Volume 32 The Fall of the Dead Chapter 7 The Sound of the East and the West
Barstone was about to step forward and make a move, but Raymond reached out and stopped her: "Wait a minute. ”
Then he said to Edward, "Where is your president?"
"In Sonali, of course. Edward replied.
Sure enough, Raymond said in a deep voice: "So, why didn't you come here to attack us instead of rescuing Sonali?"
Looking at Raymond, Edward suddenly smiled: "What, is this an interrogation?"
Raymond shook his head: "No, I just want to solve a few questions." ”
Edward sighed, "So, if I answer, what do you have in return?"
"Damn, you still dare to talk about conditions. Harlot jumped three feet high: "Boss, I can't help it, let me cut them." ”
Ignoring Harlot, Raymond asked rhetorically, "So what do you want?"
"For example... How about letting me go?" Edward laughed. He really didn't look like a person who was surrounded, but like a relaxed state after completing his purpose.
Lorna and Sylnis, who were more sensitive, both noticed the abnormality. The two glanced at each other, and there was a faint uneasiness in their puzzled eyes.
Raymond spread his hands: "I'm sorry, of course not." ”
"It doesn't matter. Edward touched his chin, "So I'd better go on my own." ”
Hearing that something was wrong with his words, Raymond immediately said, "Attack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sylnis's hand loosened, and the magic arrow shot towards Edward with a beam of red light.
Edward stretched out his hand and stretched forward, and a cloud of black gas spilled out of his palm, enveloping the magic arrow in mid-air. Then I heard a crackling explosion, and the magic arrows full of magic power were all dissolved in this black gas, and soon an ordinary arrow fell to the ground.
Hilneth snorted and drew his bow again. Recite the incantation. At the same time, Baster leaped to her feet and lunged at the necromancer, while Lorna and Harlot swung their swords together.
At this time, one of the two necromancers who had been beside Edward suddenly raised his hands, and more than ten thick bone spears immediately appeared above his head. The other crouches. Holding his hands on the ground, he clutched a round green hedron in his hand, the core of the magic that Raymond had desperately taken away from Cyrus when he raided the town where the necromancers were entrenched at night.
The Necromancer's Guild lacks high-level necromancers, so when commanding a large army of undead, it needs to use a magic circle to provide necromantic power, and this hedron is the core of the magic circle.
This time, Edward and the three necromancers led an army to attack the Beddington army, and it was really used to command such a large force.
"Farewell, then!" stood behind the two necromancers. Edward waved his hand to Raymond.
Subsequently, Edward's figure faded. At the same time, with a wave of his hand, the necromancer shot more than ten bone spears towards everyone, and the necromancer who was squatting on the ground, as the light of the magic core in his hand flickered, a hidden magic array appeared at his feet.
"Be careful!" Although he didn't know what the other party's purpose was, Raymond knew that something was going to happen when he saw that Edward didn't take such a precious thing with him.
Baster shoots down four bone spears in the air in a row. Helpless landing. Harlot, on the other hand, watched seven or eight bone spears fly towards him, and before he could exclaim. It was torn away by Lorna, and the knight's sword in the girl's hand flew like a fly, knocking down all those bone spears.
But then, no one is going to stop the other party.
Edward's shadow faded and faded, turning translucent at the closest, and the necromancer with the core of magic chanted a long list of strange spells. Then he raised his head and let out a hissing cry: "Fall into the arms of the gods!"
The magic core in his hand instantly burst into a blazing light, and the magic array on the ground quickly spread out in all directions like a crack in the ice, instantly overflowing the soles of everyone's feet.
Could it be that these necromancers are planning to use their magic cores to wipe out everyone here?
At the critical juncture. Suddenly, a steppe cavalry spear flew through the air and pierced into the chest of the necromancer who was standing. At the same time, the sound of horses' hooves rang out, and one man shouted, "Get out of the way!"
Everyone subconsciously stepped aside, and they heard a strong wind blowing, but it was the centaur Tavent who swept by quickly, and at the same time jumped up from his back.
Holder!
Without waiting for him to land, Holder took a deep breath in mid-air, and the sword in his hand lit up with a white glow.
The core of the magic power is about to explode, if the necromancer succeeds, although I dare not say that everyone in the battlefield will be affected, at least Raymond and the others in the vicinity will be finished.
Now it was a critical moment of racing against time, Holder did his best to burst out all the fighting energy in his body, and then volleyed his sword and slashed at Lu.
I saw a beam of condensed and fiery white light burst out of the sword, like a long whip composed of strong light, and drew towards the necromancer. Dou Qi has the ability to interfere with the magic element, and only it can prevent the explosion of the magic core.
At this moment, it was as if even time had slowed down. The fighting qi that should have been as fast as thunder became clear and slow in the eyes of everyone, and they saw that the beam slowly crossed an arc in mid-air, and then hit the magic core in the necromancer's hand.
At the same time, the light of the magic core also shone to the highest point, like a small sun that had accumulated countless energy, and it would explode in the next moment.
And at this critical moment, the fighting qi collided with the blazing light that exploded from the magic core.
In an instant, everyone felt as if hundreds of lightning bolts had exploded in front of them, and the strong white light made their eyes blank, and everyone couldn't help but close their eyes.
At the same time, I heard a dull explosion from the white mang, followed by a strong impact that exploded, swinging in all directions!
Everyone was unstable on their feet, and they were pushed away by the shock wave in a daze, and they fell into a mess.
His eyes were stimulated by the bright light, and he couldn't recover his vision for half a day, and he was knocked down by the shockwave, so Raymond couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.
But since he didn't die, it means that Holder succeeded.
As the layers of darkness in his eyes gradually decreased, Raymond felt his vision return, and then struggled to get up. At the same time, beside him, Baster and the others also got up from the ground.
"Oh my god, what happened?" Harlott exclaimed in his characteristic loud voice, "Strange. I don't seem to be dead yet. ”
After a few more moments of habitation, Raymond finally saw the scene in front of him.
Edward had disappeared, and the magic array on the ground was gone, centered on the place where the two necromancers were standing just now, and there was an obvious impact mark on the ground that spread out in all directions, forming a blank space with a radius of tens of meters.
And Raymond who was originally in it. Including those zombies and skeleton soldiers, they were all pushed dozens of meters away, which shows how powerful they are.
The two necromancers, one of whom was pierced by Tavent's spear, had been killed. The other lay on the ground, the core of mana falling to his hand, and the hedron split in half, and the glittering light in it had disappeared, turning back into an ordinary stone.
We... Saved?
After the thought crossed my mind. Raymond immediately sounded, who saved everyone just now,
"Where's Holder?" Raymond immediately looked around.
Holder lay not far away, motionless. Raymond hurriedly walked towards him, and with this movement, he realized that his whole body hurt badly, and his muscles seemed to be about to crack, which showed the intensity of the impact just now, and suppressed Hold, who had burst out of the magic core. The damage can be imagined.
Helping Holder to his feet, Raymond said repeatedly, "Mr. Holder." You're all right, are you?"
Holder had blood stains on his mouth, nose and ears, and it seemed that he was not lightly injured. After Raymond called out for a while, he groaned and slowly woke up.
Holder's sloppy eyes looked around, and finally fixed on Raymond's face. After making sure that Raymond was fine, he smiled reluctantly: "Great." Looks like I'm catching up. ”
"How are you?" asked Raymond.
Holder coughed, and spurted out a spurt of blood: "The shock of that thing is very strong, and I am afraid that my internal organs are injured, but fortunately, I am not dead." Hahaha..."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, and the two of them saw that Holder's ancient sword had all been shattered, and only a bare hilt remained in his hand.
From this alone, it is possible to know what kind of damage Holder suffered.
I have to say that Raymond's luck this time was extremely good. Thanks to Holder, the strongest player in the Veronica continent, who was next to him, otherwise everyone would have died this time. The necromancer's scheme is truly vicious.
At this time, Baster and others also surrounded him. Although the movement here was large, it did not affect the entire battle, and due to Edward's escape and the death of other necromancers, the undead troops who lost control were all paralyzed, which meant that the necromancer's last army was finally wiped out.
When Moslin heard the news, she immediately used healing magic to heal Holder's wounds. According to her, Holder was very badly injured, and although the fighting spirit interfered with the strength of the magic core at the last moment, Holder, who directly suffered the anti-shock force, almost hung up, and even Moslin could not completely heal his injuries.
It seems that Holder will need to lie in the hospital bed for a while.
At this moment, he suddenly heard Baste shouting, "Young master, this guy is still alive." ”
The group walked towards Baste, only to see her crouching next to the necromancer, waving to Raymond.
When I walked over, I saw that the necromancer who had just used the magic core was still alive. Baster kicked him over, and the necromancer groaned and slowly opened his eyes.
"You... He was still alive. Seeing Raymond and the others, an incredible expression appeared on his face.
"Hmph, if you want to kill Lao Tzu, you are still a hundred years early. Although his face turned pale with fright, Harlot was now nervous again.
"Damn, it's your fate, I didn't do what President Denek had asked me to do. The necromancer said with chagrin.
Harlot was furious when he heard this, and rolled up his sleeves to make a move: "Boss, let me kill him." ”
Raymond's heart moved, and he waved his hand to signal Harlot to stand down, and then said to the necromancer, "You have completely failed. Could it be that you buried so many troops in vain just to complete the plan just now?"
As if hearing something extremely ridiculous, the necromancer laughed. However, due to the severity of his injuries, his voice was very weak, which made his laughter crush in his throat, like a broken bellows.
"Haha, you really don't know anything. The necromancer laughed and said, "Poor. I really thought we were here to die. ”
Raymond said, "What is your purpose?"
"Forget it, the goal has been achieved anyway, so it doesn't hurt to tell you. The necromancer snorted and said proudly, "We... It's just a decoy to draw your attention here. You've always thought we'd be going to rescue Sonali City, right? Unfortunately, we have other goals. ”
The necromancer's words struck everyone like a thunderbolt. Raymond exhaled slowly and said in a deep voice, "So what is the goal, which is more important than going to rescue your lair?"
"Sonali City... It doesn't matter anymore, it doesn't matter if you give up... But until then, we'll make you pay a terrible price...", however, the badly wounded necromancer was no longer able to do so, his injuries were aggravated by the excitement he had just had, and he was now slipping into a coma.
"What is the price?" said Hilneth, grabbing him.
"Life, a lot of life...", the half-unconscious necromancer said in a daze, "Freedon City... Leonard City... We will send many people into the arms of the gods..."
At the end, his head tilted. I'm going to see Hades myself.
Everyone present was furious, they already understood the meaning of the necromancer's words.
"Oops, we've all been fooled. Hilnis, pale, muttered, "They actually sent troops to attack the cities behind us. ”
By this time, the necromancer's plot had been revealed: the necromancer, in despair, had no intention of saving himself, but decided to go crazy in the last moments, using the slaughter to avenge his enemies.
Taking advantage of Raymond and Sidonis' judgment that the undead army would definitely rescue Sonali, they sent this force to attract the attention of the Hydington Army and the Sidonis Army, and dragged them here for a few days.
At the same time, two more troops were sent. Sneak up on the city of Fereden and a city called Leonard, and take revenge on them by slaughtering the people of the city.
No wonder this army of the undead is huge in number. But there are no high-level undead soldiers, it turns out that those high-level undead have all been sent to attack the city. These necromancers have gone completely mad.
"Where's Leonard, though?" said Harlott curiously.
"Leonard is a small city near the border of the Krot Empire, and before the capture of Sonali, our sect settled all the ordinary cultists and their families there. There are hundreds of thousands of people. At this moment, a voice came from behind the crowd.
They turned their heads to see that the leader of the Knights of Divine Punishment, Arinth, had already walked over.
Hearing such shocking news, Arlins's resolute face remained calm, but his fingers holding his helmet spasmed slightly from too much force. It shows the stirring in his heart.
The inhabitants of the city of Ferredon had been evacuated in advance, and now there were only a few soldiers left behind in the city and a large number of wounded, and Leonard had hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting people...
No one could have imagined the terrible consequences of an angry army of the undead entering that city.
"Captain Arlins, do you need us?" said Raymond.
Before he could finish speaking, Aarin said in a deep voice: "Lord Raymond, let's leave it at that, and we will trouble you about cleaning up the battlefield." ”
The matter is critical, and there is no time to inform the large forces outside Sonali, and the Knights of Divine Punishment must return to help immediately. Although Raymond has the heart to help, the city of Ferredon is also in danger, and he is also powerless.
Later, Aarins added: "In addition, our wounded soldiers are also sent to Sonali City. ”
Although the Knights of Divine Punishment were physically strong, many of them were still seriously injured in the poison fog attack, and in order to rescue Leonard City, Aarin had to leave them behind.
Raymond nodded without hesitation: "No problem, leave it to me." We have some experience in treating the poison of the undead, and I will treat them first and try to keep everyone alive. ”
The battle has reached this point, and no one pays attention to the previous dislike anymore, and in the face of Aarins's request, Raymond agreed without hesitation.
His simply made Arinston feel good, and the rough regimental commander moved his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but at the end he just slapped his breastplate and gave Raymond a standard military salute: "It's my honor to fight side by side with you." ”
Raymond also said, "Me too." Good luck and hopefully it's still too late. ”
"There must still be time. Aarlins said resolutely.
Subsequently. He walked up to his troops and shouted, "All take off your armor and vests, and leave only one day's supplies, and we will go to Leonard City at once!"
The Knights of Divine Punishment made a long flight from Sonali City, and immediately went into battle. I'm exhausted at the moment. No matter how good their horses were, they could no longer run long distances.
Therefore, Arins ordered the Divine Punishment Knight to take off his armor, remove the horse's armor as well, and carry only one day's supplies with him, and return to Leonard's aid with a light attitude.
Although this saves horsepower, it also means that the Knights of Divine Punishment have abandoned all defenses. Once they encounter an army of the undead, they will become very dangerous.
The Divine Punishment Knights naturally understood this, but without any doubts, everyone silently removed their armor. Then the knights, dressed only in underlined clothes, turned on their horses. Whizzed in the direction of Leonard City, leaving behind the finest knightly armor and waistcoat all over the battlefield.
Raymond and the others watched the Divine Punishment Knights resolutely go towards their deaths, and everyone felt a sense of respect in their hearts. Although the two sides had been mortal enemies before, none of this mattered anymore, and the Divine Punishment Knights at this moment had won the respect of everyone in Headington.
However, moved is moved, Raymond's side is also in critical condition, and they must also act immediately.
"Tavent. Please send a troop of cavalry to Sonali City at once to inform the Sidonis forces. Raymond said to Tavent.
"Is it still too late?" asked Tavent.
"It doesn't matter if it's in time or not. Tell them. Raymond gritted his teeth. The lives of civilians are at stake, and they can only do their best to obey the destiny of heaven.
"Understood. Taven nodded.
"Harlot, you stay here to assist Bryce and Hermy in cleaning up the battlefield, collect the armor of the Knights of Punishment, and return it to them in the future. Raymond said to Harlot again.
"Also, Moslin. You send the wounded soldiers into Grayling, detoxify them by all means, and then return to the Sidonis army when you are ready. ”
"Boss, what are you going to do?" Harlott was stunned.
"Of course it's to Freedon City!" Raymond muttered, "I'm not going to let those bastards' plot succeed." ”
Soon, Raymond. Bath, Hilnis, and Lorna, together with the cavalry of Godan Steppe, rushed to the city of Freedon with all their might.
Like the Knights of Divine Punishment, Raymond had no choice but to leave the infantry in Grayling Town and lead the cavalry back to the rescue.
Let's hope it's still too late...
A soft white light covered the wound on Goodwin's chest, and the muscles around the wound began to slowly gather under the white light, and the bright red flesh began to grow, and the scabbed parts gradually fell off.
Seeing that the wound was about to heal, a strange black gas suddenly skewered from the wound, and the black gas swirled around the wound, not only smiling at the white light, but also expanding the wound again, tearing the muscles, and blood immediately gushing out.
"Uh-huh!" Goodwin frowned.
Standing beside him, Ehita withdrew her hand with a worried look on her face, applying herbs to Goodwin's cracked wound: "I'm sorry, Mr. Goodwin, but I still can't, I can't fight the necromantic power in your body. ”
"Ha Lu Ha, it's okay. Goodwin's heroic smile said, "I can't die anyway, and those necromancers can't help me." ”
While Raymond led his army to the town of Grayling, Goodwin and the wounded remained in the city of Ferredon to continue their treatment. Since everyone thought the rear was safe, only a small number of defenders remained in the city.
Since Raymond needed Moslin's magic, Ashta, who knew how to heal and use herbs, stayed behind to care for the wounded. The elf, who has a quiet nature, has no complaints, and has tried her best to treat the wounded these days, and her beauty has become extremely popular among the soldiers, and many people regard Aishta as the goddess of the battlefield.
After being stabbed with Syruth's dagger, Goodwin's injuries have not recovered. However, the strong old man did not care, and every time the treatment failed, he could face it calmly.
Aishta packed up her medical supplies and was about to leave, when Goodwin suddenly asked, "Hey, what do you think of that elf boy?"
"What?" Aishta turned her head in confusion. (To be continued......)
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