Act 13 The Death of Silman

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The pages of paper were turning in the dark night, and the cold autumn wind passed through the empty streets. The notice about the attack by unidentified bandits on the Tuosangkade mining area three months ago seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand, and it was mixed with several pictures. The wanted notices flapped their wings like butterflies on the bulletin board. The militiamen and security forces were running around the streets like headless flies, their chaotic shouts and sharp whistles resounding throughout the town in the night. The bells on the spire of the central temple of the town finally resounded loudly, and the nightmare of midnight terror suddenly shrouded everyone's heads like a frightening omen. However, in the panic atmosphere, some people still responded indifferently. Shanali was wearing the uniform of the White Wings Cavalry Regiment, leaning against the wall outside the city hall with his arms folded, looking indifferently at a young pair across the street not far away. The couple is parting.

"Loni, take this with you. I heard that the places in Svenfano are very cold and you may need it." The young man in the guard uniform stuffed the thick fur coat into the carriage of the girl with concern. On hand. Most of the people sitting in the carriage looked gloomy and silent. Only the girl looked pale and grabbed the boy's hand: "Ivan, won't you come with us?"

The young man smiled: "Loni, I am a member of the security force. I was ordered by Her Royal Highness the Princess to swear allegiance to this kingdom and the future King. It is my responsibility to guard this land and protect everyone. Don't be willful. I will join you soon. Besides-" He pulled out his sword, and the shining blade made everyone's hearts tremble. "My swordsmanship is one of the best among the guards. Those bones are nothing. It’s scary, Loni, just wait, I will do something like Knight Brasen and Count Tonigel.”

The girl pursed her lips and looked at him. Another rapid whistle sounded from the other end of the street. The boy looked back, then quickly turned his head and patted the back of the girl's hand: "The instructor is urging us. You wait at Svenfano." Me, don’t worry, they are just some sporadic Madala troops, their main force is still in Butchi on the other side of the mountain, the knights of the White Wings Cavalry have already told us that this battle is not a big deal.”

The girl nodded with tears in her eyes.

Shanali looked back for a while and felt a little bored. He happened to catch a glimpse of his companion leading her own horse and his war horse out of the courtyard of the city hall. He immediately asked: "Captain persuade them Are you there?" "Those guys with shallow eyes." The female knight curled her lips and replied somewhat coldly. Shanali knows. This is persuasion, but I'm afraid the process of persuasion is not very pleasant - they are a bunch of shallow guys who only have immediate interests in their eyes - he agrees with this, but they themselves are not the same, no one has ever It is said that the heroes of the Vanmere Legion are all righteous people. On the contrary, their reputation in the local area is not good. He grabbed the saddle and mounted. At the same time, he glanced back so that the cloak and the sword hanging on his waist were not pinned to one side of the horse's back. He turned his head and saw Rosa completing the same action.

Both of them are veteran cavalrymen.

They all experienced the tragic war a year ago, and Shanali still remembers the scene when he charged towards the endless sea of ​​skeletons, looking around in the dark night. As far as the eye can see, there are only seas of flashing phosphorus fire. Thinking about such a spectacular scene, it makes people feel chilled from the bones. It is said that many people slowed down in that battle because they were frightened. He was stabbed to death with a spear after gaining speed. But after getting familiar with the battle with Madara. People gradually discovered that the fighting power of the skeleton was just this. The strength of the thin skeleton was far inferior to that of an adult human being.

But the army that knew no fear, never tired, and never retreated still left a deep impression on him.

Shanali touched the scar on his cheek and asked, "Where to go?"

"Go and join our troops." Rosa grabbed the reins, tightened the horse's belly slightly, and trotted out at the lead. Shanali had no choice but to chase after him, but suddenly, a scream passed over the two of them, causing the tiles on the roofs on both sides of the street to fall down.

He raised his head subconsciously.

Ivan grabbed his sword and turned around to run towards the meeting point. A sudden scream made the young man stop. He looked up in shock. In the vast night in the south of the town, countless stars and dots of light were slowly rising. . These stars rose into the sky, gathered into a group, and then suddenly dispersed, like a flock of birds descending at a turning point. At that moment, the young man finally understood what it was -

"hidden--!"

There was a shrill scream from somewhere, and rockets fell from the sky like raindrops. There were some pedestrians on the street who were fleeing to the north. At this moment, they fell like wooden piles in the rain of arrows, and the magic was tempered. The passing cold arrow penetrated the fragile human body, and the soul fire attached to it burned like oil, turning the victim into a struggling humanoid ball of fire in the blink of an eye. Only a few people who reacted quickly survived by chance, and Ivan was one of them. The long-term training of the police force finally saved his life. He didn't even know how he reacted, and when he came back to his senses, , the body had fallen down at the door of a pottery workshop. He raised his head somewhat numbly and saw that the hanging signboard at the entrance of the workshop not far away had been pierced by several arrows and was slowly being engulfed by the faint blue flame.

"What's wrong?"

He turned around and saw a patch of weeds suddenly growing on the stone-paved streets. They were the tail feathers of densely packed arrows. Corpses, frightened residents who were nearly collapsed, and burning wreckage seemed to have transformed the entire town in an instant. Ivan watched all this with his mouth agape at the scene of hell. At this time, a second scream passed over the entire town, shaking the ground slightly. In his field of vision, a winged creature he had never seen before flapped its wings and flew up. On top of the spire of the central temple of the town.

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Gage, the knight captain of the 7th Squadron of the White Wing Cavalry Regiment, just froze there. He tried to grab his command knife several times but failed. Less than a hundred meters away in front of him, countless skeletal arms were lifting up the soil and stretching out from the ground, followed by skulls with phosphorus fire burning in their eye sockets, then clavicle, shoulder armor and the entire upper body. Countless skeletons are crawling out of the ground one after another. They shake off the clods of soil on the dark steel chainmail, hold long bows, stand up one after another, walk forward, and walk to Reserved location. Then he raised his long bow, and the arrows on the long bow burned with faint flames. It seemed that in an instant, a complete formation of long archers appeared in front of him.

Almost all the knights seemed at a loss next to Gage, because looking in all directions, the scene in front of them was not just happening in front of them, but everywhere in front of the entire Silman Valley. Under the dark night, the phosphorus fire on the arrows of the skeleton archers formed a continuous band of light. This strip of light stretches from west to east and has no end as far as the eye can see.

But the key question is, where did they come from? Where are the scouts? Where did those guys die? How did these damn skeletons get around the defenses? Did it come from underground?

There are such heavy questions hanging in everyone's mind.

But for Gage, these issues now converge into one major question—

what to do?

When the second wave of arrows fell from the sky, Walter, the almost stunned deputy commander of the White Wings Cavalry, finally reacted. He finally realized that this was by no means harassment. Even during the Black Rose War, he had never seen so many skeleton archers. The dark lords of Madara like to divide their armies into small groups and command them individually. Generally speaking, a group of corpse witches usually command ten to twelve skeletons - depending on how many corpse witches and black knights the dark lord has. This fighting mode is like knights leading their attendants to fight. Only in large-scale battles, you can often see hundreds of corpse witches driving tens of thousands of skeletons towards each other like a tsunami. That is the scene that human armies are most afraid of seeing, but fortunately, this way The opportunity is very rare even for the black rose of Bromando. First of all, it is not mentioned that gathering thousands of corpse witches is a very difficult thing in itself. It often requires the cooperation of many lords to do it - but this is precisely the most difficult thing to happen in Madala.

Therefore, when Walter saw thousands of skeleton shooters on the long front, his first reaction was that he had been tricked. There were at least three to four dark lords fighting side by side in front of them, and they were cooperating seamlessly. At this time, no matter how stupid he was, he realized that Silman's passage, which seemed more difficult to attack, was exactly the direction of Madara's main attack. After realizing this, he immediately thought: What should I do now? How to resolve the current battle? Can it still be solved?

The only thing he was thankful for was that he was commanding cavalry. Compared with Madala's regular skeleton warriors, the cavalry at least had advantages in mobility and impact. Although Madala also had black knights, the number was too large. Anything less will not play a decisive role in this battle. The deputy commander quickly calmed down. Madara's surprise attack came too suddenly. These damn skeletons suddenly appeared from the ground and appeared in front of them almost instantly. There was no time to react. The whole group of cavalry is finished. Although the cavalry were not all annihilated from the beginning, they were scattered and dragged on the battlefield. They were almost unorganized and disconnected from head to tail. They would soon lose their will to fight. Walter was very familiar with his men, so He wouldn't expect any miracles to happen, but he still had two teams.

This is enough.

"Commander!" He finally made up his mind and shouted.

Orders were conveyed in chaos, and when the remaining two cavalry brigades in the Silman Valley were gathering to attack the left flank of the skeleton archer, just as Walter expected, the White Wings Cavalry Regiment A large team has fallen into complete chaos. The knight commander of the first brigade, the golden middle knight Galin, was unlucky to be shot in the eye socket in the first wave of arrows and died on the spot. Then, when the skeleton army suddenly crawled out from the ground and appeared in front of them, they were in chaos. The 1st Cavalry Brigade was dragged into the chaos. The battle only lasted half an hour. The 4th Squadron was completely wiped out. The knight captain of the 7th Squadron, Gage, was killed. The knight captain of the 8th Squadron, Opam, was seriously injured and fell into coma. The remaining top commander fell to Portland, the deputy captain of the 8th Squadron. This man always had no independent opinions and simply led his army to retreat into Owl Town, so Madala's army was completely blocked from the front.

The remaining two cavalry brigades were immediately exposed to the attack—

When Walter saw such a scene on the high ground, he was so angry that he almost cursed. He had dragged Opam out and chopped him up many times in his heart, but unfortunately his anger was of no use at the moment. It was too late to take back the order at this moment. We could only hope that Madara would not react so quickly and could not turn around on the battlefield in such a short time. Or maybe his men are better and can withstand one or two waves of attacks. As long as they get into the position of the skeleton archers, then the rest will be easy. They are cavalry. And the opponent is just an infantryman.

If this was during the Black Rose War, maybe the White Wings Cavalry would have collapsed, but fortunately it has been a year since that war. This year is left for everyone who has experienced that terrible war to lick their wounds. . Those terrible undead are now reduced to ugly skeletons in the hearts of the veterans, and are no longer synonymous with death. In addition to being dull and fearless, they are not even as good as ordinary human soldiers. Without the fear from the source, The black rose of Bromando is just a slightly special opponent.

Walter thought about this. Pursing his lips, "Bless Martha, it's not just Madara who has changed with time." He thought silently in his heart.

This is indeed the case.

Groups of lighting magic exploded on the battlefield, illuminating hundreds of thousands of advancing cavalry and the last distance between them and Madara's skeleton army. Among the slowly advancing cavalry, the magician One after another, they flew up from behind the knight, left the horse's back, and floated in mid-air. Although their spells would expose the Whitewings to the range of the skeletal archers, the troopers prepared for a final accelerated sprint. It is almost impossible to carry out such tactics in dark conditions. Although there are legends that some cavalry may be able to do it, the commanders of the White Wings Cavalry Regiment thought that their subordinates were capable of this.

Vance, the knight commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, felt that one good young man on horseback was surpassing him one after another. In fact, the entire 2nd Cavalry Brigade was in a state of acceleration. The distance was less than a hundred meters. It was the first cavalry brigade. . The cavalry commanded by Valerie was further ahead than them. Their mission was to open a passage in the sea of ​​skeletons so that they could pass through and slaughter the corpse witches behind who were driving away the skeletons. He suddenly felt a lightness on his body - - This is a sign that wind spells are working on him and his horse, thanks to all kinds of strange magic. Their cavalry can launch charges at night in such rugged terrain, and these tactics were all summed up in the Black Rose War.

Before that, the kingdom's army had been following the experience gained from the first holy war. It was conservative and rigid, and was actually not suitable for wars between people.

The war is fair to both sides. The Madara in front of him may be more powerful than before, but they are not static. "We'll see, damn skeleton!" He waved his sword excitedly, and the cavalry Tactics is the greatest invention in the history of civilization. When you personally participate in it, there are galloping horses and knights covered in armor, holding swords in both hands, all of which move forward to form an irresistible torrent of steel. , every participant seems to be personally controlling this extraordinary power, and the feeling is absolutely addictive.

For Vance, it was no different.

The rain of arrows began to fall, clanking on the armor, causing almost no impact. The cavalry horses were not close relatives of the pack horses, and the tamed monsters were closer to the unicorns' close relatives in terms of blood, but they did not have them. Those relatives in the forest are so powerful, but they are far beyond ordinary beasts. Therefore, the impact force on the arrows is reduced by the thick armor and then transmitted to them, causing minimal impact.

The knights at the front had already begun to make strange noises.

At this distance, we must prepare for spells, the corpse witch's spells. However, the magicians behind are also ready to take action. This is the last level. Once it is broken through, there will be an army of skeletons without resistance. In the Black Rose War, few armies dared to attack the sea-like army of skeletons head-on. But today is different from the past. The mysterious cloak covering this army has long since faded due to the accumulation of time after the war, especially in For the veterans who participated in the first war, there are only skeletons in front of them. New and old grudges are right in front of them. They are holding their breath to teach each other a lesson. The lower-level officers were also shouting to encourage the new recruits. Everyone understood one thing. They were a cavalry force, and the other party was just infantry. No matter whether the attack failed or not, the infantry could not pursue the cavalry. .

The only thing you need to worry about is not getting held back.

And there’s the Black Knight——

But fortunately, the skeleton army was very scattered, and the opponent's commander seemed inexperienced. And Vance didn't see the shadow of the Black Knights. The Black Knights and their nightmare horses were so conspicuous in such an environment that they didn't care where they were hiding. The entire valley was open, and the nearest hills were a thousand meters away. , don’t worry about them appearing suddenly. Vance looked around and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The only thing that confused him was.

The expected spell strike did not come.

"What are the commanders of Madara doing?" He was a little confused and couldn't help but raise his head and look in Valerie's direction: "They have almost missed their last chance..."

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