Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 140 The End of the Expeditionary Force
Motrio, who ran ahead, came to the back of the battlefield. The second battlefield was now in chaos. The lizardmen warriors, giant lizards, and newly resurrected undead had completely turned the situation upside down.

However, the rear army of the Magrath people has not collapsed yet, because Tantalus is here, and those who are resisting the Lizardmen in the back are all professional knights, and their morale is high.

Once encouraged, they started fighting. Even when facing comrades who had just died not long ago, the knights fought to the death.

Tantalus was surrounded by several giant lizards, lizardmen and Zandattas, and fought fiercely with them. But even so, Tantalus still had the upper hand. He had killed twenty or thirty lizardmen warriors, but now they all stood up again.

Karen's "Undead Manipulation" can of course awaken the Lizardmen. Those Lizardmen warriors who died in the battle have also stood up again, which makes Tantalus feel a little tricky.

Zandata is fearless and has a strong resilience. The giant lizards' main attack is a powerful brick flying, so he has to defend himself. Now there are also a group of fearless undead lizard warriors.
The most important thing is that these bastards had no martial ethics and surrounded him and beat him up without any courtesy. Although Tantalus was able to handle it easily and was not injured, he felt very frustrated.

It was obvious that he had always had the absolute upper hand. He killed twenty or thirty thick-skinned lizardmen warriors and even three of the annoying giant lizards. But in the end, all his efforts were in vain. These bastards all turned into undead, making them even more difficult to deal with. Tantalus admitted that he was a little overwhelmed.

Of course, Tantalus also realized that there might be a very powerful necromancer among the enemies, because these resurrected undead were even more powerful than before they died!

They can't win unless they get rid of the necromancer who's hiding somewhere. Those half-dead evil necromancers are a cancer! They are the enemy of all living things!

"Marshal Tantalus! It's a vampire! Hellion has joined the vampires!"

After escaping, Motrio shouted and synchronized the latest information he had obtained to Tantalus, but Tantalus already knew that these enemies were related to vampires. He just didn't expect that Hellion was still alive and had defected to the vampires!
"Die!"

Using "Frenzy", Hellion ripped open the belly of Mortreo's horse with one claw. Mortreo flew out and fell to the ground, spitting out blood, with a very ugly face.

Hellion, who had revealed his berserker true form, was obviously no match for Mortreo. He had been running all the way here just holding on, and was seriously injured by Hellion's continuous attacks.

Hellion bared his teeth. He was now a tall, muscular, and ferocious monster. The bat wings on his forearms were shaped like scimitars, and the black spikes on his back flashed with cold light. He looked like some kind of evil beast that would choose its prey.

"boom!"

Tantalus swung his sword and forced back the giant lizards that were besieging him. The sharp sword energy directly cut several giant lizards, causing them to bleed profusely.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tantalus directly withdrew from the encirclement. His adjutant, Forbucts, immediately took his men to the position, struggling to resist the attack and buy some time for Tantalus.

"Where's Zera?!"

Tantalus, who escaped from the battle, pulled Morteo up and shouted sternly, saying that this was a person who must not be harmed.

"Zera, commanding the battle from the front."

Motrio swallowed, he actually didn't know what Zera was doing.

When he decided to turn around and run away, Motrio didn't think about Zera at all, so naturally he had no idea what Zera was doing at the time.

However, he certainly couldn't say this directly. Morteo could see that Marshal Tantalus cared about Zera very much. In order to save his life, he had to tell a lie first.

"Snapped!"

Tantalus just threw Morteo to the ground. He was also an old hand, so of course he could guess what Morteo was thinking. Not a single word this guy said could be believed.

Tantalus decided to go back and look for him. He looked at the frenzied Hellion.

"I didn't expect this to be the case when I saw you again, Hellion."

Tantalus felt a little emotional. Although he was very curious about what Hellion had gone through to become what he was now, it was obviously not the time. He had more important things to do.

Motrio's embarrassing escape basically announced the defeat on the previous battlefield. Tantalus was now in a very upset mood.

Nothing must happen to Zella, but considering that guy's ability and the life-saving equipment he has, he should be fine, right?
"Why? Isn't this situation a good one?"

Hellion's frenzy was not too severe, and he could still communicate normally with Tantalus. He stretched his body and prepared to have a good fight with his former boss.

"There's no point in saying more." Tantalus flashed and rushed directly towards Hellion, slashing at Hellion with the sword in his hand without mercy.

No matter what Hellion's original personality or background was, now that he has surrendered to the vampires, he is no different from being sentenced to death within the empire.

Tantalus had no scruples and fought with all his might, trying to achieve some results. Now his expeditionary force was on the verge of collapse and needed some results to boost morale.

"Qiang!"

However, what Tantalus did not expect was that his sword did not achieve the desired effect and was directly blocked by Hellion.

The monster-like Hellion stretched out his claws. His thick and sharp claws directly withstood the slashing blow. Blood lingered in Hellion's body. He bared his teeth, and his muscles were tense. It was obvious that he was not at ease, but this still made Hellion extremely excited.

In the past, the gap between him and Tantalus was very large. They were not on the same level at all. At most, they could only exchange a few moves. If Tantalus used all his strength, he would be defeated quickly.

But now it is different. Hellion is confident that he can compete with this champion knight. He now has power that is not inferior to Tantalus, the power given to him by Lord Karen!
"Qiang!"

Tantalus, with a look of shock on his face, put away his sword and chopped down again, but was still blocked by Hellion's sharp claws. This time, not only did Hellion block it, but he also fought back, clawing at Tantalus' chest.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang!"

Tantalus put away his sword to block. In a blink of an eye, the man and the vampire exchanged several moves in succession, and they were actually evenly matched. This made Tantalus so angry that he turned red.

Of course, it was mainly because Tantalus saw that the expeditionary force had been completely defeated, and more importantly, there was no sign of the mage Zella among the fleeing defeated army.

"Asshole! This guy Morteo ruined my plan!"

Now that things have come to this, Tantalus naturally has to find someone to take the blame, and Morteio, who deserted the battlefield and retreated all the way, is naturally the best choice. One incompetent general can exhaust the entire army!

As the reserve center army, he resisted the enemy's lizardman attack, which definitely played a key role. This also proved that his arrangement was correct, and it was definitely not his fault that it turned out like this in the end.

"Open the drums! Even if we have to retreat, we can't do it this way!"

While fighting with Hellion, Tantalus shouted loudly. Such a chaotic escape and defeat would eventually result in being hacked to death by the enemy like killing chickens and ducks.

Even if he had to retreat, even if this expedition ended in failure, he couldn't let these 300+ people die here!

Tantalus started to encourage again, trying to cheer up the Magrath soldiers and at least leave some people behind to cover their retreat, instead of all fleeing like headless flies.

Under the influence and call of Tantalus, all the professional knights started to encourage and tried their best to cooperate with Tantalus.

They tried hard to influence the Magrath people whose minds were consumed by fear. The encouraging auras overlapped with each other and had a very significant effect, stabilizing the fleeing army.

"Retreat to the seashore! Get on board!"

Adjutant Forbukts shouted, he was covered in blood, surrounded by lizardman undead warriors, with wounds of all sizes all over his body.

It was also thanks to the fact that Motrio, who had escaped back, still had some conscience and came to support him despite his serious injuries, otherwise Forbukts would probably have been devoured by the undead lizardmen warriors first.

"Don't waste your time, Tantalus. Your ship has already been taken over by our people. Just surrender!"

Despite being slashed by a sword, Hellion stabbed Tantalus' shoulder with a claw. The sword almost cut off one of his arms, but Hellion laughed wildly because he saw Drake's men, Drake's men coming from the seaside.

Tantalus's face looked extremely ugly. He also saw Drake's men, which also proved that Hellion was not bluffing.

"The expedition is over"

At this moment, Tantalus truly realized this.

(End of this chapter)