Chapter 648: When the Decisive Battle Comes (I)
Behind the second line of defense, people who were about to reach the third line of defense were walking with difficulty.
The high summer temperature made migration difficult. The unfamiliar climate and long years of walking caused the villagers, who were already malnourished and had very poor physical strength, to fall down on the road frequently.
Those who fell could only be abandoned, and some nobles would even burn the villagers who were unable to move in order to prevent them from becoming undead.
Burn alive.
A huge migration team marched across the wilderness. In order to prevent the population from becoming undead, the nobles agreed to Rand's large-scale migration plan.
The villagers in the cities and villages, the free people and nobles in the castles and cities were all driven by the knights to leave their homes and migrate to the north.
The common people could not resist the will of the nobles.
But the nobles and the knowledgeable people knew the horror of the undead.
"We have already traveled more than half of the migration distance! If we hold on a little longer, we will reach our destination!" The noble knight rarely encouraged the common people.
"Do we really need to hide from the undead? Because of this crappy migration plan that Rand came up with, our territory's population has already lost one-fifth." Some nobles questioned Rand's plan.
Another noble who had some insight retorted: "Those countries in the south that were unwilling to leave were directly destroyed. I suggest that you still have some respect for His Majesty Rand."
"Damn it, I feel like we're being chased like rats. We've been running away all this time. I haven't had a good night's sleep in ten days." Another noble also complained.
And at this moment.
There were shouts in the distance.
"What the hell! What is that?"
"It's the undead! It's the undead! Enemy attack! Combat troops prepare!" roared the migration commander who confirmed the situation.
The armed forces equipped by this migrating team can only be used to deal with robbers and monsters in the wilderness. It is very difficult to fight against the undead, not to mention that the undead who obviously attacked them were not weak types.
"All those with weapons, gather here. Nobles, knights, adventurers, gather here." The commander was Fenris, and Thrai was his deputy.
"Damn it, there aren't that many of us, and these undead actually emerged from under the ground!" Fenris cursed.
Soon some fighting forces were assembled, and then Fenris ordered: "Serai! Continue to evacuate with the civilians. This place is not far from the border of the Moon Kingdom. It will be safe there."
"Yes." Serai glanced at Fenris and decisively carried out the order.
He knew exactly what Fenris was going to do, but war was cruel and dangerous, and he was used to it.
Fenris looked at the forces gathered around him. Although they seemed to have no discipline, they were probably quite capable in combat.
"The enemy is the elite of the undead. We are definitely no match for them. Our task is to attract as many undead forces as possible and then deal with them. Now, follow me!" Fenris said concisely.
The combat effectiveness of this hastily assembled force will not be very good, but we have no choice but to act as a last resort now.
Fenris set out with a group of warriors dressed in different costumes.
But there is also good news. The brave Luca is also in the team, although Fenris also knows that Luca may not be a brave man.
The undead souls that emerged from the earth formed a black mass.
Different from the common undead army.
There are no common skeletons, zombies, ghosts or anything like that here.
Wearing all black armor, they are the Death Knights.
High-level undead like the Death Knight actually appeared in an organized manner, but that was not all.
The black clouds above the sky should not be any fog. The black clouds that are pressing down should be corpse dragons, or a group of corpse dragons.
"Those in black robes are necromancers. It looks like there's also a great necromancer and a lich. Those gradually rising walls should be undead giants. There are both undead giants and groups of corpse dragons. Where the hell are there so many skeletons and souls? And what's that yellow glowing thing..." Fenris had already brought his team to the elite undead army and was making a judgment with a frown.
Obviously, the gap in strength between the two sides is exaggerated.
On Fenris's side, there are six hundred nobles and knights from various countries. They are well-armed, but they have no tacit understanding with each other, and they don't understand the tactical model of the Sanctuary. There are about two hundred adventurers, but only twenty of them can fight with the cavalry.
The most useful adventurer is probably Luca.
This trip is basically a one-way trip.
But... "I have two final words to say. For humanity, for our homeland, charge! Charge!" Fenris raised his dazzling blade, then urged his horse to take the lead.
Then the warriors behind him followed Fenris.
The knights quickly crossed the short distance and rushed to the front of these terrifying undead.
The warhorse and the death knight's skeleton horse collided with each other, and the sound was like thunder roaring above the earth.
Then skulls smashed skulls, and armor crushed armor.
In the distance, Serai only glanced at the battlefield, then kept shouting and ordering everyone to speed up.
After a charge, Fenris will lead his men to move away, and as long as enough undead are attracted to this army, the large force will have the possibility of retreating.
The civilians who were ordered to leave by Serai looked in confusion at the knights charging at the undead, and the undead that occupied a much larger area than the knights.
They were subconsciously driven forward like cattle and sheep, but they could not stop feeling fear and sadness in their hearts.
They did not believe that those brave knights could defeat the undead, nor did they believe that they could escape destruction.
"Mom, are we, are we going to die?" A young child trembled and clutched his mother's clothes, asking with chattering teeth.
"No, no." The mother covered her child's eyes and continued to move forward with the crowd with her child.
At this time, Fenris had led his team to carve out a path for the undead army.
It was daytime and the undead had just emerged from the earth, so their reaction was still slow. However, even so, many knights were knocked off their horses by the undead's counterattack.
For the entire undead main force, the road that was dug out was nothing more than a steel needle piercing some skin, not even hurting the bones and flesh.
Fortunately, the task of attracting attention can be considered a success.
"Follow me! Don't fall behind!" Fenris, whose space was torn open by the undead elite, led the knight team in the opposite direction of the human team.
And many undead also rushed over.
…
After the first, second, third... batches of believers and missionaries from the Holy Land arrived at various sections of the defense line and began their work, morale was effectively restored.
Guli, the soldier on the defense line where Ranta and Chad were located, swallowed.
Now their defense line here must also face considerable pressure from the undead.
Guli was still terrified by these rotting, apparently dead, yet still moving monsters.
But he also realized that humans had no way out. If they did not fight with all their might, then their families and friends would have no chance of survival.
Moreover, after the two church members arrived at this section of the defense line, the battle environment also changed significantly.
These two missionaries were different from conventional noble commanders. They always led the charge and were at the forefront.
Later on, the nobles on the defense line were too embarrassed to hide behind.
And those noble lords began to fight on the city walls again, shouting slogans of glory. So how many reasons did they, the ordinary soldiers, have to retreat?
At this time, Rand in the Rat City was receiving kings from some countries.
"You still have a main force, right? The First Knights of the Moon Kingdom. Why don't they go to the battlefield?" asked a king with bloodshot eyes.
Those who stand at the pinnacle of human power have never been in such a mess.
They decided to support Rand's plan, but Rand, a selfish man, still held back his precious elite forces and did not take any action.
"The aces will have their own tasks to perform." Rand showed no expression in response to the king's questioning and pressure.
"I think you just want to retain your own power. How could you, how could you! You are a devil who betrayed our contract." There was a king who could no longer control his words.
Rand was indeed helpless about this.
Indeed, everyone's elite troops have been deployed to the front line, but Rand is the only one who is still holding on to the First Knights of the Moon Kingdom. It seems that he is obviously selfish.
But his trump card must be suppressed. The enemy's "core", the suspected incarnation of the Apostle of Scourge, has not been found yet, and the enemy's elite main force that should exist has not been discovered yet.
If you casually turn your trump card into an open card, you will easily be in a passive position in the subsequent war.
Unfortunately, not all countries understand this. Even if they do, they cannot tolerate Rand's cowardly behavior of only allowing others to go to the battlefield while keeping his own strength to himself.
Although Rand has actually sent many believers, missionaries, and soldiers to various defense lines.
Just when these kings wanted to question Rand and ask him to give an explanation.
A messenger came here.
"Report, the enemy's main force has been spotted." The messenger reported.
Several kings who had attacked Rand looked over. They suspected that Rand had sent someone to act.
But soon, the messenger dispelled their doubts.
The photo crystal brought by the messenger.
A swarm of powerful undead appeared behind the defense line.
Those horrible monsters slowly emerged from underground and broke out of the ground, as if they had been hiding there all along.
"It's actually underground?" Rand was also very surprised.
Since Rand knew very well that the undead did not need any supplies and did not need to worry about the cold and heat, he did not miss any mountains or sewers during his investigation.
But unexpectedly, the undead's attack route was even more exaggerated than imagined.
Indeed, the undead don’t even need air, so why can’t they take the underground route?
"The elite main force of the undead appeared out of nowhere behind the second line of defense and directly attacked the team that was retreating to the third line of defense. If the undead succeed, then we humans will directly lose more than 30% of our population. And if these people are directly converted into undead, it can basically be declared that we have failed in the war." said the messenger.
"In addition, we have also found the 'core' of the undead. It is estimated that it is not far from the Rat City." The messenger continued to report.
"Then it seems we have to split our forces into two groups." Rand fell into thought.
The king who had questioned Rand before remained silent.
After discussing with the Sanctuary's high-ranking officials present, including several kings, Rand made a decision: "Your Majesty, please lead the elite troops from various countries to stop the main force of the undead. Karin will soon arrive from the New Holy City to assist you."
"Oleanna, Elsa, you help maintain the overall stability of the current war situation. We need to rely on you for combat and command. Ellie should get the news soon. She should stay in Crescent Moon City to preside over the situation. The Elf Queen Vanilla will also bring some elite elves to help."
"Lysa, you and I will take the Kingdom's First Knights to find the core. I suspect the incarnation of the Scourge Apostle is there." Rand made the arrangements.
"Quiruo, defend the city of ratmen. The danger here is not small."
Finally, Rand looked at the kings and said, "Everyone, if you have nothing else to say, please go back. I will not accompany you here any longer. Or, do you want to join me in dealing with those undead?"
The kings were silent. Now they hoped even more that Rand was just a selfish person.
Such terrifying undead are not even the entire force. There are still so many elite main forces that can march through the land to the defense line. It turns out that those undead attacking the defense line can only be regarded as a feint attack?
This made them even more desperate. Their country was not big to begin with, and the population was not large. Now, if something happened to the migrating population, they would lose their population and land, and naturally they could no longer be called kings.
Rand ignored these people and left with Lysa.
The Undead's tactics this time were indeed beyond Rand's expectations.
But Rand also controlled an army beyond common sense at this time - the Dragonblood Hippogriff Knights equipped with Thunder Hammers.
The undead can march beneath the earth, but Rand now holds the power of the sky.
The decisive battle is about to begin.
…
About 500 kilometers ahead of the Ratman City, underground, there was a skeleton that was pure white, as if it were white jade, holding a corpse in its hand.
Those human scouts are smarter than we thought.
It was found after all.
But these scouts were also stupid. What was the point of finding him? They had no choice but to embrace the arms of death.
If I can't escape, how can I send a message back?
The plan is going smoothly so far. Humans are tricky, but their understanding of death is still too inadequate.
The defenses on the earth are obviously unable to stop the advance of the undead army.
And now, it's time to let everything return to silence.
And He will also die because of plague, war, famine, and... death.
Become the only master of this world.
(End of this chapter)
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