For a general to face a Necromancer, it would be too much of a waste. But the 20,000-strong army was already ten miles away from the city. It would be inexcusable to retreat just like that. And he had lost 3000 cavalrymen. How was he going to explain this to his superiors?
Qin Yin's army in the south was mainly composed of the nobles of the lower house and upper house. There were no royal swordsmen, nor were there any troops from the four towns of Holy Rock City. Because of this, the army led by this general was pieced together.
If he fought against the Tanggulas, the nobles would not have any complaints. The problem was that he was carrying out a secret order. He had to bear all of this responsibility himself.
The Winged Skeleton entered the city and recalled the undead knights and skeletal warhorses. He laughed and patted Kind Tree's shoulder. "Kind Tree, did you enjoy killing them just now?"
Kind Tree smiled bitterly. "Sir, I pretended to be a Necromancer. That could cost me my life..."
The silver soulfire in the Winged Skeleton's eyes flickered. "Are you afraid?" he chuckled.
"Of course. No matter how brave I am, I would not dare to provoke a mage." Kind Tree spoke the truth. He was a high-level swordsman. Even if he trained to the level of a Sword Saint, he would still die if he faced a Necromancer.
"If you keep following me, no one will be able to expose you." The Winged Skeleton grinned. Behind the crystal mask, it looked terrifying.
"How can I leave Earl Bessita? He doesn't have many people with him." Kind Tree hung his head dejectedly.
"Don't worry. After this incident, the king will transfer Earl Bessita away and replace him with a young general. The old Earl... will return to Kushui Prefecture. His Highness will not let him take the risk here. Just follow me and continue to pretend in the future. "
"Sir, why are you doing this …"
"Hey, you don't have to ask. The Earl will agree." The Winged Skeleton interrupted Kind Tree. He was an intelligent undead. This kind of undead was extremely rare. At least, not many necromancers could summon them.
It was not unreasonable for him to pretend to be Kind Tree's summoned creature. Hiding his abilities would give the enemy a surprise attack in the future.
In the eyes of outsiders, he was Kind Tree's strongest summoned creature. Thus, the enemy would want to destroy Kind Tree. If the Winged Skeletons did not have intelligence, this battle strategy would be correct. However, the Winged Skeletons were smarter than most humans. If the enemy did this, it was tantamount to seeking death.
"From now on, you are Grand Magus Benevolent." With that, the winged skeleton led the six jade skulls up to the top of the city walls. The battle had only just begun. He had struck the enemy's heavy cavalry, forcing the enemy to continue fighting.
Mu En followed behind the Winged Skeleton, feeling both fear and joy.
What he was afraid of was that if he was exposed and angered a High Mage, he wouldn't have a good ending. He was happy because he had really followed the Winged Skeleton. From now on, his life would become exciting.
Kind Tree was not an ignorant person. He saw that the Winged Skeleton was Salin's trusted aide, a powerful and intelligent undead. If he followed the Winged Skeleton, it would be hard for him not to prosper in the future.
Those who studied swordsmanship were completely different from those who studied magic. Which of them didn't want to make a name for themselves? Magicians might spend their entire lives cultivating in the Mage Tower. The more skilled a person was in swordsmanship, the easier it was for him to die on the battlefield.
Obtaining a title and land was every ordinary person's dream. Only magicians were an exception.
When the Winged Skeleton returned to the top of the city walls, Earl Bessita was still there. He used an alchemy telescope to observe the distance, only to see a few teams of scouts spread out over a mile wide, observing his town from afar.
Seeing the Winged Skeleton return, Earl Bessita said, "Sir Bing …"
"Earl, there are still more than twenty thousand enemies. The town can be defended, but I don't know how the Regional King will deal with this town after we defeat them." The Winged Skeleton wasn't worried about defending the town. If he wasn't here, the town wouldn't be able to be defended. Since he was here, even if there were thirty to fifty thousand enemies, they wouldn't be able to take it down.
"His Highness will not give up on this town. If the southern army wants to start a war with His Highness, His Highness will be even more forceful and send troops to attack the rear of Qinyin's army," Earl Bessita replied firmly.
"That's good. I can act without worry."
The Winged Skeleton said and waved to the six jade skulls. The jade skulls nodded and left. They descended from the top of the city walls and began to take out various tools and materials from their spatial equipment to assemble the catapults.
There were only a dozen or so catapults in the town, and it would be difficult for them to deal with the attacks of a large army. However, the number of catapults in the Winged Skeleton's hands was large enough to arm several fleets.
Because Eleanor had provided the more advanced magic stone cannons, the catapults that were supposed to be installed on the warships were dismantled and not destroyed. Instead, they were brought along by the Winged Skeleton.
There were also a few apprentice swordsmen in the town who were called over to help the jade skulls install the catapults. The catapults on the warships were slightly smaller, but their attack range wasn't close. Battles on the sea were usually five to ten miles away. As long as the distance was within one mile, it would be within the range of the alchemy crossbows.
The Winged Skeleton began to set up a summoning magic array on the top of the city walls. The town's walls were only ten meters tall, but they were thicker than most medium-sized cities. The top of the city walls was eight meters wide. The Winged Skeleton set up a summoning magic array with a diameter of six meters. After embedding the magic cores, he began to summon skeleton soldiers.
The Winged Skeleton had no selfish motives. The skeleton soldiers he summoned were not as simple as the Three Sovereigns. None of them had any cracks on their bodies, and they had all types of soldiers. Not all of them were level one either.
Level two and three skeleton soldiers could be seen everywhere. Groups of them walked out of the summoning magic array. The top of the city walls was shrouded in black fog. The giant Undead Stare also rose dozens of meters high, monitoring the distance from afar.
The Winged Skeleton could summon thousands of low-level undead and directly control them. If he summoned too many, he could only give general orders.
"Earl, you can bring your bodyguards and go with my master. Leave the defense of the city walls to me." The Earl frowned at the Winged Skeleton's words. However, he also knew that his few hundred bodyguards couldn't even defend one side of the city walls. Currently, there were more than two thousand new soldiers in charge of defending the city walls. They didn't have enough soldiers, and they lacked powerful defensive equipment.
This town wasn't an important military location. It was just a symbol, a symbol of peace between the two sides.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Your Excellency." The Earl was also anxious to see Salin, so he led his bodyguards down the city walls.
Other than the undead and Kind Tree, only Eva and forty of Salin's bodyguards were left on the city walls.
"Eva, you can go down too," the Winged Skeleton said. Eva smiled brightly. With a respectful expression, he bowed to the Winged Skeleton and led Salin's bodyguards away from the city walls. The Winged Skeleton found ten level-four undead archers from the Green Spirits and arranged them next to the alchemy crossbows, ready to snipe the officers near the city walls at any time.
Eva led Salin's bodyguards down the city walls. He looked back at the undead on the city walls. He wanted to spit, but he didn't dare to. He swallowed his saliva and thought, I better not do this. I have to keep it in my heart. If I offend this guy, Salin won't be on my side.
Nelis could fight with the Winged Skeleton as she pleased, but Eva didn't have the guts. Nelis was protected by Salin no matter what he did. Eva was just Nelis' contract creature, so Salin could do whatever he wanted with her. He didn't have to feel bad about it. After the Demon City was built, Nelis could summon more demons, and Eva was afraid that her position would be unstable.
This time, the four demons were determined to do a good job so that Salin would see them in a new light.
The Earl left the city walls with his bodyguards and returned to his mansion. Salin and the others had already rested with the power of the Restoration Water, and their fatigue was gone. The two met, and the Earl said worriedly, "Your Highness, Qin Yin's army of 20,000 is approaching. Why don't you leave first?"
"Bessita, don't worry. This time, I'm going to Great Liang City to help Rex defend. If I can't stop the Cloud Flow people's fleet above the sea, I will make my last stand in Great Liang City. The Cloud Flow people have a million troops, and I don't care about it. Let Bing train first to get used to this kind of offensive and defensive battle. "Salin said unconcernedly.
"A million troops!" Bessita didn't know about the trouble Great Liang City was facing, and when she heard Salin's words, she was shocked.
"Don't worry, if Rex is prepared, Great Liang City can still be defended. I'm just worried that the Cloud Flow people will ally with the Tanggulas Empire because of this, and then the Bitter Water Prefecture will have to bear the pressure from Holy Rock City. So this time, my main goal is to destroy the Cloud Flow fleet above the sea. "
Earl Bessita understood. The Cloud Flow people were most proud of their fleet. If Salin could destroy the Cloud Flow fleet, then Holy Rock City would have to consider Metatlin's naval power. It was easy to stop the Cloud Flow people's attack on land, but to defeat them in a water battle was a completely different concept.
There were already more than two thousand skeletons gathered on top of the city wall. The Winged Skeleton felt that it was enough, and stopped summoning. The magic formation stopped operating, and the six high-level magic cores embedded in it dimmed a little.
Only five hundred of the two thousand skeletons were left at the front, and the rest were scattered on the two sides of the city wall. These skeletons mixed with the soldiers, and the soldiers of the Bitter Water Prefecture were nervous and curious.
It had been many years since necromancers and humans fought together in a large scale battle, so the soldiers weren't too afraid of these necromancers. The aura of the necromancers wasn't considered strong, and they were only as weak as beginner human swordsmen. There were many among the soldiers with this strength.
"Mu En, I'll be letting you command the next battle. Take this." The Winged Skeleton said, and took out a magic staff, replacing the one in Mu En's hand.
The Winged Skeleton's magic staff was also given to him by Salin, and each staff could store three necromancy spells.
In the distance, Qin Yin's army advanced to a distance of five miles, and then stopped. Qin Yin's general could be considered cautious. According to the intelligence, there were only twelve catapults in the town, and his army could completely withstand the stones and attack, with very few casualties. But now, there was one more necromancer in the city, and anything could happen.
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