Heart of the Castle

Chapter 440 Zombie frenzy, natural disaster and plague

Earl Ansair's voice seemed very anxious, almost giving people a feeling of panic.The young attendant with the military horn was immediately taken aback. Although he was not very old, he had served as the attendant of the Earl of Ansair for a long time, and he had never seen the Lord Sheriff of the Northern County Looking so flustered.

Excessive surprise made him raise the horn, but did not blow it right away.Earl Ansair cursed, snatched the black horn inlaid with a silver ring from the young attendant's hand, and brought it closer to his mouth.

The loud and majestic horn sounded quickly, and Earl Ansair blew it as hard as he wanted to blow the horn until it exploded. The beeping sound resounded over the sky of Queensland City, shaking everyone's eardrums .

"This is... the most urgent meaning!" A veteran orderly was shocked when he heard it, and hurriedly took out his horn and blew it. However, just after he blew two loud notes, a strong smell of blood and rancidity came from the air. There was a sudden spurt behind him, and the indescribable stench immediately made the old orderly cough violently.

Several soldiers from the Northern Alliance Army happened to be nearby. They saw that the orderly was so coughing that he couldn't even straighten his waist, so they hurried forward to help him by the arm.However, the feeling coming from the palm of the hand is not like supporting a person's body at all. Instead, it is like grabbing into the mud. The sticky feeling makes people feel sick.

"Father God, what's the matter with you?" A light cavalryman yelled in surprise. The old orderly heard the man's yell and turned his head reluctantly, opening his mouth to speak.However, he couldn't say anything, just in a blink of an eye, his face became pale and swollen, like a dead person; a mass of dark red stuff squirmed out from his mouth, accompanied by many small white Things crackled on the ground.

"Bless the gods!" cried the hussar who helped him, "what is that?"

"His tongue and teeth!" answered the other in a trembling voice.

That is indeed the tongue and teeth, that’s right, there is only blood red left in the old orderly’s mouth. It was just a low voice of clucking, and the coalition soldiers who saw this scene couldn't help but let out a yell full of fear, let go of their hands and stepped back.

The old orderly took two staggering steps, a terrible smile appeared on his pale and swollen face, or was it a painful twitch?No one understood, and then his eyes slid down his cheeks like frozen tears, his whole body swelled up, and a rush of hissing sounded in the ears of the coalition soldiers...

"Run, he's going to explode!" A soldier who still had some reason yelled, while pushing his companions who were stunned by this scene with their hands.But before they could move, the old orderly's body exploded like an over-inflated ball, and the bloody meat was accompanied by a strong green poisonous gas, covering everything within a dozen meters around. go in.

This kind of tragic scene is happening in many places in Queensland City at the same time. Every cloud of thick green poisonous gas means that many people have died here, and now the whole city is full of poisonous corpses. generally.

In just an instant, the coalition forces in the north suffered heavy losses ten times as much as before. Thousands of city guards and storm guards died immediately. There were even a few noble knights who reacted too slowly, and before they had time to burst out their fighting spirit, they were killed. It was shrouded in a cloud of plague poison, and then there was a dull blasting sound.

Since the corpses that erupted from the plague gas were almost all hidden deep in the piles of corpses, only elite soldiers had the courage to obey orders and search for survivors among the piles of corpses. people get hurt.But this does not mean how lucky these people are. A deep, trembling moan sounded from all directions, and corpses were struggling to get up in every corner, as if the entire city of Queensland was wriggling.The bodies of these zombies were already highly decomposed, their eyes were turned upside down, and they staggered forward. The disgusting stench suddenly became stronger.

The soldiers of the Northern Allied Forces uttered fear-filled shouts. They all had weapons in their hands, but how to fight these terrible enemies?Although the movements of the zombies are slow, their strength is astonishing. Even if you use weapons or shields to parry their blows, you will bruise or even break your wrists; counterattacks are even more powerless, and those zombies are not afraid of spears and bows. , the already rotten body, adding a few holes is nothing at all.Although heavy weapons such as tomahawks and sticks can smash the heads and bones of zombies, the black blood that splatters is very corrosive and poisonous. Once it touches the body, it will be incurable. festered into a giant blood hole.Some reckless fighters have made that point clear with their tragic deaths.

"What a vicious trap! This is a plague curse for the dead, and blood-rotting zombies!" Earl Ansair almost moaned, but then the sword-wielding earl revealed his strong side, " Raise the flag! Blow the horn!" He pulled out the thin thorn sword at his waist, and threw the horn back to the young attendant who was standing there, "Tell all the soldiers of the coalition army that I am here, and do everything possible to get closer to here! People, prepare to fight!"

The horn blew the tone of the order collection, but this time only a few sporadic notes responded, and most of the orderlies did not answer.The Griffin Knight and the City Guard Knight stood side by side, holding long swords, and built a human wall in front of Earl Ansair and Li Wei.There was a cold flame burning in their eyes, and they looked at the blood-rotting zombies staggering and approaching motionlessly.

Sir Rodriguez did not stand with the others, but stood at the front alone, holding the giant iron star sword in both hands.After the fierce battle of the demon army outside the city of Queensland, no one, whether it was the Griffin Knight or the City Guard Knight, dared to look down on that extremely crude weapon. At least the amazing achievements of the three Abyssal demons were absolutely nonexistent. No one can compare with it.

"They're coming!" Grunwalm's voice trembled a little, but he couldn't tell whether it was due to nervousness or excitement. The only thing that could be determined was that the young knight was definitely not afraid of those zombies.Sir Hughes, who was standing beside him, had a disgusted and reluctant expression on his face. For this noble son who was born in Firmeyer, the rotting blood zombie was definitely the last enemy he wanted to face.

"My favorite clothes..." When the zombies finally rushed up, Li Wei seemed to hear Sir Hughes complaining, and then there was a sound of sharp knives splitting bones, and the tough bodies of those zombies were in the knight's arms. They were vulnerable to the long swords blessed with fighting spirit, and the black rancid plasma suddenly flew violently along with the stumps and broken arms.The gloomy sword light of the stellar iron giant sword flashed in another direction, and every time it rose and fell, rows of zombies were cut down to the ground. Sir Rodriguez waved the giant sword like a straw, No matter which part of the rotting blood zombie's body touches the sword edge, it will be cut apart by the irresistible and terrifying force.

However, this may be the only place in the entire city where the Northern Alliance forces have an advantage.In other corners of the city, human beings and undead are desperately fighting for their lives. After entering Queensland City, the Northern Allied Forces have completely dispersed, and now the entire city is against them.

The militia with the largest number of people and the worst discipline among the coalition forces in the north was completely wiped out.Rotten blood zombies are very terrible enemies for them with poor equipment. They poke the zombie's body with their spears, but the zombies continue to move forward indifferently, letting the spear point pass through their festering and corrupted bodies , and grabbed the spear owners with both hands, twisting off their arms and heads.In this terrible atmosphere, the morale of the militiamen who had not received much training soon collapsed, and the fear has surpassed the limit of their endurance.Some people stood there crying or laughing wildly, some people started to run away with their heads in their hands, some people knelt on the spot, praying to the Father God or any other god for salvation, until they were caught by the rotten claws stretched out by zombies Even if it is dragged down, no miracle will come to this doomed land.

The performance of veterans and knights with combat experience was much better. They tried their best to gather together, shoulder to shoulder, and formed small battle formations to deal with those terrifying enemies. They did achieve some results and repelled the undead creatures However, the rotting blood zombies staggered out of every corner like wriggling mudslides. The number was almost endless, and without fear, they rushed forward against swords and spears.Some small battle formations without knights as the core force were quickly swallowed by the zombie frenzy, while others became precarious.

Li Wei felt a cold shudder blow over his heart. After entering Queensland City, he had used exploratory techniques many times to check the pile of corpses, but he hadn't found any abnormalities from the beginning to the end.Even now, shambling zombies have appeared at the end of the street, but they are still nothing in the field of vision of the probing technique. "Di...no, Steward Frederick! Tell me, what's going on?" He couldn't believe his eyes, so he had to softly ask the alchemist beside him for help, and then he saw the expression on the face of Mr. Dish in the butler's costume He twirled his beard solemnly, and then opened his hands, a large golden slender light shot towards the sky, and then turned at high altitude, covering the sky of Queensland City like a giant umbrella.

"Bright as the morning light, call, answer, all dharmas come to an end, stop at the end! The crowd disperses!"

Following Mr. Dish's old mantra, the Queensland city in Li Wei's eyes immediately changed, and dark red sticky blood surged everywhere, staining the streets, alleys, ruined houses, and every corner of the city. In the corner, even in the air, there were wisps of blood, which were entangled and permeated to everyone.When the golden light of the dispel technique fell, although the blood immediately melted like ice and snow encountering a raging fire, it immediately rose from the ground and continued to spread towards the sky.

"Toxic! The air, the water, are all poisonous! The land of this city has been cursed by the evil undead magic!" Mr. Dish warned in a sharp tone, and at the same time a ball of milky white light bloomed from his hand, causing The people around me immediately felt a burst of relief in the body and a lot of calm in their hearts. "This is not an ordinary plague curse, but a plague of natural disasters cast by the undead magister using a joint ceremony. This kind of magic is notorious, and it is only under the Yinchen summoning ceremony in dark alchemy."

These actions of Steward Frederick surprised Earl Ansair. His eyesight and insight were extraordinary, and he immediately recognized the power that Butler Frederick displayed, "Dispelling divine spells, healing divine spells, and They all cast spells in groups... Butler Frederick... No, Master Frederick, who are you? Are you the archbishop of the temple, or are you a saint sent by God the Father to save us?" His tone was both surprised and joyful , "I have seen Cardinal Enoch Sebasta of the Glorious Cathedral preside over a religious ceremony. It was a divine spell performed by dozens of high-ranking priests, but it seems to be even less powerful than yours. .”

"Flandala's divine power is formidable, but my lord Kushimo is not inferior in the slightest." Mr. Dish bowed solemnly and said, the god he praised was Earl Ansair I was taken aback, but quickly guessed the identity of Mr. Dish from the two magic arts. "Are you the archbishop of the Dormition Temple? Or the great master of the soul comforter?"

"Comfort the suffering souls, I wish there will be no disasters and hardships, cold and hunger in this world, and everyone in the world can enter the eternal sleep of our Lord's kingdom of eternal night safely, and not be disturbed by those brothers who have gone astray." Mr. Dish used the comforter He answered in a low voice based on his teachings, which was an indirect proof of his identity.

Although they are both believers in Ku Ximo, the Instructor of Eternal Sleep, the relationship between the comforter and the deceased is as incompatible as ice and coal. They both accuse each other of misinterpreting the teachings of the Instructor of Eternal Sleep, and at the same time carry out eternity in various fields. Endless battle.It can be said that as long as there are accusers raging, there are soul comforters. They are like light and shadow, entangled endlessly, but their reputations are quite different.

"Thanks to the gods, it turns out that His Excellency the Great Master really came here." Earl Ansair's face became lighter, but the haze was still shrouded in the brows, "You are an expert in dealing with the dead, please help us, tell us How do we deal with this insidious and vicious trap?"

Mr. Dish showed a somewhat bitter smile, "This is my negligence." He admitted that to Earl Ansair, and especially to Liveston, "One of those who sue the dead must be good at prophecy. When he set up the trap of natural disasters and plagues, he also set up a large-scale anti-detection magic circle. It was this magic circle that prevented us from discovering their conspiracy in time. Now this trap has been completely Even the air is full of vicious curse power, only the fighting spirit of the knight and the magic of the clergy can temporarily stop the damage of these powers, but for ordinary people, this place is a dead end."

"Can only knights and priests survive?" Glittering sweat dripped from Earl Ansair's forehead, "Master Frederick, is there no other way?"

"I can also cast the mass dispel technique several times, each time I can lift the curse on those people, and at the same time suppress the power of natural disasters and plagues." Mr. Dish said in a heavy tone, "But this can't completely solve the problem. There are so many cursed victims in this city that I can't last long alone."

"Can we just sit and wait?" Earl Ansair couldn't help but growl, "Your Majesty, even you can't solve the natural disaster and plague?"

"There will never be magic that cannot be cracked, but you must use the right method. Natural disasters and plagues, the weakness of undead magic itself, are our only chance." Master Dish clasped his hands together and opened them again. A city constructed of white lights of different shades appeared in the picture, "This is the magic of the eye of the earth, and what is shown is the panorama of Queensland City." Following Master Dish's gesture, the city model began to gradually enlarge, At the same time, four places began to flash the starting point red light. "These four places are where the power of the curse gathers. Only one of them is the place where those who sue the dead perform rituals. There must be heavy guards, and the other three are the nodes of the magic circle. Although destroying the nodes cannot destroy the entire magic, but It can also remove part of the power of magic."

"You mean to say that as long as you destroy these four places during the period when you can suppress the power of the curse, you can reverse the unfavorable situation in front of you, is that right?" Earl Ansair's eyes were bleeding The radiant light and the fierce killing intent even made the Griffon riders standing beside him feel terrified.

"That's right, but it's not easy to do it." Mr. Dish pointed to the red light spots and said, "Queensland City is now full of undead creatures made by the dead. It seems that this city It has been captured a long time ago, and the residents inside may have become the materials for making zombies and skeletons. If we only attack one or two places, there is still time, but if we want to destroy four places one after another, it may be too late in time."

"Then let's attack four nodes at the same time!" Grunwalm suggested almost without thinking.

"Are we strong enough?" Li Wei frowned tightly, and the battles he had experienced had made the young lord think deeply, "What Butler Frederick said was very clear just now, this Among the four nodes, there is one that is the key to sue the dead for the ceremony, it must be heavily guarded, and we need to concentrate all our strength to carry out a surprise attack. Only after getting close will we know which one it is."

"What we have to do now is a difficult choice, whether to concentrate on attacking one place and gamble on the favor of the gods in the sky for the coalition forces in the north, or divide our troops into two groups, risking one of them being broken in front of a heavily guarded node. What about the risk of bleeding?" Mr. Dish sighed slightly, his eyes shining like flint, "Time is running out, we must make a decision immediately and act!"

(End of this chapter)