Blood tax

Chapter 186 Team Battle ([-])

In the lulls between fighting, militiamen scrambled to mend and reinforce the damaged walls.According to the instructions, they even smeared a thick layer of wet mud on the wooden wall, and then dug a trench outside the wall.The trebuchets brought in were also piled aside, ready to be erected later.

The danger is just a few hundred meters away from them.

Shattered, shattered figures left the shadows of the ruins and rocks and began to gather.They stood sluggishly, staring at the ramparts guarded by the living with their eye sockets gleaming with miserable green light.

All the living corpses near the Raven Cemetery seemed to have mobilized, leaving only a few sporadic ones walking aimlessly on the plain farther away.After discovering that the hasty attack was useless, the existence that hadn't shown up until now began to concentrate its forces and prepare to launch a wave of corpses that devoured everything.

"Tell me about your plan," Ophelia said, "This place is three miles away from the tomb, far beyond the range of the trebuchet, and the camp's strength and building materials are not enough to extend the line of defense. What are you going to do next?"

Griffith observed the enemy's actions, pointed to the distance and said to his companions:
"See that crystal tower to the northeast over there?

"As Ophelia said, from the flow of psychic ripples, it can be seen that these buildings are mostly centers where the black mud extends to the east and south and transmits energy. We erected trebuchets in the camp and shot them from a distance them."

Everyone looked there together, and found that there was indeed a black tower surrounded by green light in the distance.

"This thing does seem to be an important facility, but it's too far away, half a mile away?" Midian Maier roughly calculated, "This is almost the limit of the range of the trebuchet, and it is impossible for the militiamen to hit it. middle."

"It's better if you don't hit!"

Griffith laughed, and he drew a sketch on the ground with his sword:
"If it is torn down in twos and threes, the cultists will definitely feel heartache, but that's it. If we shoot a round every once in a while, the barriers and shelling will become sharp swords hanging over the heads of the cultists. Will do everything possible to eliminate this threat.

"We don't have the resources and the time to do it slowly, but that's not the case from the enemy's point of view.

"There is a leader who is familiar with the tactics of the Byelan army on the side of the cult. I even suspect that Saphirion has gone to the enemy's side. He is a seasoned knight. The situation is unknown and the contact has been cut off.

"We are transported by the river, and the sudden appearance here has greatly exceeded the enemy's expectations. From a tactical point of view, the barriers on the bank of this river are indeed a potential threat to the Great Tomb. They will definitely It will prevent us from using Bayeran's traditional tactics and solid barriers to oppress the large tomb's lair step by step, or to cover the trebuchet and slowly advance.

"Soon, the main force of the living corpses in this area will be concentrated. The cult once lost a lair under my attack, and there are commanders who are familiar with our army's tactics. They will not let our barrier exist."

"Are we going to hold out here?" Lansada asked.

"Hold on, be it. We will defeat the enemy's attack again and kill a few leaders. In this way, the cult will know how powerful we are, and will be forced to stop and regroup the army and wait for reinforcements," Griffith said. Said, "Then, Lansada, you stay with the militia and continue to fortify the position to delay time, shelling from time to time.

"During this period, the four of us will hide and go straight to the direction of the tomb, where the defenses must be empty. We will raid the leader of the undead creatures and destroy their command center.

After hearing this plan, everyone fell into silence for a moment.

"You are too courageous. Even if the tomb is empty, there may be a Sequence 6 monster guarding it." Ophelia shook her head, "But if there are only four of us, we can retreat quickly even if we are unfavorable in battle. If we can kill Sequence 6 will be a big gain, I agree."

"I also agree," Amber said, "We should try our best to attract the officers of the undead creatures in the next round of battle and eliminate them, so as to reduce the defensive pressure of the militia."

Midian Maier thought for a while: "I have no objection either. The purpose of the barrier is to contain and consume the tide of corpses. Our real goal is the enemy's command center."

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Griffith got on his horse and deployed the streamer shield for defense.

"The second round of attack will come soon. I will delay their attack and lure the leader of the cult to appear. Once I shake my spear or saber, it means that the time has come. Please support me."

Griffith put down his visor, nodded to his comrades, and jumped out of the barrier with a gun.

He approached the corpses through the open space between the two armies.The living corpses that were gathering immediately turned around and surrounded them in a ring.

Griffith raised the three-meter lance and stabbed at the living corpse, piercing through four or five rotting bodies with one blow.The iron cavalry rushed away from the crowd of corpses, forcibly stepping out a path in the swirling icy light.

The rushing tide of corpses was trampled head-on by iron hooves.Griffith constantly controlled the speed and direction of the horse, while pulling to the side, while spinning the lance, he kept knocking down the approaching living corpses.

The living corpses that were still gathering moved like an avalanche, densely packed from all sides.

Griffith led them around a few times before fleeing to his position, and the undead creatures that were still gathering chased him in groups.Several powerful auras also revealed their traces.

An acid monster approached from the side.Its rotting flesh quivered, splashing acid as it ran.The mass of green acid was attached to the body of the living corpse, and as soon as it touched the body, hissing smoke burst out, crazily corroding.

However, even if the monster ran and broke its legs, it could not catch up with the actions of the cavalry, and was soon left far behind.

The power of this acid monster is good, but its movement speed is too slow, so it is not worth mentioning in front of the regular army.Griffith commented in his heart, not caring about the slow threat at all.

Griffith felt ready to use the speed of his horse to quickly distance himself from the group of corpses, and prepared to attack again from a different angle near the barrier.Suddenly, he felt the air around him start to surge with a cold, sticky breath, and then, a group of dark green mist gradually formed, quickly condensing into water droplets and floating in the air.

In the green mist, five cultists in black robes suddenly appeared.At the moment when they appeared, Griffith felt abnormal blockage and stiffness all over his body, as if both himself and the war horse were bound by invisible chains.

The spellcaster among the cultists finally couldn't bear it anymore and launched an attack himself.The acid monster took the opportunity to get closer, and it was about to explode around him.

Acolytes of cultists, very well, just waiting for you!Griffith immediately shook the lance.

Ophelia drew a strong bow on the arrow tower, and shot a silver light, piercing the acid monster's thigh and knocking it to the ground.The monster that had already been ready to go exploded with a "bang".The acid splashed on the skeletons and walking corpses behind, corroding them in a large area.

Griffith glanced at the acid that filled the sky, mobilized his blood, and the stagnant power immediately dissipated.

A golden flash had already cut in from the left side of the battlefield, rushing towards the position where the acolyte was.

Amber deliberately made a big circle, using his high-speed maneuver to avoid a large number of living corpses, and suddenly appeared near an acolyte.

Seeing that the acolytes who were about to be attacked stopped collectively, magic wands suddenly appeared in their bony hands, and the belt and accessories on the burqa also burst into light, forming a high-speed chant of a spell.

Amber immediately felt that his actions had become extremely jerky, as if he had fallen into an invisible quagmire, unable to move an inch.

However, this state only lasted for two seconds before losing its effect.

Midian Maier quickly approached.He carried a large shield on his shoulders, and every step he took was as flawless as a rock, giving off an aura as majestic as a large formation of infantry advancing layer upon layer.

As he advanced, his armor gleamed red with blood.This ray of light was vaguely connected with Amber, and it actually dispelled the curse that trapped her.

Amber, who broke free from control, swung an attack, and the golden thunderbolt cut down like a long knife, and the head of the attacked acolyte flew out together with the burqa.

The cultists who were attacked suddenly twisted and twitched under the cloak, and three of them crawled down from the human standing posture, tearing off their limbs like wild beasts and pounced on the ground.

Their hidden figures swelled rapidly, lumps of deformed flesh and bone spurs protruding outward, tearing the robes, revealing completely distorted corpse faces.One of them has a triangular head like a jackal, and its hands have been alienated like the limbs of a wild beast. It has grown sharp minions, and its movement speed has been accelerated to an inhuman level in an instant.

The bodies of the other two cultists swelled rapidly like water-filled balloons, one grew four huge arms, and the other sprayed acid from the seams of flesh.

Three of these four cultists have mutated into ghouls, stitch monsters, and acid monsters!Their body size far exceeds that of the same kind, and their spiritual energy is also superior.

The only remaining acolyte waved his wand and disappeared into the smoke in an instant.

The ghoul was extremely fast, following Amber's flickering figure in pursuit with rustling footsteps.

Are you going to deal with us separately?Griffith, who was galloping, raised his hand and shouted to everyone: "Fight each other and smash them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Amber was wrapped in a silver-white ice shield and stopped.She had just stood still when the ghoul's sharp claws roared towards her.

The blow was blocked by the ice shield.Umber held back the ghoul's attack, twisted its arm off with a backhand twist.She was about to break the monster's neck when a sudden force ripped the ghoul out of her grasp.

The Stitch Monster threw the chain far away, hooked the ghoul precisely and pulled it back from danger.

At the same time, the acid monster crouched with its head in its arms, its arms and legs hugging its curly stem, rolling towards Amber like a meat ball.It was huge in size, rolled extremely fast, made a loud bang, and spilled green acid all the way.The acid splashed on the black mud and rotting corpses, and immediately released foul-smelling and irritating smoke.

Griffith was fighting against the surging tide of corpses, and couldn't help his companion for a while, watching the acid meat ball roll towards Amber and Midianmeier.

"Amber, hide behind me," Midianmeier whispered, raised his shield to meet the rolling meat ball, standing like a mountain, "I count to three, and it will explode."

"Its acid can corrode metal." Amber looked at the rolling monster in surprise.

Before she could finish her sentence, there was a loud whistling in the air.A feathered arrow shot out from the arrow tower in the distance, heading straight for the acid monster.

This arrow was dull and dull, and at first glance it was not fast.But the shaft of the arrow turned into fly ash and smoke by itself during the flight, leaving only the wolf-tooth-like black arrow continuously accelerating, piercing through the air and creating a vortex-like cyclone.

The huge acid monster is rolling towards it with an astonishing momentum that fills the field of vision.Black arrows suddenly plunged into its swollen carrion.The swollen body unexpectedly fluctuated violently like waves.

Suddenly, the acid monster's body collapsed, wrinkled and shriveled as if it had been emptied of body fluids and gas.

"Get down!" Midianmeier yelled, supporting the shield with both hands and knelt down on one knee.

A deafening explosion sounded immediately, and the overwhelming acid liquid swayed towards the black earth.The living corpses running nearby were involved in the explosion, and they were smashed together.

It took a while for the tinnitus and the shaking of the ground to subside.Midian Maier raised his shield and got up steadily, shaking his body to shake off the dust and broken limbs, and then slowly said: "Three."

(End of this chapter)