"Death, undead?" Elaine couldn't help but be stunned.
Elaine had a bad premonition when the Pope mentioned this matter, but asking him to deal with the undead was beyond his expectation.
"Yes. Undead." Eugene IV nodded, "One of the most important port cities in Rome, Fornonica, was attacked by some heretical forces a few days ago. Although the heretics were quickly eliminated
, but these stubborn heretics launched evil necromancy before dying, turning the soldiers who died in Fornonica into undead.
Originally, the exorcists of the church should be able to easily exorcise the undead spirits. However, the undead spirits this time seem to be a little different. Their fighting power is stronger than the living soldiers at the time, and they are still immortal."
"Immortal?" Elaine asked doubtfully. Isn't this nonsense? Undead generally refers to corpses awakened by necromancers. They are dead objects driven by magic, so they are naturally immortal, right? But why does the Pope have to specifically
To emphasize this point? Are the undead this time different from ordinary undead?
"Ordinary undead spirits will turn back into cold corpses if they are expelled by exorcists using miracles, unable to move. Even if you don't use the miracles of the church, you can still attack them with fire, or even cut off their hands and feet to make them incapacitated.
Ability." Eugene IV said again, "But this time the undead are different. Not only are they more powerful in combat, they also ignore the exorcists' dispersal miracles. Just ignore the fire attack, even if their hands and feet are cut off, these monsters will
They can still reattach their severed limbs and continue to move. In a sense, they are truly immortal."
So awesome.
After parting ways with Arthur and his party, Elaine knew that Arthur and the others were planning to rush to the port of Fornonica. The "heretics" mentioned by the Pope probably refer to Arthur and the others. They were probably arrested when they arrived at the port.
The Papal Knights got entangled and they started fighting as a last resort.
But the necromancy? Elaine doesn't know who among Arthur and his party can use such powerful necromancy. Is it Master Merlin? Or Bedivere, who is a demon? In the original world nine hundred years ago,
There were originally some rumors that King Arthur was a necromancer who could control the dead on the battlefield. Could it be that the necromancers entrenched in Fornonica Port were really created by King Arthur?
"This is no longer a necromancy that can be understood by common sense. Probably, there are very powerful necromancers on the pagan side, and they create this kind of necromancy warriors that are very common sense." The Pope shook his head, it looked really quite
Troubled, "Originally, we should dispatch the Papal Knights to suppress and use the power of angels to suppress the undead. However, the undead have been causing trouble in Fornonica Port for many days, which has attracted too much attention. This kind of
It would be a lot of inconvenience to send the Pontifical Knights to suppress it at that time. After all, ordinary people cannot normally tell the difference between [angels] and [demons]. They only know to judge people by their appearance, no, angels."
Elaine finally understood the Pope's intention. To put it bluntly, it was because the people of the Pope's Knights couldn't use the Holy Stone to summon those ugly "angels" in full view of the public, so she hoped that Elaine's platinum lion could do it for them.
, destroy the undead entrenched in the port of Fornonica.
"Because, since I'm not a member of the church, it doesn't matter if I'm seen. Is that so?" Elaine deliberately pretended to be stupid.
"That's probably the case." The pope replied with a smile: "And this is also Dr. Geoffrey's first formation - no - it is the first formation of this Lord Angel. His activity will definitely help.
Knights of the Church may bring great encouragement."
It's almost like a show.
"Come to think of it, how should we honor this Lord Angel?" His Majesty Eugene IV just called him [Leo], so——"
"Reno." Elaine replied. Although he knew that the Holy Spirit Platinum Lion was born from his prayers and was the shadow of Leo Porter, he still felt that it was wrong to turn the platinum lion into "Leo" like this.
It was a blasphemy against Leoport, so he just changed the name of the Platinum Lion to "Reynold" which is homophonic to Leo.
"Sir Renault, the Angel of Strength. Really? Let's call him that." Pope: "It is indeed the embodiment of God's virtue and courage. So generous and heroic, he lives up to the name of the Angel of Strength."
"Angel of Power?" Elaine knew almost nothing about religion, so the Pope could only agree casually.
Anyway, it's just a political show. Let them give the Platinum Lion whatever name they like and whatever angelic halo they like.
"But, but, is it really okay?" Elaine asked a little worriedly: "I don't know how to fight at all. If I let Renault, who has just arrived, fight,"
Elaine doesn’t even know what the Platinum Lion’s ability is, let alone how powerful it is in combat. Is it really okay to let the Holy Spirit Platinum Lion fight like this?
"The battle angels summoned by the Holy Stone are very powerful, you don't have to worry about that." The Pope said confidently: "As for how strong he is, you can feel it in the actual battle in Fornonica."
"This" A drop of sweat broke out on Elaine's forehead: "Cardinal, what should the Cardinal do?"
"Do you need to stay in the Vatican every day to treat him?"
"No, it doesn't matter. He has already been vaccinated and his condition is under control. From now on, he can be vaccinated again about once a week and he will recover within a month." Elaine replied.
"Very good." The Pope said, "Then you rush to Fornonica with the Papal Knights, get things done as soon as possible, and come back within a week."
"Yeah, yeah." Although she was reluctant, Elaine still agreed. Now, the most important thing is to comply with all the Pope's requirements and gain the trust of the people in the church.
Is King Arthur's side supposed to be fine? Although the Pope's "heretics have been dealt with," Elaine can't imagine King Arthur losing. Arthur and his party probably escaped smoothly, leaving behind a bunch of difficult undead souls for the church to deal with.
Deal with it. How many days have passed, and even the undead warriors who stayed in Fornonika are still giving the church a headache. Arthur's side is even less likely to be "solved."
Is it King Arthur's plan to let the undead warriors stay in Fornonica to deal with the church? Then will Elaine's past elimination of the undead disrupt King Arthur's plan?
No, forget it. The most important thing right now is to gain the trust of the church. King Arthur should also understand Elaine's difficulties. Maybe King Arthur didn't think about it that much at all, and just let the undead warriors just go to Fornonica.
Just help them cut off their rear and protect them from the church's pursuit?
Two days later, the port city of Fornonica.
"Wow." Elaine used a telescope from the side of the city to observe the undead wandering on the pier from a distance. Those guys were wearing the armor of the Papal Knights and the Holy See Crusaders. They were supposed to have died in the church on the pier.
People. But these people have been turned into undead warriors by necromancy. They are still slowly wandering on the deserted dock in broad daylight, just like guards in the underworld. There is coke and rubble everywhere on the dock.
It was dilapidated, and it seemed that the dock had indeed experienced a fierce battle and fire, and Arthur and his party had done a pretty good job.
"The undead have been entrenched on the dock for at least a week." Marcus Knight, who was responsible for guarding Elaine, said, "It's unbelievable. There is actually necromancy that can control the undead from a long distance for such a long time."
"Far, far away?"
"Sorry, the expression was wrong." Marcus, who knew he had leaked his words, immediately changed his words and said: "I am, after that group of heretics surrendered, the undead were able to act alone for so long without a controller."
It was not a misstatement at all, Arthur and his party had indeed escaped from Fornonica long ago. Elaine was secretly happy. But this was also expected.
All we need to do next is clean up this mess?
"No, it's okay if you don't get close to them?" Elaine asked again. The undead warriors entrenched on the pier seemed to have no intention of invading the town. They were just wandering slowly on the pier.
"It seems so. But because of them, the function of the port is completely paralyzed. In the end, we still have to clear them out and recapture the port." Marcus added: "There were several groups of soldiers and exorcists who were not afraid of death before and wanted to deal with these dead people."
However, once they launched an attack, the undead would fight back. Not only did the soldiers fail to expel half of the undead, they were also killed."
It's so miserable. A group of living people can't even defeat dozens of undead warriors.
Since the undead warriors are driven by spells and magic power, it stands to reason that as long as you delay, the magic power on them will dissipate and be exhausted one day, and then they will turn back into corpses. But it has been a week, and the undead warriors are still like that
The church members who were entrenched at the pier and wanted to get back the pier as soon as possible were probably extremely anxious. They had no patience to wait for the undead to stop on their own, so they launched waves of reckless attacks. The results were naturally tragic.
It was the transition between spring and summer, the temperature was hot, and the port city was very humid. The stinking corpses lying on the port, dried by the fierce sunlight, were the remains of the soldiers who had recklessly attacked.
In contrast, the corpses that were turned into undead warriors showed no signs of decay at all, and still retained the state they were in on the day they were killed.
It can actually embalm, what a powerful necromancy.
Elaine has heard that after a high concentration of photons is injected into an organism, the cells of the organism can indeed resist the erosion of bacteria. In short, even bacteria cannot corrode an organism with a high concentration of magic power. This is what Elaine said.
The prerequisite for long-term preservation of special weapons made from the corpses of monsters or dragons in the world.
Those undead warriors on the dock must have been endowed with powerful magic power to maintain such an incorruptible appearance.
Therefore, the church's attack is not completely wrong. It seems that these undead warriors will continue to be entrenched on the dock for a week, a month, or even several months.
It's scary. There is such a long-lasting necromancy in the world.