Chapter 649: When the Decisive Battle Comes (Part 2)
The area above the ground where the Scourge Apostles are located is also part of the defense line.
This place is close to the defensive core of Rat City, so the defensive pressure is greater than other sections.
Now many parts of the first line of defense have been crossed by the undead. As an important section to block the undead, the second line of defense is facing increasing pressure.
Here, there are a large number of soldiers defending the city walls.
Countless undead souls and warriors destroyed each other here, and perhaps no one knew that the Lord of Death was right below them.
And at this moment.
The Scourge Apostle was beyond the perception of mortals and felt something different.
First, a huge shadow passed across the sky, followed by a group of flying four-legged creatures.
In front of this group of quadrupeds were eight quadrupeds flying steadily.
Their bodies were wrapped in thick chains that shone with magical light.
Suspended beneath the eight chains was a gigantic metal knight.
Then the chains were loosened.
A huge shadow fell from the sky to the ground.
Due to the free fall caused by gravity, the huge speed caused the surface of the Metal Knight to rub against the air and produce sparks.
The airflow turned into a thread and wrapped around the metal knight.
Then--
"Boom——" The huge roar was the sound of the metal knight stepping on the ground, splashing countless smoke, dust, soil, bushes and dead branches.
It was as if he used the earth as the drumhead and himself as the drumstick, beating out the sound of heavy drumbeats.
Rand landed on the ground and walked up to the metal knight who was half-kneeling on the cracked ground. Then, the metal knight's dim eyes lit up.
Breathtaking.
Having obtained dangerous technology from the Elven Forest, Lysa led the alchemists of the Sanctuary to upgrade Rand's artifact, the Eternal Barrier.
Some of those technologies were selected and combined with the original ideas and technologies to assist in the production of the war hammer assigned to the First Knights of the Moon Kingdom.
The other part, which is more dangerous, has huge side effects, and will bring unpredictable consequences, is used on Rand's [Eternal Barrier].
These huge side effects will not be more terrible than the consequences brought about by the [Eternal Frozen Core]. Even if they are really more terrible, it will not be a big deal for Rand if he endures them for a short period of time.
[Blessing 1] and the ability to sacrifice oneself allow Rand to control this upgraded artifact.
And Rand is now close to being a top-level professional.
With such a magical weapon, it is enough to intervene in the current battlefield.
"Come out, Mr. or Ms. Apostle of the Scourge. If you continue to stay underground like a rat, I have no choice but to ask you to come out." Rand made a dull voice in the Eternal Barrier.
The sound was not loud enough to be heard on the nearby city wall defense line.
However, Rand did not intend to let the warriors here know what was beneath them.
A Dragon Blood Falcon Knight has already gone to the defense line to find the commander and ask him to evacuate his men immediately, although it may not be too late.
The kings who had questioned Rand in the Skaven City also came. They didn't really intend to join Rand in fighting the "Core", but they had already lost most of their population and land, and hatred drove them to see with their own eyes the ugly face of the culprit who destroyed their country.
Soon, the earth began to make a soft buzzing sound, as if a giant object was turning over deep in the rock layer, and then the soil began to surge like waves.
The blood-brown earth bulged with charred cracks. From beneath the earth came the crackling sound of bones rubbing against each other, like a thousand maggots simultaneously gnawing at rotting flesh. The earth's veins rose into sharp bone spurs, and broken bone spurs protruded from the muddy ground. Black mist welled up from the empty eye sockets of pale skulls, wrapping around them and stitching the scattered bones together into a stairway.
The outline of the throne gradually emerged in the thick fog: a dozen twisted tibias served as support, each covered with teeth marks and axe marks, topped with a bracket made of skulls, and the backrest was an arched top made of hundreds of vertebrae connected in series, glowing like phosphorescence in the darkness.
On the throne was a hooded man in a black robe, sitting in a rather casual posture.
"You impolite mortal, what do you want from a dry skeleton like me on this first meeting?" The skeleton made a creepy crackling sound, which was like the sharp howling of the soul, making people uncomfortable.
"How about you go back to your hometown?" Rand was not afraid of such a scene at all.
Although the black-robed man on the throne in front of him is the legendary guide of death, the embodiment of silence, and the master of the undead.
But anyway, because of Lysa's bad example, Rand's respect for God dropped several levels.
And there was no reason to be polite to the enemy before him.
"Young man, if you respect others and are in awe of everything, you will suffer less." The skeleton under the black robe was still saying some "teaching" words.
Rand was already impatient: "Are you done with your nonsense, old dog? If you're done, go die."
Rand really had no interest in talking to this black-robed skeleton, because due to this plague and the disaster of the undead, a large number of people were dying every moment.
Of course, this also includes people from the Holy Land.
Earlier this month, 511 people died in the sanctuary, late last month, 489 people died in the sanctuary, and early last month, 420 people died in the sanctuary.
An average of 30 people died every day, most of them soldiers, but also missionaries and even bishops.
Moreover, this data is a conservative estimate, and the actual damage is likely to be even greater.
At this rate, Rand's soldiers would be wiped out in less than a year.
Because of this mad god before him, the warriors that Rand had carefully trained were disappearing every moment.
Finally, Rand's rudeness angered the skeleton who was suspected to be the incarnation of the Scourge Apostle.
He intended to teach Rand a lesson.
It raised its finger slightly.
The earth rolled again like a raging tide, and countless pale bone hands with green flames stretched out from the void and from the earth, climbing towards Rand, who was wearing the artifact power armor.
Such a scene seemed like the embodiment of a nightmare.
But what greeted all this was the vast thunder.
Such an attack is more violent and more concentrated than the roaring lightning of the Azure King.
That is the thunder hammer of the First Knight Order of the Moon Kingdom.
The First Knights of the Moon Kingdom has grown to 1,500 knights, and most of them have been brought here today to deal with the incarnation of God.
And 1,500 knights simultaneously threw out the magical weapon that could only be used once, the weapon that bound the violent thunder and lightning within the weapon.
It is the powerful force that has been condensed and concentrated by Rand's development to date.
The lightning shattered all the dry bones, leaving only a white jade skull in the black smoke.
Rand can use three more rounds of this attack.
"Mortals' attacks are meaningless." The incarnation of the Scourge Apostle sneered.
Rand looked up at the black-robed elves in the sky.
Lysa gave Rand a look.
Rand laughed.
Clearly, Ryza's meaning was, "Don't be fooled by this skeleton's calm appearance; he's just holding on."
However, because Rand was under the power armor, his smile could not be seen by the skeleton.
Rand pointed his greatsword directly at the skeleton.
A second round of gleaming, roaring thunder hammers was ready.
The skeleton still maintains a casual and contemptuous attitude.
Lightning once again penetrated the sky and earth.
The unstoppable surging power was enough to split mountains and rocks, and this time, the skeletal throne of the Scourge Apostle was also reduced to dust by the lightning.
But just as Rand was about to command the third salvo.
A gigantic skeleton dragon rushed out from the ground at an extremely fast speed towards the First Knights formation of the Moon Kingdom in the sky.
This skeleton dragon did not look like the awakened remains of a real dragon, but rather was made up of countless horrific bones stitched together, and then perhaps stuffed with the soul of something unknown, just like the three-headed undead dragon created by Rand.
Because of this, the size of this skeleton dragon far exceeds that of a regular dragon.
"Enemy attack, be careful to hide!" The commander of the First Knights of the Moon Kingdom shouted orders, and his excellent and battle-hardened subordinates completed the execution the moment he gave the order.
At this time, the defense commander and soldiers who had just received the retreat order were still a little confused and had not figured out the situation.
They had more or less heard of the reputation of Rand's First Knights of the Moon Kingdom, so they had no doubts about the orders of the Dragon Blood Falcon Knights.
They just didn't understand the situation, and the undead they were fighting would not let them go or give them a break.
So these soldiers saw a huge metal knight falling from the sky and a skeletal throne growing from the ground.
And the terrifying thunder that illuminated the heavens and the earth.
Now everyone basically understands what happened.
Here appeared terrifying undead that they found difficult to deal with, and these knights from the Moon Kingdom came to support them.
Although they felt that they could play a role in the current situation, they naturally could not miss the opportunity to retreat and rest.
But the retreat was not fast, and then they saw the situation changing rapidly.
Such a large number of thunder hammers and such terrifying concentrated thunder were unable to shatter the bones on the earth.
And under the heaven and earth, a huge skeleton dragon appeared out of nothing, as if it could easily crush the defense line.
So what exactly is this skeleton on the throne?
Many retreating soldiers no longer dared to look, as they had clearly realized that if they didn't run away, it might be too late.
At this time, the giant skeleton dragon that had only smashed a few Dragon Blood Falcon Knights had already circled an arc in the sky, flapped its wings again, and swooped down towards Rand.
Rand is currently the only ground unit. The Dragon Blood Hippogriff can fly and maneuver at high speed, but such a huge metal knight obviously cannot do that.
Rand had already anticipated this; he came to the ground in order to attract fire.
The Metal Knight's resistance is very high now, and if he really can't withstand Rand, he still has many "safety measures".
Of course, that's not necessary now.
Because he is actually very flexible now.
The perpetual motion core can provide almost endless energy.
And such energy can fully support Rand's takeoff.
So the dragon once again found nothing, and Rand came upon its terrible body, emitting black mist.
At this time, the First Knights of the Moon Kingdom that were scattered in the sky have gathered again and lined up, and the third round of thunder hammers are ready.
"Fire!!!" the commander roared.
The target was naturally the incarnation of the Apostle of Calamity, who was already getting restless.
…
On the other side, Fenris was already running across the wilderness with his knights, half of whom had been lost.
They didn't even gain much time before nearly half of their troops were easily defeated.
Most of the Death Knights' skeletal mounts are faster than sturdy warhorses, and those corpse dragons and undead behemoths can easily catch up with these brave knights in the wilderness.
Fenris struggled to kill a monster that was blocking the crowd. Fenris's blade was already burning at this time. His special ability of burning hands could be transformed into a burning sword after special training and the use of special weapons.
This undoubtedly greatly enhanced Fenris's combat effectiveness, but unfortunately such combat effectiveness was too weak on such a battlefield.
Fenris was already covered in blood, and their actions seemed to be worthless, just a waste of life.
More than 600 noble knights have reached the level where they can easily destroy an earldom. Such military strength is enough for a noble family to dominate a place.
But facing the elite undead main force, they were indeed so weak at this time.
It is true that they attracted the attention of the main force of the undead, but it is estimated that they can only last half a day at most, or even shorter, before they are completely wiped out.
This amount of time is obviously not enough for civilians to evacuate to the third line of defense.
Moreover, not all the undead were attracted here. Many of them were already rushing towards the civilians.
It was as if the efforts of these knights were meaningless and they were just sending themselves to die in vain.
But Fenris had no intention of giving up.
"Everyone, pay attention!..." Fenris was about to continue giving orders, but in front of them, a man with a golden light that was more like khaki appeared.
He looked like he was covered in black armor, so he should be an undead. However, the terrifying glow all over his body slowed down everyone's horses.
No, something was wrong. Fenris was sure the horse beneath him was not slowing down at all.
"Something's wrong, and it's not just the top commander!" The experienced Fenris immediately roared, "Luka!"
Luca's fighting ability is much stronger than that of a general, but he should still be no match for this yellow monster.
But now, there are not many strategies to choose from.
Then we can only believe in the fighting ability of the brave.
A dazzling sword light burst out from Luca's sword, and then, accompanied by a strong wind, it slashed towards the yellow enemy as Luca moved.
…
No effect.
The earth grew, the calm, thick, solid earth seemed to come alive at this moment, growing a hard barrier, which layer upon layer turned into spikes pointing to the sky, blocking Luca's dazzling sword light.
It is easy to mobilize the power of nature on a large scale.
"My Lord," Fenris breathed.
(End of this chapter)
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