"Ron... we are all here. You must hold on. We will reach Winchester in just a short distance!"
Harry and the others, who set off for Winchester first, arrived later than Sarah who brought Ursula with her, but this was actually nothing surprising.
Because Ron was injured, and the injury was not serious - if he didn't have the ability to recover that is different from ordinary people now, the war situation was so urgent that there was no way to rescue him immediately, and others would have died on the way.
"Don't worry... Harry, I can't die."
Ron, who was being carried by Neville with his patronus, lay on the back of the silver lion and waved his hands with some difficulty.
It could be seen that there were burnt marks from his shoulders to his back, as if he had been burned by something extremely hot.
Although he was given medicine in time, coupled with his own healing ability, the wound has recovered. But because the burns seemed to contain some special force, which affected his muscles, it was now difficult for him to move.
What is worth mentioning is that the person who caused him to be seriously injured was a high-level zombie. And that guy is not dead yet, he was just slashed by Harry's sword and temporarily hid in the surrounding fog.
That was a high-level zombie with intelligence. Even Harry and Blois had to admit that he was extremely difficult to deal with. Therefore, they don't dare to fly or even walk too fast at the moment. They need to be on guard at any time for the high-level zombie to attack again.
But the other party just didn't appear again. It was like a cunning beast that had been hiding in the dark, constantly wearing down the endurance and patience of Harry and others with the help of other living corpses around them.
"Mr. Blois, have you sensed its location?"
After fighting for a while, Harry couldn't help but ask again. When Blois, who was at the end of the team, heard this, he immediately said:
"It's constantly moving, and you can sometimes detect it... But even if you know where it is, so what? Can you leave the team?"
Blois's rhetorical question made Harry scratch his head helplessly after he raised his sword and chopped down another ordinary zombie.
At present, he and Blois are working in tandem. Protecting Ron and the others among the living corpses is the limit. Without anyone, it is impossible. Fortunately, they could continue to advance slowly while fighting, otherwise, it would be meaningless even if they persisted.
Thinking of this, Harry could only calm down and continue to move forward step by step while wielding the Sword of Gryffindor. Tiredness was accumulating in their bodies, but they could no longer rest.
By now, Harry was already secretly thinking that if the high-level zombie appeared again, he would have no choice but to activate the anger rules in the Sword of Gryffindor. Even if there will be some sequelae, even if it is likely to be noticed by Haierbo, you can't just watch Ron and the others die, right
"etc."
After a while, Harry, who was walking in front, was suddenly startled and said with some confusion:
"Do you think... there are fewer living corpses?"
"indeed."
Blois looked around, frowned and nodded, but his footsteps did not stop.
"Don't be stunned, keep moving forward... Maybe this means that we are almost there." He said, "Although, it may not be where we thought... there must be something lurking ahead."
After the words fell, the group of them continued to move forward. As he walked, Harry noticed that there were fewer and fewer living corpses in front of him, and in the end there were almost no traces left.
"Ahead is the ancient city," Harry said. "I wonder if Willy is here."
"Just go and take a look and you'll find out."
Blois held the wand tightly, and the flame dragon he summoned had returned to the top of the team because there were no enemies. The pace of the team's advance gradually accelerated a little.
But at this moment, Blois suddenly turned around, raised his wand, and reminded:
"Back there! It's coming—"
As soon as he finished speaking, the flame flying dragon suddenly turned around and pounced into the mist behind them. But soon, it was hit back by a fireball comparable to its huge body, and the fire rain flew away for a while.
Blois raised his wand high, and an invisible magic shield blocked the team from the flying rain of fire, but the surrounding area quickly turned into a sea of fire.
Everyone had to stop.
"Hannah, Ginny, please help take care of Ron first."
Neville waved his wand and sent Ron, who was lying on the silver lion's back, towards Hannah. Then he turned over and jumped down, commanding the silver lion patron saint to jump back alone.
At the same time, the high-level zombie who had severely injured Ron finally revealed his figure in the mist behind the team.
It was a tall living corpse. Although it was still in human form, its body was no longer what a human should look like—rock-like muscles were distributed all over the body, and pieces were cracked, with lava flowing in the gaps. There was no mouth or nose on the angular face, only a pair of narrow holes, inside which two masses of orange light were beating continuously. The sparse hair on the head is neither black nor white, but red like flames.
If Maka or Willy were here, they would be able to recognize it at a glance. This is one of the four high-level living corpses they saw in front of Herbo Seat.
It was silent and suddenly raised its palm when it appeared. As a mark suddenly flashed by, flames emerged out of thin air in front of his palm, spitting straight towards Blois, who was standing at the back of the team.
"It is indeed a regular rune."
Mr. Blois, who is also good at manipulating flames, narrowed his eyes and showed no fear at all. As the wand was waved, the flame dragon quietly dissipated, and then the ground rose up, accurately blocking the opponent's flame attack.
Immediately afterwards, the arched earth wall rumbled, and then turned into a giant statue and ran straight towards the opponent.
"boom!"
After a punch, the lava zombie dodged, and the colossus also stepped back at the same time, using its body to protect Bulova in front.
Now is obviously not the time to make a rash advance. The Colossus is not as agile and quick as its opponent, so it is better to defend than to attack.
"Potter, I'm here to guard you. Go ahead! I'll cover you."
When Blois opened his mouth, Neville's Silver Lion Patronus had already circled behind the lava corpse and bit the guy's neck.
"Harry, I pestered him."
Harry, who was holding the Sword of Gryffindor, nodded slightly, passed by Neville, and rushed towards the battlefield quickly.
"Be careful!"
Neville couldn't help but add another sentence, but Harry obviously didn't have time to respond.
"boom-"
Another ball of flames erupted from around the lava zombie, causing Harry to pause.