27. The story of the town of Night

The twilight forest is still the same.

Everywhere there was a heavy dark magic, oppressive like a lid from the sky, sealing all light and hope, and the people who could live here had a thick nerve, and the furious orcs had not been able to crush the warriors here, making them think they were not afraid of any challenge.

But in reality?

They still have something to fear, they still have enemies they can't defeat, and worst of all, those enemies have appeared, silently, without the slightest notice, without warning.

"Retreat! Fall back! Fast! ”

The Captain of the Night's Watch rode his horse, the flickering lantern shining in the road before him, the nearest sentry post to Nighttown, where a team of Night's Watch was stationed all year round, protecting traveling merchants and regularly clearing the surrounding forests of wolves.

At this time, the bravest soldiers had to withdraw from their posts, for in front of them, in the deep darkness, the low sound of horse bells rang out, and in that darkness the red flame of the soul was shining.

At the sound of bones clashing, skeleton soldiers armed with bone knives and wooden shields rushed out from all directions, driven by the death knights on skeleton horses, there were so many of them that the night watchman saw with his own eyes how the savage, powerful ogres, who were regarded as the greatest threat to the night watch, were overwhelmed by the huge number of undead on the ogre hill known as "Vorgour", not far from the sentry post.

The ogres wielded their weapons, and each blow could easily shatter a bone, but to no avail... More bones would frantically rush around them, stabbing rough bone knives into their bodies.

The tall savage creatures were at first scrappy, but soon fell into the predicament of being surrounded, and the death of their companions one by one terrified the stupid creatures, who threw down their weapons and ran away from the skeletons around them, only to be cut down from behind by the galloping Death Knight.

And those wolves... The black wolves, which had become more and more distorted by the dark energy of the Twilight Forest, had also found a new owner, creatures that bounced back and forth in the shadowy woods, with muscular bodies, sharp claws, eyes that glittered in the dark, and wolf-like howls.

Werewolf!

These monsters, which only exist in fairy tales, really appeared, along with the necromancy.

"Back to town! I can't stand it here! ”

The captain of the night watch gritted his teeth and smashed a can of fire oil on the flames of the sentry post, and after everyone had evacuated, the captain pulled out the musket on his waist and fired, and the next moment, the surging necromancers were wrapped in the shocking explosion flames, which blocked the progress of the necromancers and cleared the way for the evacuated panicked vigil to evacuate.

They rode on horses and ran quickly in the direction of the town, although the terrain was not as easy to defend as Lakeside Town, but as the last stronghold left by humans in southern Xinjiang back then, that town was surrounded by strong walls and had enough weapons reserves.

It will be the last stronghold of the Twilight Forest revolt.

However, just as the night watchmen galloped all the way to the night town, the whistling dark bats suddenly rushed out of the deep darkness around them, and the storm of bats surrounded the night watchmen by surprise, and in the crazy bite of the bats, even the well-trained war horses let out a panicked cry.

And in the desperate situation where the blood was strangely extracted, those night watchmen could still hear a coquettish laugh with malice in a trance.

It's like a... A bad joke like.

In less than 1 minute, more than a dozen dried corpses with their blood sucked up all over their bodies fell on the road to Night Town, and the contented vampire bats flapped their little wings and returned to the darkness again.

She's waiting for the next wave of prey to come to her door.

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"Jorgen is crazy!"

A woman with a disheveled hair rushed out of her house, and she fell to the ground covered in blood, a sight that quickly caught the attention of the nervous night watchmen, who rushed up with a lantern and helped the frail woman to her feet.

"Jorgen is crazy! He turned into a monster! ”

The woman screamed, and the next moment, the door of the house behind her was pushed frantically, and a werewolf with a black mane shining with a frenzied glint in his eyes, waved his claws and pounced on the night watchmen.

"Fire!"

A coquettish shout rang out behind the night watchmen, and the recruits, frightened by the scene, immediately pulled the trigger in their hands.

"Bang Bang Bang"

One of the bullets shattered his heart, causing the monster to scream, and he turned and ran, but the next moment he was surrounded by several veterans, and then his head was cut off by a sword.

"Bestiality! Damn it! ”

The leader of the Night's Watch, the young Duke's daughter, stepped forward briskly and kicked the headless werewolf corpse, her beautiful face covered with frost.

This wild black-haired beauty is named Althea, she has a noble surname, Eberlock, the daughter of Duke Aberlock, who manages this forest and all its inhabitants, and she became the sole heir of Duke Eberlock after her brother disappeared in the latter part of the Orc War a few years ago, but this young lady is not as delicate as other noble ladies, and has lived in the twilight forest since she was a child, allowing her to practice a good martial arts.

"Paige, Fuji! Stay away from her! ”

Althea drew her sword from her waist and shouted to the Night's Watch recruit, who was protecting the bloodied woman:

"She's been bitten! She's also infected with bestiality! ”

The veterans quickly surrounded the poor woman who was trembling all over, and Mrs. Jorgen, who was covered in blood, said with difficulty: "I don't, I'm not them, I'm not a monster... Don't kill me, don't kill me, please! Althea, I hugged you when you were a child, don't kill me, please! ”

This pleading made the young duchess's daughter a little unrelenting, but just as she hesitated, a black mane grew on Madame Jorgen's fingers, and the scene made everyone nervous.

"Kill her!"

"Quick! Don't let her bite anyone else! ”

The veterans swung their swords and were about to slash at poor Mrs. Jorgen, but were stopped by Althea, and the noble lady, who, at great risk, stepped forward and squatted down in front of the stunned Mrs. Jorgen, and looked at the nurse before her, who had been a child, and said bitterly:

"Mrs. Jorgen, you're infected, and you've seen it yourself..."

"I... Why me? ”

Mrs. Jorgen saw the rapidly growing mane on her arm, and she could feel a wild force stripping her senses, making her crying sound hoarse.

"I can't save you, I'm sorry."

Althea stretched out her hand and embraced the dangerous lady in front of her, and she whispered in Mrs. Jorgen's ear:

"But you can choose for yourself and die as a human being, not as a monster ... This is the last option I can give you, I'm sorry. ”

"Oh, Althea, you've always been so kind."

Mrs. Jorgen, who had begun to werewolf, said with difficulty:

"Kill me! Fast! Kill me! ”

"Poof"

The sharp sword pierced her heart, and in the swing of the swing, sliced the mutated heart into several pieces, presumably killed before the transformation, so that Lady Jorgen's werewolf state was forcibly stopped, and she lay on the ground weakly, and as she lay weakly, she trembled and handed Althea a quaint emblem of holy light.

"Live, Miss... I... I'll pray for you..."

Seeing that the venerable lady had swallowed her last breath, the Night's Watch Commander clenched the blood-stained insignia in her hand, she gritted her teeth, her eyes were slightly red, and she looked at the soldiers in front of her, and she said in a deep voice:

"Strengthen your defenses and find anyone who is infected... Kill! ”

"The undead! The undead are coming! ”

A shrill scream rang out over the sentry posts outside the town, followed by the sound of alarm bells, and Althea hurriedly raised her weapon, taking one last look at Madame Jorgen's corpse, she turned and rushed towards the defensive wall outside the town.

The darkness of the twilight forest was a nightmare for the defenders, and the binoculars and eagle eye were useless in the dark place, and the vigil could only rely on the only light they had to observe the enemy's movements.

And between the shaking of the trees of the twilight forest, the scalp-tingling Dark Army appeared before their eyes.

The undead infantry made of bone, so numerous that you would be stunned to look at, the cold and silent death knights, and the werewolves who drove away the wolves... Hell, all of the Night's Watch's opponents are united.

"Use fire!"

Althea placed a lit arrow on her longbow, and as the undead approached the edge of Nighttown, the arrow flew out and nailed to the defenses outside the town, and the next moment, the oil-soaked wood burst into flames, devouring the first of the approaching skeletons.

The flames burned so fiercely that it almost set the entire town of Night on fire.

On the other side of the flames, the lich Arugao, mounted on a skeletal warhorse, tilted his head and looked at the night watchmen waiting behind the flames, and he whispered:

"Don't tell me, you didn't do anything, it's going to disappoint me..."

"Huh"

The figure of the vampire Ella appeared on the back of the empty skeleton war horse next to the bat dance, the blood-soaked dwarf looked full of vitality, she pointed to the soldiers who were waiting for the battle, and laughed with malice on her face:

"The stupid ones thought their sentinels would be able to cross the forest under our control unharmed... They're going to use this wall to protect themselves, so let's... Destroy it! ”

"Smack"

The gnome snapped his fingers triumphantly, and at the same time, on the inside of the defensive wall, the bodies of three sneaky, fully covered leather helmets of the night watchmen seemed to have been taken over by some kind of will, unable to control their movements, and their stiff bodies held torches, approaching the location of the fire oil and explosives piled up behind the defensive wall.

"What are they doing!"

Althea had a premonition of a crisis, and she turned her head sharply to see three night watchmen holding out their torches to the explosives, and the scene made the Duke's daughter's scalp tingle, and she screamed:

"Kill them! Fast! ”

But... It's too late.

"Boom"

The sudden burst of flames was like a grand fireworks display in the dark night, and the ignited explosives and oil frantically ignited everything that could burn around, and in the explosion, scattered sparks were sprayed into the unprepared town.

And in front of the eyes of the undead, the defensive wall that was strong enough to resist the attack of the orcs had been blown out of a big gap.

"Yo! Perfect! ”

The dwarf vampire clapped his hands and nodded in satisfaction:

"The lords have improved the magic of the Blood Servants, and although the number of Blood Servants they can control at one time has been greatly reduced, they have been able to retain their sanity... It always comes in handy at critical moments. ”

Ignoring the gnome's boasting, the lich Arugor raised his left arm and pointed to the panicked night town in front of him, his voice ringing in the hearts of every junior knight:

"Go ahead! Dead warriors, take this fortress for our king... Kill all those who dare to resist, and leave behind those who are obedient. ”

The next moment, the huge necromantic army continued forward, and as Althea struggled to get up from the stun of the explosion, she saw the Death Knights riding through the gap and charging into the town.

This made the Duke's daughter's heart sink to the lowest, and her activities quickly attracted the attention of the death knights patrolling around, seeing three junior knights with a dozen undead infantry surrounding her, Althea gritted her teeth and picked up her long sword from the ground, she knew that her fate was about to end here.

But accidents always happen, and at the moment when the three junior knights began to charge, a dark and evil portal suddenly opened beside Althea, and a man with black hair and black eyes like Althea walked out of the teleportation with a bone staff in his hand, wearing a black robe, and having the same black hair and black eyes as Althea.

"Basic necromancy, the most practical construct... Mediocre works. ”

The man spoke obscure comments, and with the flick of his fingers, the sturdy demon guardian rushed out of the portal behind him with a battle axe, screaming and slashing down the lower knight in front of him.

And those chirping demon imps, like screaming thugs, threw flaming arrows in all directions, making the lower knights scramble for a while.

"It's time to go, Altea."

The man threw a ball of soul fire, knocked down the last of the junior knights, turned to the sluggish girl, and said:

"As always, I'll always be there in time when you need it most, my... Younger sister. ”