Lord Chronicle

Chapter 63 Undead Invasion
"Sir, take pity on me, please buy a box of matches." Jessica, dressed in rags, was holding a bamboo basket, begging pedestrians on the icy and snowy street.

"Get out of the way!" A bearded fat man in an Arab turban kicked her away.

"Ah..., I'm so pitiful." Jessica fell into the snow, sobbing helplessly.

"Oh? Isn't this Jessica?" Suddenly, a voice came from above her head.

Jessica looked up with tears in her eyes, and saw Sol, who was wearing a gorgeous fur, holding Kafir in his left hand and Marlene in his right hand, looking down at her.Behind him, Elebena, dressed as a maid, was carrying gift boxes in large and small packages.

"Lord Lord..."

Sol looked at her contemptuously: "Don't call me the lord, I have already driven you out of Lovell."

Jessica was full of regret: "It's all my fault for being too fierce to you before. I already know I was wrong. Please forgive me."

"Oh hehehehe...I didn't expect you to have today. Who told you to rob Sol from me back then, you did it on your own, oh hehehe..." Kafir smiled proudly.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

"Master, sister Jessica is too pitiful, I'd better give her some money." Marlene said to Sol.

"My little Marlene is kind. Elebena, give her a silver coin." Sol pinched her face and turned to Elebena.

"Yes, my master." Elebena replied with a low eyebrow.

"I agreed to your request just now, shouldn't I be allowed to kiss one?" Sol hugged Marlene, and he smiled lewdly.

"Young master, don't, someone is watching." She said no, but Marlene closed her eyes shyly and pouted her cute little mouth.

Just when Saul was full of ambition and was about to taste Marlene's lips.The shy and pretty face in his arms suddenly turned into Kress's rough face: "My lord."

"Wow!?"

"My lord, wake up, something has happened." Kress jumped up, grabbed his shoulder and shook it.

"Kress, why are you here? Where's my Marlene? Stop shaking, let, let me sleep for a while..." Sol felt his head spinning for a while, and he woke up in a daze.

Sitting up from the bed, Sol looked left and right, with grief and anger on his face: "God, I'm such an idiot, I just said how could such a good thing happen? It really is a dream, a bad person, a bad person... "

"What's the matter, my lord?" Kress was frightened by Sol who couldn't help but beat the bed.

"I told Kress to wake you up, something went wrong." At this moment, Jessica's voice came from the door.

Looking over Kress's shoulder, I saw Jessica with a stabbing sword at her waist, neatly dressed, standing at the door in a heroic manner, without the slightest embarrassment of being called up in the middle of the night.

Seeing her, Saul knew sadly that that dream would never come true.

"Something happened? What happened?"

Jessica said solemnly: "We found traces of the undead outside the town."

"What!?" Thor was startled, fully awake: "Undead? How is this possible."

"It's true, Lord Lord." Kress followed, "Not long ago, the dolls on patrol suddenly sounded an alarm, and when the night guards rushed over, they found a lot of corpses of zombies smashed by them on the ground. It's important, and I'll come over and report to you right away."

Not daring to hesitate any longer, Sol jumped out of bed and hurriedly put on his underwear, and walked out with Kress: "Have you sent someone to search? Have you found anything?"

Kress nodded: "Chip has led people to search, and I believe news will come back soon."

Before the words fell, an anxious shout came from outside: "My lord, it's not good!"

Feeling tense, Sol and Jessica glanced at each other and hurried out.Outside the lord's mansion, a garrison member was panting heavily, obviously just after a violent run.

"What's going on? Take your time." Jessica said to him.

The team member gasped and said, "Captain Chip is back, they seem to have been attacked. According to him, there seem to be a lot of zombies outside."

How come, even Kip was attacked?The more Sol thought about it, the more unusual it became, and he hurriedly said, "Quick, take me there immediately."

The team member didn't talk nonsense, and immediately led the way.The group had just walked into the yard when the back door opened, and Marlene, who was still in her pajamas, poked her head out: "Master, what happened?"

"It's nothing, Marlene, go back to sleep." Sol turned to her.

Although she felt that something was unusual from the dignified faces of everyone, Marlene also knew that she couldn't help at this time.She nodded obediently: "Yes. Young master, you, you have to be careful."

"Don't worry, I will take good care of the lord." Jessica signaled Marlene not to worry.

Marlene stood at the door, watching the figures of the crowd disappear under the hill. She bowed her head and prayed silently for a moment, and then returned to the house with a worried face.

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Sol and his party hurried to the accident site, and along the way, many guards on duty received orders and ran there fully armed.At this time, everyone knew that something unusual had happened, everyone's face was solemn, and there was a tense atmosphere in the air.

The incident took place outside a forest in the east of the town, close to Lovell's only road leading to the outside world, just on the doll's patrol line.On the side of the road near the town, there is a watchtower for the garrison.

At this moment, almost all of Lovell's garrison members had gathered under the watchtower, and Lesta also came with the remaining recruit battalion.Everyone turned their eyes to the dark woods opposite, and there was a buzz of discussion from time to time.

Seeing Sol and Jessica, the team members automatically moved out of the way: "The lord is here."

"Where's Chip?" Sol didn't expect such a big fight, which made him even more uneasy.

"My lord, I'm here." Chip stood up from behind the crowd.

Seeing that he was fine, Sol breathed a sigh of relief: "I heard that you were attacked, what did you find?"

Chip said solemnly: "After receiving the report, I led my subordinates to investigate, and the results were astonishing."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then slowly said: "I'm afraid the whole Lovell is surrounded by undead."

"What?" His words surprised everyone.

"This is no small matter, are you sure?" Jessica said calmly.

Chip nodded: "Of course, when I was searching in the woods, my people were suddenly attacked by a group of skeleton soldiers, and the number of them was astonishing."

"Is anyone injured?" Saul asked nervously. The members of Yeying are all his treasures.

Chip shook his head: "Vic and the others were seriously injured and have been sent to Kafir. The others are fine."

"Huh..." Thor breathed a sigh of relief, as long as no one died.

He was about to continue to ask, when suddenly several figures flashed out of the crowd like ghosts, they were the Yeying players, they appeared so strangely, Sol even suspected that they jumped out of the air directly.

"Captain, Lord Lord." The deputy captain Yada took the lead. He nodded to Chip and Sol respectively, and said, "The situation around the territory has been roughly investigated."

"How?" Chip grabbed a map and threw it to him.

Putting the map on the ground, Yada pointed to it and said, "According to your order, our people have already searched around the town. The current situation is that the east side has the most zombies, and the road leading to the outside has been completely cut off; There is the Yier River in the south, so we haven't found it yet. There are also many zombies at the foot of the mountains in the west and north."

"Do you know the exact quantity and distribution?" Chip asked.

Yada shook his head: "It's impossible to find out. Darkness is good for zombies to hide, and the situation is unknown, so it's difficult for us to get close. We can only wait and see from a distance to make a conclusion, but I believe it will not be wrong."

Sol and Jessica glanced at each other, secretly admiring.Being able to calmly find out the enemy's situation at such a fast speed is worthy of the famous Yeying troops.Compared with them, although Lovell's defense team is not weak in combat effectiveness, its experience in facing emergencies is obviously a lot worse.

"That's it, without further ado. Pochi, Ada, each of you take a team to the west and north, and Kress and Chip stay here. Tell the team not to attack rashly until they understand the actual situation. After thinking about it, Saul quickly issued an order.

Without any hesitation, Boqi and Yada each gathered a team and rushed to their respective defense zones.One of them is the deputy captain of the garrison, and the other is Yeying's adjutant, both of whom can stand alone.Although there are not many troops, it should be able to hold on to the northwest, which has relatively few enemies.

"Remember, the residents must not be alarmed, so as not to cause panic." Jessica called from behind.

There was no answer, and both of them waved their hands to express their understanding.

As soon as Yada and Poqi left, the people present became much thinner.No way, Lovell's population is too small. Even after the expansion of the defense team, the total number is only in the early 200s.In addition to the fact that Dylan took away part of the protection caravan, there are currently only about 150 people staying in the territory, most of whom are still recruits who have not finished training.

"Lord, what should we do now?" Kress asked.

When he asked, Chip Jessica and the others couldn't help looking at Sol.This is not only because Sol is the lord, but more importantly, after experiencing so many things together, they all have a trust in Sol.

Although most of the time, this lord is not so reliable...

Sol pondered: "It's hard to say. I don't know the other party's purpose yet, so I can't judge. Besides, Ye Ying's report is very brief, so..."

Before he finished speaking, Jessica interjected: "So it's best to go and see for yourself, find out the details of the other party, and figure out what they want to do. Lord Lord, we..."

"...Hey, what are you doing behind the tree?"

"Don't, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking, and you want to drag me along, right?"

Jessica was furious: "It's not that you are asked to fight, but just to check on the enemy's situation."

"Elder Sister, I have to live for that..."

"Wow, my stomach hurts so much." Suddenly, Sol bent down with a painful expression on his face: "It's a pity that my body is at this time..."

"Your excuse is so clumsy, who will believe it!"

"Nonsense, even Kip has been attacked, I'm going to court death." Sol was confident.

Jessica was trembling with anger at his words: "As a lord, isn't it your responsibility to protect Lovell?"

"Who, who said it? Isn't the lord the kind of good person who sits in a safe place and gives orders, and sends his subordinates to die?"

"There is no such good thing in Lovell, get up!"

"Wow, you cruel woman."

Under the eyes of everyone, his lord hugged the tree trunk like a child and refused to let go, while Jessica dragged his feet behind, and everyone present was stunned and speechless.

At this time, I can still be so relaxed. Is it because I am calm and composed, or if I have no tendons...

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Of course, at the end of the dispute, it still ended with Saul's compromise.

"Okay, I'll accompany you, even if something happens, I'll be in the way." Jessica said to Sol while putting on the leather armor with her own hands.

"Tch, that's a good word, why push me to the front line if this is the case, I will be killed by you sooner or later." Saul muttered to himself, of course, these words must never be said.

"By the way, what about the puppet?" Sol asked, the matter has come to this point, of course the more security measures the better.

"There." Kress pointed.On the left side of the sentry post, two tall dolls faced the place where the zombies appeared, standing still and guarding.

Since the discovery of the zombies, the two puppets stopped doing useless patrols and stayed where they were.It seemed that those two technicians were not bragging, their intelligence was very satisfying.

The graffiti on the two dolls hadn't had time to be cleaned, but no one bothered to laugh at this time.If they hadn't been tireless to find the zombies first tonight, they might not have noticed that a large number of undead invaded the town.

In the end, it was decided that Jessica would accompany Saul to watch the enemy, Kress led 10 defenders to accompany him for protection, and Chip stayed where he was to deal with any emergencies.

Soon, after the preparations were completed, the group left the sentry post and entered the dark night.

Everyone walked slowly along the sparse forest on one side of the road, and two members of Yeying, Carl and Eric, opened the way.According to what they said, a large number of zombies were hiding in a dense forest about one kilometer away from the town, so Kress suggested to go around from the other side. There was a small hill not far away, just to watch the enemy's situation.

Under the vigilance of Yeying members, the group arrived at the top of the hill smoothly.A gust of night wind blew, and there was a faint stench of rotting corpses in the wind.

"It's over there, my lord." A team member pointed to Sol.

Looking in the direction of his finger, the road is about a kilometer below the hill.There is a large dense forest beside the road. With the faint moonlight, you can see that the road is completely blocked by hundreds of skeleton soldiers, like a group of white ants gathered.

And behind the woods, you can faintly see hundreds of thousands of figures standing still. Roughly estimated, the number may not be around 2000, and this is not counting the parts that cannot be seen in the forest.

Everyone was stunned, no matter what, they never imagined that the number of enemies was so huge, this is simply an invasion of undead.If there were half as many as here to the west and north, Lovell would be in danger.

"Damn, who did I offend, so many undead people sprang out all at once..." Sol was dumbfounded. At this moment, he thought of the necromancer in the capital, could it be related to him?

"My lord, how should we deal with so many zombies?" Even with Kress's boldness, facing such a huge army of undead, there was a trace of fear in his voice.

"Ouch, I, my waist suddenly..."

"What time is it and you are still in the mood to joke, please be more serious." Jessica didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"That's what I said, but it's not difficult for you to ask me to come up with a solution in a short time." Sol seemed aggrieved, and I was not omnipotent.

Everyone fell silent for a moment, yes, facing such a huge army of undead, with Lovell's defense force, there is almost no chance of winning.But, should I just give up?
With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Sol said: "By the way, as long as we can find out the necromancer behind the scenes, these zombies will be wiped out by themselves."

Eric shook his head: "It's unlikely. Let alone those who can manipulate so many zombies, at least they are senior necromancers, and we can't handle it. It just depends on how many zombies completely block the road, and we can find out what's behind us. The chances of a manipulator are also slim to none."

Carl also added: "With so many zombies, our stealth skills are useless at all. Even Captain Kip was almost stunned."

Looking at the dense crowd of zombies below, Kress muttered to himself: "There are so many enemies, with just one attack, I'm afraid they will be able to rush into the town."

Jessica's face suddenly changed: "Then I will immediately organize the transfer of the villagers."

Sol sighed: "Where are we going to transfer? Now we are the turtles in the urn, and the other party will eat us."

Jessica's face was ashen: "Is it really over..."

Her despair quickly infected everyone, and everyone was silent for a while.Sol stood on the top of the hill, gritted his teeth for a while, and said suddenly: "It's not impossible."

"What, can you repel them?" Kress asked eagerly.

Sol nodded: "It may be difficult to repel, but it should be able to delay the opponent's attack time. Now it can be delayed for a while, let's wait until dawn."

"any solution?"

"Burn!" Looking at the dense forest below, Saul burst out a word through his teeth.

"You want to set fire?" Jessica was the first to understand.

Sol nodded: "The other party is very smart, hiding most of the zombies in the woods, making it difficult for us to find out their details. But those stupid necromancers obviously did not expect that it is autumn, and it is dry and dry, and they set fire to barbecue good time."

"Surrounding the town with such a superior force, anyone would feel hopeless and wait for death, so they never expected that we would take the initiative to attack. As long as they can set a fire in the woods, hehe, the undead are known to be afraid of fire, so I won't burn them A squeak!"

Kress agreed: "Your lord is right, this is indeed the only way instead of sitting and waiting for death."

"In this case, let's act quickly." Saul finally made a decision.

At this point, everyone had no intention of staying any longer, and carefully descended the mountain and returned along the original road. "I knew you could figure out a way." Walking at the end of the line, Jessica whispered to Sol.

Sol smiled wryly: "Miss Jessica has orders, how dare I not work hard."

Jessica glared at him angrily: "You man, if you don't force you, you won't even try a little harder."

Secretly thought, no wonder you dragged me along with you no matter what you said, it turned out that you had already thought about it.Depressed, he joked: "I can think of a solution. You won't be able to push me to the front line if you set fire to it, right? Let me tell you first, physical work is not my forte."

"You are really..." Jessica spat in a low voice, having nothing to do with this rascal.

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Back at the sentry post, Sol told Chip about the plan, and Chip also agreed.He is a warrior who has experienced many battles, so he naturally understands the importance of preemptive strikes in this situation.

"Reed bought a lot of oil last time, Eric, you immediately take someone to the warehouse to move it here." The plan was made, and Jessica immediately started the preliminary preparations.

Saul also ordered: "Kress, you go and pick a group of people, and start the assault as soon as the oil arrives."

Eric and Kress nodded and went down to proceed separately.As the operation unfolded, the air at the scene was immediately filled with silent bustle. The recruits who were still on the sidelines noticed something strange, and all cast their eyes to this side, and everyone was nervous.

During this suffocating wait, Sol and the others involuntarily came to the forefront of the sentry post, looking at the deathly silent forest in the dark night.

"Is it really possible?" Jessica finally couldn't stand the huge psychological pressure and asked.

Saul nodded fiercely: "If you can't do it, you have to do it, otherwise Lovell will be finished."

Chip also said: "The sneak attacking troops were discovered by the patrol dolls, and I'm afraid they were surprised. Now they must be waiting for an opportunity, so we must act quickly, before they find out the reality of the town. As long as you persist until dawn, there will be a glimmer of life."

The words of the two seemed to give Jessica confidence. She nodded her head and cast her eyes on the quiet town behind her.Once these zombies break through the defense line, it will become a hell on earth, so... we must win!
A small territory also has the advantages of a small territory, and the order is prohibited, and the preparation work is completed quickly.Not long after, Eric brought dozens of oil tanks from the warehouse, and Kress also selected commandos.

"Are you ready?" Thor asked.

Kress smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, they will have a good time later."

In such a situation, I can still maintain morale. My defense team is doing well.Saul nodded in satisfaction, and was about to give the order to attack.

"My lord, we also want to join the war." Suddenly, many recruits surrounded him.

"Shut up, be honest with me!" Lesta scolded immediately.

"Why? We are also a member of the defense team, why can we only watch from behind?" A recruit asked dissatisfied.

"Because you are all rookies, you can only die when you go up." Lesta didn't save face for these boys at all.

They are all young people with vigorous blood, how can they be convinced?The recruits were about to talk, but the veterans of the garrison over there laughed: "Boy, don't be convinced, you will understand why after a while."

"There are so many zombies, you will show up later."

"Rookies, just stay and learn how we fight."

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"Stop talking nonsense!" Kress let out a low growl to end their teasing.

Although usually carefree and easy to talk, after these days of experience, Kress has become more and more like a captain, and he is not ambiguous at critical moments.

The commandos immediately fell silent.Kress glanced over everyone with a pair of tiger eyes, and grinned: "Are you ready to kill?"

No one answered, but everyone drew their swords at the same time, expressing their unwavering confidence with a uniform clang.

"Very good." Kress slowly pulled out the iron mound: "Defend Lovell!"

"Defend Lovell!!"

"Kill!" With a roar, the commando rushed into the night with the momentum of no return.

"Brother-in-law, I'm going too, help me keep an eye on these brats, and don't let them mess around." Pulling out the ax, Lesta said to Sol.

"Brother Lesta, be careful." Sol nodded.

"Don't worry, I'm still waiting to drink your wedding wine, ahaha..." Lesta laughed out loud, and turned around to fight out.

When the critical moment came, Sol and Jessica couldn't help walking to the front, watching the battle nervously.

With the two steel dolls leading the way, the assault team led by Kress rushed straight into the dense crowd of zombies, followed by more than a dozen strong guards holding oil tanks, waiting for the opportunity to set fire.

Almost at the same time, on a hillside in the far distance, three necromancers watched the Lovells' counterattack indifferently.

"It seems that the other party intends to strike first." A necromancer standing in the front with white spirit fire dancing in his eyes sneered.

"Since the other party is going to die, we will fulfill them, shall we, Bucket?" A thin necromancer sneered.

The necromancer named Bucket said coldly: "Desk, Parker, don't be too careless. Mr. Cliff warned us that these guys are very cunning."

The skinny necromancer named Parker said disdainfully: "Cliff? An incompetent nobleman, his words have no reference value. If the president still wanted to use him, we necromancers would not listen to him. "

The necromancer named Desk smiled and said: "Look at them, there are only a few dozen people, these guys must have been frightened by our undead army, so they did this kind of stupid behavior. .I think it’s better to command the troops to rush in, and the mission can be completed tonight.”

But Bucket didn't respond to the two of them: "I always feel that something is wrong. It's too strange that there are such sophisticated magic dolls in this small territory. It's better to be careful."

"If you don't dare to do anything, then I'll come and watch. I'll turn these idiots into our soldiers in a quarter of an hour, Kakaka..." Desk glanced at Bucket and began to chant spells .

"Hmph, I hope so. The population of this territory is too small, and it is difficult to replenish troops from the cemetery. You'd better save a little." Bucket snorted coldly and stopped talking.

As Desk recited the incantation, hundreds of skeleton soldiers gathered on the road took the lead to meet them, like a tide of bones, and the scene was spectacular.

As the two sides continued to approach, a fierce collision broke out in an instant.The two dolls who opened the way first were like two tanks crashing into the skeleton group. With a series of crackling sounds, dozens of skeleton soldiers were completely smashed in an instant.

In the sky full of broken bones, the two steel dolls waved their hands and feet, unstoppable. The powerful energy provided by the magic spar drove the several-ton body, and the fragile skeleton soldiers would become a pile of completely destroyed Broken bones that cannot be repaired.

Although dozens of bone knives clanged on the doll at the same time, at most a shallow dent was left.As far as the weak combat effectiveness of the skeleton soldiers is concerned, it is not enough to destroy the masterpieces of these two mage guilds.

If it weren't for the puppet's slow movement, just the two of them would be enough to deal with the hundreds of skeleton soldiers here.

Saul and Jessica, who were watching from behind, were amazed, and they were all grateful for Reed's wise decision to buy them in the first place.Although the original purpose was to prevent the invasion of Warcraft, it played a greater role at this critical moment.

At the same time as the two puppets showed their might, the commando led by Kress also rushed into the formation, and then, amidst the stunned recruits in the rear, they set off a storm of destruction like a lion rushing into a herd of sheep.

"Oh oh oh oh!" Kress yelled, kicked the skeleton soldier blocking the way, and then slammed into the enemy's formation with an iron mound.

Under his swing, the iron mound of the magic sword is like an indestructible hammer, and everyone looks down upon it.Not a single skeleton soldier is his general. In just a moment, Kress single-handedly entered the center of the enemy group. Within the radius of his sword swing, it was like a sickle cutting wheat, and no one was complete. bones.

Lesta didn't give in too much. The berserker wielded a huge axe. Every roar and every slash was accompanied by the complete collapse of several skeleton soldiers, and the ground was covered with broken bones.He was advancing at a speed not inferior to Kress, and the two of them were like two swordfishes advancing side by side, cutting through the waves.

Led by these two monsters, the rest of the defenders also exploded with astonishing fighting power. Dozens of small waves followed Kress and Lesta and kept advancing towards the dense forest ahead.

Two puppets and dozens of fighters, among the enemy group that is absolutely superior to their own, completely turned the battle situation upside down.If he hadn't seen it in person, who would believe that there are such terrifying troops in the world?

"My God, it's so, so powerful!" Seeing the amazing fighting skills of the seniors, the recruits behind were all dumbfounded.

Everyone is convinced. Compared with these guys, we are really just a bunch of rookies.

Looking at the people who were full of admiration, Jessica smiled and said, "One day, you will be like them. Our defense team in Lovell is the best."

No one answered, and their eyes couldn't bear to leave the battle on the field for a moment.But everyone's body was trembling slightly. It wasn't fear, but the uncontrollable excitement after having a goal to catch up with!
Seeing everyone's reaction in their eyes, Sol and Jessica looked at each other with relief. These young people will definitely grow into the backbone of protecting Lovell in the future.

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