Chapter 48, The Millionaire Pretender (Part 2)
Another world, inside. Kingdom of Yestije
In the desolate wilderness, bones were scattered and no grass grew.
In the sky shrouded in smoke and dust, the position of the sun could not be seen at all.
Infected by the negative energy miasma of the undead army, the originally vibrant grasslands and woods have now completely withered and dried up, turning into an extremely barren land. The streams became turbid and the earth began to dry out. From time to time, the shrill screams of crows could be heard in the sky.
"...Wahhhhhhhh!!"
A soldier with multiple injuries suddenly slipped and fell into a pit. Then before he could get up, a lich wearing a tattered black robe, with only bones remaining on his body, surrounded him surrounded by skeleton soldiers and zombies. In the desperate eyes of the soldier, the red light in the Lich's eyes flashed, and he raised a hand to himself, and a black mist quietly filled the air, covering this relatively strong soldier. All of a sudden, he turned into a piece of trash with bleeding from his orifices, skin and bones, and black spots all over his body. He was lying on the ground and could die at any time.
The next moment, accompanied by heartbreaking screams, this guy's bones betrayed their owner and crawled out of the skin. Red flames ignited in the eye sockets, turning into a staggering skeleton. Soldiers, to replenish the consumption of the previous battle, and follow the lich to continue hunting down other humans.
On the other side, in a burning fortress, the remaining kingdom soldiers were still fighting against the swarming undead troops. Looking down from the air, you can see human soldiers resisting everywhere, being cornered by more and more skeletons and zombies, and finally dying in despair.
Even after they die, the corpses are repurposed and transformed into zombies or skeletons to join the undead army.
——This is the war between the undead and humans, which is far more terrifying than the cannibalism among humans. If it were a civil war in a human country, the defeated might still survive as captives and slaves. But in front of the army of the undead, it is a luxury for a living person to die with dignity.
In fact, humans in this world are no strangers to undead creatures, and have had rich experience fighting against the undead army before. To put it simply, everything is left to adventurers - the state's task is to block information that is not suitable for spreading. , and carefully fabricated some of the information that could be circulated, and carefully leaked it to the restless public who were eager to know the facts. It must be admitted that this approach is good for most people: the royal family and nobles need the stability of the country, the temple needs the piety of the believers, and the common people just need someone to tell them that tomorrow's life will be stable as usual. Everyone just needs to know what they need to know, and the world will continue to be safe.
Disastrous truths, such as the evil wizard who caused the undead disaster, will naturally be dealt with by professionals with enough courage and skills, such as heroes or brave teams. People only need to know afterwards that some heroes saved the world again.
But the problem is that this time the enemy is unprecedentedly powerful, even to the point of despair. Whether it is an army confrontation or an assassination raid, it lacks the spirit of an extraordinary strong person. As for the Kingdom of Yestije, they all came back defeated. Even if the assassination was successful, it would still be of no use.
——Not long ago, the most elite team of adamantine-level adventurers in the kingdom, "Blue Rose", once sneaked into the enemy camp and successfully killed the leader of the undead army, a disgusting big cockroach wearing a crown, and even took his head with him. The troops returned in triumph. For a moment, the whole country celebrated, thinking that the disaster was about to end (the real commander, the Demon Gentleman Demiurge, had just returned to report to the Lich King Ainz at that time, and the terrible cockroach, who was only level 30, was unlucky to be shot). Unexpectedly, a few days later, the big cockroach appeared again under the city of Lorenti, the royal capital, with an air of arrogance. He also commanded an army of cockroaches to climb up the walls and attack the city, causing huge casualties and making Kong happy. The people in the scene were frustrated.
(The resurrection magic of the Great Tomb of Nazarick allows any NPC to be resurrected as long as they can afford gold coins)
Faced with these powerful enemies who could not be beaten to death, and who could also use corpses to replenish their troops on the spot, the helpless humans had no choice but to huddle in strong cities and fortresses, hoping to rely on thick stone walls to keep the undead at bay... But the result Still so sad and desperate.
Because today's undead army is getting stronger and stronger. They no longer need to pile up corpses to climb the city wall, but have more violent and faster siege techniques.
What makes these indigenous humans in other worlds feel even more sad is that the war they see as so epic is actually just a game.
This is a really sad fact.
"...One! Two! Three! Collision!"
Outside a fortified city, dozens of demon statues shining with metallic light worked together, aiming at the towering city wall in front of them and running wildly. They first crossed the moat that had been filled with corpses, and then smashed it head-on. On the city wall, the solid war defense line made of granite suddenly shook violently, letting out a painful groan, and then a lot of earth and rocks fell down, and a few screaming soldiers fell down.
Of course, the effects of force are reciprocal. When the city wall was crumbling, the golems that banged their heads against the wall were also miserable. Some of them were broken into pieces, some lost their heads or arms, and then they turned into a halo of light and disappeared... But nothing After a while, the same group of golems appeared in the camp of the undead army in full force, and then they continued to hit the wall full of energy!
——For these rookie golem players who move clumsily, have weak attack power, and often miss people, hitting the wall is also a stupid way to gain experience. Although the player must be downgraded or drop equipment every time he is resurrected, but If you are a novice at the lowest level without equipment, then even if you try to die repeatedly, there will be no level to drop and no equipment to drop. And it can also increase experience: as long as the account is not deleted, the experience value here seems to not be cleared.
In short, facing this stubborn donkey's momentum of being knocked to death and resurrected again and again, running up and hitting the wall, not only the human defenders on the wall were dumbfounded, but even the demon commander Demiurge under the city couldn't help but Stunned.
"...These golems...are really a tireless death squad!"
He murmured to himself, "...It's a pity that bravery is brave, but you can't command it at all. You can only follow their wishes..."
——In the eyes of Demon Gentleman Demiurge and other villains who lead the undead army, these strange golems that are tireless and don’t care about life and death are certainly good cannon fodder, but unfortunately their combat effectiveness is really limited and they are completely disobedient: They can only be active for a very short period of time every day, and most of the time they stand frozen in place (most players are usually online for a few hours at most every day).
Even when they react, these golems don't pay much attention to the orders they issue. Sometimes they will cooperate with the undead army to fight, but more often they just walk around talking to themselves and occasionally fight on their own. , and even inexplicably fight with other undead monsters, which makes the commander-in-chief, the demon gentleman Demiurge, very troubled. At first, he tried to restrain these golems with military orders, but finally gave up - these damn golems didn't have any means of dialogue and communication at all! What's worse is that many golems will even stay put for several days after "downtime" (considering that some players are busy with classes or work and don't have time to go online often), but the undead army cannot stay still. Waiting.
Therefore, when it was time to break camp and attack the next target, Demiurge had to face two difficult choices: either leave these idle golems where they are, or waste time and effort to carry them march. At the beginning, Demiurge had no choice but to order skeletons and zombies to carry heavy metal golems out into battle. As a result, the undead suffered a serious death from overwork problem. These heavy golems were crushed along the way. There are countless fragile and decaying undead creatures, causing more losses than the resistance of the human army. Later, more and more golem players joined the undead army, reaching the point where they could no longer lift them. Demiurge can only let these disobedient "allies" fend for themselves - if he can keep up with the team, then that's it. If you can't keep up with the team, just let these golems wreak havoc wherever they go!
At the same time, the city wall on the opposite side, which had been subjected to the suicidal impact of the metal golems, finally became unbearable and trembled before collapsing. The undead creatures that had been waiting for a long time immediately swarmed up with the putrid wind, and launched a fierce attack on the trapped humans inside the city walls... And those golems also rushed into the city, taking on the role of killing machines, giving life to the indigenous people of this world. Humanity has brought great despair...
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Of course, for the indigenous residents of the fantasy world, the visitors from the earth who wear alien shells and are called "players" do not always bring them death and destruction. For example, players who log in with slime accounts are popular for their deceptively cute appearance.
——In this fantasy world, slimes originally existed, but they were basically disgusting things similar to a ball of sludge. However, the novice slime players who log in through the server adopt the style of Japanese RPG games. Their appearance is as round as water droplets, with various translucent colors, cute faces, and a popping sound. A low-level monster that shows off its cuteness with malicious intent.
Of course, as experience points and levels increase, and based on different advanced career choices, the appearance of some slime players will become more and more terrifying. But at least in the early stages, these slime players from outside the world still look very cute.
If it were in a real Japanese brave adventure game, they would be a group of professionals who give away experience points. And in this fantasy world full of monsters and adventurers... well, there are also a group of super weak little monsters that move very slowly and can only be beaten silently. They professionally give away heads and experience points. If they are not careful, they will be eaten by some kind of animal. Falling or being stepped on, and dying due to various weird reasons... However, there are also some slime players who have successfully entered the human society of this world, and relied on their innate talent of being cute to get along like a duck in water. For example, in a certain noble mansion in the capital of the Bajas Empire, there was such a lucky slime player...