Our family is in decline

Hamlet, remains.

When Lance under the dungeon lit the hand of praise on the first Iron Crown, the out-of-control power caused a lot of movement.

No one knew what happened in that dungeon. For most people, it was just another day.

The Scorpion Mercenary Group spent the night preparing to start today's exploration, and Hamlet's army also began to prepare for mobilization. The personal guards, barbarian mercenaries, and heroes have also entered the ruins to perform their respective tasks.

Countless adventurers took advantage of the rising sun and poured into the ruins, trying to find their own treasure.

Anyway, what rises together with the sun at the ruins of Hamlet is hope.

At first no one noticed this disaster, just thinking that the morning light was blocked by thin clouds, as if a gust of wind could see the sky again.

Until the strange power turned into thicker clouds that condensed over the ruins, casting shadows on the ruins.

And this trend of expansion is getting stronger, as if the ritual power that sacrificed the entire city back then has resurfaced, and is bound to drag Hamlet into darkness again.

And the few powerful spellcasters in the new town seemed to feel something.

Alhazred woke up from his endless meditation. Lance came here early this morning to tell him some situations, and also to inquire about the possibility of the Hand of Praise sealing ceremony.

The occult scholar walked out of the room and looked at the dark clouds that began to appear in the sky. He didn't know what was happening in the dungeon, but he knew that an evil force was spreading rapidly, and he had to take action and immediately walked outside.

On the other side, Brother Martin, who planned to go deep into the ruins to show the power of the church because of his sudden "ambition", also seemed to feel something. Looking at the increasingly dense black clouds, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Damn it! How evil is this place?" He turned around and greeted Pastor Ranzhu, "Let's go, we can't stay here."

Lao Jianghu is Lao Jianghu. Although he does not have the special talent of a mystic scholar, he is still a legendary spell caster. Even if he does not know what the situation is, running away when he is in doubt is the best decision.

There are also many extraordinary beings lurking in the small town. They may not be as sharp as the legendary powerhouses, nor as special as scholars, but do not underestimate these strange extraordinary beings...

At this time, Alhazred came to Barton, and here were the army management who were mobilizing troops to prepare for the handover, and Leonard also appeared here.

"Something happened. It may be that there is something wrong with the sealing ritual on the lord's side, or it may be that the adventurers touched some ritual. Anyway, that is not something we should consider.

An evil force has awakened in the ruins and is spreading continuously. If it continues, darkness will undoubtedly envelope the entire Hamlet. The undead in the ruins may become more powerful and even affect the town.

The top priority now is to notify the city, and to control the town so that chaos does not occur. Those guys are not easy to deal with. Do you want to evacuate them first? "

"Evacuate? Where? If so many people flood into the city, you should know what will happen.

And the back of the town is not a wilderness. Along the way, there are a large number of people involved in the development of the wilderness, as well as various farms, medicine fields, lumber mills... thousands of people are among them.

Nothing has really happened yet. If we do this, we will cause chaos first. "

"It's true that we can't start a chaos on our own. There are more than a thousand troops surrounding the town. Can we hold it?"

"There is a 300-person recruit camp here in the town, and there are 100 marines here who just came today. The largest part is the 30 artillery squads, but some of them are newbies..."

Barton briefly calculated the troops currently distributed around the town, but from his words he could probably tell that although there were many, most of them were new recruits.

Due to the recent expansion of the army, the training camps in the rear only completed preliminary basic training and then sent them to the front line to start further practical training.

Shooting targets is worse than shooting skeletons, and the same applies to artillery. Actual combat and training should be combined, otherwise resources will be wasted. At the same time, there is no danger, and you can gradually get into touch with the rhythm of combat.

During the day, you need to knock bones, and at night, you need to study. However, with such a radical expansion of recruitment, although the total strength has almost doubled, those veterans have also been diluted.

The only good thing is that these veterans are of high quality, they have all been literate, they can still recognize hundreds of words, and the orders within the army are clearly implemented. The army built with them as the skeleton still retains good combat capabilities.

"No matter what the disaster is, we must be prepared to gather the workers at the construction site first. These people have a certain degree of order and can understand the dispatch.

At the same time, those places should be prepared to guard against possible attacks. The police will all dispatch live ammunition patrols, and all frontline soldiers will be transferred back to build defense lines..."

Leonard was the one who followed Lance at the beginning, and he also knew a little bit about the catastrophe, and he knew more clearly that not too many people should die here, as they would become nourishment for the evil god.

Of course, there is the most important thing.

"What's more important is that we must be ready to retreat at any time. The Lord Lord said that as long as people are still there, there is hope."

Leonard has a strong voice. Although Alhazred is powerful, he is only an advisor and does not interfere with their decisions.

Lance's ability to act also affects Hamlet's style. He is straightforward and quick. He will find a way to solve the problem immediately and implement the decided plan.

People kept coming in and out of the hall. The enlarged meeting summoned the current leadership of the town, including the mayor who is responsible for the operation of the town, the sheriff of the police station, and several people from the army.

The management who were summoned responded quickly and did what they should do when they received the order, preparing to deal with the unknown impact.

At the same time, several fast horses left the town and dispersed. Some went to the front line to gather the troops from all parties, and some went back to notify the city.

Because the training projects are different, the front lines have their own areas, so they are dispersed, and at the same time, they are also to notify the adventurers and scavengers active in the periphery to come back quickly.

And those who go back also have to go separately. You know, there are more than just outposts on the way from the city to the town.

There are also several villages formed by the large-scale development of the wilderness, with hundreds or thousands of people. They must be notified to let them gather the working people first, so that it will be more convenient to evacuate at that time, and it will not be as embarrassing as the invasion of the Wolf Warriors.

"The guards and the teams that went deep into the ruins could not be notified."

Someone mentioned a key issue, that is, the guards that set out in the morning.

Basically, after every battle, those who performed well enough would be selected to join. The guards, which had only 30 people when they were first created, now have 50 people. The lowest of them are elites, and masters are not rare among them.

Even if the lord selected five of them, there are still 45 active in the ruins, some of whom "spend a lot of money" to carry out the lord's secret missions.

And some of them acted as law enforcement teams with those heroes, and explored and collected information about the ruins at the same time. In total, there were 50 or 60 people in the depths of the ruins.

At this time, a situation also appeared, that is, the troops on the periphery had clear positions, and only a fast horse was needed to notify them.

But those small teams that went deep into the ruins in the morning had no communication channels at all, and they didn't know their positions even if they wanted to find them.

"Light the signal smoke."

"No, it's dark now, we can't see it from too far away."

"What about firing a signal flare? Ordinary people can't tell what it means, only our people know."

It's called a signal flare, but it's actually a firework. Different materials can be added to it to create different effects. The principle of this thing is very simple. After discovering the limit of the whistle and the uncertainty of the signal smoke, it was soon manufactured.

What is fired at night is pure fireworks, while the signal flare explodes in the daytime, but a ball of colored smoke stays in the air.

"No, the vertical height of a pistol-type launch is only 20 to 30 yards, and the signal flare fired from the outside with a mortar can reach 100 yards, but the problem is that there are too many buildings in the ruins, and it is easy to block the view if the height is not enough."

"It's not that simple." Alhazred finally spoke up, and he raised a very critical issue, that is, the skeleton.

"Although I don't know the exact situation inside the ruins, I can be sure that the power has cut off Hamlet's connection with the sun. Those undead will be affected and can't be withdrawn just because they want to."

Everyone has been in the ruins for so long and is also a member of the army. Naturally, they understand that what this means is that the skeleton riots after dark will cut off the retreat route. Even if they receive the information now, they will be swallowed by endless skeletons.

"Here!" Reynard seemed to have made a decision. He raised his hand and pointed to a place on the ruins map without any nonsense.

"Although the ruins have no city walls, there are many guard towers left over from the past on the edge. The height can be more than ten yards. We will fire flares to the urban area here. I believe they can see it."

Reynard's fingertips drew a straight line from the town to the ruins again, and then nodded heavily.

"Guide them to break out in this direction. This is the main road left over from the past. I will lead the cavalry to this side to meet them. If there is no road, we will kill our way out. We must also believe that their strength will not fall easily."

"If it is Lord Lance who makes such a decision, I will not raise any questions, but have you considered that the mercenaries will also see it, and they will rush here in order to survive. What will you do?

Hamlet only has one cavalry, and it is very likely that he will be entangled by the skeletons, but it is more likely that he will be dispersed by the mercenaries. They will never hesitate to use you to delay the pace of those skeletons."

Alhazred was too calm, but without this calmness, he would have been controlled by the void long ago.

"Hamlet has no rules to abandon his companions."

Reynard only answered one sentence, and everyone on the field could not help but look serious.

That's right, the lord said that Hamlet would not give up anyone.

"Then act, there is no time for us to talk nonsense here."

Barton is also quite courageous. When he said this, he was ready to bear the cost of failure together.

When Reynard walked out, the cavalry brigade had already assembled. After this period of development, the number of cavalry has now expanded from fifty to one hundred.

In addition to the quality of personnel, that is, the riding skills need time to train and accumulate, another reason that restricted Hamlet from developing cavalry was horses, especially qualified military horses.

The reason why it can be expanded by half at once is that it is to fleece the Empire from the channels of Watt and the Empire's logistics.

After screening and hard training, these cavalrymen can also complete a lot of tactical actions and fight immediately. There is no doubt that the skeletons everywhere will be the best targets to help them train.

Because the cavalrymen were going to change guards, the lord hoped that they could stay in the city and use their mobility to become a sharp knife.

So they did not go to the front line for training in the morning, but were the first team to gather, and they were also the most powerful force in the town.

They had received the notice, but gradually the situation began to be wrong. The veterans easily felt the abnormal mobilization. Those who kept coming out of the meeting hall and running quickly revealed a seriousness and urgency. More and more people were mobilized, and a pressure of approaching danger began to spread.

And finally at this time, Reynard returned to the cavalry and shouted loudly.

"An unexpected incident has occurred. The skeletons in the ruins have begun to show signs of rioting, but we still have many companions trapped in it.

Now our mission has changed. We are going to the ruins to meet them. This journey is destined to be full of dangers. I don't know if I can come back.

But Hamlet has never given up on any of his companions. Those who are willing to go with me should stand up."

While speaking, Reynard has already jumped on the horse and covered the helmet as if he was as determined as he was.

Hamlet's mobilization inherited the style of the lord, which has always been so straightforward and brief.

Never repeatedly emphasize the so-called treatment and rewards, because the daily treatment makes them know that they don't need to worry about these. The lord never owes them anything. On the contrary, the lord's kindness is not enough.

What's more, the ideological education promoted in the army makes them understand why they fight, and they don't need that kind of material rewards to stabilize morale, but always maintain that high fighting spirit.

Some people in the cavalry have already responded, silent, but they have made a choice with their actions, sorting out their equipment, and then getting on the horse.

No one quits.

Seeing this, Reynald didn't say anything extra. He drew his sword and pointed it at the ruins and roared.

"Let's go!"

Leading the way, Reynald's horse rushed out, and the cavalrymen who were ready also drove their horses to follow. In a short time, they gathered into a torrent, and one sentence echoed in it.

"Hamlet will win!"