The zombie tide soon approached Fortress Costa. Although they rushed to Fortress Costa from the south almost non-stop, this group of emotionless corpses were also tireless. They rushed towards the gate of Fortress Costa. Rushing forward, trying to pull the group of creatures in front of them that are still burning with the fire of life into the embrace of death.
"Rockets, fuel!" Alexander shouted from the city wall.
Countless flaming arrows flew out from behind the city wall, and they landed densely in the sea of corpses. Because the sea of corpses was extremely large and crowded, almost none of the burning arrows missed. The flames on the arrows ignited the corpse oil on the zombies, causing many zombies to burst into flames. Fire and sunlight are rare things that undead creatures are afraid of. Nowadays, many walking corpses are twisting uneasily because of the flames on their bodies. Many of their companions around them have also been ignited. The original little flames are gradually disappearing in the sea of corpses. spread among.
Although the effect of the first wave of fiery rocket arrows was very obvious, no soldier cheered and rejoiced. They all understand that compared with the huge number of corpses in the sea, these burned corpses are barely even a drop in the bucket. In fact, even all the warriors, including Alexander, never thought that they could eliminate all the enemies here. After all, the number of walking corpses is hundreds of times their own. Even if they all stand still and let themselves be killed, each warrior will chop down Hundreds of heads are an impossible task. All they want to do is to stop the sea of corpses from moving northward. As for how long, no one really wants to think about it, because this is a question that makes people desperate and completely powerless.
Boom! Boom!
Several gunpowder barrels placed in front of the Costa Fortress were ignited, and the explosion destroyed many walking corpses, but similarly, from the overall number point of view, the sea of corpses has hardly decreased at all.
Several aberrations made of piled corpses walked to the gate of Costa Fortress. They were the most terrifying monsters that could not be described in words. They are four to five meters tall, and their bodies are covered with horrific abscesses and rotten flesh. Their heads, arms, hands and feet grow almost irregularly on various parts of their bodies. Many of their heads have expressions of pain, and their mouths are constantly wailing. It is a magic sound that can affect the minds of living creatures. If there are no good protection measures, weak humans will be wailing in just a few seconds. Total loss of mind.
Warm holy light emanates from the general tower of Costa Fortress, which is the priesthood of the Church of Tomorrow. They believed in the oracle of their Lord Pelor and voluntarily came to Costa Fortress to help the warriors of the empire resist the tide of death. With the help of a carefully arranged divine magic circle, a high-level priest spread the glory of the sun god to every corner of the fortress with the help of several mid-level priests. All the warriors bathed in the holy light felt their bodies light up, and even the shadow of death that had always shrouded their hearts dissipated a lot.
"Praise the Holy Light!!"
Many soldiers shouted, and they sincerely thanked the Sun God for providing them with protection. In fact, many soldiers who have experienced several wars understand that in this war, without the help of Pastor Pero, it would be difficult to support the empire just by relying on the power of the military. Of course, the magic props and mage support provided by the Imperial Academy of Magic are also very important, but compared with the Order of Tomorrow, which naturally restrains undead creatures, their influence is still smaller after all.
In contrast to the warriors, the undead creatures became weak after being exposed to the holy light. A few weak zombies even slowly melted directly under the holy light, and those undead creatures that could resist the holy light also became fragile and slow. But those aberrations had enough power to fight against the Holy Light. They roared as if they were enraged, and then charged towards the city gate together.
Poof! Poof!
Many undead creatures standing in front of the aberrations were trampled to pieces by them, and then these aberrations crashed into the city gate without slowing down.
"Ouch! Ouch!"
Several aberrations that came into contact with the city gate screamed. The priests of the Order of Tomorrow had already used holy water to draw a magic circle on the city gate. Any undead creature that touched the city gate would be burned by the holy power. . Several aberrations tried to retreat, but more aberrations rushed over. The aberrations in front of them pushed forward, so the poor undead creatures were forced to squeeze against the city gate, and then they were in front of the magic circle. It was completely reduced to ashes under the burning.
The remaining aberrations were completely unmoved by the death of their companions. Together with the other zombies, they rushed to attack the city gate, trying to use their deformed and dark bodies to forcefully carve out a path to devour the living. After killing more than a dozen aberrations, the light of the magical array on the city gate finally dimmed. The still-living aberrations rushed against the city gate harder, but under the repeated reinforcements of the soldiers, the city gate remained impregnable.
Rolling stones wrapped in fuel continued to fall from the city wall. The walls of Fortress Costa were like a death line for these undead creatures. No matter how many they came, they would all fall under the walls of Fortress Costa. The battle has begun for more than an hour, and there are still no casualties among the soldiers of the Human Empire. But the more undead creatures die, the heavier the hearts of the human warriors will become. Because they saw that even though the corpses of undead creatures had piled up under the city wall, the sea of corpses that could still move was still endless.
Gradually, the corpses piled up under the city wall became higher and higher. The soldiers all grabbed their weapons, knowing that the real battle was about to begin.
In fact, fighting against these seas of corpses with almost no strategy or discipline, the well-prepared Human Empire legions will be unscathed at the beginning of the battle. With carefully prepared fortifications and various war equipment, human warriors can eliminate a large number of walking corpses unscathed in the early stage. But there are three most terrifying places in the sea of corpses.
The first one is the despairingly huge numerical advantage. You know, the number of walking corpses eliminated in the early stage of each battle is indeed very impressive to the imperial soldiers, but from the perspective of the sea of corpses, it is not harmful at all.
The second characteristic is that they are never tired. The battle against the sea of corpses can never be solved in a day and a half, because these corpses are never tired and never need to rest. So facing the sea of corpses, the battle will never end unless they are wiped out.
The third feature, which is also the most frightening feature, is the contagiousness of the walking dead. Every fallen warrior may stand up again and face his former comrades with swords.
It is precisely because of these three characteristics that mankind has never won even a single victory in the battle against the Sea of Corpses. But today...
"Today, you will absolutely not be able to take another step forward!" Alexander roared, leaping high into the air and heading towards the densest area of zombies outside the city wall.
boom! The second prince of the empire was blasted into the sea of zombies like a human cannonball. In countless battles, Alexander's fighting spirit level had reached the peak of level 19. Now the holy fighting spirit that has been tempered for many times suddenly burst out from his body, blowing away all the rotten and dirty zombies.
"Fighters of the Empire! I will always stand at the forefront of you!" Alexander roared loudly.
"For the Empire! For His Highness!" Many soldiers also jumped out of the city wall. At this time, most of the places outside the city wall had been piled up with dead zombies. Now, rather than jumping out of the city wall, it is more appropriate to say walking out. . They roared and drew their weapons, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the clumsy zombies.