Great time travel

Chapter 31, Scourge of the Undead
Horrific howls and shrill howls echoed repeatedly in the empty streets, making the night quiet.Rantier exploded instantly.

The townspeople who were awakened from their sleep looked in horror at the undead creature that suddenly appeared on the street outside the window through the gap between the curtains.

The pale bones gleamed coldly under the moonlight, and the overwhelming pungent and rancid stench made people want to vomit.

Of course, if only a few skeletons or zombies jumped out of some corner, it would not cause such a strong shock to the citizens—after all, in this fantasy world where magic and alien civilizations exist, anyone with a little knowledge For ordinary people, undead creatures are not inconceivable.In any human settlement with a slightly larger scale, a few skeletons will crawl out of the cemetery from time to time.

And this fortress city.The citizens of Rantel, due to the need to take turns serving as militiamen and night patrols in the cemetery, almost every family has someone who has dealt with undead creatures, at least watching others defeat zombies and skeletons, so naturally they will not be like some undead creatures. Like a well-informed young lady, she only knows to cry and scream when she sees zombies or skeletons—but the problem is that the number of these undead creatures is a bit too much: not ten or twenty, nor a hundred taels Hundreds of them, but a dense blackness with no end in sight, at least tens of thousands!The familiar street outside the window is now full of rickety pale skeletons, as well as all kinds of rotten, maggot, and incomplete pieces of moving humanoid flesh!

Moreover, in addition to the "regular" zombies and skeletons, the streets are filled with more ferocious ghouls and wights, huge skeleton centipedes, huge quadruped monsters with flesh and blood all over their bodies, pustules and festering scars, and A strange egg-shaped monster with pink intestines wrapped around its body, or a strange thing that looks like a rotten octopus or jellyfish, slowly wriggling with mucus.The only thing they have in common is the almost suffocating pungent stench—in short, these ugly monsters, while making a hissing and ugly growl, slowly moved towards the city .With almost every step, bits and pieces of carrion and organs fall from the body...

All of a sudden, despair, fear, uneasiness, hope, all kinds of complex and intense emotions kept rolling in the hearts of the citizens.

No matter how ignorant and ignorant people are, they have heard of those terrifying legends about undead creatures.

"... staring at the front with cold and ruthless eyes, a race that is immortal with the body of the dead, always hates the living who can breathe, longs for the bright red blood and screams of the living to satisfy their empty hearts... no Wherever the army of the dead passes, there will be no blade of grass left...'

What's even more frightening is that according to legend, most of the cities captured by the army of the undead cannot escape the fate of being massacred.Because for the dead, fresh life is of no use at all, but corpses and bones are the greatest wealth in the eyes of undead creatures.

The citizens who saw the windows full of undead seemed to have foreseen the coming of death!
In fact, there were indeed quite a few zombies and skeletons who broke through the unsecured doors on both sides of the street, broke into the houses and started massacring.

However, as powerless weaklings, in the face of such a sudden catastrophe, they can only silently pray for the rescue of adventurers and the army.

It is a pity that the object they are counting on is really not very reliable right now...

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——While sleeping soundly, being awakened by an army of undead from nowhere, this feeling is really almost insane.

Be a fortress city.Panasore, the mayor of Lantil, was shaken awake from his sleep by a panicked servant, put on a coat indiscriminately, and when he climbed up the tallest tower in the inner city, he realized in a daze that his The city seems to be overrun by the undead!
In an instant, this fat, middle-aged, bald man was so frightened that his soul almost went out of his body, and the bloated fat all over his body began to tremble violently.

"...How did this happen? I remember that I was fine when I fell asleep?"

"...It's pointless to talk about it now! Mayor! The question is what to do next?"

yeah.A skinny man as slender as a bamboo pole, Lakshire, the president of the Rantel Magicians Association, said with a sigh.And the officials, rich men and nobles who followed on the inner city wall also nodded in agreement.

——Looking down from the towers of the inner city, as the second city wall protecting the civilian area was breached, one street after another was reduced to a slaughterhouse.Everywhere is like a blood-stained hell, with viscous blood and brains flowing, and human and animal stumps and shredded flesh.

With the help of the bright moonlight and [Eagle Eye] magic, even standing on the tower of the inner city, yeah.The upper-class people in Lantier can also clearly see through the night, the endless undead monsters, like a raging and roaring sea tide, filling every street and alley, fearless of the magic of human resisters, Arrows and blades.Unless arrows or magic are powerful enough, or spears and machetes can shatter them completely, breaking even a few bones is nothing to the non-living undead That's all.

These dead monsters, even though they have been shot like hedgehogs by arrows, still lash out at any place where there are living people, dragging out the citizens hiding in the house and biting them.Even some citizens hid on the roof, trying to avoid these seemingly clumsy undead creatures.But immediately, intestines covered with corpse poison shot out from the darkness, dealing a fatal blow to these citizens who thought they were smart!
What's even more troublesome is that many undead creatures can turn the living people they kill into undead in a very short period of time.

As a result, those citizens, militiamen, and adventurers who were defeated by the undead creatures, soon after dying in extreme pain, quickly turned into new zombies, stood up from the ground again, and carried out bloody killings on their former compatriots and relatives.Moreover, even the carrion splashed by some undead creatures during the fight can poison and infect the unlucky guy who is unlucky enough to touch it, and quickly create more zombies...

Therefore, once the undead creatures break into densely populated areas with weak defenses, they will "reproduce" as quickly as a blazing fire in an instant, until the whole city turns into dead ruins... But the above-mentioned scenarios seem like nightmares , has already begun to be staged in the urban area!

"...Yes, yes, yes! Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, the key is what to do next..."

After hearing the reminder from the president of the Association of Magicians, the mayor of Panasole finally reacted, "...do you want to quickly gather your troops and go out to fight against the undead? But..." He looked back at the inner city wall, which seemed rather strange. With the sparse figures, he couldn't help but be in trouble.

——According to the kingdom system, there is no standing army locally.The armed force that Mayor Panasole can command at any time is only a fairly limited number of mercenaries, and even these mercenaries are not all living in the inner city, but scattered in several camps.Now it was midnight again, and under the haste of the incident, it was the limit for him to gather at most a hundred people around him.

And the number of undead creatures pouring into the residential area of ​​the city seemed to have expanded to tens of thousands.With such a small force, even with the addition of the battle mages from the Mage Association, once a fight starts, it is estimated that it will be difficult to deal with it.Besides, yeah.The Adventurer's Guild of Rantel is also located in the civilian area outside the inner city. Right now it is either falling or in the midst of a fierce battle, so there is no hope for the time being.

"...It's too late!" Master Lakshir shook his head, "...I just used [message] magic to contact the magicians stationed on the two outer walls. According to them, the cemetery has completely fallen. Many city gates were also breached by the undead, they were trapped on the city wall with nowhere to go, and many people began to flee to the suburbs... In other words, the whole city is out of control!"

——In other words, the fall of most of the city is a foregone conclusion. Right now, instead of considering how to quell the disaster, it is necessary to plan how to protect itself.

"...In fact, with the strength we have at hand, it is not easy to be able to defend the inner city."

A noble knight dressed as a warrior interjected, "...Although we haven't seen flying undead creatures yet, as the situation continues to deteriorate, sooner or later there will be evil flying undead. Therefore, magicians and bows and arrows You must keep your hands on the walls of the inner city and be ready to attack at any time. Otherwise, once the undead creatures break through the third wall and enter the inner city, Ye Lantel is really finished!"

"...That's it...it seems that we have to wait for help." Mayor Panasole sighed, "...Have you sent a letter for help?"

"...The Association has used [message] magic to ask for help from other nearby cities, and the messengers on horseback have also risked their lives to break out." Mage Lakshir replied, "...Your Excellency, the Warrior Commander of the Kingdom, just left E-Rantel Soon, if we get news, we may be able to bring people back to help..."

"...In that case, should we open the gates of the inner city and send a team of soldiers to take in the surviving civilians from the outer city..."

Mayor Panasole had just finished speaking halfway, when he saw the eyes of the crowd showing resistance and opposition, obviously unwilling to put his nobles in danger for the lives of ordinary people, so he had to change his words, " ...Forget it, the defensive strength of the inner city cannot be weakened right now. We should use magic to notify the people on the two outer city walls, open all the gates on the outer two city walls, and let the surviving citizens escape to the wild as soon as possible!"

"...I obey! Your Excellency!" All the rich and powerful on the walls of the inner city immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

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With the full-scale invasion of the undead army, the fortress city Ye.The residential area within the second city wall of Lantil suddenly turned into a chaotic battlefield.

When facing the catastrophe of death, some people choose to hide in the cellar, some choose to flee in haste, and some choose to go crazy when they are about to die.As for the vast majority of adventurers in the city, they chose to stand up and resist—they with power are more accustomed to controlling their fate in their own hands, and want to use the sword and magic wand in their hands to open a road leading to hope and survival. the way.Moreover, the adventurers who have been hunting monsters all the year round are very clear that the rumored undead creatures never need living people. In this case, it is better to try their best to fight for a way out.

On a square outside the Adventurer's Guild, all kinds of fresh or rotten mutilated corpses piled up like a mountain.Under the illumination of magic lights, piles of stumps and broken bones can be seen everywhere.The roars of undead creatures and the shouts of humans still echoed in this purgatory-like battlefield.

However, for the adventurers fighting in this flesh mill, the most dangerous and terrifying opponents are still the same human beings.

"... so fast! Is this woman a lackey of the Necromancer? [Magic Arrow]! Oops, it missed!"

"……what--"

"...Damn it, how did she pierce Frante's full body armor with a dagger? It's still the thickest breastplate!"

"...Hurry up and shoot arrows! Hurry up and shoot arrows at that woman! She's already here...Ah——"

"...Captain! Help—uh...plop!"

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In the chaos and noise, one after another fully armed adventurer fell in a pool of blood, but failed to cause half a point of damage to the opponent.

"...Damn it, what is going on with this woman?"

Looking at the blond woman in front of her walking among the walking dead, harvesting the lives of her teammates with every gesture, holding a long sword and covered in blood, the leader of the "Klargra" adventure team, Mithril-level elite adventurer Yi Gevarji couldn't help but let out a cry of despair.

With the help of the magic light in front of the Adventurer's Guild, Igfalji could see that this was a rather young and pretty blonde girl with a slender figure and a curvy figure.However, on her black cloak, it was covered with dark red blood, filled with a strong bloody smell, as if a massacre had just been done-in just a short moment, she had three subordinates and Friends were killed by her hands one after another!
If possible, Igvarji really doesn't want to meet the other party in this kind of crisis... No, seeing the other party covered in blood, but with a sick smile on his face, Igvarji was silent again. I added a sentence in my heart.

"...Even in normal times, I don't want to meet this kind of monster! Where did this female murderer come from?"

However, the cruel and cold reality is always independent of human subjective wishes...

——Half an hour ago, when I woke up from the rented hotel in shock and found that there were already undead creatures on the streets of the city, Igfalji gave the order to break out to his teammates, and prepared to lead everyone to the city. The Adventurer's Guild gathers.

Although low-level zombies and skeleton soldiers are indeed a huge threat to ordinary citizens, for the "Klargra" team that has experienced many battles and has the strength of a mithril-level adventurer, even walking through the sea of ​​​​skeletons is not considered a threat. Something too dangerous.Igfalji believes that at this moment of crisis, there will definitely be many adventurers who will break out from all over the siege and gather at the Adventurer's Guild just like his own thoughts.After all, there is great strength in numbers. As long as enough adventurers gather together, it will be much easier to defend yourself or break out of the city.

The operation at the beginning was very smooth, and the low-level zombies and skeleton soldiers really couldn't stop the pace of the elite adventurers.The sharp long sword can easily cut off the bones and carrion on the opponent's body, and the magic released by the magic casters can even blow up the skeleton soldiers in groups.

Of course, those big undead monsters look more difficult to deal with, and can whip their intestines around like whips, but they are slow and unresponsive after all.Even if you can't beat them head-on, as long as the adventurer moves more sensitively, it is not difficult to avoid them and hide.

However, when Captain Igfalji, a mithril-level adventurer, led his teammates and a few other lone adventurers he met on the way, and killed all the way to the door of the Adventurer's Guild in blood, he followed The blond goddess banged together!
Immediately afterwards, there was a one-sided massacre - three teammates fell to the ground and died in the blink of an eye, but he didn't even see clearly how his opponent made a move.

"...This guy can't be... a master of fine steel level! Why haven't I heard of such a guy?"

While muttering to himself in his heart, Igvarji held his long sword trembling slightly.The rest of the adventurers obviously didn't have such a good psychological quality. When they saw the three companions die in an instant, someone exclaimed immediately, turned their heads and ran back and forth.

"...Oh, little mice, I, Clementine, did not allow you to leave!"

Seeing this, the blond woman showed a devilish smile, and then disappeared from the spot at an alarming speed.The next moment, the adventurers who were trying to escape stopped almost at the same time. There was a blood-spitting gash on each of their necks, and their bodies collapsed to the ground with a "plop".

At the same time, a man in a black robe slowly walked out from the door of the Adventurer's Guild, holding the dead head of the Adventurer's Guild President in his hand, "... Clementine! Don't play It's over! Hurry up and call it a day! We still have to attack the third city wall!"

"...Got it - little Kaji is really impatient! Well, have you guys planned how to die? Oh hehehe!"

Clementine, the blond woman who looked like a murderous god, smiled so delicately, her facial expression was extremely distorted for a moment, and her mouth was about to crack her ears when she laughed.At the same time, he walked towards Igfalji, who was still dying to resist, step by step, and every step he took, there would be a rattling sound of metal collisions.

The sharp-eyed Igfalji immediately realized that the voice should come from the colorful fish-scale armor under her cloak.wrong!That is definitely not the metal plate that makes up the fish scale armor!That is the metal plate of countless adventurers!Platinum, Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper, and even the colors of Mithril and Orichalcum!It is obviously proof that the woman in front of her has killed a large number of adventurers, hunting human trophies frantically!
What level of killing maniac is this!Igvarji groaned in despair, but then became calmer.

Seeing him winking back, the magician of the adventure group immediately raised his wand and blessed his captain with various buff magic: [low-level attribute enhancement], [shield wall], [magic weapon], [low Arm Strength Strengthening]...

——The "Klargra" adventure group, all of whom are Mithril-level adventurers, is a group of experienced combat elites.The long-term fighting together has given them a considerable degree of tacit understanding. In the face of a sudden life-and-death battle, they can achieve perfect cooperation even without notifying each other.

Magic lights of various colors flickered on Igvarji's body one after another. Igvarji, who was holding a long sword, stared at the female killer standing quietly in front of him with sharp eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.

Generally speaking, if you see enemies releasing buff magic to each other, it is the most correct tactical idea to interrupt them immediately.However, the blonde female killer in front of her didn't move at all, as if deliberately giving herself time to increase her strength.

Could it be that she is too confident in her own skills?
But Igvarji had no time to think about it, and there was only one thought in his mind:
No matter what, you must kill the female butcher in front of you!
With this firm belief in his mind, Igvarji let out a roaring roar, signaling to his companions the order to attack.

The next moment, red light flickered on his long sword, and the attack magic that had been prepared was released suddenly, sharp arrows were shot from the fully drawn longbow, and various hidden weapons such as throwing knives were also shot together. cast!
At the moment of life and death, all adventurers have exerted their strongest attack power!

So, in just an instant, the battle was over.

All the adventurers fell to the ground with blood flying from their chests, stomachs or necks like fountains.

But the blond woman was still unscathed, and even leisurely stuck out her tongue and licked the blood on her dagger, "... Oh, it's not fun to bully such a weak trash fish! When will we find a few good ones?" Opponents fought in the last game?"

"...How is it possible? Just like this, the group is wiped out? God! Is there anyone else in the city who can defeat her?" Igfalji collapsed on the ground with a big gash in his chest, still unable to think. Accepting the reality in front of him, he muttered to himself with blood foam in his mouth.

"...Hehe. There is no fighter in this country who can beat me—no, almost no fighter can beat me—"

Clementine, the blond woman, put the dagger back into the leather sheath on her belt in a smart way, and at the same time replied, "...According to the information obtained by those guys in the Wind Flower Sacred Code, there are only five people in this country who can fight me well. Gazef Stronoff, Gagaran of Blue Rose, Lusenberg Abelian of Scarlet Dewdrop, Bryce Unglaus and the retiring Wischer C. Luo Fu Di Luo Fang...but even if they try their best, they still can't beat me. Even after I lose the magic item bestowed by the country."

"...The Holy Scripture of Fenghua?...You are...from the Slan Theocracy?!" The dying Igvarji moaned intermittently.

"...You can also say that! Well, I have answered all your questions well, now please obediently die!"

Accompanied by Clementine's cruel sentence, he stomped on the dark red boots stained with blood. In an instant, his skull shattered and his brains splattered, ending the dying pain of Igvarji and the adventurers in the city. The last organized resistance of the Guild.

At the same time, the undead creatures in all directions uttered triumphant roars...