Obsidian Square.
The bell tower surrounded by flowers and vines is like a lighthouse in the dark, but in the shadows where the light cannot reach, the green skeletons are like ghosts crawling out of hell, silently dormant in the dark. The thin mountain ghost passed by the bell tower, and a pair of bone hands protruding from the dark grabbed the back of the mountain ghost's neck.
The hard scales on the mountain ghost's neck melted quickly, and the severe pain made his face flush, and a hoarse scream came out of his bloody throat. After the mountain ghost fell, the surrounding skeletons rushed forward like crazy. Such a bloody and grotesque scene attracted attention from all directions, and the skeletons hidden in other places took the opportunity to mix into the crowd—
Accompanied by screams and cursing one after another, the Obsidian Square instantly became chaotic.
When Nan Zhi and the patrol team from the main city arrived in a hurry, the scene was already very chaotic, the decorative flowers were scattered all over the place, the statue by the pool was knocked to the ground by the fleeing monsters, and the surroundings were in a mess. The monsters without the ability to protect themselves all retreated to the edge of the square, but under the bell tower not far away, dozens of skeletons were stalking them; Readers have become interested in skeletons they have never seen before, and many powerful monsters have fought against them.
Xie Qihan and Nan Zhi arrived almost at the same time. Even though the elves had roughly described their appearance on the way, when he saw these skeletons exuding a gloomy and dead air, Xie Qihan couldn't help but disgusted and said: "It's too ugly to be buried in the boneyard." You can't find such a piece of crap."
Nan Zhi glanced over the dark green, spider web-like fine lines on the skeleton's body, and an expression of confusion and unbelievable complexity appeared between her brows. Xie Qihan noticed her abnormality, and asked keenly, "Do you know what this is?"
"Not sure yet."
After Nan Zhi finished speaking, near the fountain pool in the center of the square, the skeleton who was originally at a disadvantage suddenly threw himself at Feng Kui who was fighting with it. The first skeleton was easily torn apart by the wind blade, and the second one that attacked from behind was also cut into a pile of broken bones, but the third and fourth... the nearby skeletons all rushed towards Fengkui, and Nan Zhi noticed that When it's wrong, suddenly raise your voice: "Stand back! Stay away from them!"
But seeing this, Feng Kui became bloody instead, he turned a deaf ear to Nan Zhi's warning, and had no intention of retreating at all. To his surprise, the skeleton that should have been killed suddenly jumped out from the pile of broken bones. Feng Kui was busy dealing with the endless attacks from all directions, and was unable to react in time, and was pierced through the heart by the sharp bone hand!
"Hey!" Seeing that the situation is not good, Xie Qihan said, "These guys are hard to deal with, and they actually know how to siege."
Nan Zhi didn't answer his words, she stared at the fallen Fengkui, as if confirming something. Fengkui's flesh melted into a thick black water as if it had been corroded, leaving only the dark bones, on which a dark green light gradually emerged, like a cold will-o'-the-wisp in a cemetery.
Click, click.
The black sour skeleton made a scalp-numbing sound, and under the disbelieving eyes of the nearby monsters, Feng Kui, who had turned into a skeleton, supported the ground with his bony hands, and stood up again.
There was an uproar all around! The previously fearless monsters stared at Fengkui's skeleton like a ghost. Nan Zhi finally confirmed her guess.
"This is a dead spirit..." Nan Zhi's expression was ugly like never before. Xie Qihan heard this name for the first time, subconsciously asked: "What?"
Although she had a rough guess when she saw the dark green lines on the skeleton, this was the first time Nan Zhi saw the undead with her own eyes. She had heard Xuan Tan mention that the undead gathered in the Dead Styx River, and the only natural enemy was Sunlight. What's more troublesome is that the creatures killed by the undead will also mutate into the undead. Once such things appear in groups, they will soon spread like a plague.
Without time to think about why the undead appeared in Freeport, Nan Zhi mobilized the demon power, and the dense vines broke through the obsidian floor tiles on the square, separating the undead from the monsters: "Stand back!! Everyone get out of here!"
Witnessing Fengkui's fate with their own eyes, even the aggressive monsters realized the seriousness of the matter. They retreated one after another, but some of them were unable to react in time, and were thrown to the ground by the rushing undead, and soon other undead were flooded When it was covered, several monsters melted into skeletons before they could even scream.
Seeing several newborn undead, Xie Qihan had a chill: "According to what you said, these things can't be killed, what should we do now?!"
Nan Zhi made a decisive decision, and said to the patrol team: "Take everyone away first, otherwise the number of undead will increase!"
Patrols immediately began to evacuate the entangled bogeyman. Dazzling light emerged from the demon pattern on Xie Qihan's arm, and a golden wall of blood rose from the ground, cooperating with Nanzhi's vines to temporarily trap the undead. However, countless undead spirits scrambled towards the blood wall, like stacking arhats. The strong corrosiveness on their bodies quickly melted the vines and the blood wall.
Nan Zhi stared intently at the crazy skeleton, and at this moment a small figure quickly flew in her direction. All the map elves in Freeport can share information with each other. The elf said something quickly in Nan Zhi's ear. Nan Zhi turned her head and said to the leader of the patrol team: "The boss told us to take everyone to the castle! Hurry up! "
After Nan Zhi finished speaking, she immediately turned to Xie Qihan: "I'll stay here, you take some people to the Oak Mountain Arena, there also appeared undead."
Thinking of the number of monsters near the arena, Xie Qihan cursed, and quickly called the names of several patrol captains: "Take all your men and follow me!"
Boom, boom, boom—
Before Xie Qihan left, the huge clock tower rang on the hour. Two or three undead climbed to the top of the clock tower, and they cast dark shadows on the clock face.
The solemn and vigorous bell sounded the same as every time in the past, but it seemed to be some kind of malicious sentence.
It's twelve noon.
However, the number of people in the Freeport did not decrease at all due to the end of the opening day. The barrier surrounding the entire city seemed to have completely lost its screening function, and did not expel unqualified monsters from the country. Someone in the group of monsters also noticed the abnormality, and panicked: "Didn't you say that you can leave as soon as twelve o'clock?!"
"What's going on? Can't we get out at all?!"
…
…
If there were only the residents of Freeport, everyone could join forces to suppress the undead, but a large number of mediocre monsters flooded into the opening day, and many of them didn't even have the ability to protect themselves from the undead... If the number of undead continues Ascent, it would be a total disaster.
Xie Qihan and Nan Zhi looked at each other, and they both saw a solemn look in each other's eyes.
The raging tide kept crashing against the rocks, without sunlight, the azure blue bay was a gloomy black in the daytime, and countless foams rose from the rolling waves.
The castle above the cliff is brightly lit, and the formerly resplendent hall accommodated a large number of embarrassed monsters. Many people have traces of corrosion on their bodies, and some are even bloody. All the seriously injured monsters were carried on stretchers and taken to the garden. The mermaids who escaped into the castle from the waterway were gathering in the pool in the garden to treat the wounded.
"Where did you come from?" The mermaid's sharp nails cut off the carrion on the monster's leg, and by the way, he glanced at his half-battered companion next to him, "Your friend's injury is very serious, come later, it's very late." It might be impossible to save your life.”
The monster bared its teeth in pain, and after the mermaid helped stop the bleeding, it replied: "Ghost Bar. At first we thought it was a show made by the bar owner. You know that place is full of skeleton soldiers from the Witch Race... It took less than half an hour. There are not many living people in the bar!"
Although he was seriously injured, the monster's mental state was not bad. At the end, the monster asked again: "Why do you all come here? Don't all mermaids live in the sea?"
"Don't mention it, there are dead spirits in the sea, what the hell!" Thinking of those monsters that got into the water, the mermaid felt lingering fear, "If I didn't swim fast, I might have turned into a skeleton now."
The daring monsters can even chat with the mermaid for a while, and more wounded were terrified after witnessing the killing of the undead, especially after a dog demon died of blood loss due to severe injuries and mutated into a undead. The tense atmosphere reached its peak, and screams and cries erupted in the garden. Even though the patrol members who hurried over quickly left with the undead, the turmoil caused could not be subsided for a long time.
The shadow of death hangs over everyone's head, and no one has the heart to talk to others.
As soon as Xu Yinian and Yu Huaifu returned to the castle, the patrol members in charge of different areas immediately surrounded them: "Boss, the coastline is almost completely occupied by undead, there are bars everywhere, and more than half of the monsters have been transformed into ghosts." dead souls."
"Some monsters failed to control their abilities during the fight with the undead. A fire broke out in the garden in the center of Long Lane, and the nearby library has been burned down. The fire is still spreading, but we set up a barrier before we evacuated..."
"The news has just been sent back that dead spirits have also appeared in the sea near the castle. They may crawl in through the sewer pipes..."
All of a sudden, all kinds of information mixed with panic hit everyone's brains. Amidst the voices, Yu Huai interrupted them with a blank expression: "Come one by one."
Seeing this, Xu Yinian held Yu Huai's hand worriedly.
On the way back from the outskirts of the city, they encountered many undead, because there were many monsters who were seriously injured and unable to protect themselves, so they couldn't delay any longer. The undead cannot be completely killed, and Xu Yinian's attack is useless except to consume his own abilities, so he can only rely on Yu Huai to trap them briefly along the way to buy time. Although Yu Huai was very calm from the beginning to the end, Xu Yinian could feel that he was obviously suppressing his anger when facing these undead.
Freeport is the place that Xuan Tan left for Yu Huai. For Yu Huai, this city is like "home". The necromancers who lit the fire everywhere destroyed the free port with wanton destruction.
Seeing that Yu Huai's face was not good-looking, the patrols who were eager to report all fell silent, and after a long while, they began to explain the situation in a low voice one by one.
Not long after, Nan Zhi and Xie Qihan rushed back to the castle one after the other, and they brought back a large number of injured monsters. Xu Yinian looked at Hua Hengjing who was walking with Xie Qihan in surprise, there was a hideous wound on Huan Yao's shoulder, and his face was much paler than usual.
Although the Necromancer is infinitely powerful and immortal, it is still far behind Hua Hengjing in strength. Xu Yinian couldn't help but ask, "How did you make yourself like this?"
Hua Hengjing was also quite depressed, and said with a wry smile: "Illusions will not work on them."
After all the reports were completed, Yu Huai had time to take a look at the dazzled Hengjing, and summoned the spirit body.
The white mist wrapped around Hua Hengjing's bloody shoulder. Huan Yao hissed, and looked around the hall while waiting for the wound to stop bleeding and scab. Some fiery-tempered and powerful monsters have no fear even if they are injured, but more weak monsters gather together in twos and threes, with panic on their faces. This situation is quite a headache.
Even if the scene is temporarily under control, it is impossible for these monsters to remain in the castle forever. As long as there is no sun, the undead can travel freely in the free port. They don't need food or water. After a long time, it must be their side that can't support them first.
"What are you going to do?" Hua Hengjing lowered his voice.
Yu Huai glanced at the chaotic hall, raised his hand to set up a soundproof array, and surrounded Xu Yinian, Xie Qihan, Nan Zhi and several patrol members. He briefly explained the invalidation of the contract, and Hua Hengjing's eyes gradually darkened: "After the undead appeared, Freeport fell into eternal night... The timing is too coincidental."
This is the strangest part of the whole thing. The darkness of the Freeport is undoubtedly more conducive to the actions of the necromancers, as if there are a pair of invisible hands behind the fuel, but logically speaking, except for Yu Huai, no one can control the Freeport at all. day and night.
Yu Huai suddenly asked: "I asked you to look for the monster with dark purple eyes before, is there any news later?"
Several patrol members shook their heads, and one of them said: "None of us met any eligible targets. On the day of the parade, there were quite a few monsters with purple eyes, but none of them looked like you."
Yu Huai frowned upon hearing this, Hua Hengjing said: "Boss Yu, have you contacted the outside world?"
"The regular contact methods have been cut off. I have a special contact method with the vice principal. But now outside reinforcements can't come in, and we can't get out. Contacting him is actually not very useful." Yu Huai looked out the window. In the dark night, the sky in the distance is still pitch black, and there is not a trace of starlight.
The free port floating on the sea is like a closed island, and the existing resources in the castle are not enough for so many monsters. If this predicament continues for a long time, hunger and fear can kill most of the monsters, not to mention the undead.
Yu Huai retracted his gaze and summoned several map elves. He said several different directions, and said to the others: "Let's split up first, and we will lead a patrol team to find the remaining survivors as much as possible. The number of undead cannot increase any more."
Yu Huai looked at Hua Hengjing who could only fight hand-to-hand: "If you stay in the castle, there will also be a patrol team here for you to call. Let the map elf contact me if you have anything to do."
Hua Hengjing accepted this arrangement well, and said coolly: "Sit in the rear area, right? OK, you can go without worry."
Xu Yinian couldn't help laughing, the pink-winged elf flew to his side, Xu Yinian said: "Then I'll go to the Oak Mountain Arena, I'm more familiar with that area."
Yu Huai said bluntly: "No, you come with me."
His tone was too unquestionable, and the atmosphere froze for a while. Hua Hengjing seemed to want to say something, but noticed Yu Huai's expression, and finally didn't speak.
Seeing that Xu Yinian seemed to be in a daze, Nan Zhi came out to smooth things over: "Master Xu and the boss will be together. You are not familiar with Freeport, so it's good to take care of each other..."
Before Nan Zhi finished speaking, Xu Yinian shook his head: "No, I'll go by myself."
It can be seen that Yu Huai is in a bad mood at the moment, but Xu Yinian refused so directly... Nan Zhi was a little embarrassed for a while. Seeing that something was wrong, the others didn't intervene.
"Don't worry." Xu Yinian hugged Yu Huai's arm naturally. Seeing him looking down at him without saying a word, Xu Yinian smiled at him, his peach blossom eyes curved like crescent moons, "Although they can't be killed, those undead are not difficult to deal with, just beat them down for now It's still fine."
Yu Huai didn't answer right away, but Xu Yinian knew that he was thinking: "If you encounter trouble, I will contact you. If you can't fight, you can also ask me for help."
Yu Huai was silent for a moment, then asked softly: "What are you doing, are you being beaten together?"
Xu Yinian slapped him viciously: "You question my strength?"
Compared with the previous patriarchs of the Ghost Clan, Yu Huai was still very young when he took over Freeport, but he has a strong personality and has always said what he says. Seeing Yu Huai give in for the first time, several patrol members beside him couldn't help but look at Xu Yinian a few more times even though the situation was urgent.
The atmosphere unknowingly relaxed, Hua Hengjing teased: "Xu Yinian is also considered the main combat power, what a waste it is for you two to walk together."
"Boss, overprotection is not conducive to Brother Xie's growth." Seeing Hua Hengjing start, Xie Qihan followed the trend, "I wanted to say it a long time ago, when you looked at him at the boneyard, you looked at him like eyeballs. He's not made of glass."
Before Yu Huai could speak, Xu Yinian pulled him out: "Okay, let's go quickly. It will definitely be resolved, maybe the sun will rise after a while."
"It's not that easy." Yu Huai said mercilessly, but Xu Yinian held his hand, but his expression gradually softened.
Seeing the two of them walking away gradually, Hua Hengjing smiled and said, "Does this count as one thing dropping one thing?"
Nan Zhi also smiled, although she didn't speak, she had a very agreeable look on her face. Xie Qihan stretched his muscles and snapped his fingers: "Let's go, let's go to work."