Time: 2011-5-2218:18:05 Words: 3118
"You should know that the small countries like Isiah are located in the middle of the continent. They are actually just a military buffer zone for the big countries.”Seth continued," So, every time two big countries have a diplomatic or military problem, these small countries will be in turmoil. If the big countries want to fight, then the land of these small countries will be the battlefield. Without a stable environment, the country would naturally not be rich, and because the country was poor, its strength could not be improved at all.”
" However, a small country also has its advantages. It borders many big countries. Smugglers can use this place as a distribution center for smuggled goods. Every smuggler has his own way, but very few people can directly transport goods from one big country to another big country. Therefore, these smugglers trade here, and the small countries collect taxes from them. This is also considered mutually beneficial.”Seth concluded.
After crossing the river, there was a forest on the other side. There was a small path in the forest. According to Seth, this was actually a small path that the patrol soldiers had taken. However, from the moment we crossed the river until we left the forest, we did not encounter a single patrol soldier. One could imagine how lax the border defense of Issiah was.
After walking out of the forest, there was a small town not far away. This was a resting town. Smugglers often rested here. However, it was strange that there was no one on the streets of this supposed bustling town.
"Is the great country going to war again?”Seth said doubtfully. If a big country wanted to go to war, they would naturally seal the border. The smugglers would also stop for a while. Without smugglers, the town would naturally not be active.
"Young man! Come in quickly!" At this moment, the door of the only tavern in the town opened. An old man in leather armor stood behind the door and greeted us. We hurried over, and when we entered the tavern, the old man slammed the door shut again and bolted it.
"Sir, what's going on?”Seth asked. Although there were some mercenaries sitting in the tavern, they did not drink or talk. This was very abnormal.
"Young man, you just came back from a long trip, right?”The old man peeked through the crack in the door and heard Seth speaking in his local accent. He turned to Seth and said," You don't know, but in the past month, the dukedom has been plagued by living dead!”
"The…living dead? Not an undead?" I was a little surprised to hear the old man's words. Sometimes, a certain arrogant death mage would think that he was invincible and would come out to stir up trouble. Since these death mages were all using the spirits of the dead to fight, they were called the spirits of the dead by the ordinary people.
However, bringing the dead back to life…
"Yeah, the living dead!" The old man trembled in fear and continued,""This old man has lived for so long. I've heard of the undead. It's a person in black clothes with a large number of skeletons. Although it's scary, it will be destroyed very quickly. Those skeletons can be smashed into pieces with a hammer. Even I can fight ten of them at once, but this time is different!”
"According to the rumors, at night, many dead people will crawl out of the place where the living dead are, attacking all living things. As long as you are scratched or bitten by these living dead, you will become a living dead after a while.”One of the mercenaries continued," It's not that no one resisted, but whether it's swords or hammers, they were ineffective against the living dead. Some even used fire, but the effect was not obvious. These were all said by those who escaped.”
Wasn't this just a zombie? A living dead…But there were no zombies in this world. Necromancers usually drove all kinds of skeletons to fight. Well, although zombies were slow, they were definitely much more terrifying than skeletons once they were in large numbers.
"Have you tried Holy Light?" I asked.
"I've tried it. The effect is not bad." The mercenary replied," That's why the few small countries around the living dead have already sent messengers to the Church of Light for help. But this is a small country. Can they rush over so quickly? In addition, Princess Luna was leading the cavalry to search for the walking dead, but these walking dead suddenly disappeared after attacking the village. Not long after, they would appear far away from the previous attack site and then disappear again. Therefore, even if the Church of Light sent someone, it might not be effective immediately.”
"Seth, don't you think you've heard the phrase 'disappear immediately' before?”I suddenly asked Seth.
" You mean…" Seth thought for a moment and asked the mercenary,""May I ask, in the past month, where are the areas where the living dead have been?”
"At first, it was at the border of these countries. Then, for a period of time, there were more troubles in the Duchy. The biggest one was in Lattes. Although they did not attack the city, several small villages around it were destroyed. Recently, they had returned to the border of these countries, so no smugglers dared to go here anymore.”the mercenary replied.
" As expected…" Seth understood. It was probably those people who had done it.
"Young man, do you know something?”The old man asked Seth.
"Yes." Seth nodded." I heard from a friend of mine that some time ago, a cult's plot was crushed near Lattes, but those cultists suddenly disappeared, so I think this might be the cult's revenge.”
"I see…"
"Damn cult…"
The mercenaries discussed animatedly, but no one complained. After all, evil cults deserved to be killed. If one died fighting against evil cults, they could go to heaven after death. This was the deep-rooted concept of the mainland residents.
" So it's a cult…" The old man heaved a sigh of relief." I didn't expect that I would have the chance to fight against a cult even though I'm about to die." " Although it's not auspicious to say this, I'm happy today. Come, come, young man and two girls. You must be tired after coming from afar. I don't have anything good to serve you, but my stewed fish is definitely the best in the countryside. Today, I'll show you my skills!"”
"Old Jim, you can't be biased. We also want to eat your stewed fish!”
"That's right! I've long heard that your stewed fish is delicious, but you never make it. I definitely can't let it go this time!”
The mercenaries began to clamor, and everyone seemed very excited. Ever since the incident with the living dead, everyone in the vicinity had been living in the shadow of death. For mercenaries, death might not be scary, but if they became the living dead, they would not be able to live or die. This was the most terrifying thing. Today, they suddenly found out that it was the evil cult's doing. Regardless of whether it was true or not, the fear in the mercenaries 'hearts seemed to have suddenly disappeared. This was because they had a reason to fight to the death, and at the same time, they had eliminated the fear of death.
After eating Old Jim's stewed fish, the mayor and a few mercenary leaders came to find us alone to ask about the specific situation. Seth understood the importance of confidence to these people, so he told us everything about the black armored soldiers. However, when he told us, he deliberately highlighted the "cult"-although we didn't know what was behind the black armored soldiers 'incident.
"Villagers! "Just now, our town welcomed three brave young men. It was these three young men who personally participated in an operation to eliminate the evil cult not long ago and crushed the evil cult's conspiracy! Although this operation had eliminated most of the cultists, it was a pity that one of the cultists had escaped. The incident of the living dead was the cultists 'revenge. As the people of the God of Light, we are naturally not afraid of these evil cult rats. We are ready to sacrifice everything for the great God of Light! After we die, we will definitely enter heaven!”
"This mayor is quite eloquent." I whispered as I looked at the mayor who was giving a speech to the townspeople in the town square.
"I think he was actually skeptical, but now he can only believe it. At least this way, he and the residents can fight to the death when they encounter the living dead.”Alice said in a low voice.
"I have a feeling that we might be able to see those living dead tonight.”Seth said softly as he looked at the setting sun.
At midnight, the moon hung high in the sky, and the stars shone brightly. The lights in the town gradually went out. This was something that had never happened since the incident with the walking dead. Before this, no one dared to light up at night for fear of being attacked by the walking dead. However, it was completely different now. Due to religious fanaticism, the residents even looked forward to the arrival of the living dead. This was because in the descriptions of religion, heaven was beautiful and many times better than life on earth. However, the residents were not unprepared. Simple weapons such as wooden sticks and pitchforks were placed at a convenient place. The scouts of the mercenaries in the town were also set up, just like how there were two scouts on the roof of the tavern vigilantly watching the surroundings.
"Hey, did you hear? It's said that Her Highness Luna is rushing here with her cavalry.”The long period of peace made the two sentries slack off. Sentinel A whispered to Sentinel B.
"You won't get a share even if you come!" Sentinel B said with some contempt," She is the daughter of Duke Isiah, the leader of the Tulip Knights! If it wasn't for the sake of meeting that young man, he wouldn't have come to this remote village!”
"Do you think what that young man said is true?”Sentinel A asked again.
"Of course it's true!" Sentinel B said," Let's not talk about the famous Great Swordsman Seth. Just look at the two girls behind that kid. They are so beautiful! How can such a person be a liar?"
(What kind of reason is that…)
"That's true." Sentinel A nodded (he actually believed it…),"But it's a pity that the Great Swordsman Seth, the great hero, died just like that.”
"He died a worthy death in the fight against the evil cult. As expected of a hero.”Sentinel B sighed and said," You stay here and keep watch. I'll go to the toilet."”
"Wait!" Sentinel A seemed to have discovered something. He pointed into the distance and said,"Look! What are those things?"
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