The King

  Chapter 195 Undead Scourge

   After making arrangements for his family members, Earl Langton walked into a secret room alone. As a veteran aristocrat, how could he not have some secret means!

  Being unable to stop the advance of the orc army does not mean that it cannot cause trouble for the orcs. If you can't survive by yourself, you naturally want to pull the enemy back as much as possible.

   "Jie Jie..."

   "After so many years, someone finally came. The boy of the Liboron family, maybe your ancestor died early, so I forgot to tell you, the grievances between me and your family!"

  The eerie voice makes one's scalp tingle. Phantoms flying all over the sky, the wind that rolled up blew out the oil lamp in Earl Langton's hand.

   "I don't need to worry about my ancestors. This time, I came here to see if you, the lich who once roamed the mainland, has died.

  Since your old man is living a good life, I am relieved. Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, in short, you can go out soon.

  The Liboron family is about to disappear, and the grievances left by the ancestors are naturally not important.

  As a junior, I can't lose my manners. I heard that you liches like to kill the most and eat blood as food, so I will give you a blood meal.

   Hope you are satisfied.

  I have prepared all the materials needed to cast the Undead Scourge for you. There are corresponding formations in multiple nodes in the city.

  When I open the seal, you can use it to your heart's content!

   It is best to cover the entire city of Bethel in order to highlight your great wizard card. It is estimated that if you kill everyone who enters the city, you will be able to regain your body.

   Of course, I won't be able to see it this day. The key to open the seal has already merged with me, and the moment I die is when you will see the sun again. "

   Earl Langton said casually.

  It seemed that he really put life and death aside, but the slight hesitation in the palm of his hand betrayed his inner unwillingness.

  If he had a choice, he would never release this old monster. But there is no way, the orc army has besieged the city of Bethel, and there is no reinforcements at all.

  Although the secret passage leads to the outside of the city, it is still unknown whether it can escape the sight of the orcs.

  The best way is to make a big noise to attract the attention of the orc army, so that they can't pay attention to the small miscellaneous fish outside.

  The lich in front of him is undoubtedly a good pawn. Once the natural disaster of the undead comes out, the army of orcs who enter the city must suffer heavy losses.

   Now many orc troops have entered the outer city. According to his estimation, this wave can at least kill thousands of elite orcs.

  The next thing is the problem of the orc and this lich. No matter who wins or loses, it has nothing to do with him, a dead man.

   "Boy of the Liboron family, although I know that you just want to use my power to avenge you, I like this gift.

  If your ancestors could be so enlightened. Why bother?

   That's all, as long as I can regain my freedom, the grievances between us will be wiped out. As long as I don't meet you in the future, I won't kill your descendants. "

  The old lich thought he was generous in his promise.

   "If you don't meet, don't kill", if this is considered a promise, it is estimated that people in the whole continent can make such a promise to their enemies.

   "Then I will be on behalf of the younger generation, thank you for your kindness! The younger generation still has something to do, so let's go first."

   Earl Langton responded angrily.

   Dealing with these dark creatures with twisted hearts is exhausting. Everyone believes in completely different ideas, and it is difficult to communicate normally.

   "Boy of the Liboron family, don't leave in a hurry! I think you have amazing talent and amazing bones, and you are the most suitable for being a lich.

  How about it, why don’t you let the old man be your guide, help you complete the transformation into a lich, and live from now on…”

   Before the old lich finished speaking, Earl Langton turned around and left the secret room. Ordinary people don't know what a lich is, so how can a noble like him not know?

   It seems that the lifespan is long, as long as no one finds the phylactery, it can easily live for thousands of years, or even longer.

  But there is no free lunch in the world. If you can increase your lifespan for thousands of years, it is estimated that there are liches everywhere on the mainland.

  In front of life, morality is never worth mentioning. In order to prolong life, the elderly nobles can do anything.

  The key to the problem is that in the process of transforming a soul into a lich, not only the essence of life is changed, but even the soul will be distorted.

   No one has ever been able to retain everything in life after being transformed into a lich. Even if some memory can be retained, it will not play any substantial role.

  Even I am not myself anymore, such a long life naturally has no meaning.

  Back to the barracks, Earl Langton ordered indifferently: "Send down the order to distribute the holy water to every soldier.

   Tell the soldiers that the Lord of Dawn is with us. Even if you die in battle, your soul will enter the Kingdom of God after death.

  If the orcs continue to attack tomorrow, we will fight them! "

  Release an old lich, how can you do it without making some preparations in advance. It's all right to follow his subordinates and take everyone to die together, and let everyone's souls have no peace after death, that would be too much.

  …

   "Brother, we..."

   Before the boy finished speaking, the older young man interrupted softly: "From now on, don't talk. If you have any questions, wait until you are in a safe place.

  Brothers and sisters are too young to understand now. Uncle, I trouble you to use magic to put them into a coma, so as not to disturb the strong orcs above. "

  Typical nervousness is too much, a narrow and long secret room, the probability of a strong orc just above the head is not high.

   Even if they happen to meet, the chances of being able to detect the movement below are very slim due to the noise in the barracks.

   But now is an extraordinary period, and the hope of the Liboron family is all in this secret passage. Be careful, there is always nothing wrong.

  The old man nodded slightly, and a sleeping spell was released.

   There were not a few little guys making trouble, and the rest were adults, all of them were extraordinarily quiet.

  All of them were holding weapons and wearing armor. If not for the sad faces on their faces, no one would know that this was a fleeing team.

  Advance quietly along the secret road, half an hour later, the sound of rushing water rang in everyone's ears.

   Looking around, it is a dark underground river. Obviously, the ancestors of the Leboron family put a lot of effort into site selection when they built the Bethel fortress.

  The existence of the underground river not only solves the water source problem in the city, but also serves as a golden escape route.

   If there is no such thing, it will take tens of miles to escape the orc army outside the city by manually digging tunnels.

  Pure manual excavation, this kind of engineering volume, does not have decades of effort, I am afraid it will not be completed.

   "Let's take a break first, the exit of this dark river is not far away. It is estimated that it is only about ten miles away from the orc camp.

  Go out now, it's hard not to be spotted by enemy scouts.

   There are at least three Thousand Eagles in the orc camp. Once their tracks are exposed, even the Griffon Cavalry will find it difficult to escape their pursuit.

   Wait for your father's signal first, and after he finds a way to hold back the orc army, we will take a boat from here to break through. "

  Following the place pointed by the old man, there are impressively made canoe boats. It's just that these ship sides are very short from the water surface, only a dozen centimeters.

  Once a person sits on it, the distance from the water is even narrower. If a fat person goes up, it may sink directly.

  The internal structure of the boat is not for people to sit, but for people to lie down.

  No matter how you look at it, don't pinch it. It gives the impression that this is not prepared for the living, but more like it is prepared for the dead.

  There is only one explanation for this unique design: the space above the water surface of the dark river is very limited, and the height of the ship can only be lowered.

  In the event of a collision, these fleeing canoes can instantly become their coffins.

  Suddenly a water monster appeared on the surface of the river. He glanced at everyone, as if he was confirming something. After a while, he said slowly:

   "There is nothing wrong with the blood, how come your Leboron family has declined so quickly, it has only been a hundred years, and it is time to run for your life in a hurry.

  Looking at the strength of your juniors, you are not too weak. It should not be difficult to keep the family business. Could it be that the outside world is changing so fast. "

   Not only is it not weak, this team of more than a hundred people is a strong force anywhere.

  Besides the children, the weakest remaining are mid-level magicians. Most of the guards have the strength of high-level knights. There are even more than a dozen silver knights and golden knights.

   The three elders headed by them are either magisters or earth knights. Wherever it is placed, it is a strong party.

   "Senior Kerondo, the city of Bethel has been invaded by orcs. The Liboron family has been defeated, and now they can only survive by cutting off their tails.

  Leboron family, the next head of the family, Anthony, please see us for the sake of our ancestors, and give us a ride! "

   While speaking, the young man had already stepped forward and bowed to the monster.

   "Okay, boy Anthony. Don't do these things for me, the old man has an agreement with your ancestors, so it can be counted.

   But the ugly words are up front, I am only responsible for sending you out from here. The rest of the matter is your own business.

  The grievances between the human race and the orcs, you should settle it yourself, don't even think about involving me.

  Whenever you decide to leave, just lie on the boat by yourself, and I will see you off. "

   After speaking, regardless of whether everyone agreed or not, the gleaming monster dived directly into the water, showing its attitude with practical actions.

  …

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

  Accompanied by bursts of shouts of killing, the **** Bethel defenders finally reached the brink of collapse. Watching the soldiers around him fall one after another, Earl Langton slowly drew out his long sword.

  However, they did not rush to attack, but led the soldiers back slowly, deliberately leading the orc army into the inner city.

  Although the legendary Lich King is powerful, he has been sealed away for countless years, and he can still retain some of his strength. Earl Langton has no idea.

   The power of the undead natural disaster mainly depends on the strength of the caster.

  Even if they helped to arrange a lot of auxiliary small formations in advance, because of the war, no one can tell how many of them will be effective.

  In order to make death more valuable, Earl Langton resolutely chose to resist every step, luring the orc army to pursue him.

   There was no accident. Earl Langton's dazzling armor soon attracted the attention of an orc officer, and he personally led the army to chase after him.

   "Humans surrender quickly, it will be guaranteed that you will not be reduced to food after you surrender!"

   Facing the surrender of the orc officer in front of him, Earl Langton laughed. The orc's promise, if it can be trusted, even the sows can climb the tree.

   Even if the orc really accepts the captive, he will not surrender at this time. If he really wanted to survive in the world, he would have escaped from the secret way a long time ago, why should he stay until now?

"kill!"

  While speaking, Earl Langton had already rushed out with his sword in hand, showing his attitude with practical actions.

   After hacking to death more than a dozen Ursar soldiers in a row, he finally angered the Ursa master hidden in the ranks, and directly attacked Earl Langton with a sharp blow.

   He could have avoided it, but Earl Langton, who had long been determined to die, waited for this moment, and instead of avoiding it, he took the initiative to meet him.

   In an instant, the body was separated, and at the moment of his death, the **** battlefield was suddenly filled with a gust of wind.

  The temperature in the city began to plummet, and the hot sweat on the forehead suddenly turned into cold sweat. The strange change made countless people feel at a loss.

   Before everyone could react, the originally bright sky suddenly became dark. Countless fallen corpses slowly began to move.

  Looking at the rising black mist in the sky, the orc priest who was fighting outside the city suddenly exclaimed: "Undead sky!"

   Without waiting for any hesitation, he hurried straight to Xiong Huang's tent.

   "Your Majesty, quickly order the troops in the city to withdraw. Someone is releasing the natural disaster of the undead. Look at the range of the undead sky, and the caster must have at least a great magister.

  Combined with the multiple augmentation formations that the enemy has deployed in the city, this undead natural disaster may be able to wake up all the soldiers who died in battle in the city.

   Now I want to stop it, but it is too late in time. only..."

  I haven't had time to say the following words. The originally rising black mist suddenly solidified, and the natural disaster of the undead was successfully cast.

  As the orc priest expected, all the corpses in the city stood up except for the soldiers carrying the holy water. They picked up their weapons from the ground one after another, and pointed their butcher knives at their former comrades-in-arms.

   A new round of melee has begun. The orc officers and soldiers who had just won a big victory were stunned by the scene in front of them.

  …

  Leading the army, Hudson, who is rushing to the Fort of Flying Bear, is enjoying the scenery along the way at the moment.

   There is no other way, the new 23rd Army Corps is holding back, and the marching speed cannot be increased, so it can naturally be distracted.

   This is also one of the reasons why he asked the bureaucrats in the logistics department for the magic crystal cannon. After all, the marching speed has been slowed down by his teammates, and there is not much room to slow down if he wants to go down.

   "Report!"

   "Your Excellency, Legion Commander, a black cloud appears in the northeast direction, and it seems that someone is performing the natural disaster of the undead!"

  The voice of the orderly pulled Hudson back from playing.

  "Undead Scourge" is not a small thing. Although it does not have the power to destroy the world as in the legend, its lethality and destructive power are still amazing.

   did not appear often, mainly because of the harsh conditions for casting spells. Not only does it need to consume a lot of precious materials, but it is also necessary to choose a suitable casting location.

  Generally, areas that have just experienced a war, or are in the process of a war, are most suitable for undead natural disasters.

  Opening the map and checking the location, Hudson quickly determined that the battlefield was near the Bethel Fortress.

  Calculating the distance, the distance between the two parties is at least fifty or sixty miles. Even if he wanted to go over to help, it was too late in time.

   "Understood! Send someone to continue to pay close attention, and Tan Ma should not get too close for the time being."

   Hudson said solemnly.

  Bethel Fortress is not far from Flying Bear's Fort, only forty miles away. If something goes wrong in Bethel City, the pressure on Flying Bear Castle will be great.

  In case the orcs get their brains flooded and like to push them all the way, Flying Bear's Fort will be the next target to be beaten.

   Regret is useless. There are military orders on the battlefield like a mountain, and since the task is coming, it must be carried out.

  (end of this chapter)