The night belongs to those beings who never sleep. The remaining undead army advances in the darkness. The undulating ridges of the river valley in the darkness seem to be hiding giant beasts. The silent dark forest, the dim meadows and the scattered gravels.
The scenery formed by the river bank quickly retreated from both sides of the undead's pale field of vision. The blood staff and its high-level corpse witches were protected in the center of these skeleton riders. It raised its bare skull and looked at the south of the river valley.
, the glimmer of light refracted by the gurgling river outlines the narrow shape of the valley pass in that direction, and behind it is the exit to the Silman Valley.
At the mouth of the river valley, there is a quiet camp, similar to all undead military camps. This camp is composed of a large number of horses made of bone thorns and a few large black tents. However, this camp is empty at the moment.
There was no sign of activity inside the object. The undead army stopped under the command of the Blood Staff. There was originally a group of corpse witches stationed here. They had hundreds of skeleton warriors under their command. However, these undead seemed to be at this moment.
It turned into air and disappeared.
The Blood Staff sent out several scouts, and these scouts quickly ran back, and the news they brought back was consistent with what it saw. There was nothing in the camp, and there were no traces of fighting.
The Blood Staff was not a fool, and he immediately understood that there was an enemy on the road behind him.
"It found us." Brund breathed out a breath of white air in the cold night. There was only sparse light in the rainy night, and the sword blade in his hand was dark and non-reflective.
"It's awareness, not discovery." Alaya corrected.
"It's almost the same."
"No, it's much different. In terms of tactics, being aware of the existence means that we have determined our position, but realizing that it is just a guess is a big difference. Brender, ambiguity is not yours.
It’s style.”
"you shut up."
Alaya wanted to say more, but little Pelo also turned around and glared at him, saying: "Shut up." He opened his mouth, but finally closed it honestly. A low laugh sounded in the dark night,
The young Cruz people were obviously used to seeing Alaya looking deflated.
"Is that the undead?" a female knight asked curiously.
Little Pelo glanced at the skeletons from a distance and nodded.
"The Empire fought against them on Cree Island. This is what they are like. Those necromancers are desecrating corpses on the border of the Empire. The Temple should have punished them long ago."
"Aren't you afraid?" Alea asked curiously: "I heard that you women are afraid of these skeletons."
"Alaya, shut up!" the female knight replied angrily: "A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory!"
"They are alert, what should we do?" Brund just pretended not to see the fool of his friend, who was hurting his friend. He sat on the saddle, as straight as a javelin, and asked without looking away. Under the night.
There was drizzle, and the military uniform clung to his body like his wet hair. The gaps in the armor seemed to be full of water, which made people feel very uncomfortable, but it could not shake him in the slightest. He looked like a role model for the Imperial Knights.
"It doesn't matter, this is the only way for them to pass. Your Excellency, the Count, fought beautifully. They don't have much left. We can just wait here. There is no need to play any tricks with them." Little Pello replied.
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"The more complex the tactics, the more likely they are to fail." Brende recited as if reciting scripture.
"Dogmatist." Alaya muttered in a low voice.
The Broken Sword Knights formed a formation on the river beach a hundred meters away from the undead camp. Hundreds of cavalry were silent on the gravel ground. Only rows of cavalry swords were left, and pairs of cavalrymen with high fighting spirit.
, bright light blue eyes.
The Blood Staff quickly discovered this unusual cavalry, and was slightly stunned because it originally thought it would be attacked by a surprise attack, but it did not expect that these bold humans would form a formation in front of it.
, wanting to confront it head-on. It suddenly felt embarrassed. A day ago, how could such a small group of human cavalry dare to be so arrogant, but even now, it still has more than a thousand skeletons on its hands.
Cavalry, these human cavalry simply don't take themselves seriously.
The blood staff squeezed the skeleton staff in his hand and made a creaking sound. As if he could feel the beating anger in its burning soul fire, several necromancer apprentices following it quickly reminded him in a low voice that this might be a human trap.
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But the Blood Staff shook its head. Before it could speak, the dark mercenaries around it let out hollow and meaningless laughter.
The Blood Staff glanced at these guys angrily: "No need, this is the only way we can pass. They can just attack directly. There is no need to be so mysterious."
"No more than three hundred," the dark mercenaries who began to sneer quickly estimated the number of Cruz Knights. Darkness is an ally of the eternal dead. "These humans really don't know how to live or die."
"Send a scout cavalry to explore the strength." Blood Staff suddenly felt something dangerous.
Cruz's young people looked at the small group of skeleton cavalry separated from the undead army, and immediately understood the opponent's intention. Without saying a word, little Pelo made a gesture and ordered Brund to lead a small group of knights to greet them.
Go up. These Knights with Broken Swords are by no means new recruits on the battlefield. Before the life and death encounter in the Frost Forest, they had already fought against many enemies. These skeletons were just an episode in their military careers. Brund was very worried.
He quickly intercepted the small group of skeleton cavalry, and then the two sides started fighting. It only took a few minutes to kill them all, but none of the undead turned around and ran away, which surprised him slightly and made him cautious.
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The army of the undead was indeed very different from those he had encountered before.
"The strength of the silver level is about between the middle and lower reaches." The dark mercenaries from the Sea of the Dead Moon quickly came to the conclusion. The soul fire in their eyes flashed while using hoarse voices and blood staffs.
said.
"I'm afraid there is still hidden strength, which means that Eruin has another fourth-level cavalry team." The blood staff replied in a deep voice: "No wonder he is so arrogant."
There was complete reluctance in its tone, feeling that it should not come to Eruin at all. Its past understanding of this kingdom was completely overturned in just one day, and it has not even figured out which elite team is beyond him.
How did the imaginary human army come from? Such an army should not exist in the southern part of the kingdom at all, and no one has told it. The information it received from all channels indicates that this is the most empty moment in the southern part of the kingdom.
But now, the Blood Staff is vaguely aware that he seems to have been betrayed.
It is very alert and already knows in its heart that its road back to Madara may not be easy, but it still has a chance. It has taken away all the high-level corpse witches from the battlefield, which is its most important branch.
Strength. As long as this foundation is still there, it will one day make a comeback. It came back to its senses and looked coldly at what it thought was the 'Eruin's cavalry' in front of it. Its military strength was almost that of the opponent.
Six times, even if this cavalry is a fourth-level army, it still has a certain advantage.
"These humans must understand that the night belongs to the eternal."
The blood staff waved his skeleton staff lightly and pointed forward——
The skeleton cavalry began to disperse. These bones-white riders with flames dancing in their eye sockets rode side by side in the river valley. They trotted forward and soon formed a wedge-shaped attack formation. The entire army made almost no noise during the whole process.
, with only the crisp sound of skeletal horse hooves falling on the gravel, the silence was so hair-raising. This silence was enough to make any human army breathless, but the young men of the Broken Sword Knights were an exception. They had seen
The scene of a pack of wolves galloping on the tundra, the scene in front of me is nothing compared to the scene in the Dead Frost Forest.
"They are indeed here!" Alaya even growled excitedly.
"They had to come," Brende replied.
"You're such a boring guy."
Little Pelo turned around at this time and glanced at everyone's faces: "Count Tonigel told us not to expose our strength above gold. This is related to our main mission of staying here. So you understand
How should we fight this battle?"
"Hi-"
"Hey!" Hearing what little Pelo said, the crowd suddenly sighed.
"Then what fun is there, little Pelo?" Alaya couldn't help shouting: "Let's have a good fight, our bones will be rusty!"
"Go and talk to His Royal Highness about this." Little Perlo glanced at him sideways and replied.
Now these young people from Cruz were speechless. Let them bargain with His Royal Highness the eldest son. It would be better to kill them. Everyone knows that the eldest son of the Emperor is serious and serious, and he is obviously about the same age as them.
, but seems to be ten years older than them. The key is that behind the eldest son of the emperor, there is also the presence of the commander of the legion. Young people like them can dare to ignore the majesty of the royal family. But facing Veronica, it is like a cat and a mouse.
There was a sudden silence in the phalanx of knights, and little Pelo nodded with satisfaction: "Get ready for the first wave of attacks."
He raised his hand.
The knights all raised their hands, as if a dark forest suddenly rose up.
At this distance, it was difficult for the blood staff to see the movements of the Cruz man clearly, but it still noticed the abnormality. The Skeleton Knight had entered the best distance for sprinting, but the opponent still did not move. What is the reason? Could it be that the opponent's command
The official didn't understand that when two cavalry met, whoever ran first and got into the best attacking position would have the upper hand. What's more, the number of cavalry of these Eruin people was far less than that. In theory, they should rely on their flexibility.
A preemptive strike was made to recover the disadvantage in terms of military strength, but the opponent seemed to be petrified and stood there stupidly.
Of course, the Blood Staff would not think that the other party was scared. How could a commander who could command a fourth-level army be a fool? It instinctively felt that there was a conspiracy. However, at this time, it was too late. The army had already started and it could not be stopped.
Come down or turn.
"What is going on?" It couldn't help but ask those unruly dark mercenaries for the first time.
But these experienced tactical masters were dumbfounded at this moment. They didn't understand what this weird cavalry wanted to do. Finally, an old necromancer from the barren territory in the east of the Sea of Dead Moon figured it out.
After getting some clues, "They seem to be preparing some spells!" When the necromancer saw this, his voice changed a little, because it was not that he could see it, but he felt the majestic oncoming force.
Magic breath.
Preparing a spell?
Blood Staff was also dumbfounded. Today he saw mounted archers and cavalry without horses. He saw wizards being used as archers. Unexpectedly, he saw cavalry wizards wearing armor at the end. "They are wearing armor."
, full body cavalry armor, you told me they were preparing spells!" The Blood Staff couldn't help but roared a little angrily.
But as soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling light flashed in the square formation of the Broken Sword Knights.
The young Cruz knights raised their right hands high, which is different from most knights of the Knights. Most of them are not wearing thick iron gauntlets, but beautiful platinum gauntlets. The biggest difference between this kind of gauntlets and ordinary gauntlets is
The ten fingers are not connected together, and it has an elegant and delicate beauty. However, in addition to its own artistic beauty, the biggest advantage of this kind of hand guard is that it can leave a place for the wearer to wear a ring. Of course, it is not ordinary
Rings, but the so-called little secrets of witches located on both sides of the Magic Triangle area——
Magic ring.
On the fingers of these young Cruz men, there is a sparkling beautiful ring inlaid with rubies, flame agate, emerald, and sapphire crystal. Each ring is carved with countless mysterious runes.
Magic circle.
If Brando's army is already extremely luxurious in the eyes of Count Jacques, but compared with these leaders of the younger generation from the Cruz people, there is really a gap between beggars and rich men. The young people of the Knights of the Broken Sword are 100%
Eighty percent of them are descendants of various families in the empire, and the equipment spent on each of them is almost enough to arm an entire knightly clan. This amount of money is just a drop in the bucket for the wealth of the empire's nobles.
It seems to be a matter of course, but in a remote place like Eruin, it is an unprecedented first time.
The Blood Staff was fortunate enough to witness how the elite knights of the Cruz people showed off their strength and wealth.
In some ways, it is the first of Madara.
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Arvette was standing next to her war horse, with blazing flames seemingly endlessly coming out from the gaps in her thick white armor. This woman was called the Banshee by all the dark lords in the Sea of the Dead Moon.
Ms. Wang rarely shows her true face to others, but today she is rarely wearing a helmet. Under the helmet is a pale face. For a woman, this face is considered beautiful, but it is full of a cold atmosphere.
; Her hair is like burning phosphorus fire, with silver flames flying from time to time, reflecting the flat forehead without any blood, and a pair of silver eyes hidden in the deep-set eye sockets under the sword-like slender eyebrows. She is squinting at the moment.
Her lips were thin, her cheeks were somewhat sunken, and she looked very silent.
She did not speak, but her eyes shone brightly against the distant firelight.
Several banshees guard the banshee king.
"Let's go." After watching for a moment, she suddenly turned around, grabbed the saddle and got on the horse. The Banshee King's voice was very ethereal, like a faint singing voice: "There's nothing to see, the blood staff is gone.
"
"Your Majesty, are you saying that those Eruin people defeated the Blood Staff?" a banshee asked sharply.
"Don't call me your majesty, Winnie, there is only one majesty in Madara," Arvette replied: "There is nothing surprising about the Eruin defeating the blood staff. It is just a fool. It was fooled from beginning to end.
Instasaurus is playing around with it. The poor guy thought that His Majesty would secretly approve of its behavior - ah, I really admire Tagus for daring to deal with that guy. People like Instasaurus, even if it means killing you
Sometimes you have to help him count the money after selling it."
Arvette unscrupulously teased the confidants of several supreme beings in the empire. The banshees hissed and did not dare to reply.
She took one last look at the flash on the other side of the mountain and said to herself: "But the Eruin people did give me a little surprise. See, this is the heritage of this ancient land. Don't underestimate any enemy.
, after thousands of years of accumulation, they have some ingenious knowledge and secrets, which can always bring you surprises. But accidents in war are fatal, and the Blood Stick always looks at him with the same foolish eyes as in the past.
Opponent, today this is a battle of life and death. It will not hold back. How can its enemy be merciful? Ah, the newly promoted dark nobles in the empire can't wait to make contributions to this land, but this time, your Majesty, I'm afraid
There are reasons to convince them."
"Your Majesty, why should you care about this little Eruin?"
Arvette shook her head and did not refute her personal maid. She understood in her heart that the Supreme One did not care about Eruin, but the attitude of the four major temples. Eruin suddenly showed a strong side today.
, it’s hard to say what exactly it represents. The Earl of Tonigel seems to be related to the wind elves, but the power he holds has traces of the temple. He seems to have appeared out of thin air overnight.
Come and have a powerful force.
"interesting."
She said softly: "It's interesting."
But there was one sentence she didn't say. She even had a vague feeling in her heart that the Eruin army had a vague aura that she felt very familiar with. The Banshee King shook her head, feeling a little bit in her heart.
Whisper:
"No, this shouldn't be possible."
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