and arrows on the walls.
However, the Ghoul Legion's offensive tenacity is also ten times that of the previous Sea Clan, not only because their biological rank is above that of the ordinary Sea Clan, and their combat power is far superior to them, but more importantly, the characteristics of the Ghouls are more suitable for group combat, even in the face of the adverse situation of siege, this characteristic is that they can recover by devouring corpses.
The High Elf archers certainly had the advantage of shooting at the head of the city. And the archery is amazing, but the ghouls are undead legions. They can't stop their activities without decomposing, and their properties, combined with their properties, mean that even if a ghoul is actually killed, his remains will become nourishment for the other ghouls to recover.
Therefore, a single ghoul is far from being a match for the High Elves, but when the ghoul forms a very large size, its overall combat power recovery will be a headache.
This is the case in Fiji City, which makes their attacks less effective, whether it's a rain of arrows or magic, and if they don't completely destroy the ghouls, their remains will be eaten by other ghouls.
And the people Melinda met at the head of the city because they secretly continued to smoke ambergris cream and caused the lack of physical strength and endurance were not individuals, and many of the elven warriors who followed Edgar at the city gate were also exposed because of continuous high-intensity battles.
When the two most difficult abominations were cut off by Edgar's armor and arms again, Edgar also felt tired, he was not because of the salivary cream, he was not addicted, after the anti-ambergris cream started, he had to change because he was coerced by his daughter's position, of course, he had to quit, although he was a little addicted in the process of quitting, but he was controlled properly before, and he was a high-level warrior, and his physical strength was far from being comparable to those ordinary high elves, so he basically quit, and it was precisely because of this that he did not pay attention to whether the elves around him continued to secretly smokeใ
Now he felt a deep sense of remorse, because his current fatigue was caused by the excessive pressure in the battle, and the elven warriors who fought with him could not be said to be brave, and it could not be said that they did not fight, but in the course of the fierce battle, many of them appeared similar to the phenomenon of the archer at the head of the city just now.
And the attack at the city gate is more dangerous, and it must be resisted at all times, Edgar don't say that he didn't expect to order someone to get a saliva ointment like Melinda to make people smell it, even if he thought about it, with the intensity of the city gate, he couldn't carry it out.
The battle at the gates was a more intense war of attrition, with the High Elves lacking stamina due to their addiction to ambergris, while the Ghoul Legion could recover by devouring the corpses of their companions killed by the High Elves.
When the two abominations rushed forward again, Edgar, whose physical strength had been greatly weakened, could no longer resist two at the same time, and could only entangle one. Another took advantage of the situation to break through a gap, which was widened by the ghoul legions, and the defense of the city gate was broken.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Edgar ordered the remnants of the High Elves to delay and quickly retreat to the head of the city.
There he found his sons and daughters, and gasped and commanded: "The city of Fiji cannot be defended, so you two will immediately flee in two directions with your men." โ
"No, no, I'm going to fight to the end. Lombana cried out like a mad tiger, his arrows had run out, he drew his sword in his hand, and cut off the arm of a ghoul who had climbed to the top of the city, watching him fall, and even seeing the ghoul grab his severed arm and chew it, a chill rose from the bottom of his heart.
Melinda was calmer, and her body shook, "But, what about you, father?"
"Of course, I am living and dying with this city, and this is the only way to delay a little more time for you, so let's go. He smiled bitterly and said, "I feel that the previous attack of the Sea Clan and the appearance of the current undead monster must be hiding some conspiracy, you and Lombana must tell the royal court and the temple what happened to Fiji and conduct a thorough investigation." โ
With his father's last love in his eyes, "Also, Melinda, you are right, you must ban ambergris on the Emerald Continent. โ
After Edgar finished speaking, he resolutely turned and rejoined the battle below, he wanted to create time for his children to leave.
"Father. Melinda let out a final cry, then wiped away her tears and began to break through with the elven warriors led by Lombana.
The remnants of the army led by Edgar in the city are still putting up their last resistance, and the old and young High Elves in the city have bravely come out to fight, so that although the High Elves continue to retreat, they have not been completely wiped out.
The Ghoul Legion also suffered very heavy losses in the attack, with more than half of the Ghouls and Skeletons being devastated, which was the result of the Ghouls' ability to devour corpses to replenish them.
Edgar fought to the end, his vision was blurred, and he was dizzy as he saw his companions being defeated one by one, and the ghouls were hugging and biting.
Rao is that he has always been wise and brave, but he can't help but feel a chill.
At this moment, there was a sudden infighting among the ghoul army.
Some of the ghoul legions even took the initiative to attack their companions, and even the two abominations fought each other.
This strange scene surprised Edgar and lifted his spirits, although it could not save him, but it was very likely to help Melinda and Lombana break out.
As for why this is happening, the High Elves can't figure it out.
But it's actually very simple, that's because when Stephen, the Lord of Life, created the ghoul army with the Rite of Death, he used the corpses of the Sea Clan and the High Elves, and those two abominations were mainly transformed from the corpses of the two elf high mages.
Other ghouls, when born, are also the result of multiple corpses fused with each other, and the first of these is a combination of remnant soul fragments.
After death, creatures return to nature all the time under the dimensional order, including souls, so these soul fragments are incomplete, and under the forced fusion of the Rite of Death, they become the main consciousness produced by ghouls.
After the fusion of multiple sea tribes and elven soul fragments, some ghoul consciousness was affected by the part of the elven soul fragments.
At this time, these newly fused elven consciousnesses, after the fierce battle between the ghouls and the high elves of Fiji City, they were "stimulated", which made the ghouls' consciousness unstable, and only then did they have the current "defection".
This does not mean that the ghoul is controlled by the soul fragments of the High Elves, but it is just that the High Elf soul fragments in the ghouls' consciousness affect it, making some of the ghouls become discordant, and they are inexplicably disagreeable to the other ghouls, and strangely the hostility towards Edgar, who was still in the fierce battle just now, has been reduced, and then in this environment, as soon as the other ghouls behind them are urged, they will fight each other in confusion, including one of the abominations is also affected by the soul fragments of the fused elf high-level magesใ
It was the only fortunate event in the Fiji disaster, and as Edgar thought, the accident brought his son and daughter a chance to escape from heaven. (To be continued.) )
PS: Pour, the title of the previous section is wrong, it's the first time.
In addition, only the first war of ambergris will be written, and the second war of ambergris will only be written.