2. The touch of death
"It's noon, when the sun is at its hottest!"
Captain Scarlock, with a full 110 soldiers, stood outside the forest, and he shouted to the team behind him:
"Don't be afraid, even ghosts don't dare to move in the sun, we have enough holy water! Don't be afraid, we still have a numerical advantage! ”
These words gave the somewhat frightened soldiers some confidence, and seeing that their morale had recovered slightly, the captain turned his head and said to the three lieutenants behind him:
"The search time is 4 hours, whether you find it or not, you have to get out of the forest before the sun sets! Do you understand? ”
"Yes, sir!"
"Alright, Draco, you and I are in a team, and the others are scattered in three directions! Manhunt begins! ”
Led by the three lieutenants, the soldiers formed a loose formation and walked into the forest, and from a distance, the blue and white armor intertwined in the forest appeared and disappeared, looking very strange.
"Captain, this time I actually want you to lead the team personally."
Lieutenant Draco, who put on a heavy blue armor and held a heavy sword, said with some embarrassment, "It looks like I'm causing you trouble." ”
Captain Scarlock, with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, shook his head, and he inserted his long sword into the scabbard at his waist, took out his snuff and took a puff, and then said slowly:
"Don't say that, Draco, we've been friends for years."
The captain smiled and patted the lieutenant on the shoulder:
"And this time the search, the Major General also attaches great importance to it, as long as we find any clues related to the orcs in the hilly forest, the Major General can use this as evidence to ask the military headquarters to change the operation order... As you know, other countries are fighting orcs, and we in Alterac are staying in the country, and the soldiers are very dissatisfied. ”
Speaking of this, the somewhat bald captain was visibly dissatisfied, and he snorted:
"Our Majesty the King is indeed a little too timid!"
"Yes, if you don't fight, you can't be promoted."
Lieutenant Drake was a complete reckless man, he reached out and put on a heavy iron bucket-shaped helmet, and said angrily: "I was promoted to a military rank after a battle half a year ago, and I still hope that after fighting the orcs, I can also become a captain, and if I am lucky, I may be able to become a major or something." ”
"Hahaha, I like soldiers like you!"
Captain Scarlock laughed and said, "Don't worry, follow General Blackmore, we won't be short of battles." ”
"I've always had a question, Captain, though."
Draco looked left and right, and lowered his voice: "It was half a year ago, that night, there was an elf who came to ask for help, do you remember, why I never saw it again..."
"Shut up!"
The captain's face suddenly became gloomy, and he scolded: "Draco, keep this matter in your heart, no matter who you are in the future, you are not allowed to say it!" Do you understand? ”
"Uh..."
Before the lieutenant could reply, a scream suddenly rang out in the distance of the forest.
"Ahhhh
The sound was sudden, and the cut-off was also abrupt, and in just 2 seconds, the lieutenant and the captain glanced at each other, and the two of them drew their weapons at the same time.
"Everyone, keep up, go over there!"
And when the captain and lieutenant arrived on the left side of the forest with the soldiers, the two men, along with the soldiers behind them, were stunned by the tragic situation in front of them.
The trees in the forest were as if they had been blown by a storm, the small trees were broken, the large trees were covered with frosty sword marks, and on the grass covered with fallen leaves, there were at least 10 corpses, most of them struck by a sword, and the wounds were frozen.
There are also a few who have their heads cut off almost by brute force, and the worst is the captain who led the team, who was pierced in the throat by a bone arrow and nailed to the trunk of a tree, this slaughterhouse-like scene is disgusting.
Lieutenant Drake approached the captain and saw his dead eyes, and the soldier gritted his teeth and reached out to close his colleague's eyelids.
"Something wrong with our calculations!"
The captain was half-kneeling on the ground, his face was ugly, and in front of his eyes, there were staggered footprints, even a layman could tell that there was definitely more than one pair of footprints inside.
"It doesn't seem to be just an enemy... There are at least 2 of them! ”
Before the words fell, another scream came, this time very close to where the two men were, Lieutenant Drake clenched the heavy sword in his hand and rushed out without saying a word, he was a very simple soldier, and seeing the tragic death of his companion, he had to avenge his companion.
"Draco! Slow down! Wait for us! ”
Captain Scalos watched Drake rush out, he cursed, drew his sword and shield, and hurried to catch up, and this time, because of the distance, they saw the assailant.
By the time the Captain charged into the nearby forest trail with his sword and shield in hand, Lieutenant Drake was already in a battle with the enemy.
The lieutenant in blue armor wielded a heavy sword, and across from him was a human in black armor and holding a black battle axe.
The moment he saw the human, Captain Scarlock was somewhat disappointed, not being an orc, which meant that their initial guess was wrong, but they couldn't just let Drake fight alone.
"Up! Kill that human traitor! ”
As soon as the captain gave the order, more than a dozen soldiers behind him drew their swords and shields and rushed forward with a shout.
Seeing the arrival of the powerful enemy, the silent black-armored human did not panic, he waved a heavy scepter in his left hand, forcing Lieutenant Drake back, and the other hand with the armor reached out, clenched into a fist, and hit a soldier behind him with crazy force.
"Ahhh
The soldier wailed in pain, fell to his knees on the ground, his whole body convulsed, and the powerful punch just now completely destroyed his body, and in just a few seconds, the soldier's breathing weakened.
However, the captain had the advantage in numbers, and after the black-armored knight had repelled the first wave of attacks, the soldiers who rushed up slashed their weapons at him.
There was a clanging sound between the weapons and the armor, and several soldiers pierced their swords through the gaps in the armor and into the black-armored knight's body.
But the next moment, something shocking happened, even if he was pierced through his body, the black-armored knight still did not stop fighting, as if he didn't feel pain at all, and while holding the steel scepter in both hands and sticking a sword in his body, he let out a loud cry.
A strange purple light flickered, and the "Resurrection of the Dead" spell stored on the scepter exploded, but all the corpses that came into contact with the aura stood up in a strange posture under the terrified gaze of the soldiers, and then swung their long swords and pounced on their companions a few minutes ago.
This evil spell of resurrection broke the will of all soldiers in an instant.
"Mark! What's wrong with you, Mark! Stay back! Stay back... Yes!! ”
Screams of fear and so on resounded everywhere on the battlefield in the woods for a while, and the captain and lieutenant stood together, seeing that the situation was irreparable, Captain Scarlock immediately ordered:
"Withdraw! Fall back! ”
"Papapapa"
Just one second after the order to retreat was given, the dark shadows in the forest flickered, and a group of dark war horses rushed out of the hillside, carrying its knights, and stopped behind the group of soldiers.
"Oh... There are also those who are not afraid of death sent to the door. ”
The black knight turned over and dismounted, drew his bow with his backhand, and when he walked to the battlefield, he pulled the bowstring with his hand, and with every shot, a soldier must have fallen to the ground, and this brutal killing almost became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the soldiers fled in all directions screaming, and Lieutenant Draco roared and rushed towards the black knight.
"Captain! Come on! I'll help you stop him! Hurry up and call for help! ”
Seeing Drake rush into the black knight's side, Captain Scallock hesitated, the voice of the soldier inside yelled for him to come up and help, and the voice of the nobleman advised him to go back and ask for help.
After hesitating for less than 1 second, the captain turned around and ran.
And behind him, Tyrion looked at the big man in blue armor in front of him who rushed towards him, the corners of his mouth flashed a sinister smile, he put the war bow behind his back, and pulled out the black heavy sword behind his backhand, the moment the heavy sword fell into Tyrian's hands, the death energy covered the heavy sword, and the three strange runes engraved on the sword body shone with a cold pale color.
When Tyrion swung the heavy sword, the sharp blade was already covered with a layer of cold frost.
"Bang"
The two heavy swords collided together, and the dark aura on Tyrion's body swayed, and he looked at the fierce-looking warrior in front of him, like a brute bull, and he whispered:
"It's brute force... Human, you have courage. ”
"So what! I don't need praise from the enemy! ”
Lieutenant Drake took Tyrian's compliment as a disgrace, he took a half-step back, recuperated, and the heavy sword in his hand looked at Tyrion's body at an eerie angle, and just before the blade was added, Tyrion shook his fingers with some regret.
"I mean, the ones with the courage will survive to the end. And unfortunately, you shouldn't have been hurt..."
"What do you mean?"
Lieutenant Drake had a flash of doubt in his heart as he saw that the blade in his hand was about to cut off Tyrion's slender waist, and at this very moment.
A burst of pain erupted from within his body, causing Lieutenant Draco's slash to completely distort it, and the heavy sword was easily blocked by Tyrion's hand armor, and Lieutenant Draco in front of him turned pale in an instant, and his body trembled as if he was dying.
"Bang"
The lieutenant's body shook and knelt weakly in front of Tyrion's eyes, and in the bruised wounds on his body, the blood that belonged to him gathered in the palm of Tyrion's hand in a creepy way, and more than half of the blood was drawn in an instant, the lieutenant was not dead, he was already talented.
"Click"
The bright red blood ball was frozen in Tyrian's palm, and he put it to his nose and sniffed it, letting out a satisfied sigh:
"Hmm... The blood of the warriors, a delicacy worth tasting. ”
With that, he looked at Captain Scarlock, who had run nearly 30 yards away, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, the ice heavy sword in his hand was inserted into the ground, his right hand stretched out, and a red complex spell flashed on his arm.
"Your life is in my hands!"
Dark red death energy gushed out like a snake, crossing the not-so-long distance of the forest, clasping the captain behind his back before retracting frantically.
Like a rope of death energy, it grabbed the fleeing captain back in front of Tyrion's eyes.
"Smack"
The Captain's body fell to the ground covered with fallen leaves in a whirling leap of the sky, and he tried to struggle to get up, but the next second, the pointed combat boots decorated with black skeletons stepped on his back, and Tyrion held Captain Drake's heavy sword with both hands, staring at Captain Scarlock who was struggling at his feet, and he whispered:
"Cowards... I won't survive to the end..."
"Poof"
Tyrion's arms pressed down, and the heavy sword of dark red light pierced the captain's armor, pierced his chest, and pinned him to the ground, the pain of the blade piercing through his heart, causing Captain Scallock's struggling face to blister, his eyes wide, and his body throbbing like a fish thrown out of the water at this moment.
In the next second, this body was completely abandoned by life.
"Buzz"
A drop of warm blood, manipulated by death energy, fell into Tyrion's fingertips, and he stuck out his tongue and licked it, a hint of disgust in his ice-blue eyes.
"Coward's blood... It's disgusting! ”
At the same moment when the two leaders were easily defeated, the remaining dozen or so soldiers who came with the two were also slaughtered by the silent human knight manipulating the moving corpses.
After smashing the head of the last fleeing soldier with his own hands, the silent human knight drew the sword from his body and threw it aside, and the spell of resurrection dissipated at this moment, and the moving corpses fell to the ground.
He walked up to Tyrion, bowed respectfully, and said in a jerky voice:
"The enemy is disposed of, it's time for us to go, Lord Tyrion."
"No, there's one more..."
Tyrion looked back at Lieutenant Drak who was kneeling on the ground, and had only half a life left, he walked up to the lieutenant, squatted down, and reached out to press on the lieutenant's shoulder, he looked at Drake, and said in a deep voice:
"I like the Warriors, so you have a chance to live... When you give back everything to your general, don't describe me as cruel! You see, if you don't speak, I'll take you by default..."
Tyrion stood up and whistled, and the silent skeleton horse walked up to him, the elven knight turned over and pulled the broken hood down, and behind him, the human knight also rode a silent warhorse, and the two of them quickly disappeared into the forest, and the strange conversation between the two could be faintly heard.
"Grokush, do you think I'm merciful? You see, I just spared his life! ”
"If no one finds him for 20 minutes, he's going to die, it's far from being merciful, he's going to die there... My lord, this is cruel. ”
"Damn Glokush, you're not humorous, why did I choose you as my servant!"
And on Lieutenant Draco's shoulder, where Tyrion had just been touched, terrible chilblains appeared on the lieutenant's skin, spreading to the rest of his body at an extremely fast speed, taking away the only remaining heat in Lieutenant Draco's body little by little.
It's like... The touch of death is the same.