The sky was covered with dark clouds, and little by little, the crescent moon in the sky was covered by clouds, and eventually disappeared completely.

As the light of the moon faded, the silent valley soon became pitch black, and an inexplicable coldness gradually spread in the valley. Faintly, you can see the shadows of many nocturnal animals, and the birds perched on the trees also fly in pieces, unwilling to fall for a long time.

For a moment, there was a little more noise in the valley that did not belong to the night.

The air gradually became cooler. Unlike the cold peculiar to late winter, this gradual cooling does not seem to act directly on the body, but more on the soul.

The commotion quickly subsided. Birds don't care about their homes, and spread their wings and fly far away; Animals on land also left their tree holes and burrows one after another, and began to flee as if they were dead.

- Click.

An inaudible sound broke the silence of the valley and spread far away in the silence, like ripples on the calm. Faintly, there seemed to be a flash of red light.

A moment later, there was another soft "click". This time the sound was clearer, barely discernible as objects rubbed against each other.

The second sound is like a switch, and more and more "clicks" are heard, gradually turning into rhythmic footsteps – as if the fans were beating spontaneously at a concert.

The sound of beats comes from far and near. Before I knew it, two bright red points of light appeared in the darkness. Bright red points of light swayed left and right in the darkness, like ghostly fire. A moment later, another pair of bright red appeared in the darkness, followed by four, eight...... More and more bright red points of light appeared in the darkness, like stars in the sky, and it was impossible to count.

The moon inadvertently peeked out of the dark clouds, and a ray of silver moonlight fell, slightly illuminating the valley.

A horrific skeleton is marching in a procession. They held black swords in their hands, their empty eyes shining with the bright red light of soul fire, and they walked forward in silence.

The moonlight flickered, and the valley became dark again, as if the scene had just been nothing more than an illusion in a nightmare. It's just that the incessant "click" sound seems to remind you that there is indeed an army of undead moving forward in the darkness......

In contrast to the darkness at the front of the valley, the other side of the valley is brightly lit.

Soldiers armed with spears formed five neat rows in a phalanx of infantry. The head of the metal spear reflects the light of the fire, like a large forest of metal. Beneath the metal forest, the firelight reflected the restless faces. As if aware of the general uneasiness among the soldiers, several heavily armed knights and priests patrolled the ranks. From time to time, the patrolling knights helped the soldiers to arrange their armor or say a few words of encouragement; The pastor prayed softly for the time being, and from time to time a blue light fell.

In the woods behind the phalanx of spears, a group of slender figures dressed in various leather coats stood in twos and threes. They held hunting bows with an arrow wrapped around the front of the arrow. On the ground in front of them, a row of arrows was stuck diagonally, and the front of the arrows was tied to a series of small jars.

A little farther away, heavily armed knights were mounting their horses. The female knight at the head whispered a whisper to the young man dressed as a nobleman next to her, while putting on her half-open helmet strap.

"Remember, don't go too far into enemy lines. Our aim is ......"

"Okay, okay, I know, I know!" Lily lightly slapped Fang Qiuling with a little disgust, "You've said it several times." My ears are calloused! ”

Fang Qiuling naturally reached out to help Lily adjust the position of the helmet: "It's not worrying about you." ”

"What is there to worry about? You know, I'm better than you! ”

"What's the use of being awesome? If you accidentally 'get lost', you can get lost in Huquan Town. You road blind! Do you know how far the two places are? ”

"Humph! I don't bother to explain this! ”

After Pastor Ed confirmed that the temple's low-grade holy water was enough to use as a grenade, everyone quickly agreed and decided to stop the army of the undead at the Dongshan Lumber Yard. Almost an hour later, Old Tom and the "Old Fox" came to meet the Acting Lord, and offered his "loyalty" with some reservations.

This was followed by the preparation of the Holy Water Grenade; Confirm the number of hunters who are able to participate in the battle; Arrange those adventurers and mercenaries who may cause trouble, and by the way, organize some of them into special squads...... Preparations for the battle proceeded in an orderly manner.

And just before the preparations were basically ready and the troops were set up, a group of unexpected guests made Fang Qiuling have to take extra time to entertain.

Lily arrives at Lakesprings with the cats of the Agarwal Valley, accompanied by twenty or so pointy-eared elves!

- Why are you here? I remember I sent a messenger to get you straight to Rift Fortress!

- Prophecy leads us here......

- Speak to me!

- There is a reason, but ...... I suddenly don't want to say it! You're just going to get lost and come back!

- Lost? Sister, do you think I'm a three-year-old? What a clumsy excuse to deceive the ghost!

- Get out! My wife is younger than you, not your sister!

I have to say that Lily has been transformed by the "dross" of the present world. If he hadn't known that she was definitely the natives of Elune, Fang Qiuling would definitely regard her as an "native" from this world, a proper "Fourth Heavenly Calamity".

Although Fang Qiuling was very curious and very curious about the reason why Lily was "lost", now was obviously not the time to get to the bottom of it. Moreover, the appearance of her and the dozen or so pointed ears objectively improved the combat effectiveness of the "First Army of Huquan Town" a lot.

With the Sword of Love, Armor of the Wind, and the Armor of Shardsaya, Lily is no weaker than Lady Mogley. The twenty or so pointed ears bring enough long-range striking power, even if the bone frame is generally not very afraid of bows......

"If you don't explain, don't explain, remember ...... later"

"Got it! I know! Stop being verbose, do you want me to call you 'Mr. Tang Seng'? ”

Ever since watching a certain movie, Lily has found it difficult for her to look directly at the profession of "warrior monk".

Warrior monks can be recognized as "monks who practice martial arts", and monks refer to monks. Thanks to the monk who rode a white horse, although this monk is not very skilled, his mouth and kung fu can make the guard directly pull out a knife and wipe his neck! This ability to contaminate language...... Pray that Viscount Norn does not "evolve" in this direction!

"Oh, then I'll go?"

Fang Qiuling was not surprised that the "special words" of the present world popped out of Lily's mouth, because a certain movie was recommended by him.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Bye! ”

In Lily's full of disgust, Fang Qiuling left. But before he could take a few steps, a red fire suddenly lit up in the distance caught his attention.

The torch is located so high that it is assumed that the bearer of the torch must have climbed to the top of the mountain or the hillside. Although the fiery red flame was not large, it was particularly dazzling in the darkness. I saw that the torch first turned twice clockwise, then changed to two counterclockwise turns, and then turned clockwise again, and then stopped. After a brief pause, the torches began to rotate repeatedly.

This is the promised signal, the army of the undead is coming!

Fang Qiuling immediately pulled out his legs and ran, heading straight for the pikemen phalanx not far away.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

"Hey! It's finally here! I'm getting tired of waiting! ”

"The skeleton walks slowly, understand."

"Hey, the bone frame needs to be understood?"

"I mean get over it and hold on!"

"Oh!"

Fang Qiuling was greeted by old Tom, who was already gearing up. At this moment, Old Tom was standing in the front row of the phalanx with a tower shield in one hand and a spear in the other.

"How? You ready? ”

Fang Qiuling naturally walked to the middle of the first row of the array, squeezed Old Tom and staggered, and then took the spears and shields handed by the militia behind him.

"No problem! Let the bones have no return! ”

"Good! Remember, we'll strike together when the time comes. Don't leave your hands behind, greet with the hardest! ”

"Of course!"

In the middle of the conversation between Fang Qiuling and Old Tom, the knights in the phalanx also took their respective positions. Most of the knights also went to the first row and held spears and shields, which were the sharpest spears in the phalanx; There are also a small number of hidden in the phalanx, as the commander of the battle array.

In the woods behind the phalanx of spears, the archers began to make their final preparations. Among them were elves and mountain dwellers who were skilled in bows and arrows. Undead units are generally naturally resistant to bows and arrows, and attacks against undead units with bows and arrows will definitely not work well, so additional preparation is required. For example, the Holy Water Grenade, which was set before, and the most common fire arrow.

The torches in the high place began to shake again, only this time the torches changed from one to two, and the shaking was completely irregular.

However, Fang Qiuling could understand that this was a set of "sign language" mastered by the herald of the Kingdom of Karthas, which had many similarities with the flag language and could be used to convey simple messages. The meaning conveyed at this moment is a series of numbers, which should be how far the undead are from the expected range of the ambush at this moment.

The two torches on the high ground were quickly extinguished. As the torches were extinguished, a slender figure passed by the phalanx of spears like the wind. The figure has long emerald green hair, carries a longbow and quiver on its back, and is clearly one of the long ears.

Elves have an incomparable advantage in reconnaissance, especially at night. They have a glimmer of vision, and they can see far away with just a little light. The valley was undoubtedly pitch black for humans at this moment, but it was not very noticeable for elves as it was during the day.

"Ready!"

A man's cold voice came from the archer array.

With his voice, the archers drew their bows and arrows. Soon a line of fire lit up in the woods—the arrows were wrapped around the sackcloth stained with tung oil, and the sackcloth was burning brightly!

"Put!"