Lord Chronicle

Chapter 139
Half an hour later, under the leadership of Lesta, all the guards in the town rushed here.

"Brother-in-law, everyone who can be called is here." Lesta reported to Sol when he came close.

Thor looked over to the team.On the left is the original defense team headed by Boqi. After the actual combat training in Diviji Castle, they got rid of their original laziness and replaced it with uniform discipline. After standing still, they quickly Arranged in a neat queue.

On the right are the newly joined dwarf warriors. Compared with the defenders, their formation is a little loose, but their stocky body, shiny armor and weapons, and the mountain-like silence when they stand all make people feel The unique strength of dwarves.

After looking at it, he didn't find his baby Yeying. Sol asked strangely, "Where's Chip?"

Lesta said to him: "When I informed Kip of the news, he said 'tell the lord, I understand what to do', and then disappeared."

Sol couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction. Obviously, Chip made his own judgment based on the situation, and he deserved to be his most trusted subordinate. It was so worry-free.

At this time a dwarf stepped forward: "Why did you call us?"

Sol recognized him. He was Elliott, the son of Leo, the chief of the Ik clan, and currently the captain of the dwarf mercenary team.

With a light cough, he walked in front of everyone: "I just got the news that the territory is likely to be invaded by necromancers. Until the situation is confirmed, I want you all to stand by here and be ready to fight at any time."

His words immediately elicited two very different reactions.For the defenders who had already experienced an invasion of the undead, Sol's words did not cause a particularly big shock, they were just discussing in a low voice, especially after returning from the real battlefield, they no longer showed any signs of fear.

The dwarves didn't react too much, and remained silent.However, they tended to be human, so after hearing the word necromancer, their faces showed disgust.

Although compared to the necromancer's name that makes people talk about it, this territory-level defense team has performed very well, but Thor feels that it is still necessary to say something to encourage morale.

He coughed and was about to mobilize, when suddenly the defender on duty on the city wall behind him shouted, "Look!"

Knowing that something was wrong, Saul immediately said to Boqi: "Take them here and wait for my order. Elliott, brother, you two come with me."

The three of them hurriedly climbed the ladder on the side of the inner wall to the top of the wall, facing the guards on the side leading to the road outside the territory, they all raised their bows and arrows, making preparations for battle.

"What did you find?" Sol held back a defender.

"My lord, look there." He pointed to the front.

Looking in the direction he pointed, Sol immediately gasped.About 200 meters away from the city wall, a mysterious man covered in tattered gray robes was walking slowly along the road outside the town.

"Don't move, let's see what he's going to do." Saul motioned them to temporarily lower the arrow.

The mysterious man walked very slowly. Due to the wide hem of the gray robe, his footsteps could not be seen, making people feel that he was floating on the ground. Even though it was broad daylight, he still had a ghostly aura.

When he came to the city wall, the mysterious man raised his head.From this distance, it can be clearly seen that under his tattered hood is a dry face like a skeleton, and bright red flames dancing in the eye sockets.

"It's really a necromancer..." The defenders couldn't help whispering.

It was the first time Elliot saw a necromancer. The young dwarf stared intently at the evil creature below, and his hands holding the ax involuntarily tightened his muscles.

"Listen, people of Lowell Territory, I am Samido from the Necromancer Guild. I know that kid from the Magician Guild is hiding in your territory. Hand him over immediately, or the army of undead will crush this territory .” The Necromancer spoke.

The secret passage really came to ask for someone, and Sol walked to the wall: "I am the local lord Sol Lovell, you have violated the territory of the Kingdom of Dinar, leave me immediately."

Hearing Saul's name, the soul fire in Samido's eye sockets shrank sharply: "It turned out to be you. Let me ask you, what happened to Bucket and the others?"

Bucket was one of the few necromancers who invaded Lovell last time, and his words undoubtedly showed that the last incident was ordered by the Necromancer Guild.Everyone was furious at being reminded of the old hatred.

Before Sol could speak, Lesta yelled, "It's been split up by Lao Tzu, and it's been fed to the dogs."

"How dare you..." Samido's withered face twisted immediately.

But remembering the purpose of coming this time, he suppressed the anger in his heart forcibly, and said in a deep voice: "I'll say it again, hand over the person, or you will bear the consequences."

How could Sol agree to him, he imitated Samido's tone and said: "I will say it again, this is the territory of the Kingdom of Dinar, leave me immediately, or you will bear the consequences."

Samido's face changed, and he took a breath slowly: "Okay, if this is your answer..."

"Wait!" Thor said suddenly.

Thinking that he had changed his mind, Samido showed a hint of sarcasm: "What?"

"I was wrong just now, actually..." Saul shrugged, and suddenly threw something at him: "This is the answer I gave you."

A hand ax spun and flew towards Samido, but he easily dodged it sideways.

"Don't throw it if you don't know how to use it, I told you to come!" Elliott, who was snatched by Saul, complained, and then threw the ax away.

Driven by the two, the defenders who had been waiting for a long time shot bows and arrows at Samido.

"Cat card card, stupid Lowell people, you will soon pay the price for your actions." Amidst the sinister laughter, Samido's figure gradually faded, and a few arrows pierced his body, But nothing was shot.

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"My God!"

At this moment, the two defenders on the sentry tower pointed to the distance and exclaimed.

Almost at the same time, a dozen huge black birds soared into the sky from the end of sight, and flew towards this side quickly.

Soon, with the sound of flapping wings, they flew over everyone's heads.These are the weird vultures used by those necromancers during the last undead invasion, but they are much bigger, and their wings stretch out like dark clouds, casting huge shadows on the ground.

Sweeping across the city wall, about half of the vultures swooped down, and a strong wind blew up on the field instantly.The people on the wall involuntarily buried their bodies and squinted their eyes in the rising dust.

The moment they passed the ground, the huge bodies of those vultures tilted suddenly, and at the same time, a lot of white things fell from the back of each vulture.

Before Sol could see what was falling, some people exclaimed one after another: "It's a skeleton soldier!"

What "airborne" from the vulture's back was the necromancer's signature weapon, the skeleton soldier.These white skeleton warriors wore rusty armor and held the same rotten weapons. After landing, they rushed towards the town automatically.

Skeleton soldiers have always been very fragile, but they did not fall apart from a height of several meters, which shows that the necromancer who manipulated them this time is much stronger.

This half of the vultures probably dropped more than 100 skeleton soldiers, and then rose again and flew back.The other half of the vultures flew directly to the center of the town without stopping.

For the skeleton soldiers who have always used bone sea tactics, the number of more than a hundred is simply insignificant, but once they enter the town, they can have a great impact on the hearts of the people.

So Sol immediately stood up from the wall: "Stop them for me!"

Without his orders, the garrison team and dwarf mercenaries were assembled under the city wall, and rushed up under the leadership of Pochi.

Hundreds of people bumped into the crackling phalanx of skeleton soldiers head-on, and the result was not surprising.Lowell's elite fighters, who had the upper hand in numbers, crushed one-third of the skeleton soldiers in an instant, and then there was a burst of bone-breaking sounds, and these skeleton soldiers were completely routed.

However, this result did not reassure Sol in the slightest, because he had already seen that those vultures had already flown over the town and made a swooping posture.

"Return to the defense, quickly return to the defense, those vultures are about to throw the skeleton soldiers into the town!" He repeatedly said to the people who were fighting hard on the wall.

"Brother-in-law, let me go." Lesta picked up the ax and was about to jump down.

At this moment, a huge roar of horseshoes suddenly filled everyone's eardrums, followed by the trembling of the ground, a group of cavalry with heavy armor rushed into the remaining skeleton soldiers, and those skeleton soldiers were instantly annihilated under the roaring horseshoes , The next moment when the cavalry galloped past, only countless white broken bones were left on the scene.

It's the Dusk Royal Cavalry who are always on standby!
Against the slow and fragile skeleton soldiers, these heavy cavalry have absolute lethality.Just a close-range charge, and there is no longer a complete bone to be seen on the scene, and its efficiency is enough to make any infantry far behind.

After the cavalry squadron in a uniform formation charged, they made a small turn around the field. Tavia, who was in the lead, lifted the reins, raised his mask and said, "Master Marquis, leave the territory to us."

Following him, he instructed a knight beside him: "Miller, you lead the team here to obey the orders of the Marquis, and the first team comes with me!"

Soon dozens of cavalry were separated from the cavalry team, and they rushed towards the town under the leadership of Tavia.

The cavalry is fast, and they can rush to the town in the first time. With their absolute combat power, it shouldn't be a problem to eliminate those skeleton soldiers.Only then did Sol breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, in the distance, those vultures began to dive down one by one.

Looking at the bones below, Lesta couldn't help scratching his head: "Is that the end?"

Elliot also said disdainfully: "These undead are not very good."

Sol shook his head and said, "Of course it's impossible, this is a demonstration against us."

The necromancer's move is obviously not a real attack, and no matter how many times the skeleton is filled, it is not enough.One of their real purposes is to demonstrate to Sol, and the other is a psychological tactic.

The skeleton soldiers thrown into the town didn't need to cause much harm, but they were enough to make the residents in the territory panic and panic.No matter how strong the fortress is, as long as there is chaos inside, it will be much easier to capture it. Necromancers obviously have this kind of trick.

The vultures that had finished swooping over there flew up again and began to fly towards this side. Sol could even faintly hear the exclamation from the town.It is conceivable how much panic would be caused to people when a group of skeleton soldiers fell from the sky.

However, there was nothing they could do about it. Although Lovell's defense was greatly strengthened, it lacked high-rise buildings and bow and arrow troops, so it could not cause effective damage to air targets. They could only watch these vultures come and go freely.

"Damn it, if only I could fly." Seeing the vultures flying closer and closer, Lesta gripped the ax tightly.

Just when they were about to cross the city wall, a ball of fire suddenly shot into the air, hit a vulture's wing and exploded.The vulture screamed miserably, and the feathers on its wings burned. It could no longer maintain its balance, and after shaking a few times, it fell to the ground.

With a bang, the vulture's huge body fell to the ground.Before it got up, a cavalryman rushed forward, quickly threw the spear in his hand, passed through the vulture's eyes, and nailed it to the ground.

The tragic death of their companion made the rest of the vultures panic. They croaked and screamed, and the formation became disorganized.One of the vultures turned around and tried to fly out of the town from the other side, but just as it flew over a house, a huge metal doll suddenly stood up behind the house and grabbed one of its legs.

The vulture fluttered its wings in mid-air in panic, but how could it break free?I saw the metal man idol smashing it to the ground like a chicken.

The vulture was pulled to the ground abruptly, crushing a warehouse below.Following the puppet, he took a step forward and stomped hard into the ruins of the warehouse. With the muffled sound of flesh and bones being shattered, the vulture was silent again.

Seeing that the two vultures were killed, the guards below cheered, and the rest of the vultures quickly raised their altitude and fled the town in embarrassment.

At this time, Kress turned out from behind the house where the puppet was hiding with a few guards, and ran towards Saul.Beside him was Walsa, obviously he was responsible for the fireball just now.

A group of people went up to the city wall, and Kress reported to Sol: "My lord, I have led people to patrol around, and I haven't found any traces of necromancers elsewhere. I think you may need to use a magic doll , I brought one over, and I let the other one guard at the city gate on the other side."

Kress's move was timely, and killing the two vultures greatly boosted morale.But Sol felt a little distressed, a good warehouse just disappeared.

Walsa walked up to Saul: "Have they started attacking?"

Sol shook his head: "Not yet, this is just a preliminary test. But this trick is very damaging. I'm afraid I have to spend a lot of effort to appease the panicked people and explain to them what happened."

The current territory is not like in the past, with a large number of foreigners. The original residents of Lovell have already experienced an invasion of the undead, so they will not be too afraid.But those refugees who have just lived in the territory, as well as the businessmen who came in to do business, are probably so easy to deal with.

Sol's original plan was to reveal the news gradually so that the public would have a process of acceptance, but the necromancer's move completely broke his vision.Just thinking about it gave him a headache, and he hoped Jessica could handle it.

Walsa couldn't help saying: "I'm sorry, it's all because of me..."

Sol patted him on the shoulder to stop him from blaming himself: "It's none of your business, anyway, these guys are not the first time to attack my territory. If escaping can avoid all dangers, that person Just go and be turtles."

Walsa was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "You are right, I was thinking too much."

Following him, he put his arms around Sol's shoulder: "Since you and Gein can take back a Diviji castle, then we can also repel these living dead. Let them see how powerful our Almuk four masters are!" .”

"That's right, that's it." Sol smiled hey.

"My lord, what should I do with the corpse of this thing?" At this moment, a guard below asked.

Many people were surrounding the vulture, obviously not knowing what to do with such a large corpse.

"Pluck the hair, chop it up and roast it." Sol said without thinking.

As soon as these words came out, the people around all showed disgust.Lesta muttered, "I don't want to eat this, it stinks."

Although this vulture is not an undead creature, its feathers are sparse, its exposed skin is covered with disgusting bumps, and it smells like a corpse, which is really unappetizing.

Sol disdainfully said: "Stinky tofu is still stinky, and it tastes delicious."

"Stinky, stinky tofu? What's that?" Lesta puffed up his eyes.

Too lazy to explain to him, Sol waved his hand: "Stop talking nonsense, there are hundreds of catties of meat. Besides, I don't know that those guys will be besieged for a few days. With so many people in the territory, it is always good to have some reserves."

Seeing his resolute attitude, the guards had no choice but to climb up the vulture's corpse with a sad face and began to pluck the hair.Seeing this, Lesta was speechless and said, "Is it really delicious? I don't know if this meat is poisonous."

"Yes, why didn't I think of it?" Sol slapped his forehead and said to a guard: "Cut some meat and bring it to Mary, and let her help with the test."

Then, he turned to Lesta with a malicious look on his face: "Brother."

"What, what?" Lesta couldn't help taking a step back.

"I know you're the best at grilling meat, so I'll leave these two vultures to you. Remember, pick up more salt." Sol had an expression of "who would you rather be?"

Staring at him for a while, after confirming that Sol was serious, Lesta had no choice but to pick up the ax and walk down the city wall with annoyed expression: "How can I trust Kafir to you in the future after treating my elder brother like this?"

The people on the side were sweating profusely, and at the same time secretly decided that they would never eat that stuff until the end of the mountain...

At this moment, a sound of horseshoes was heard, and two riders galloped this way from the town, but it was Tavia and Jessica.

When they came close, the two got off their horses and hurried towards this side.When passing by the vulture's corpse, Jessica couldn't help but look at the guard holding his nose and plucking his hair strangely, and Lesta, who was naked from the waist up, slashing wildly at the vulture's body with an axe.

When they got on the wall with Tavia, Jessica said with a strange face: "They are..."

"Brother was afraid that there would be insufficient food in the territory, so he took the initiative to ask to prepare barbecue for us." Sol easily turned his compulsive behavior into Lesta's spontaneous behavior.

Jessica also showed a disgusted expression: "Then, can that thing be eaten?"

"It should be ok, let the big brother taste it first." Sol shrugged indifferently, and then asked: "How is the town?"

Seeing that he mentioned the business, Jessica calmed down and said, "I was about to tell you. Those skeleton soldiers have been cleared, but because it was too sudden, many people were frightened. Now everyone is asking what happened. Something, if not dealt with properly, may cause a lot of commotion."

Tavia also said: "I have already left the first team in the town to maintain order. According to experience, if no measures are taken, once the riots start to expand rapidly, trouble will arise."

Following him, he said solemnly: "So I dare to make a suggestion, please leave this matter to us. The cavalry team belongs to the Royal Guards and has experience in dealing with such incidents. At this time, we must take decisive and strong measures to calm down the situation with thunder. commotion!"

"You mean martial law?" Sol couldn't help but look at Tavia.

The latter nodded to him with a serious face.

Kress said in surprise: "My lord, this is absolutely impossible. From the establishment of our territory to the present, we have never adopted such a method."

Sol turned to Jessica: "Jessica, what do you think?"

Glancing at Kress, Jessica gritted her teeth and said, "I agree with Mr. Tavia."

"What, Miss Jessica, are you crazy?" Kress was shocked and angry.

"Kress, this is an extraordinary time, don't you understand?" Jessica pointed to the outside of the town: "If the territory is in chaos, how can we deal with those undead?"

"But...but..." Kress blushed, but couldn't say a word.

"Master Marquis, please order." Tavia urged.

Saul is in a dilemma.He believes in Jessica's judgment, she loves this territory more than anyone else, if even she agrees with Tavia's opinion, it can only show that the situation is quite critical.

But Saul also didn't want to see that the territory, which had always been free and peaceful, fell into martial law where everyone was at risk.Once the precedent is set this time, the comfortable interpersonal relationship in the territory may no longer exist. This is a state that Sol painstakingly manages and tries to maintain, a state that allows him to survive in this hierarchical world. , feel the warmth of the soul.

After pondering for a while, he suddenly raised his head: "Jessica, who are the main people making the commotion?"

Seeming to know what Sol was thinking, Jessica immediately said: "Most of the original residents of the territory are calm, and the ones who reacted fiercely are mainly foreign businessmen and those refugees. Businessmen are very afraid of death, and they are also afraid of endangering their business. And Those refugees are afraid of another disaster because of their long-suffering relationship."

"Hmph, human beings are really fragile, we dwarves won't be so troublesome." Elliott said disdainfully.

Sol nodded, and it seemed to be similar to what he had guessed.Although it is a good thing that there are more people in the territory, in this situation, it is better to deal with simple residents.

After thinking for a while, Sol said, "Kress, take someone back to town immediately..."

"My lord, are you really planning to impose martial law?" Kress asked in surprise.

Sol waved his hand, signaling him not to rush: "Listen to me. I don't intend to do this, but I can't let the commotion expand. So I want you to take people to maintain order first, and if necessary, you can Take some tough measures. You have good prestige in the territory, and you can seek help from the local residents. Since most of the rioters are outsiders, you should be able to control the situation."

"What's next?" Seeing that Saul didn't intend to impose martial law, Kress became happy.

Sol sighed: "Tell them, I will explain the situation to them personally later."

"Yes, I understand." Kress nodded and hurried away with his subordinates.

"Lord Marquis, forgive me for being bold, you shouldn't be like this at this time..." Tavia hesitated to speak.

Sol said to him: "I understand your worries, but I also trust my citizens. After all, it is the best way to combine everyone's strength to fight against the enemy than martial law."

"Alas..." Tavia sighed helplessly and stopped talking.

"Will those guys still throw skeleton soldiers in?" Elliott asked at this time.

Thor said: "Their goal has been achieved, and they also lost two vultures, so it shouldn't happen."

Tavia frowned: "Although the skeleton soldiers are weak, what if they are more powerful?"

Jessica shook her head: "No, I guess those vultures are big, but their carrying capacity is very poor. They can't carry too big things at all. They can only carry some light-weight skeleton soldiers and the like, so there is no need to carry them." Worry about them."

Elliott snorted: "Really? I didn't even swing the ax just now. It's really not fun."

Saul said dumbfoundedly: "No, I think you will have a chance to wave it to your heart's content soon."

(End of this chapter)