The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

Chapter 68 The Living Dead

Sauron frowned slightly.

Without too much nonsense, he put on a coat and followed Kailo directly to the city wall, only to see that the guarding soldiers looked like they were facing a big enemy.

Sauron looked forward.

Gray mist rose from the plain in the distance, and figures moved forward slowly, their movements stiff and numb, as if they were a group of walking dead.

Gradually, the figures in the mist got closer and closer.

Judging from the clothes on them, these people are obviously residents of Giethoorn Village, and under the influence of the gray fog, they have all been reduced to living dead.

"My lord, what should we do?"

Next to him, a knight defending the city asked tremblingly, as a warrior who had experienced fighting on the battlefield, he was not afraid of death, but facing this group of strange living dead, he could hardly suppress the fear in his heart.

"Archer, get ready!"

With a calm expression, Sauron waved his hand, and Cavalier Kailo immediately dispatched a team of archers.

shhhhhh!
Following Knight Kailo's order, the archers pulled their bowstrings one after another, and the arrows shot out of the city, hitting several living dead immediately.

However, the living dead who were shot by the arrow continued to move towards Night Crow City as if nothing had happened.

Sauron's heart sank.

From the looks of it, this group of living dead seemed to have a strong immunity to physical attacks, even if ordinary arrows hit them, they would be useless.

"ignition!"

After pondering for a moment, Sauron ordered the soldiers to ignite the two arrows.

Then, a round of rockets fired again.

Soon, the flaming arrows hit the undead outside the city, and as the flames engulfed them, the undead fell down one by one.

A flash of understanding flashed in Sauron's eyes.

Just like sea salt and iron suppress spirits, the best way to deal with this group of undead seems to be to use fire attack.

However, at this moment.

The gray mist that filled the city suddenly surged, and the flaming arrows shot at the living dead were extinguished one after another, and there was a faint rustling sound in the mist.

Immediately afterwards, the ground surged.

Like a vine, a giant python drilled out of the soil and rushed straight to Night Crow City. Under the violent impact, even the city gate trembled.

"ghost!"

Sauron narrowed his eyes slightly, and he could tell at a glance that the vine-like python had obviously been possessed by a ghost.

"Prepare sea salt!"

Immediately, Sauron immediately ordered, and the soldiers on the city wall hurriedly prepared sea salt.

Bang!
At this time, the giant python vines hit the city gate again, and at the same time, the living dead in the gray mist had already approached Night Crow City.

On the city wall, Sauron's eyes flashed.

Immediately, he bent his bow and set an arrow, aiming at the giant python below.

The next moment, the arrow shot out.

call out!
Amid the sound of piercing the air, the arrow hit the target accurately. Although the giant python had a layer of dark green scales, it couldn't stop Sauron's arrow at all.

And the iron arrow pierced the body, which also made the ghost inside the giant python scream.

Immediately afterwards, it drilled into the soil again.

"Gwen, go!"

Immediately, Sauron waved his hand, and a cloud of black mist surged towards the outside of the city. It was the ghost Gwen controlled by the spirit-controlling rune.

Under the night, a scream sounded.

But Gwen, a ghost like a black mist, went straight to the ground and burrowed, and as the soil surged, the giant python possessed by a spirit body also broke out of the ground.

Immediately afterwards, two ghosts entangled below.

On the city wall, Sauron's eyes flashed, and he shot three arrows in succession, precisely hitting the python's vitals, causing the ghost inside to scream.

At this time, hundreds of living dead had come to attack Ye Crow City.

The solid city wall was tens of meters long, and it was difficult for even well-trained soldiers to browse through it, but this group of living dead climbed up stiffly.

"Archer, shoot me!"

The Kylo knight who had just left had already returned to the city wall. When he saw the living dead below, he immediately directed the archers to shoot.

shhhhhh!
The ignited arrows shot out, knocking down the living dead, but soon, the fog in the distance surged again.

The next moment, vines spread towards the city wall.

"Magic tree!"

Sauron's heart trembled, and a look of vigilance appeared on his face.

Swish!
Following a sound, the vines extending from the mist had already climbed up the city wall, helping the living dead climb up like ropes.

"Don't let them come up!"

When Knight Kailo saw this scene, his face changed drastically, and he quickly called the soldiers to cut off the vines, hoping to stop the attack of the living dead.

However, just as the soldiers approached the city wall, the python below screamed.

The invisible sound wave spread like a tide, and the soldiers on the city wall were in a trance for a while, their faces became extremely pale, and a few timid ones even fell to the ground directly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, several living dead had already climbed up the city wall.

"Damn!"

Knight Kailo's face was ugly. Facing the group of living dead, he could only bite the bullet and draw his sword, roaring and leading the soldiers behind him to charge.

In the same place, a thought flashed in Sauron's eyes.

Although vines appeared in the mist, the previous monster tree did not appear, which seemed to mean that the other party was still unable to leave the forest of mist.

Now spreading the roots to the vicinity of Night Crow City is already the limit of that tree demon.

And the giant python possessed by the ghost below may be the main force of the siege. As long as it is eliminated, the group of living dead will not be feared at all.

In a moment, Sauron had analyzed the current situation.

"Dark Soul Wave!"

Immediately, Sauron took a deep breath and uttered the syllable lightly. A mass of dark elements gathered in front of him and turned into a black fireball and shot away.

At this moment, the python is entangled with Gwen.

Both are ghosts, the giant python has a body, but Gwen is in a state of nothingness, and it is naturally difficult for Gwen to gain the upper hand in a confrontation between the two.

After several rounds of bites by the giant python, Gwen even seemed to be weak in form.

Bang!
As Sauron on the city wall uttered syllables, Dark Soul Wave went straight to the giant python, and the moment it hit the opponent, it exploded with amazing power.

The next moment, the giant python let out a shrill scream.

The body several meters long was pierced through, and the fine scales could not stop the attack of Dark Soul Wave at all.

Immediately afterwards, a cloud of black mist emerged from the giant python's body.

The ghost seemed to be very smart. After losing the python's body, it didn't attack Sauron again, but turned around and turned into a black mist to escape into the distance.

On the city wall, Sauron narrowed his eyes.

Naturally, it was impossible for him to allow the opponent to escape, so he immediately bent his bow and set an arrow, aiming the arrow covered in sea salt at the ghost in the distance.

"Eagle Eyes!"

Due to the occlusion of the surrounding fog, Sauron's vision was blocked, and he whispered syllables, and his eyes instantly became as sharp as a falcon.

The next moment, the arrow shot out.

call out!
Amidst the sound of piercing through the air, the arrow covered with sea salt passed through the layers of gray fog and hit the target precisely, causing the ghost who was about to escape to let out another scream.

(End of this chapter)