The air was filled with the smell of blood and decay, and beneath their feet were black sediments mixed with mud and decay. The large army was crossing this huge black swamp.
Fog shrouded the swamp, and there was almost no sunlight above the head. There were only thick and sticky dark clouds, layer upon layer, blocking the sunlight from the clouds.
In the distance, Duncan Hof Castle is looming in the fog.
Rhodes could vaguely see the main building of the castle, which was much higher than the surrounding auxiliary buildings. The tall towers surrounding the main building were like sharp knives piercing the sky, standing on this bloody and dark land.
Declaring the absolute dominance of vampires over this place.
Through the fog, it seems that the endless mountains behind the castle can be seen.
That's the foothills of the World's Edge Mountains.
Climbing over those high mountains is the residence of the dwarves. Their bunkers and plank roads are hidden in the white mountains that are subject to wind and snow all year round.
"This is the first time I've been so close to the vampire castle."
Celta came over and whispered.
"What kind of person would like to live in a place like this?"
"Look at that castle, it's like a huge tomb. Who knows how many human and monster bones are buried there."
Celta continued to yell.
Rhodes suddenly felt that his description was very appropriate——
A huge tomb. Indeed, it is like a huge tomb. Gorgeous and terrifying, countless ghosts are entrenched in it, making blood-curdling screams, like flies entrenched on carrion, it is disgusting.
ah……
Ahead, soldiers screamed.
Rhodes passed through the dense crowd and rushed forward quickly, but found that it was just a false alarm.
A soldier accidentally fell into the water while passing the plank road and found that he was surrounded by floating heads.
Those heads were soaked in water, and most of them had been severely rotted, with only a pale skin still attached to the bones. The eyes that refused to close at a special angle seemed to be staring at the living people who had intruded. This made the accidental.
The soldiers who fell into the quagmire were horrified.
Rhodes calmed the soldiers' emotions and signaled the large troops to continue moving forward.
It is estimated that there will be many more situations like this in the future. Even Rhodes himself does not know what will be waiting for him and the Ice and Snow Alliance next.
For a week, they continued to penetrate deep into the hinterland of Sylvania. Along the way, they saw villages that had been looted.
Obviously, someone didn't want the coalition forces to get any supplies on the way, so they evacuated all the supplies along the way in advance. Everything they could take away was taken away, and those that couldn't be taken away were directly slaughtered and turned into corpses until vampires or necromancers needed them.
It is a new force that appears behind the coalition forces.
Rhodes ordered the soldiers to burn all the corpses, but some were buried deep underground, and there was no time to pay attention to them.
Half a day later, when the coalition forces approached the main city of the undead, Rhodes saw the outer city wall that the scouts mentioned. Surrounding Duncanhof Castle, there was a layer of solid stone walls. This layer of stone walls was lower than the high walls of the castle.
It is much shorter and can hardly be seen from a distance under the mist.
The outer walls of Duncanhof Castle are used to protect the buildings in the city. The main fortress of Duncanhof Castle is located in the center of the town, and it is surrounded by densely packed residential houses and other buildings.
Rhodes guessed that there is a moat around the main castle to isolate the residential area from the castle. As for what is flowing in that moat, Rhodes has no idea. Scouts cannot enter the main city.
Explore the situation.
In Kislev or Norsk, Rhodes could use the Book of Beasts to call the falcon to observe the situation. But here, Rhodes could hardly feel the souls of the beasts.
They seem to be suppressed by some kind of force. The Book of Beasts is useless here. It is like a tattered ancient book that can only hang quietly on the waist, without any vitality.
Large troops were stationed outside the town.
At a safe distance, white tents were set up, and the cooks began to prepare dinner. Wisps of smoke rose from the camp. Outside the castle, the breath of life revealed in the large white tents was the same as the city of the dead.
The smell of death that came out was in sharp contrast.
Based on the information and intelligence sent by the scouts, the draftsman drew a rough map of Duncan Hof Castle.
This huge city of the undead has three gates in total. The Gate of Bones in the north, the Banshee Gate in the west and the Dark Gate in the south.
Each city gate is heavily guarded.
Bishop Yuri wanted to use a trebuchet to destroy the city wall, and then let the large army rush into the gap and occupy the town.
However, along the way, all they saw was a desolate land. Around Duncanhof Castle, the trees within a radius of several miles had long been cut down, making it clear at a glance any troops entering the sight of the castle tower.
This is a common practice for defending the city, and vampires naturally understand it.
At the same time, the trees were cut down so that the raw materials for making catapults could not be obtained locally. Transporting them from the rear would be too slow.
Therefore, the coalition forces of Kislev and the Church of Sigmar could only rely on the few artillery in the legion to attack the city.
Once again, Rhodes felt the powerful power brought by industrialization. Unfortunately, Kislev has not yet been completely transformed, and the industrial assembly line is still under construction bit by bit.
Then turn around and look at the leader of Kislev's industrialization - Belshazer Gelt. He is still like a child at this time, showing off his fancy metal spells with the soldiers.
There is no distinction between day and night in the Land of the Dead. The sky is always obscured by thick dark clouds. Even during the day, it must be illuminated by torches. And the only thing that can distinguish between day and night is probably the two huge moons in the sky - Manna
Sribe and Mosribe.
When the huge moon rises from the west, it indicates that other parts of the old world are experiencing night, and when these two moons set, it means that it is already daytime in other parts of the old world.
But here, no one knows.
The fog is like the magic of a dark wizard, always shrouding the city.
From time to time, the screams of banshees and the whispers of ghosts came from the city, which seemed particularly harsh in the silent night.
Rhodes heard the ghostly whisper, as if it was in his ears, lingering.
The people around him, Sibes and Celta, also heard those sounds.
It is conceivable that over time, these visions can drive people crazy.
Fortunately, the morale at the church seems to be high.
In the bustling Imperial Sigma Church camp, flames shot into the sky. The whippers whipped themselves with fire sticks. Their exposed skin was riddled with holes and scars. However, these devout believers could not feel the pain. Only
Their eyes are even brighter, and with the blessing of faith, their desire to fight even exceeds that of the regular soldiers of Kislev.
Rhodes had to sigh that steel, gunpowder and faith are indeed the foundation of the empire. As long as one of them is tenable, they can be extremely powerful and can persist for a long time even in the face of the darkest forces.