Chapter 366 The Long Night (Part 7)
But who can guarantee that they will live until the reinforcements arrive? The rotting corpses driven by numbness are almost filling up the nearly ten-meter-wide river, and the village on the south bank of the river has completely become a place where the dead are rampant.
On the north bank of the river, the castle built on the mountain was completely shrouded in light, and the light of gunpowder illuminated this despised land.
Tattered flags fluttered among the dead. Time had blurred their marks, but the noble children present could still see their former glory - they were once legions that had made great contributions to the empire, and now they were awakened from their slumber.
The warrior's soul was bound in his decaying body by dark magic. The rusty armor and sword once again saw the light of day, but this time they wanted to kill the descendants of those they once protected.
Organized ancient legions walked out of the darkness on the south bank of the stream one after another. The fierce artillery bombardment failed to bring them back to peace, because even if only a pile of bone fragments were left on the ground, they would regroup into a legion of the dead after a few hoarse spells were chanted.
Who can awaken the conscience of these enslaved people? Even if their relatives appear before them, they will be treated as a feast by these bloodthirsty monsters.
The eyes of savagery and madness filled the darkness, and every time the cannons sounded, the conscripted militia who assisted the Knights in the defense could see hunchbacked monsters wrapped in rags. They looked like ugly humans with only skin and bones left.
The sharp teeth flashing with cold light seemed to be ready to rush across the stream and feast on the flesh and blood of living creatures at the next moment, and those pairs of claws like daggers were the tools they used to cut the meat.
Perhaps they don't need to use these sharp claws, because the zombies lying on the victimized humans just eat the dead like gluttons.
The explosion of gunpowder and the whistling of artillery shells intercepted the undead south of the stream, but the ammunition was limited, and they would sooner or later rush over the river bank.
Vampires often appear like ghosts in the bunkers and towers of Hebei, and their every appearance brings the shadow of death.
In the end, no soldier was willing to hold a position with the Raven Knights, because people could easily find out that the Raven Knights were the vampires' first target, and any soldier who approached them would be affected by the vampires' attacks.
Teams of knights counterattacking and filling in the gaps would always leave behind a few corpses on the road. This was the case even for the well-trained Raven Knights, let alone the militia whose will and equipment were inferior to the former?
The ghosts looked like nimble flying birds, passing through the sky every now and then.
The miserable laughter of the undead filled the air, choking fear in the soldiers' hearts.
The long battle left every human being exhausted, but the knights who came and went in a hurry would always wake up the soldiers who were about to fall asleep in time, even if they had already taken a rest from their posts.
Whenever the warriors closed their eyes for a short while, they would see a strange shadow shrouded in dim green flames in the darkness.
Whether in the castle or in the desolate fields outside the city, as long as humans close their eyes, they can see the treacherous knights covered in robes and their nightmarish mounts.
These knights, who existed only in rumors and legends, appeared and disappeared in the flames, but as soon as they opened their eyes again, they would disappear like an illusion.
It only takes a moment for humans who see the illusion to understand one fact - they are looking for prey.
The waking world and the dream world have been divided into two worlds here. In the deserted dream, a mysterious figure in a cloak rides a soul-like mount, searching for all the humans who have fallen asleep in the wilderness and the castle.
Who can stay awake for a long time? Lin Qi's body is always incomplete, because every time new flesh grows, the old flesh will be torn off by Wu Suoran at the same moment.
Every once in a while, the Lizardman would burst out with unprecedented speed and strength, which would always cause trouble to his enemies by surprise.
The vampire's body has shrunk a lot, and there is no chance for it to replenish new blood in the fierce battle.
The magical wind brought by his breath was no longer enough to replenish Lynch's energy, but an abnormal source of energy in his abdomen supported the self-healing of his body.
The advantage seemed to be on his side.
When the eyeballs filled the lizard man's empty eye sockets again, he instinctively blinked slightly, but what appeared before his eyes was not the darkness after closing his eyes. The world changed in an instant.
The hills that had been knocked down in the fierce battle stood tall again on the side of the wilderness, and the grassland that should have been riddled with holes returned to its intact state before the war.
A tall giant wearing a blood-red robe and holding a sickle appeared beside Lynch at some point, while Usuran disappeared.
The bloody figure swung the sickle suddenly, and the brass demon blade cut through Lynch who was caught off guard without any hindrance, but it got stuck on the thorns of Tepok.
Just as Lynch hurriedly swung his stick to fight back, the next blink of an eye, the bloody figure disappeared, and the world returned to its shabby state again. The hills had long been razed to the ground, and the wasteland had turned into a pit.
Apart from the tearing pain in his soul, Lynch's body did not have any more wounds.
The vampire was waving its claws and rushing towards Lynch, but even it was wondering why its opponent suddenly became dazed.
The lizard man ferociously pushed back the vampire's attack, but the vague peeping from another realm threatened his back like a thorn in his flesh.
It didn't follow into reality.
More and more soldiers couldn't resist the sleepiness and closed their eyes slightly.
But in just a few breaths, their activity disappeared.
There were no visible wounds on their skin, and the field doctor's hasty examination could only determine that they died of sudden death.
The sleeping corpses never opened their eyes again. Their armor could not protect the spirit within their bodies. Like fallen wheat, their lives disappeared in a brief sleep.
The already hurried Knights of More became even busier as they had to ensure that every dead person would not come back to life.
Panic disintegrated the fortress of humanity from within. Invisible enemies kept taking away lives, and all they could do was stay awake.
When a gorgeous sedan chair made of bones as a frame and carried by the souls of the dead approached the river, almost all the soldiers lost the will to resist.
The curtain of the sedan was drawn open, and a graceful girl, seemingly the most beautiful girl in the world, conquered all humans with her graceful gaze. Her maids shook the minds of mortals with the same charm. Until the desperate battle cry of Lord Knight Ford recalled the hearts of the warriors, they were unable to calm down.
Who could deny the beauty of the world's first vampire?
"Get on your horses and leave the shelter! Maul will save us. In the name of Maul! Charge!"
More has always been concerned only with what happens after death, and He only saves the dead.
The nearly one thousand remaining knights gathered again in the wilderness. They allowed the undead to fill up the rivers and allowed the denied dead to set foot on the land of the living one by one.
(End of this chapter)
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