Selakoven was a small city in the east of the Demons. It wasn't a large city with a population of no more than 40,000. It was a peaceful city in the east. Because it was far from the frontlines, it hadn't experienced war for almost a hundred years. The Demons lived a simple and fulfilling life here.
However, this peaceful life was shattered a few days ago. A soldier rushed to the city lord's mansion in a panic to meet him. This was witnessed by many people, and everyone was guessing what had happened. But not long after, the city lord issued an order for everyone to retreat to Aikeven City in the southeast. Because … the undead had arrived.
This was like a bolt from the blue to the civilians of Selakoven. Everyone's first thought was, How is this possible? How did the undead return to this place? Just like the general concept on the continent, in their opinion, the undead were absolutely monsters that devoured people without spitting out their bones. They had also heard the news before. People from the west said that the undead and the Human Race were at war with the Demon Race. Although they had heard about this, they were already a city on the east coast of the inland, after all. War should not be something that they could come across, but now they actually encountered it.
Leaving one's hometown was a very cruel thing for anyone, and it was also very unacceptable. However, Farah, the city lord, personally appeared to explain to the people. The entire city of Selakwen only had 200 soldiers who could fight. (This wasn't even a regular army, only a reserve force), and the enemy had an army of nearly 30,000 undead. This was an unstoppable force. According to the reports from the frontline soldiers, these undead were simply insane. Not a single city was spared, and every single one of them had been slaughtered.
Although they didn't want to leave their hometown, the threat of death forced them to compromise. Under the leadership of Farah, most of the civilians began to march toward Aikeven City in the southeast.
But just as they were halfway there, new news came. The undead had been defeated. That's right, in the middle of the night, the undead army was attacked by the Demons. The Demons defeated the undead army and won a great victory. Hearing this news, all the citizens cheered and shouted slogans such as' Long live the Emperor of Beyzera '.
So the question was, since the undead army had been defeated, did they still need to flee? Obviously, most people didn't want to leave their hometowns. After some consideration, many people decided to go back.
City Lord Farah pondered for a moment. Since the Undead army on this side had been defeated, it should be fine. It had been too long since there had been a war here, so they didn't know how dangerous it was. Those naive fellows really turned back in the end.
Then, there was no "then". The citizens had just returned to the city and hadn't even thrown down their burdens when the Undead arrived. Yes, they were the troops led by Liu Ke who had just been attacked. They had just received the latest order from Li Huailin, asking them to gather in a nearby city and set up a temporary teleportation point. The nearest city to them was here, Selakven City.
"My Lord, the three city gates have been completely controlled. The city lord's mansion has also been suppressed." The one who was reporting to Liu Ke was Shupan. Although he had started out as a small soldier, Shupan was also very arrogant. Moreover, he was someone introduced by Li Huailin. In just a few days, he had already been promoted to Liu Ke's personal guard. His promotion speed was really like a rocket. Now, he was almost becoming Liu Ke's adjutant.
"Damn it, Shupan. It's all my fault for not listening to you," Liu Ke said with a hint of regret. Liu Ke said regretfully. At that time, Shuploan had indeed told him that the army had not received any decent resistance due to their consecutive victories, so they were a little arrogant and complacent. The defense at night was also not very tight, so they were completely unprepared for the attack of the demons. Now, it was too late for regrets. As the commander-in-chief, Liu Ke was also very remorseful.
"My Lord, let's not talk about this." Shupan immediately said, "Now, the key is to ensure that this army is safe. We don't know when the Demons will catch up. I just saw that this small city has been in disrepair for a long time. The city wall is very unstable. Should we retreat to the big city in the west?"
"No …" Liu Ke immediately said, "His Highness's order is to immediately build a temporary teleportation point in the nearby city. His Highness's order cannot be disobeyed. We must build a temporary teleportation point here."
"This …" Liu Ke thought for a while and immediately said, "There is a teleportation point in the city. Of course, it can't be connected to the Undead now. It will take some time to repair and adjust it. It should be able to connect by tonight."
"Send someone to adjust it immediately." Liu Ke immediately said, "Hurry up and strengthen the city wall. We must defend until nightfall."
"Yes, Your Lordship." Shuploan immediately took action.
"My Lord." As soon as Shupan retreated, a personal guard next to him came up. "There are still about 40,000 Demons in the city. What should we do?"
"I don't have time for them right now." Normally, they would definitely slaughter all of them, but they really didn't have the time now. "Let them all go back to their homes. If they dare to appear on the streets, kill them directly."
"Yes, my Lord."
After all the orders were given, the Undead immediately began to move. Everyone began to collect materials to strengthen the city wall. The soldiers also drove the civilians back to their homes. Liu Ke was praying, praying that the Demons would not catch up so quickly and give them some time to rest. It would be best if they could wait until nightfall …
Unfortunately, Liu Ke was not a person who prayed to God, so he was indeed not blessed by God. Less than two hours after the undead troops entered the city, and the preparation of the city wall had just begun, a soldier came to report that a large number of troops had appeared in the north.
"We're on the same side, we're on the same side …" Liu Ke hurriedly muttered. It would be best if Fiona's or Dennis's troops received the order to meet up with them. Please don't mention that the Demons were chasing after them.
The result was quite unfortunate. What he feared had come true. Liu Ke's prayers were once again disappointed. As soon as the troops from the north approached, it was 100% certain that they weren't from the Undead Race. It was too obvious that they were the pursuers of the Demon Race.
"Phew …" Liu Ke looked at the black mass of Demons and took a deep breath. It was too chaotic last night. He didn't even get a clear look at the number of Demons' troops when he was attacked. Now that it was daytime, there were … too many troops. There was a whole row of troops along the horizon in the north, and he couldn't see the right side from the left. There were at least tens of thousands of troops. How could the Demons gather so many troops? Just because the humans and the Undead didn't attack each other's main cities, did they not leave any troops to defend?
Looking at the enemy's troops, it was obvious that they were not the Demons' regular troops. Their composition was really messy. Although the flags were the Demons' flags, their armors and weapons were not uniform. It seemed that they were a patchwork army. Liu Ke felt his face burning at the thought of being defeated by such a ragtag army.
Although it was a ragtag army, they still had a lot of people. As the troops got closer, all the Undead soldiers became a little nervous.
"Prepare to defend." Liu Ke had made up his mind to defend until nightfall. He had no intention of breaking through the siege. Although he wasn't prepared, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight.
The two sides had no intention of having a pre-war dialogue at all. The Demon Race already hated the Undead. As soon as the Demon Race's army approached, the Demon Race's army directly blew the horn to attack. The Demon Race's army directly surged towards the small Selakvan City.
"Warriors of the Undead, don't be afraid. As long as you hold on until nightfall, we will have reinforcements!" Liu Ke shouted, "Prepare to fight!"
"Roar!" It had to be said that the morale of the Undead troops was pretty good. Although they had just experienced a great defeat, they still had a great psychological advantage over the Demons. Seeing the army of Demons all over the mountains and plains, they weren't very afraid.
The battle began immediately. The Demons on this side immediately began to attack the city. To be honest, the walls of Selakvan City were so broken that they didn't need any siege weapons. They could climb up the walls by stepping on the cracks on the walls. Moreover, the Demons on this side really had siege weapons. When the Undead on this side saw them, they thought, Aren't these our siege weapons? Last night, when their camp was robbed, these things naturally fell into the hands of the Undead. They didn't expect the Undead to use them immediately. This was really …
Due to the huge difference in numbers and the fact that the city was not strong enough, the Undead on this side were in a huge crisis not long after the battle began. The first place to have a problem was the north gate. Because the gate was too broken, the people outside were attacking it fiercely, and the gate couldn't hold on any longer.
"Everyone, go down and block the gate!" Liu Ke immediately shouted.
Shuploan immediately rushed down with his men, trying to block the enemy's attack. However, before they could do so, another piece of bad news came.
"My lord, there are people in the city causing trouble." A guard reported. When the people in the city saw that reinforcements had arrived, they couldn't help it. Some brave young Demons saw that the enemy was busy defending the city, so they immediately took action.
"Damn it, these Demons are bastards! If I had known earlier, I would have killed them all, "Liu Ke shouted.
"My lord …" The Undead soldiers all looked at Liu Ke. At this time, they began to think of breaking out of the siege and retreating.
"I want …" Liu Ke was just about to stick to his orders when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow appearing in the sky behind the demon army in the north.
"What is that?" Liu Ke asked curiously.
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