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Everyone was shocked when they heard the news.

The mages and swordsmen who participated in the frontline battles clearly remembered that there were thousands of undead corpses piled up outside the city of La Serena. Could it be that such a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood could not show the meaning of war? The end, but it indicates that the disaster has just begun?

After a short period of stagnation, the chaos at the banquet started with a woman's scream, and many people subconsciously scrambled to escape for their lives. The ladies in court dresses were naturally tripped by the hem of their skirts, and then became stepping stones for others—this kind of At that time, no one cared about the gentleman's demeanor.

Hearing a hissing sound, the brave daughter of the earl, Miss Sophia, directly turned the floor-length skirt into a knee-length skirt, holding the saber drawn from the magic bag in her hand, and walked towards Yannick and the others with her two slender legs. stride over.

There are also some smart people who responded in a timely manner, knowing that the safest place is where there are mages and priests. They did not run out at the moment but tightly surrounded the mages, especially Mud Fan, and surrounded him. It's leaking.

The result of this was that Mulder Fan had difficulty even moving, and almost became a sandwich biscuit among the crowd.

"Your Excellency Fan! Please think of a way!"

The city lord Tines was also one of the panicked ones. He originally planned to pass the previous victory and make a note when he reported to the imperial capital, so that His Majesty the emperor can also know his achievements and pave the way for future promotion. Who knows The shouts of the soldiers just now directly shattered his dream.He no longer hopes to be promoted, and now he only wants to save his life.

Mu De Fan ignored him, and directly put Tines aside. With a wave of his staff, defensive magic was built around his body, so that the people who grabbed his robe had to let go, and finally opened a "road".

"Lead the way, to the direction of the undead." Mood Fan grabbed the soldier who reported the letter, and said in an unquestionable tone.

"Yes, yes!" Although the soldier was tall and strong, his tone was bumpy, as if he would be broken in the next moment.

At this moment, Mulder Fan did his part and became the backbone of the mages, who all took out their staffs and followed behind him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yannick also mingled among the mages, away from the panicked crowd, and walked out with the flow of people - at this time, no one cared about the hostility to the priest.

"Yannick!" Sophia grabbed him from behind, "Where are you going?"

"Chris said to go to the city gate to patrol, I want to find him!" Yannick spoke quickly.

"I'll go with you!" Sophia said without thinking.

"I'll go too!" Aphra also appeared, fearing that she would be scattered, she held on to Sophia's lace sleeves tightly.

Yannick didn't have time to politely refuse, and the three of them took advantage of the confusion and walked out.

After leaving the city hall, they realized that the situation was far more chaotic than they had imagined.

Screaming, neighing of horses, trampling and cursing filled the eardrums, everyone's face was full of horror, they didn't even know their destination, they just subconsciously ran around like headless chickens, at a loss in the flow of people , but the result can only make the already out-of-order scene even more chaotic.

The carriage was overturned, the wheat was scattered all over the ground, and of course some people took advantage of the fire to rob, and ran out of the shop with a small bag of grain in their hands. The little boy fell to the ground, crying for his mother, but how could the people who were busy fleeing for their lives meet? Noticed the faint cries of a young boy.The houses on both sides of the street were tightly closed, and many civilians living in the middle and lower classes had nowhere to go even if they left the city. They could only hide at home and pray that La Serena would not fall.

The city hall where Yannick and the others are located is located in the center of La Serena. There are no shadows of the undead yet, but this does not mean that other places are also safe.But many people didn't even know where the undead appeared, so they fled around with the flow of people, unintentionally adding to the chaos.

The three of Yannick managed to squeeze through the crowd like headless flies and came to a relatively secluded place.

"Where are we going?" Sophia also had no idea.

Yannick looked into the distance of the city. Under the southeast sky, there was a faint orange-red fire, occasionally mixed with a little bit of golden or water-blue magic fluctuations.

"There!" Afra pointed to the direction Yannick saw, "Let's go there!"

Thanks to the physical strength gained from the long-distance trek and escape, the priest did not feel tired all the way through most of La Serena, but Aphra followed her out of breath, which even a woman like Sofia couldn't stand.

La Serena has two city gates, one leads to the dark forest, which is the place where the undead invaded before, this gate has been closed after defeating the undead army, even the bravest mercenary group dare not let it go The city lord Tines opened the city gate and let them go to the dark forest to dig gold.

The other city gate leads to the city of Saint-Mar of the Garter Empire. After the undead retreated, at the request of the merchants, Thines ordered people to open the city gate, but they could only go out, not enter.

What is happening now is this city gate.

From a distance, they saw a two-person-high sand wall built not far from the city gate—sacks of sacks filled with sand were blocked there, and soldiers were constantly building new ones after another. The purpose of the defensive sand wall is to have a new line of defense when the original sand wall is captured by the undead.

There are mages and swordsmen standing on the roofs of the houses on both sides. The former use magic to attack the undead who try to climb over the sand wall, while the latter keep pushing back the undead who want to climb the roof and attack them.

Yannick's worries at the beginning became reality. Once the city gate was opened, it was equivalent to opening a gap, and the previous defense and resistance were all in vain.The current sand wall is only as high as two people, and those undead don't even need to use the previous "human ladder strategy", they can easily cross the sand wall, and the soldiers behind have to increase the height of the new defensive sand wall.

In this case, the first to bear the brunt is naturally those ordinary soldiers. They have neither the magic of a mage to attack nor the swordsmanship of a swordsman. Therefore, they have become the group who have suffered the most. Many soldiers had to retreat after being scratched or bitten. Going down to the front line, drinking magic potions to curb the deterioration of the wounds, and even more when building sand walls, they were dragged down by the undead on the spot, bitten to death alive or killed in the pile of undead, and then quickly turned into an army of undead A member of the army launched an attack on his compatriots who were still fighting together just now.

Even with such heavy casualties, the line of defense is still gradually retreating.

The mages and swordsmen who were in charge of attacking and protecting were supposed to be on duty at the city gate, and they didn't go to the dinner party. There were not many of them. Before the other mages arrived, they couldn't keep their original position. The defense line was broken through the city gate, and then retreated from the city gate to the first sand wall, and now it has begun to retreat behind the second sand wall.

After all, the sand wall built temporarily cannot be as tall and strong as the city wall. It is far easier for the undead to cross the sand wall built by sacks than to climb over the city wall. In a short while, several undead are about to climb over that wall. A wall of sand, they can no longer see the facial features clearly. The skull is hollowed out with two parts that should have been inlaid with eyeballs. A hollow growl comes from the throat, and the rotten hands with bones are stretched down towards the heads of the soldiers who are throwing sandbags. .

A shower of meteors and fire fell from the sky, most of which fell on the undead, who were reduced to ashes in the wailing, and the rest fell on the bodies and hair of the soldiers who had no time to escape. Being undead is much better.

However, at the next moment, countless undead continue to climb up behind. No matter how lethal the magic is, the number of mages is limited, and it is impossible to use offensive magic uninterruptedly. Just when the second line of defense is about to collapse, Mude Fan finally arrived with a large group of mages—due to the obstruction of the crowd on the road and the large number of people, their speed was slower than that of Yannick and the others, but fortunately, they finally solved the urgent need. The line of defense is dangerously defended.

Under the protection of the swordsmen, the city lord Tines also came after Master Mude Fan, but he was obviously not calm, and kept wiping the sweat gushing from his forehead with a handkerchief in his hand.

"Your Excellency Fan, you must guard La Serena!"

Mudd Fan had no time to take care of Tines. He began to assign the duties of the mages, and assigned them to appropriate positions according to their elemental talents to start the defense. , so that at least before the houses are burned down, the undead can't go over those houses and go deep into the city center, and it can also reduce the consumption of some magic.

Even the adjutant of the city lord, Baron Ryan, was sent out as an attacking firepower because he was a mid-level mage, but the city lord of Tines could only follow behind him without any constructive suggestions. The mages, "Are you just saying some useless words here! You are the lord of the city, and Your Excellency Fan is just here to help you!" The mages couldn't help but mocked.

At other times, the city lord would have lost his temper, but at this time, the mage was the straw to save his life, and the resilient city lord pretended not to hear.Based on the principle of life-saving, it is definitely right to follow the strong.

Yannick was also a little speechless to this city lord who knew how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but now was not the time to worry about these things, he walked over and said to Tines: "Your Excellency, city lord, I think you should quickly organize the retreat of all civilians in the city! "

Tines was taken aback for a moment, then immediately refused: "No, this is not allowed!"

"Why?" The priest stared into his eyes.

Once the civilians retreated, it meant that La Serena would completely become an empty city. As the city lord, his responsibility afterwards was absolutely indispensable, and if he failed, he would even lose his title.

But of course Tines couldn't say this reason. He was a little guilty, so he could only vaguely say: "It's not time to retreat, you can wait, you can wait, Your Excellency Fan will find a solution!"

The priest's face darkened, and his tone became severe: "If La Serena can't hold it, will it be too late? Can you be responsible for so many lives!"

"He's right!" Mu De Fan came over and even agreed with the priest's words.