Berk Loren walked step by step on the path leading to the inner city castle area. The sharp stings from several small wounds on his body constantly stimulated his exhausted spirit and stimulated him to stay awake.
The fog has thinned, but the smell of blood still lingers in the air. There are still suspicious shadows flashing through, and the sound of footsteps comes from deep in the nearby streets and alleys. Every shadow and step The sound may be hidden monsters - they may have completed transformation, or they may be in the process of transformation. In any case, Belk cannot take risks.
The voice still lingered in his mind:
"If you become like this... you can live by eating rocks... Sir."
For this reason , people can become monsters willingly.
At this moment, the young Marquis suddenly remembered a sentence he saw in a report:
... The above-mentioned area has been requisitioned six times, and every household has been empty, and the leaves They have all been eaten, and the number of hungry people...
It was once just a description, a few numbers, he also found it shocking, but it was only shocking.
Now, he finally saw with his own eyes what that "world" looked like.
What is unbelievable is that there is only a city wall and a castle between that "world" and his "world".
He finally understood why most of His Royal Highness’s decrees were difficult to implement, and finally understood why those noble lords could never be relied on.
People who live in the castle cannot imagine what the outside world is like.
Belk raised his head and saw the main entrance of Solinburg right in front of him. The suspension bridge... was not raised, and he did not see the guarding soldiers.
An indescribable uneasiness suddenly surged into his heart, and Belk immediately quickened his pace.
Holding the sword tightly, he crossed the suspension bridge, walked through the empty courtyard and barracks area, pushed open the main castle door with a crack, and entered the long hall on the first floor, which was also empty and deserted.
There are no moving figures in sight, but the disturbing smell of blood is everywhere. There are traces of battles everywhere in the long hall, including human blood and broken and fallen crystals. cluster.
It was not an external invasion, but a battle that broke out from the inside out. The guards briefly resisted, but within a short period of time, they took the initiative to stop the fighting...
Belk quickly He made these terrible judgments based on the traces on the scene. At the same time, he kept running, following his memory, and ran quickly to the second floor and the hall on the second floor of the castle.
The door of the hall was open, and there were no guards in sight. In the center of the hall, Belk saw the scene he least wanted to see.
A tall figure wearing black armor stood there - Edmund Morn heard the movement from the door, he turned his head, and a face that had been covered by the spread of crystal clusters was reflected. caught the eyes of Belk Laurent.
Belk felt his heartbeat suddenly skip a beat, and then immediatelyHe drew his sword and prepared for battle, but soon he discovered that the vision Edmund Morn looked at him was not completely chaotic and crazy. In those eyeballs that were about to turn into crystals, there was still a trace of human beings. the light of reason.
He cautiously moved forward: "Your Highness - can you hear me?"
Edmund Morn stared at Belk, his body was shaking slightly. Trembling, as if two wills were fighting for the dominance of this body, and during the fight, a hoarse voice came out of his throat: "Kill me, do it immediately."
This terrible thing The order caused a brief blank in Belk's mind, but he came to his senses two seconds later and made the calmest judgment.
He picked up the long sword and strode forward: "Yes, Your Highness."
The long sword ignited with illusory and hot fire, because he knew what kind of strength the prince in front of him had. , Belk gathered all the magic power in his body in this blow, and with a sharp sound in the air, his long sword pierced Edmund Morn's heart.
However, when the tip of the sword was only a few centimeters away from his heart, Edmund's left hand suddenly raised, and the palm covered with crystal clusters directly grasped the hot adamantine sword, the palm and the blade of the sword. After a series of dazzling flames and a heart-wrenching creaking sound burst out, Belk's sword could no longer move forward.
Two pairs of eyes stared at this scene, and then Edmund raised his head and uttered one word: "Run."
Belk instantly let go of the hilt of the sword. He paused, rushed to the side of the hall, jumped up, broke through the window and jumped out of the castle.
In the shadow of a corner of the hall, a group of winding vines slowly squirmed, and with a soft rustling sound, they finally shrank into the depths of darkness.
......
On the west side of the Big Wood Crossing, in the Big Rock and White Pine areas, and on the land controlled by the royal family, the thick fog has completely dissipated.
The fog left cities and villages, and in places infected by the fog, people turned into monsters.
Countless twisted giants formed by the fusion of flesh and blood and crystal clusters are gathering together, forming a disaster that spreads like fire. Wherever there has been a human habitation, a terrifying crystal cluster army will gather, dressed in black. Robed, giant-like individuals were the commanders of these legions. Under the leadership of these commanders, the cluster giants occupied all the villages and towns in just a few hours, and then began to spread towards the direction where the king was stationed.
One of the important strongholds of the king, Boulder City, is under attack. This city known for its thick walls is facing the greatest test in its history.
"Hold the defense line! Hold the defense line!! Shield bearer - hold on!"
"We need more kerosene here! We need more stone bullets!"
"The battle mages have run out of mana - on top of the trebuchet! The Guards Mages are coming!"
The burning oil bags and rune-etched stones roared Soar into the sky and fly from the city wallTo the distance, huge crossbow arrows pierced the air with the banging of the machine strings, and hit the middle of the "tide of crystal clusters" in the distance. The knights and the noble officers supervising the battle ran on the city wall, commanding the battle at the top of their lungs, using Various spells strengthened the city wall and boosted the shaky morale of the soldiers. However, under the city wall, the monsters were still gathering more and more.
This is the crystal cluster army transformed from the entire population of the entire region. In the face of this quantity that can cause qualitative changes, the mere stone bullets and kerosene, and even the fireballs and lightning of the mages appear weak. These attacks fell on the heads of those monsters, just like a pebble thrown into the sea, unable to cause much waves.
A noble officer wearing dark blue armor and a ribbon on his shoulder stood on the city wall, watching more and more crystal cluster monsters coming from afar. Those monsters were not only relying on powerful Fighting with their bodies, they have more terrifying spellcasting abilities - powerful arcane lightning is constantly erupting from the densest place of monsters. After each lightning, there will be a terrifying crack in the wall of the Stone City, or it will collapse. A group of soldiers, if the situation continues to develop like this, the fall of this city will only be a matter of time.
"How much kerosene and stone bullets do we have?" The noble officer turned his head and stared at a nearby knight adjutant.
"I can hold on for two days, sir, but I'm afraid it's still not enough - there are too many monsters, and there are countless more behind them!!"
Fire oil is the most effective against those monsters. The monster's methods, but the oil packets thrown by the trebuchet can't stop the tide of attacks, and the mages who can continuously release large-scale fire spells... their number is too few, and all their mana has been exhausted!
The noble officer's face was gloomy. He heard a loud noise coming from the west wall, followed by screams and noises one after another.
A large number of soldiers on the verge of collapse fell into chaos. Starting from the area under attack, the defending troops began to waver and retreat significantly.
The war supervisor knights stepped forward immediately and used morale-boosting combat techniques to forcibly maintain the defense line. The soldiers affected by the extraordinary power returned to the city wall under the influence of hormones and nervous excitement. However, they Their eyes were bloodshot, their behavior was unbalanced, and their inner consciousness was rapidly approaching collapse. It was completely unknown how many times they could control the trebuchet.
What’s even more frightening is that even the knights supervising the battle behind the soldiers... have shaken expressions on their faces.
These are already the elite troops of the kingdom. They can fight for a whole day on the battlefield with the powerful Eastern Knights. However, that is just a war against "people". Now, they face It's a monster.
This is beyond the limits of human willpower.
Another knight adjutant ran up the city wall with a look of horror on his face and a wavering tone: "Sir, it has been confirmed that there are many monsters carrying the third, fifth, and sixth knights. The pieces of clothing and armor of the regiment and the royal soldiers, they... they were transformed from our soldiers!"
The noble officer stared: "How many people know the news?!"
"All the garrison troops have seen it..."
It's over.
The knights and levies stationed on the north-south line of the giant wood crossing are all gone, and this city should be gone soon.
But before the noble officer could sigh, a nightmarish shout suddenly came from the distance:
"Count Thorin died in battle!!"
After a brief moment of astonishment, the noble officer immediately opened his eyes, trying to find which stupid messenger was shouting such a thing in front of the formation, but soon he realized that the voice came from under the city wall, from among those monsters.
A mutilated corpse was thrown into the sky by the monsters, and Count Thorin's lifeless head happened to enter the sight of the defenders.
In the end, the count failed to regain his territory and castle.
The defense line on the city wall began to collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye, began to retreat, and large gaps and blank spaces began to appear. The defending troops fell into an irreversible retreat, and the knights who oversaw the battle could no longer Ability to reorganize the defense line.
Because even the morale of the knights has collapsed.
Dozens of huge arcane arcs hit the city wall at the same time. Along with the continuous explosions, the majestic stone wall shook violently, as if it was about to collapse in the next second.
This city can no longer be defended.
The moment they realized this fact, the noble officer and his adjutants heard bursts of sharp whistling sounds coming from high in the sky. With this whistling sound, the entire sky was quickly covered with large swaths of The shadows covered——
Countless ice picks and howling winds swept across the entire battlefield, as if the cold winter that had just ended returned to the world again. In this sudden ice storm, a new The frozen barrier quickly blocked the city wall, and hundreds of monsters were nailed to the frozen cliffs by ice picks.
However, the next second, the defense line formed by the ice came under continuous attacks, and about half of the monsters nailed to the ice began to struggle: for ordinary people, this Injuries that are fatal enough simply won't kill them outright.
With the sound of clicking, the entire ice wall quickly cracked.
A majestic female voice came from high in the sky and resounded throughout the battlefield: "The mountain regiment will follow me, and the Royal Knights and Guards will take the civilians and break out to the northwest!"
< p>This is the voice of Duchess Victoria Wilder.The knight's adjutant reminded him: "Sir, this is an order to retreat."
The noble officer glanced at the almost completely collapsed defense line and took a deep breath.
"Retreat!!"
On the 12th of the month of resurrection in Anzu 738, the king's largest fortress on the Holy Spirit Plain, the Stone City, fell.
OneThe huge legion formed by the crystal cluster giants began to spread towards the direction of Saint-Sunil City.
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A few days later, Solderin and the Iron Rangers he led had just crossed the Pompeii area and were heading north along the east bank of the Dorgon River. Encountered a completely unfamiliar enemy.
A particularly tall human being who seems to be infected by some crystal parasite.
The earth after being burned by individual burners was filled with a strong smell of burning. A large number of completely carbonized corpses and scattered crystal clusters were piled up within the range. Heavily armed combat team members were on guard at the periphery. Delin and several Iron Ranger soldiers were inspecting the strange corpses on the battlefield.
The high-level ranger frowned.
What happened in the north?