Lord Chronicle

Chapter 142 Desperate

call out…

A fireball streaked across the dark night sky and hit a ghoul hard.

The fireball exploded, and a large group of flames swept away. The surrounding skeleton soldiers were torn apart in the violent explosion, and a scorched black circle with a diameter of several meters appeared on the spot.

The ghoul roared, its whole body was blazing, and it blindly rushed left and right among the zombies, illuminating the surroundings like a striking pillar of fire.

"Left, put!"

The archery team composed of dozens of adventurers and defenders rained arrows down the city. The sharp arrows pierced through the rotting corpses of the zombies, but it was difficult to stop them from advancing.

Above and below the five-meter-high city wall is a sea of ​​wriggling corpses.Like ants crawling on watermelon rinds, the zombies gathered under the wall, and used their bodies to form a ladder for the accomplices behind to climb up.

On the city, the garrison, composed of dwarf mercenaries and adventurers, was welded to the wall. They wielded sharp swords and axes, and mercilessly beheaded one zombie after another.Rotting heads and stumps were scattered all over the ground, and the ground was covered with a layer of foul-smelling mucus from zombie bodies.

"Drink!"

A dwarf warrior smashed two zombies with one axe, but before he could turn around, a white bone arrow shot at him, piercing through the gap in his breastplate.The dwarf warrior stepped back violently and fell on his back.

The skeleton archers behind the zombie group began to violently throw bone arrows into the air, and the sky was covered in white bone rain for a while.The accuracy of the skeleton archers was poor, but the advantage was the large number of them. Even though some of the bone arrows would not let go of their own people, they still put enormous pressure on the defenders.

"Magician get down and raise the shield!" An epee adventurer shouted.

The mage led by Walsa immediately squatted down and hid behind the arrow pile, while the soldiers nearby drew out their shields to defend against the rain of arrows.With a crackling sound, the bone arrows shot down with heavy force hit the shield surface, breaking and breaking one after another.

The shields made by the dwarves using the coke steelmaking method are very strong, and the brittle and thin bone arrows are difficult to cause effective damage.At this moment, a bunch of green awns suddenly flashed across the air, hitting the wall and bursting apart.

As a group of green poisonous clouds gradually filled the air, the expressions of several soldiers nearby changed drastically.They were clutching their throats, and their faces gradually turned a strange gray.

"It's a Lich, everyone disperse!" Walsa yelled when he saw this.

Those Lich covered with ornate metal ornaments were dispatched. They moved slowly step by step. Every time they raised their wands, a green poisonous mist sprayed out.

The poisonous cloud hit the top of the wall one after another, and clusters of green gas exploded on the long city wall. Soldiers who inhaled the poisonous mist fell down one after another. Only the dwarves who were born strong and had strong immunity to magic were not affected.

"Priest, call the priest!" Soon a companion sent the poisoned soldier down the city wall, and Kafir, who had already been waiting behind, immediately led the medical team to rush forward.

"The priest detoxifies, and the others bandage the wound!" Following her order, the two women dressed as priests immediately began to chant the detoxification spell.

Seeing that the poisonous fog was getting thicker, Walsa gritted his teeth, and said to the two elemental magicians beside him, "After I attack, immediately use the rainstorm magic of the water system, understand?"

Following him, he stood up and began to recite the incantation. Numerous bone arrows swished past him, but Walsa turned a blind eye.As a large number of fire elements gathered, a faint red color began to appear around him.

At this moment, several bone arrows suddenly shot towards him, but Walsa was at the critical moment of gathering magic power, so he couldn't dodge it at all.

At the very moment, a black sword suddenly stretched out and danced in front of Walsa like a whirlwind, blocking all the arrows for him.Following Kress, the owner of the sword, he stepped up and smashed several skeleton soldiers who had climbed up to Walsa.

Eyes opened suddenly, Walsa waved his right hand forward: "Fireball!"

Five basketball-sized fireballs gathered above his head, and shot at the Lich and Skeleton Archer hiding behind the zombie group one by one.As pillars of fire soared into the sky, the explosion resounded throughout the battlefield.

Walsa's training in the Magician's Guild was not for nothing. Currently, his magic power is at least level 7 or above. The continuous fireballs of high-level fire magic are very powerful, and immediately caused great casualties to Lich and Archer.

Taking advantage of the interruption of the Lich's poisonous cloud, the two elemental mages who had already prepared cast water magic.A heavy rain that lasted for several minutes fell from the sky, and the downpour quickly dispersed the poisonous mist on the wall.

"Quick, drive them off!"

Under the leadership of Kress, the defenders regrouped, wiped out all the zombies who had just climbed up the city wall while the poisonous fog was filling, and occupied the position again.

At this moment, a faint rumbling sound entered everyone's eardrums, followed by the ground trembling slightly, as if something was approaching rapidly.

Suddenly, in the invisible darkness behind the zombie group, the ground raised a long slope like a wrinkled blanket, and quickly pushed towards the city wall.

The zombies along the way were not affected, they just swayed a few times with the uplifted ground, and then regained their stability, as if this weird slope had no lethality.

But Walsa's face immediately changed when he saw it, and he shouted: "It's the ripple of death, the necromancer has made a move! Immediately cast an enchantment, and everyone else gets down!"

Several magicians supported by the Adventurer's Guild stood up at the same time, chanting the enchantment spell.They are all elites directly under the Adventurer's Guild. Not only are they powerful in magic power, but they also have excellent psychological qualities. Ordinary magicians in this chaotic scene can't hit their spirits at all, but they can quickly gather magic power.

The moment the death ripple pushed under the city wall, the barrier was finally completed.As a circle of countless runes floated in the air, death ripples hit its surface.

The two rushed down against each other, and the aroused force exploded fiercely. A large number of zombie skeletons gathered under the wall were thrown up like leaves in the wind, and countless broken bones and stumps splashed around like rain.

At the same time, the city wall shook violently, several cracks spread across the wall, many arrow stacks on the top of the wall were shaken down, and all the people on it fell to the ground unsteadily.

This effect can also be caused by the protection of the enchantment, and it is obvious that it is not a single necromancer who issued this death ripple.Although the city wall was broken, fortunately the main body was not seriously injured.

"Engineering team, come with me, let those undead see the power of our dwarves!" After the shaking stopped, Manson shouted, and the dwarves and human craftsmen rushed up with their tools.

Braving the rain of arrows, the craftsmen quickly repaired the collapsed arrow stacks, filled the cracks with the prepared soil, and replenished ammunition for the weapons defending the city.Some craftsmen were shot down and immediately dragged down to heal their wounds, but the rest were fearless and steadfastly performed their tasks.

At this time, if anyone can see it in mid-air, centering on the city wall protecting Lovell, both sides are showing their abilities, and the fierce drama of offense and defense is constantly being staged.

In the sky, arrows rained like rain, and all kinds of magic dragged out shining trajectories, blasting fiercely at the opponent's camp; on the wall, swords, swords, and blood splattered, and humans and undead were engaged in the most intense fight.

Outside the wall, the boundless sea of ​​corpses slowly moved forward.Zombies, skeleton soldiers, ghouls, skeleton archers... They roared and squirmed in the darkness, like a black tide that could submerge everything, but they were firmly blocked by this low outer wall.

Behind the wall, torches were lit in the open space, and countless logistics personnel ran back and forth to deliver various supplies to the soldiers fighting on the wall.The injured were hurriedly carried down to the simple medical center, and the doctors were busy bandaging and healing the wounds without stopping for a moment.The craftsmen raised huge logs to reinforce the city wall that was constantly under attack. Bone arrows shot over the wall and into the arena, but no one took it seriously.

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In the temporary command post at the rear, Sol planted small flags representing the enemy and us on the sand table according to the battle reports that were continuously sent in.One of the advantages of this thing is that he doesn't have to go to the front line in person, which greatly guarantees the Lord Lord's good wish of "hiding deep in the tent and defending against the enemy outside the city wall".

However, with more and more small black flags representing undead on the sand table, Sol still felt a lot of pressure.

When the necromancer attacked at the beginning, he went all out, regardless of the cost, regardless of the casualties, and pressed them all.All kinds of monsters and methods emerge in endlessly. Thanks to the city wall built by the dwarves, a large number of zombies did not flood into the territory.

However, no matter how strong the defenders are, they are still living creatures after all, and cannot be compared with the tireless undead.At this time, the battle had been going on in the middle of the night, and a series of problems such as exhaustion, casualties, and psychological pressure gradually began to trouble them.

At this time, the curtain of the tent opened, and Jessica, who had been supervising the transportation of supplies outside, walked in.

"How's the situation?" Saul asked her quickly.

Jessica pressed her forehead wearily: "Everyone has high fighting spirit and can resist it for the time being. But if the situation continues, I'm afraid it won't be so good."

Sol was silent for a moment: "What about the casualties?"

Jessica took a sip of water from the cup on the table: "Kafir has done a great job, there are many wounded, but so far only a dozen people have died, and many soldiers can go back into battle immediately after treatment. But with the priest It is difficult to maintain this situation with drugs alone."

Sol said helplessly: "It seems really not optimistic."

Jessica said calmly: "We still underestimated those necromancers. The intensity of this offensive is far from comparable to last time. The dozens of ghouls and the poisonous fog of the Lich are hard to deal with. Already, if there is no way, the best case scenario is to survive tonight, but next time..."

"What!?" Thor's eyes widened. Although he had expected the situation to be bad, it turned out to be this bad.

"Too bad, this time things are really serious." He was circling around in a hurry, and suddenly stopped, he looked at Jessica full of hope: "Tell me, if I ride Simba now Going to Elebena for help, is it useful?"

Jessica was about to answer when the tent opened again, and this time it was Walsa and several magicians who walked in.

"Why... are you in the front?" Thor was startled at first, and then his expression changed.

Walsa waved his hand weakly: "Don't guess, the line of defense is fine. I have used too much magic, and the magic power has been exhausted. I need to find a quiet place to meditate and restore the magic power."

As they spoke, several magicians walked to a corner of the tent, sat down on the ground, and quickly entered a state of meditation.

"Let's go out too, don't disturb them." Jessica whispered.

Nodding, Sol and Jessica stepped out of the tent.Once outside, the bright flames, loud noises, and crowds of people rushing to and fro made him deeply feel the urgency of the battle situation once again.

Looking at the swaying figures on the city wall in the distance, Sol gritted his teeth: "Jessica, you immediately arrange for the residents to evacuate to the mountains. If they fall, I hope as many people as possible can survive."

Glancing at him, Jessica said lightly, "I've already arranged a retreat plan. If the worst happens, the residents of the town will soon be able to escape into the territory of the female dragon, and even if I make her angry , I can’t care about that much anymore.”

Saul looked at her in disbelief, actually planning to use Elebena as a protective umbrella, aren't you so daring?

But Jessica is Jessica after all, she can arrange everything for you no matter what time.

Just when Sol was expressing emotion, there was a sudden shout from behind the sound: "My lord."

Upon hearing this voice, Sol and Jessica showed strange expressions at the same time.The two turned their heads slowly, only to see a wretched middle-aged man in a mage's robe running towards this side, and several apprentice-like children followed behind him panting.

H... Hitches?

Stress, stress.Solburn's head, which was already full of troubles, ached even more.

Running in front of Sol, before he could speak, Hitches said with a reproachful face: "My lord, you are too mean, why didn't you tell me such a big thing?"

Sol has nothing to do with their father and daughter. Hearing this, he could only perfunctorily say, "I don't want to disturb your research. After all, how can such a trivial matter as the undead attack compare with the great cause of cultivating magicians for the territory?"

"Really?" Hitches looked at him suspiciously.

"Of course it's true. In fact, the lord hesitated for a long time before making this decision." Jessica also started talking nonsense for Sol.

"Am I that hesitant?" Saul looked at Jessica in 'surprise'.

"Yes, it was really painful when you made a decision." Jessica suppressed a smile and nodded.

Finally, Sol spread his hands to Hitches: "You heard it too, so go back quickly."

Startled by the two singing together, Hitches turned around in a daze as if hypnotized.Unexpectedly, before Sol could breathe a sigh of relief, he turned back with an excited expression.

"Lord, I figured it out!" He held Sol's hand tightly.

Feeling weak for a while, Sol said weakly: "What have you figured out?"

"Although you have high expectations for me, how can I continue to stay in the laboratory at this time of crisis in the territory?" Hitches impassionedly said what Saul was most afraid of hearing: "So, I decided to use myself Contribute to my magic."

"But…"

"Don't tell me, I've already made up my mind. Besides, these apprentices also need to be trained in actual combat to become talented. Lord Lord, please watch carefully, how I repelled these undead with powerful and skillful magic." Xiqi Si interrupted Sol's words in an unquestionable tone, and then walked firmly to the city wall.

"Wow, don't!" Saul hugged his legs desperately.

Everything else is easy to say, but he is afraid that this guy will bombard indiscriminately. If he blows a hole in the city wall, everything will be over.

"After all, you still don't believe me." Hitches stomped his feet and sighed, "Think about it, didn't I play a big role in the last battle against the undead?"

Saul Moran, the only role you played last time was to destroy Lao Tzu's two magic dolls, and that also relied on alchemy.As for your magic?No one ever expects anything.

When the two were at a stalemate, Sol had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly thought of a crazy idea, he couldn't help letting go of Hitches.

Seeing Sol let go, Hitches tentatively said: "My lord, do you agree?"

"Hitches, do you really want to help?" Saul asked with straight eyes.

"of course."

"That's good." Sol nodded: "But you have to do as I tell you."

"What do you want?" Jessica intuitively felt that something was wrong with Sol.

Sol leaned over and whispered something in her ear, and Jessica looked at him in shock, "Are you crazy? If you fall, you're dead."

"I can't take care of that much anymore. The situation is urgent now. If there is a glimmer of hope, it is worth a try." Following Sol, he said helplessly: "Besides, you think I think, as long as he uses magic, that guy is crazy. What will happen, I'd better follow personally to be sure."

"But..." Jessica was a little anxious: "It's too dangerous, let me go for you."

"No, all the logistical work here depends on you to operate, and you must not leave. So the best candidate is me, the lord who has nothing to do, hehe, this time I want to let everyone know that the lord does not just rely on a mouth , I am also a man." Sol patted his chest.

Seeing his determination, Jessica said helplessly: "Then... you must be careful, and come back quickly if something goes wrong."

"Don't worry, I'm lucky, and nothing will happen." Sol said confidently.

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After explaining, Sol walked to the open space on the side, first took out a bottle of pure medicine from his arms and drank it, then stretched out the summoning ring on his hand, and summoned Simba.

This is one of the reasons why Sol can only go by himself. Apart from him, the only ones who can ride Simba are beauties like Jessica or Kafir.With the two women unable to get away, he had no choice but to go into battle himself.

Sure enough, after his mental power was greatly amplified by the purification agent, Simba would obediently crawl at his feet as soon as he appeared.In other words, since he got the summoning ring, the flat-haired beast has never been so honest.

Sol was so elated, he tentatively picked up a feather on the neck of the griffin, pulled it hard, and then jumped into the distance like a rabbit, carefully observing Simba's reaction.

Simba wailed in pain, but still obediently lay on the ground, looking extremely docile.

Only then did he ride up with confidence, and then waved to Hitches: "Come here."

"What?" Hitches looked at the griffin strangely.

"Don't you want to fight with magic? I'll let you ruthlessly throw them on the heads of those undead." Sol showed him a bright smile.

After a while, Simba flapped his wings and carried the two of them into the sky.

The night wind howled, and the griffin quickly flew over the outer wall where the battle was fierce, and came to the sky above the army of undead.Looking down from here, countless black and white zombies and skeletons are packed tightly together, making one's scalp tingle.

In fact, Sol's strategy is very simple. Hitches has powerful magic power, and occasionally can throw some extremely destructive magic, but his poor control is his fatal weakness.

In this case, simply put the attack point in the middle of the enemy, then no matter how violent his magic is, the undead will suffer.

Under the guidance of this concept, Sol and Simba drove the two into the enemy's line.I have to say that this is indeed a thoughtless and risky move. If it is dropped, I am afraid that even the dregs will not be left.But if the battle is successful, the damage to the enemy will be huge.

So next, it depends on how Hitches plays.

"What is the strongest attack magic you can use?" Sol turned back.

At this moment, Hitches also understood what Saul wanted to do. He heard the words and said excitedly: "Doomsday judgment."

"Check your size, it's inferior." Sol rolled his eyes.

"Meteor fire shower." Hitches has begun to gear up.

After estimating the range, if it flies to the center of the zombie group, the flying fireballs should not affect the town.If the secret channel comes, it will be ruthless, Sol nodded: "Go ahead."

Patting Simba on the neck, the Griffon knowingly flew the two of them to the center of the enemy formation.Due to the dark sky and the fierce fighting between the two sides, no one noticed the two people in the sky.

After the griffin stopped in mid-air, Hitches began to prepare magic silently.It has to be said that the chief alchemist has a strong foundation, and his magic power is really not covered. As the magic elements gather more and more, even Sol can feel the faint scorching heat behind him.

For a moment, Hitches closed his eyes and opened his eyes, and suddenly let out a strange cry: "Meteor fire shower!"

Boom…

There was a muffled sound of thunder in the dark night sky, and suddenly there was a roar, a huge fireball dragged a long tail flame and shot straight down from the sky, smashing hard into the group of zombies below.

boom!Suddenly, a pillar of fire shot up into the sky, forming a bright red mushroom cloud in mid-air, and the intense fire light illuminated the surrounding area brightly.Driven by the shock wave formed by the explosion, the flames slowly spread like a ring-shaped wall. Hundreds of nearby zombies were instantly wiped out, and a few ghouls turned into burning pillars of fire.

This is only the first shot, but the terrifying power has already stunned Thor.No wonder Hitches is so confident. In this world of swords and magic, powerful magic is almost no different from missiles.

The sudden explosion also shook the Lowell defenders on the city wall. The soldiers looked at the pillar of fire that had not yet dissipated in astonishment, and their bodies were completely red.The magicians looked at each other even more, and asked each other with their eyes, who threw such a terrible magic.

Immediately afterwards, the second sound, the third sound... Fireballs fell from the sky one after another, hitting the ground in a mess.In an instant, it was like a cluster bombing from another world, a mass of flames swelled, bulged, and devoured everything around them greedily.

The sudden blow terrified the necromancers commanding hidden behind. They stared blankly at their undead army being swallowed up by the flames, but they had no way to deal with it for a while.

In fact, in this world, the role of magic in war is not as great as imagined.Just imagine how many people can be killed by a meteor shower on a battlefield where tens of thousands of people move?Just like modern wars, whichever time is not accompanied by overwhelming bombing, but in the end it is the soldiers who play the decisive role.

In the continent of Majna, the situation is the same. Magicians can only play a supporting role at best, and not everyone knows high-level magic.

But tonight's situation is a bit special. First of all, the undead are most afraid of fire, and because of Lovell's special terrain, a huge number of zombies are crowded together in a large space, so every fireball that falls from the sky can Kill many undead.

When the terrifying meteor shower ended, the battlefield below had completely changed.In the originally dense group of zombies, there was a large area of ​​scorched black space. Under this bombardment, it is unknown how many undead "died unexpectedly".

Seeing such a remarkable result, Thor, who was in the air, was so excited that he couldn't help beating Simba's head. The poor griffin couldn't resist, and could only croak and try to stabilize his body.

"Quick, do it again." He turned to Hitches.According to the bombardment like this, three or five more times will be able to clean up the enemy.

Unexpectedly, Hitches snorted weakly: "I have no magic power."

"What?" Sol was taken aback: "It's so fast, isn't it useless?"

His ability was questioned, and Hitches couldn't help being furious: "Is this a meteor fire shower? You think you can throw as much as you want like ordinary fireballs, but you told me to go all out just now."

Sol couldn't help being speechless, no wonder the power was unexpectedly strong.However, the current results are already very satisfactory, so there is no need to ask too much. It is better to go back before the necromancer finds the two of them.

Thinking of this, he patted Simba on the neck: "Quick, fly back."

Unexpectedly, Simba, who was supposed to be obedient, didn't move, but his body trembled strangely.

"What's the matter, Simba, fly." Saul habitually patted it on the head again.

The griffin turned its head slowly, and a floating vein could be clearly seen on the bird's head.What was even more frightening was its eyes, which Thor was all too familiar with.

This, this guy seems to be out of control again...

"Quack quack quack!" Shouting angrily, Simba began to thrash about desperately in mid-air, as if he wanted to pour out all the anger he had just been tortured by Sol.

Sol was surprised and suspicious, what's going on, didn't I drink the purifying potion?Why does Simba go crazy all of a sudden?

However, he couldn't allow him to think too much, and soon the necromancers noticed the strange situation in midair, and several bone guns fired at Simba in a short while.

Simba couldn't help swaying his body in fright, trying to avoid the bone gun, but was still scratched by one of his wings.So the griffin spun in place, and then fell down with Saul and Hitches screaming on their backs.

"Robert, you sell fake medicine, I will never let you go!"

Thor's screams spread throughout the battlefield.

"Huh? Huh?" At the same time in the distant Bamuk, the headquarters of the Magician's Guild, Robert, the tutor of the Summoning Department, raised his head as if realizing...

Before falling to the ground, he slapped his wings backwards with all his strength, and Simba lifted his body slightly, then touched the ground, and then slid far away, knocking over several zombies along the way.

Under the action of inertia, the terrified Thor and Hitches were thrown out at the same time.The two unlucky ones drew a long arc in the air, and then fell hard to the ground.

"My god, where is this place?" Sol got up in a daze.

Then, his eyes kept widening.With the two of them at the center, countless zombies and skeletons approached slowly from all directions.

Big drops of cold sweat rolled down Sol's face.

"Everyone, don't look at me like that. If you have something to say, talk it out...Hey, don't come here after you say it, I'll call you if you come here again...Damn it, this time Daishi is big!!"

At the same time, on Lovell's side, Jessica, who was worried about Sol and went up to the city wall, shouted in panic: "The lord is in danger, go and save him!"

At this time, everyone recognized Sol who had fallen to the ground from the strange screams resounding on the battlefield, and Tavia immediately turned around and shouted: "Knights, prepare to charge, there is a noble waiting for us to rescue."

At the same time, Kress also held up the iron lump: "Attention the defense team, there is nothing to say, save me the lord!"

"Brother-in-law, wait, brother will be here soon!" This was Lesta's shout.

"Soldiers, pick up your battle axes, because there is a human being stupid enough to throw himself into the trap." Elliott also encouraged the dwarven mercenaries.

So inspired by Sol's encirclement, all the defenders launched the largest counterattack tonight.

Under the rotation of the noose, the iron bars outside the city gate were hoisted up little by little, and as the city gate opened wide, the Royal Knights of Dinar, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed out on horseback.

As soon as the zombies blocking the gate of the city poured in, they were rushed to pieces by the cavalry who arrived in no time. More than 200 cavalry with horses and horses all focused on the collective assault of the cavalry, which was simply unstoppable.They were like a torrent of steel, knocking over all the zombies blocking the way, and killing them straight to the center of the enemy formation.

Immediately afterwards, the Lowell garrison and the dwarves also came out collectively. They followed the passage opened by the cavalry, rampaging through the sea of ​​corpses, as if they were in no one's land.

(End of this chapter)