17. Clues

The black sword shadow was scattered all over the sky, obviously it was just a long sword, but in Sean's hand, it was like wielding a heavy sword.

All the undead creatures, whether they are skeletons or zombies, and even a few black warriors and necromantic warriors mixed in with it, basically as long as they are rubbed by this sword light, even if they are not dismembered on the spot, they will definitely lose all their ability to act, let alone combat ability.

Seeing Sean descending like a god, the people in the city immediately let out an excited cheer, so they immediately launched a counterattack.

Those who dare to still hold on to the city walls to resist the invasion of the army of the undead are naturally no longer afraid of death.

Because they all know very well that in the face of the attack of the army of the undead, there will be no such concept of surrender at all, these undead will only make them into their own kind, and then mutilate more humans. Therefore, in the face of the attack of the undead army, there is no second choice except to fight hard, so as long as you can completely destroy those two or three undead, then even if they are made into undead after death, it is still a weakening for the undead army, and maybe it can help future generations.

However, this kind of thinking is beautiful, but often the cruelty of reality can easily make them feel hopeless and broken.

Basically, only the combat strength of the regular army that has reached the level of three levels can be said to be exchanged for two or three for one. Like a second-level army, one for one is basically the limit, not to mention the first-level level of recruits and ordinary civilians who basically have no combat ability.

In a city with a population of 50,000, the regular garrison is generally maintained between 5,000 and 10,000 people, and the level of combat power is about the second to third level.

Counting the belief in the death war, this belief is supported. Generally, it is still possible to fight an army of the undead, with a scale of 20,000 to 30,000. Of course, this loss rate is based on the premise that the undead legion is basically composed of cannon fodder or low-level undead, if it is composed of a real elite and mid-level undead. Being able to cause about 10,000 battle damage is already quite a good level.

But for the army of the undead, this kind of battle damage is simply negligible.

A city of 50,000 people. For the army of the undead, it is 50,000 corpses, which means that 50,000 new undead cannon fodder can be formed. Even if some special technology is used for compression production, you can generally harvest 20,000 or 30,000 more advanced materials.

Therefore, for the army of the undead, it is basically equivalent to no loss - or rather, exchanging 20,000 or 30,000 cannon fodder for 20,000 or 30,000 more advanced corpse materials, this transaction is actually earned by the army of the undead.

After all, for an army of the undead, as long as there is enough material. They can cobble together more powerful undead creatures.

However, this kind of war situation can only be limited to the small fights of low-level undead.

If an extremely powerful powerhouse like Sean intervenes in a battle, then this situation will soon be completely reversed. Normally, the undead army will not fight a city with such a strong man without a high-level undead creature in command, because it will make the undead army lose more than it loses - every time the death tide breaks out, the reason why the undead army chooses to invade the most densely populated area is to create more materials. in order to amplify the situation of the calamity.

This is also the reason why Pusius was able to block the outbreak of the death tide at a very small cost in the later period: he invested a number of strong people in every densely populated area, and even used elite legions whose combat power generally exceeded the level of the undead army. Kill these dangers before the army of the dead grows.

At this time, Sean appeared. This is a crucial point.

By the official end of his spatial cutting field, he had already eliminated more than a third of the commanders of this undead legion. Spread the chaos of the undead legion once and for all. Although two-thirds of the undead commanders are still in control, chaos is completely inevitable. Coupled with the fearless counterattack of the soldiers who defended it, the chaos of this undead army became even greater.

The scales of victory, from the moment Sean rushed into this army of the undead, had begun to tilt.

However, even if he is as strong as Sean, he can't completely annihilate this undead army with a size of at least 50,000 or more with the power of one person. If his strength reaches the realm of legends, then in the face of this undead army, which is probably equivalent to the third or fourth level of combat power, he can naturally easily let it be destroyed, but it is a pity that Sean's strength has not yet reached this level.

Therefore, blocking 20,000 skeletons and cannon fodder undead with the power of one person would already have to make him pay almost all his strength.

Even if these skeletons and cannon fodder are basically one by one by him, his physical strength is also rapidly depleting.

Before stepping into the legend, although the powerhouse of the Sanctuary can borrow the power of the law to fight, but in the final analysis, it is just borrowing, and these laws do not belong to the powerhouse of the Sanctuary itself, so naturally they cannot use the power of the law to quickly recover their physical strength. In addition to the manifestation of their ability to modify the law within the scope of their own domain, more of a part is that the law is already part of their own composition, so they can borrow the power of the law to quickly recover their physical strength, so they can support the battle for a longer time.

As for the super powerhouses of the sixteenth order, one sentence can show their strength: the law is him, and he is the law.

This is the origin of the saying "only the super strong can deal with the super strong".

As for the difference between strength and weakness at the level of super powerhouses, only people in their realm can understand.

But fortunately, the defenders in the city did not flinch and did not dare to fight back, otherwise Sean would really have to consider another way of fighting - the restrictions of the mission made Sean have no choice to retreat. Generally, in this kind of encirclement-style battle, even if the powerhouse of the Sanctuary can't beat it, it will not be consumed here, but will withdraw before the encirclement is completely closed, and then continue to fight by harassment or sneak attacks, so as to avoid encountering too many sniper-style battles as much as possible.

But it's a pity. Sean's mission is limited in time, and the purpose of the mission is very clear. So he couldn't deal with these undead creatures slowly.

It seems that infected by Sean's equally fearless and frantic attacks, more and more people begin to join the fight. This includes even ordinary civilians who can be said to be completely incapable of fighting in peacetime.

Armed with forks and nail rakes, and even some long sticks, they fought back in the same way.

Of course, these people are very aware of their own abilities, and they are still a little afraid of these undead creatures, so they did not rush into the back of the undead army like those regular soldiers, but relied on a section of the city wall that had collapsed and exposed the gap, directly dragged down a small number of zombies in a state of chaos, and then used the tools in their hands to disassemble their five horses.

As for things like skeletons and the like. Although there is no way to solve it by dividing the corpse, as a resident who dares to resist the death, and is not too unfamiliar with the undead creatures of the tide of death, he also has some means of fighting. It's not as easy to deal with as zombies and walking corpses, but at least it doesn't make them feel completely irresistible in their despair.

It was because of the actions of these soldiers and residents that Sean's pressure began to gradually weaken, and he even had a little more energy to start paying attention to the situation of the entire battle situation, and giving some assistance to the soldiers who accidentally fell into the death surrounding, so that they could avoid being killed as material. And so it goes. It greatly lifted everyone's mood and made their counterattack and fight more fierce.

This battle, which I don't know how long has begun, finally ushered in the real light three hours after Sean joined the battle.

All of the undead commanders have basically been dealt with by Sean. Without the dispatch and control of these undead commanders, these undead are still attacking their targets despite the fact that some of them still maintain the last orders, but a large number of other undead have begun to act according to their instincts.

The instinct of the undead. It is the desire for the flesh and blood of the living.

They will recklessly attack all living in sight, and then devour their flesh and soul. Some of the more special undead creatures have their own special effects. For example, zombies will assimilate the dead into lower-level walking corpses, while ghouls will turn the biting dead into zombies or corpse slaves. Some of the more powerful ones will be transformed into ghouls, etc.

As for the most common skeleton system, it needs the assistance of a necromancer, and this part tests the necromancer's own level and strength.

However, because of the loss of control and restraint, the undead who only pursue instinct will become more terrifying, and they will generally not produce conflicts or obstacles, and such a wave of undead will be more terrifying for ordinary people. It's just that in this case, very few materials can be preserved, and they will basically become food for this wave of undead, which is a scene that Lake and others don't want to see, so they will arrange commanders in each undead legion to restrict it.

It's just that for the more dangerous situation for ordinary people, it is much easier for Sean.

He no longer had to deal with the undead's coordinated attacks, and after losing control, the undead's threat would certainly increase, but their attacks would also become much more monotonous. Especially the low-level undead who only had the second and third ranks, any regular army soldier could easily deal with them in a one-on-one battle, let alone a master of the Silver Realm.

So this is the real dawn of hope for the defenders of the city to see victory!

The battle was soon officially over.

Unlike in the past, when they only repelled the army of the undead, this time they truly annihilated the entire army of the undead.

Whether it was the defenders of the city or the civilians, there was a look of disbelief on their faces. After a long time, there was a very excited cheer, which was accompanied by a lot of sobs, and many people looked relieved.

Sean was holding his sword, panting slightly, the battle just now was very physically exhausting for him, and he almost couldn't support it at all.

Several guards soon gathered around a sturdy middle-aged man and walked towards Sean.

"Thank you so much for your help." The sturdy middle-aged man said with a sincere face, "If we don't have you today, I'm afraid we won't see the sun tomorrow." Don't know what your name is? But reinforcements from the Empire? ”

Sean shook his head. Then he said in a deep voice, "No, I just passed through here to find someone." ”

The sturdy middle-aged man had a look of disappointment on his face. But soon smiled again: "But anyway, thank you very much for your assistance." ”

It seems that Sean did not intend to say his name. The middle-aged man tacitly agreed not to mention the matter.

The strength of the middle-aged man in front of him is only the lower level of gold, and the other guard soldiers are basically only in the bronze realm, and several of them should be similar to the captain and the like, but they have the strength of the lower silver, but that's all. As for some adventurers and mercenaries with combat ability, they are also hovering between silver and gold, as far as Sean has seen so far, there are only three people with the strength of the Golden Realm, but there are more than fifty people in the Silver Realm, and the rest are all in the Bronze Realm.

To such an extent. It is naturally extremely unrealistic to resist a 50,000-strong army of undead, and if it weren't for Sean's intervention, it would be impossible for them to see the sun the next day.

After sean glanced at it and got a general understanding of the situation, he didn't continue the topic, but told some information about Hashas in order to inquire about Hashas's whereabouts.

Unfortunately, the people of this city have not seen Hashas, not even those who fled from the previous town. This made Sean's brow furrow slightly.

To be honest, Sean didn't want Hashas to die like this, after all, Sean also had a lot of investment in him. If Hashas died like this, it would not do the future Void Empire any good. It's just that under the general trend of the scourge of the undead, some things naturally cannot be guaranteed.

And through the communication with this middle-aged man, Sean also roughly understood some of the current situation in this southern province.

The small city in front of it had indeed resisted the army of the undead for a long time. It was not until the entire southern wall was completely destroyed that the inhabitants and soldiers of the city began to choose an orderly retreat. The two weaker groups of inhabitants withdrew to the west and north, respectively, under the protection of some soldiers. The small city in front of us is a collection of villages, towns, villages, and retreating people on the western side of the province.

Of course, the process of retreat was not all smooth sailing. Many of the brave warriors died along the way, and only a tenth of the people who were able to evacuate to the city were able to evacuate to the city. And the army of the undead that was solved with Sean's assistance just now was finally formed through continuous encroachment along the way, but because of the lack of high-level undead creatures, it fought a confrontation battle with the people in the small town that lasted for several days.

And the army of the undead, as Sean expected, did send some high-level undead creatures to command.

It's just that in the offensive and defensive battle of the previous small city, because of the sudden help of strong people, several high-level undead were also killed one after another, and the side of the Millennium Covenant Empire also paid a heavy price for this. However, in order to create a chance for more residents to escape, the remaining three Sanctuary powerhouses led a small group of residents and soldiers to evacuate in the northwest direction, attracting nearly two-thirds of the undead army to pursue.

Hearing this, Sean's frowning brows finally relaxed slightly.

He clearly remembered that there was a high-ranking Sanctuary powerhouse by Hashasas's side. At present, all the Sacred Realm powerhouses in this southern province have been concentrated together and retreated to the large city of Bolt in the northwest, which means that if Hashas is still alive, then it will definitely be in this city, and if he and his followers are not in this city, then there are only two possibilities: either they have evacuated to the Golden Right Path, or Hashas is dead.

However, the eleven provinces on the side of the Nuggets Road all had high-end powerhouses sent by the empire to support, and the battle was not only fierce but also stalemate. According to the information that Sean knows so far, it seems that Lake and Little Lucas are both in charge of the command over there, and it can be said that the danger is much higher than that of this side, and Sean will not dare to go rashly without Kokire or Alexis to follow.

After thinking about it for a moment, Sean decided to leave for Boulder to check on the situation.

If Hasshas is really not in the city, then he will go to the solo dungeon to see what is going on, and then decide whether to go to the Nuggets Road or not.

Now the situation has passed the initial chaos and erosion, and has begun to become clearer, and the church reinforcements from various temples have also entered the southern continent one after another, and are rushing towards the thousand-year Covenant Empire, so Sean knows that he doesn't need to be a hero, after all, he has passed the stage where he needs to fight for fame. What he needs most now is to develop and strengthen his power in a low-key manner to deal with the siege from all sides after the end of the undead plague.

As for this undead calamity, Sean knew that it was very dangerous and knew that it would be very difficult, but as a son of the plane, he also knew very well that as long as he did not die for a day, it would be impossible for these undead creatures to absorb the power of the origin of the world and completely destroy this plane.

In other words, the fire will never be extinguished, and there will always be the possibility of turning defeat into victory. (To be continued.) )