Chapter eight hundred and forty seventh trapped in a tight siege
Woohoo!
"Knights, charge!"
However, although the number of dark creatures is terrifying, the alliance teams will not back down because the advantage is still on their side.
With the sound of the horn, tens of thousands of elite cavalry from the Holy Alliance also charged towards the sweeping dark creatures.
After a while, the battlefield was filled with roars and shouts of death.
And when the two teams were locked together, the horn sounded again from behind the alliance team.
Following the sound of the horn, tens of thousands of elite cavalry who had been ambushing on both sides finally moved out, charging towards the dark creatures from both sides.
"The strength of dark creatures has become weaker and weaker in recent years!"
"Yes, since being suppressed by the sacred thorns, dark creatures are no longer scary!"
"Haha, it's not that dark creatures are not scary, but that all of us have formed an alliance now."
"If it were a hundred years ago, all the principalities and empires would be in disarray. With the power of one country alone, I am afraid that even the dark creatures in this duchy city would not be able to deal with it!"
"That's true. In addition, after being killed by dark creatures, many corpses were eroded by the death energy and transformed into dark creatures. This gave the dark creatures a steady stream of fighting power!"
"After years of suppression by the Sacred Thorns, dark creatures have been unable to invade the territory of our alliance. As we continue to go on expeditions every year, they have also been depleted of a lot of combat power. Therefore, the dark creatures now have become more and more
weak."
"Haha, it seems it's not long before we conquer the entire continent and drive away the dark creatures!"
"Okay everyone, the seventh-level dark python has left the castle, go deal with it!"
After seeing the dark creatures without any tactics being divided and surrounded by a group of knights, all the nobles in the alliance laughed.
Because so far, their plans have been achieved.
The dark creatures that were divided into several pieces will be slowly destroyed under the siege of the army.
And after a group of nobles deal with the seventh-level dark python, today's battle will be won.
No one expected that today's battle would go so smoothly.
According to original imagination, there must be tens of thousands more dark creatures in the Duke's city, and there should also be more mid-level dark creatures in the castle.
Such as Gargoyles, Netherworld Wolf King, etc.
Now they have only seen less than thirty gargoyles, and only one Netherworld Wolf King.
This number is not a strong opponent for the coalition team with hundreds of magicians.
At this time, the nobles and powerful men of the principality and empire finally faced off against the dark giant python.
There were six Sky Knights in the group, plus a Magister.
That is, Carlisle, the noble representative of the six empires and the Holy Magic Academy.
Although the dark giant python was very powerful, and the black flames it spewed out of its mouth could even corrode and burn rocks weighing several tons, it still died in frustration amid the siege of a group of powerful nobles.
The powerful nobles also suffered some casualties. Two nobles from the principality were sprayed by the black flames of the giant python and were burned to black ash on the spot.
And these two people are both earth knights, so we can see the terror of the dark python.
In addition to two people killed, three others were seriously injured.
Such a record is not too outstanding, but it is not too embarrassing either.
After all, once you reach a high level, dark creatures are more difficult to deal with than ordinary monsters, because they often die only when specific parts are attacked.
After the dark python was eliminated, the powerful nobles of the alliance did not stop. At this moment, they could finally let go of their hands and feet to deal with the middle and low-level dark creatures.
With the addition of these strong men, the middle and low-level dark creatures can be eliminated more happily.
Almost two hours later, densely packed corpses of dark creatures lay outside the Duke's city.
"Victory!"
"We are victorious!"
With roars one after another, both the alliance nobles and soldiers were filled with joyful smiles at this moment.
"We enter the city!"
Now that the Duke's dark creatures have been eliminated, they must enter the city and garrison them.
Under the leadership of a group of nobles, except for some soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield and cleaning up the corpses of their companions, all the other teams began to enter the city in an orderly manner.
Entering the city, originally a group of principality soldiers were still on alert.
But as the vanguard searched area after area, they found that there were no dark creatures, and everyone started talking and laughing.
"Let's go to the castle and take a look. If we can recapture this ducal city, it means that our duke has basically been captured by us."
"After returning, our principality will be able to obtain at least a territory the size of a viscounty."
"Yes, as long as everything goes well, our principality can at least be allocated an area the size of a county!"
A group of nobles rode their war horses towards the castle in an orderly manner, and they were all excited about the achievements they would get after returning.
An earldom is quite a large territory for a group of small principalities.
After all, even if the principality area of the Holy Continent was larger than that of the Agate Principality, it was basically equivalent to the area of about ten counties.
The land that can be increased by one earl each time the expedition is launched is equivalent to an increase of one-tenth, which cannot be ignored by any principality.
The Duke's City is very large, so even if you have already entered the city, it would still take more than half an hour to get to the castle halfway up the mountain.
In addition, a group of nobles were not in a hurry, but sent a small number of cavalry to investigate the situation first, so it took more than thirty minutes for everyone to complete two-thirds of the distance.
However, at this moment, dozens of cavalrymen were galloping back from the direction of the castle ahead.
"what happened?"
Everyone looked at each other.
"I would like to report to the president and other gentlemen that the castle gate ahead is closed and our cavalry team cannot enter. If we want to explore the situation, we may need to climb the city wall with a ladder and then open the castle gate from the inside."
Everyone's doubts did not last long. After the small group of cavalry approached, the guard captain immediately dismounted and explained the situation.
"The castle gate is closed? How is this possible?" All the nobles were puzzled after hearing this.
Dark creatures do not gather together to defend the city, so after the dark creatures break through the castle, they will definitely not repair the gates. Therefore, the castle gates or city gates they encounter when they go on an expedition are always opened directly.
"Did the dark creatures not enter through the city gate when they first invaded?" A nobleman raised such doubts.
However, no matter what, this incident made all the nobles feel strange, so the next moment, all the nobles immediately accelerated their horses.
"Come on, let's rush over and take a look!"
Immediately, a group of noble representatives broke away from the large army and galloped directly towards the castle gate.
As the speed increased, everyone arrived at the gate of the castle in less than ten minutes. As expected, they saw that the gate of the majestic Duke's Castle was tightly closed.
"I'll go up and have a look!"
Ordinary title knights cannot fly, but Sky Knights already have the ability to fly.
Duke Miller saw this and volunteered to check.
The other nobles naturally had no objections and just waited quietly for Duke Miller to take action.
Miller patted the horse's back lightly, and then his body rose into the air.
Then, maintained by his fighting spirit, Duke Miller flew through the air towards the castle gate, which was more than thirty meters high.
Duke Miller was very fast and could reach the top of the city wall in a blink of an eye.
However, just when Duke Miller was about to land on the wall at the next moment, he suddenly felt the hairs all over his body stand up.
"Not good!" Duke Miller thought in his mind, and without any hesitation, he drew out the long sword at his waist and blocked it forward.
Although he didn't know what the danger was, he still believed in his intuition.
Whoosh!
And at the next moment, several fiery red fireballs suddenly appeared in front of Duke Miller.
Fortunately, because Duke Miller blocked the long sword in front of his chest one step ahead, the fireball directly hit the sword blade.
Bang bang!
There was an explosion immediately in front of Duke Miller, and at the same time, a large amount of flames covered him.
However, Duke Miller is a sky knight and has an excellent armored stomach, so those flames cannot harm him at all.
Instead, with the help of this light, Duke Miller finally saw clearly what was sneaking up on him.
Those are some skeleton soldiers.
"How is this possible? Skeleton soldiers also have magicians?"
However, Duke Miller could swear that he had never seen such a skeleton soldier before.
I saw these skeleton soldiers wearing tattered mage uniforms and holding tattered staffs in their hands.
Moreover, the soul fire in the heads of these skeleton soldiers is not the green color seen in the past, but a golden flame that has never been seen before.
Ho ho ho!
Whoosh whoosh!
While Duke Miller was stunned, the skeleton mages roared and fired several fireballs again.
"No matter what kind of ghosts you are, die!" Duke Miller was not afraid when he saw this, and immediately waved his sword to fight back.
As the long sword slashed out, a several-meter-long sword energy light mixed with majestic power swept towards several skeleton soldiers.
Bang bang bang!
The sword light first collided with the fireballs shot by the skeleton mage, crushing several fireballs directly without any accident, and then stood on top of the several skeleton mage with undiminished strength.
Blah, blah!
Several skeleton mages had no ability to resist, and then turned into a group of bones and scattered on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Duke Miller jumped up to the top of the city and immediately looked inside the city wall.
"what is that?"
Duke Miller just glanced at it casually and was immediately attracted by the strange sculptures in the vestibule.
Immediately, the black screen more than 100 meters wide came into view.
Although Duke Miller is well-informed, this is his first time seeing the situation on the field.
Ho ho ho!
However, before Duke Miller could think through what it was, there was another roar in his ears.
And this time the roar became extremely dense, and its power was several times stronger than before.
"Humble reptile, the Lord of the Abyss is calling you!"
What appeared this time was the armored knight called the Black Messenger by the Pope.
And the armored knight was followed by many dark knights with strong auras.
After the black envoy muttered something to Duke Miller in a low voice, he immediately pulled out the sword in his hand, and then slashed at Duke Miller from a distance.
"It's so strong. What kind of dark creature is this?"
When he felt that the aura of this armored knight was no worse than his own, Duke Miller was immediately shocked.
The next moment, he raised his hand and slashed out a sword, and the sword light was also pointed directly at the black knight.
Boom!
The swords of both sides collided in the center at the next moment, exploding into a ball of light.
When Duke Miller saw this, he was not willing to fight. He was just here to investigate the situation, so he was not fighting alone.
Moreover, the knights around the black envoy all have the strength of the earth knights, so even if he continues to stay on the wall now, it is impossible to kill the leader of the dark creatures.
When the black envoy saw Duke Miller fleeing, he did not pursue him.
"What's going on, Duke Miller, was it the fireball that attacked you on the city wall just now? Is there a magician on the city wall?"
When Duke Miller came to the ground, a group of nobles immediately asked out of curiosity.
"He is a magician, but he is not a magician from our human race!" Duke Miller shook his head.
Everyone was confused when they heard this, and then Duke Miller continued: "Those who just released the fireball spell at me were three skeleton mages."
"In addition, there are many dark creature knights on this city wall. The strongest among them is the Sky Knight, who is not weaker than me. In terms of level, it has reached at least the seventh or eighth level."
"The other dark creature knights also have the strength of the earth knights!"
"This..." All the nobles looked at each other, because they had never seen such a powerful humanoid dark creature in the past.
Those seventh-level dark creatures are all strange beasts like dark pythons.
Woohoo!
And just when a group of nobles felt that the dark knight in the castle had broken their outlook, suddenly the sound of horns came from all over the city wall.
"There's an enemy attack?!"
A group of noble representatives immediately heard the message represented by the trumpet sound.
This indicates that there are strong enemies around.
"Duke Miller, three of you strong men from the six empires are staying here to prevent dark creatures in the castle from raiding the city. Other nobles, let's go check on the surrounding city walls immediately!"
Everyone didn't care much, and Theodore quickly started to distribute.
In terms of combat experience, Duke Miller and others are not much worse than him.
But among the noble representatives, there must be someone who can make decisions and assign tasks.
Therefore, Theodore, the president of the parliament, naturally played the role of commander in this emergency moment.
As long as there is no conflict of interest, the principalities and empires will also carry out orders.
Soon, a group of nobles separated and headed towards the surrounding city walls.
But when all the nobles went to the city wall, they saw a scene that was astonishing.
"How is this possible?" The surprised expressions on everyone's faces were even worse than before when Duke Miller saw the Skeleton Mage.
Because at this moment, outside the city, there are densely packed and countless dark creatures slowly approaching.
The most conspicuous among them is the death knight whose name is full of deathly aura.
Although these death knights have average combat power among the dark creatures, the difference between them today and in the past can be seen at a glance.
That is because their formation when moving forward is too unified.
Everyone looked at these death knights as if they were seeing the human race's own elite cavalry regiment.
This is naturally different from the situation in the past when three or five death knights or headless horsemen were in a group.
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