It was very difficult for Astral to make the decision to abandon the city!
A fortress like Dendera Fortress, which could accommodate more than a hundred thousand troops, was rather huge. It covered an area of nearly ten square kilometers, and it took nearly two years to build with manpower and material resources. Once they abandoned the fortress, it would mean that all the previous investments would be for naught, and it would also put the alliance army in a situation where there was no place to defend. It could be said to be very dangerous.
But … they had no choice but to do this because the water source had already been polluted by the plague. There was no point in continuing to hold on, and it would only increase the number of infected. And every day the army stayed in the fortress, it was equivalent to losing hundreds of soldiers. Everyone was in a panic, and their morale was low, and they had no combat strength. If the enemy really appeared, it was uncertain whether the alliance army could fight or not. In this case, it was better to completely abandon this fortress and put themselves in a desperate situation!
Although the heroes were unwilling to accept Astral's decision, they were all the best of their respective races. In terms of intelligence, they were naturally outstanding, and of course, they could think clearly about the pros and cons. So after a moment of silence, everyone unconditionally supported Astral's decision.
After making the decision, the heroes heaved a sigh of relief. Gelu smiled bitterly. "In the end, we still have to be like Arantir …"
Solmyr said angrily, "Even if we have to leave the city, I still say the same thing. Arantir must be the vanguard to fight the demons. Our army's morale is low now, and only the bone dregs under his command are unaffected. At such a moment, he should fulfill his duty!"
"Yes, that's right!" Hearing this, the other wizard heroes nodded. "The alliance army can station at the back!"
The grudge between the mages of Bracada and the necromancers of Heresh had not formed in a day or two, so after hearing the suggestion of the wizard heroes, Gelu could only remain silent and not comment. As for Alaric, he was even more eager for this to happen …
Since they decided to abandon the fortress, the alliance army quickly took action. The intact troops began to withdraw from the fortress in an orderly manner while guarding against the zombie attacks.
However, after confirming that the priests' divine spells were ineffective on the infected, the Allied Forces could only abandon the infected who had only been scratched in the process of fighting against zombies but had not yet completely mutated!
This decision was cruel, so in order to prevent the injured from losing control of their emotions and mutiny, the heroes discussed for a while and decided to hide the truth from them.
They gathered the infected but not mutated people and placed them in the same camp. They erected a large number of sails around the camp to block their line of sight and prevent them from seeing the scene of the fortress defenders retreating.
Originally, as long as the measures were taken properly, these infected people might not know this decision until they died. Unfortunately, for some reason, it didn't take long for these infected people to know that they were abandoned!
There were hundreds of similar injured people. When they heard that they had to stay in the fortress and could not retreat with the army, these injured people immediately burst into an uproar. Although they knew that they might not be saved, out of their survival instincts, they always had fantasies and felt that they could still be saved. Now that the alliance army had made such a cruel decision, they were in despair and completely unable to accept it.
In particular, many of the injured were once noble mages, which intensified the conflict. When these infected people clamored to find Astral for an explanation, they fought with the soldiers guarding them. The hearts of the infected people were already dead. Under such circumstances, they could not care less about their comradeship. During the fight, many infected people actually opened their mouths and bit the guards!
As a result, nearly a hundred more infected people suddenly appeared among the soldiers guarding the place …
The scene went out of control for a while. When Astral and the others received the news and rushed over with the army to suppress it, they saw a mess and corpses all over the ground.
It could not be helped. The people who were bitten were also red-eyed. Everyone knew what the outcome would be after being infected. They simply adopted a ruthless attitude toward these infected people who had harmed them and aimed their butcher knives at their former colleagues …
This was actually the most terrifying part of the T-Virus. Human relations, friendship, family, and even love would be vulnerable at this moment …
All the infected people died, including the guards who had been bitten. This was a massacre. In order to prevent future troubles, the other guards could only deal with it cold-bloodedly. Astral's face twitched when he saw this scene, but in the end, he could only sigh.
"Burn their corpses!" He ordered. After all, if he left them alone, these corpses would stand up again after a while.
Then, he began to investigate how the news was leaked, which led to this tragedy.
If no one had tipped off these infected people, they would not have realized that they had been abandoned until the army withdrew from the fortress. But now that the news had leaked in advance, he had to find out who did it.
Astral originally thought that it might have been a good friend of the infected who had secretly done it. But he did not expect that after investigating, all the spearheads pointed to the priests that Alaric had brought! Because the last ones who came into contact with these infected people were the priests who wanted to continue studying what the plague was about!
Alaric had just arrived at Dendera Fortress not long ago, but he was already a big scapegoat! When Astral angrily questioned him, he still had a dumbfounded expression and did not know what was going on.
Coupled with Alaric's arrogant attitude at the beginning, this matter instantly caused a huge rift between the Erathians and the Bracadans.
Especially when Alaric could not find out which priest had leaked the news, it was even more so. The Bracadans thought that it was not that Alaric could not find out, but that he wanted to protect the priests under him. But the heavens pitied him, and Alaric really could not find out who did it …
Although this matter had delayed a lot of time, the army of Dendera Fortress was still withdrawing according to the scheduled plan. They had to finish this before dark because at night, there might be many more victims due to the attacks of the mutants in the chaos of war.
In the evening, when the sun gradually set in the west, the fortress completed its evacuation. The high city walls were abandoned, and the gates of the fortress were blocked. Dendera was completely reduced to an empty city … Oh, no, it should be said that it was a city occupied by zombies.
When night fell, the mutants crawled out of the sewers and began to move. But they could no longer find any blood food, so they roared angrily.
The alliance army retreated to the plains about two kilometers away from the fortress. In order to prevent the mutants in the fortress from escaping, they specially set up a large number of land mines and magic traps near the fortress as a warning. But even so, the soldiers could not help but shudder when they heard the terrifying roars coming from the fortress from afar.
"Sigh, I feel like we've jumped from one trap into another …" Astral said to the other wizard heroes, and then there was an awkward silence.
"Now, we can only hope that the demon will appear as soon as possible!" Gelu said. "If it were me, it would be the best time to attack now that we've just finished evacuating. In addition, it's night, so it's very likely that the demon will appear tonight!"
"Get ready!" The lightning on Solmyr's body quickly flowed around as he looked at the dark night sky in front of him with a sharp gaze.
Alaric did not say anything. He shrank in the corner of the group of heroes, looking a little abnormal.
He couldn't help but be abnormal, because just a moment ago, a priest came to his side and quietly reported something to his ear.
Among the Priests he had brought with him, one of them had gone missing without him noticing!
When he received this report, Alaric almost immediately confirmed that this missing priest was most likely the person who had informed the infected about the evacuation!
Damn it! There's a traitor among us! Alaric was cursing in his heart. He could not figure out who this missing priest was, but he could no longer investigate this matter because once he said it, he, Alaric, would become the target of public criticism. Those nerdy mages of Bracada would place all the blame on him …
Therefore, he could only pretend that nothing had happened and wait quietly with the other heroes.
Time passed bit by bit. When it was almost late at night, there was a slight sound of water in the night. A figure suddenly emerged from the river flowing through the canyon!
It was a man dressed as a priest. He was holding a cross necklace in his hand and carrying the Hammer of Judgment on his shoulder. His entire body was wet. After emerging from the river, he looked warily at the surrounding shore and then back.
Needless to say, this priest was the missing priest in Alaric's team …
"This position is already far away from the fortress alliance army, and even Arantir's undead army has been left behind. It's about time …" the priest muttered to himself, and then his expression relaxed a little.
At this moment, his figure suddenly blurred, and his entire appearance gradually changed. From the inconspicuous image of a greasy uncle in a priest robe, he gradually turned into a female succubus with reverse wings on her back and flames burning on her hooves!
If Roy were here, he might have been able to recognize at a glance that this succubus in front of him was Benia, whom he had seen back then!
As a high-rank demon, Benia had the same superb transformation talent as her sister, Biara. She hid among Alaric's priests, and even the angels could not detect the existence of a demon like her …
"Hahahaha!" After Benia finished transforming, she could not help but let out a shrill laugh. "I finally escaped. Biara, my dear sister, wait for me. I'll come back to find you soon! But now, I'm going to find my powerful ally … "
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