The cold wind with a rancid smell is blowing in the face, the dark clouds gather in the sky, and the light rain is not romantic at all. The muddy ground and the wet and cold climate will increase physical exhaustion, which is obviously only beneficial to the undead who are not tired.
"The target is about to touch the second line of defense."
"Have everyone withdrawn? How many people are still on the first line of defense?"
"There are still two teams too late to retreat, we have done our best."
"May the Holy Light protect them, what is the situation of the second line of defense?"
"It's not very good. The temporary construction of the protective barrier will probably only delay time."
Many battle reports are constantly coming and going like pieces of paper, and every time a war suddenly breaks out, it is generally the same. There is very little good news and dozens of bad news.
Among the many unfortunate news, it is probably that Link did a good deed before his death. The Giant Rock Heavy Infantry Regiment he brought has more than 3,000 people. According to the conventional preparation, it is the elite heavy armor of three battalions. Infantry, they were divided into three groups to block the gorge, and even set up reconnaissance posts and carried out patrol tasks.
When the undead came, the outposts and patrol routes they arranged inside the gorge became the first line of defense, but no one expected them to be able to defend.
When Shaliman took command, he did not ignore these golden warriors who were originally in a hostile position, but sent reinforcements, hoping that they could withdraw as much as possible.
"After all, every power now belongs to the living. As long as we can save it, we will do everything to save it!"
Sandy, the deputy commander of the Giant Rock Heavy Corps, is a giant sweat with barbarian blood, but at this time, he reluctantly obeyed the command of his "enemy".
From the moment the Undead Emperor came, the civil war in the Duchy of Sasha also became meaningless. In the face of the undead natural disaster, there was no difference between being loyal to the royal family and being loyal to the Marquis of Tariq. Anyway, they were all for the living. war.
Shandi is not a fool. He knows that if he escapes like this, the assassination of His Royal Highness Link will only make him a follower to be angered by the royal family. Now it is the only way to survive by making contributions on the battlefield as much as possible.
Of course, the premise is that the war is won by the survivors, otherwise there will be no more principalities, and naturally there will be no reckoning.
In my opinion, "Blood Spear" Shaliman may have a bad reputation due to the record of massacres in the city, but from the current situation, she does have two brushes. At least, she is ruthless enough to be willing to pay her blood.
From the ruins in the mountains and canyons, if the undead want to come out, they must go through a long mountain road, so she sent a death squad to blow up part of the mountain road at intervals, and set up multiple lines of defense to hinder the opponent's advance.
The marching speed of a legion is determined by the slowest unit. The speed of the regular undead legion with skeletons is not fast, and the speed is even slower when coupled with mountain roads and slippery rainy days.
A landslide on a hillside and a mudslide caused by a man-made explosion were a powerful tool for delaying the march, and the undead army's inherent disadvantage made them go slower and slower.
In the face of the Bone Dragon Knight and the Death Knight generals sent to patrol by the undead, even if they were lucky enough to successfully complete the mountain road blasting mission, these warriors who performed the delayed mission would basically not be able to return.
In the temporary headquarters of Zixingmucheng, in order to reach an agreement as much as possible, and in order not to waste fighters in internal wrangling at this critical moment, Shaliman sent these sacrificial missions to his direct descendants.
"Striving to save the current ally who was once a mortal enemy" and "prioritizing the sacrifice of the direct descendants who are loyal to oneself" are high-level, but extremely stupid in military strategy, but in a temporary alliance that does not trust each other, it is very stupid. Valuable style, at least, a fair and convincing leader image has come out.
Perhaps this will not have much effect on uniting the living people who are already full of contradictions, but it is still much better than "the leader of the coalition who has fallen to the bottom of the stone" and "the bastard who let someone else's people die", at least it has reduced civil strife. possibility.
"Saliman, did she have a famous ranking before?"
"No, how could there be a general of a local lord of a small country. Why, do you think she is good?"
"... Maybe there will be in the future."
That's right, I'm very optimistic about this little blood spear, it seems that others underestimate her.
In fact, I don't have the confidence to do better than her, at least I can't send my own guards and give them ambiguous tasks, but in fact only make them cannon fodder for time delay.
If I really need to choose a part of my friends and my enemies and make "necessary" sacrifices, I will not hesitate to let my friends survive, even if they are the minority, I am not tall Saint, I never deny that I have a selfish side.
Too far, many sacrifices are just to delay time, and time on the battlefield is always invaluable. To be able to make such a decision immediately, at least the ability of Shaliman as a general is already above the general level.
"Hurry up, hurry up! Are there no earth mages? Scrolls and wands are fine, strengthen the city wall for me! Adventurers, don't be stingy, no matter how much money you earn, you have to earn your life, and use the wall-sculpting technique. Scroll accounting, the official of the Principality of Sasha has agreed to reimburse!"
The sturdiness and height of the city wall is the life of the defenders, and although the earth mages are the most common among the four elemental mages, they have exhausted all the magic power in the construction of the wall, and they are forced to reluctantly. The scrolls and wands of the scattered adventurers were not spared.
Scrolls and wands were used one by one, the soil around Starwood City was hollowed out, the reshaped city walls were repeatedly stacked higher and higher, and the Fire Mage baked the city walls in the rain to reinforce them a second time.
"Boom!"
"Throw the fool who heated the city wall with fireballs! When is the time, and he will cause trouble for us!"
It was a rookie mage who used fireballs to dry the silt, but a big hole was blown out. He himself became a clay figurine. Although he can understand the rookie's ability to distort orders, but the slow-roasting was changed to flame-roasting, I probably It's a good idea to poke a thumbs up, but others aren't so good-natured.
"The 12th section of Nancheng District has been reinforced, the next one is that!"
The young magic swordsman took out the gray magic sword. The magic sword that had just been inserted into the ground had lost its luster. He directly replaced a spare Olivia's magic box and went to the next lot.
In the city wall repair team, the most eye-catching are probably the magic swordsmen like the Four Spirit Swordsmen. Their ability to control the elements is not very high, but they can still control the soil to form a soil wall, plus those heavy equipment The weapons and equipment of the infantry also have energy pools of magic machinery, and they also have almost endless magic power to strengthen the city walls.
Of course, considering the upcoming war, the Giant Rock Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment did not spend too much logistical resources. They were hurrying to prepare their armor, replenish food, adjust their weapons, and prepare for the battlefield.
The cold rain with chills hit the faces of these strong men, but did not make their movements deviate. Such indifferent soldiers are the most trustworthy. On the battlefield in the near future, they will inevitably become the main force, as professional soldiers. And the guardians of this country, they have no possibility of retreating, and their companions who have sacrificed but still fight to the death, made me re-evaluate the actual combat power of this "infamous" legion.
The news of the undead army has spread, just to avoid shaking the hearts of the army, the news of the undead emperor in the undead natural disaster has not spread. After all, not everyone has the courage to face the desperate situation.
In the face of disaster, many adventurers responded to the official call, took out the magic scrolls and staffs they had saved, and accepted the official reorganization, but unfortunately, the soil magic scrolls such as strengthening the city walls are taking risks It is not often used in Chinese, and the responsibility of strengthening the city wall still falls on the Four Spirit Sword Envoys.
Not to mention, as an all-rounder, the Four Spirit Swordsmen have also exerted their abilities in increasingly complex and changeable circumstances, and have become more and more popular.
"Cut, are you only reimbursed for the wall-sculpting scroll? A three-ring scroll is cheap, and it's really intentional. Beware of someone lying about a high-level scroll and taking the opportunity to make money."
"... It's all at this juncture. You are the only one who can do this kind of thing. Hey, hey, what are you doing with shame? Are you really planning to lie about consumption at this time? Do you still need shame? The villains are not as excessive as you are, right? , you villain of epic heroes!"
"Hmph, it's a pity, if my classmate Kaid, the Great Earth Magister, is here, and what are these low-level people doing, they can directly stage the miracle of casting a city overnight."
"It's a pity he's not here... Hey, hey, you're changing the subject. You just want to cheat money and make it difficult for the country. Can you be a little bit more conscious of being a positive character!"
Starwood City is the only passage blocking the gorge of this mountain road. If it is broken through, it will be an endless plain area, and there will be no natural danger to hinder the invasion of the undead army.
And once the undead legion spreads in the plains and starts massacres to replenish troops, the undead natural disaster will snowball more and more, and the threat will increase exponentially. Shaliman's judgment is not wrong at all. There is no point in escaping anywhere. Reinforcing this small city to block the undead army and waiting for reinforcements from other city-states is definitely the only choice among the many decisions at the moment.
[… Did you introduce the background of the interlude? Take my mission? You don't want to answer the question of cheating money so much? Even if they cheat for money, they should get some high-end ones. At least one-time stock market disaster or something will make them remember for ten years. Don't be like someone who has worked for more than ten years and finally got promoted to section chief, and happily takes his family's taxi tickets to the company to reimburse the company as a show of privileges and benefits... I can't go on, it's too pitiful, too embarrassing!]
"Of course, it's one thing for Shaliman to choose the right one, but it's another thing to do it or not. Judging from my years of experience of being trapped, let alone the undead emperor, any famous undead emperor will be accepted here. Don't stop, um, if nothing else happens."
"Do you think you didn't hear it? Forget it, say whatever you want..."
I ignored the sarcasm of the system, and pretended not to see the smirk of the dead cat, but I myself, standing on the city wall, couldn't stand the wind and cold, and tightened my cloak. This battle is really a bit difficult.
Well, we are doing business right now, so let's just pretend we didn't see those messy little things.
There is no need to say how troublesome the Undead Emperor is. Although it is only a demigod in name, but using this as a standard, I and Ayer, who took off the title of Death God in their heyday, can probably be called the Undead Emperor, but in their heyday, we, It's not too difficult to kill the weaker true gods. All the epics are demigods, and the power classification of the main plane is simply confused.
"This reinforced city wall is more of a psychological effect..."
Yes, don't look at their hot work, but I'm not optimistic about them at all. The bone dragon knight forward hovering under the dark clouds has declared that we have lost air dominance, and the massive sea of undead can easily fill the trenches just dug. The city wall reinforced with mud could not stop a full-scale charge of the skeleton giants and the death cavalry, not to mention the undead emperor on the opposite side... The undead emperor is a strategic nuclear weapon, who knows what she will do.
I agree with Shaliman's judgment, because strategically defending Starwood City is the only way, but I am not optimistic about their efforts, because the huge gap in combat power is not so easy to fill.
"It seems that I still have to take action. I think if Zero sees me, he will probably be very excited. Maybe the war will escalate directly."
"Even if I don't see you, isn't it a total war? Look at it, it's like a picnic?"
The dead cat dozing on his shoulders opened his eyes, but the scene in his pupils was a deserted gray mountain, and in it, countless undead were slowly advancing, ghouls, gargoyles, zombie warriors, skeleton shooters, Banshees, abominations, all the famous undead have them, and the legendary undead Winter Ghost encountered that night is also among them.
But no matter how many undead there are, the black army is silent and firm, and there is only the sound of skeletons in the entire space. For the undead army, it can only mean that there are many middle and low-level commanders who can control every noisy skeleton. This level of The undead natural disaster is far more difficult to deal with than expected.
The next moment, a white bone arrow was shot in the face, and the clone of the dead cat was directly turned into nothing. Our information sharing ended here, and we didn't even find out where the arrow came from.
"Damn, don't you know that battlefield reporters have safe passage? Although many of them are part-time spies, many of them die every year for no reason..."
But my nonsense didn't ease the atmosphere. Facing such an undead king, the dead cat's face is not good-looking. Of course, it is also possible that her clone's face will turn pale.
"There are not as many low-level undead as middle-level undead. This undead has not yet expanded to the limit. As long as they are given enough bones, their number can instantly expand tenfold... Hundred times! Thousand times!"
Obviously, it is not cost-effective to exchange precious soul sacrifices for entry permits for low-level undead. Those who can be brought into this plane are considered elite soldiers. As for cannon fodder? The Undead Legion never had to worry about lack of soldiers, and two games were enough.
Seeing such an army, I no longer worry about whether Shaliman can defend this small town, but whether they can survive the first round of the sea of undead charge.
And this situation made me make up my mind to take the initiative to intervene.
"Since you have stepped into the realm of war, let the 'war' move, let the undead become the enemy of the undead, wake up, the head of my four knights of the apocalypse."
While I was trying to maintain my image, the dead cat who had already changed jobs and complained about it came again.
"...The Four Horsemen? You have three other creations of the same level? When did you do it? Why don't I know."
"Hehe, of course you don't know, this is my top secret... Don't bite it! Can't you pretend to be compulsive these days? Your subordinates must have four heavenly kings to be handsome. Look, a 'war' doesn't sound at all, Apocalypse Four How handsome the knight is! How compelling! Not sure, that day I will really be a plague knight, a death knight, a famine knight, and get together the four kings! When the time comes, I encounter the enemy, and the four knights are riding horses. Standing on the top of the mountain, looking down at the enemy below, looking down coldly, and making the enemy fear without fighting, he has the demeanor of a villain BOSS, and he is so handsome."
"Don't say it, Crowzui, I already have an ominous omen. According to your usual style of painting, you will never make a handsome knight, you will only make an unscrupulous perverted gentleman!"
"People have to have dreams! Even that dream is doomed to fail!"
"...You know that you can't achieve it, so what are you struggling with! There is no miracle in Dajian. As a pure black-handed African, let's go hunting with a spear in peace."