Dancing is not allowed on the grave

The first ray of morning light broke through the clouds, and the ghost carriage pulling two coffins drove out of the cemetery behind.

With the simultaneous blessing of Tiffany's blindfold and Nancy's wind magic, the journey was unimpeded, and it took less than half a day to reach the imperial capital.

The most prosperous capital of Augustine was under martial law at this time, and two rows of heavily armed guards were on duty day and night on the high walls.

As soon as the carriage entered the range of the watchtower, it was ordered to slow down and stop. The archers on the city wall aimed their arrows at the curtain of the carriage, and the guards stepped forward, "The imperial capital is completely sealed off. No one is allowed to enter the city now."

After finishing speaking, the handle of the knife in his hand tapped on the shaft of the car: "Get out of the car!"

The four people in the car looked at each other.

The Augustine royal family is now besieged on all sides, and Angus is watching from the north. A city has been captured near the border of the Holy City. The turmoil caused by the plague in the country has not yet subsided. .

Seale first showed his baronial medal to the soldiers, then jumped out of the car, and several people followed him down one after another.

When Melotti appeared, the soldier was obviously taken aback, and then leaned forward, and after seeing that it was indeed Her Royal Highness, he immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted her.

Thanks to Tomelotti, several people who could not even enter the city gate were invited to the general of the city defense army.

The tall man who was lining up the troops beside the sand table was also taken aback when he saw them. He didn't seem to be happy with the return of the missing princess, but frowned and asked solemnly: "Princess, where have you been during this time? King and the Queen have been looking for you."

Regarding this, they had already discussed the countermeasures before they came, and they said that Melotti was arrested and sent to an unknown lair in Nathaniel, and she escaped thanks to Nancy and the others.

Anyway, now that Augustine is in turmoil in the country, he will not send people to investigate the authenticity of this matter.

However, even after asking about the situation, the general did not intend to let them enter the city. He stroked his beard and looked a little embarrassed: "After you were arrested on the day of the wedding, Angus controlled the nobles who attended the wedding, and then the corpse epidemic broke out. , the country is in chaos, and the Holy See took this opportunity to attack us—what a bunch of hypocritical villains.”

"I sympathize with what happened to you, but the current imperial capital and the royal family cannot afford any risk, and you have disappeared for so long, and you come back at this juncture..."

Anyway they couldn't fully trust the returning princess.

Melotti frowned: "You suspect that I'm a traitor?"

"If I really want to harm you, why do I still need to enter the city? Just any magic will blow your city defenders into... oh!"

Nancy covered her mouth, and immediately helped to apologize: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, she didn't mean that."

It's not that the general hasn't seen Melotti's temper before, and waved his hand with a wry smile: "I don't doubt Her Royal Highness, but the current situation is really special..."

"We know." Syl said, "Then we don't go to the city, but go directly to the battlefield to help, okay?"

The general was stunned.

The boy looked young, but his eyes were clear and firm.

He pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Of course, but the battlefield is not like fighting on the street, you will lose your life if you are not careful..."

"Then let's go." Melotti shook off Nancy's hand, ignoring the general's advice.

"How about I send a few guards to take you there..."

"No need." Melotti refused coldly, and walked straight to the carriage outside the city gate.

The general looked at her back and sighed, and told the remaining three: "Be careful on the road."

At the same time, Karami was in the arena.

Ronald was supervising the soldiers' physical training, and his majestic voice echoed in the field: "Be faster, the enemy won't wait for you to strike first."

Those who participated in the military training were all young men, but most of their daily training was doing some farm work for the family or carrying goods, and they had never touched armor or weapons.

Wearing iron armor and running in the arena with heavy loads, each of them was panting with exhaustion, and the clothes inside were soaked in sweat.

This is only the most elementary training, and what is even more frightening is that there will be actual combat drills with the black-robed instructor afterwards. The tomahawk is as heavy as a thousand weights, and no one can withstand a single move under his hands.

After these days of training, apart from the physical burden, the soldiers also had a very heavy psychological shadow and resistance. Even though the army's salary is extremely high, many people have the idea of ​​deserting.

Before the actual combat drill started, the soldiers surrounded Ronald.

"Instructor, we can't beat you at all. What can we learn from being crushed unilaterally like this?"

The black-robed instructor didn't move at all. After thinking for a while, he took off the battle ax on his back, "It's really too difficult for you to fight me. How about it, I don't use weapons."

But even so, the absolute difference in size and strength is enough for him to knock down students easily.

The rebellion happened after the fifth young man was taken down—he had been a thug hired by Baron Mace, and the only one with combat experience, who entered the training camp and quickly became the leader of the group.

The young man got up from the ground, raised his sword unwillingly and rushed towards Ronald with a loud roar.

"Crack!" He was still easily thrown to the ground, and the fall was not light.

He got up again, raised his sword fiercely, and stirred up the companions watching the battle below: "What are you still doing in a daze! Come and help...Keep him down, we won't have to suffer this kind of suffering——"

The soldiers looked at each other.

The instructor was unkind, strict and rigid. It can be said that in just a few days, it became a nightmare for many people. They were a little afraid, but seeing the young man's ruthless appearance, his heart was shaken.

That person took the lead in rebelling, and he was the one who stood up to the punishment. Besides, the law does not punish the public, and the instructors can't do anything to them.

I don't know who rushed up first, a chaotic battle broke out in the field, and the main target of the beating was the tall and unarmed instructor.

Although Ronald didn't have a weapon, it wasn't that he couldn't beat them. It was just that Searle told him to help protect the people in the town and treat these soldiers well before he left.

He was afraid of hurting them, so he tied his hands and feet, so he fell into a disadvantage.

The beating movements of the soldiers became more and more severe. If it weren't for the skeleton frame, Ronald would have been seriously injured.

When the fist hit the instructor, it hurt like hitting a rock.

The young man in the lead felt strange and tore off the tattered black robe on the instructor's body. He didn't expect that the armor and helmet were tightly wrapped under the black robe.

He acted extremely rudely, and knocked off Ronald's helmet with another punch.

——Everyone stopped moving.

Soul fire flickered in the skull's eye sockets, he pushed them away and stood up.

"This, what is this..."

"Monster—skeleton! Help—"

The soldiers who had just attacked were so frightened that they threw away their helmets and armor, rushed out of the door, rushed to the town, and grabbed the passing townspeople for help, shouting loudly: "There, there is a monster inside! A skeleton --so tall!"

When the townspeople heard this, they quickly ran out, and finally turned into a big escape for the whole town.

But soon they realized that they had nowhere to escape. To the south was the Nathaniel border, and their residences were all in the town. Where could they escape?

The townspeople calmed down, took weapons from their homes, and went to the martial arts field to fight monsters together.

Only then did someone ask them the details: "Isn't the Martial Arts Field a place for training soldiers? How did the monster get in?"

"It's the instructor! That instructor is a monster—he is wrapped in armor and robes, we didn't know it before, my God, after staying under the eyes of that monster for so long, the scalp tingles just thinking about it!"

"Didn't the mayor bring the instructor of the army? Are you sure it's him?"

"Of course, why am I lying to you? If you don't believe me, ask them."

"It's true, he still has such a long ax..."

While speaking, everyone was already holding swords, sticks, spatulas and brooms, and a few of them were carrying kerosene lamps, and surrounded the martial arts arena.

"Who will go in first?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one dared to take the lead to open the door.

"Are you sure he's still here? Could he have run away?"

"Yeah, with so many of us, he might have scared away."

"How come, his skeleton is invulnerable, and we don't know magic, no matter how many people there are, we can't do anything about him."

Thinking of this, the townspeople felt a little uneasy again, and one of them said aloud: "Why don't we send a letter to the Holy See for help, they are not the best at dealing with these undead monsters..."

"Are you crazy?! Asking them for help at this time, isn't it traitorous?"

The crowd fell silent.

At this moment, there was a sound of "Ding Ding Bang Bang".

The whole town was mobilized, and even the taverns were closed. Only the mysterious short blacksmith in the blacksmith shop was still working as usual.

"If I remember correctly, the dwarf at the smithy also wore black robes all day long."

"He was also brought by the mayor. Could it be..."

Most of them still remember that the mayor originally ran a cemetery on the outskirts of the city, but the instructor he brought was actually a skeleton.

Seeds of doubt took root in everyone's hearts, pointing to one answer—the Necromancer.

Someone whispered: "Two days ago I went to visit my grandfather's grave and saw that the soil in the cemetery seemed to have been turned over. At that time, I felt strange and thought it was a grave robber."

Everyone came to the blacksmith's shop sneakily. The dwarf craftsman was so absorbed in blacksmithing that he didn't even notice a long stick protruding from the door, and suddenly picked up the black robe he was wearing.

His true face was exposed, and before he could react, he continued to knock on the iron block on the fire a few times before looking at the townspeople gathered outside the door.

The dwarf never liked to be in contact with people, and he didn't know what to do in this situation. He took a few steps back in a daze, and stammered, "Yes, what's the matter?"

The townspeople are afraid of the undead, but they are not afraid of a dwarf. Someone among them smashed the iron sword and slammed it into the ground at his feet with a "boom". The timid dwarf shivered and hid in a corner.

He looked at the menacing townspeople besieging the door and the window, and looked down at the iron sword that he personally forged with a hammer and a hammer, and put his heart and soul into it. Tears welled up in his eyes, "I, I'm just a blacksmith... No human beings have been harmed."