As evening approached, the guards at the city gate prepared to close the gate.

Just then, one of the guards saw something white swaying on the road in the distance.

"Hey! Look what that is..."

Just as he was asking his companion beside him, an arrow flew through the air and pierced his head directly through his eye socket.

The guard collapsed to the ground on the spot, while his companion belatedly realized what was happening and tried to escape.

But new arrows attacked again, and the second guard was shot to death at the city gate.

The other guards on the city wall were alarmed by the noise below. Without bothering to collect the bodies of their two colleagues, they immediately turned the noose and planned to lower the city gate.

Their judgment was accurate. A few seconds later, the Skeleton Knight rushed out of the woods with his undead squad.

After taking a look at the fallen city gate, he decided not to fight anymore and turned his horse around and rode back in the direction he came from.

After what he did, the guards on the city wall didn't know what to do.

Should I reopen the city gate and go out to collect the bodies of my colleagues? What if the enemy comes back to attack me? Should I just stay here?

But the other party seems to have left!

Looking at the forest in the distance, the guards of Breeze County were in a dilemma.

As a city far from the main train lines of Aundair, Breezeshire's geographical location is not very important.

This place is mainly famous for brewing Aundair red wine, and most of the people in the town are winery workers or related workers.

Even during the Final War, not many people would come to attack here.

Therefore, Breeze County’s defense force can barely be considered “existent”, but that’s all.

Even if the nearby bandits wanted to rob, they would basically rob the lightning trains that transported goods.

For a town like this with almost a net outflow of population, the strength of the guards would naturally not be very strong.

So after discussing it, these people simply informed the lord of the attack, while they continued to guard the city and did not dare to open the city gate.

It was not until the next morning that they dared to take back the bodies of their two colleagues.

But for some reason, after only one night, the bodies of the two men looked a little terrible.

The soldiers in charge of carrying the bodies sent them back to their respective homes. After changing shifts, the soldiers always felt a faint stench lingering around them.

…

Three days later, Wana City.

It was another morning, and Carl was about to go downstairs to have breakfast with his parents, Hope, and Lisanna. But as soon as he went downstairs, he found his mother putting on the sheriff's equipment with the help of his father and preparing to go out.

"Hmm? Son, are you awake? Mom has something going on at work, so you and your dad can go out and buy some breakfast for today."

After giving a few hurried instructions, Elifel left home, riding away on her magical warhorse.

"You've even got your mount on. What happened?"

After washing his face, Carl asked Ryan why his mother went to work early.

Ryan frowned, his expression a little heavy.

"There's a plague in Breeze County. A businessman who went there to do business was infected. Fortunately, it was discovered in time and the disease did not spread. The druids in the city have dispelled the plague and sent people to the other side to inquire about the situation."

In this magical world, ordinary plagues have almost no conditions to spread.

Whether it is a priest, a druid or even a mage, there are countless ways to treat the plague.

But if it was a magical plague created by the School of Necromancer, then things might be a little serious.

"Plague? At this time? Could it be that the remnants of the bandits that were wiped out by the ranger troops have come back to take revenge?"

Although he said this, Carl himself felt that this idea was not very reliable.

Those who become robbers have either committed crimes, offended others, or are simply people who want to create chaos in the world or are members of terrorist organizations.

Such a loyal person should have been cleared of all charges and returned to justice long ago.

"Ha! Who knows? But we have to speed up our production line. If something really happens in the next few days, our armaments in Wana City cannot fall behind."

Although Ryan is a businessman, that is only in normal times. If Wana City encounters a crisis, his factory will become Wana City's strategic material supplier.

Most of the factories in Eruden are basically like this.

This was also the rule left over from when the relationship with Andel was bad.

In those days, all the males in every village would receive militia training.

"Yes! If we work harder today, we can complete the debugging. In fact, the first half of the production line is already ready for production. I will adjust the second half and there should be no problem."

While Hope and Lisanna were still asleep, the father and son went out to buy breakfast.

When they came back, Hope and Lisanna had already come out.

After explaining what happened in the city to the two men, Carl and Ryan finished their meal and took a carriage to the factory.

It was noon, and just when most people in Wana were preparing to enjoy lunch, a loud horn sounded over the city.

A lightning train not only did not slow down after entering the deceleration area, but actually accelerated.

Realizing that something was wrong, the railway department immediately raised the railway bridge from Vana City to Andel. As a result, the Lightning Train still did not slow down and directly crashed into the raised bridge deck.

Anyone can see that something has happened.

"Rangers! Gather on the city wall!"

"Sheriffs! Maintain order in the city. If you see anyone causing a riot, arrest them immediately! In serious cases, shoot them on the spot!"

High in the sky, druids riding giant eagles issued orders to citizens throughout the city.

The city of Wana quickly entered a state of war, and even the cruise ship that was originally preparing to set sail at the port was seized.

At Carl's house, Hope and Lisanna looked at each other, then picked up their equipment and headed to the city wall.

Seeing Lisanna and Hope coming, the ranger captain who was commanding his men frowned.

The situation wasn't critical enough to require the involvement of children, but after Lisanna demonstrated the power of the [8000 Deaths] sword, the Ranger Captain softened his attitude.

"Okay, follow me first. Our enemies are currently mainly stationed on the Venern Bridge. Their combat units are mainly undead creatures. It looks like the Emerald Claw Knights are having a seizure again."

In Khorvaire, any terrorist attack involving the Undead is more or less related to this organization.

Sometimes they even take the blame for terrorist attacks.

But in the Ranger Captain's opinion, the current situation was definitely done by the Knights of the Emerald Claw. After all, the Skeleton Knights and the Undead Soldiers of Karrnath were too easy to recognize.

"Oh? Then let me teach them a lesson first!"

After climbing up the city wall, Lisana placed the sniper rifle on the parapet and pulled the trigger.

In the distance, the bone flagpole that was originally fluttering in the wind suddenly broke, and the undead creature that was crawling out of the derailed train paused, as if its attributes were weakened all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)