Great time travel

Chapter 32, Scourge of the Undead
On this night of destruction and death, when the army of undead creatures suddenly poured into the homeland, despite the haste and lack of precautions, the fortress city.The adventurers and some of the militiamen in Lantier spontaneously resisted after waking up in shock.

However this was of no use.

When the faint morning light gradually appeared on the horizon, except for the inner city protected by the third city wall, the entire fortress city Ye.Lantel has become a paradise for the undead, filled with the rancid smell of death.The remaining living people either fled the city in a hurry and ran for their lives in the wilderness, or curled up in hidden places like attics and cellars, or even got into cabinets and wine barrels... With keen perception, many people were dragged out of the hiding place they thought was hidden, and turned into a pile of unrecognizable rotten meat amidst the screams...

And in the seemingly safe inner city, a series of brutal fierce battles have actually erupted.Although these rotting undead creatures can't help but have a tall and strong city wall for the time being, there is no internal response of a necromancer inside the third city wall.However, there is still a small group of ghouls and ghosts, driven by the necromancer, sneaked into the mayor's mansion through the sewer... Thanks to the quick response of the mages of the Mage Association and the mercenaries guarding the inner city, they discovered the abnormality in time. After a hard fight, the enemy was repelled and the sewer was blocked, so that no catastrophe occurred.

In addition to the fights in the sewers, there are also melees on the surface: seeing the city under his control being gradually swallowed by the undead, thousands of kingdom subjects died in the bloodiest way amidst the wailing, the mayor of Panasore After all, I still couldn’t stand it anymore, and taking advantage of the fact that the army of undead creatures was still far away, I ordered people to quietly open the small gate of the inner city, and took in a group of refugees who were huddled below the city and begging...Unexpectedly, among these refugees, most Most of them are not serious people, mixed with a lot of thieves and hooligans, and they want to go crazy when they are about to die.

After entering the inner city, these ungrateful things not only did not obey the arrangement of the city hall, climbed up the city wall to help defend, but managed to escape the supervision, tried to take advantage of the fire, robbed and stole everywhere, harassed the rich and powerful women, and even set fire in the noble district , which greatly interfered with preparations for war.The self-inflicted mayor of Panasole had no choice but to pinch his nose and organize a purge against them, and after a brutal killing, he suppressed the gang of thugs.

In addition, some incorporeal ghosts also quietly floated across the city wall in the night, causing chaos in the inner city.But after all, they didn't have much actual lethality. After scaring a few women unconscious and causing some riots, they were jointly suppressed by the magicians.

After the inner city finally quieted down, the civilian areas in the outer city were almost completely finished.

——When dawn breaks, the fortress city.There are almost no human resisters on the streets of Lantil.There are raging fires in the neighborhoods, and groups of skeletons and zombies stagger and move in the flames, which looks particularly frightening.

Although the inner city protected by the third city wall is still standing, it is also shrouded in a gloomy and hopeless atmosphere.

"...Eye Rantel City... Is this the end?" Standing on the city defense tower in the inner city, overlooking the dilapidated ruins like a ghost land below, there are walking corpses wandering around, Pana Soleil The mayor couldn't help but lamented in despair, "...Looking at the tragic situation in the city, even if we manage to survive this undead catastrophe, we probably won't be able to withstand the next attack of the Bajas Empire."

"...The current disaster is not over yet! Mr. Mayor!" Lakshire, the president of the Magicians Association, said with a gloomy face, "...If we can't even survive the current wave of disasters, then we can't I don't have the right to think about what's next..."

"...Well, your Excellency makes a lot of sense." Mayor Panasole hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said yes - how to deal with the next invasion of the imperial army is a matter for the future.As for now, it is better to concentrate on defending against the undead, "...By the way, is there any new news?"

"...There are both good news and bad news. The good news is that our request for help has been answered. Your Excellency the warrior commander Gazef Stronov, who is on the way back to the capital, has received the news from here and is leading people Turn around and rush back to rescue. The bad news is that the current inner city is completely surrounded by undead creatures, and there is no way for people to break out. What's worse, these undead creatures seem to be preparing to attack the inner city..."

Rakshir raised his wand and pointed at the sea of ​​undead creatures wriggling outside the city wall, "...But, this is also destined, isn't it?"

——At this moment, the undead creatures who were wandering spontaneously in the streets and alleys, hunting and killing the living, have been driven by some unknown will, and gradually gathered outside the third city wall protecting the inner city.There were so many of them that they not only filled the small square outside the city gate, but also blocked several surrounding streets.The pungent smell of blood and rancidity, accompanied by terrifying howls, wafted in the wind, which was simply suffocating.And behind these undead creatures showing off their might, there is a destructive zone as tragic as a hurricane passing through, scattered with countless burning houses and shops, plasma, minced meat and internal organs can be seen everywhere on the walls and ground.What's even more creepy is that, as long as the skeletons of those citizens who were unfortunately massacred and died were still intact, they would not lie on the ground waiting to rot, but stand up unsteadily and join the ranks of the killers.

——There is no mercy, no forgiveness, no kindness, and no surrender, only cold and bloody ruthless killing.

This is a final battle between the living and the dead.

Faced with the swarms of undead creatures, the remaining humans in the third city wall were naturally extremely nervous and tried their best to deal with it: the suspension bridge on the moat had already been put away, the gate wrapped in copper was tightly closed, the alarm gong and The horns sounded tighter and tighter.Whether it is a mysterious and proud magician, a mercenary who has experienced many battles, or those servants who have a little strength, they are all shouted and driven to the top of the city to face the undead who are about to attack.

Even those pampered aristocrats, rich men and officials, at such a critical moment of life and death, had to reluctantly drag their bodies, which had already been drained by wine and sex and neglected to exercise all the year round, and drew their swords out of their sheaths tremblingly, preparing to fight for themselves. and the lives of relatives and friends, and carry out the most tenacious resistance.

Regrettably, since the undead crisis broke out in the public cemetery between the two outer city walls, the outermost city wall has long lost contact with the inner city. Combat equipment, of course, cannot be withdrawn...

Standing on the city wall, looking at the swarming army of undead creatures, Mayor Panasole only felt a burst of tension.He took a deep breath, trying to suppress his beating heart, but he was almost vomited by the pungent rancid smell.But even so, he forced himself to calm down.In any case, with such a tall city wall and so many magicians, all the soldiers and civilians in the inner city are determined to fight to the end, so even without some heavy equipment, if you want to hold the inner city for a period of time until reinforcements arrive, you should It's not a big problem!

Mayor Panasole thought while covering his mouth and nose with a perfumed handkerchief to resist the bursts of rancid smell wafting from outside.

Unfortunately, he was really naive.

The enemies he needs to deal with at this moment are far more than skeletons, zombies and ghouls without IQ.

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Already occupied by the undead.In the civilian area of ​​Lantil City, two figures suddenly appeared on the roof of a blood-stained circular vaulted building.

One of them is Clementine, a female killer who has stepped into the realm of legendary heroes, with shawl and blonde hair.At this time, her body was filled with the smell of blood, the meteor hammer and the blade in her hand were still dripping with blood that had not yet dried up, the cloak and hair were covered with mottled blood stains, and there were still small pieces of flesh stuck to the upper of the boots. It was as if she had just walked out of the slaughterhouse—in fact, she had just slaughtered humans in the city overnight.

"...seven mithril, nine platinum, fifteen silver, twenty iron and thirty-two bronze medals, all of them are opponents who are too weak to lift your spirits. I really don't feel like enough! Moreover, this There seem to be too few low-level adventurers in the area..."

While muttering like this, she was playing with the metal identity badges she had snatched from the corpses of the slain adventurers, carefully wiping the blood and stains on them, and then inlaying them on her clothes one by one to make them even better. It looks like a layered fish scale armor.

Then, Clementine raised her head, and by the light of dawn, looked at the fortified inner city standing majestically amidst a sea of ​​undead, "...Oh, little Kaji! What are you going to do next? You These zombies and skeletons don’t seem to be able to climb the city walls! If you want me to assassinate the mayor, that’s fine. But if you expect me to help you break down the city gate, people don’t want to do such a laborious thing! "

"...Hmph, it's just a city wall, you don't need to trouble yourself with such trivial matters!"

Khajit, the black-robed necromancer standing beside her, replied, "...You should save some strength and deal with the strong people who may exist in the inner city later! Although the adventurers in this city are the highest Only at the Mithril level, the mercenaries under the mayor are even a group of smugglers. However, the warrior commander of the kingdom, Gazef Stronov, just came here a few days ago, and he didn’t leave until yesterday, so maybe he stayed behind. A few good players. And there are a few good battle mages in the Mage Association...Of course, I'm not afraid of them, but it's still a little trouble..."

"...Know~~I got it~~~Little Kaji!" Clementine smiled coquettishly, and shouted in an overly greasy voice, "...But, that's all breaking What happened behind the city wall? How do you plan to enter the city? Could it be that there are internal responses like the second city wall?"

"...The me before was not capable of placing internal agents in the aristocratic district behind the third city wall! Moreover, even if there were so few internal agents, under the current situation of comprehensive martial law and preparations for war, I am afraid that they would not be able to send them. What's the use..."

Necromancer Khajiit replied indifferently, and at the same time raised a black ball, which exuded a dark red gleam, as if it was absorbing tens of thousands of souls created in this night of killing, and seemed to be beating like a heart. Slowly agitate, and even become more and more powerful.

"...After massacring the people in this city, the [Death Orb] has absorbed enough negative energy! No, it should be said that it has absorbed enough to expand to the limit, and it is about to burst! Just what needs to be done Some strenuous exercise to decompress!"

Khajiit made a pleasant voice, "... answer my call! A powerful and invincible existence! Let those mortals see how powerful you are!"

The next moment, accompanied by the radiance of magic and the deafening roar, two huge objects wrapped in a violent whirlwind, came crashing down on the fortress city Ye.Over the urban area of ​​Lantil, flapping its rotting wings like a rag, it floated outside the third city wall.

Looking from the top of the city, there are two skeletons with hideous appearance, about three meters in height and more than ten meters in length.The "parts" that make up them are countless fresh or old human bones, and the objects of imitation are mythical beasts with long necks, wings and four feet: giant dragons.The two tails made of countless bones are slapping the roof of the ground from time to time, stirring up clouds of dust.

Standing on the city wall, Lakshire, the president of the Magicians Association, immediately recognized that it was a powerful undead monster called a bone dragon.

What's more terrible is that this kind of monster is not only very powerful, but also has a very troublesome characteristic, which is simply a natural enemy for magicians.

"...It's over, it's over! Why did the bone dragon come out!" He collapsed on the city wall in despair, his eyes full of despair.

"...Uh, aren't these bone dragons very powerful?" Seeing Lakhill's gaffe, Mayor Panasore who was standing beside him couldn't help asking.

"...Not only is it hopelessly powerful, but it is also absolutely resistant to magic. All magic casters can't do anything about it! If you want to destroy or expel it, the only way is to send out adamantite-level adventurer fighters. Equipped with national treasure-level auxiliary magic items..."

There was a helpless wry smile on the corner of Mage Lakshir's mouth, "...and we don't have any of these things right now...the only thing we can count on, His Excellency the Warrior Commander, Gazef Stronov, is still on his way here , Moreover, even a warrior as powerful as the warrior commander of the kingdom, if he is not equipped with those national treasure weapons, he is probably not the opponent of the bone dragon, let alone two at a time..."

"...Even if this is the case, you can't just sit and wait for death! Archers! Aim at those two big guys! Shoot all of them!"

Hearing this, a middle-aged officer with a violent personality couldn't help but jumped up and shouted.Immediately afterwards, the archers on the top of the city, who had been preparing for a long time, obeyed and shot arrows.The magicians who were not willing to stand still, also cast various attack spells one after another, launching concentrated fire bombardment on the two bone dragons floating in front of them: [Magic Arrow], [Lightning Strike], [Rain of Flame], [Shock Wave]... …The sound of swishing arrows piercing through the air was continuous, colorful magic lights were shining one after another, and the sound of violent explosions was deafening one after another—but this was of no use.

When all attack methods were exhausted, the people on the top of the city found desperately that the two bone dragons in front of them were still intact.And the undead creatures under the city wall let out bursts of ear-piercing drumming noises, as if they were laughing at the futile resistance of humans.

Next, Khajiit, the leader of the necromancer standing on the roof and supervising the battle, waved his wand confidently.

"...Let's attack! Skeleton dragon! Grind the tortoise shells of these humble cowards in front of me! Make them unable to break free from the embrace of death!"

In the next moment, accompanied by violent waves like a storm, guarding in Ye.The remaining humans in the inner city of Rantel finally ushered in their doomsday...

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Fortress city yeah.Rantel City, the first outermost wall

If a foreign enemy invaded, this must be the first place to fall.However, because the army of undead creatures that attacked this time started from the public cemetery in the city, the main attack direction was the populated areas in the center of the city, rather than fighting from the inside of the city to the outside of the city.Therefore, until dawn when the whole city had basically fallen, there were still quite a few living people left on the outermost city wall.Mainly militiamen and adventurers on duty.Since they were cut off from the inner city, these people have never received an evacuation order, so they have persisted until now.

However, even so, the outermost city wall at this time is already like hell, filled with the breath of death and blood.

——All kinds of dead people staggered on the city wall through a few steps that were too late to be blocked, with low growls in their mouths, and rushed towards any living beings they could find.In this way, the tide of death slowly spread from the cemetery, and gradually penetrated into every corner of the city.The remaining militiamen and adventurers have been divided into several sections by the undead that keep pouring up the city wall, so they can only stay in the tower, struggling with fear.

"...Drink!!"

At the gate of a certain tower on the city wall, with a flash of sword light, a zombie was beheaded like this, but even so, the headless corpse was still struggling to move forward, and the soldier with the sword had to grit his teeth. , took the risk to step forward, kicked the headless corpse, kicked it down the stairs, and then rolled down like a stone, smashing into the surging undead creatures below, which immediately caused a commotion .

Seeing this scene, the soldier with the sword couldn't help but shuddered, and then screamed loudly.

"...Quick, close!! Close the door quickly!! Don't let these monsters rush into the tower!"

Hearing his yell, the other two soldiers rushed forward and closed the heavy iron-clad wooden door together, and then quickly lowered the bolt.Soon, from the other side of the thick door panel, there were low-pitched roars and knocking sounds again.

Listening to these voices, the adventurers and militiamen guarding the tower couldn't help showing expressions of fear.

"...Damn it, why haven't the reinforcements come yet! What are those officials in the city doing?"

One of the oldest adventurers couldn't help cursing, and the rest nodded in agreement.

Due to the severance of contact with the rear, they still don't know how bad the battle situation has deteriorated.

But soon, they discovered that they no longer had to count on any reinforcements.

Because, through the window of the tower building, with the help of the faint morning light, these people were all dumbfounded to see that two giant flying monsters came from nowhere and were swooping down and bombarding the fortress city in turn.The third city wall at the core of Lantil, and with the ground shaking and loud noises, it can be seen that the 20-meter-high thick city wall is collapsing and collapsing!
Obviously, with the fall of the inner city, the fortress city Ye.Rantier was completely finished, and they were very close to death.

"……what should I do now?"

This question immediately lingered in the minds of all the survivors. The reinforcements in the inner city could not be counted on. The city wall outside the tower was already occupied by undead creatures, and it was impossible to rush down the city wall.Let's talk about today's yeah.The inside of Lantel is only more dangerous than the walls...

In the end, it was the older adventurer who came up with a solution that was not a solution.

"...Everyone, this city is finished. No matter whether you have relatives trapped in the city or not, we don't have the ability to rescue them now. We can only run out of the city. Of course, there are zombies and Skeletons and ghouls cannot leave the city gate. But there is still a rope here, we can use this rope to leave the city wall and escape to the wilderness." He pointed to the wilderness on the other side of the tower.

"...but what do we do next? Where can we go after we get out of the city?" asked a young militiaman.

"...See the flames and smoke over there? Since yesterday evening, I've seen a lot of bonfires going on there."

The older adventurer pointed to the north of the city. Under the dawn that was about to dawn, he could vaguely see a dancing flame and a more striking curl of smoke, "...there should be a large caravan's camp, we can go there Ask for help, maybe we can get some food or something, maybe even find our relatives there. A lot of people escaped from the city last night, if they can see the fire, they should run there too As for the next thing... we can only wait until we escape..."

He bit his lips tightly, picked up the rope and lowered it down the city wall, "...you guys who don't want to be eaten by the undead, come with me!"