Chapter 35 Necromancer (5)

Chapter 35 Necromancer (5)

"Damn it, these dead things are truly disgusting!"

Costa Scamario flung another javelin, nailing a zombie heavily to the ground, and said with a face full of disgust.

The number of zombies in Cowbell Village exceeded expectations. For knights who were at least of Wing level strength, these zombies couldn't be considered strong, but they were certainly troublesome. They felt no pain, no fatigue, and no fear of death. Ordinary piercing damage was completely ignored by them.

Just like now, the zombie that Costa had pierced in the stomach with a javelin pulled itself off the spear – the javelin remained stuck in the ground. Probably having only died a few days ago, the zombie's half-rotted internal organs and foul-smelling corpse water constantly flowed out from the large hole punctured by the javelin. If it were a normal person, such a severe penetrating wound would at least cost them half their life even if they didn't die. However, the zombie was still hopping around, even swinging a piece of large intestine on its stomach.

Costa felt another wave of disgust, disgusting in every sense of the word. He never expected that his first battlefield experience as a knight would be against this kind of thing.

"Don't use javelins, you can use warhammers to smash their heads," Adams kindly reminded.

"I know," Costa waved his long-handled warhammer with some irritation, "but how am I supposed to invite those dead things over here so I can smash their heads?"

Charlotte had the knights repeatedly charge into the zombie horde, but these zombies had no brains, while the manipulator behind the zombies did. After being charged and trampled a few times, the necromancer became smarter. He had the zombies disperse and even scramble to higher ground to avoid the knights' frontal assaults.

Not all knights were the type like Celine who could jump around with the zombies, or rather, most knights didn't possess that ability. This was because they mainly trained in the Royal Griffin Knights Order's Swordsman faction, like Adams and Costa. Their Wing level awakening abilities were all strength amplification, with no improvement to agility whatsoever. Moreover, they were currently wearing heavy armor.

Costa also knew that warhammers were more effective than javelins, but his long-handled warhammer couldn't even touch the hem of the zombies' clothes. That piece of large intestine swinging in the wind was simply mocking their clumsiness.

"Charge! Don't stop!"

Herman Green's loud command came again from the battlefield.

"Charge my ass!"

Costa muttered, but his voice wasn't quiet, and Adams next to him heard it clearly. Adams smiled, then clamped his legs on his horse's belly, and charged towards the denser area of zombies again.

His friend had charged, and Costa, who originally didn't want to move anymore, had no choice but to follow again. After continuous travel and charging, the warhorses were already exhausted. This charge couldn't even pick up speed. Costa had already anticipated the scene of the zombies easily dodging his horses and throwing stones at him. This feeling of being stuck in a quagmire, unable to exert his strength, made him extremely uncomfortable.

Costa irritably raised the long-handled warhammer in his hand and swung it casually, and then… a zombie's head exploded in front of Costa's eyes.

"Huh?"

Costa was stunned. This zombie actually didn't run away.

Not only did this zombie not run away, but one zombie after another, reversing their previous slipperiness, actually pounced forward, surrounding Costa. Costa was not surprised but delighted. He brandished his warhammer, ready to aim for the tops of these zombies' heads and smash them.

However, at this moment, Herman Green's voice rang out again: "Stop attacking, gather, follow me!"

Costa was helpless. He had to put down his warhammer, control his horse, push through the zombie crowd, and follow the cavalry team that had begun to quickly relocate.

When they arrived at the small hill where Charlotte and others were, Costa understood what had just happened Charlotte and Ed Adkins's knight squad had pinpointed the necromancer's location and almost caught him.

The necromancer must have been too panicked and stopped controlling the zombies. The zombies lost command from their superior, and thus instinctively launched a siege against the knights.

Huff…

A giant eagle landed on the earthen slope. Knight Jack Moore jumped down from the giant eagle's back and reported the scouting results to Charlotte: "No one is responding at sea, and there are only a few small fishing boats in the village."

"Mm," Charlotte nodded, feeling the sea breeze blowing in her face. She glanced at the sun already touching the horizon and instructed Herman Green, "Have everyone dismount, then divide all the knights and squire knights into two teams. One team is responsible for constructing a defensive line while keeping an eye on Green Fish Village, and the other team rests, eats some dry rations, drinks some water, and after recovering their strength, the two teams will switch shifts."

"Yes."

Herman Green immediately went to execute Charlotte's orders.

Unlike Cowbell Village, which only faced the sea on one side, Green Fish Village was surrounded by the sea on three sides. This allowed Charlotte to easily block the necromancer in the village by having just over twenty knights and over a hundred squire knights line up in a single line.

All the knights took turns replenishing food and water, recovering their strength. At this time, the sun had completely sunk below the horizon, night fell, and the squire knights lit torches. However, Charlotte still showed no intention of launching an attack on Green Fish Village.

Inside Green Fish Village, in a simple thatched hut, lamplight flickered.

Regba Dando ate coarse black bread and salted fish with cold water. These things were almost inedible, but he had no choice. He had killed everyone in the village. He himself had never even lit a fire before, let alone cooked; that was definitely beyond him.

Regba Dando couldn't help but think of the hostess who had cooked him a pot of chicken soup if only he hadn't killed her back then.

Although unwilling to admit it, Regba Dando did feel regret.

This wasn't just because he didn't keep that woman to cook for him…

Regba Dando looked towards the north of the village, watching the long dragon formed by conspicuous torches. He couldn't help but recall the scene of the cavalry charging towards him just moments ago. If he had been trampled by heavy armored knights, Regba Dando didn't need to think to know that his only end would be becoming mincemeat. That feeling of almost brushing shoulders with death still left him with lingering fear.

Lannwan Viscount Territory was not as easy to deal with as he had previously thought.

Why weren't those Lannwan knights attacking? What were they waiting for? Could it be that they wanted to trap me here and starve me to death?

Regba Dando couldn't figure it out, and could only desperately try to get the main force of zombies to return as soon as possible to save him.

As for escaping by boat from the sea, the giant eagle that occasionally came out and circled in the sky made Regba Dando abandon this idea. If that Lannwan Viscount was right across from him, then he would definitely be happy to see himself escape from the sea. Those thin-skinned small fishing boats in the village couldn't withstand the impact of a giant eagle weighing over a thousand pounds. Once he fell into the sea, he would have no power to resist at all.

Regba Dando was only preoccupied with wild thoughts and didn't notice that the candlelight beside him had stopped flickering.

Outside the village on the small earthen hill, Charlotte noticed the sea breeze had stopped.

Indeed, winter was coming, the temperature dropped quickly at night. Charlotte thought to herself, stood up, and ordered Herman Green, "Begin the attack."

As the order was given, the knights who had been sitting on the ground resting stood up one by one. They changed their equipment according to Charlotte's request, putting away their swords and replacing them with a long-handled warhammer in one hand and a large shield in the other.

The squire knights were the first to send the signal to attack. They held bows and arrows and shot two rounds of fire arrows into Green Fish Village. It would be best if the thatched roofs of the village were ignited and the necromancer was burned to death. If not, it could at least light up the way for the attacking troops.

Over a hundred knights were divided into two teams, holding shields and advancing into the village, like two slowly moving steel walls.

The rain of fire from the sky startled Regba Dando from his wild thoughts. He immediately realized that the enemy had finally begun to attack.

The main force of the zombie army was still on its way back!

Despair gradually arose again in Regba Dando's heart. He ordered the Cowbell Village zombies to recklessly attack the rear of the Lannwan knights. The few remaining zombies in Green Fish Village also all mobilized, attacking from the front and rear with the Cowbell Village zombies.

When the zombies became the more anxious side, actively launching attacks on the knights, the situation on the battlefield reversed.

The Cowbell Village zombies crashed into the rear knights, or rather, they crashed into the knights' heavy shields. The zombies' claws, teeth, and the wooden sticks, sickles, and kitchen knives they picked up in the village were completely ineffective against the heavy iron-clad shields. Even if they could barely pry open a gap between the large shields, these zombies would still face knights dressed like iron cans.

How helpless the heavy armored knights were against these agile zombies just now, now how powerless these zombies were against these iron cans.

"Haha!"

Costa was assigned to the rear team this time. His opponents were still the Cowbell Village zombies. He used his shield to block several crazily biting zombies that rushed up, as steady as Mount Tai, and laughed extremely heartily.

A zombie had already broken its teeth, and rotten-smelling saliva mixed with blood flowed down from the shield, but the shield remained unscathed.

Costa swung his long-handled warhammer and smashed the head of that zombie with one blow, muttering to himself, "Why aren't you running? Run again! Mock me with your intestines again!" and other incomprehensible words.

The rear battlefield was like this, and the front battlefield was even more one-sided.

The zombies Regba Dando left behind in Green Fish Village were all the old, weak, and disabled that he had previously looked down upon. These people were too weak when they were alive, and even if their combat power improved after death, it was still limited.

"Raise shields!"

Herman Green ordered.

The knights in the front team uniformly raised their shields, forming an impenetrable iron wall.

Bang, bang, bang.

Dull thudding sounds rang out. Zombies rushing out of Green Fish Village crashed into the iron wall, but the iron wall barely moved.

"Advance!"

Swish!

The knights in the front team pushed their shields and took a step forward in unison.

The zombies scratched and gnawed at the shields, making a series of goosebump-inducing friction sounds.

However, Herman Green remained unmoved and ordered again, "Advance!"

Swish!

The knights in the front team pushed their shields and continued to advance.

The zombies, or rather, the necromancer, became anxious. They began to throw stones at the back of the shields. Large and small stones smashed against the helmets of the iron cans. The only result was a clanging sound.

"Advance!"

Herman Green ordered again.

Swish!

The knights in the front team advanced again.

The steel wall continued to move forward.

Herman Green was too lazy to fight those zombies and just had the knights push the zombies step by step back into the village.

In front of these knights who had awakened "Strength Amplification," those weak zombies could only be pushed around, rolling on the ground.

Looking at the battlefield situation in front of him, Charlotte suddenly thought of a previous doubt why didn't the Orlan Empire's army like to use giant eagles?

Wasn't one of the reasons for their dislike right in front of her eyes?

Heavy armor, heavy shields, heavy swords, heavy hammers, these were all the standard equipment of the Orlan Empire's knights. This equipment style prominently featured "solid."

Anyway, the Wing level abilities of the Orlan Empire knights were basically strength amplification, making them all strongmen, unafraid of them not being able to carry it.

This set of equipment plus a tall and sturdy knight might weigh over four hundred pounds in total, while the weight of an adult giant eagle is about a thousand pounds. The reasonable load capacity of a giant eagle should generally not exceed one-third of its weight. A four-hundred-pound knight, a giant eagle might not be able to carry.

If, like cavalry riding warhorses, a knight was equipped with another giant eagle specifically for carrying equipment and a squire to take care of the equipment, it would seem a bit uneconomical. After all, although the breeding cost of giant eagles is lower than griffins, it is also much higher than warhorses.

Therefore, giant eagle knights seemed somewhat of a niche in the Orlan Empire's combat system.

In stark contrast to Charlotte, who still had the leisure to think about the Orlan Empire's military system, Regba Dando was now completely panicked. The steel wall advancing step by step in an orderly manner gave him too much mental pressure.

Regba Dando anxiously paced back and forth in the village, various ideas popping up in his mind only to be rejected again. In the end, Regba Dando decided to surrender!

"I surrender! Respected Viscount Lannwan, I am Regba Dando, an elder of the Phidim City-State! There might be some misunderstanding between us! I surrender!"

Charlotte suddenly heard such shouts coming from Green Fish Village.

Herman Green looked at Charlotte, and Charlotte nodded, indicating that they could proceed according to the plan.

"Stop!"

Herman Green ordered to cease the attack, and the zombies suddenly became quiet as well.

"If you want to surrender, then stop hiding," Rayne Nazares stepped out of the ranks and shouted loudly.

"Who are you?" the other side asked.

"My name is Rayne Nazares, a knight of Viscount Lannwan," Rayne Nazares replied.

"I don't want to talk to you, I only negotiate with Viscount Lannwan," the other side said.

Rayne Nazares had no choice but to look at Charlotte again.

Charlotte rode her horse out of the front ranks, with two shield-bearing knights protecting her on her left and right.

"I am Viscount Lannwan, Charlotte Meillerfield. You want to negotiate, I'm here," Charlotte said.

The other side was clearly quite surprised and remained silent for a long while before speaking again, "I heard that Viscount Lannwan is a man, how come you're a woman? Are you trying to deceive me?"

"The previous Viscount Lannwan was a man, I am the newly appointed Viscount Lannwan by His Majesty the Emperor," Charlotte explained.

"Are you really not deceiving me?" the other side was still skeptical.

Charlotte frowned and said unhappily, "My surname is Meillerfield, daughter of the Duke of Green Field. Is the thousand-year-old reputation of the Meillerfield family to be used to deceive someone as lowly as you?"

"If you are not deceiving me then that's good…" Regba Dando suddenly jumped out of a window of an adobe house. He held a ball of cyan (harmonious) gas in his left hand and a ball of purple (harmonious) gas in his right hand, looking at Charlotte with a distorted expression, and said, "If you are not deceiving me, then please die!"

Regba Dando brought his hands together. This was his trump card Corpse Miasma.

Regba Dando's surrender was a lie. Taking the opportunity to get close, confirm the Viscount Lannwan's location, and release poison gas was the truth. A stream of gas flickering with dark green light erupted from him as the center, as if to swallow everything on this cape, including Charlotte and her knights.

Regba Dando grinned ferociously at Charlotte, wanting to find panic and fear on her face, but in the next moment, Regba Dando saw a mocking smile that he would never forget until his death.

The wind blew from behind Charlotte, blowing Charlotte's green hair, blowing the swaying torches, and blowing Regba Dando's poisonous gas, all the way to the sea.

"The wind by the coast, blows from the sea to the land during the day, and from the land to the sea at night. This is a little common sense, Mr. Necromancer."

Charlotte stared at Regba Dando and smiled.

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