Knight with Wand

Under the city of Shatai, Ron's men led the crowd to shout at the gate on the city wall, and the shouts of thousands of people shook the sky.

The refugees didn't know what it meant, but they still obeyed the leader's orders habitually. Most of them still thought they were just asking for more relief from the city. Only some people who were close to Ron heard the leader's words clearly, and their faces were full of doubts.

Ivan looked at the boiling voices of the team below and listened to the leader's request. He didn't understand what the other party meant by the so-called "monsters" that were overwhelming, and he would not easily believe the other party's words.

He didn't dare to open the city gate for the thousands of disaster victims under the city, but was anxiously waiting for his father to come and make a decision.

However, the city guard sergeant on the side suddenly reminded the second son of the baron in fear, pointing to the hill at the end of the right suburbs: "My lord, look! There are many figures in the east!"

Knight Ivan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound.

The horizontal curtain of figures gathering from the suburbs in the east was slowly pushing forward like an approaching horizon.

A huge army? !

A quick look at the exaggerated scale and outline over there really made Ivan sweat coldly.

He didn't believe the so-called monsters that the leader of the refugees below said, but the dark sky made Ivan unable to distinguish the appearance of the army.

Is it the army of the Serrian Kingdom's revenge counterattack? Are the Serrians coming?

This was Ivan's first reaction in fear.

After calling the door without getting a response, Ron climbed onto the cart beside him and looked at the terrible scene that had entered his field of vision, and couldn't help cursing.

He turned his head and knew that the young knight on the wall did not believe his warning at all, so he immediately changed his strategy in a hurry.

"Listen, kid! If you don't open the city gate, I will take these homeless people to help that "army" attack." Ron shouted in a threatening voice: "If you let us in, we can still defend the city wall for you, idiot!!"

Listening to the threat of the refugee leader, Ivan suddenly felt that the other party was abnormal.

Even when the bandits plundered the territory before, the victims did not make such a commotion. The Uriah people were too lazy to pay attention to these poor people who had nothing. They only captured some slaves who were carrying goods and took them away.

Why is the leader of the victims so excited and terrified now?

Is he trying to trick the city gates open and plunder the town?

But with the army approaching, what is the point of these victims rushing into the city to rob and kill?

Still defending the city walls? Facing such a huge Serian army, is there any need for the small city of Shatai to defend? With his father's temperament, he might consider opening the city and surrendering directly.

Ivan was anxious and ordered a sentry to secretly take a hanging basket from the corner on the east side where there were few people to find out the situation of the huge army.

He turned and looked at the tower of his own fortress in the city, and couldn't help complaining that his father came so slowly, fearing that the people below the city and Shatai City would be destroyed.

Although the ladders abandoned by those damn Uriah bandits were simple, they were enough for the victims below to climb up to the top of the city where there were not enough defenders.

But after a while, the terrified cry from the east side made Ivan turn around.

"Monster! It's really a monster! Dead people! Corpses, ghosts--!!"

The sentry who was sent to sneak out of the city just now fled back from the battlement on the right side in fear, his eyes seemed to have seen something horrible.

". It's over, sir, it's the end of the world! It's the end of the world brought down by the gods!! We are dead!"

Crying and shouting, the sentry's legs were so weak that he stumbled and fell to the ground.

Ivan felt a chill in his heart, ran quickly, picked up the sentry who couldn't even stand steadily and asked: "What corpses? What did you see?"

"--No, they are all dead people! Not the army, but rotten corpses, dead people crawling out of the grave! The dead have all returned to the world, it must be the punishment of the god of the underworld, Venolis." The frightened sentry cried.

After a while, the fat baron, who hadn't even fastened his pants, finally came to the inner wall panting.

When he saw the refugees rushing into the city from the north gate like a torrent, he was shocked and angry as if he was awakened.

"Iven! Iven, you idiot! Are you crazy? Why let those lowly people into the city!"

Baron Shatai rushed to the city wall under the protection of the guards.

However, looking at his father who came, the young Knight Kantadar did not want to defend himself, but pointed to the outside of the city woodenly.

Baron Shatai suppressed his shock and anger, turned his head and looked, and in an instant, all the abuses that he wanted to blurt out were blocked in his throat.

"What should I do, father?" Iven asked helplessly.

The young knight had heard of the blasphemous witchcraft of wizards awakening corpses from the grave, but the overwhelming attack outside the city, like a scene that would only appear in a nightmare, was beyond the scope of what ordinary people could understand.

"My lord, let's run away quickly." A frightened soldier trembled with weak limbs.

At this moment, no officer rebuked him for his cowardice. Facing the terrifying creatures that were approaching Shatai City from all over the mountains, they did not even have the option of surrendering.

Escape? Where to escape?

Ivan swallowed his dry throat and looked around the outskirts of the city.

If there was a place to run, the victims would have fled to the city at all costs.

There were those demon-like corpses on three sides, and Shatai City, backed by the lake, had no way to retreat.

But facing the doomsday-like disaster, the terrified Baron Shatai looked around and looked at the frightened soldiers. His fat face suddenly calmed down.

"What are you afraid of? They're just walking corpses! Can they still climb the city wall? Guard the town and send messengers to contact reinforcements. As soon as Baron Arbus's five thousand troops arrive, they can bury these ghosts again immediately. Go back to the soil!" Baron Shatai shouted in a stern voice.

No matter how the soldiers on the city wall reacted, he pulled Yi Wen over and seriously told this upright second son who was the least favored in the past: "I Wen, your eldest brother is not here now. Now you are the pillar of the family. On the city wall Hold on to the army and I’ll gather the townspeople! Don’t embarrass me!”

Looking at his father who was uncharacteristically calm and composed, Ivan felt slightly encouraged in his heart.

"Don't worry, father, I will never step back!"

The fat baron nodded with relief, turned around and shouted to the army: "Hold the city wall! Don't retreat, anyone who retreats will be killed! The brave will be rewarded!"

He made a generous promise against his will, saying that he would immediately send rewards to all the soldiers to boost their morale. As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly left the city wall with a few guards without looking back.

Looking at his father's back, Ivan had to take a deep breath to cheer up, continue to command and prepare for war, and supervise the soldiers to bring in all the bows, arrows and crossbows.

Lord's Fortress.

The guards quickly carried out the simple heavy money box from the secret room, and a lady ran down the stairs quickly.

".What happened? I heard the bell ringing. Are the victims from outside calling in? Why did you take away all the guards? There are only a few servants left in the fortress."

At this moment, the frightened Baroness had no intention of asking about the disheveled mistress in her husband's room, and went straight to Baron Château.

His eyes signaled the guards carrying the treasure to go out first. The fat baron faced his old and slutty wife with a rare smile on his face to comfort him: "Don't worry, Ivan stabilized the situation on the city wall. The guards I recruited are In order to help him, you stay in the fortress and don't go out."

The Baroness uneasily stopped her husband who was about to leave again: "But why don't you leave a few guards behind? There are no guards in the fortress. Irene, Irene, and Ivan's children are all very scared."

Baron Shatai looked solemn and threatened: "There is more need for soldiers outside. Do you want to be ravaged by those untouchables after the city is broken?! Stop talking, I have to recruit the militia in the town!"

The baroness was immediately stunned into silence.

She was so frightened that she hid back in the room, and the Fat Baron hurriedly walked out of the fortress.

After all, he had an old wife for many years. He paused, turned his head and asked the captain of the guard: "Is there still room on the ship?"

"Sir, the belongings on several ships are so packed that there is no room to stand. Unless you want to leave a few brothers to make room, but... I'm afraid it won't be easy." the guard captain reminded in a strange tone.

The incident happened suddenly. Everyone in the guard knew about the disaster outside the city. The ones who carried the treasure were also guards. Now he wants some of his brothers to "voluntarily" stay, I'm afraid.

The fat baron said no more. He nodded and felt that he could not blame himself. Anyway, the old wife was dead and she would be replaced by a younger one in the future. The fall of Shatai City was already an unbearable disaster. He quickly took the treasure and fled back to Geng. The safe territory to the west is more important.

Without asking any more questions, he climbed onto his horse with difficulty, led his guards and fled towards the dock.

The big tower bell in Shatai City was rang hastily by officials, and the assembled militiamen rushed towards the city wall in a panic.

Seeing groups of militiamen gathering, Knight Ivan felt a little relieved.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of arguing under the wall not far away, and he looked sideways.

He saw the leader of the victims who was blocked halfway up the stairs by soldiers, as well as the crowd of people behind him.

"Where is your lord? Don't stop us like an idiot. I'm here to help defend the city." Ron pushed him over arbitrarily.

"Let them come up!" Ivan ordered the soldiers to let them go and looked at the leading middle-aged man: "You thugs are really here."

"Of course you have to come, otherwise everyone will die."

Ron led the men behind him to climb the city wall.

"Give my people weapons, spears, hammers, whatever is in the warehouse, even farm tools."

Listening to the other party's rude tone, Ivan instinctively felt displeased, but now, with the disaster so close, he had no other choice.

Instructing the soldiers to take the opponent's men to the armory to collect weapons, Knight Ivan looked at the opponent: "I can only give you part of it, and the rest must be distributed to arm the militia called by my father."

"Your father?" Ron sneered and turned to look at the dim outline of the town to the south: "He has probably abandoned you and ran away."

As he said that, Ron walked past this innocent young knight, holding on to the battlements and looking at the endless walking corpses, with a deep feeling in his heart: "Retribution."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Ivan was furious when he heard the other party guessing what his father said.

However, thinking of his father's reputation and character, the young knight felt suspicious and cold.

"Keep your voice down, boy, do you want the soldiers on the wall to know that the lord has abandoned them?" Ron turned around and frowned.

He shook his head: "I know your father well. He can run very fast at the slightest sign of trouble. I have also been to the small dock south of your Shatai City. I am afraid that there will not be enough boats to cross the river at one time. He will not let you hold the soldiers steady." Here, these soldiers are rushing to grab the boat, how can he escape? "

"Stop talking!"

Ivan shouted angrily, but his expression showed a hint of disappointment instinctively.

Sighing helplessly, he thought that his father could at least take his mother and his wife and children to escape from death, so he stopped worrying about it.

As a knight of Kantadar, he should have died on the battlefield, but he didn't expect that day to come so quickly.

But now that he could protect his family and die defending his territory, Ivan felt that he was worthy of his honor and status.

Ivan looked at the guy who remained calm despite the sea of ​​corpses outside the city, and couldn't help asking the refugee leader who was about to live and die with Shatai City: "Who are you?"

"Just a deserter who was frightened in Rolanal." Ron looked at the densely packed corpses in the distance and the outlines of rows of spears that could be seen behind him, with a wry smile.

"Is this the punishment sent down by the gods that Serian said?"

On the high hills on the outskirts of the city, the grass withered under the trampling of the dark horse's hooves, and a hoarse voice whispered aimlessly.

".Not enough is not enough. Dedicated to the Master. More is needed."

The ferocious eyeballs that had lost their eyelids were staring at the kingdom and town in the broken memories of his life.

The face was so badly corroded that it was no longer possible to distinguish its original appearance.

The blood-stained crowfeather cloak covered the soundless and withered body of the Cantadar wizard, and his fingers like dead wood tightly pulled the reins of the nightmare corpse horse under his crotch.

The crunching sound of heavy axle rotation came from behind the corpse wizard.

Several skeletons of cows and horses with a faint green light were working hard in silence, dragging a huge frame filled with mutilated corpses.

The half-length bones of men, women, and children were hung on the spikes on both sides of the frame.

Those dead remains were still wailing in pain as if their souls were still there.

Whenever the tortured screams and cries sounded rhythmically, a burst of light squeezed from the soul followed the rune bearings under the spikes and was transmitted to the huge iron bell in the frame.

——Boom!

The loud bell rang loudly, and countless dark green ghost shadows suddenly appeared next to the huge corpse cart.

The screeching resentful souls are like an invisible storm, like fish in the sea surrounding the bell that binds the dead souls.

".Harvest all the living."

Raising the skeleton staff in his left hand, the ghost wizard's soul silently issued an order.

The human head at the top of the staff opened its bloody mouth, causing screams.

The sea of ​​corpses all over the mountains and plains seemed to boil in an instant.

Countless crawling and running corpses rushed towards the high wall of Shatai City faster and faster.

Then, like a military formation, the corpses of soldiers wearing Kantadar and Uriah armor ran faster and faster with their joints rattling.

Only then did the defenders on the city wall see clearly that what they thought was the light of torches turned out to be ghostly flames dancing and burning in the eyes of the corpse.

"Fire the arrow!!"

Ivan suppressed the panic that made him feel disgusted in his heart, and roared at the crossbowman and the bed crossbow on the top of the tower.

The dense rain of arrows rushed towards the sea of ​​corpses that came into range, and the huge crossbow bolts from the city head flew out with a loud bang, heading straight towards the huge group of corpses.

With the sound of popping into flesh and breaking bones, hundreds of arrows penetrated the walking corpse in a messy manner.

But the corpses covered with arrows only slowed down slightly. Even those who were knocked down by the arrows got up again. Except for a few who were pinned to the ground by giant arrows and struggled to move, none of them seemed to be affected. What harm.

".It's useless! They're already dead, they won't die! No, I don't want to die-!"

The militiamen and refugees on the city wall were the first to hear the sound of collapse, and a few cowardly men turned around and ran away.

Immediately afterwards, their panic ended abruptly with screams.

A quick step caught up and cut off the head of the fleeing man. Ron shook off the blood on the long knife and roared angrily: "Escape is death! Fighting is still possible! If you don't want to die, hold on to your weapon!"

After killing the deserter who disturbed the morale of the army, he kicked up the spear in his hand, threw it to another cowering refugee who had not received the weapon, and returned to the front of the battlement.

However, the next second, what he heard was the sound of flapping wings.

A group of winged corpses crawled and hid among the corpses, and finally reached the city wall, rising into the air like giant bats the size of humans.