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As soon as the two elves left, Yannick's whole expression quickly weakened, revealing an unconcealable tiredness.

Sophia was taken aback: "What's wrong with you! Did they do something to you!"

"It doesn't matter," Yannick shook his head, he was exhausted after exhausting his magic power. "You talk about the important things first."

"Those undead, according to Feizel, are just like the ones you encountered in the dark forest, so City Lord Tines suspects that they also ran out of the forest, and they should be those adventurers who unfortunately died in the forest."

Yannick: "Are there many?"

Sophia: "A little bit. And it looks like they are being directed, one wave after another. They are more agile than ordinary people, without the slowness of ordinary undead. I think if they don't think of a way, they will cross the city wall sooner or later. .”

Yannick was puzzled: "Aren't there many mages in the city of La Serena?"

"Yes, they all went to help, but..." Sophia smiled wryly, "You will know when you go and see, before we saw that you were sleeping soundly and you were a priest, so we didn't come over to call you, but now The situation seems to be a little bad, many mages were injured, magic medicine alone can only delay the onset time, several soldiers have already fallen ill, they had to throw him off the city wall..."

"Where's Chris?" Yannick interrupted her.

"Your Excellency Chris is going to brew a magic potion, and I have no time to clone."

Yannick nodded without asking any more questions, and the two walked out.

The kitten was still quietly lying on the shoulder of the priest, who picked up the soft flesh at the back of its neck and put it on the ground. "You stay here."

"Meow~" the kitten looked up at him.

"Don't bargain, although I don't know if you are a little girl or a little gentleman," Yannick patted its head, "Don't run around, I hope I can see you when I come back."

The kitten lay down on the ground as if it understood, Yannick was satisfied and left with Sofia.

As soon as the two left, the kitten stood up immediately. Instead of going out through the door, it turned around and ran to the window sill. It jumped up, and the black figure fled into the vast night.

Their residence is behind the city hall, which belongs to the private mansion of the city lord Tines. It is quite a distance from here to the city gate. Yannick was already exhausted. After walking a few steps, he staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Sophia was quick to support him.

However, the next moment, the priest coughed twice and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Sophia turned pale with shock: "Yannick!"

The priest waved his hand, "It's just that the magic power is consumed too much..."

It looked serious, but once the blood was spit out, the body became much more relaxed.

But Sophia was clearly nervous: "Is there any way?"

After vomiting blood, the priest's face was a little pale, "Magic crystal, I need a lot of magic crystals, otherwise with my current physical condition, there is no way to perform healing."

Sophia's eyes lit up: "You didn't say it earlier!"

She dug out her magic bag for a long time, and took out a handful of crystals. The magic crystals ranged from high to low, yellow, red, purple, green, and white. She actually took out more than a dozen purple magic crystals, and many green magic crystals , although it is not as good as the red magic crystal that Yannick used just now, it is also very good.

Yannick was surprised: "Aren't you a swordsman?"

Sophia was a little proud: "I picked up these magic crystals in the dark forest after I got separated from Feizel and the others. If I didn't remember where that place was, I could take you there!"

Yannick smiled bitterly: "Miss Sophia, I advise you not to hold such thoughts. I think that if His Excellency the Earl knew about the dangers you encountered in that forest, he would definitely not let you leave the imperial capital again."

"Rather than marrying those annoying dandies, I'd rather go to the Dark Forest!" Sophia suddenly remembered the scene in the room just now. "Yannick, are you really a bishop?"

Yannick blinked: "I lied to them."

Sophia: "Then the ring on your finger...?"

The priest smiled: "There are such high-quality imitation rings for sale in La Serena Commercial Street. Do you want one ten copper coins? I'll buy one for you."

Sophia: "...No, thank you."

The two rested for a while, and Yannick absorbed nearly half of the purple magic crystal in one breath, and finally replenished most of the magic power that had been exhausted just now. Even so, his body was still a little tired. Forcibly use the sequelae of the bright light.

"Do you want to take a rest?" Sophia looked at his face, a little worried.

Yannick shook his head: "If La Serena is captured by the living dead, then we will all be in danger."

The two elves did not go far. To go to the elves' territory, they had to go through the vast dark forest, but now the gate of La Serena leading to the dark forest was surrounded by undead. Even if the elves were good at long-distance attack, they wanted to break through , is also a very tricky thing, unless they go out from the opposite city gate and take a very long detour, then the distance will be more than twice as long, so the two decided to stay in La Serena for the time being. Stay for a few days and wait for the situation to ease before leaving.

"Sota, no one in the Holy See is a good person, don't be fooled by him!" Bella still doesn't like the people in the Holy See.

"This is not something we need to worry about." Sota glanced at the sleeping elf. "No matter what, he has kindness to Illus, this is undeniable."

"But..." The female elf wanted to say something else.

"Bella, I know you hate the Holy See very much, and I don't like it either, but this time is different." Sota disagreed, "He is a bishop, and the value of a bishop who is willing to show favor to elves is even far greater than The emperor of an empire. Although we have been in a state of war with the Holy See, everyone knows that if the Holy See has not been busy dealing with mages these years, we would not be able to survive until now. Even Her Majesty the Queen hopes to find a way to bring peace to the elves .”

"Don't tell me you're pinning your hopes on a low-level priest!" Bella retorted incredulously, "And how can you determine his identity with just a ring!"

"How can a low-level priest have such a bearing? The 'brightness' spell is enough to explain everything! Now that the Black Death is rampant in the human world, we still have many clansmen active on the mainland. Knowing whether the elves are immune to this disease, if not, it will be a big trouble..." Sota finally concluded with obvious worry, "In any case, we just need to bring Illus back , and convey the words of the priest, everything will be judged by Her Majesty the Queen!"

The elf's face was still disapproving, but she finally said nothing. What they need to worry about now is how to bring Illus back to the elf territory safely.

The news of the attack of the undead has spread throughout La Serena. The streets that were supposed to be quiet in the middle of the night turned out to be noisy and chaotic at this moment. The small bag of luggage was too big to fit, and a corner of the carriage was directly exposed. There were still women and children sitting in it. Everyone had panicked expressions on their faces.

There are two city gates in La Serena, one is surrounded by undead, but there is another one, everyone's first reaction is of course to escape through the other city gate.

Going out from here, and taking a carriage ride for more than ten days, you can reach another city of the Garter Empire, Saint-Mar City, which is the second largest city in the empire, second only to the imperial capital.

When the city is facing a catastrophe, many people flee by instinct. This is a very normal thing, but it is inevitable that everyone's already panicked hearts must be even more panicked after seeing these scenes , and even the sound of the carriage wheels rolling on the ground, a more tense atmosphere was brewing.

Yannick frowned slightly: "Will the soldiers guarding the other city gate prohibit civilians from going out?"

Sophia: "No, there isn't."

Yannick: "Is there a mage guarding there?"

Sophia: "No, the mages have all been transferred to the city gate where the undead are concentrated."

Yannick: "Then if the undead come here and pour in from that city gate, or if they just bite one of the civilians, the Black Death will start to spread?"

Sophia was taken aback for a moment, obviously not thinking about this question.

"There is a city between the two city gates. The distance is too far. The undead should..." Sophia was not sure. "I think we need to tell Tines quickly about this situation!"

There was not a single mage to be seen on the street—of course, all the mages had gone to the gates to help by now.Occasionally, however, many swordsmen in heavy armor can still be seen hurrying past. Judging from their attire, they should have been hired by the city lord to guard La Serena for a long time.

"Too bad, there are more and more undead, and the mages seem to be helpless..."

"It would be great if Your Excellency Fan was here!"

"Your Excellency Fan will definitely be able to handle these things..."

"I really hope that La Serena will not fall, otherwise it will be troublesome..."

The sound of their conversation drifted into Yanick's ears from time to time, among which the name of Your Excellency Fan appeared most frequently, which made Yanick curious: "Who is this Your Excellency Fan?"

Sophia expressed appropriate surprise that the priest had never heard of this person's name: "He is a disciple of His Excellency Saint Simon, a very talented mage. He is already a great magician at a young age. It is said that even the empire His Majesty the Emperor also treated him very courteously."

Yannick nodded, thinking that as both mages, Chris and His Excellency Fan, I don't know which one is better.

"Is he also in La Serena?"

"I'm not too sure. If he was there, the chances of repelling the undead would be greater."

"Better than Chris?" Hearing that Sophia admired this mage so much, Yannick became even more curious about this man.

"Ah, to be honest, I don't know how powerful Lord Chris is. If I didn't see him this time, I wouldn't even know he is a magician!" Sophia shrugged.

After passing through the long street, I finally came to the foot of the tall city wall.

The Garter Empire is known for its strong defenses. To be honest, the entire La Serena is not so much a city as it is a huge castle.

As the gateway to the north of the empire, La Serena is responsible for the defense of the north, and is also the fortress leading to the Principality of Mecklen. There is no doubt about its role in the empire, so when the city was built, the empire dispatched the best craftsmen , and built the city wall thick and strong, even if the great magister came, he might not be able to use magic to blast the gap.

However, no matter how strong the city wall is, there will always be weaknesses.

Sophia revealed her identity, and soon a soldier led them up the city wall.

The team leader who brought them in had once proudly introduced the strength of the city to them, but when Yannick followed Sophia up the stairs leading to the city wall, and finally came to the high city wall and looked down , finally know where the city's weakness is.

A deep moat surrounded the city wall, and only a simple wooden bridge was erected at the place leading to the city gate. When the undead army began to attack, the city lord Tines hurriedly ordered the soldiers to shoot rockets and knock down the wooden bridge. The bridge was completely destroyed, and the undead had no way to pass, so they could only fall into the river one after another.

However, this method can only be used for living people. It is obviously not very feasible for dead people, who are already unconscious.

Some of the dense army of undead floated across the river through the broken wood, and some fell on the "companions" who fell into the river first. They hit the right side and crossed the river instead. As the first barrier, the moat was useless .

The undead who came one after another exuded a decaying smell, and some of them had lost a certain organ or part, with blackened flesh half-hanging on their bodies, revealing white bones.

However, their strength is far stronger than before. As soon as they touch the city wall, they climb forward desperately. Even if some of them fall, the "companions" behind them will keep stepping on the "human wall" in front to climb up. Crawling, digging his limbs into the stone again and again, his movements were faster than any human being, as if he was bewitched by the strong smell of human flesh inside the city wall.

At this time, the uneven and rough surface of the city wall gave these undead the best buffer. Their speed was getting faster and faster, and they were about to reach the city wall and fell in. The soldiers guarding the city wall shot down with weapons. Two, but there was another big wave coming up behind them. They had completely lost all the emotions they had as human beings before they were alive.

This is a crazy and terrifying sight, even the most combat-experienced soldiers can't help but tremble, and even many soldiers have been bitten by the "final victors" who climbed up.

Even if those intruders are quickly wiped out by the mages, those who are bitten by these undead will soon become their kind.In this place where there are no priests, magic potions can only delay the onset time, or increase the chance of not being infected, but they cannot completely eliminate or cure them. Fear has begun to spread, and this emotion has even infected some mages.

"This is such a bad moment!" Sophia murmured, because of fear, she held Yannick's hand tightly, and the latter could even feel the sticky cold sweat oozing from her cold palm.