Chapter 267 Subjective Initiative

Five large Kantadar galleys at the river ferry crossed the boundary between sunlight and clouds and sent the cavalry to the other side of the river in two batches.

The horses stepped into this land shrouded in the breath of death. It was still daytime on the north bank, but the south bank was as dark as night.

The surrounding scenes made the Avalon cavalry feel depressed from the bottom of their hearts. There was an indescribable coldness in the air that penetrated their hearts.

Fortunately, the Avalon knights who led the team and the ranger knights beside them gave the Orland cavalry the courage to strengthen their will.

As the reconnaissance operation began, the two teams immediately split up on the country road that turned into the underworld.

Knight Ron, as a guide, led the rangers under Greenthorne to Finleytown.

Leon led the Avalon cavalry to Ashford Port under the guidance of Baron Ivan.

With Olivia's powerful senses warning along the way, Leon took a detour to avoid the group of zombies wandering in the wilderness, and did not fall into meaningless delays.

More than a hundred cavalrymen rode non-stop, quickly crossed the countryside, and arrived at the periphery of the lost port city.

Lighting up the holy lamp of soul protection, the magic power turned into an invisible force field and spread out, easily protecting everyone's soul in the hazy light and isolating the dangerous soul-calling bell.

The cavalry hid in a withered forest on the outskirts of the eastern city, and Leon and the warriors observed the distance.

The scene in front of them frightened every Orland cavalryman in the team who saw the City of the Dead for the first time.

Outside the city, ragged and distorted zombies were wandering densely, and they made bursts of creepy roars.

The outline of the city loomed in the night. The once solid fortifications were destroyed beyond recognition by the war. The charred marks on the city walls were intertwined with mottled blood stains, as if recording the desperate picture of the tragic battle not long ago.

The towering resonant bell tower behind the city wall has risen, and the green light is soaring into the sky, dyeing the dark clouds in the sky ghostly, like the hell in mythology. Countless ghosts are hovering over the ghost city, bound by some power and unable to rest. The shrieks that drifted in the wind are like countless dead souls accusing in resentment, and begging for liberation.

The warriors recalled the pre-war encouragement issued by the lord before departure, and only then did they truly realize the true meaning of no one can stay out of it.

The fate of the city of Kantadar in front of them can be said to be a preview of death swallowing the earth.

Leon had seen the scene of the ghostland, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. After he roughly confirmed that there were indeed at least tens of thousands of undead here, he immediately unfolded the sketch of the city drawn by Count Runaf's people, looked at the city ahead, and compared them with each other.

"The granary is further north. There is a gate on the north side of the Ashford wall that is only for cargo transportation, and there is also a small dock there." Ivan pointed to the map.

Leon nodded, identified the direction from the outline of the city, and continued to lead everyone along the path to the north of the city, and saw the cargo gate mentioned by Ivan from afar.

The gate was not destroyed, and the undead army that directly relied on numbers and ladders to break through the city did not open the door that was still closed.

However, although there was no siege equipment, Leon had his own way to enter the city.

After repeatedly confirming the route behind the city gate with Ivan, he did not hesitate and immediately ordered all knights and cavalry to prepare for battle, with himself, Olivia, and Lohak as the spearheads, ready to launch a charge through the suburbs.

Leon didn't want to stay here for long, as long as he could confirm the necessary information.

Swinging the reins, he shouted softly to urge Wuzhui to take the lead.

Without a war cry, the cavalry with spears followed closely, raising the reins in silence, and the staggered sound of horses' hooves was like a war drum, stepping through the silent suburbs and stirring up layers of dust.

The wandering zombies soon discovered the movement of different creatures, like sharks smelling blood, and quickly swarmed over.

Leon looked at the zombies and felt a little fortunate. If it was an ordinary army of the living, they would undoubtedly have been exposed in the eyes of these enemies who never closed their eyes.

But the sea of ​​undead corpses without a complete chain of wisdom will not take the initiative to report the enemy situation to the non-existent middle and grassroots commanders.

For a city of this size, no matter whether there are still high-level undead in Ashford Harbor, it will take some time to discover them.

The undead twisted by the power of darkness and death roared hoarsely and attacked the galloping Avalon cavalry without fear.

But the heavy cavalry riding Uriah's warhorse to charge was like a living tank. Ordinary corpse ghosts without formations and weapons were knocked to the ground in an instant and trampled by iron hooves.

In order to save magic power, Leon did not even summon the magic gun. With Olivia and Lohak guarding on both sides, no corpse ghost could come to his black horse intact.

The cavalry, both men and horses, swept through like a storm, eliminating the zombies blocking the way one by one. As the distance got closer, the outline of the city gate became clearer, and the abundant horsepower of the beasts made them reach the city gate in a short time.

Leon pulled out the card containing the monster's soul and quickly injected magic into it.

The Neti card turned into dazzling light particles and condensed into the shape of a terrifying giant beast in front.

The Osprey fell heavily, and with a physical two-dimensional foil, it directly crushed the tiny corpses under the city wall into a bloody "second dimension".

"Break open the gate!"

Leon ordered in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the Osprey roared loudly, and the terrifying king of the forest rushed towards the city gate with the force of thunder.

With a weight of tens of tons and a running speed of tens of kilometers per hour, it was like a moving hill, slamming hard into the heavy city gate covered with blood.

——Boom!

For a moment, the ground shook and the deafening roar resounded through the sky.

The unimaginable force smashed the side door in the north of the city into pieces.

Before the mountain bear could roar to vent its irritability, it turned into light particles and was quickly taken back into the palm of Leon who saved magic power.

Seeing the dreamlike giant beast in front of him appear and disappear, Ivan, who was riding a horse to kill the undead, couldn't help but widen his eyes, wondering if he had hallucinations.

He looked at the back of the Avalon Baron who was charging on horseback in astonishment, and then he understood what the other party meant by the city-breaking spell.

The Avalon cavalry was as shocked as Ivan, but with the knowledge of the griffins under the lord's seat, they were somewhat prepared for their lord who was both a knight and a wizard.

Horse hooves trod through the collapsed city gates in a tight formation, and rushed into the city shrouded in darkness and the light of death one after another.

The aimless undead on the street discovered the sudden intruder and rushed up in groups of three or five, roaring.

Compared with the walking corpses with broken bodies, the corpse soldiers holding spears and sharp blades finally posed a certain threat to the Avalon cavalry.

Olivia squeezed the horse's belly, abandoned the reins in her hands, swung her spear back and forth with both arms, and took the lead in killing the corpses in front.

The silver blade crushed the undead warriors who rushed forward like a bindweed.

Lohak swung his long-handled axe and smashed the corpse soldiers who blocked the way with great force. He and other Avalon knights followed closely behind, dancing with spears, axes and halberds in turn, killing all the enemies who blocked the way.

In the fierce battle, the violent ups and downs of the soul attracted many looming resentful souls.

The hazy evil spirits wandering in the shadows, sobbing and wailing, gathered like a swarm of bees.

Holding the familiar weapons they could imagine in their remaining consciousness, they killed the galloping Avalon cavalry.

(Gulorelite language)

".——Retreat!!"

Seeing the green light coming, Leon immediately raised the holy lamp and roared out the magic decree from ancient times.

The light that suddenly burst out from the magic lantern spread like the sun.

The first time he really used the holy lamp on the undead, Leon found that its power was even beyond his original imagination.

Countless evil spirits and resentful ghosts who had no time to dodge screamed shrilly, and some weak souls seemed to be burned into residual souls and disappeared in the air, while more dead souls fled desperately in fear.

After repelling the ghosts that were pouring in, hundreds of people rushed along the street under the protection of the holy lamp.

Finally, under the guidance of Ivan, they turned a street and arrived at the city where the granary was not far away.

But the sudden enlightenment made Leon's heart sink.

The worst-case scenario he feared had finally happened.

The charred and empty areas came into everyone's view.

The twisted and deformed debris and broken beams, like the skeleton of an old man who had experienced vicissitudes of life, the large granary complex that once stood here has become a meaningless fire ruin.

The piles of food in it have obviously disappeared, turning into dust among the granary wreckage.

"Leon."

No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Olivia slowly reined in her warhorse and turned her head to look at her lover with worry.

The cavalrymen stopped their iron hooves one after another.

Baron Ivan tightly grasped his blood-stained spear, looking at the cruel reality that was burned, anger and despair struck his heart.

This is the scene that everyone least wants to see.

The undead do not need food, so there is naturally no reason to keep food for the living.

Leon looked at the granary that was obviously set on fire behind his mask, knowing that this was definitely not the behavior of an ordinary undead.

The unintelligent ghouls had no such tactical awareness. Obviously, this was done by the higher-level undead with more residual wisdom.

There was no point in staying any longer. He looked at the winged ghouls gradually flying in the distance, and immediately turned his horse's head and issued an order: "Retreat."

Before the more elite and powerful undead troops reacted, Leon led the cavalry to evacuate Ashford Port at the fastest speed.

Relying on horsepower to get rid of the following ghouls in the wilderness, they slipped away very quickly, and were not caught up by the undead startled in the port.

Leading the soldiers to the planned evacuation river bank, Leon silently thought about the increasingly severe reality.

The 20,000 gallons of grain and grass in the port granary were burned by the ghoul generals who commanded the undead.

He now only hoped that the other four teams would have good news

After leaving Ashford Port and returning to the river bank, he could see that the other bank outside the dark cloud area had entered the night.

Since he came back faster than originally expected, Leon did not plan to return to the north bank immediately. He found a hidden valley that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and ordered everyone to set up camp and rest, intending to wait for Greenthorne's ranger team to return.

Leon couldn't help but look at the food in his hand while eating the rations he brought with him from the kettle.

In fact, according to Laura's analysis, due to the special environment of this undead realm, it is actually beneficial to the preservation of food.

This underworld realm is now equivalent to a super "sterile storage room" with a constant temperature and an exaggeratedly large area.

Theoretically, if there is no external interference, the food lost in this realm can even be preserved longer than the normal mortal environment outside.

In addition, the Undead Army does not eat the food of living people, he originally had great expectations for the state of food.

It is a pity that even if the enemy is a group of numb people's heads, there is still the consciousness of these anti -living army counterattacks, and they actually burned the grain and grass in advance.

"Too cheating, these undead don't eat or drink, what are the activities? Rely on magic? But where do they get the magic of long -term maintenance? The chaotic energy of the scattered "" Lyon stabbed his meat and complained to Lola in his heart silently.

He knows that the categrator who is powerful as Lorerite's magic guide can indeed rely on transforming magic to make it better not to eat or drink.

But why is the bone -breaking shelf?

According to the neighborhood knowledge he learned, the general necromancer, the wake -ups that wake up in the world, are not permanent. Rotten causes to accommodate the dead soul.

It can maintain hundreds of thousands or even millions of undead for a long time. Even if those altars calling the soul can use the undead as the "fuel" to release magic, this magic energy consumed is not proportional.

Although the high -level undead like the corpse lord and the corpse witch can command the ghosts, it can maintain the immortal energy source of the undead, obviously not from them.

Is there a powerful magic demon who is comparable to the king of Dharma?

"The space shrouded in the clouds is weird. It seems heavier than the previous erosion of reality. I still need to think about it." Lola's voice hesitated.

She thought that this magic from the outer region was the power to block the Dead Sea.

But now, it is confused about the natural laws of this field distorted.

The natural laws that can be felt here do not have the nature of the spiritual world.

on the contrary

This is so much soil that is more and more similar to the nature of the Dead Sea.

In the camp, everyone alternated at night.

The Avaron cavalry resting for one night in this gloomy undead. Except for the knights who guarded everyone, they killed several undead beasts, and did not happen.

However, many sleeping soldiers had some scary nightmares, and the war horses tied to a stump also screamed overnight.

After Lyon asked Lola, it was normal for everyone to comfort everyone.

In this world, the dream of the world is not only the physiological phenomenon in its own brains, but also affected by the changes in elements in the environment.

Especially in this ghost place in this sense, the more mentally sensitive people, the more I can feel the resentment of Wanling at this moment in the dream.

But he and Olivia were sleeping together, but there was no dream overnight. I do n’t know if it was Lola's protection, or Olivia ’s physique that made himself uncomfortable.

At this place, a cavalry who had a whistle around the camp was near noon, and suddenly led several silver armored knights to run back.

Lyon looked out and immediately recognized it. It was the two knights and priests of the Iraily Cavaliers.

He was shocked in his heart. Is it surprising that Captain Eric?

After the Holy Lake Knights who went to Hargostan to complete the task, the river banks of their evacuation were not here. It is far from that fortress. Unless there is an emergency, why do they need to send someone.

Some worries greeted the Knights, and Lyon hadn't spoken, so he heard the priest with the holy lanterns with the holy lamp, and reported eagerly:

"Lord Leon, the head of the Irim group has led us to capture Hargostan, destroy the undead in the fort, and find the food in it.

Excuse me, do we immediately contact the food on the other side? Or build a stronghold on the spot? "

Lyon heard the words, and opened his mouth stunned.

He seems to remember.

It seems that the task of the other party seems to be a reconnaissance? Intersection