Act 14 The Death of Silman (II)

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"What is the commander of Madara doing?" Valerie, the knight commander of the 1st Cavalry Battalion, was indeed thinking about this question. She raised her head, and the radiance of magic illuminated the transparent battlefield. On the other side, the skeleton army was doing something. A strange move. This army is slowly turning, but the movement is so slow, delaying like a dying old man. It is almost impossible to turn the front back to them and launch an attack before the cavalry's arrow arrives. Madara's left wing is still exposed. Under the direct threat of the two cavalry brigades of the Luin people, she could even judge that even if her attack passed between them, they would not have time to turn around and surround them.

This is a perfect opportunity.

But Valerie saw that the skeleton army was dispersing, as if they were deliberately making a way for her. If this scene happened to the human army, then according to the description in the cavalry drill, the opponent must have collapsed, and all that is left is to drive them forward like ducks. But the female knight captain was deeply vigilant, because in front of her was an undead army, and it was impossible for the undead to collapse in morale, unless something went wrong with the corpse witches behind them who drove these skeletons away.

Is there someone behind the scenes attacking this Madala army? This lucky thought just crossed her mind, but the sudden appearance of things in her field of vision immediately made her heart sink.

She saw that behind the opening, some tall figures suddenly appeared. They were not bulky corpse monsters and Crusader executioners, nor were they black knights with a ball of soul fire burning under their armor. They were some figures. The strange rider looked like a skeleton on horseback, covered in dark chainmail. Leaning on the spear, the war horse under him was also skinny and shrouded under a tattered vest. There were a few such riders at first, but as the gap became larger and larger, their number gradually changed. Gotta be scary.

Valerie's eyes widened in surprise. I saw a whole cavalry appearing behind those densely packed skeleton archers. It was definitely not a black knight, because there couldn't be so many black knights. Those skeleton riders were next to each other, and the width of the front was almost a mile, and it was dark. , like a city wall. "Slow down and turn!" Valerie felt as if a sharp thorn had been stabbed into her heart, and she suddenly understood what it was. Skeleton Knights, a new type of troops that they had never seen before appeared on Madara.

A sharp whistle suddenly sounded on the other side of the battlefield. Valerie glanced over there and knew that Vance had also seen those weird riders. They reacted quickly. Although they didn't understand the strength of the other party, there was one thing. You can be sure that the other party has more than you. And much more. If the speed of those skeleton riders can keep up with them, then their combat effectiveness is extremely weak. Then it would also be a disaster for the White Wings Cavalry Regiment.

Because although they are sharp, they are also fragile. Once they are dragged down and an army of tens of thousands of skeletons surrounds them, there is only one end.

That is defeat, and then being transformed into the same kind as those monsters.

After losing their cavalry in the Golan-Elsen Pass. There was no defensive force from the Silman Valley all the way to Kurk. It was equivalent to saying that the entire Golan-Elsen had opened the door for Madara. Valerie was covered in cold sweat and could hardly imagine what it would be like. What kind of result. That was almost a replica of the War of the Black Roses, maybe even worse. Because the Southern Army is still in Ampelser, if Golan Elson fails, only Karasu will be left in the entire southern border.

The White Winged Cavalry were obviously aware of their situation. These experienced riders turned one after another. The two cavalry turned very fast on the battlefield, but in Valerie's opinion, it was a little worryingly slow. She saw The skeleton riders were trotting and starting to accelerate, and the entire army was as uniform as a huge machine. At this time, the female knight captain finally realized how terrifying this cavalry was, and then she thought of another bad news, that is, this cavalry may not have the same concerns as the black knights about the endurance of the war horse.

Her heart suddenly became cold.

At this time, we can only rely on the command of Deputy Commander Walter. But what made her very uneasy was why the commander still didn't give the order to retreat. Could it be that he planned to bury the entire White Wing Cavalry here just to prove how terrifying this Madala army was. Valerie turned back anxiously and looked toward the hills to the north, hoping to wait for the expected signal, but unfortunately, the north was silent.

At this moment, a scream suddenly passed over the entire battlefield, and everyone couldn't help but raise their heads. In their field of vision, strange flying creatures were passing overhead.

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The town has been plunged into a sea of ​​​​fire. Looking around, there are blazing blue flames everywhere. In addition, either the White Wings Cavalry Regiment or the temporary defense line of the security team has been destroyed on the street. There are corpses everywhere. , wearing a militia uniform, a White Wing Cavalry uniform, or a guard uniform like him, but the only thing they have in common is that they are covered in blood and have lost their breath. Ivan's eyes only stayed on these corpses for a short moment, and then slowly crossed these areas. A small group of other members of the security team were following behind him. He had just learned that their instructor had died on the other end. He flew into the hands of the monster on the church steeple - and he also knew the name of the thing: Dread Spirit. But there is even worse news. It is said that Butcher's 1st Cavalry Brigade has been completely dispersed in street fighting, and Commander Portland has also been killed. Now the 1st Cavalry Brigade exists in name only, and the remaining people are all with Like these people, they have no will to fight, and the only thought left is to survive.

It was as if a moment ago they were full of enthusiasm and wanted to fight for Eruin, but the ideal was beautiful, but the reality was so cruel that it was unacceptable, and each of them was taught a cold lesson almost immediately.

The only thing that gave Ivan some comfort was that Loni's carriage had left the town before the battle started. It was said that the White Wing Cavalry was fighting outside the town, so she and the rest of the family should be able to reach Svenfano safely. But what will happen after that? Even he himself doesn't know. There are so many skeletons in Madara, and the town is almost full of monsters. Now the young man was very doubtful whether they could hold on.

The group of people walked along the unfamiliar town like beggars on the run, and they were stopped before they had gone far. A fierce battle was taking place on the only street leading out of the town. Ivan quickly distinguished that the two sides fighting should be Madara's skeleton and the town's militia. It was basically a one-sided massacre. Waiting for them to catch up. by the time. There was no one alive on the scene. The corpse witch was awakening the fresh corpses. One moment they were warriors fighting for Eruin, and the next moment they were covered in blood and staggering, drawing swords and slashing at them.

"It's Laura and the others, they're all dead." A member of the security team said with an ugly expression.

Ivan's face also changed. These militiamen were all townspeople who usually looked down without looking up, but now they had turned into something else. He couldn't help but glance at the sneaky corpse witch at the other end of the street. , gritted his teeth.

"What bad luck, there's a corpse witch!" Vice Captain Ma Dong spat. He pulled out his sword and said: "We have to find a way to kill it before we can move forward. You guys find a way to attract the attention of those monsters. I'll cut that guy down. The power of the Corpse Witch is in its cane. As long as I cut it off by surprise." arm, then this battle should be quite easy."

Ivan glanced at him and felt that he was not so optimistic. "Be careful." He reminded: "Pay attention here. There were at least three to four teams of militiamen before. This is the only access to the outside of the town, and they are responsible for cutting off the rear."

"so what?"

"The instructor told us that a corpse witch can lead ten to twelve skeletons. It cannot kill so many people."

"That's not necessarily the case," Ma Dong shook his head: "These militiamen have little combat effectiveness in this situation. They are no better than us and are not professional soldiers."

Seeing that he couldn't listen, Ivan had no choice but to shut up. He turned around and gestured to the others. He signaled them to attack with him so as to attract the corpse witch's fighting power. The distance between the two parties was only fifty meters, and he was actually not too worried about a frontal battle, because they had more people, and the Corpse Witch could only summon two or three corpses in a short period of time. Ma Dong was right. Under such circumstances, the militia's combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced. Sometimes they could even be killed by a few skeletons, because they were already frightened out of their wits. But the skeleton archers hidden in the burning building caused them huge trouble. Nearly half of their casualties occurred on these two skeleton archers. Fortunately, although the battle did not go smoothly, at least the corpses Wu's men still fell into their hands one by one. At this time, Ma Dong finally seized the opportunity. He quietly walked through the shadows under the building on the other side and approached the corpse witch without anyone noticing. , but just when he drew his sword and prepared for the final blow, a sudden change occurred.

"Ma Dong, be careful!" Ivan suddenly shouted. He had never been worried about Ma Dong's plan, so he always paid attention to that direction. But just when he saw Ma Dong was about to take action, a black shadow suddenly appeared. Falling from the sky.

This scene is too familiar, this is how their instructor died.

Ma Dong reacted at the last moment, but the deputy captain of the security team had no time to make any move. There was a loud crash and a huge creature fell from the sky with countless tiles falling on him, and grabbed him by the hand. On his shoulders, the sharp claws pierced directly between his collarbone and shoulder armor, lifting him up from the ground. Ma Dong let out a scream of pain. Only then did others see the appearance of the monster clearly - it looked a bit like a shrunken bone dragon. Its body was made up of only bones and no skin, and a pair of eye sockets on its huge head were burning. It has two groups of soul fire, like two beams of light ejected, and it has sharp teeth. The only difference from the bone dragon is that it has an obvious and sharp beak at the front of its mouth. "Fear the spirit!" Someone shouted. With a scream, he recognized the identity of the monster, but this sentence could not save Ma Dong. The fear spirit pecked his head down, biting the deputy captain's head to pieces. He twitched, and his whole body looked like a monster. It collapsed like a deflated rubber ball.

The fear spirit pecked Ma Dong to death, immediately threw the body away, then raised its head to look at the others, and let out a terrible scream at them. Ivan only felt a coldness in his body, and his mind seemed to be blank, but the others around him obviously reacted faster. A member of the security team screamed, turned around and ran, but he had not taken a few steps. A ball of green light hit his back, and his whole body suddenly expanded and exploded into a bloody mist.

This scene woke everyone up, and there was also a corpse witch present.

And it cannot be underestimated at all.

Ivan watched helplessly as the monster raised the skeletal staff towards him. He wanted to avoid it, but he couldn't move away.

"Loni——!"

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Shanali silently closed her eyes for Rosa. In the last moment of her life, the female knight looked straight at the sky with empty eyes. The corpse witch opened a big hole in her chest. The original appearance could no longer be seen inside, leaving only a bloody mess. Without saying a word, he took off his military uniform and covered her with it. They had known each other for a long time, experienced the Black Rose War together, and even participated in several countless battles. They were also numerous veterans in the cavalry regiment, so they also held the rank of non-commissioned officers. They originally thought this was just a small border conflict, but they didn't expect that they would end up here.

Although he has experienced many such separations and separations over the past year, he still feels a little uncomfortable in his heart at this moment.

There are some new units in the skeleton on the opposite side, such as the Dread Spirit. This kind of thing has only appeared on the battlefield of Karasu before. Why did it suddenly appear in the dark lord's army south of Butchi. The number of corpse witches is also rare. Rosa wouldn't have died if she hadn't misjudged that there was a corpse witch behind the corpse witch and the fear spirit. Shanali just wanted to curse at this moment, what on earth were those damn scouts doing.

He looked at Rosa's face, studied it carefully for a while, and then slowly walked through this section of the street. The streets were full of mutilated bodies, and some were well preserved. But there were one or two arrows stuck in their bodies. But he suddenly stopped and saw a familiar face among the corpses. It was one of the young lovers he had seen before. "Poor guy." He thought to himself, but he still walked over. "It's fate. At least I'll let you die with dignity." He thought as he wanted to drag the other party's body from the ruins.

But as soon as he held the other person's hand, he was shocked - there was a temperature and a pulse. "This guy is not dead yet." He suddenly reacted, hurriedly pulled the young man down with more force, and then patted his face hard.

When Ivan woke up, he first saw Shanali's blood-stained face. He remembered that he had actually seen this person before, standing with a female knight at the door of the city hall, looking arrogant. "I didn't expect you to be dead too..." he replied drowsily. "You're going to die, you idiot!" Shanali slapped her, "Get out of here, count your luck. If you still want to see your little girlfriend, cheer up."

"I'm not dead?" Ivan seemed to wake up from a sudden shock: "Really?" After saying this, tears flowed down uncontrollably.

Shanali looked at this worthless boy lying there with tears streaming down his face, and couldn't help but want to kick him, but after hesitating for a while, he sighed and just turned his head to look at Rosa. "Okay, manly man, show some courage," he stretched out his hand and grabbed the other person: "There is no one alive in the town now, you still know the way, take us out of this ghost place."

Ivan looked at him blankly and nodded quickly.

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Valerie understood that the White Wings Cavalry Regiment was completely finished. But she still didn't understand why the deputy commander didn't react at all until the end, unless he had already escaped, but that was almost impossible. She watched helplessly as the skeleton rider thrust the spear in his hand into her chest, and all her strength seemed to be drained away. She raised her head with difficulty and looked around, seeing the corpses of the skeleton knight stacked up around her.

But alas, that meant nothing. "I'm going to become one of them," she thought to herself.

Vance is dead, Valerie is dead, and the remaining White Winged Cavalry are disintegrating, but countless fearful spirits are killing their hope of escape in the sky. Such a terrifying picture is formed on the entire battlefield at this moment, with dots of stars all over the mountains and plains. The light of the soul fire is advancing, and the skeleton army is driving the remaining humans to run away, but they will eventually be caught up, because whether it is a war horse or a human, it will never be possible in a competition of endurance. It is the opponent of the undead.

Ivan looked at this scene blankly.

He had thought the havoc in the town was just part of the war. But now it seems that there is no war anymore, only massacres are left. Shanali also looked gloomy. The White Wings Cavalry Regiment was finished. He knew this better than Ivan, but he didn't understand why the battle was like this. At least the second and third brigade should be able to escape, right? Even in the worst case scenario, if the third or second cavalry brigade is left behind, at least one cavalry brigade can escape. But now that it is all over, he can almost imagine that the remaining Golan is a flat plain in front of Madala's army. ―Elsen Passage, the southern border is complete.

And even the two of them may not be able to escape from the undead that are all over the mountains and plains.

"We... what should we do?" Ivan looked at the knight and couldn't help but ask in a low voice. The war horse he sat on belonged to Rosa. He was not used to riding a horse, but the current situation had to force him to get used to it. Fortunately, he had learned equestrian skills when he was in the police force, otherwise he would have to be tied to the horse now.

"Go east." Shanali replied gloomily: "The hills to the east are our only chance. There are still some bandits and bandits there. I hope they will take us in."

Bandits and robbers.

Ivan subconsciously glanced in that direction. He remembered that there was indeed such a group of people, but they were the main trouble for the militia and patrol cavalry and had little to do with the guard. "They seem to be from Tosankad. They are real outlaws. Will they take us in?" he couldn't help but ask. "Bandit or undead, you choose one." "Bandit." The young man replied without hesitation.

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