Empire of Shadows

Chapter 169: Sacred animal sacrifice

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"Damn, a bunch of hairy necromancers? I've been in the Kingdom of Yan for so long, but I've never heard of such ugly hairy magicians in the Kingdom of Yan. It seems that the magic academies in the Kingdom of Yan are really not very picky about people's appearance..." Looking at those people with messy and messy hair on their heads and faces, I couldn't help but sigh.

"My lord, what did you say? What hairy necromancer? The Kingdom of Yan is a country that advocates perfection. Although their country does not stipulate that people with ugly appearance cannot participate in magic learning, but over the past few hundred years, it is really rare to hear that there are ugly magicians in the Kingdom of Yan, let alone magicians with long hair all over the body. You... you are seeing things?" After hearing what I said, several staff officers around me looked at me strangely, as if I was talking about a fairy tale.

"Yes, judging from their appearance, if you don't look carefully, you might think they are humanoid beasts that appeared from nowhere! Well, it won't cost much magic power anyway, so I'll let you take a look!" As I said that, I cast a light screen mirror magic, and the images of those necromancers were displayed in front of the team.

"Ah! There really are necromancers like this? Why are they like this? I didn't expect that there are such ugly people in the Kingdom of Yan..."

"Idiot!" Before one of my subordinates could finish his sigh, Feng Ya, who was following us foolishly, snorted with disdain.

"We are idiots, how much stronger can you be? We are preparing to solve the problem, and what are you doing? Those who stand idly by and make trouble unreasonably have no right to criticize others. If you have the ability, you can think of a good way to make the undead army retreat, or you can lead the troops yourself and destroy all the undead in one breath. Otherwise... hum!" Looking up and glancing at Feng Ya coldly, I said to her unceremoniously. To be honest, I am getting more and more intolerable of her current attitude. Now I have even changed from not wanting people I don't trust to know that I, Shen Hanlong, want to destroy her to just not letting the people around her complain. Now she can only hope that my spies will never run into the remnants of the Fire Phoenix Legion, otherwise... ... . . . .

"You don't even recognize the orcs, and you still dare to say you are not an idiot. I really don't know what kind of person is an idiot!" Feng Ya also snorted coldly. She walked to the side and sat down by herself.

"Orcs? Orcs! Orcs..." I kept repeating this in my mind for several times, and I always felt that something was wrong. How could orcs appear here? And logically, orcs don't have magicians! Slowly, I seemed to think of something, and slowly raised my head. At this time, Feng Ya, who sat aside in anger, also seemed to think of something, and our eyes met. . . . . .

"This is a conspiracy..." The two people said this almost at the same time. At the same time, in Feng Ya's eyes, the hostility towards me seemed to suddenly decrease a little, and it was more reflected in her anxious mood.

"Damn it!" As soon as I finished speaking, I slapped the stone next to me that I used to hide my body. How could I forget about them? Holy beast priests, the holy beast priests of the orc kingdom. Although they have very little magic power, they are like the priests in human society. They are not combat units. Under normal circumstances, they are just like the war priests in the temple. They only give auxiliary magic and various sacred blessings to those combat units in the war. Apart from this, they can only use simple and inefficient magic and herbs to treat injuries. No wonder those skeleton soldiers I saw were so bad, so this is what happened!

"My lord, they are attacking the city!"

Following the reminders from the guards around me, I immediately put aside the questions I was thinking about and focused my attention on the city walls of Sichaya.

From where I was, I could see that the entire field was completely covered with gray-white skeletons. Many of those skeleton soldiers, still carrying their own blood and internal organs, were swarming towards the walls of Sichaya like a group of locusts. . . . .

"Damn, those skeletons are idiots, and it seems that those holy beast priests are also a bunch of idiots. The city wall is nearly 12 meters high, and those skeleton soldiers don't even have ladders or anything like that. How are they going to climb up? Climbing up is simply a dream!" Looking at this scene, a guard beside me cursed in a low voice. Then, whether it was the guards beside me or the soldiers of the Fire Phoenix Legion, they all nodded in agreement.

Looking at the skeleton soldiers approaching the city wall, I felt that the situation was not as simple as they imagined. It was not just my psychological effect, but also the worried and anxious looks on the faces of the officers of the Kingdom of Yan on the city wall.

After all, we soldiers from the Western Continent have not experienced the so-called disaster of the Necromancer, nor have we heard of the fear of the Necromancer, so they only know some superficial signs about the undead.

At the same time, as the skeletons rushed forward, the necromancers began to advance towards the city wall with a large number of puppet mages. When the skeletons approached the city wall, the necromancers also came to a position 1,200 meters outside the city wall and began to urge the bones to advance towards the city wall frantically.

Suddenly, dozens of dazzling fireworks shot out from the city wall caught my attention. Just when I was still wondering what it was and why it looked so much like the magic cannon I sent to the Kingdom of Yan, dozens of huge explosions immediately brought back my doubts. Needless to say, this is definitely a magic cannon. Just by listening to the sound, I knew they were still using the No. 2 fire bombs I provided...

Wonderful. When I saw dozens of pyroblast bombs falling among the main force of the necromancers, I couldn't help but want to stand up and cheer. Concentrated firepower to cover the attack, this is simply a grand move that only powerful countries on Earth dared to do in the 20th century. I was amazed to see this scene in this remote town in the Kingdom of Yan.

But as the smoke gradually dissipated, and before the second round of magic shells fell, I saw the situation in the attacked area. Ahem! I sighed secretly. If I had sold them a little more, perhaps the situation would be different now. In the entire attacked area, a large number of those terrifying necromancers and puppet mages were blown to pieces by magic shells. Even those necromancers who were lucky enough to escape death were injured to varying degrees. In the hundreds of square meters covered by the attack, even if those necromancers and puppet mages were not dead, they lost the ability to continue fighting. With the death and injury of those necromancers, a scene that made everyone cheer appeared. Those terrifying, creepy skeleton soldiers also lost their support with the death of their summoners, and they collapsed quickly like dominoes. . . . . . .

"Oh my God! How could this happen?" Just when I thought the situation had taken a turn for the better and was about to record this experience as a lesson for dealing with those necromancers in the future, the wailing of a Fire Phoenix Legion soldier caught my attention.

God, how can we play this? I couldn't believe my eyes. After the necromancers outside the explosion area found that the main mage groups had been relocated, they immediately sent people to transform all the dead necromancers and the puppet mages whose bodies were still intact into puppet mages again, braving the rain of magic shells on the city walls. Afterwards, the resurrected puppet mages began to summon the scattered skeleton soldiers again, and a basically intact skeleton army appeared in front of us again.

At the same time, the necromancers who were deeply aware of the power of the magic cannons on the city walls began to retreat quickly until they were all out of the threat range of the magic cannons. Then, a siege method that stunned us began...

As the skeletons and the skeletons of various large beasts rushed to the city wall frantically, they did not try to climb the wall, but just laid on the ground in rows, using themselves as stepping bricks like building a wall. Then the second batch, the third batch, the fourth batch... Very quickly, in less than an hour, the necromancers used bones to build several slopes close to the height of the city wall. Then, the skeletons rushed to the city walls like a tide!

"Damn it, if the city can't find a good solution, I think they are doomed! Isn't it said that the Kingdom of Yan is a country of magicians? Why don't they use magic to blow away those bones?" Seeing this situation, I cursed, but I was relieved to think about coming back. Now the East and West continents are at war. Half of the magicians of the Kingdom of Yan are in the West Continent. Add to that the troops they are defending the capital, and you can imagine the number of magicians assigned to various places. In addition, I am afraid that the Kingdom of Yan does not dare to let the magician troops with too small a structure come here to die. They must be preparing to gather most of their own forces and gather their allies to fight against the undead army together.

At the same time, the magicians on the city wall finally began to show their power. Rows of fireballs, pyrotechnic bombs and other spells blasted towards the slopes made of bones as if they had no magic power, trying to blow the five bone ladders apart in a short time.

But it didn't take long before I was disappointed. Although the mages on the city wall were still bombarding the bone wall, I knew that everything was over. The magician troops only blasted away the skeleton soldiers who tried to climb up the city wall, and did not cause much damage to the bone wall-like inclined ladders. The bone ladders that were reinforced by the puppet mages were now as strong as reinforced concrete. Every time they were attacked by magic, in addition to blowing away the skeleton soldiers who were trying to climb up the city wall, they could only damage some corners of the bone wall. It was simply a fool's dream to want to destroy the entire bone ladder!

“Let’s go…”

"What?" Almost everyone present jumped up when I said the word "leave". And those people from the Fire Phoenix Army, including Feng Ya, almost all glared at me.

"What are you looking at? If you don't leave, what do you want to do? But it doesn't matter. Those who are willing to stay can stay. In short, I have to leave now. All members of the Flame Legion, follow me immediately!" I didn't give any explanation. I have always been too lazy to explain to those who don't know their own abilities and have unclear minds. What's more, I think I would be secretly happy if one more person of the Fire Phoenix Legion died!

"Don't go, you coward. You have brought shame upon the nobles of the Kastark Empire. Think about how many innocent civilians are in there? Can you just turn a blind eye to them? You... you are unworthy of being a human being..." Just as I pulled the reins and prepared to mount my horse and leave, Feng Ya's words made me extremely angry.

"Yes, I'm a wimp, I'm trash, I'm nothing! But I'm not a madman, nor am I a commander who doesn't care about the lives of his subordinates. You, the commander of the Fire Phoenix Legion, are great! Lord Paladin, if you want to save the relatives and friends of the enemy, I have no objection, but please don't involve me. Remember, I'm not a subordinate of your Fire Phoenix Legion. Having said that, if I had a boss like you, I'm afraid that an incompetent wimp like me would have already died... Let's go!" With a series of words, I made the turkey commander's face turn pale and blue, just like a Sichuan opera with a complete face-changing effect.

"If you want to save those people... look over there, there are 6 necromancers there, maybe if you kill them, the necromancers will retreat temporarily... My dear, merciful, and infinitely brave Paladin..." After running a few steps, I suddenly turned around, said something to Feng Ya, then immediately turned my horse's head and left.

Hehe! You are in a dilemma, right? If you retreat with me, it will be embarrassing! If you don't retreat, you will fight with the undead? I guess she is the only one who can escape, and the others have no chance at all. Go! Go! Maybe my plan can be successful!

"Team One, Team Two, follow my original plan and go around from both sides. Use long-range magic arrows for me. Don't worry about wasting them... Damn it, this sword, should I swallow my anger just because your position is higher than mine? Paladins are great... But brainless paladins are just a scare tactic. Anyone with brains can easily make them fall into the trap.

Following my glance, a guard beside me immediately waved his hand and sent out a magic firework, and then, one by one, the magic fireworks were transmitted to the rear along the outposts I set up. Afterwards, those outposts immediately became busy, and they all settled their mounts and carried all their belongings on the horses, as if they were fleeing.

Under special arrangements, I led more than ten riders to flee backwards as fast as flying, as if there was something dangerous chasing us from behind. . . . . .

After dozens of people were in a state of chaos, when we left the surveillance range of the last sentry tower, we immediately welcomed a distinguished guest, a representative of the Fire Phoenix Army. Seeing his hurried look, I knew that my plan was at least half successful.

(The next chapter will tell how the protagonist treats Feng Ya. 1. Take her into the harem? 2. One sword for one life! 3. Discard her after extreme abuse!) Everyone, please choose! Then everyone can go and review the book, and I will add it to the recommended books! (To be continued)