Chapter 209 Ebb Tide

Opening his visor, Ivan breathed in the blood-filled air. The roars of countless dead souls surrounded his ears. With the only remaining soldier guard, he dragged his seriously injured and exhausted body to kill the corpses that climbed up the city wall.

The hope in the desperate situation seemed to be short-lived, as if no matter how many zombies were killed, there would still be an endless stream of dead ones coming.

There were fewer and fewer living people on the city wall, and countless people died in battle. However, more militiamen fled the battlefield in fear. The line collapsed, and a large number of zombies had already rushed into the city.

With a quick glance, he saw living corpses running in the streets and alleys, attacking the closed doors of every house. Ivan seemed to be able to hear the screams of people being killed.

Turning his head, he looked at Ron who was still fighting hard not far away. He didn't expect that the last battle in his life would be with this mob leader.

The knight spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm and his face was stained with blood. He leaned on the stone wall of the battlement tower and lost the fear of death in the bloody battle.

He had tried his best and did not let his title be dishonored. Ivan of Shatai, in the name of a knight, fought until the last moment and died to protect his family and territory. His ancestors would accept his soul.

Another exhausted soldier was thrown to the ground by several ghouls.

During the struggle, the soldier closed his eyes weakly as he watched the foul-smelling and rotten mouths gnawing at him.

But suddenly, he found that the movement of the walking corpse on top of him had stopped, and the ghostly eyes that were so close to him seemed to be struggling.

The instinct of survival did not let the soldier think too much about anything else. He quickly used his hands and feet to pull back his limbs and crawled out of the siege of the corpses in a panic.

He picked up the sword, looked back, and found that all the zombies around him had stopped their violent movements, then turned around in a daze, and ran towards the east one after another.

The dead who retreated as if according to a predetermined action fell off the city wall one by one. Even in the face of the guards' counterattack and slashing, there was no response. Even though they were chopped to the ground, they continued to crawl towards the east.

The suspicious soldiers came to the battlements and looked around. The ladder of the undead that the corpse ghosts had built collapsed suddenly, and the vast number of undead outside the city seemed to have given up the siege as if the tide was ebbing.

The sound of flapping wings came from behind, and the guards turned their heads blankly to look at a corpse demon with wings on its head, abandoning its killing spree in the town, and soared in the direction it came from.

".Retreat! Hahahaha——! Sir! Sir! They retreated!!"

The great joy of surviving a desperate situation made the guard burst into tears. He turned back and shouted to the second son of the baron.

The soldiers cheered ecstatically, and no one even waved their weapons to attack the walking corpses running up the city walls and jumping off the battlements from the city, for fear of falling into another fight with the undead.

what happened?

Ivan stared at the reversal of the vision. He held his sword and limped to the wall. He raised his eyes and looked at the retreating direction of the sea of ​​corpses. At the end of the countryside, he saw an ominous green light pillar reaching into the sky.

Holding back his dizziness, Leon hurriedly stood up and looked up at the wave of green light rushing into the cloudy sky. He thought that after destroying the shackles of the magic altar, he would see countless dead souls disperse in a rush and turn into meteors that wandered across the sky.

But in fact, he found that the dim light composed of countless tragic dead souls was still wrapped in some kind of power, condensed like a long snake, and flew in the distant direction to the east.

"This clock car is just one of the nodes in the extension of a huge ceremony." Laura's voice called Leon's attention back to his eyes.

Turning his head, he saw the army of heavily armored ghouls rushing towards him. Leon did not dare to continue fighting. He quickly picked up the whistle hanging on his waist and blew it hard towards the death claws.

Seeing clearly the gryphon flying in the distance at the sound, Leon hurriedly extinguished the flame blade that was about to burn out his magic power. He raised his hand to call back Canis who was about to get up and fight again. He put the Neti card back into his pocket and turned around without any shame. Just run.

I am already at the end of my strength. It is impossible to fight against so many heavily armored enemies alone. It is time to show off JO's unique skills.

".Unforgivable!!"

The soul-summoning bell has been destroyed, and it has lost control of the huge sea of ​​corpses. The soul feels the hazy call and thinks of the torture and punishment it will endure if it goes back. The furious corpse witch roars hoarsely and tries to control the surrounding people as much as possible. Guard of the Hundred Souls: "You must atone for your sins, kill him before going back, and kill this troublemaker for your master!"

Some heavily armored ghouls that were trotting toward the east turned under the control of the corpse witches, accelerated their rumbling pace, raised their weapons and chased the living person.

Sensing the pursuit behind him, Leon quickly rushed into the forest beside the dirt road and fled. He didn't believe that the corpses could catch up with him in the rugged woods.

Seeing the knight entering the forest, the corpse witch stepped forward and followed the dead guard. However, with his somewhat dull perception, he noticed that the crow feather cloak behind him was lifted up by the strong wind.

The head of the ghoul connected by magic turned 180 degrees and looked back.

The last thing he saw in his field of vision was a pair of huge sharp claws

--call!

The wind roared, and the King of Raptors descended from the sky like a giant eagle.

Precise and deadly claws clamped down on the prey in the group of zombies. The griffin raised its giant wings and grabbed it into the air. With a little force, it crushed the fragile corpse witch to pieces.

The claws crushed the corpse held in the palm carefully until the torn corpse fell from the gap between the claws. The griffin cried happily, finally repaying the pain it had suffered previously.

Pulling on the reins, Olivia glanced at the broken corpse of the ghoul that fell in mid-air, leaned forward with anxious eyes, pointed to the forest and urged: "Big Claw! Leon is there, let's go rescue him!"

Deathclaw screamed, fluttering its wings to reduce the airspeed, and searched for Leon's figure with eagle eyes.

In the dim woods of the countryside, the dead soul guards once again lost the control of their commander, and their souls were pulled. They had to stop and give up the breath of the living in front of them, turned around blankly, and marched towards the east.

Quickly crawling through tree branches and rugged terrain, Leon heard the sound of the bones and joints of the heavily armored ghoul behind him getting farther and farther away, and couldn't help but look back.

After confirming that the pair of will-o'-the-wisp eyes had left, he slowly stopped.

"Leon! Come up quickly"

His lover's call made him raise his head.

The canopy of the forest trees rustled in the wind, and the Death Claw lowered its height. Olivia on the saddle eagerly bent over and stretched out her arms to her lover.

Leon immediately took a few steps to run, kicked off the tree trunk nearby and jumped up, grabbed Olivia's hand, and was lifted up by the girl into the passenger seat.

The two rode the gryphon and took off again.

Olivia turned back and asked doubtfully: "Leon, Big Claw just took the opportunity to eliminate the wizard, but the undead did not fall into chaos as you said. Is there someone else controlling these corpses?"

Upon hearing this, Leon pushed up his visor and looked down at the dark suburban land below.

The tide of corpses all over the mountains and plains did not disperse and collapse as expected.

But seeing thousands of corpses retreating in the same direction, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't know. But since the undead have begun to retreat, at least our risk is not in vain."

Leon turned his head, reached out his hand, reached to Olivia's waist, took the reins, and ordered the Deathclaw to return to the town along the lake.

His magic power was almost exhausted, and his fellow gryphons also suffered some minor injuries that needed to be dealt with. The danger to the east was beyond expectation. If he wanted to explore further in the direction of Rolanal, he would have to rest for a few days before getting back on the road.

Holding the arm of the iron rein and hugging the girl in front of him, Leon whispered: "I'm sorry for involving you in such a danger."

He originally thought that this trip was just to take a stroll on the eastern border of Kantadar. Unexpectedly, he encountered a war between the living and the dead halfway.

Hearing the guilt in her lover's mouth, Olivia took off her helmet, looked back and smiled at her lover.

"It is precisely because there is danger that you need me to be by your side. Besides, if you stay in Avalon, I will only be able to hear you talk about today's righteous deeds in the future. I will definitely regret missing fighting alongside you."

The girl raised her hand and put it on the arm around her waist, with a little pride on her pretty face: "My future husband is a great hero. To be your wife, I can't be afraid of danger."

The lover's praise made Leon's old face blush slightly.

"You don't mind. Are we doing this to save a group of Kantadar people?" He looked up and looked ahead. In the dimness, he could see that the remaining Kantadar defenders were piling up the corpses on the city wall. Throw down the wall.

Olivia put her helmet back on her belt, looked at the town, and shook her head: "I still hate those violent bandits and villains, but if there is someone like Sir Larian and Sister Vereesa in the city, Good man, if I can survive today because of your decision, then it is worth it."

Leon looked sideways at the girl with clear eyes and sighed in his heart.

No matter how virtuous or capable I am, I can have such a perfect girl by my side in this life.

If it weren't for the corpse blood and minced meat rolled on his body, and now it was full of putrid smell, he really wanted to lower his head and smack Olivia's face hard.

Although it kind of ruins the atmosphere.

Olivia squinted her eyes, and when she took off her helmet, she suddenly realized that in the dark surroundings, the light seemed to be brighter than before.

Looking up at the sky, she pointed at the clouds: "Leon, look at the sky, have the dark clouds become thinner?"

Leon looked up and saw that there had indeed been a change. Although the dark clouds that blocked the sun still made the area as dark as night, he could already see some misty colors than before.

"Laura, what is this?" he asked in his heart.

"The spell altar on the corpse cart is also a node for the magic in that field to temporarily spread outward. I will wait until you rest. Your magic power is not enough. Let me continue."

Listening to Laura's voice getting lower and lower until it disappeared, Leon had no choice but to put aside his speculation for the time being.

The griffon flapped its giant wings and soon reached the sky above the city wall, landing slowly.

Leon was thinking about the Uriya words in his mind, and was about to ask the defenders about the person in charge of this place, but he was surprised to see the people who had gathered put down their weapons, and knelt down in front of them, worshiping.

When the griffon folded its wings and landed on the wall, there was no one left standing on the entire wall.

Listening to the murmurings of the prostrate people, Leon only heard a few names of gods in folk beliefs. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Olivia, who had the same weird expression.

What's going on?

"Stand up, I'm not saving you just to accept the kneel down. If you are still able to move, hurry up and treat the injured, and check for possible undead and dangers remaining in the city!" Leon turned around and shouted to everyone.

When these people tentatively raised their heads, some looked at each other, and finally slowly got up from the ground, Leon continued to ask them in half-baked Uriyah: "Where is your commander? I want to see you. Lord or Council Mayor.”

As he finished speaking, he discovered that the armor over there was more complete. Among the soldiers wearing dark yellow robes, a young man with damaged and deformed armor and bloodstained face was helped by the guards to stand up with difficulty.

".I am Knight Evan of Shatai City, the second son of the lord, and the current commander of the city guard."

Ivan looked at the surprise soldier who saved his life and the town from the giant bat monster's claws.

Although he was the first to use the names of the gods to boost morale during the fight.

But now that reason has returned to his mind, listening to the strange Uriya language, Ivan looked at the opponent's blood-stained plate armor. No matter what others thought, the young knight who had some knowledge finally realized that the opponent was not a messenger of the gods.

A powerful gryphon knight who knows sorcery or wields magical weapons? This accent may not be from Kantadar.

"You seem to be seriously injured. Where is your father? Where can I see the lord of the town?" Leon asked the young Kantadar knight.

Ivan opened his mouth, feeling a little embarrassed. Not only had he not seen his father since the bloody battle, he had also not seen the elite guards around his father.

To be honest, at this moment, he had already believed seven points of the refugee leader's words, and the remaining three points, he only expected his father to cowardly lead the guards and retreat in the fortress to protect his family, although he understood that before the battle began, his father should have It’s time to send your family away by boat

"My lord, that selfish and stupid Baron Chateau has long since escaped, just as cowardly and shameless as he showed on the battlefield in the past."

Leon looked over when he heard the sound, and the person speaking was a middle-aged man wearing half-armor.

"Who are you?"

"Ron, a deserter, is currently the leader of a group of poor victims." The big man lowered his head.

"." Yi Wen couldn't help but frown when he heard the other party insulting his biological father. He instinctively wanted to save his face, but when he thought that he had indeed been ruthlessly abandoned on the city wall, he felt a chill in his heart.

After sighing, Ivan kept his mouth shut, not wanting to have a pointless argument with the refugee leader.

Leon turned to Knight Evan, who almost acquiesced to this statement: "So, who is the manager of this town currently? Is it your Excellency?"

Ivan nodded: "I don't know where my father is. If he really left Shatai, then I am right now."

"Okay, I need a safe place to rest. Please provide clean food and water. My big friend also suffered some scratches. If possible, help me find some herbs."

Leon patted the griffon under him: "Please also prepare fresh livestock for it as food. I think it is not excessive as a reward for rescuing this town."

"Of course, you are the hero who saved Shatai City. Please come with me to the fortress to rest. I will definitely prepare enough reward for you as a thank you." Ivan bowed while holding his chest.

"Don't praise me too highly. I'm not a hero, just a passing knight."

Leon looked at the tallest solitary castle building in the town, turned to the knight Evan and said: "Your current crisis is far from over. The undead have not been truly defeated. Maybe they will come back, but I won't be here." If you stay too long, I will save you once, but I won’t be able to save you a second time. Since your father is useless and abandons his people, the safety of the people in the city will still need to be borne by you in the future."

Looking at the crumbling Knight Evan, Leon sighed: "You should rest as soon as possible, and we will talk about it later. I have a lot to ask you about things in the east."