Kyanite territory, just like its name, is rich in kyanite minerals and has always been an important financial source of Saxony kingdom. Today, the originally prosperous trading and mining areas are silent, and the people of the whole territory are concentrated in the central city of the territory, making tense preparations relying on the city walls.
The dead! Thousands of dead!
These dead people who should have slept underground actually appeared on the road with unknown fog in broad daylight. In the eyes of ordinary people, it was like a scene in a nightmare turned into reality.
In the mine in the northwest of the territory, after working for a day, the miners left the mine and went to the nearby well to wash their dusty bodies. Ledo, the foreman, is calculating the excavation quantity of each person in the cabin and preparing to pay a day's salary. Recently, the domestic situation has been slightly stable, and many more people have returned to the territory from the front line. In addition, the price of Kyanite in the market is rising, and everyone's life is a little better.
Suddenly, while Ledo was still calculating his salary, there was a noise outside the house, which quickly turned into a shrill cry.
"Really ~ is someone fighting again?" Ledo muttered and put down his money.
The military style of the leading people in Saxony kingdom is popular, and fights among these energetic workers are also common. However, due to the serious trouble in the past few times, it has been strictly prohibited by the Lord, and the brawlers will be severely punished. After the promulgation of the ban, it has improved a lot. Why did it come again today?
He stood up and Ledo was about to go out to see the situation. At this time, the mine guard outside the door almost rolled into the door: "outside, outside, outside, there is, there is."
"To be clear, what happened outside?"
Ledo scolded, but suddenly found that something was wrong. The screams outside had become chaotic, just like a battlefield, and the guard in front of him looked very wrong. The distorted and ferocious look was like seeing some incredible horror.
"Undead!! many undead are coming this way!!" Finally, the guard shouted out.
Laiduoleng hurriedly ran out. As soon as he got outside, the noisy scene had explained the problem to him. He hurriedly climbed up the watchtower, and the black fog spreading around on the ground not far away. Under the rendering of these fog, the sunset is almost like the coming of the end. It even makes people feel in a trance that once the sun sets, the whole world will usher in a dark night without dawn forever.
Picked up the telescope on the observation platform and looked at it. Ledo almost didn't pee. Many silent figures in the black fog were moving forward slowly. Their faces seemed to be solidified. Many dead people's faces looked bloodless and pale, or like withered bark, It makes people feel as if they are just wrapped with a thin layer of skin on the skeleton. What's more frightening is that many undead decay and expose their skull faces, just like in legends. The body and arms leaked out of the ribs. There were no eyes in the dark eye cave, only the faint blue fire of the soul was burning.
The fog continued to spread with the progress of the dead. The trees where the dead went withered rapidly, the earth became corrupt and smelled. These dead who refused to live near frightened the living nearby!
"Oh, my God!"
Ledo slipped down the watchtower and almost rolled back to the cabin where he worked. There was a horse for commuting in the stables behind the cabin. However, Ledo scolded when he ran to the stables. He didn't know that his horse had been ridden away by the panicked guard or miner.
The constant approach of the dead made the whole mine crazy. Visually, it seems that nearly a thousand undead have made less than 100 guards in the mine have no idea of resistance. Everyone is panicking and desperate to escape. Some people ran madly in the direction of the central town. Some people fled to the forest, others turned and drilled into the mine. In the middle of the period, the dead couldn't find themselves from the mining tunnel extending in all directions. The foreman Ledo also ran to the central town regardless of everything. As for the wages left in the wooden house, Ledo didn't care so much.
Looking at the scattered miners, the dead just walked forward quietly, and the chaotic scene in front of them seemed to be non-existent air.
In fact, the undead are not hostile to this territory. They are also not interested in the kyanite just excavated from the mine, but the mine is on their scheduled route. The dead hope to pass through here in a harmless manner, but the "dead" who climb up from the cemetery in front of the living can never catch up with harmlessness.
Kyanite territory received the news for the first time. Recently, the undead army appeared in the west of the mainland, which is known all over the world. For this reason, the East has also strengthened its vigilance. In particular, eyewitness reports have found that dead people have landed from the coast. Countries in the east of the mainland have strengthened their defense on the border. Even the Holy See has sent priests and light knights to areas that may be attacked by dead people. The Saxony Kingdom also got the news, but in the Saxony Kingdom's view, the dead are still far away in the southeast coastal area, which is 1087 miles away from the far north. Even if the dead plan to invade those coastal countries in an all-round way, they have to bear it first.
But now these undead came to kyanite territory without saying a word. How did they come? Why didn't the last territory issue any warning at all, and there was no news from the king. These undead just appeared out of thin air!
Felun, the Lord of Kyanite territory, was in no mood or time to blame the Intelligence Department of Wangdu for its mistakes. After sending scouts to confirm that the dead were correct, felun immediately ordered the whole territory to enter a state of martial law. The leaders of other towns and villages in the territory were quickly evacuated to adjacent territories, and the leaders who had no time to evacuate were concentrated in the central city, The garrison and militia were all mobilized, and the warehouse for storing weapons and armor was quickly opened. Not only the militia, but also ordinary neighbors were given weapons and armor. It is clear that felun is a central city that intends to defend its territory with all its strength.
After observing the approximate number of undead through magic, some mages who knew some of the undead magic soon brought absolute bad news to Lord felun. The number of these undead was small, and it seemed that there were more than 1000 undead at most. There are more than 70000 defenders in the whole territory and the militia forces that can be mobilized. On the surface, it is our own side that has the advantage in quantity. But these undead who enter kyanite territory are not ordinary undead!
There were more than 70 Dark Knights, and each dark knight led at least 30 Dark Knights. A dark warrior's combat effectiveness is enough to deal with seven or eight ordinary soldiers. Coupled with the "Immortality" of the dead, it is no problem for more than ten soldiers. Not only did the Dark Knight mages even find a death Lord leading the team!
The appearance of the death Lord almost stunned the mage in charge of investigating the enemy. You know, the death Lord is a very powerful high-level undead. If the Lich represents the highest level of the undead in casting spells, and is the researcher and administrator of the undead, then the death Lord is the highest level of the undead in physical attack, and is the commander and general of the undead!
The death Lord is usually a powerful warrior. Relying on the endless strength of the dead and the characteristics of never being tired, the death Lord usually wields a huge weapon weighing hundreds of kilograms, and the armor on his body is so thick that he can't shake the hammer. A death Lord is a war machine that will never be tired, except for its infinite power. The weapons in the hands of the death Lord are full of powerful curses. At the moment of killing a living person, you can absorb and imprison the soul of the living person in your own body. The more you imprison, the more powerful the death Lord is!
It can be said that only if the death Lord gives him enough time, he can even destroy the whole kyanite territory bit by bit with one person's strength, because no one in the territory can fight against one, even the military instructor in the territory, a commander who retired from belika fortress, can't compete with it.
And there are not only death lords among the dead, but also a half Lich and at least hundreds of dead mages! What is the concept of hundreds of necromancers! Any dead mage can summon many dead creatures, that is to say, if hundreds of dead mages start at the same time, they can summon nearly 100000 low-level dead in an instant!
100000 low-level undead plus nearly 1000 high-level undead, let alone kyanite territory. Even if the Saxony kingdom is built on the most solid belika fortress in the misty forest, it may not be able to resist it!
"Lord, the dead are coming!"
Felun, who was busy discussing the defensive war with the staff and military attache in the Lord's residence, immediately left his hands after hearing the report of the Chamberlain. The Lord and the military officers boarded the highest part of the Lord's residence for the first time. Not far away, the black fog has spread from the horizon. The dark blue fire is shining in the black fog. These soul fires indicate the existence of the dead.
The workers who were still building urban defense facilities in a hurry left their work in panic and quickly fled back to the city. The city gate was quickly pulled up and closed tightly. The alarm bell rang continuously, and the voice of the whole city was boiling. All the old and weak women and children have returned home, closed the door and prayed for the blessing of the gods. A large number of soldiers and militia rushed up the wall and opened their bows and arrows. Because of the insufficient number of bows and arrows, all bows and arrows in the city were requisitioned, even some very rough Hunter bows and arrows were requisitioned. No one objected, no one complained. Even some hunters took the initiative to join the people's corps and came to the city wall with the soldiers to fight to the death.
Because everyone knows that no one will be spared when the dead capture the city, and there are their own relatives and friends in the city. At the moment, everyone has no way out!
"Get ready to fight, everyone!" Looking at the approaching army of the dead, felun picked up his helmet and put it on and said to the military officers on the side.
When people picked up their swords and weapons that had followed them for many years, the dead unexpectedly made a move! (to be continued...)