Rose Empire

Costa and Adams were amazed as they listened to Lilith's talk. At first, they were a little confused as to why the Viscount called such a 1.3-meter-tall little girl, but they did not expect that this little girl was so knowledgeable.

Before the battle even started, the unknown necromancer had already been completely exposed.

Charlotte pondered for a moment and said, "That necromancer doesn't have the ability to escape quickly?"

"Escape?" Lilith shook her head. "Not only did they not have the ability before the fourth wing, but after the fourth wing, the fifth wing, Cold Blood, is an ability to sacrifice emotions to extend lifespan; the sixth wing, Common Skeleton Creation, is the ability to create the dead's followers, which can also extend lifespan in disguise, but will make oneself half-dead. The ability to escape is highly unlikely to be there."

They can extend the life of the warlocks through all kinds of strange means, making people live in a state of neither dead nor alive. This is the fundamental reason why the necromancers are like weeds that cannot be burned out by wildfires and will grow again in the spring breeze no matter how the church suppresses them.

"So, we have every chance to tear the head off this necromancer who came from nowhere and tell him how serious the consequences of smuggling are?" Charlotte said.

Lilith pondered for a moment and said, "There is a chance, but there is a prerequisite."

"What's the premise?" Charlotte asked puzzledly.

"The premise is that you can find him before defeating the army of corpses. When manipulating the march, the necromancer can observe the surrounding situation from the perspectives of multiple corpses, so most necromancers will choose to hide their real bodies far away in the back. If the army of corpses in front is defeated, their real bodies can sneak away." Lilith said, nodding, "Well, maybe this can be considered a necromancer's escape skill?"

Charlotte looked at the map in front of her and pondered. After a while, she asked again, "How far can a necromancer control his army of corpses?"

"I'm not sure about that. Every warlock has different abilities. But I heard that there is a legendary warlock who can control his army from up to twenty miles away. It's impossible for a legendary warlock to come to your territory, right?" Lilith joked.

A legendary warlock, even if he is from the necromancer faction, would be considered a national treasure in any country. How could he have the leisure to come to a remote little place like Lanwan to cause trouble?

"So, the necromancer might be..." Charlotte slid her finger on the map.

"Hinyu Village or Cowbell Village," a voice interrupted. It was Adams who spoke.

Charlotte looked at Adams curiously and asked, "How do you know?"

"I met villagers from these two villages among the zombies. They are the villages closest to the sea." Adams paused and added, "My former fiefdom is over there."

Charlotte nodded and looked at the map again. She picked up a charcoal pencil and drew a line on the map, connecting the two villages with the location where the patrol team discovered the zombie army.

"This is a really straight marching route."

Charlotte couldn't help but smile as she looked at the straight line on the map.

If the necromancer landed at the Green Fish Village on the cape, then he killed the villagers of Green Fish Village and then led his army straight to the direction of Charlotte's castle. He did not make any turns along the way, neither did he pretend to be true or false to cover up his tracks, nor did he hide his goal of attacking Viscount Lanwan's castle.

"So……"

Swipe!

Charlotte drew two curved arrows on the map. The arrows started from the castle, bypassed the main force of the corpse army, and pointed directly to the Cowbell Village and Bluefish Village at the back.

"Since we must find and capture the necromancer before defeating the army of corpses, let's just ignore these corpses and stay away from their eyes and ears, outflank them, and go straight for their vital points. Those corpses can't be faster than war horses, right?"

Charlotte said.

"Of course they are not as fast as war horses. The speed of those corpses marching is almost the same as that of infantry. However..." Knight Herman shook his head and hesitated again, "Then what about this castle?"

"Have everyone in the castle evacuate to the knights' territory in the north. As for the castle?" Charlotte dropped her charcoal pencil and sneered, "Leave the castle to the zombies. I don't believe that a bunch of zombies can chew up the bricks of my castle."

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Volume 36: Chapter 33 Chapter Necromancer (Part )

The knights and their squires arrived at the castle one after another.

Because it was just past noon, Charlotte guessed that some knights might not have had lunch yet, so she asked the kitchen to prepare some bread and cheese in advance.

The first to arrive were Ryan Nasazzi and the forty-four other knights who followed Charlotte. Their camp was originally the closest to the castle, so they rushed over immediately after receiving the news.

The second wave of arrivals were scattered southern knights, some of whom had been relocated to the north, while others still lived in the nearby south.

The third wave of arrivals were the northern knights, who came in groups, led by Ed Adkins. Charlotte saw a familiar figure among the northern knights—Celine Adkins. The other knights were all wearing heavy armor like iron cans, but this girl was still wearing the gray leather armor, standing out in the crowd.

Charlotte smiled and winked at Celine. Seeing this, the little girl hid behind her father like a frightened animal.

"Celine, come here." Charlotte said directly.

Celine tried to pretend not to hear, but Ed Adkins refused to cooperate. When he saw Charlotte talking to his daughter, he took the initiative to move aside.

Xilin had no place to hide, so she had to stand up and said stiffly: "What are you going to do?"

"Child, how can you talk to the Viscount like that?" Ed Adkins scolded Celine softly, and pointed out the fact that Celine was still young, hoping that Charlotte would not mind Celine's rudeness.

Charlotte smiled slightly, indicating that she didn't care, and took the initiative to step forward, took Celine's hand, and said, "Come with me."

Although Celine was reluctant, she had to follow Charlotte's footsteps under the watchful eyes of everyone.

The Northern Knight looked at Celine's back with a gratified smile.

Many knights in the south were envious when they saw this scene. Why didn’t they have a younger generation like Celine who could catch the Viscount’s eye in the south?

Celine was led by Charlotte all the way to the depths of the castle. Seeing that the surrounding environment was becoming more and more secluded, Celine felt uneasy and suddenly stopped: "Where are you taking me? What do you want to do?" She covered her chest with her little hands nervously.

"The war is about to begin, what can I do?" Charlotte asked with a smile.

"Oh……"

Indeed, the troops will be dispatched soon. Even if Charlotte is lustful, she won't do anything rash at this time. How could I forget this? Celine felt relieved but secretly hated herself. Why did I always feel stupid when facing Charlotte?

Charlotte continued to move forward with Celine, smiling as she walked, "I didn't expect you to come."

"I didn't want to come in the first place, but my father forced me to come."

Celine told a little lie.

Celine has loved swordplay since she was a child, but she has never been to the battlefield. This time, Charlotte suddenly summoned all the knights to join the battle. Celine was curious about what a real battlefield looked like, so she took the initiative to ask to go to the battle with Ed Adkins. Ed Adkins thought that his daughter also had the title of partner from Charlotte, and it was her lifelong obligation to fight for Charlotte, so he agreed.

After telling the lie, Celine felt a little guilty, but luckily Charlotte didn't ask for further information. The two of them walked down the stone stairs to the basement of the castle. Charlotte raised her chin to the guard at the door, and the guard understood, turned the handle, and pushed open the heavy iron-clad wooden door of the basement.

As soon as the door was opened, what came into view was a dazzling array of wealth and boxes of fusos. Celine had never seen so much money in her life. Although in Charlotte's opinion, these one million fusos would not be enough to spend if something happened, in Celine's opinion, this place was no different from the legendary treasure cave.

"This way." Charlotte came to a flat wooden box in natural wood color, hooked her finger at Celine, and then opened the box.

The wooden box was covered with fine, white and soft wool felt. Charlotte uncovered the felt, and a set of exquisite armor with a silvery-white luster and fine patterns appeared in front of Celine.

"Try it on quickly," said Charlotte.

At Charlotte's urging, Celine took off her leather armor and put on this gorgeous silver armor. This armor was obviously designed specifically for young women. The proportions of each part better fit the female body characteristics. The chest area was padded with softer silk cotton to cater to the needs of young women. Even the edge of the skirt armor on the lower body retained embroidery lace that was obviously not for combat needs.

Celine has a healthy beauty that other young ladies don't have, but her gray leather armor usually covers up most of her charm. Now that she's wearing this beautiful silver armor, Charlotte's eyes suddenly light up.

"it's beautiful."

Charlotte praised with a smile and introduced the armor to Celine.

"This is the armor I asked a royal craftsman to make for me when I was in Platinum City. The main material used is ice gem steel, and it has the miracle of self-repair. I didn't expect it to fit you so well."

Ice gem steel is a type of alloy steel forged with a special process and added with a variety of extraordinary materials. It is named for its crystal surface and gem-like touch. Its crystal surface has the hardness of a gem, but its surface has a toughness and elasticity far exceeding that of ordinary steel, and its defense is first-class on the continent. The formula of ice gem steel has always been a secret of the royal family. Ordinary nobles have no way of obtaining it. Great nobles like Melfield can only spend money to buy the finished product directly from the royal family.

Celine's fingers slid across the surface of the armor, and the touch of the gems was real. The flowing miracle luster made it more precious. The self-repair miracle was a miracle widely used in the standard knight armor of the Orlan Empire, but Celine had also carefully observed her father's armor, and there was no such flowing water-like luster on it. It seemed that even if it was a miracle of the same effect, the miracle on this silver armor was much higher in grade than the standard armor.

Wearing such a good armor for the first time, Celine suddenly felt a little at a loss.

"As long as it fits," Charlotte clapped her hands and said, "This armor is for you."

"Give it to me?" Celine shook her head again and again, "No, no, it's too expensive."

"Going to the battlefield is a dangerous thing. Wearing it is much safer than your leather armor." Charlotte said.

"You can wear it yourself, I have leather armor and that's enough..." Celine still didn't want to accept it.

Charlotte pressed her finger on Celine's lips, interrupting the girl's next words, and said with a smile: "Rather than entrusting my life to armor, I would rather give it to my knight. Are you willing to protect me? My knight."

Celine's body suddenly tensed up, her cheeks gradually turned red, and she stammered for a long time, but in the end she couldn't say whether she was willing or not. She just pinched the edge of Yin Kai's skirt with her fingers.

Celine's leather armor was not wasted. Charlotte lifted her hair and said, "I don't have any other armor. Help me put it on."

"Oh..." Celine stood beside Charlotte obediently and helped Charlotte put on her gray leather armor.

This is the most common leather armor in the army. If there is any difference, it is that it has been slightly tailored to make it fit Celine's smaller body better.

"I, I'm not a knight yet." Celine suddenly said in a low voice with her head down.

"Then you must accumulate merits as soon as possible. I look forward to the day when I can legitimately call you my knight." Charlotte straightened her sleeves and said with a smile.

After putting on the leather armor, Charlotte left the basement with Celine. Before leaving the basement, Charlotte took a black cylinder from a weapon rack.

After Charlotte and Celine came out, the guards locked the iron-clad wooden door again. When they evacuated later, the guards would bring in some large stones from the garden to block the stairs leading to the basement. That was enough. Charlotte didn't think a bunch of dead people could chew through the large stones and iron door.

In front of the castle, the knights from the south and the north had almost arrived.

This time, there were forty-eight knights from the south and forty-seven knights from the north. Together with Charlotte's trusted men, there were a total of one hundred and thirty-nine knights and nearly two hundred squires.

"Sir, the main force of zombies is very close. It will be too late if we don't set off now." Herman Green came to report.

Charlotte threw the black cylinder in her hand to Hermann Green and said as she walked out of the castle, "Let's set off immediately."

"Also, according to Knight Jack Moore's reconnaissance, there are many scattered wandering zombies on our planned detour route to the east," Herman Green said again.

Charlotte slowed down her pace a little: "Is this good news or bad news?"

"It's both good news and bad news," Herman Green explained. "The good news is that Miss Lilith thinks this phenomenon may be caused by the necromancer creating too many zombies and being unable to control them effectively. This shows that the necromancer's strength is not beyond our expectations. The bad news is that if we have to go around from the east, we may be discovered by wandering zombies."

"Then give up the plan of encircling the enemy from both sides, concentrate on one route, and make a detour from the west." Charlotte made the decision.

"Yes." Hermann Green immediately went down to pass on the order.

Charlotte came to the steps in front of the castle. Ryan Nasazzi raised the flag of war. The knights in front of the castle immediately quieted down, holding the hilts of their swords and standing solemnly.

"Knights, I'm sure you all know that a necromancer whose identity is still unknown has appeared in my territory. He killed my people, trampled on my land, and is attacking my castle. This is undoubtedly a humiliation to me and to Melefield. I, Charlotte Melefield, cannot tolerate and do not want to endure this humiliation."

Charlotte slowly drew out the Viscount sword bestowed by the Emperor, and said in a calm tone that suppressed her anger: "Knights, leave his head for me."

"Your will!"

More than a hundred knights shouted in unison, then mounted their horses in unison and followed Ryan Nasaz, who was holding the flag, to the west.

As the main cavalry moved forward, they also sent out some of the squire knights who had not yet awakened as scouts. These scouts were unarmored and unarmed, and when they saw zombies from a distance, they waved small flags to send signals. Upon seeing the signal, the main cavalry would go further away, completely avoiding the zombies' eyes and ears, and quietly galloped towards Niu Ling Village and Qingyu Village.

Legba Dando controlled the zombies and slaughtered every village he saw along the way, then revived the killed villagers and the remains in the village cemetery as zombies to join his army. His army grew larger and larger, marching towards a single target - Viscount Lanwan's castle.

He learned the location of Viscount Lanwan's castle from the memory of an old man in Qingyu Village who rarely left the village. He also learned that Viscount Lanwan was a well-known idiot.

No wonder they would do such disgusting things as blocking the road for no apparent reason!

Even the knights under his command are so disgusting!

Legba Dando felt even more that his revenge on Viscount Lanwan was the right decision.

On the way forward, Legba Dando also encountered two patrolling teams of knights, but as he expected, the young knight leading the team only showed the strength of one wing, and when he saw the large number of zombies, he retreated in a hurry.

After that, Regba Dando never encountered any obstacles and his offensive path was unimaginably smooth.

Even though he had never led a battle, Legba Dando couldn't help but feel puzzled. Would the nobles of Viscount Lanwan just let him run wild in front of them? Without even a chance of resistance?

Finally, as dusk approached, the lord's castle appeared in front of Legba Dando, or the zombies he controlled. The joy of finally achieving his goal dispelled his doubts, and Legba Dando immediately ordered an attack on the castle. Under the control of the necromancer, the zombies made hoarse and unpleasant sounds to shock the enemy's mind, and rushed to the fence outside the castle with extraordinary agility.

then……

Just go in.

There was no hindrance at all.

Outside the castle, there were no chevaux de frise, trenches, or thorns as one might imagine, only a bamboo garden fence, which was obviously just a decoration for beauty and had no defensive capabilities.

Legba Dando originally thought that Viscount Lanwan and his knights should at least defend the Viscount's castle, but the castle gates were closed and there was not a single person breathing around.

What about people?

Where have they all gone?

Legba Dando punched the air, feeling a rage stuck in his chest with nowhere to vent, so he wanted to tear down the doors and windows of the castle and force his way in. But this was not an easy task. Although the Lanwan Viscount Castle was old and dilapidated, it was still a castle after all. Without siege equipment, it was not an easy task to force his way in. Not to mention that the heavy door would take several hits to break open even if a battering ram came, even if the small window was broken, an adult could not get in.

Fortunately, Legba Dando was quick-witted. He manipulated the adult zombies and threw several bodies of young children into the castle for reconnaissance. However, he finally got disappointing information - there was no one in the castle.

Legba Dando was confused for a moment. Did he occupy the lord's castle? What should he do next? He was still wanted by the Inquisition and could not stay in Lanwan for a long time. But he was unwilling to leave like this, and always felt that the revenge did not achieve the effect he was satisfied with.

"Cowards of Lanwan! Stop hiding! Come out! Come and fight me, you bunch of dirty, cowardly pigs..."

Legba Dando controlled a male zombie who had just died to roar in front of the castle and perform various humiliating actions.

Suddenly, a loud bang was heard in my ears.

Because there were too many zombies under his control, Legba Dando was unable to immediately determine the location of the noise. After he spent some time to determine the zombie closest to the location of the noise and turned his main view to that zombie...

Boom.

Another explosion sounded.

Legba Dando saw a pair of iron hooves crush the village fence, and then a dashing girl in silver armor on a tall warhorse raised the big sword in her hand.

In the last vision, the sword shines like snow.