Gods, Ashes Descend

They came to test the mutations of these otherworldly knights after they were infected with the virus, not to watch them play magic and wreak havoc.

Moreover, their numbers keep increasing, and they even managed to drive back the zombie horde. If they don't do something drastic, their boss will probably have to give them something drastic.

"G-series Tyrant II and III are ready for deployment. All Lickers will be deployed to the Ambassador Zone, including the experimental ones. Since the modified C-virus can't infect them, let's try the more infectious T-virus protoplasm."

Meanwhile, Li Wei had been squatting on the ground for half the night, drawing runes until his hands were shaking. Now that the Knights had been brought over, he could finally catch his breath.

He stood up, clutching his lower back, and a series of cracking sounds from his spine made Li Wei quickly grab the wall for support. Damn it, was he going to need some kidney tonics?

But for the sake of his future happiness, Li Wei decided to go to the second-floor restaurant to see if they had any goji berries, so he could brew himself a couple of cups to take care of his kidneys, lest he end up like Wood, twisting his back after jumping around a bit.

"The poisonous fog has been mostly dispersed. Let's go to the second floor."

Aside from the Knights of Lothric, most of the other knights in the order were small groups of two or three, so the task of protecting Levi was assigned to Lothric, who had the most knights.

The others scraped together a thousand places, but Lothric, with its vast wealth, simply handed over a thousand knights without batting an eye, and even wanted to add another two thousand.

Although nominally they were there to protect Li Wei, a rare creature capable of summoning others, Li Wei felt that these old men were there to supervise the construction.

However, the Raven Knights didn't call out. Although these guys were incredibly skilled at throwing knives, they were too tall and large, and since they weren't human, it could easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Moreover, the Kremlin needs powerful henchmen; if they all come over, it would be ridiculous if they were overthrown.

Four Lothric knights carrying tower shields and spears led the way, accompanied by two priests carrying longswords and lanterns, with a squad leader carrying a greatsword and a battle banner in the middle, followed by four shield riders.

This is also the standard configuration of Lothric's knight squad: nine tough guys with two priests.

As for the Great Archives, for some reason, there has been no news of it until now, and the Crystal Elder has not returned.

When asked, the knights said that the Great Archives was closed and had not been opened to this day.

Li Wei was unable to reach the capital, and he could only guess at the situation.

However, according to information in the game, the Great Archives is quite untrustworthy.

As advisors to the King of Los Angeles, they occupy the core position of magic and knowledge in Los Angeles, while the sages who created the Great Archives seem to be the prince's mentors.

Therefore, theoretically, the Grand Archives should be a relatively independent force that is loyal to the Lothric royal family, and its goal is to study magic in order to gain great power.

Incidentally, it also provides assistance to the Lothric royal family, but as everyone who has played the game knows, a knight of the Boreal Valley is hidden in a compartment of the Great Archives.

However, she was transformed into a beast by Sulyvahn, that traitor, and most importantly, the mysterious angelic faith, the so-called "daughter of the angel" Gertrude, was imprisoned in the Grand Archives.

The Silver Wing Knights and Gold Wing Knights, these fat guys are not easy to get along with, yet they are still imprisoned, which speaks volumes.

The prince is in the fire-extinguishing faction, the priest is in the fire-linking faction, and the Grand Archives, though seemingly neutral, is actually a disloyal faction with its own agenda.

Speaking of the Royal City, Li Wei suddenly remembered that there was something he hadn't fought yet. Could it be that he hadn't fought Gundyr and had gotten the First Flame stuck in a bug?

Normally, if the Ashes hadn't killed Gundyr, they wouldn't have been allowed to roam around the capital.

It's decided. When we get back, we'll gather a hundred strong men and chop Guddar into mincemeat.

Just as Li Wei found a thermos in the second-floor restaurant, brewed two packets of goji berries and dates to give himself some peace of mind.

Suddenly, a loud crashing sound came from the rooftop. Li Wei thought it was the ammunition and armor he wanted being airlifted over.

While they were having a wonderful fantasy, their own knight, a muscular man, brandished a bottle of Lao Gan Ma chili sauce and frantically mowed down the zombies outside, scavenging their souls and humanity.

Unexpectedly, screams and cries of agony from the rescued people were heard, followed by the sound of gunfire from the surviving soldiers.

Li Wei immediately picked up the walkie-talkie on the bar counter. Keeping up with the times is important; it would be foolish not to use technology when it's available.

"Anri, what happened?"

There was only a hissing sound from the walkie-talkie; there was no response.

Li Wei immediately shouted.

Is anyone around the hotel?

Ken's voice immediately came through the walkie-talkie.

"Boss, I'm here. You told me before to bring thirty brothers to guard the first floor, have you forgotten?"

Li Wei thought to himself, "Who knew you would be so honest? The outside world is in complete chaos, and you didn't even go out to collect souls."

However, Li Wei was very pleased with Ken's honest and hardworking demeanor, which showed no signs of cheating or shirking his duties.

I decided to pay them some wages after we finished work and collected the taxes. After all, even cattle and horses need to eat grass, and I'm not Scrooge.

"But that's for later," Li Wei immediately ordered.

"Stop squatting on the first floor. Anything that can move around here has already been chopped to dust. Send twenty people up to take a look."

"No problem, boss."

Li Wei took a sip from his thermos and sighed, "I'm born to be a workaholic." Then he took out a white wax stone and continued recruiting thugs.

He shouted into the walkie-talkie again.

"Listen up, everyone who can get a signal. If any of you guys accidentally get killed, your teammates should let me know, and I'll call someone back. Remember to pass on the message so everyone knows."

A barrage of replies immediately came through the walkie-talkie, and Li Wei shouted into the chaotic stream of responses.

"I only have two hands, so I'll do them one by one."

Then he pulled out a notebook filled with the names of all the knights, their squad affiliations, and summoning runes.

If Li Wei were to memorize a few thousand names, he might be able to remember who was who with a little effort. But a few thousand scribbles were simply too much for him.

"When Coson's team entered a building, the building collapsed and they were buried. It's uncertain whether everyone was killed, but no one managed to climb out."

"The Charles Squad, consisting of Von Er, Katz, and Rhodes, was killed by an exploding gas tanker truck during their exploration."

...A bunch of killers, their deaths were all over the place. Some were eaten by zombies, but there were plenty of other things. Some found an AK and fired it randomly out of curiosity, killing their own people. Some drove their cars into zombies but ended up hitting their own people. Some even tried to light a gas canister to blow up zombies, but ended up killing themselves.

That's enough for Li Wei to write a book about a thousand and one ways a magical country bumpkin can die in modern times.

Li Wei began to slowly recall those who had been killed, and once they were recalled, he sent them to provide support.

No matter what's up there, just recruit enough strong men to chop them into dust. When it comes to manpower, I've never been afraid of anyone.

Just as Li Wei was calling for reinforcements, the sound of shattering glass rang out. Li Wei looked up and saw several Lickers crawling in from outside the building, descending from top to bottom.

(The pictures of Klopp from the previous chapter suddenly failed the review... and were deleted. So sad.)