Chapter Eighty-Three: More Than One Enemy (Part I)
Looking at the black oppressive undead creatures covering the earth like shadows, the soldiers standing on the city wall couldn't help but get nervous, and the undead army brought an unstoppable momentum just by advancing. Just looking at it from afar is enough to make those who are fragile feel fear and unease.
But Rhodes seemed very calm, because he already knew the general composition of this army, and this undead army was originally a low-level army. Although the stupid scouts of the Land of Light couldn't detect the number and composition of the other party at all, Rhodes knew very well that the composition of this legion was not complicated, just the composition of the most ordinary necromantic legion local army, every hundred skeleton soldiers formed a squad, but ten squads formed a squadron by the death knights. Ten squadrons and a brigade were formed, and judging by the strict hierarchy and strength system of the Undead Legion, Rhodes could even reverse that the necromancer who was responsible for leading this undead legion should be between forty and fifty levels, which was not very strong. This is based on their original structure of 30,000 people, and does not include the number of people who follow. This is common knowledge for players fighting the Night Nation, and at that time, in the middle of the game, the number of necromantic legions was unprecedentedly large, not to mention tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, all of which were vanguards. But in fact, it would be nice if half of those hundreds of thousands of miles could be the soldiers of the original Necromantic Legion itself. Because of the snowball policy of the undead army, they will always have the most lowest-ranking soldiers. Of course, you have to count the scum necromantic soldiers who range from level 5 to level 10 and were awakened from the graveyard by the necromancer, and the number is not only more than 10 million, but even more than 100 million............ The problem is that it doesn't make sense.
Therefore, in the game, you can often see players pointing to a necromantic army of millions of people and saying that there are only hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, because they only count the part that originally belonged to the necromantic legion itself, and the rest of the scum soldiers players don't pay attention to it at all, and the levels of the two sides are very different, even if the players stand there and let them cut them, they may not be able to break the defense. Therefore, this kind of peripheral scum players are basically not counted.
Compared to the high-end legion that Collund used to attack the Land of Atonement, bringing a large number of gargoyles, soul griffins, vampires, bone trolls, and even the Night Wurms to move out. These guys in front of him are really not worth mentioning in Rod's eyes, if he has the heart. Rhodes could even jump off the city wall just like that, and then rush directly to the rear in the face of the undead attack and kill the necromancer who was in charge of commanding the undead legion, then it would be a hundred. Although it is said that the undead army that has lost the command of its superiors will be separated and run everywhere because of this, but this is not Rod's territory, nor is it the Duchy of Moon, so he doesn't care about these little things, but......... He wasn't interested in dying for the Council of Light.
Let's think about how to take the opportunity to clean up the Council of Light.
Thinking of this, Rod glanced at the Seven Lovers next to him and noticed his gaze. The Fire Elemental Lord turned his head, and the two exchanged a tacit glance, and then, Rhodes gestured to the herald next to him.
"Prepare to attack."
"Huh?"
Hearing Rod's order, the herald was stunned for a moment, he subconsciously glanced ahead, the undead legion is still far away, why do you want them to prepare to attack now? Prepare to attack now......... Isn't it too early?
He hesitated. Wanted to say something, and at this time. Rhodes looked at him again, then spoke.
"Prepare to attack."
"Yes, sir."
Although I don't know what kind of madness this lord is doing, but the herald also knows that Lu Dao Rhodes has been connected with the repulsion of the undead army several times in the Land of Atonement. Presumably he must have had something in mind, and thinking of this, the herald didn't say anything more. Soon, he picked up the horn around his waist and blew it.
"Uh......h Woo...... Woo............! β
The loud sound of the horn echoed throughout the defensive line, and the soldiers who heard the horn of the attack were stunned, and they were the same as the herald. Didn't understand at all what this command meant. The enemy is so far away that we can only see small black dots with our eyes, so what does it mean to be ready to attack now? There were even people who turned their heads to look at the tower that made the sound to see if someone was mistaken. But soon, the fire that followed also showed that this was an order to prepare for the attack, and there were no problems.
Although many people were puzzled by this in their hearts, and did not understand what this order was about, it was the duty of the soldiers to obey the order, and if necessary, they would have to jump even if they were to jump off the city wall. Soon, flames burned on the towers of other places, and then the horn sounded, and the practice became one. Hearing the sound of the trumpet, the soldiers immediately raised their longbows in their hands. The country of light is not all stupid, so many people have died, and they also know how to deal with the undead, fuel rockets and other things are naturally not less prepared, at this moment the soldiers are full of longbows, aiming ahead. However, they did not pay special attention to the enemy, this was just an instinctive action of a professional soldier, and in fact, even if they were allowed to fire arrows now, they would only be able to shoot on the ground, which was meaningless.
"What's wrong? What's going on? β
On the other side of the northern front, the Council of Light faction naturally heard the sound of the trumpet that represented the preparation of the attack, which surprised them very much. Because they, like everyone else, felt that it was too early to prepare for the attack. According to these people's thinking, generally speaking, this kind of offensive and defensive battle is that the enemy first comes outside the city walls, then adjusts from a distance, and then slowly attacks forward. That's when they'll start to defend ......... This is the normal rhythm, but right now, no one is in danger. Isn't it a hole in your head that you ordered your soldiers to start preparing for the attack so early? Those soldiers couldn't hold a longbow for half an hour and an hour without moving.
"Seems like the young lord's order?"
"What are you kidding, ready to attack now? He's playing a trick on us. β
Unlike the southern defense line, the commander of the northern defense line basically did not take Rod's orders and signals to heart, but it is no wonder, because according to the agreement, Rhodes is not under the command of the Council of Light, and in turn, the Council of Light will not be under his command. At this time, even if someone has doubts, it is not good to say anything.
"What did General Bildt say?"
Andre pressed his sword in his hand, frowned and looked ahead, while asking the adjutant beside him. Hearing Andrei's inquiry, the adjutant shook his head slightly.
"The general said to wait and see what happens, and don't act rashly."
Logically speaking. This is indeed the right way to deal with it, but ...............
"Inform the others and get ready to attack."
"Your Excellency?"
Hearing Andrei's order, the adjutant looked at him in some surprise, not understanding what Andrei was thinking.
"I don't think that man is here to tease us, especially in this situation, the undead are different from humans, maybe that man has his own ideas, go ahead!"
"Yes. My lord. β
Although he didn't understand what Andrei was trying to do, the adjutant nodded, and then he turned around and trotted away to deliver Andrei's orders.
Although they didn't understand what Rhodes was thinking, the soldiers on the southern defense line quickly drew their longbows and looked ahead. Although this surprised the generals and representatives of the Reflective Council faction, they didn't understand what Rhodes was planning to do, but they hadn't waited for them to send someone to ask Rhodes what was going on. They had already got the answers they wantedβββ the undead army began to accelerate.
The sky was overwhelming, and the black-pressed skeleton soldiers were neatly aligned. Suddenly speeding up, they tightly held the long sword and shield in their hands, and strode forward, and the originally quiet and flowing river turned into an incomparably turbulent wave at this moment, roaring towards the defense line in front of them!
"Holy Souls are on top, how can they be so fast!?"
I saw this scene in front of me. Many people were surprised that the undead were not living beings, so their speed could even be compared to that of a speeding cavalry when it was brought to the limit. Not to mention the discipline of the undead makes it impossible for them to be confused by falling behind. In the blink of an eye, I saw that those undead creatures who were still far away in the sky had actually galloped not far in front of them!!
"Prepare to attack, hurry up and prepare to attack!"
The commanders of the northern defense line, who were unprepared for this, immediately shouted at this time. They hurriedly gave the order to their soldiers to prepare for the attack of the undead army, but at this time, Rhodes had already stretched out his right hand very calmly and waved it hard.
"Do it."
"Boom!!"
With Rod's order, countless flaming arrows flew out from the city wall, forming a storm and smashing down on the head and face of the rushing Necronomicon Legion. Soon, I saw that bright red flames began to shine from time to time in the black oppressive undead army. These battle fire arrows are no more powerful than the real fire elemental arrows made by Labis in the Land of Atonement, but they are no less impressive. The oil soaked in the tops of these flame arrows is specially refined, which not only ignites at a single point, but also has a strong diffusion and burns for a short time. In addition, the undead themselves are easily burnedβββ and the rotten corpse oil on their bodies is an excellent fuel.
This did not stop the undead from attacking, and although quite a few skeleton warriors had fallen to the ground on fire, their formation was still intact and showed no signs of loosening. And it was at this time that Rod finally gave the order again.
"Do it."
With Rod's order, Agameve and the other sea elves raised their hands, and soon, the pure water element condensed in their hands, gathered, and roared into illusory energy to envelop the earth forward, and then saw that the originally flat snow field suddenly burst out of the ground with huge sharp cone-shaped icicles, they roared out of the ground, straight and staggered, extending to both sides. The sharp front section pointed in the direction of the undead legion, and in the next moment, a roaring black wave crashed against the crystal clear and sharp embankment.
For the first time, the castration of the undead legion was blocked, and the skeleton warriors in the front row were squeezed forward without any choice under the huge pressure from behind, and many undead creatures could be seen directly penetrating their bodies by icicles, and even many of them were directly squeezed and trampled on the ground, and they became pieces in a short time. If it had been humans, then this attack would have been a complete failure, or even defeated. But for the undead. It's nothing at all, their eyes are still burning with a blazing soul flame, they don't care at all that their companions fall directly to the ground and be trampled by themselves in the next moment, and turn into a pile of fragments, they have only one goal!
The icicle barrier summoned by the sea elves didn't hold back the undead legion for much time, they were like a thick piece of glass, just slightly blocking some of the undead legions' castration before quickly shattering. And the dark raging waves surged forward again. Rush ahead.
Seeing this scene, even some of the soldiers were frightened and their legs went limp, even though they were standing on the city wall. It stands to reason that a charge as lethal as an undead creature would never be able to climb up immediately even if they rushed under the walls. But the momentum of the undead legion was so terrifying that it felt as if when they rushed over, the wall under their feet would immediately collapse, and they would fall from the wall, drown in the waves of the undead army, and then disappear without a trace.
Although I have heard a lot of rumors before. But only now did they realize that these undead creatures were really terrifying!
Rod glanced at the commotion in the distance, not surprised at all, in fact, these guys didn't just throw away the weapons in their hands and escaped, which was good news for him. Originally, according to Rod's experience in the game, the group of idiots raised by the Land of Light would definitely collapse and collapse as long as they were rushed by the undead, but now it looks pretty good............
"Seven Loves."
After a little sigh in his heart, Rod nodded to Seven Love, and heard Rod speak. The Fire Elemental Lord smiled slightly.
"Understood, master. Look at ours! β
Saying this, Qilian stretched out his hand and put it to his mouth, and soon, a sharp whistle sounded.
"Alright, little ones, it's time for you to do it!"
And at this very time. The Flame Guards, who had been on the walls, began to make moves. They strode to the city wall, looking at the tide of immortality in front of them, and then, they saw these Flame Guards raise their right hands high, and raise the flame spears in their hands flat. Then, in the next moment, they threw the flaming spears in their hands like javelins!
"Boom, boom!!"
The whistling flame spear cut through the air like this, and then fell down, and soon caused a series of explosions in the undead army, as an elemental creature that mastered the fire element, the flame power possessed by the Flowing Fire Guardian was not comparable to the flame arrows of those humans before, under their repeated bombardment, the offensive of the undead army that was still surging forward finally began to stagnate, and many undead creatures were blown to pieces in this rolling explosion, and their rigorous formation was also scattered and cracked at this time, Although the undead themselves do not have panic and agitation, external forces are not something they can control. In addition, most of the cannon fodder used by the undead legion to act as a vanguard are the corpses they awakened on the previous battlefield, these necromantic creatures are not strong, so they don't feel distressed if they sacrifice, and they don't have a high IQ, and they can't do too complicated things, so they can only reflect their value in such a charge. If you use Rod's card data to show it, then the attack and defense of these undead creatures are between 1~2 points, which can be called the most rubbish type, and they are completely supported by numbers.
And now, under the powerful bombardment of the fire element creatures, they have finally "revealed their original form", lost their numerical advantage, and could not resist the attack of the fire element creatures, and finally, the formation of the undead army began to become fragmented.
"Oooh oh!!"
Seeing this scene in front of them, the soldiers on the city wall immediately began to cheer loudly, and at the previous moment, they were so frightened that their legs and feet were weak, and they thought that they were going to die. And now, seeing those fire elemental creatures in a big way, the continuous explosions mixed with bright red fireballs blooming like flowers in the undead army, tearing apart the original complete formation of the undead army, which suddenly made the other human soldiers also have high confidence, the previous little panic and worry has already been thrown out of the clouds, and even without waiting for their top boss to urge, these soldiers hurriedly pulled up their longbows again and began to launch a new round of strikes against the undead creatures in front of them.
Everything looks like it's going well.
Rhodes looked at the scene in front of him with satisfaction, he didn't immediately use the statue of the Holy Maiden, first, it was not the time yet, these cannon fodder scum scum was not worth his dispatch of the statue of the Holy Maiden, and now these soldiers plus sea elves and fire guards used to block the cannon fodder troops in front of them did not seem to have much of a problem. Unless he was sure that the Undead Legion had already pushed his own manpower up, Rhodes didn't plan to activate the Saint Maiden Statue so soon, after all, this thing was used too much, and the other party would also be on guard, Rhodes didn't come here to fight a protracted war with this group of guys, he was not interested in staying here for ten days and half a month, if he could, a quick victory was naturally the best choice.
Second...............
Thinking of this, Rod couldn't help but squint his eyes and glanced into the distance. Previously, the Council of Light sternly rejected Rhodes' decision to ask them to pay for the right to use the statue of the Holy Maiden, it seems that they have made up their minds to eat it, but this meal is so easy to rub?
I wonder what happened to the Council of Light right now?
PS: I took medicine and got a lot better today, but fortunately I didn't have a fever, and I really got better. It's just that I'm too depressed to sleep, I used to be able to sleep until ten o'clock before getting up, but in the past two days, I got up at seven o'clock every day after taking this medicine............ (To be continued......)