Chapter 23: Courage and Death
[Purification]!
Entangled in the white band of light thrown by Woody, a living dead man fell to the ground screaming, blisters erupting all over his body, and the blisters exploded one after another. Eventually, the living dead turned into a puff of green smoke and dissipated. Despite this, one of the cavalrymen accidentally missed a flaw and failed to intercept the living dead, resulting in his comrades being scratched.
After the Necro Knight inexplicably escaped, the attack of the living dead turned out to be much more ferocious! If you don't completely destroy their heads, they will stubbornly get up again and again, and this sight can really drive people crazy. What's more, the number of the living dead is still increasing, and there are now as many as seventy or eighty! They surrounded both ends of the town, tearing and overturning the furniture blocking the door, looking like they would die if they couldn't get in, and they didn't know where they got so much strength.
"All of them, retreat in a fighting posture!" Seeing another subordinate being scratched, McQueen yelled in annoyance.
Missionary Woody immediately objected: "No! As long as we retreat, the advantages and efforts we have built up before will be in vain! β
"I know more about military affairs and warfare than you do! My brothers are tired and injured, and we can't fight them if we try to consume them! β
"But I can treat everyoneβ"
"Mr. Missionary! Judging by the look on your face, you're the one we're closest to collapse here! Although your magic can effectively kill those monsters and cleanse our wounds, you're almost at the limit, aren't you? McQueen pointed at Woody's nose and snorted unceremoniously. Just now, you vomited blood once, because of the so-called 'magic backlash'! β
Hearing this, Woody couldn't help but touch his face, which was not bloody at all, just like a blank piece of paper. He clenched the cross on his chest again and insisted, "The Lord and the Son will bless us...... I haven't run out of magic yet! β
"Damn, you're in the waterβ"
"Ah, Camp Commander!"
McQueen and Woody turned their heads at the same time, looking at the timid pimple guard. He was sweating profusely and had an expression on the verge of crying, but he still shouted with all his might, "I want to fight too!" You see, I have weapons too, and I can help! β
"Me too! Although I'm just a militiaman, I'm not as good as you regular soldiers......" The old Cheng guard on the side had red eyes and gritted his teeth and said: "My wife and children are here, if I let those monsters hurt them, I might as well die." I'm in battle! β
"If you want to fight, count me in!" A resident pushed the door open and walked out. He stood next to the innkeeper's corpse, his eyes couldn't help but glance to the side, and his face turned blue: "Promise quickly!" While I don't regret it! β
"Me too!"
"I have a lot of hoes at home, come and get them!"
"Uncle, I'm eighteen years old! I can fight monsters too! β
Looking at the men who walked out of the house one by one, Mai Kun couldn't help laughing, and the sound was like a bell. He wiped a handful of blood from his face, raised his fist, and was arrogant: "Hahaha, you are all good!" God bless me Orquila! β
Several people said with trembling voices: "God bless me Orquilla......"
Mai Kun spread his arms to the limit, looked up to the sky and roared, "God bless the town! We will win! β
There was a moment of silence.
And thenβ
"God bless the town, we will win!! God bless the town, we will win!! The shouts converged into a huge wave of sound, making a powerful declaration: We will live because we must live!!
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The living dead have invaded the town.
All the townspeople huddled in the square, forming a semi-circular defensive formation. Although their expressions were tired, their eyes were resolute and fiery, like lions. Yes, they are trapped lions. The woman and the child hid in the rear, but they did not cry, and looked at the family members who were fighting the monster very bravely, and did not flinch their gaze for a minute.
The cavalrymen stood at the outskirts of the defensive formation, covered in blood, and they could no longer distinguish which was the blood of the living dead and which was their own. McQueen's horse had already been killed in battle, and now it had its head cut off and placed at the front as a shield. And Mai Kun himself rushed to kill the fiercest, relying on high-level martial arts, and even broke away from the defensive formation once or twice, killing a few living dead in a row before retreating.
Woody closed his eyes with a calm expression and sat among the women and children, supposedly meditating to replenish the consumed magic and mental power. An old woman knelt down and kissed his right hand reverently, as if facing a saint. The youngest child didn't let his mother hold him, but pursed his lips and clutched the corner of Woody's robe.
And Qingyi stood in the queue of young people, holding his "evening star", stabbing the living dead from time to time, and his performance was between "hard work" and "passive sabotage", which was not eye-catching at all.
("It's boring, it's boring, how long are you going to grind!") Xue Duo exclaimed)
("Shut up!") It's almost there! Qingyi peeked at the others, and saw that he was not wearing a goof, so he said helplessly)
"Ahh One of the horsemen was scratched in the chest, screamed in pain, and rolled on the ground. The people around him were used to the situation, and immediately someone took his place, and he was carried away by a few young men and sent to Woody. Woody opened his eyes and chanted to unleash Purification and Holy Healing for the cavalry.
You've run out of mana you've accumulated [Meditation], right? Qingyi thought, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Hey, Camp Commander McKun!" β
The other party killed a living dead and flew back, but his face was still facing forward, and he didn't dare to slack off at all. From this angle, Qingyi only saw his joyful curls. "Well, what's the matter?!"
"You're such a nice guy." Qing Yi said sincerely, and then opened the [White Bone Purgatory].
[Bone Purgatory]: Domain, in which countless bone spears deal the first damage, and the living units will turn into skeletons (same level conversion) after death, and are limited to activities within the domain.
Click!!
Thousands of thick bone spurs protruded from the ground, each one a meter and a half long, the thickness of a rice bowl, and at least four sticking out of each square meter! Whether it's an old man or a child, whether it's a man or a woman...... The townspeople were all pierced through their bodies by this sudden attack, and blood foam and internal organs gushed out of their mouths, and they definitely couldn't survive! The wounded cavalryman reacted quickly and struggled to stand up, trying to protect Woody. However, within a radius of ten meters in Qingyi, they all belong to the "field", and the bone spurs are protruding without dead ends, which is difficult to protect. Woody's thigh was still pierced, and the pain was so painful that he almost fainted.
Leaping out of the bone spurs like lightning, McQueen covered his scratched knee, and his throat was shattered by the next roar: "Who the hell are you?!" β
Imitating Schroeder Bray's movements, Qingyi, who had already turned into a white bone tyrant, took off the crown of bone ridges and saluted gracefully: "June Sunshine Sala Monroe of the Twilight Empire, it's a pleasure to meet you. β