Knight and Wand

Chapter 209 Ebbing Tide

With his visor open, Ivan took a deep breath of the bloody air, the roars of countless dead souls ringing in his ears. Guarded by the few remaining soldiers, he dragged his seriously injured and exhausted body to kill the zombies that climbed up the city wall.

The hope that had previously been there seemed to be fleeting, as if no matter how many zombies were killed, there would still be an endless stream of the dead coming.

There were fewer and fewer living people on the city wall, and the death toll was countless, but more militiamen fled the battlefield in fear, the front line collapsed, and a large number of zombies had already rushed into the city.

With a quick glance, he saw zombies running in the streets and attacking the closed doors of every household. Ivan seemed to hear the screams of the people as they were killed.

Turning around, he looked at Ron who was still fighting hard not far away. He didn't expect that the last battle of his life would be with this mob leader.

The knight spat out a mouthful of blood and leaned against the stone wall of the battlement tower with his face covered in blood. He no longer had any fear of death in the bloody battle.

He had done his best, and he had not brought disgrace upon his title. Ivan of Shatai, in the name of a knight, had fought to the last moment, and had died to protect his family and his territory. His ancestors would accept his soul.
Another exhausted soldier was knocked to the ground by several zombies.

While struggling, the soldier closed his eyes helplessly as he looked at the big, smelly, and corrupt mouths gnawing at him.

But suddenly, he found that the zombie on top of him stopped moving, and the ghost eyes that were flashing with a faint light so close to him seemed to show a sign of struggle.

The soldier's instinct for survival did not allow him to think about anything else. He quickly used his hands and feet to pull back his limbs and hurriedly crawled out of the encirclement of the zombies.

He picked up the sword and looked back, only to find that all the zombies around him had stopped their violent movements, then turned around stupidly and ran towards the east one after another.

The dead retreated as if according to a predetermined action and fell off the city wall one by one. Even when faced with the counterattacks and hacking of the guards, they did not react at all. Even after being hacked to the ground, they still crawled towards the east.

The surprised soldiers came to the battlements and looked around. The undead ladder built by the corpses collapsed with a loud bang. The countless undead outside the city seemed to have given up the siege like the tide receded.

The sound of flapping wings came from behind. The guard turned his head blankly and looked over. One by one, the winged corpses gave up killing in the town and took off in the direction they came from.

“.Retreat! Hahahahaha——! Sir! Sir! They’re retreating!!”

The guard was so happy at having survived a desperate situation that he burst into tears and turned around to shout to the baron's second son.

The soldiers cheered ecstatically, and no one even waved their weapons to attack the zombies that were running up the city walls and jumping off the battlements, for fear of being involved in a fight with the undead again.

what happened?
Ivan stared at the reverse vision. He held his weapon and limped to the wall. He looked in the direction of the retreating sea of ​​corpses. At the end of the countryside, he saw an ominous green beam of light piercing the sky.
Leon stood up hastily despite the dizziness, looking up at the dark green light that rushed into the cloudy sky. He thought that after destroying the restraints of the ritual altar, he would see countless dead souls scattering and turning into meteors drifting in the sky.

But in fact, he found that the dim light composed of countless tragic dead souls was still wrapped up by some force, condensed like a long snake, and flew towards the distant east.

"This clock car is just one of the nodes of a huge ceremony." Laura's voice brought Leon's attention back to the present.

Turning his head, he saw the army of heavily armored zombies rushing towards him. Leon didn't dare to continue fighting. He quickly picked up the whistle hanging on his waist and blew it hard towards the Death Claw.

Seeing the griffin in the distance take off at the sound, Leon hurriedly extinguished the flame blade that was about to burn out his magic, raised his hand to call back Canis who was about to get up and fight again, put the Neti card back into his waist bag, and turned around and ran away without any shame.

I am already at the end of my strength and it is impossible for me to fight so many heavily armored enemies alone. It is time to show the JO family's unique skills.

".Unforgivable!!"

The Soul Summoning Bell has been destroyed, and it has lost control of the vast sea of ​​corpses. The souls feel the vague call, and thinking of the torture and punishment they will endure when they return, the furious corpse wizard roars hoarsely, and tries his best to control the nearly 100 dead soul guards around him: ". Must atone for the sins, kill him before returning, kill this troublemaker for the master!"

Some heavily-armored zombies that were originally trotting towards the east turned around under the control of the corpse wizard, quickened their rumbling steps, raised their weapons and chased after the living.

Realizing he was being chased, Leon rushed into the woods beside the dirt road and ran away. He didn't believe that the zombies could catch up with him in the rugged woods.

Seeing the knight going into the woods, the corpse wizard took a step forward and caught up with the undead guard, but his perception was a little dull and he noticed that the crow feather cloak behind him was blown up by the strong wind.

The head of the corpse connected by magic turned 180 degrees and looked behind.

The last thing he saw in his field of vision was a pair of huge claws.
--call!

The wind pressure howled, and the king of birds of prey descended from the sky like a giant eagle.

The griffin clamped its precise and deadly claws on its prey among the group of zombies. It raised its huge wings and grabbed it into the air. With a little force, it crushed the fragile zombie to pieces.

Its claws crushed the corpse in its palm until the pieces fell from between its claws. The griffin cried happily, finally avenging the pain it had suffered before.

Holding the reins, Olivia glanced at the fallen corpses, leaned forward anxiously, pointed at the woods and urged: "Big Claw! Leon is there, let's go save him!"

Deathclaw cried out, flapping its wings to reduce its airspeed, its eagle eyes searching for Leon's figure.

In the dim suburban woods, the Undead Guards once again lost the control of their commander. Their souls were pulled away, and they had to stop and give up the breath of the living in front of them. They turned around in a daze and marched to the east.

Leon nimbly moved through tree branches and rugged terrain. He heard the "thump thump thump" sound of the heavy-armored zombie's bone joints getting farther and farther away behind him, and he couldn't help but look back.

After making sure that the pairs of will-o'-the-wisp eyes had left, he slowly stopped.

".Leon! Come up quickly!"

His lover's call made him raise his head.

The treetops in the forest rustled in the wind, the Death Claw lowered its altitude, and Olivia on the saddle could not wait to bend down and stretch out her arms to her lover.

Leon immediately took a few running steps, kicked the tree trunk beside him to jump up, grabbed Olivia's hand, and was pulled up to the passenger seat by the girl.

The two rode the griffin into the air again.

Olivia turned around and asked in confusion: "Leon, Big Claw just took the opportunity to destroy the wizard, but the undead did not fall into chaos as you said. Is there someone else controlling these corpse ghosts?"

Hearing this, Leon pushed up his visor and looked down at the dark suburban land below.

The tide of zombies all over the mountains did not scatter and collapse as expected.

But when he saw thousands of zombies retreating in the same direction, he still breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't know about that. But since the undead have begun to retreat, at least our adventure was not in vain."

Leon turned his head, reached out his hand, took the reins from Olivia's waist, and ordered Deathclaw to return to the lakeside town. His magic power was almost exhausted, and his griffin companion also suffered some minor injuries that needed to be treated. The danger in the east was beyond his expectations. If he wanted to explore further in the direction of Rolandar, he had to rest for a few days before he could get back on the road.

Holding the arm of the iron reins and hugging the girl in front of him, Leon whispered: "I'm sorry for putting you in such danger."

He originally thought that this trip was just a stroll to the eastern border of Kantadar, but unexpectedly, he encountered a war between the living and the dead halfway.

Hearing the guilt in her lover's mouth, Olivia took off her helmet and turned to smile at him.

"It is precisely because of the danger that you need me to be by your side. Besides, if I stay in Avalon, I will only be able to listen to you talk about today's heroic deeds in the future. I will definitely regret missing the opportunity to fight alongside you."

The girl raised her hand and placed it on the arm around her waist, a hint of pride on her pretty face: "My future husband is an incredible hero. As your wife, I cannot be afraid of danger."

Leon's face turned slightly red at his lover's praise.

"Do you mind that we are doing this to save a group of Kantadar people?" He looked up and ahead, and in the dim light he could see that the remaining Kantadar defenders were throwing the corpses that had piled up on the city walls down from the city walls.

Olivia hung the helmet back on her belt, looked at the town, and shook her head: "I still hate those violent bandits and villains, but if there is still a good person like Sir Larian and Sister Vereesa in the city, who can survive today because of your decision, then... this is worth it."

Leon glanced sideways, looked at the girl with clear eyes, and sighed in his heart.

How could I be so worthy to have such a perfect girl by my side in this life?

If he wasn't covered in blood and flesh and now stunk, he really wanted to lower his head and kiss Olivia hard on the face.

It kind of ruins the atmosphere though.
Olivia squinted her eyes, and when she took off her helmet she suddenly realized that the light seemed brighter than before in the dark environment around her.

Looking up at the sky, she pointed to the clouds: “Leon, look at the sky, are the clouds getting thinner?”

Leon looked up and saw that there were indeed changes. Although the dark clouds that blocked the sunlight still made the area as dark as night, some hazy colors could be seen compared to before.

"Lola, what is this?" he asked in his heart.

".The ritual altar on the corpse cart is also a node for the temporary spread of magic in that area. Wait until you have a rest before you continue. Your magic power is not enough. Let me continue."

Listening to Laura's voice getting lower and lower until it disappeared, Leon had no choice but to put aside his speculation temporarily.

The griffin flapped its huge wings, quickly arrived above the city wall, and slowly landed.

Leon was pondering the words of Uriah in his mind and was about to ask the defenders about the person in charge of the place, but he was surprised to see that the people who had gathered together put down their weapons, knelt down and worshiped him.

When the griffin folded its wings and landed on the top of the wall, there was no one left standing on the entire section of the wall.

Listening to the mysterious mutterings of the people prostrating themselves, Leon only heard a few names of gods in folk beliefs. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Olivia, who also had a strange expression on her face.

what's the situation?
"Stand up. I didn't save you to receive your kneeling. Those who can still move should go and treat the wounded and check for possible remaining undead and dangers in the city!" Leon turned around and shouted to everyone.

After these people tentatively raised their heads, looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally slowly got up from the ground, Leon continued to ask them in half-baked Uriah: "Where is your commander? I want to see your lord or mayor of the council."

As he finished speaking, he discovered that the armor over there was more complete. Among the soldiers wearing dark yellow robes, a young man with torn and deformed armor and blood on his face stood up with difficulty, supported by the guards.

".I am Knight Ivan of Shatai City, the lord's second son, and the current commander of the city guard."

Ivan looked at the miracle warrior who had saved his life from the claws of the giant bat monster and also saved the town.

Although he was the first to use the names of gods to honor the enemy in a fight to boost morale.

But now his reason returned to his mind. Listening to the Uriah language with a strange accent, Ivan looked at the other party's blood-stained plate armor. No matter what others thought, the young knight with some experience finally realized that the other party was not a messenger of God.

A powerful griffon rider who knows sorcery or wields magical weapons? The accent might not be Kantardar.

"You look seriously injured. Where is your father? Where can I go to see the lord of the town?" Leon asked the young Knight Kantadar.

Ivan opened his mouth, feeling a little embarrassed. Since the bloody battle began, he not only hadn't seen his father, but he hadn't seen the elite guards around his father either.

Honestly, at this moment, he believed 70% of what the refugee leader said. The remaining 30% was that he only hoped that his father was a coward and took his guards to retreat to the fortress to protect his family. Although he knew that before the battle began, his father should have had enough time to send his family away by boat.
".Sir, the selfish and foolish Baron Chatet has already fled, just as he has shown himself to be a coward on the battlefield in the past."

Leon looked over when he heard the voice and saw a middle-aged man wearing half-body armor.

"you are?"

"Ron, a deserter, is currently the leader of a group of poor victims." The big man lowered his head.

"." Ivan frowned when he heard the other party insulting his biological father. He instinctively wanted to save his face, but when he thought that he was indeed ruthlessly abandoned on the city wall, he felt a chill in his heart.

With a sigh, Ivan shut his mouth, unwilling to argue with the refugee leader.

Leon turned to Knight Ivan, who almost agreed with his words: "So, who is the manager of this town now? Is it you, sir?"

Ivan nodded: "I don't know where my father is. If he really left Shatai, then I am right now."

"Okay, I need a safe place to rest. Please provide clean food and water. My large companion has some scratches. Find me some herbs if you have any."

Leon patted the griffin under him and said, "Please also prepare fresh livestock as food for it. I think it is not too much to be regarded as a reward for rescuing this town."

"Of course, you are the hero who saved the city of Shatai. Please follow me to the fortress to rest. I will prepare enough rewards for you as a thank you." Ivan forced himself to bow and touch his chest.

"Don't praise me too much. I'm not a hero. I'm just a knight passing by."

Leon looked at the tallest castle in the town, then turned to Knight Ivan and said, "Your current crisis is far from over. The undead have not been truly defeated. Perhaps they will come back again. But I won't stay here for too long. I saved you once, but I can't save you a second time. Since your father is useless and abandoned his people, you will still have to bear the responsibility for the safety of the people in the city in the future."

Looking at the shaky Knight Ivan, Leon sighed: "You should rest as soon as possible, and we will talk later. I have a lot to ask you about the things in the east."

(End of this chapter)