Chapter 42: Purgatory on Earth Flames flew, flags were broken, corpses lay everywhere, and blood flowed into rivers. yznn inside.
The outskirts of Lorenti City, the capital of the Kingdom of Yestije, has turned into an unprecedentedly miserable and bloody battlefield.
The black smoke from the burning flames covered the sky.
Wounded warriors were staggering among the corpses, extending from the base of the city wall into the distance.
Corpses in different postures were lying in various positions.
Most of these corpses are naturally dead people, and there are also a considerable number of war horse corpses, as well as unnamed weird monsters, plus more completely unrecognizable broken bones and rotten flesh.
At first glance, it looks like a slaughterhouse. .
Groups of crows and wild dogs swarmed in, not afraid of the still-burning embers, wandering leisurely in this natural food party, competing for the delicious flesh and blood.
What is even more horrifying is that on this battlefield littered with corpses, there are still "people" standing in a pool of blood and fireworks, wandering around with an unusually stiff pace.
Among these "people", most of them have only bones left.
Even those who still retain their skin and flesh have hideous and terrifying faces.
There are no eyeballs in their eye sockets, and their bodies are covered in a disgusting stench.
Their muscles are rotten and black, their skin is withered and necrotic, and various internal organs are flowing out from the terrifying huge wounds.
After coming out, no matter how you look at it, you can no longer be called a human being.
But these "people" who should have died long ago still did not fall, but wandered around helplessly, roaring from their severely damaged throats, their eyes filled with hatred for living beings, and killing without mercy.
Kill everyone they can see alive From time to time, seriously injured Kingdom soldiers who fell to the ground were stabbed in the heart by skeleton soldiers, and their throats were even torn open by zombies and bled out.
This is a life-and-death fight between the living and the undead Although the city of the royal capital was still crowded with heavily armed soldiers at this time, facing the army of undead creatures that were "cleaning the battlefield" and killing survivors, they only dared to stand on the city wall, trembling with fear.
Looking down at the Shura Field below, he did not dare to help his colleagues trapped outside the wall.
In addition, unlike the common war scenes between humans, the royal capital of Lorenti City, which was under siege by the undead at this time, was shrouded in a gloomy mist at some point.
Although it was not an exaggeration to the point where you could not see your fingers, it was still It was enough that the defenders could not see the scene in the distance.
They could only wear the clothes they wore and stood in the cold and damp mist, stamping their feet and trembling while worrying about their fate.
A month has passed since the undead army from the southeastern border suddenly arrived near the royal capital.
The hastily assembled human army suffered tragic defeats again and again in the wilderness.
The outposts, fortresses and manors dotted outside the walls of the royal capital have all been wiped out by the undead.
Even the royal capital itself, protected by the tall city walls, has withstood several fierce attacks.
"Hoo, hoo" In the gray mist, Clem, a soldier of the Kingdom's Guards, leaned on a spear and leaned against the crenellations of the city wall.
He kept making bursts of rapid breathing, like a broken bellows being pulled, trying his best.
The ground gets more oxygen to the lungs.
With the fall of various camp strongholds in the suburbs, the city walls of the royal capital have become the last line of defense against the undead.
Climb was exhausted from the endless battles one after another.
Although the enemy was not attacking the city, they were not retreating either, so he was forced to brace himself and continue to be alert and ready for war.
Just outside the moat at his feet, a Kingdom soldier who had fallen behind during the retreat back to the city was wailing in an extremely sad manner, as if he was being delayed.
In fact, the soldier's current situation was indeed similar to that of Ling Chi, because several ferocious-looking ghouls were lying on his body, tearing off strips of bloody flesh from his limbs that were not protected by armor.
Ghouls were originally transformed from humans.
They more or less retained a human body shape and minimal intelligence, but they were definitely much uglier.
Their mottled, rotten skin covered clearly visible bones, and their eyes were like hot coals.
They usually glow with red light and are covered in potent toxins.
Any creature bitten or scratched by them will be immediately paralyzed.
Moreover, just like their name, ghouls are obviously rotten undead, but they have a good stomach, eager to tear the flesh and blood of all living things, and can maintain their shape, heal wounds, and enhance their strength by eating corpses.
This thing is quite durable.
As long as it cannot kill with one hit, it will quickly recover by eating corpses, and there is always no shortage of dead corpses on the battlefield.
In addition, ghouls can also transform corpses into undead creatures.
Fortunately, this transformation process is quite slow, otherwise the killing speed may not keep up with the proliferation.
If possible, Climb would also like to use a bow and arrow to give this poor man a happy death, but this is impossible because yesterday, Climb's bowstring broke together with the bow body, and The already scarred armor had collapsed just now, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't repair it.
The long sword had been broken a long time ago, and now he only had a spear in his hand that he picked up from nowhere, and he couldn't throw it away again.
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Moreover, even on the city wall, there was a shocking pool of blood, with broken human corpses and internal organs scattered among them, especially the head of a dead soldier.
The head seemed to have been torn off from the body, and the fear-filled eyes on it were staring directly at Climb.
Clem's already numb heart tightened suddenly, and he had no choice but to turn his head and look no further.
At this moment, a slight noise came through the fog.
Climb looked back and saw a noble officer wearing gorgeous armor staggering over.
The original gold-plated and silver-plated armor on his body had been damaged in many places, and he was holding his abdomen tightly with his hands while breathing softly, but there seemed to be not much blood stains, and it seemed that the injury was not too serious.
Climb moved slightly, but immediately sat back weakly, "Sorry, sir, I can't get up and salute."
But the injured noble officer did not say a word, and just continued to stumble towards Clem, as if he wanted him to help him.
Seeing this, Climb had no choice but to stand up again with difficulty, leaning on his spear, ready to give a hand to the commander who was unable to walk steadily.
"Be careful and avoid touching him.
There is something wrong with this guy."
A panicked warning suddenly sounded.
Before Clem could even turn his head, he heard a strange roar of "Uh-huh".
The noble officer suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed towards him with a roar.
Fortunately, Clem's military career in recent years was not in vain.
The moment the opponent rushed towards him, he raised his spear and stabbed him hard.
The attacker immediately fell over and fell heavily on the city wall. next to the crenel.
The next moment, he leaned over and took a look, and was suddenly frightened and gasped.
I saw a big bloody hole in this guy's belly, the flesh and blood inside was blurred, and at least half of his internal organs were missing, clearly exposing the white bones.
Looking further up, behind the helmet that had just fallen off, there was a face that was bitten with holes by unknown things.
One eyeball hung under the eye socket, flickering in and out, which was particularly terrifying.
But despite being so seriously injured, this guy was not dead, or even unconscious, and was still staring at Daniel with his other intact eye.
His big mouth full of sharp fangs opened and closed, and disgusting viscous liquid kept flowing out.
It flows from between the teeth.
Climb was horrified when he saw it.
At this moment, a sword light suddenly passed by him and chopped off the monster's head.
"Next time, please pay attention.
Even on the city wall, there are many soldiers of our army who were poisoned by corpse poison due to fighting, and then slowly transformed into undead in the miasma.
If they are not carefully identified, it is easy to cause trouble."
A slightly tired and stern voice said The voice immediately sounded.
"It's the warrior commander.
Thank you for your help."
Turning around, he saw Gazef Stronov, the warrior captain of the kingdom, sheathing his sword.
Climb could not help but express his sincere thanks.
At the same time, he lowered his head and looked outside the city again.
He was suddenly horrified to discover that the man who had just been eaten by corpses The poor guy bitten by the ghost actually stood up staggeringly again, surrounded by a group of undead, but his appearance seemed to have changed.
His skin was withered, his facial features were distorted, his mouth was full of steel teeth, and his saliva was flowing.
Roaring.
And the pair of terrifying eyeballs that turned blood red were staring at him standing on the city wall.
The magician stationed at the watchtower at the head of the city immediately fired a burst of fireball in this direction.
The undead creatures gathered on the other side of the moat suddenly flew into pieces and were knocked down in large numbers.
But the problem is that after the smoke and dust dissipated, except for a few unlucky ones whose heads were smashed, the rest of the zombies and skeletons quickly got up.
Even a guy whose legs were completely broken were struggling.
He moved forward bit by bit with both hands, and the intestines, internal organs and broken muscles were dragged all over the floor behind, making everyone want to vomit.
Faced with such a horrifying scene, Climb couldn't help but feel deep despair: the evil magic chanter who controlled the undead had been hiding behind and never showed up, leaving people wondering where to fight.
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And if the source of all troubles cannot be eliminated, then as long as there are enough corpses, the undead creatures attacking the royal capital will be killed endlessly, leaving humans exhausted to deal with them.
And those few bone dragons that can resist all magic are the nightmare of all the defenders, and they can knock out huge gaps in the city wall every time.
Even with the strength of Warrior Captain Gazef, he could only barely drive them away rather than completely eliminate them.
With Wang Guowen and Wu Xi's weak status, can they defeat such a terrifying and powerful enemy?
Warrior Captain Gazef seemed to notice his low mood, so he walked up to him, patted his shoulder and encouraged him, "Don't worry, we will definitely win as long as we can survive this most difficult time."
Climb nodded, but still couldn't cheer up.
And Gazef could only sigh and continue, "Clem, His Majesty the King has just given me a dangerous and important task, which requires a group of the bravest people to complete.
I hope you can also participate. " It was only at this moment that Climb's eyes brightened a little.
"What mission?"
He looked up at Warrior Commander Gazef and asked.
"Come with me out of the city, break through the encirclement of the undead army, and go outside to collect reinforcements," Gazef replied.
"This time the undead attacked too suddenly.
Not only did we have no time to gather our troops, but even the kingdom's adamantine-level adventurers The reporter team Cang Qiangwei also happened to be out of town.
That's why the fight was so embarrassing.
Now, in order to defend the royal capital, it is not enough to just be trapped in the city.
Someone must rush out with the royal order and assemble the armed forces scattered in the kingdom.
Only with a strong reinforcement can victory be possible.”
At this point, his tone suddenly became a little hesitant, "Perhaps, some strong people I just met might as well try to ask for my help."
If it can be said that outside the walls of the royal capital of Lorenti at this time, it is already like a slaughterhouse, then behind the army of the undead, it has become a real slaughterhouse, as well as Hell's Kitchen and Human Meat Restaurant.
Humans are the most popular among them.
Ingredients What is worth noting is that the diners feasting on human flesh are not undead.
"Women's fat is very soft and the meat is delicious.
Children's fat is very thin and the meat tastes great.
But the most delicious thing is the muscular man's meat.
It's a pity that it's only the meat of corpses.
It's better to eat it alive."
Human flesh is so fresh” Adoma, the Spider-Man maid of the Pleiades Battle Maid Corps in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, held a human hand that had just been cut off from a corpse, feasting on the fresh human flesh while muttering about her delicious food.
Her throat kept trembling, and her entire arm disappeared little by little with the sound of "pah pah pah".
Although her expression was very cute, but combined with the actual situation, it was enough to make any weirdo pee his pants.
At the same time, the eight-limbed assassin bugs of the Great Tomb of Nazarick led by Edoma were also feasting on the corpses collected by the skeleton soldiers, gnawing away the internal organs, muscles and fat, leaving only a few Complete bones are used to piece together new undead monsters.
"I think so too.
Whether it's humans or other animals, the fresher the meat, the more delicious it is."
A giant cockroach wearing a gold crown and a red robe also led a group of smaller cockroaches, eating another pile of dead people and dead horses with relish.
However, the way it eats is obviously much more elegant than Edoma.
It even ties a napkin and holds the knife and fork with its forelimbs.
He also used magic to fry the human flesh until it was 70%, then spread it with sauce, sprinkle with spices, and enjoy it slowly with the captured wine.
He is the most aristocratic being in the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
He is said to be proficient in fencing, music, dance and court etiquette.
He even eats his own meals as elegantly as a French meal.
But even so, It still doesn't change the fact that it's a big cockroach.
"I remember that I just sent a group of living prisoners.
Can Demiurge give me a few living prisoners to try?"
"No, absolutely not.
These stupid undead creatures only know how to kill people.
No matter how strict they are to capture people alive, they have only captured more than 20 people alive so far.
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These precious captives still have important uses, so we can't You can eat whatever you want.”
The commander of the undead army outside the royal capital of Lorenti City, the demon gentleman Demiurge, shook his head like a rattle while staring at the battle mage maid Narberal next to him with bright eyes, "How is the situation Nabe?
Lal, this latest batch of tanned human skin paper should be usable."
"Don't make any noise.
I'm experimenting.
We'll wait until we get the results."
Narberal just raised her body slightly, scolded her without looking back, and once again leaned over the small temporary wooden table in front of her, concentrating on making.
Magic scroll.
At this time, on the table at her hand were scattered countless various magic catalyst ores, precious metals, stones with properties, gems, various powders, dried animal organs, etc.
There were also piles of gold coins and bundles of leather paper of different colors.
Narberal first recited a spell silently, emitted high-temperature light from her fingertips, and melted a few gold coins into liquid.
Then, under the constraints of magical power, the gold solution slowly flowed onto the paper as if consciously, and then snaked to the scheduled location.
After reaching the position, it slowly spread, finally depicting a golden magic circle with complicated and exquisite patterns, both complex and Being so slender is not yet complete.
Next, magic power needs to be poured into the scroll to make it a truly usable magic scroll.
This is also the most dangerous part: Narberal made six scrolls in a row, but three of them failed.
The scroll suddenly burst into flames during the process of infusing magic power, and burned cleanly in the blink of an eye, leaving only a handful of fine ashes.
Although the other three scrolls also became red and hot, they finally did not emit flames or smoke, but gradually cooled down.
"Huh, this batch of magic scrolls has finally been successfully completed.
The quality of human skin paper is indeed much better than sheepskin."
Seeing that repeated trials finally yielded results, Narberal, who had always been cold-faced, couldn't help but show a hint of joy, "The texture of parchment in this world is so poor that even the first level of magic can hardly withstand it. .
It would be slightly better to use human skin to make magic scrolls.
It can barely carry third-level spells, but Demiurge, can you guarantee the quantity of raw materials?"
She looked back at the few human captives in a rough wooden fence not far away, and couldn't help but frowned again, "If it is the skin of a dead person, its quality is the same as the poor parchment in this world.
Almost.
Only by skinning them alive can we guarantee better results.
Good quality.
And the skin peeled off from each human's back is only enough to make one scroll.
But you only have so few living people, how can the skin peeled off be enough for a single game?
For a single person's magic combat, at least it will consume more than a dozen scrolls."
"There is no good way to solve this problem for the time being.
We can only use healing magic on the skinned person immediately after skinning it so that it can be used repeatedly."
Demon Gentleman Demiurge shrugged, "The rest is I can only continue to capture slowly.”
"Furthermore, according to my experience, since among the parchments used to make scrolls, the texture of lambskin is the most ideal.
Then among humans, skin peeled from young children should also be the best.
But here you are.
There is only one child in total, and he is so thin.”
Narberal pointed to the only skinny little girl in the pen and added, "I can't bear to skin her." "" Demon Gentleman Demiurge didn't know what to say for a moment, "Well, I will fatten her up as soon as possible."
"Speaking of which, as long as you break into the city opposite, aren't there as many living humans as you want?
Then whether it's skinning them to make scrolls or cutting their flesh and eating them, everyone can use it happily.
Enough, why would you be so cowardly as you are now?"
The big cockroach Horror, who had eaten a feast of human flesh, wiped his mouth with a napkin and complained to Demiurge, "Such a pretentious siege is really boring.
If I had allowed me to lead my fellow tribesmen to fight in from the sewers, we would have been long gone by now."
Just sit in the hall of the palace and celebrate."
When he first arrived in the royal capital, the terrifying man with the talent of "infinitely summoning cockroaches of the same species" volunteered to be the vanguard, preparing to lead hundreds of thousands or even millions of cockroach legions into the royal capital from the sewers. , gnawing down all the humans and animals in the city until only the bones were left.
However, Demiurge urgently stopped it, and then even ordered his cockroach army to stay away from the battlefield and stuff it in the rear to be refrigerated.
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At the forefront of the siege, Demiurge just put up some low-level undead creatures that were weak but did not cost much to summon.
He pretended to attack the city several times a day and retreated after suffering slight losses.
It's like playing a game instead of fighting.
"I have said several times that we will not attack the royal capital of Lorenti City for the time being, and use our main force to sweep the surrounding areas.
This is a strategic decision made by Ainz-sama.
As subordinates, we must strictly implement it."
Demon Gentleman Demiurge Si slapped the table hard and said, "In this kingdom, it is true that There is really no power worth worrying about, Lord Ainz, but in other countries, there seems to be powerful treasures left by supreme NPCs from other organizations, which may very well pose a threat to Lord Ainz and our station, so we Have to act with caution” "But, I still don't understand, what does this have to do with not capturing the capital for the time being?"
asked the Horrible Duke.
"Well, according to Ainz-sama, as long as we don't capture the royal capital for a day, no matter how many villages and towns we sweep and destroy, in the eyes of those in power in other countries, this will still be a small conflict not worth getting involved in. , the rulers of this kingdom should be left to resolve it themselves.”
Demiurge replied, "Therefore, in order to avoid making too many enemies at once and leading to an unexpected defeat, we must be slow and patient in our attack on this kingdom.
We must first surround the royal capital and paralyze their command center.
Then gradually destroy the surrounding countryside and destroy the source of this country's strength.
When there is only one lonely city left in this country, what can stop us from conquering it."
Regarding the above statement, all the guild NPCs who were ordered to go on the expedition were sincerely convinced.
After a little thought, they understood Lord Ainz's difficulties.
But the problem is, understanding is understanding, the actual problem of how to obtain a large number of skinned people alive as soon as possible for making magic scrolls still needs to be solved.
"It seems that the only way is to set up a human breeding ranch after the war, and then use various aphrodisiac spells to let them mate collectively, and then give birth to a large number of human cubs that are most suitable for skinning."
Demiurge thought hard for a while. , and finally came to this conclusion.
"Human Breeding Ranch" Battle Mage Narberal raised his eyebrows, "It was opened in the forest near the Great Tomb of Nazarick."
"No, it has to be set up further away."
Demiurge shook his head, and then explained, "In the area of Karn Village, which is closest to the Great Tomb of Nazarick in this world, there have been many people gathered recently.
There are many humans from all over the world, and Ainz-sama seems to have turned them into In order to avoid frightening the people or serfs, Lord Ainz will definitely not agree to our setting up a human breeding ranch near our home.
It is true.
Lord Ainz is not a philanthropist, so why should we do this?
Despicable human beings are so good” oshow7: