Knight and Wand

Chapter 207 Divine soldiers descend from heaven
The walls of Shatai had not roared so loudly for decades.

Ghostly bat-like corpses flew over the wall filled with conscripts, and the screams and cries of mankind resounded under the dark sky that was as gloomy as the end of the world.

The terrified militiamen shot their arrows randomly and missed their crossbows. Before they could put down their crossbows, they were grabbed by the flapping wings of the corpse demons and thrown high off the city wall. Countless corpses thirsty for flesh and blood rushed forward, and their miserable wails as limbs and flesh were torn apart were terrifying.

“Ahhh no——!” Another unlucky soldier was thrown to the ground, and the sharp teeth and claws like barbs tore off his bloody face.

"Die!" Ivan roared and swung his sword. The steel blade cut off the monster's flapping bat wings, and the sharp tip pierced through the corpse's chest and lungs. He raised the blade and cut it, cutting it into two pieces with the skin attached.

Ivan raised his foot and crushed the head that was still opening and closing to kill the corpse that was attacking him. He watched as more and more militiamen were accidentally dragged off the city wall by the winged monsters. He had no choice but to continue fighting with his attendants and elite soldiers, chasing the corpses around on the chaotic wall, trying to stabilize the morale that was about to collapse.

At the foot of the city wall, a large group of zombies controlled by an invisible will lifted up a series of simple ladders and placed them on the battlements.

The undead zombies, shot with arrows and pierced with arrows, have no fear of life or death. The dead souls who have long died are more "fearless of death" than the bravest soldiers of the living. And such existences are almost everywhere in the mountains and plains at this moment.
The howling zombies almost climbed towards the city wall by stepping on the zombies holding onto the ladders.

In the eyes of the densely packed dead souls who were trying to climb up first, there was only a desire for the flickering soul fire and fresh flesh and blood of the living on the wall.

Ron continued to swing his long sword, chopping off the heads of the zombies that swarmed up to the top of the city wall.

The refugee leader saw another long ladder covered with flesh and blood on the side and was about to approach it, so he turned around and shouted to his men.

Several big men immediately picked up long wooden stakes and pushed them forward before the long ladder was placed on the battlements.

The wooden stake knocked the long ladder, which had just been erected halfway, back down slowly and crashed into the group of zombies, crushing a row of zombies.

But this was just a futile way to delay time. Even though the attacking Undead army had simple equipment, they had no fear of life or death, no sense of pain, and the zombies, ordered by the invisible will to set up ladders again and again, were still madly attacking the city walls.

No matter what kind of damage or loss they suffer, the cold-blooded and ruthless march of the undead will only stop when the last one is destroyed.

"Ahhhh!!!" On the chaotic wall, an armored attendant with blood on his face was guarding Knight Ivan's left wing, and used his shield to push a madly biting zombie off the battlement.

Suddenly, the servant heard a whistling wind overhead and raised his head to look up from behind his visor. With wide eyes, he saw a terrifying monster that was several times larger than the winged corpse demon and looked like a giant bat, swooping down from the sky.

"Master! Heaven!!" the loyal servant shouted desperately to warn.

Ivan, who was killing the corpse ghosts, broke away from the fight and turned around quickly before hearing the warning from his servants. He raised the kite shield carved with a human face and prepared for the giant bat ghost swooping down from the sky.

But the young Knight Kantadar still underestimated the terrifying force of the giant's falling attack.

The giant bat ghost's thick lower limbs dented the knight's heavy shield.

Ivan was unable to avoid the unreachable force. His body covered in plate armor was instantly pressed to the ground by the giant zombie's other claw, and was dragged on the wall tile floor with a crunching sound. The impact and shock caused the knight to cough up blood from his throat, which overflowed his visor.

The servant dropped the hammer in his hand, picked up the spear from the corpse on the ground, roared and rushed towards the monster that knocked down his master, trying his best to pierce the giant bat ghost's lower back with the spear.

The steel spear pierced the tough flesh, but the giant simply flapped its winged right arm, and with a bang, it knocked the servant who was trying to save his master off the inner wall.

Ivan endured the pain and took the opportunity to stab his sword into the monster's chest. However, the bat ghost turned around and showed no signs of being hurt at all. It opened its fang-covered bat head and bit the knight under it.

In a hurry, Ivan put the shield above his head. With a click, the already dented knight's kite shield was further twisted by the bloody mouth.

Ivan felt the force of the monster's swing and immediately let go of his left hand in panic. The giant bat ghost head pulled and directly threw the shield from the knight's left arm. If he had not let go in time, Ivan's entire left arm would have been torn off.

But looking at the huge mouth that was biting at him again, Ivan helplessly raised his hand to block his helmet, ready to face the arrival of death.

My mother's loving face, my wife's beautiful face, and my son's cute little face flashed before my eyes.
Thunder roared, resounding through the clouds.

Lightning cuts through the dark sky.

——Bang! !
The dull piercing sound reached the ears of the desperate Ivan.

That was the loud sound of a heavy object piercing through tendons and bones.

Turbid black blood and minced meat splashed down from the giant bat ghost's chest and neck, staining the gorgeous bearded mask covering Ivan's face and almost blurring his vision.

There was a crackling sound of electric sparks, and azure electric snakes pierced through the bat ghost's body from the inside out.

For the first time, magic and thunder made the evil spirit in the monster feel pain, and a shrill scream broke out.

The soldiers looked up at the sky where the divine thunder was descending.

In the dim shadows, the huge eagle wings spread out, like a messenger from God descending to the earth.

Gungnir obeyed the call, and the magic spear full of arcs shot up into the sky like lightning, and was caught by its master again.

The roaring griffin swooped down, grabbed the still twitching giant bat monster with its claws and pulled it directly into the air. With a cry of death claws, it tore the foul-smelling prey in half from shoulder to tail and threw it out.

Ivan was rolled over when the giant bat ghost's claws broke free. He steadied his body, struggled to support himself, raised his head, and looked at the monster that fell from the sky and killed the giant bat.

Before the dazzling thunder died down, another refracted reflection flew down from the back of the giant beast.

Olivia untied the straps and stepped hard on the saddle, then nimbly flipped backwards and jumped off the back of a griffin that was flying over the city wall.

The female knight who was in mid-air swung her heavy sword while falling.

The powerful battlefield sword chopped the upper body of the corpse into flying pieces of flesh.

With a bang, the girl bent her knees slightly to ease the force, and the moment her steel boots landed steadily on the ground, she took advantage of the recoil to step out. The petite figure wearing strong armor charged towards the zombies in front of her like a gust of wind.

The footsteps of the galloping iron boots are faster than those of the running horses.

The soldiers in the fight could only see silver lights flashing like meteors.

The flying, whirling blade of victory, swung by its master, set off a killing storm that swept across the zombies on the city wall.

A cold light flashed, and before a soldier who was fighting desperately could even blink, he saw several zombies in front of him being cut in half in an instant.

Olivia kept moving, and saw out of the corner of her eye that a warrior on the other side was forced into a corner by several zombies. She immediately slid sideways, picked up a spear on the ground, and kicked the end of the spear with her foot.

——Bang!

The whistling spear shafts turned into giant arrows, piercing through the row of zombies and nailing them to the parapet.

The girl's scaled skirt fluttered as she continued to swing her sword and chop up the zombies that blocked her way.

She did not use her exquisite swordsmanship against a strong enemy.

The powerful and sweeping strikes are now only designed to kill more enemies with each strike.

Dismemberment, cutting off limbs, beheading - the girl's brutality, far surpassing that on the battlefield of Charon, was revealed without reservation.

In the blink of an eye, the ghouls that climbed up the northern wall were almost all slaughtered, and her footprints left only a large area of ​​bloody and flying body parts. None of the ghouls and corpse demons that pounced on the knight girl could delay Olivia for even half a second.

The knight girl, who showed no mercy to her enemies who were the dead souls, had completely let go of her hands and feet, only trying to save as many lives as possible.

She urged herself to go faster and faster, killing every zombie within her sight without mercy.

Ivan picked up a long sword with difficulty, propped himself up and stood up, staring in horror at the back of the skinny knight who looked like the real god of death.

Who is that? Or what is that?
Pushing aside his visor and spitting out the blood from his mouth, he looked up at the beast knight who was flying over the city wall again.

No matter what or who they are, they are now their hope for survival.

"It's the God of War Agares! The God of War has sent his messenger!!"

The young knight roared at the soldiers at the top of his lungs.

"The thunder god Novadin has sent down lightning! The gods have not abandoned us!"

"Gods above! -- For the God of War!!!" As if grabbing a life-saving straw, the desperate soldiers also shouted out, placing their last hope on the ancient primitive faith.
Pulling the iron reins, Leon raised his wand on the back of the griffin flying sideways in front of the city wall.

".Strong wind!"

The wind hammer whistled, and the atmospheric torrent hit the long ladder that was covered with zombies like a colony of ants, blasting several zombies away and breaking them in half with a single blow.

After Leon destroyed one, the Death Claw changed its flying direction, and the griffin's giant claws swept over the city wall, grabbed another long ladder together with the zombies on it, brought it into the air, and threw it at the group of zombies besieging the city.

While soaring, I suddenly heard the flapping of wings behind me.

Leon turned his head towards the wind and saw dozens of bat-winged corpses rising from the city wall like dark clouds and pressing towards him.

He pulled the iron reins and let the griffin take off. The king of the sky had such great climbing ability that it soon left those sluggishly flapping corpses far behind.

Of course, this is not for escape, speed and altitude are the source of the Raptor's power in air combat.

The griffin spread its wings and flew backwards, tumbling down. Like a diving fighter plane, the giant beast slammed into the group of "moths".

It rushed through the zombies with its four claws, huge wings, and sharp eagle beak, carrying tremendous power, and knocked down seven or eight zombies directly from the air.

The griffin flapped its wings and soared at a high angle. Leon held on to the saddle and was about to repeat the trick.

"Wait. Focus, I'll open up your vision for you."

Hearing Laura's voice, Leon immediately gave up fighting with the corpse demons.

His support and that of Olivia temporarily stabilized the front line of the defenders on the city wall, but it was still in vain.

The two of them were simply unable to protect the people in the city from the huge wave of undead. It was only a matter of time before the town fell.

This was a fact he had known when he had made the decision to try to save the place.

However, according to Laura's judgment, it would be impossible for such a large number of undead to maintain such an orderly attack like an army without a controller. If the violent souls were allowed to act independently, it would only lead to chaos.

This sea of ​​corpses covering the mountains and plains must be hiding one or more wizards who command and control them. If they are killed, perhaps the people in this city can still be saved.

Feel Laura's technique within your body and direct the magic power towards your eyes.

In an instant, Leon's vision changed, everything turned pale, and only the countless soul fires spread across the earth were particularly eye-catching.

Almost at the same time, he discovered the strange vision on the city wall.

Ghosts that cannot be seen by the naked eye are constantly leaving the bodies.

These lights, which symbolize souls, of course, belong to the zombies who died in battle and the living guards.

But the lifeless souls did not dissipate. Instead, wisps of wandering souls flew towards the forest hills on the east side of the city like a swarm of attracted bees.

"I see. There is a spell that gathers all the dead souls within this area.
Li Ang, if we don't solve it, it will be useless even if we kill all these zombies. As long as there are enough corpses, the wizards who are proficient in necromancy can use those souls to summon thousands of zombies again. "Lola's voice sounded as if she understood something.

Leon was horrified when he heard this, isn't this cheating?

There is no doubt that whether the spellcaster commanding the undead army is there or not, the spell that gathers souls there must be destroyed as soon as possible.

Eliminating the spell vision, he hurriedly turned the griffin around and quickly flew towards the city wall to look for Olivia.
The knight girl, who had already fought her way to the eastern section of the city wall, looked at the siege ladders that were still flooding with zombies. Seeing that the militiamen following her were unable to block the gap, she let go of the long sword that was inserted into the zombie's body, bent down and picked up the heavy wooden stake on the ground.

"—Get out of the way!!" Olivia picked up the wooden stake that required several strong men to lift, raised her head and shouted in Uriah with a thick northern accent.

The clear voice of a young girl scared away the soldiers who were defending the city from the zombies. They turned back in shock and realized that this skinny knight who looked like the incarnation of the god of war was actually a young girl under his armor! ?

Olivia rushed forward with the stake and slammed it hard into the top of the siege ladder.

With a series of teeth-grinding creaking sounds, she single-handedly lifted the ladder that was on the battlement and filled with zombies, which no ordinary person could have pushed open, and flipped it back down to the foot of the city.

Hearing the loud noise of the bullets crashing into the zombies, the militiamen who spontaneously gathered around the knight girl burst into thunderous cheers and excited howls.

Such inhuman and terrifying power made them believe that the person before them was definitely a Valkyrie sent to the mortal world by the God of War.

A gust of wind brought by flying wings came, and Leon rode the Death Claw to the top of the city.

"Olivia! Come up, I found the target!"

Hearing her lover's call, the girl looked around the battlefield where the sound of fighting was deafening. Apart from the hovering corpse wizards who were still harassing the soldiers' heads and constantly attacking the defenders, the situation on the city wall was temporarily stabilized. At the only remaining ladder, the elite soldiers who formed a shield formation also resisted the surging wave of corpse ghosts.

But looking down at the city, the "human ladder" built by the corpses with their flesh and blood was slowly approaching the top of the city. After all, the wall of this town was not tall enough.

We must kill the enemy leader as soon as possible to have a chance to save the situation.

Olivia turned around and tried to retrieve the weapon she had just dropped.

But she was surprised to see that a Kantadar warrior was kneeling on the ground, holding up the heavy "Victory and Oath" with difficulty, and humbly bowed his head to hand over the sword.

(Uriah)
"Great Valkyrie, please lead us." The frightened guards of Shatai City lowered their heads and prayed fanatically with trembling voices.

Olivia grasped the hilt with her right hand, took back the sword, frowned, and didn't quite understand what the other party was saying.

The girl's level of Uriah language is currently limited to some daily words.

".Stay in the fight and protect the people." Olivia's voice was muffled and reluctant under the helmet.

Turning around and walking quickly towards the outer wall, the girl jumped onto the parapet with her long sword in hand and climbed back to the griffin's co-seat.
(End of this chapter)