holy flame

Chapter 006: My Choice

Everyone set off early the next morning, had lunch and took a short rest for an hour, and arrived at Liushu Village around two o'clock in the afternoon.The scene of the village was exactly as the officiant Martin had said. There were ruined walls and purple-brown stains that looked like human blood everywhere, and there was a faint rancid smell floating in the air.

"The breath of the undead." Samuel pulled out his long sword, and the runes carved on one side of the sword shone with a faint white light.

In this world, unless special props or scrolls are used, knights are already insulated from magic.But magic is not the case. With enough will, God's favor and the right tools, most people can use magic.Samuel, who is an apprentice paladin of the Holy Court, is of course no exception. In fact, a priest once came to poach him, wanting him to give up martial arts and follow literature.

Needless to say, Samuel is a typical example of being strong without desire. There are not many people in this world who are more determined than him, but there are definitely not many.Samuel didn't know what God's favor was, but as long as he acted in accordance with the Holy See's code (the only thing he couldn't obey was the ban on bathing and brushing his teeth), then the power of light would not be lost from him.As for the right tools, this is the most difficult problem for other homeless knights to solve, but it is the best solution for Samuel - the Holy See will not let their knights fight naked .

The rune on his sword is a kind of "identify death" of the divine art, a low-level divine art that can be cast by the lowest-level warriors in the holy court.

"It's been a long time since the day when I was attacked. The breath is already very weak, and I can't tell what it is." Samuel put away his sword. He has never been a policeman. Before that, he also acted with a large force. Once I came to the scene of a murder and acted independently, I was really confused.

"Samuel!" shouted Julian, who ran behind a broken wall at some point.

"What?" Samuel thought to himself that he was an idiot, didn't he just find a ranger to help him find clues?

Behind the low wall, Julian and Hunter Ben were squatting together, studying a piece of dark black soil on the ground.Samuel noticed that the rancid smell in the air became stronger instantly, Samuel frowned and said to the ranger and hunter, "Get out of the way."

The clear holy water was poured on the black mud, and black smoke visible to the naked eye burst out instantly, and at the same time, crimson blood flowed out of the mud.

Samuel frowned, his eyes serious.

"My lord, what is that thing? Is it serious?" Doro left honest Bahn to guard the horses alone, but he ran to peek behind the crowd. Before, he had never left the sphere of influence of the Holy Court in his life.

"Necromancer."

"Holy Spirit!" Doro screamed and jumped up on the spot.At this time, Julian, who always had a charming smile on his face, stopped smiling, and asked solemnly: "Are you sure, Samuel?"

"There are only two known undead creatures made of clay: graveyard monsters and clay puppets. And these things are actually the alchemy products of necromancers. Ben! Take us to the cemetery in Willow Village as soon as possible! I want Make sure at last."

"Yes, my lord." Ben nodded in a cold sweat, and led the team to run out of Liushu Village.

"It's confirmed! Go! Go! Go back to the entrance of the village and go to Julian City!" Still a dozen steps away from the cemetery, Samuel stopped the crowd and pulled them back to the original road.

Although Liushu Village is not a big village, the villagers have lived here for more than 100 years. Although the village cemetery is not comparable to that of a big city, it still occupies a large area.They could see a large pit with a diameter of about eight meters in the center of the cemetery, and there were six or seven smaller pits in other places in the cemetery.

At first glance, these holes do seem to be dug out.But if it is digging a hole, where does the dug out soil go?Moreover, although the incident happened two months ago, the entire cemetery is still full of rancid smell. It is a clear day, but the place is still cold, which is caused by the pollution of the undead power!And judging from the size of those holes, Samuel guessed both. The Necromancer made not only graveyard demons, but also clay puppets.

But how could a necromancer with such power enter Feidin's kingdom without being noticed by anyone—this necromancer probably lived nearby!Or he wasn't originally a Necromancer, but had just fallen into the arms of Hades recently.And as a newcomer, he has such a powerful ability, he is probably a member of the legal system...

Samuel and the others ran towards their mounts quickly. Behind them, a dark cloud floated over at some point, and quickly surpassed their running pace.A gust of wind blew out from the woods, bringing with it a familiar rancid smell and a hoarse howling sound.

"Zombie." Both Samuel and Julian had fought the Lich before, and they were no strangers to this voice.

In a sense, a lich is an evolution of a necromancer, because the body of the living cannot withstand the erosion of the breath of the undead for a long time. In fact, from the day when an intelligent creature becomes a necromancer, it begins to collect itself to transform into a necromancer. Items needed by the demon.There are only a thousand necromancers, and ten of them may not be able to live until all the items are collected.And even if the collection is complete, there are only one or two out of a hundred who successfully transformed themselves into liches.

At this moment, it seems that the necromancer has found them, and the other party does not want them to go back alive.

"Keep running, their speed is not fast, don't stop!"

Doro's legs were obviously weak, and he almost knelt on the ground with a pale face. Samuel quickly grabbed his neck and kicked his ass.Doro staggered forward a dozen steps, gritted his teeth without falling, and continued to run forward hard.

Samuel put his right hand on his chest and whispered: "Holy." The milky white halo spread out from the center of him, coating several people around him with a soft film of light: "Don't worry about it." The undead behind you, continue to charge forward!"

The speed of the zombies was indeed very slow, but the speed of the skeletons was very fast. They could already hear the "click" sound of those skeletons running and jumping.

"Samuel, there are archers among those guys!" An arrow flew past the ranger's scalp, and even Julian broke out in a cold sweat.Obviously, the army of 250 people is also now incorporated by the necromancer...

The skeleton without any burden other than the skeleton ran closer and closer. Fortunately, Liushu Village was in front of it. Although it was just a ruin, those low walls still had a certain protective effect.

"Julian, you go lead the horse! We stay here to delay those undead!"

"Why did he go?" Doro, who was hiding behind the wall with his head in his hands, asked crying.

"Then you go too." Samuel replied simply without even turning his head to look at him.

Doro's eyes lit up immediately, and he ran out rolling and crawling. At this time, the fastest skeleton had come to the low wall!

"Boom!" Samuel slapped the skeleton flying with a shield, and white flames ignited instantly in the skull. Even though there were no scars on the bones, when they fell to the ground, they still turned into a pile and could no longer move. dry bones.

"Shoot at their eye sockets. These low-level skeletons can be dealt with by ordinary weapons blessed with 'holy'." Samuel turned to Ben and said.

"Yes, my lord." Although Ben was just an ordinary hunter, and he was a little terrified when facing the undead at first, he knew that these things killed his family, and if he didn't resist, he would Will die at the hands of these things.So, Ben's hand holding the bow gradually became calm...

Samuel took Ben to fight and retreat, and finally occupied a corner of a dilapidated courtyard. Ben stood at a right angle inside to shoot arrows, and Samuel stood at a point outside to block the incoming undead.Although these skeletons are indeed vulnerable, in fact, even without the blessing of divine magic, ordinary strong farmers can handle two or three skeletons.But their numbers make up for their lack of ability.They use their own death to buy time for the zombies behind.

Julian still hasn't come back, the skeletons are about to be killed, and the ugly zombies are close at hand.

"Head and heart!" Smashing the last skeleton, Samuel slashed a zombie's neck with his sword.Silver transparent flames ignited on it, but the zombies still grabbed Samuel with their claws—although the flesh on the surface of their bodies had rotted, after all, there was an extra layer of flesh to cover the bones and polluted soul inside, and They are not afraid of pain and have great strength. Some zombies even carry poison on their bodies, so although they are still low-level undead without wisdom, they are much more difficult to deal with.

However, changing the enemy to zombies is not without any advantages. These guys are more than a circle larger than skeletons. Four or five skeletons can be squeezed into this corner at the same time, but zombies can only squeeze in three at most.Moreover, the attack speed of zombies was slow. In a sense, Samuel dealt with them more easily than against skeletons.

"Boom!" The courtyard gate not far away suddenly flew up, and Samuel knew that it was Julian's Explosive Arrow—most rangers are good at everything, and the Explosive Arrow is an improvement of a simple little magic.Then, his entourage really rushed out from the courtyard gate, but it should be a team of three, but one was missing.

"Brave!" Samuel held his sword hand across his chest, and as he shouted, a shield of light appeared in front of his eyes, "Ben, follow me!" Samuel rushed forward holding the shield. Before the light shield disappeared, he knocked away the undead in front of him and came to the followers, but... Ben didn't follow.

Samuel discovered this after getting on his horse. It turned out that the wall behind them was dug through by zombies while Samuel was rushing forward.There was no time for Ben to escape. He could have called for help from Samuel, but he didn't.After all, this is the best chance for Samuel to leave. If he stays to save him, no one knows what will happen to a necromancer.

"Please avenge me! Sir Knight!"

The hunter's cries were drowned out by a group of undead flying forward.

"Brave!" Samuel turned his horse and ran out with his followers.

"Aren't you going to ask where Doro is?" Julian approached Samuel and asked in a low voice.

"He's dead." Samuel didn't look at Julian, but at Barn.The big man was not riding a horse, but a black mount that was somewhat similar to a cow.This is a mount commonly used by barbarians. Although this kind of monster has a large load capacity, good speed, and stronger impact than ordinary horses, it is violent by nature, and it is strange that except for barbarians, or with barbarian blood The half-breeds, no one can tame them.Therefore, only savages ride them in this world.Originally, Samuel still had a headache about Bane's mount, but he didn't expect that he had already prepared it himself.

It's just that the barbarian's body is covered with black zombie body fluids and rotting flesh, and his mount's body is not much cleaner than his.Clearly, Bahne had a tough fight.It is likely that at the same time that Samuel and the others were attacked, Barn's place was not peaceful.

"You deliberately?"

"His own choice, I gave him a chance..."