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Chapter 36
Chapter 36: Ancient Shadow
Today, the army of undead had already arrived at Loess City. The bone dragon still had not shown any trace of itself. According to the news passed from refugee to refugee, the bone dragon had already appeared several times in the mountains to the northeast. Whether true or false, vigilance was necessary.
At present, we have already emptied three cities and reaped considerable gains. By my calculations, I have already earned one and a half gold coins, but the Duke still has not ordered us to withdraw.
Loess City is a large city. We have not yet investigated who its city lord is, but no nobles have fled so far, and the guards on the walls are orderly. I imagine this city lord must be capable.
...
Е nǔ m̄ а.і d
After finishing his diary, the adjutant glanced at the sunset that had dyed half the sky as red as blood, then looked down for a while at the army of undead that had stopped advancing at the foot of the mountain. He understood that this battle would not begin anytime soon.
The adjutant sat down heavily and scratched his itchy scalp. Flakes rustled down from his hair. After dozens of days of sleeping in the wild, this band of elite cavalrymen now looked even more like bandits than actual bandits did.
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Fortunately, they did not have to worry about food or drink. Since they did not need to engage in formal combat, the cavalrymen’s bags were full of plundered food. Every day, they chewed so much dried meat that their jaws hurt.
“We have to make a big score. I am telling you, the next time there are nobles fleeing, we should just go straight up and rob them. If we earn more money and go back, it will be easier to marry a wife, right?”
“We are not real bandits. If we rob them, we have to silence them!”
“Damn it! They are not good people anyway. Just kill them with one slash and consider it eliminating harm for the people.”
Е̌ṅûmȧ. i d
“Money alone is not enough to marry a wife. Look at that group of personal soldiers under the young lady. They are practically more imposing than knights. The matchmakers proposing marriages are almost living at the entrance of their barracks! Status. Status is the most important thing, understand?”
“That is true. All of us have merit. If we make another contribution this time, it will be time to bring up the matter of becoming personal soldiers to the Duke.”
They could not light a fire in the mountains, so the soldiers sat in a circle to keep warm. When a group of young men in their early twenties gathered together, the things they could talk about were naturally limited to matters like these.
Although the adjutant did not speak, he still felt longing in his heart.
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They had only become cavalrymen after passing through layer upon layer of selection, and they trained bitterly every day. Yet in their first battle, they had run straight into the army of undead and suffered heavy casualties.
Then look at their peers. Their children could already crawl on the ground. And what about them? A group of bachelors called elites!
Е́ n̄u m̄а
But that was one thing to say. If they were truly asked to imagine what their future wives would look like, their minds would instead go completely blank, without the slightest concept.
Just then, the scouts who had gone to gather intelligence returned.
“Sir, the Western Territory knight order has mobilized in full and is currently moving toward Loess City. In addition, a group has appeared on the eastern road. Judging from the style of their armor, they are the Royal Capital’s palace guards. Their number is estimated to be around five hundred.”
The adjutant rubbed his hands together. If he had guessed correctly, the one the palace guards were protecting was none other than Duke Trist of the Western Territory.
“What is their marching direction?”
The scout immediately reported in detail, “The knight order is advancing in a straight line and will soon enter Loess City. The palace guards have already detected the army of undead’s movements. Their marching speed is very fast, and they are making a detour south. They should arrive at Loess City’s southern gate in about half an hour.”
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“It seems we will not be able to gain any advantage from what comes next.” The adjutant immediately shook his head with a bitter smile. Those militia units were far more proactive than they were. There was no need to wait until tomorrow morning; those fellows would arrive with a large convoy of carriages.
What a pity. The knight order and Duke Trist had already joined the battlefield, so this trip was destined to be for nothing.
“Aside from the sentries, everyone should...”
Just as the adjutant was preparing to arrange for the soldiers to rest, another scout hurried over.
“Report! The undead army has suddenly launched an attack on Loess City!”
“What?”
E nu m̀_ȧ . їd̆
The adjutant’s face was full of shock. He practically sprang up from the ground, strode to the edge of the forest, pulled out his telescope, and carefully surveyed the situation.
His vision was extremely blurry in the dark night, but he still heard the commotion caused by the undead. Across that pitch-black field, several thousand undead were sprinting forward, their footsteps dense and chaotic.
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CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
The bronze bell atop the city wall was struck rapidly. Cluster after cluster of firelight lit up, and the city likewise began to burst into clamor.
“What has happened?”
Saut, the knight order commander who had only just taken over the city defenses, strode onto the city wall. He did not need anyone’s answer, because he had already seen the twisted skeletons.
Е̃ n u m а .іd̃
“Prepare the fire oil!”
Saut was over fifty years old and possessed extremely rich combat experience. Seeing that the undead had already begun piling up beneath the city and building human ladders, he quickly mobilized the guards and knights to take turns transporting rolling logs and stones.
“Smash them! Smash these filthy things to pieces!”
The knights worked together to lift a huge stone and hurled it hard toward the place where the undead were gathered most densely. With a thunderous crash, it smashed dozens of white skeletons apart.
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But the number of undead grew larger and larger. The terrifying thing about them was that they felt no fear at all. In the eyes of these numb corpses, there was only a craving to cruelly slaughter the living.
The height of the bone stairways began to rise one after another. At the same time, several dozen undead with darker coloring began charging at the city gate.
Ѐ n̊ū m̆а̄
Oswald had likewise suffered from the undead’s sharp claws before. And when those claws tore at the city gate, ripping away flying splinters of wood one after another, even Saut could not help furrowing his brows tightly.
Huge stones and rolling logs crashed down one after another, constantly causing massive damage to the undead. The guards brought over fire oil, and under Saut’s calm command, they began pouring it over the piled-up undead.
Torches were thrown down, and flames shot into the sky with a rumble. The area beneath the city instantly became a sea of fire. Countless undead twisted and struggled in the flames before finally breaking apart and scattering with cracking sounds.
“Form a spear formation and defend the city gate.”
As soon as Saut’s order was given, seven hundred knights charged down from the city wall and stood behind the city gate, forming an airtight battle formation with practiced efficiency.
The city gate gradually grew weak. However, the moment the undead had torn open a gap, a spear pierced through the gate and directly knocked that undead flying backward.
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The two sides fought back and forth. One side thrust an arm through, while the other stabbed out with a flash of cold light. When the city gate finally collapsed completely, the knights let out a great shout in unison.
“Kill!”
They advanced together. Their long spears thrust in alternating waves like interlocking bridges. In the blink of an eye, they stabbed the undead to pieces.
On the other side of the city wall, undead had already climbed up. Caught off guard, several guards had their throats torn open. They screamed in terror as they spun in circles, while the major arteries in their necks sprayed blood three feet high.
“Lower your heads, cover your necks tightly, and crouch down!”
Saut hurriedly gave them orders, and the guards all followed them one after another. However, the moment they crouched, they collapsed to the ground. Their eyes remained full of terror, but they had already bled dry.
Ẃе̊ bǹо̃ v è l̀ Е́n̆ uḿ.а́
Unable to stop himself from sighing, Saut drew his sword and roared, “Knight order, form ranks! Cut down the enemies who have come!”
A hole had appeared in the city defense, so Saut had no choice but to personally lead troops to block it. Very soon, he cut apart the few undead that had rushed up. Then he personally picked up a huge stone, the veins on his arms bulging, and shouted as he smashed a large section of the bone stairway into collapse.
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With the main commander displaying such valor, the guards regained their courage. Although more and more undead surged up onto the top of the wall, the combat strength of the guards and knights themselves far surpassed that of the unarmed undead, and they steadily held the defensive line.
“There is no time to pour it anymore. Throw the fire oil down together with the jars!”
Saut hacked his way through, clearing an open space for the guards. The guards hurriedly threw down jar after jar of fire oil, once again triggering a surging blaze. The piled-up white bones were like a rack of firewood, burning fiercely from bottom to top.
“Now! Smash them! Smash them down!”
Е̇n̆u m ã
The pressure on the city defense abruptly eased. The guards and knights once again scrambled to move rolling logs and huge stones, desperately smashing them down at the undead.
The sound of bones breaking rang on without end, and the sounds of slaughter gradually subsided.
One bone stairway after another collapsed in the great fire. Saut raised his longsword high and shouted toward the knights guarding the city gate, “Counterattack! Counterattack! Exterminate them all!”
The knights roared in unison and charged out of the city gate, beginning to sweep away the remaining undead along the wall.
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After ordering the others to go down and repair the city gate, Saut finally let out a breath of relief, his hand trembling as he inserted his longsword back into its sheath.
He was old. Although the courage and hot-blooded spirit in his body remained, his endurance was far inferior to before. He was no longer suited to continue fighting on the front line.
W е̃ b n̈ ȯv́ e ľ Е_n̈umǎ
The battle was about to come to an end. As Saut leaned against the wall and rested, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.
“The old commander’s bearing has not diminished at all from those days.” Duke Trist, whose figure was somewhat thin and tall, pinched his goatee as he laughed loudly and climbed onto the city wall.
“My lord Duke.” Saut respectfully saluted.
“Mm. You have rendered great merit again this time, Saut.” Trist narrowed his eyes slightly, smiling cheerfully on the surface, though there was some displeasure in his heart.
Of course, that displeasure was not directed at Saut.
What truly angered him were those useless nobles. Such a trivial matter, yet they still made him mobilize the knight order and forced him to be driven back to his territory by the King before it could be solved.
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His important affairs had all been ruined by this group of great and small nobles of the Western Territory!
Now that the new ruler had just ascended the throne, no one had expected that the one who took power would be Second Prince Frank. And at a time when authority was not yet settled, how could he, Trist, as the leader of the neutral faction, leave the Royal Capital at such a critical moment?
The Eastern Duke had been won over by the Queen. The Northern Duke seemed to intend to stand behind King Frank. The Southern faction was full of old men from the First Prince’s faction...
There were far too many important matters he had to consider.
“You have worked hard. You have worked hard.” Trist patted Saut’s shoulder to show closeness. Afterward, he stood atop the city wall and observed for a while, beginning to calculate what excuse he could use to return to the Royal Capital.
He turned and prepared to leave, but something shining on the ground suddenly caught his attention.
Ẇ ѐ bnо̀ v̀ ě l̈ Е̂ n̂u m̀ӓ
Trist bent down and picked up that glittering “piece of iron.” Somewhat curious, he asked Saut, “What is this? Something from the undead?”
Clouds churned in the night sky, and several muffled peals of thunder sounded.
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At some point, the wind had grown stronger and stronger, blowing out the torches on the city wall.
In the pitch-black darkness, Saut’s pupils trembled violently. That thing... he had seen it in his youth. It was almost identical to the ornament on the chest of Dragon Slayer Baird.
“Duke, this, this is... a dragon scale!”
CRACK!
En̈u m а̌
Thunder tore out tree-like arcs of lightning, spreading across the entire night sky and lingering for a long time.
It was during those few seconds of light that Trist saw, for the first time, Saut’s fear-stricken face covered in cold sweat.
Wind and rain began to churn, and lightning erupted one bolt after another. If Oswald were here, he would definitely complain, Damn it, who opened another dungeon?!
Heaven and earth changed color. Electric light hidden within the dark clouds continued to flash at high frequency. Whether it was the distant cavalrymen, the soldiers inside and outside the city wall, or the residents who had gone outside to watch, almost everyone raised their heads at the same time and looked toward the sky.
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To the northeast, an ancient low roar howled with the wind, casting a massive dragon-shaped shadow upon the ground as it slowly covered the entire city.
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