The Legend of Bimeng: Section 415: The Lich King’s terrifying trump card

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Section 415: The Lich King’s terrifying trump card

"I know that rooster-like peak!" Kaiman pointed to a rooster-like peak in the distance and said, "That is one of the most eye-catching signposts on this road! When we see it, we can judge where we are now. location! ”

"Great!" Princess Catherine said excitedly as she left: "So, we are not lost yet. Tell me, how far are we from our destination now!"

"This!" Upon hearing this, Kaiman left and lowered his head in frustration, and then said with great embarrassment: "Her Royal Highness Princess Qi, judging from this road sign, we are now halfway through the journey!"

"What? Half?" Catherine suddenly said angrily: "It took 20 days to get halfway? What kind of **** shortcut are you taking? Even the long way should be here by now!"

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, it's all my fault. I was confused and pointed the wrong way!" Kaiman said as he left and lowered his head in apology.

"Hey!" Catherine sighed, and then said helplessly: "Forget it, I don't blame you, who is as sick as you! But this time, after all, you delayed the military plane, I will still punish you later. ”

Liu, on the other hand, gloated: "Oh, Catherine, you are a typical 'haste makes waste'!"

"Why do I hear you seem to be gloating?" Catherine immediately said unkindly.

"Am I that kind of person?" Lao Xie immediately protested.

"That's weird!" Catherine rolled her eyes at Lao Xie, and then said: "Well, it's too late to say anything now. It seems that we can only move forward slowly. I hope we won't delay it. Military aircraft. That would be a shame!”

"Don't worry, it won't be delayed." Lao Xie said with a smile, and at the same time added in his heart, "How weird!"

Since Kaiman is the only guide, his illness is still lingering, and it is useless for others to worry, so no matter how anxious Catherine is. The marching speed of the army also failed to increase.

As time passed, Lao Xie felt a vague sense of strangeness in his heart. This is not a specific knowledge, but an intuition or premonition accumulated by Lao Xie over many years of battle. But this kind of hazy thing is often the most accurate, so Lao Xie doesn't dare to neglect it and is on high alert every day.

Finally, that night, something bad happened that Lao Xie had foreseen.

While the sergeants were sleeping soundly. Suddenly there was a tremor in the ground, and Lao Xie was the first to wake up from his dream. Almost instantly, he jumped out of the tent and took a closer look under the moonlight. The earth was trembling, countless rubbles rolled down from the mountains, and patches of trees fell collectively. The world was filled with an extremely terrifying atmosphere.

"Damn it. It's an earthquake, get the **** up!" Lao Xie roared angrily as he rushed to the tent where the little princess was, and then took out the little princess who was still asleep. At this time, it was obvious that the champion knights were well-trained. Although they did not react as quickly as they did in contact, they all rushed out of their respective tents after Lao Xie took out the little princess, and they were all wearing clothes. There was even armor, and not a single weapon in his hand was missing.

Without any instructions from others, they immediately rushed to their mounts to comfort the frightened horses. You know, if they lose their mount in this barren mountain, they will have no choice but to walk out, which will obviously delay the important event.

Fortunately, the place where Lao Xie and the others chose to camp was relatively open and there were no steep mountain walls around them. So there were no casualties caused by the falling boulders. Wait until the earthquake passes. Everyone hurriedly counted the losses, and luckily. There was almost no major damage caused. Only two warriors accidentally fell into the cracks in the ground cracked by the earthquake. However, they all had fighting energy to protect their bodies, and the cracks in the ground were not very deep, so they only suffered a shock and a few skin injuries. No combat effectiveness was lost.

After the earthquake, the little princess woke up from her sleep, and then she found that Lao Xie was holding her in her pajamas. She couldn't help but exclaimed, and then said: "You are so annoying, you are just looking for someone to have an affair. Don't guard your sister!" From her tone, it seemed that having an affair with Liaison was nothing, she just wanted to avoid Catherine.

Lao Xie naturally heard what she meant and was stunned. Most of the people around him were people with sharp ears and eyesight, so naturally they all heard clearly and couldn't hold back their laughter. Of course Catherine also heard it, and she was so angry that she flew over to Lan Snow and said, "If you really like to have an affair with him, it doesn't matter even if you look down on me!"

"Ah, hate it, sister, why are you here!" Only then did she realize that something was wrong around her. She looked around, then frowned and asked, "Strange, why did you all run out so late at night without sleeping? What?"

"You are such a little pig, you slept too hard, didn't you?" Lao Xie couldn't help but smile bitterly: "There was a big earthquake just now. It seems that something is not good!"

"What's wrong?" Catherine frowned, "Isn't it just an earthquake? Is it normal in mountainous areas?"

"You don't understand!" Lao Xie shook his head and said, "I felt strong magic fluctuations in this earthquake. If I guessed correctly, this earthquake was probably caused by humans. And the earthquake affected The area is quite scary."

"What? Man-made?" Catherine immediately said in disbelief: "How is it possible? Such a large-scale earthquake is almost a forbidden curse, which even the legendary masters cannot release alone!"

"But that doesn't mean others can't do it!" Lao Xie said calmly: "At least the Lich King can do it!"

Speaking of this, Lao Xie suddenly remembered something, and his face suddenly changed. Anyone couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh my god, could this be the Lich King's doing? If that is the case, then I'm afraid the second The second line of defense is finished."

"What? You said this earthquake was caused by the Lich King?" Catherine then exclaimed, "Oh, no, how is this possible?"

"How is it impossible?" Lao Xie then said solemnly: "Do you think that with the shrewdness of the Lich King, how could he suddenly give up the good situation and let humans accumulate strength when they initially had the advantage? In fact, . Many people who have fought against the Lich King before thought this was a conspiracy. My old man even came over to tell me to be careful, which shows that it was definitely not groundless. Judging from this earthquake, it was obvious that the Lich King had planned it. . Although the second line of defense is hundreds of miles long and has been repeatedly reinforced, it can only be used to resist the undead troops, but it still cannot compete with the power of nature such as earthquakes. I guess that the current second line of defense can only be used to resist the undead troops. The defense line should have been wiped out in the earthquake, and the millions of human troops inside will definitely suffer heavy losses! I'm afraid the second line of defense is already in the hands of the undead!"

"Ah!" Catherine said after hearing this. His expression suddenly changed, and everyone else around him shivered with fear.

"Stephen!" Catherine suddenly said to Lao Xie very seriously: "I want to know, how confident are you in your conjecture?"

"More than 90%!" Lao Xie immediately affirmed.

"So high? What is your basis?" Catherine hurriedly asked: "I mean except for the factors of the Lich King's command."

"Intuition, my intuition tells me that the second line of defense is finished!" Lao Xie said directly.

"Can you say something real? Don't always use illusory things like speculation and intuition to deal with us?" General Lancer finally couldn't help but protested: "You know, your remarks are too If you are too alarmist, don’t talk nonsense if you are not sure, it will affect the morale of the army!”

"Of course I am sure!" Lao Xie then turned to Heidishi and said, "Teacher, what do you think?"

Hettich frowned, and then said helplessly: "I dare not say anything else, but I am certain that this earthquake was not caused naturally, but was the result of the release of the Forbidden Seismic Spell! ”

"Ah!" everyone heard. They immediately exclaimed, because Heidi Shi's words were almost equivalent to confirming Lao Xie's words. How could they not be frightened?

Catherine knew that Hettich was mysterious and powerful. Naturally, he believed her words deeply, but General Lancer did not, and he continued to ask questions. However, Catherine directly reached out and interrupted: "Don't say any more, I believe what Heidi said. So what we have to do now is how to deal with this situation. Should we continue to move forward according to the order, or withdraw in defiance of the order?" ”

"Your Highness, I don't think we should withdraw like this. The honor of the champion knight does not allow for any flaws. If the second line of defense is not occupied, then our withdrawal will undoubtedly become the laughing stock of the entire continent. "You can't do this kind of thing randomly?" Lancer said anxiously.

"But if you continue to move forward, if you are hit by the charging undead, then none of these people will be able to escape, and they will all be chased to death by the death knight!" Lao Xie sneered: "Whoever bumps into the undead The probability is as high as 90%, and the probability of the second line of defense being unimpeded is pitifully low. Only an idiot would die!"

"For the honor of the champion knight, I would rather be this idiot!" Lancer then shouted: "Is there any other idiot who is willing to join me?"

Although there are many dangers ahead for Akechi. But the thousands of champion knights present all shouted in unison, "Me!"

Seeing this situation, Lancer was very excited, and then looked at Lao Xie provocatively.

"Ha!" Lao Xie shrugged nonchalantly: "It seems there are quite a few idiots. Maybe it's because this disease is contagious!"

"Okay!" Catherine finally woke up from the shock and said: "Don't have unnecessary arguments. I have come up with a way to get the best of both worlds."

"Little sister, can you lend me your flying shoes?" Catherine then said to the little princess, "I want to fly over first to investigate the situation, and then make further plans!"

"Good!" Of course the little princess would not be reluctant, so she happily took out her flying shoes and handed them over.

But before Catherine could take it, General Lancer immediately reached out to grab it, and then he immediately said: "Your Royal Highness, as an officer, how can you be involved in danger at will? Leave this kind of trivial investigation to me! "With that said, he put on his flying shoes first.

Katherine thought for a while, then agreed to the other party's request, and said: "Forget it, you can go ahead. Remember to go back quickly and do a little reconnaissance. Don't expose yourself!"

But Lao Xie said: "If the undead really break through the defense line, then you'd better bring back the heads of a few undead warriors, I will be of great use!"

Lancer didn't ask anything, but simply agreed, "Okay!" and then set off.

Lao Xie estimated that even with the help of the power of flying shoes, it would take Lancer half a day to fly there, plus the time to get back. That is, I was delayed for one day. So everyone then started to set up camp again under the command of Lao Xie.

Due to the urgent situation, no one was in the mood to tidy up the camp. They just tidied it up randomly and then it was done. The main energy was spent on defense.

The day passed in the blink of an eye, and with everyone’s eager anticipation, Lancer finally came back at noon. I saw that Blue's eyes were red at this time, and he was carrying a package behind his back. He looked extremely embarrassed.

Everyone was startled and gathered around hurriedly. Catherine was about to ask something, but before she could open her mouth, Lancer knelt down and cried loudly: "Your Highness, the second line of defense is indeed finished. A major earthquake killed most of the reinforcements from all races. First, most of the 200,000 people in the two legions of the Griffin Kingdom were killed by the earthquake, and then they were chased by the undead army. Now almost all of them have been wiped out! ”

"Ah!" When everyone heard this, they all gasped, their eyes turned red, and tears fell.

You must know that most of the champion knights present are elites selected from the bottom troops. Many people came from the two legions that were annihilated. And the annihilation of the entire army means that the friends they know are also in danger.

As for Catherine, she is even more sad, because this is an army of 200,000! They are not farmers captured temporarily, but serious elites, not only well-trained, but also well-equipped. There are only about 500,000 such troops in the entire Griffin Kingdom. Now I have lost half of it all at once. Who wouldn’t feel bad if he changed?

The most important thing is that this kind of elite force cannot be trained casually. They are all warriors selected at different levels. It took several years of training to form an army. It is very difficult to replenish such an army. Even if we try our best, it will take at least three to five years to replenish 200,000 people, and it will also cost a lot of money. This also means that in the next three to five years, the military strength of the Griffin Empire will be greatly reduced.

But now the undead army is gaining momentum. If they attack us, it will be very difficult!

When Catherine thought of this, she became extremely anxious and wished she could recover. Unfortunately, this wish was destined not to come true. In desperation, she could only choose to retreat first.

"Everyone, although we are very unwilling, we have no choice. Now I am announcing that we will retreat immediately. I hope we can return to the third line of defense in front of the undead troops." Catherine said helplessly: "Let's act. ! ”

As Catherine gave the order, the soldiers began to disperse one after another. Although they were affected to a certain extent, their movements were still as smooth and skillful, and they were not affected by the news of defeat at all.

Only Lao Xie did not leave in a hurry, but said to Lancer: "Where is the thing I want?"

"Here it is!" Lancer hurriedly handed over the package behind him, and then said: "I didn't dare to move too much because I was afraid of disturbing the grass, so I only chopped six in total. I don't know if it is enough?"

"That's enough!" After Lao Xie took the package, he didn't waste any time and went straight to his tent.

After ordering Sven to guard his tent and not allow anyone to disturb him, Laoxie reached out and took out a skull and began to use evil methods to read its memory.

It turns out that this is the reason why Lao Xie wanted the skull. He has a kind of magic that can use the skeleton to read the memories it has experienced. It's just that this kind of unorthodox thing is too sinister and hurts others and himself. Lao Xie usually doesn't use it. Now that he is forced to have no choice, he takes it out.

The first skeleton that Lao Xie took out was transformed by the soldiers on the first line of defense. There were no useful memories in it. He only remembered that he was killed by the undead in his sleep. Obviously, the reason why the undead could appear in his barracks without anyone noticing was definitely related to the traitor Cardinal. There are relationships. As for those recent memories, they are more intriguing. First, they were ordered to station somewhere for several days. Then, the earth suddenly shook violently that night, and the second line of defense was reduced to ruins almost instantly. Immediately after receiving the order to attack, when I went in, I saw that the ground was full of rubble, corpses and wailing wounded people. Those who could move had long since seen that the situation was not good and had fled.

Lao Xie shook his head, then threw away the skeleton and replaced it with another. This time, what he got was the memory of a second-line soldier. He remembered that he was on guard that day, but a sudden earthquake buried him directly in the In the ruins of the city wall, if the undead hadn't dug him out in need of his body, I'm afraid he would still be buried there to this day.

The memory of this skeleton was of little use, so Lao Xie threw it away. The memories of the following three skeletons were similar to those of the previous two, and had little value. It wasn't until the last skeleton that Lao Xie was surprised to find something useful.

It turns out that the last skeleton turned out to be a skeleton mage, brought by the Lich King from the Island of the Dead, and participated in the entire battle of the Lich King. After some careful sorting, Lao Xie finally got two pieces of useful information.

The first one is that the earthquake was indeed caused by the Lich King himself. Of course, he himself could not activate such a powerful forbidden spell out of thin air, so he not only found a real picture of the magic circle of the earthquake spell, He also mobilized more than 5,000 level six and above necromancers to assist him, and finally managed to release this extremely powerful forbidden spell.

The second point is that the Lich King is in a good mood after winning and can't wait to take advantage of this opportunity to break through the Imperial City of Light. So much so that he was impatient to take the main roads on both sides, and also chose to take a straight line, which almost coincided with Catherine's marching route.

Catherine chose this path because she had the help of powerful warriors and the magic of the little princess, while the Lich King made this decision because he was completely confident in his own strength.

After receiving these two pieces of news, Lao Xie immediately fell into deep thought. He didn't wake up until Catherine's impatient urging came from outside. It turned out that at this time, all the champion knights were ready to go, but only Lao Xie's barbarian troops did not move at all because they did not receive the order from the letter. When Catherine saw it, she was naturally extremely impatient, so she came over to urge him, but was blocked by the loyal Sven, so she impatiently shouted at Lao Xie outside.

"Come in by yourself!" Lao Xie did not go out, but said to Catherine: "I have something very important to say to you!"

Although Catherine was very strange, she still walked in alone according to Lao Xie's request, and then asked in confusion: "Didn't you clamor to go back before? Why are you so procrastinating now?"

Lao Xie did not answer Catherine's words, but said directly: "Catherine, I want to know, do you want to be a hero who saves the world?"

"What do you mean?" Catherine asked in confusion.

"The meaning is very simple." Lao Xie then said: "Now the undead army is extremely powerful, almost to the point of invincible sweeping across the road. If this situation continues, even if the mainland coalition forces can defeat him in the end, they will have to pay at least thousands of dollars. Thousands of lives. Do you think so?"