Chapter 433, Undead Alliance
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The contact and negotiation process between the undead is always full of pain, hypocrisy, and cunning. Normally, every vampire count or necromancer will not trust others, and only seek survival and strength in the midst of rebellion and lies. It is the law of survival of the undead.
In history, the betrayal and conspiracy between necromancers and vampire counts is as simple as eating and drinking. Every undead lord is an ambitious man. They may abandon their allies or tear up the covenant at any time. It is to keep an eye on the moment of weakness of others, and find a way to take the power of allies as one's own.
It’s just the current situation. Both Heinrich Kemmler, who has just recovered, and Matthew Bard, who has repeatedly tried and failed to make troubles, are keenly aware that they have the necessity and reasons for forming an alliance.
Matthew Bard is different from his godfather Akhan, he is a powerful warrior rather than an excellent wizard, he does know how to release some vampire spells, but compared to Akhan, the gap is big, One is in the sky and the other is in the ground.
After one war after another and several conspiracy failures, Matthew Bard's recent situation in Britannia has fallen into an extreme disadvantage. The powerful Duke Mousilon simply didn't have the ability to go out of the city to fight with the army of chivalry, so he could only close the door and defend himself.
Going on like this is a slow death, and Matthew Bard knew he had to seek change.
The great undead wizard Heinrich Kemmler hiding in the Blackstone stronghold naturally became the most ideal alliance partner for Matthew Bard. Of course, Matthew Bard knew the grievances between Kemler and Duke Wenford's family, and his many assaults on the Abbey of La-Messenelle.
The existence of the Staff of Nagash is no longer a secret. It is not only the goal of Kemler, but also the goal of Matthew Bard. It is one of the several tasks left by the Lich King Akhan to Matthew Bard. Akhan did not ask Matthew Bard to take back the Staff of Nagash under the garrison of a legion led by a Holy Grail Knight, but only asked Matthew Bard to at least ensure that the Staff of Nagash would not be taken away by others .
This is the reason why Matthew Bard extended an olive branch to Kemler. No matter whether the great necromancer can communicate or not, there is no harm in giving it a try.
As for Kemmler, the great necromancer also had a reason to form an alliance with Matthew Bard.
Originally, from Kemler's point of view, after recovering his strength, what he should do is to lie dormant, wait for the opportunity, secretly slowly corrupt Britannia's eastern border, gather strength, and wait for the opportunity of the Knight Kingdom's weakness to complete revenge in one fell swoop. Completely destroy the defenses of La-Messonelle Abbey and obtain the Staff of Nagash.
Time is not a problem for this kind of necromancer. His life is long enough, and he has enough time to lay out the layout. Getting down from this fortress is simply impossible.
Kemmler had his problems, however.
First of all, it is no news that Ryan and Francois invited the dwarf Anglund clan to form a huge coalition army to attack the Blackstone stronghold. It is impossible for such a large-scale army mobilization and material preparation to escape the eyes and ears of vampires, Kemler You know, Francois is going to seek revenge on himself. The heavy artillery of the dwarves is not a trebuchet, but a well-known siege weapon.
Secondly, Kemler also does not have the conditions to conspire for a long time and slowly replenish the source of troops. From the moment he accepted the contract of the Four Gods of Chaos, after he obtained the control of Gul and the undead Chaos God's Chosen Warriors From that moment on, he was destined to keep killing and destroying to please the four gods of chaos, otherwise the evil gods might withdraw their power at any time and abandon him. The patience of the dark gods was extremely limited.
He also had to act.
The current scale of the Tomb Legion is also not comparable to the scale when he entered Britannia for the first time and fought François in the past, or the scale when he entered Britannia for the second time through Athel Loren. When Kemler entered the Athel Loren Forest for the second time, the Wood Elf army was unable to defeat Kemler. They could only wake up the Excalibur Tree King Dursu and ask for help from Britannia. The Holy Grail Knight led a large group of knights and wood elves and dryads combined to form a huge coalition "Nature's Wrath" to defeat Kemmler.
For more than ten years, Kemler has been in a state of madness, and now he is in urgent need of replacements.
When Kemler needs Matthew Bard, and Matthew Bard also needs Kemler, the alliance between the two undead generals is a matter of course.
In order to show respect to Kemmler, Matthew Bard, who was at a disadvantage in strength, led several black Holy Grail knights, two vampire lords and a wight king through the duchies of Bastogne and Montfort, and came to Gray At the foot of the mountain, meet Kemler in a deserted noble villa.
This aristocratic villa is located at the foot of the Gray Mountains. It used to be a villa used by a noble knight for vacation. Now it has been abandoned for many years. There are undead creatures walking around here all the year round. At night, undead are seen moving around the villa many times. The villagers They regard this place as a forbidden place and left behind many horrible legends.
The Duchy of Bastogne and the Duchy of Montfort once organized coalition troops to come here. However, after investigation, it was found that this place was really just an abandoned villa. Out of respect for the deceased knight nobles, the dukes ordered to return the same way. And ordered the serfs to stay away from here.
Matthew Budd and Kemmler agreed to meet here.
After several months of dormant waiting and absorbing the power of the dead Black Holy Grail Knight, Matthew Bud's skin became paler as paper, and his body's strength became stronger and stronger, and he clearly broke through a certain shackles. Several black spikes glowed in the faint light. Duke Mousilon, who was holding a black sharp blade, was followed by a dozen followers. His blue eyes kept turning, wanting to look at the people in front of him. The Undead Wizard: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency Kemler, I know something about you. As far as I know, you are a great Undead Wizard who once brought endless suffering to this country, so I come to gone."
Contrary to imagination, Heinrich Kemmler's appearance is definitely not skinny. He does have sunken cheeks and pale face, but he is tall. He is wearing a black human skin Robe, wearing a pointed necromancer hat, with a long hooked nose, slender fingers, long white beard hanging down to the waist, and a scar on his forehead, that is Franco, Duke of Winford The scar left by Wa, Francois once cut off half of Kemler's head with a sword, and the undead wizard barely put his head back, but the scar left by the unicorn sword is more than ten It has been tormenting the great necromancer for years, until it dissipated under the power of the Chaos God a few months ago.
Years of ups and downs left Kemler's body and robe scarred, but this did not detract from his strong heart of chasing power and his long-cherished wish to swear to destroy everything in the Knight Kingdom. On his chest, several skulls pulled a human Skin.
That was the face of Francois' father, Tancred I. Unlike Francois, Tancred I, the former Duke of Winford, was defeated by Kemmler's Tomb Army in the Battle of Montfort Bridge. The great necromancer resurrected the former Duke of Winford as a necromancer, and then took his scalp off as a trophy, in order to warn the people of the knight kingdom against his end.
"It's useless for you to come, young black knight." Heinrich Kemmler's voice was hoarse and hoarse. He raised his head, and the only thing he could see under the brim of his tattered and moldy wizard hat was his crumpled "I know who you are, godson of Arkhan, you are not the Lich King, and you have no right to represent him."
"I don't represent my godfather, but I can represent myself and Musillon." Matthew Bard sat behind the decayed black wooden table, staring at Kemmler with a hint of contempt in his eyes : "And you? Herr Heinrich Kemmler?"
"Negotiate with me, you are not qualified, your godfather is about the same." Heinrich Kemmler's eyes moved, his expression was calm, he thought about the need for an alliance: "But there is no way, let's talk Let's talk."
The great necromancer looked down on Matthew Bard from the bottom of his heart. He was too young. At the same time, Kemler had heard about his failures again and again. Gift for your own godson.
However, Matthew Bard is not worthless to Kemler, such as the black Holy Grail knights in front of him, or... Britannia has many secrets buried deep in the ground, Mu Xilong stands in Grey The mouth of the Smory River has been in the sea for hundreds of years, and it has been able to survive many chivalrous wars. Kemmler has no way of knowing how many undead troops there are in Musillon, but there must be a lot of them, and Matthew Bard There is also the huge power of Arkhan as a backup.
Matthew Bard's aura is faint and powerful enough. Kemler thought that if he could make good use of Mousillon's army, he would have a good chance of defeating François and the defenders of La-Messonner Abbey.
When he gets the staff of Nagash, Matthew Bard will be useless. Kemler has already surrendered to Chaos. He and Akhan are destined to no longer be in the same camp. Bud killed it.
Just be careful not to let Matthew Budd and Arkhan find out that they have turned to Chaos, and when they get the Staff of Nagash and absorb its power, then even Arkhan, the Lich King, will not be his opponent!
Kemler was still thinking about gains and losses, and Matthew Bud looked at Kemler, thinking about it.
The predicament he faces has been mentioned above, the alliance with Kemmler is indeed dangerous and unstable, but generally speaking, Kemmler and his Tomb Legion can greatly ease the military pressure facing Matthew Bard .
Matthew Bard had received Akhan's teachings. The Lich King had many corpse pits in Britannia, the largest of which was the place where the families of the Dukes of Artois and Aquitaine were destroyed.
Only Matthew Bard knew the location of these two corpse pits.
With Kemler's undead spell, the necromancer can awaken two huge undead armies in the corpse pit, and the lost army will be greatly replenished. Matthew Bud does not have this ability, but Kemler has .
Let Kemmler and his Barbarians fight and consume the knights of Britannia! When the time is right, Matthew Budd will reveal the truth about the fairy of the lake to the knights of Brittania. He will tear off the veil of hypocrisy of the fairy of the lake. But in fact, they used their fairy bitch!
Let the army of the great necromancer to consume with the knights, Kemmler and his ancient tomb army will be useful, Matthew Bard laughed in his heart, he will definitely not let Kemmler get the staff of Nagash, That artifact belonged to his godfather. At that time, he only needs to retreat skillfully and turn against him. When Kemmler's army is wiped out, he can clean up the mess himself. By the way, he will become a model of chivalry who endures humiliation and saves the kingdom of knights. A hero in distress.
The undead generals, who had their own concerns, started negotiations and gradually reached an agreement.
"I will tell you the location of the graves of the Dukes of Artois and Aquitaine. As a condition, you must give me control of half of the resurrected army, including the dead Duke of Aquitaine, Armand, and the dead Duke of Artois, Chilfroy." Matthew Bard said in a low voice.
"Yes." Kemmler replied very simply: "My request is that you and your army must help me. I will decide where to fight."
"Yes." Matthew Bud nodded in agreement.
"Let's start along the gray mountains first, let the knight kingdom feel my revenge, and you, will assist me." Kemmler then put forward his own conditions: "Lead me the way, I need to collect enough dead souls, strengthen my until we completely defeat these chivalrous patients, destroy François and his principality, and complete my revenge, until we can attack the monastery and seize the staff of Nagash."
"We need each other. The Blood Knights and Black Grail Knights under my command will help you. We have a common goal." Matthew Bard thought that you would not live to achieve the goal.
Duke Mousilon stretched out his hand with a smile on his face.
"Yes, we need each other. When the time comes, your wish will also be granted." Kemler thought to himself that when I get the staff of Nagash, Gul will destroy you and your Black Grail Knight together. Give Khorne your head, Mousilon the plague to Nurgle, this grand spectacle of betrayal to Slaanesh, and the great plan to kill you to Tzeentch.
The godson of Arkhan, the Lich King, the evil god will be satisfied.
The great necromancer also smiled and stretched out his hand.
The dull wizard's large hand shook the young pale hand of Matthew Bard.
"Then, the alliance is established."
"Alliance established."