Lord of Lowland

Chapter 25 Preparations before the war
[-] days ago Wharton City
Cecil and Andy often breathed a sigh of relief after Sandro escaped. In any case, Deputy Henry and the Necromancer were finally solved. As long as the next thing is reported to the earl truthfully, the task will be considered complete. .

Of course, Henry didn't kill himself, but it doesn't matter, the most important thing is that Henry is dead, and the earl's goal has been achieved, isn't it?
At this moment, a mercenary ran over out of breath, his eyes full of panic.

"My lord, it's too bad, there's been an army of undead outside the city." When the mercenary and Sanders reported the incident, their lips were trembling.

Undead army!outside the city!
How is it possible? Cecil also knows a little bit about things on the border. It is really unbelievable that the undead army appears so blatantly outside the city. Has the Holy Shield Knights guarding the border been completely wiped out?

"Due to the lack of manpower in the Knights of the Shield, the 20-kilometer line of defense bordering Kent County is basically in charge of Lord Henry." Sanders said silently.

After Cecil heard the black line, since Henry is in charge of this line of defense, so what, can you still count on a deputy who is in collusion with the necromancer?
"It seems that this undead lord is determined to obtain the body of the Marquis. It is no wonder that the death knight transformed by a legendary knight does have powerful abilities against the sky." Andy said.

"Let's go to the city gate first to have a look," Cecil said.

Although Wharton City is a small city, it has one advantage. It is a small natural fortress, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only one side has a city wall. Right now, there is an army of undead densely packed in front of the city wall, and countless skeletons are wandering under the city wall. .

Looking at the overwhelming army of skeletons in front of them, the mercenaries on the city wall were trembling a little. After all, the quality of these mercenaries was so poor. They basically worked as mercenaries just to make a living. They didn't expect to have to face such a war.This kind of encounter was probably something they never expected.

Cecil looked at the army of undead below and heaved a sigh of relief. Cecil had rich experience in fighting undead when he was a player. He knew that the sea of ​​skeletons on the opposite side looked powerful, but in fact it was not strong. They are all cannon fodder that are not even level 10. In fact, even ordinary mercenaries here will never lose to this kind of skeleton.

If the entire army was composed of such skeletons, Cecil would not care about the number of them.

It stands to reason that Sanders, the mercenary leader, should be in charge of the overall situation at this time, but at this time Sanders wanted to curry favor with Cecil, the big man in his heart, so he was obedient to Cecil. Sanders looked expectantly at himself as Alexander.I was a team leader when I was a player, but I have never commanded such high-end things as city defense.As for the aborigine Cecil himself, he was a scum who had never even been a team leader.

Now that I have to command the defense of the city, it is really an unprecedented pressure. It really feels like walking on thin ice to shoulder the lives of thousands of people in this small city.

Although this is the case, Cecil still likes this kind of feeling, that is, the wonderful feeling of shouldering something, being responsible for something, when everyone's eyes are on you, when everyone's expectations are on yours Sometimes, this feeling of being illuminated by the spotlight is really good. Of course, I have to work hard to be worthy of this responsibility.

The power in the city can be described as terrible now. There are no passing troops in the city. The only armed force is the mercenary of Sanders. It would be a bit self-deceiving to compete with the undead army.The city has not experienced any wars for hundreds of years, and the city walls are damaged in many places. There are some rolling stones in the city, and there is almost nothing else. The only large defensive weapons are two catapults, which have long been unusable due to their age. .The whole environment is extremely bad.

Cecil even has the idea of ​​negotiating directly with the undead. As long as the undead don't slaughter the civilians in the city, Cecil can consider handing over the body of Lord Marquis. Fighting civil wars between them, although a legendary death lord is powerful, it is not unique in Diya. Almost every super power in Diya will have two or three death knights of this level, that is, The biggest result of talking too much about this death knight is very likely to make Diya's group of necromancers bite dogs more intensely.

But Cecil quickly gave up this idea, not to mention that the earl's anger is absolutely unbearable, the undead army is notoriously arrogant and treacherous, the so-called promises and oaths are probably not even a joke in Diya However, even if they got the body of Lord Marquis, they would never let the people of Wharton City go.After all, the supplement of ordinary corpses is also a rare resource for undead lords.

Cecil calmed down, and immediately asked Sanders to send the red magic bullet that was the biggest warning signal, asking for help from the Knights of the Shield Paladins on the border in the distance, and then went to count the grain in the warehouse. Fortunately, the autumn harvest had just arrived During the season, some food has already been transported into the city in advance, and it is not a problem to persist for more than 3 months.

Then Cecil ordered the raid on Henry's mansion. It stands to reason that Cecil had no right to do so, but it is not so much now. I believe neither the earl nor the king will say anything afterwards, Sander Si obviously regarded Cecil as a real big shot and listened to his words.

For so many years, Henry has levied and extorted money, and the faction has indeed accumulated a lot of money. The total number of gold coins is probably more than 200 million. Looking at the piles of gold coins that have been confiscated, Cecil can't help being speechless. It seems that Henry really deserves to die, so How much blood, tears, and lives were ruined by Henry in so much money.

Now that you have money, everything is easy to do. Cecil immediately began to offer rewards. The mercenary group will give 100 gold coins to each person, and 5 gold coins will be rewarded for killing a skeleton. At the same time, prepare a large number of rolling wood and stones.And recruit craftsmen to start repairing the two broken catapults in those cities.

After all these tasks, Cecil still felt uneasy. After all, the effect of money is limited, especially if it cannot replace the fear of death. These mercenaries heard from Sanders that there are actually very few real fighters, and many of them are Sanders. Those who join after being hired are basically typical examples of just eating and waiting to die.

The only thing that reassures Cecil now is that the Knights of the Shield have a garrison in Fort Splendor not far from here. Come to the rescue, this army of undead does not have too many high-level units, it can be called a skeleton army, in the eyes of the King's regular army like the Knights of the Shield Paladin, such an army is not worth seeing at all.

Undead army barracks outside Vol'dun
Among the vast army of undead outside Wharton City, a black-robed man was quietly closing his eyes to rest his mind. Perhaps he could no longer be called a human being. Under the black robe was a skeleton. Of course, unlike other skeletons, this skeleton was shining Brilliance, as if every bone contains endless energy, in this skeleton, there is no existence of soul fire, although there is no soul fire, but this skeleton is full of power, as if every bone The bones are like crystal round gems, full of strange power, and in the undead world, this kind of creature is called a lich.He is the leader of this undead army, Lich Winter.

It is said to be a lich, but Winter's transformation is obviously not very successful. Generally speaking, only mages above the holy rank can have the ability to transform into a lich, but once someone fails to transform, although they will also create a phylactery, but the level However, the power and strength will drop a lot, and the lich does not actually have a strong growth ability. The biggest advantage of transforming into a lich is that it can be immortal forever.However, the growth of a Lich is insignificant compared to that of a Necromancer. Fortunately, a Lich has a long lifespan, so it can be said that *** Winter is the type of failure. A 130-level Necromancer can only become a Necromancer. A weak lich at level 100, who originally dominated one side of the undead overlord, can only be sent under the fence to become the subordinate of other lords. Thinking of it, Lin Dong was so angry that he couldn't hold himself back.

Lin Dong was closing his eyes and concentrating, waiting for the opportunity to attack. A necromancer was walking towards him. The necromancer still had serious injuries on his body. It was ridiculous to say that injuries were nothing in the army of the undead. The cannon fodder suffered. Injury, throwing away means that a valuable person is injured, whether it is a necromancer, a lich, or there are [-] kinds of black magic that can be treated, but the necromancer himself cannot be treated with black magic, because essentially , although they practice black magic, they are still human beings.This is what Ling Dong dislikes the most about necromancers, and it is also one of the reasons why Ling Dong takes the risk of failure to transform into a lich. Of course, this is his sad past.

"Isn't this the genius Sandro? Why did you come back in such a mess?" Rin Dong said sarcastically, for the most valued student of the lord, Rin Dong has never had a good impression of him.

That's right, it was Sandro who came back from Wharton City: "Master Lin Dong, why did you bring such a huge army here without authorization? Does the teacher know about this?" Sandro asked.

"Huh, our great genius still has the nerve to ask me, if I hadn't brought the army here, how would you explain to the lord if you failed? You should know Lord Shante's desire for that corpse." Lin Dong said mockingly arrive.

(End of this chapter)