Chapter 31: Natural Disaster of the Undead (Part 2)
Terrifying roars and shrill howls echoed repeatedly in the empty streets, making the night quiet. Lantier exploded instantly.
Citizens who were awakened from their sleep looked at the undead creatures that suddenly appeared on the street outside the window through the gaps in the curtains in horror.
The pale bones shone coldly in the moonlight, and the overwhelming pungent rotten stench was nauseating.
Of course, if just a few skeletons or zombies popped out of any corner, it wouldn't cause such a strong shock to the citizens - after all, in this fantasy world where magic and alien civilization exist, anyone with a little bit of knowledge would For ordinary people, undead creatures are not something incredible. In any larger human settlement, a few skeletons will crawl out of the cemetery from time to time.
And this fortress city. Since the citizens of Lantier need to take turns serving as militiamen and responsible for night patrols in the cemetery, almost every family has someone who has dealt with undead creatures, at least watching others defeat zombies and skeletons, so naturally they will not be like some undead creatures. Like a familiar boudoir lady, When you see zombies or skeletons, you just cry and scream - but the problem is that the number of these undead creatures is too much: not ten or twenty, nor one hundred or two hundred, but a huge black mass. There is no end in sight, let alone thousands! The familiar street outside the window is now filled with swaying pale skeletons, as well as all kinds of rotten, maggot-infested, and incomplete moving humanoid pieces of flesh!
Moreover, in addition to the "regular" zombies and skeletons, the streets are also filled with more ferocious ghouls and corpse demons, huge skeleton centipedes, huge four-legged monsters with skin and flesh all over their bodies covered with pustules and ulcerated scars, and Strange egg-shaped monsters with pink intestines wrapped around their bodies, or strange things that look like rotten octopuses or jellyfish, slowly squirming with mucus behind them. The only thing they have in common is the almost suffocating pungent rotten odor - in short, these monsters are so ugly that they make people vomit, and they slowly move towards the city while letting out hissing and unpleasant growls. . Almost every step he takes, some scattered carrion and organs will fall from the body...
In an instant, despair, fear, uneasiness, hope, and all kinds of complex and intense emotions were tumbling in the hearts of the citizens.
Even the most ignorant people have heard of the terrifying legends about undead creatures.
"... Staring with cold and ruthless eyes ahead, the race that is immortal in the body of the dead will always hate the living who can breathe, longing for the bright red blood and screams of the living to satisfy their empty hearts... No Wherever the army of the dead passes, there will be no grass left behind...'
What's even more frightening is that according to legend, most of the cities that were captured by the undead army could not escape the fate of being massacred. Because to the dead, living life is of no use at all, while corpses and bones are the greatest wealth in the eyes of the undead.
The citizens who saw the undead outside their windows seemed to have foreseen the coming of death!
In fact, there were indeed many zombies and skeletons who broke open the unsecured doors on both sides of the street, broke into houses, and started killing people.
However, as helpless weaklings, in the face of such a sudden catastrophe, they could only silently pray for rescue from adventurers and the army.
Unfortunately, the person they are counting on is not very reliable at the moment...
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——While sleeping soundly, being awakened by an army of undead coming from nowhere is a feeling that is almost insane.
Be a fortress city. Panasore, the mayor of Lantier, was woken up from his sleep by a panicked servant. He put on a coat at random, and when he climbed to the tallest tower in the inner city, he vaguely discovered that his The city seems to be being overrun by the undead!
In an instant, this fat man with a big belly and a middle-aged bald head was so frightened that he almost went out of his body, and his bloated body began to tremble violently.
"...How could this happen? I remember that I was fine when I fell asleep?"
"...It's meaningless to talk about this now! Mayor! The question is what to do next?"
yeah. Rakhir, the president of the Rantel Magician Association, a skinny man as slender as a bamboo pole, sighed and said this. The officials, rich men and nobles who followed him up the inner city wall also nodded in agreement.
——Looking down from the towers in the inner city, as the second city wall protecting the civilian area was breached, one street after another turned into a slaughterhouse. Everywhere was like a hell stained red with blood, with thick blood and brains flowing, and the remains of human and animal limbs scattered everywhere.
With the help of the bright moonlight and [Eagle Eye] magic, even if you stand on the tower in the inner city, yeah. The upper class people in Lantier can also clearly see through the night, the endless undead monsters, like the roaring tide, filling every street and alley, unafraid of the magic and alleys of human resisters. Arrows and blades. Unless the arrows or magic are powerful enough, or the power of spears and machetes can completely break them, even breaking a few bones will only cause no pain to the undead creatures who are not living creatures. That’s all.
These dead monsters, even if they have been shot by arrows like hedgehogs, still pounce on any place where there is a living person, dragging out the citizens hiding in the house and biting them. Even some citizens hid on rooftops in an attempt to escape these seemingly clumsy undead creatures. But immediately, intestines stained with corpse poison shot out from the darkness, dealing a fatal blow to these citizens who thought they were smart!
What's even more troublesome is that many undead creatures can turn the living people they kill into their undead counterparts in a very short period of time.
As a result, those citizens, militiamen and adventurers who were defeated by the undead creatures soon turned into new zombies soon after dying extremely painfully, stood up from the ground again, and carried out bloody killings against their compatriots and relatives. Moreover, even the carrion splashed by some undead creatures during the fighting can poison and infect the unlucky guy who is unlucky enough to get it, quickly creating more zombies...
Therefore, once undead creatures are allowed to break into a densely populated area with weak defenses, they will "reproduce" in an instant like a blazing fire, until the entire city becomes a ruin of death... But the above-mentioned nightmare-like scenes , has already begun to be performed in the city!
"...Yes, yes! Now is not the time to hold people accountable, the key is what to do next..."
After listening to the reminder from the president of the Magicians Association, Mayor Panasore finally reacted, "... Do you want to quickly gather your troops and go out to fight against the undead? But..." He looked back at the inner city wall, which looked quite dark. The sparse figures made him feel troubled.
——According to the kingdom’s system, there is no local standing army. The only armed force that Mayor Panasore can command at any time is a rather limited number of mercenaries, and even these mercenaries do not all live in the inner city, but are scattered in several camps. It was now midnight again, and in the haste of the incident, the maximum number of people he could gather around him was a hundred people.
The number of undead creatures pouring into the residential areas of the city seemed to have swelled into the tens of thousands. With such a small number of troops, even with the battle mages of the Magicians Association, it would probably be difficult to handle them once a fight started. Also, yeah. Lantier's Adventurer's Guild is also located in the civilian area outside the inner city. It has either fallen or is in the middle of a fierce battle, and there is no hope for the time being.
"...It's too late!" Mage Lakhir shook his head, "...I just used [Message] magic to contact the magicians stationed on the two outer city walls. According to them, the cemetery has completely fallen. Many city gates were broken through by the undead. They were trapped on the city wall with nowhere to go. Many people began to flee to the suburbs... In other words, the entire city was out of control! "
——In other words, the fall of most of the city is a foregone conclusion. Now we are not thinking about how to quell the disaster, but planning how to protect ourselves.
"...In fact, with the strength we have at hand, it is already very difficult to defend the inner city."
A noble knight dressed as a warrior said, "...Also, although there are no undead creatures that can fly yet, as the situation continues to worsen, evil undead creatures that can fly will appear sooner or later. Therefore, magicians and bows and arrows You must keep your hands on the inner city wall and be ready to attack at any time. Otherwise, once the undead creatures break through the third city wall and enter the inner city, Lantel will be really doomed!"
"...That's it...it seems we have to wait for help." Mayor Panasore sighed, "...Has the letter for help been sent out?"
"...The association has used [Message] magic to ask for help from other nearby cities, and the messengers on horseback have also risked their lives to break out." Mage Rakhir replied, "...Your Excellency, the warrior captain of the kingdom, just left E-Rantel. Soon, if I get the news, I might be able to bring someone back to help..."
"...In this case, should we open the gate of the inner city and send out a team of soldiers to take in the surviving civilians in the outer city..."
Mayor Panasole was just halfway through his words when he saw the expressions of resistance and opposition in everyone's eyes. It was obvious that he was unwilling to put noble people like himself in danger for the lives of ordinary people, so he had to change his words, " ...Forget it, the defense power of the inner city cannot be weakened right now. Let’s use magic to notify the people on the two outer city walls, open all the gates of the outer two city walls, and let the surviving citizens escape to the wilds as soon as possible!”< br>
"...I obey! Your Excellency!" The powerful and wealthy people on the walls of the inner city breathed a sigh of relief.
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With the full-scale invasion of the undead army, the fortress city... The residential area within the second ring of Lantier's city walls suddenly turned into a chaotic battlefield.
When faced with the catastrophe of death, some people choose to hide in the cellar, some choose to flee in panic, and some choose to go crazy when death is approaching. As for the vast majority of adventurers in the city, they have chosen to resist - with power, they are more accustomed to controlling their destiny in their own hands, and want to use the swords and wands in their hands to open a path to hope and survival. the way. Moreover, adventurers who have been fighting monsters all year round know very well that the rumored undead creatures never need living people. In this case, it is better to fight for a way out with all their strength.
In a square outside the Adventurer's Guild, various fresh or putrid mutilated corpses piled up. Under the illumination of magic lights, piles of broken limbs and bones can be seen everywhere. The roars of the undead creatures and the roars of humans still echoed in this purgatory-like battlefield.
However, for the adventurers fighting in this flesh-and-blood mill, the most dangerous and terrifying opponents are still the same humans.
"...What a speed! Is this woman a lackey of the Necromancer? [Magic Arrow]! Oops, missed!"
"...ah——"
"... Damn it, how did she pierce Frant's full body armor with a dagger? It was the thickest breastplate!"
"...Shoot an arrow quickly! Shoot an arrow at that woman! She is already here...ah——"
"...Captain! Help - uh...plop!"
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Amidst the chaos and noise, one after another the heavily armed adventurers fell into a pool of blood, but failed to cause any damage to their opponents.
"...Damn it, what's going on with this woman?"
Looking at the blond woman in front of me strolling among the walking dead, harvesting the lives of her teammates with every move, holding a long sword and covered in blood, the leader of the "Kralgra" adventure team, Mithril-level elite adventurer Yi Gefarji couldn't help but let out a desperate cry.
With the help of the magic lights shining in front of the Adventurer's Guild, Igfalji could see that this was a young and pretty blonde with a slim and curvy figure. However, her black cloak was stained with dark red blood, and was filled with a strong smell of blood, as if she had just finished a massacre - in just a short moment, she had three subordinates and Friends were killed one after another by her hands!
If possible, Igofalji really didn't want to meet the other party in such a crisis... No, seeing the other party covered in blood with a sick smile on his face, Igofalji remained silent. I added in my heart.
"...Even in normal times, I don't want to encounter this kind of monster! Where did this female murderer come from?"
However, the cruel and cold reality is always independent of human subjective wishes...
——Half an hour ago, when I woke up from the rented hotel in shock and found that undead creatures were already infested on the streets of the city, Igfalji gave his teammates a breakout order and prepared to lead everyone towards the enemy. The Adventurer's Guild gathers.
Although low-level zombies and skeletons are indeed a huge threat to ordinary citizens, for the "Kralgra" team who have experienced hundreds of battles and have the strength of mithril-level adventurers, even walking through the sea of skeletons is not considered a threat. Something too dangerous. Igfalji believed that at this critical moment, many adventurers would definitely have the same idea as him and break out from all over to gather at the Adventurer's Guild. After all, there is strength in numbers. As long as enough adventurers gather together, it will be much easier to defend themselves or break out of the city.
The action went very smoothly at the beginning. The low-level zombies and skeletons really couldn't stop the elite adventurers. The sharp sword can easily cut off the bones and rotten flesh of the opponent, and the magic released by the magic chanters can blow up groups of skeleton soldiers.
Of course, those big undead monsters look more difficult to deal with, and they can swing their intestines around like whips, but after all, they are slow in movement and unresponsive. Even if you can't hit them head-on, it's not difficult to avoid them as long as the adventurer is more agile.
However, just when the mithril-level adventurer Captain Igfalgi, with his teammates and several other lone adventurers they met along the way, fought their way to the door of the Adventurer's Guild in a bloody battle, they followed him. This blonde female murderer collided with each other!
Immediately afterwards, there was a one-sided massacre - three teammates fell to the ground and died in the blink of an eye, but he didn't even see clearly how his opponent moved.
"...This guy can't be...a steel-level master! Why haven't I heard of such a guy?"
Igfalji murmured secretly in his heart, while holding up the sword and trembling slightly. The remaining adventurers obviously did not have such a good psychological quality. When they saw three companions killed in an instant, some of them screamed in surprise, turned around and ran away in the opposite direction.
"...Hey, little mice, I, Clementine, did not allow you to leave!"
The blonde woman smiled like a devil when she saw this, and then disappeared from the place at an alarming speed. The next moment, the adventurers who were trying to escape stopped almost at the same time. Each of them had a bloody crack on their neck, and their bodies collapsed softly to the ground with a "plop".
At the same time, a man in black robe slowly walked out from the door of the Adventurer's Guild, holding the dead head of the Adventurer's Guild president in his hand, "...Clementine! Don't play around. Come on! Let’s finish the work quickly! We have to attack the third city wall next!”
"...I know - little Kaji is really impatient! Okay, have you guys planned how to die? Oh, hehe!"
The blond woman Clementine, who looked like a god of death, smiled so coquettishly, her facial expression was extremely distorted for a moment, and her mouth was almost split from her ears in laughter. At the same time, he walked step by step towards Igfalji, who was still resisting. Every step he took would hear the sound of metal clashing.
The sharp-eyed Igfalji immediately discovered that the sound should come from the colorful fish scale armor under her cloak. wrong! That is definitely not the metal plate that makes up the fish scale armor! That is the metal card of countless adventurers! Platinum, gold, silver, iron, copper, and even colors of mithril and orichalcum! Obviously, this is proof that the woman in front of me killed a large number of adventurers and hunted human trophies like crazy!
What level of murderous maniac is this! Igfalji groaned in despair, but then became calmer.
I saw him turn around and wink, and the magician of the adventure group immediately raised his wand and blessed his captain with various buffing magics: [Low-level Attribute Strengthening], [Shield Wall], [Magic Weapon], [Low Level Attribute Enhancement], Enhanced arm strength]......
——The "Kralgla" adventure group, all members of which are mithril-level adventurers, is a group of experienced combat elites. The long-term joint battle has given them a considerable degree of tacit understanding. In the face of a sudden life-and-death battle, they can cooperate perfectly even without notifying each other.
Magical radiance of various colors flashed on Igfalji's body one after another. Igfalji, holding a long sword, stared sharply at the female killer standing quietly in front of him, feeling a little strange in his heart.
Generally speaking, if you see enemies releasing buff magic to each other, the most correct tactical idea is to immediately interrupt them. However, the blonde female killer in front of her did not make any moves, as if she was deliberately giving herself time to increase her strength.
Is it because she is too confident in her own skills?
But Igfalji had no time to think any more, and there was only one thought left in his mind:
No matter what, you must kill the female butcher in front of you!
With this firm belief, Igfalgi let out a roaring roar, signaling the attack order to his companions.
The next moment, red light flashed on his long sword, and the attack magic that had been prepared was suddenly released. The long bow shot out sharp arrows, and various hidden weapons such as flying knives were also fired. Throw!
At the critical moment of life and death, all adventurers used their strongest attack power!
So, in just a moment, the battle was over.
All the adventurers fell to the ground with blood and flesh on their chests, abdomens or necks like fountains.
But the blond woman was still unscathed, and even leisurely stuck out her tongue and licked the blood on her dagger, "...Oh, it's really not fun to bully such a weak bastard! When will we find a few good ones? The opponent fought last time?”
"...How is it possible? The whole group was wiped out like this? God! Is there anyone else in the city who can defeat her?" Igfalji collapsed on the ground with a large gash in his chest, still unable to think. Accepting the reality in front of him, he vomited blood and muttered to himself.
"...Haha. There is no warrior in this country who can defeat me - no, there are almost no warriors who can defeat me -"
The blond woman Clementine put the dagger back into the leather sheath on her belt in a smart manner, and at the same time replied, "...according to the information obtained by those guys from the Wind Flower Holy Book, there are only five people in this country who can have a good fight with me. Gazef Stronov, Greg of the Blue Rose, Zhu The red-dewed Lucien Berg, Blythe Anglaus, and the retired Wisich Croft Luo Fang... but they couldn't win even if they tried their best. Me. Even after I threw away the magic item given by the country.”
"...Fenghua Sacred Scripture?...Are you...from the Silian Theocracy?!" The dying Igfalji groaned intermittently.
"...You can also say that! Okay, I have answered your questions well, now please die obediently!"
Following Clementine's cold verdict, the boots stained dark red with blood stepped down hard. In an instant, the skull was shattered and the brains were splattered, ending Igfalgi's dying pain and ending the adventurers in the city. The Guild's last organized resistance. At the same time, the undead creatures in all directions let out waves of triumphant roars...