El Cid had broken into the enemy's formation without permission before, and it would be bad if the ghouls in front retreated in order to surround El Cid. For the sake of the safety of his companion, Kaludia did not bother to leave with the caravan behind him and quickly pursued it with the other three Silver Saints.
The Saints were not afraid of danger, but the guards and civilians at the rear did not have the courage to continue to follow. God knows how many undead were behind them. After all the carriages passed, they could only follow and take the injured and leave immediately. The only way I'm afraid all I have to do is pray for these brave paladins.
However, after Kaludia and others left, among the civilians who took up arms to join the battle, a young man looked at the departing Saints with a meaningful look.
Along the way, I saw the broken limbs and broken arms of ghouls lying everywhere, and among them was a human corpse dressed as a guard who was split in two by a holy sword. However, there were many wounds on this corpse. From the bite marks, it was obvious that this guard was killed by a ghoul and then stood up again and became a member of the undead. Then he unfortunately met El Cid and finally rested in peace under the holy sword.
"Undead~ This kind of dead person standing up alive is really a headache?" Kaludia clicked his tongue.
Even though he is a warrior who serves Hades, he is still a living person from beginning to end, but what he sees in front of him is the real 'living dead' who can make the undead crawl out of the cemetery again, and the dead kill the living. The killer is creating more dead people, and this source of evil may also be very powerful.
With a thought, Caludia also speeded up. Elcid's idea may be correct. Although the mission accepted by his team is to go to the grassland where the orcs inhabit to find the Star Children who fell from the sky, but in the face of these dead people, they should indeed be eliminated. , otherwise if the dead continue to kill, the whole world will be shrouded in tombstones and the breath of death.
Following the traces left by the undead, Kalludia finally saw El Cid. It seemed that the goat was still intact~ Well! It cannot be said that it is absolutely intact, at least the luster of the golden holy clothes has become a little dim, and the ground near El Cid looks like it has been turned over by a giant with a hoe.
"El Cid, are you okay?" Kaludia looked around after landing. There seemed to be no other enemies except the eliminated undead.
"It's a pity that it escaped."
Look at his right arm. Elcid replied without answering the question.
Although he tried his best to stop it, the undead commander was still allowed to escape. Elsid frowned and recalled the battle just now, the undead knight riding on the dark horse. Compared with the ghouls with rotten flesh exposed and the skeletons turned into skeletons, the undead commander he saw had an overly pale skin and pupils that were also burning with the blue soul fire. This man was called by the guards. Death knights are as undead as they are alive.
Not only the appearance, but also the strength, swordsmanship and self-awareness are not much different from those of the living, although I want to kill him off his horse so that his lost soul can rest in peace. But El Cid did initially underestimate the opponent's strength. The ominous weapon in the hands of the death knight could compete with the speed of the holy sword, and it was almost on par with the saint in terms of strength. The most important thing was that as an undead The opponent has no physical limitations and will use all his strength to confront him almost every time.
But unfortunately, the strength of the Golden Saint cannot be underestimated. Although the opponent's weapons are indeed very powerful, Elcid's Holy Sword is still better. The speed of holding the sword in his hand can be faster than swinging it with the sword, even if there are still people around the Death Knight. There were other undead that besieged El Cid, but in the sixth move, El Cid was the first to win and took away the opponent's right eye. In the ninth move, the weapon in the death knight's hand was slashed by the holy sword and cracked.
And it was here that the Death Knight finally chose to retreat.
In order to get rid of El Cid, the death knight directly condensed the coil of death in his hands. Countless resentful souls and death aura gradually turned into a black tide and flew towards El Cid. Everything was corroded wherever they went, even the air. It also turned into a deadly poisonous mist.
El Cid was unable to defend himself and could only avoid the blow temporarily. Although he held his breath in time and did not inhale the poisonous mist, some of the aftermath of the death coil still hit his body. Fortunately, the golden holy cloth blocked the death coil. The power was blocked. But the death knight took this opportunity to command the ghouls to attack them. After El Cid eliminated the ghouls, the other party had already escaped with some skeleton cavalry.
The Holy Cloth is not a dead object made of metal. Saint Seiyas, whether they are the weakest bronze or the strongest gold, know that the holy clothing also has its own life and resonates with the wearer in order to exert its full strength.
El Cid looked at the holy clothes, and the color of the holy clothes that blocked the winding of death became darker, obviously due to the corrosion of that evil power. However, the situation is not very serious. The holy cloth has life and can automatically repair the injury, but it just takes a while.
"Then there's nothing to do. Let's go back. We don't know whether the other party has really retreated or is fake. Moreover, it will be troublesome if we are attacked by a sneak attack in the forest."
Kaludia said while pointing to the sky. This gesture obviously reminded El Cid that it was getting late. If he waited until the sun set, it would be very dangerous to be in a dark forest even if there were no undead.
The people who returned from the original route quickly returned to the intersection. Except for the broken limbs and arms on the ground, the carriage team, the guards and civilians responsible for the amputations had already left.
The five people who were puzzled took out the map and continued to move along the road according to the cities marked on the map. However, after walking for a long time, El Cid, Kalludia and others finally encountered someone, the guard in the city. Jun finally felt it at this time, and the leading cavalry immediately waved the team to stop when they saw the five people wearing holy clothes.
"Are you the five paladins who were responsible for cutting off the caravan's rear just now?"
Soon a female knight riding a silver horse suddenly came to the front, wearing a fiery red armor. When she took off her helmet, her fiery red hair was immediately revealed. She looked like a woman in her early twenties. Her dignified appearance gave people a sense of heroic beauty, and her red eyes, which were also like flames, were looking at El Cid and others with caution. Especially when she saw the holy clothes, something strange flashed in the eyes of the female knight. of light.
El Cid also stared at the female knight intently. In El Cid's eyes, the female knight in front of him gave people the feeling of a blazing flame.
Finally, El Cid withdrew his gaze and nodded: "Yes, but we are not paladins, just travelers."
"Traveler?"
A tall male knight behind the female knight came out on horseback and looked at El Cid with a half-smiling expression: "According to the descriptions of the escaped caravan guards and civilians, you are all very powerful. Warriors, I'm really curious about how powerful warriors like you can become travelers."
"Hey~ Do we need someone to ask about us when we go out to relax?" Kaludia didn't speak so politely, but looked at the other person with a look of 'what do you want'.
"Okay, Karls, your tone is too serious."
After the female knight with fiery red hair that looked like burning flames spoke, the male knight named Karls said with some awe: "Sorry, Lord Paladin, it's just that the situation in various countries is unstable these days, and the Holy See in the east has also sent... Many spies have infiltrated, and it is indeed necessary to carefully investigate suspicious persons. "
"Their actions have proven their innocence. In the face of the undead, they are willing to stay and fight against the undead. This brave behavior should be praised rather than suspected!"
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency┉┉" In the end, Karls had to step aside.
Paladin!
El Cid couldn't help but look at this young and beautiful girl. This was the legendary holy warrior who served the gods. The previous guards had mistaken him as a holy warrior with her.
By the way, this paladin girl asked her and her group if they were paladins before. This question was obviously asked knowingly. If her group had answered 'yes' at that time, then maybe the female knight would not help her now. The group of people spoke but helped to arrest these suspicious people who were pretending to be paladins, regardless of whether they had helped the caravan out of trouble before.
"My name is Feline, and I am a paladin who serves Pasimon, the god of fire. Here, on behalf of the Knights, I would like to thank you for your bravery."
Compared with the knight named Kars, the attitude of the paladin named Feline is obviously much better: "The undead don't seem to be chasing me. If your destination is also the city of Qom, then please come with us and wait until you arrive in the city. You will be rewarded for your heroic actions.”
El Cid gave Kaludia a look. Although he did not want to have anything to do with the countries and religious forces on the mainland, he had no choice but to accompany the knights.
Neither Kars nor Felin had any intention of continuing to chase the undead. After all, it was already getting late, and it was sometimes wise to chase the undead in the middle of the night. From what they heard along the way from the caravan guards, Al Cid and others, Paladin Feline probably knew the number of these undead, and was not worried about the ghouls and skeleton soldier Feline. The only thing that needed a little more attention was the death knight in charge. News sent back from the front line has proven that these undead were members of the Knights of the Kingdom of Ballaika during their lifetime. After unfortunately dying in the battle against the undead, these knights were resurrected and given new powers by the mastermind behind the undead. It is a very powerful enemy.
The undead soldiers have gone too far inland and have completely cut off contact with the army. Now they cannot attack towns on a large scale. They can only find opportunities to attack small caravans like today, but they cannot If we continue to let it go, we must immediately contact neighboring territories early tomorrow morning to conduct a large-scale search, and we must eliminate these undead before they spread.
While Felin was talking with El Cid and others, the Saints and others finally arrived at their destination, the city of Qom, a border city of the Kingdom of Cordoba. (~^~)