After the magic circle in the sky disappeared, the pressure on the soldiers defending Beicheng District was suddenly reduced a lot, but they were still in a tough fight.
Because people will not continue to transform into new monsters after death, Austin increased the defensive area and tried to regain part of the commanding heights.
Under Austin's arrangement, four thousand soldiers plus a thousand royal guards as reserves were divided into three lines of defense. The outermost layer of soldiers was mainly composed of guards in non-royal areas. They could use magic or weapons and shields. Well, two thousand people had to stand at the outermost edge to confront the attacking monsters. Perhaps they did not expect that they would not be able to escape the fate of fighting the monsters face to face even after running all the way to Beicheng District.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
The second line of defense is the royal city guards, who are wearing more elite weapons and equipment. These people are far behind and release spells to 'support' the lower class. Many of these people are private individuals raised by the Heidi nobles. Warriors, although these private warriors were summoned by King Mansour to guard the North City where the royal family and nobles were located, there was still a far-reaching gap between them and the civilian guards.
The third line of defense is the royal escort guarding the Jialong Palace. After obtaining the consent of King Mansur, Austin is solely responsible for the arrangements to assist the Great Sage Will and his magic colossus.
Seeing thousands more monsters like undead zombies coming from a distance, Austin seemed a little worried.
He could see that the morale of the outermost defense line was declining rapidly. Even a battle loss ratio of one for five would be a serious blow to the morale of the soldiers.
"Your Majesty the Great Sage, can't you really use the Colossus to clear out some monsters?"
Glancing at the high-quality human nobles who always wanted to be lazy, the curious protoss began to show off their acting skills.
"Ahem, cough, cough... The energy of the Colossus... is not that rich. I can let the Colossus deal with those monsters, but if that Lester comes... Ahem, then there is nothing I can do. I will still have to fight all the monsters by then. It's up to Lord Austin to turn the tide..."
"No... no need, Your Excellency the Great Sage, just leave these monsters to me."
Austen backed down by speaking at a pace that was unconventional for aristocrats.
The haggard Sage Will seemed a little sluggish as if he hadn't slept for three days and three nights, but Austin did not dare to say another word. He could still deal with those resurrected monsters with the life of a soldier. If Lester really If he committed suicide in person, he wouldn't have the slightest confidence that he could deal with the other party.
You know, the disaster in front of him is no different from heaven's punishment. This is a power that he can't even imagine.
"coming."
"What? What's coming?"
"Lester is here, and it's a little... different from what we imagined."
Looking along Sage Will's finger, Austin saw a lonely figure riding on the shoulders of the little giant in the tide of monsters. He was only wearing a pair of torn trousers, looking indifferently at the front. The expressions of the soldiers who were fighting the monsters were full of disdain.
His brain stopped functioning for three seconds, and Austin temporarily allowed himself to believe that the obscure weirdo was the famous Emerald Lord Lester.
"Your Majesty the Great Sage, do you want to activate the demon?"
"Of course, but it will take some time before it is fully activated. Before that, please ask Mr. Austin to hold the opponent back."
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Although he still didn't know who he was and where he was going, Lester finally figured out that the monsters that invaded the city were his own creation, and that he could completely control these cute-looking monsters.
Such a large formation must have a specific purpose, with so many magic killing puppets. Obviously not here to do charity work in the city and clean up trash.
So he summoned all the 30,000 monsters that had killed everyone in other areas to the Beicheng District, which was still resisting, and killed those who displeased him. This was his next goal. (To create flesh puppets, you need souls. Most of the souls were taken away by Lester to fight against the attack of the ethereal evil owl. Therefore, the actual number of monsters is not too many, and the one-to-one conversion ratio is not reached.)
Raising his right hand, the flesh puppets stopped attacking one after another and took a few steps back, giving the exhausted outermost soldiers room to breathe. The damaged areas of the defense line were refilled, but Lester didn't care at all. These.
"Don't you feel aggrieved? After finally escaping here, you are treated as a consumable by the nobles who are above you. They are at the forefront fighting life and death against inanimate magic products. The nobles wear better equipment and enjoy a better life. But they are hiding behind you and fishing in troubled waters. Even after the battle is over, they will only be the ones to receive awards from the king. Are you really willing to do so?"
Many injured civilian soldiers turned around. The expressions of the superiors more than 500 meters behind them seemed a little embarrassed. Many of them still maintained their superior arrogance and seemed to be very dissatisfied with their offensive looks.
"Go and leave this city. No puppet will attack you. Nobles choose to let you die, but I am willing to give you a way to live. Pick up the dignity you have lost. Don't work for them anymore. I will spend the rest of my days ,live for yourself……"
"It's all because of you! You devil! If it weren't for you, Heidi City wouldn't be what it is now! All my family members are dead! They're all dead! In addition to the soldiers, Heidi City also has Of the two hundred thousand civilians, there are only a few left in Beicheng District. Do you really not feel guilty about doing this?"
When the soldiers began to waver, someone chose to accuse Lester of atrocities.
"So what? You came to kill me and avenge your family. Can you let me die with your words?"
Responding calmly to the gaze that made him want to eat himself, Lester smiled disdainfully.
"Someone gave up his only chance of survival, but what about the others? No one chose to leave? Then I'm going to close the door."
"I want to leave! Please let me go!"
A short man covered in blood gave a tentative shout and walked away from the crowd.
After receiving the order, the archer fired hidden arrows at the people who wanted to leave, but Lester blocked them with a magic shield.
Seeing the group of nobles killing him, the frightened short soldier finally stopped hesitating and ran behind the puppet in a few steps, took off his cracked helmet and smashed it on the ground.
"My family is all dead, and there is no one left for me to protect in Heidi City. Noble gentlemen! Go and fight it yourselves!"
Seeing that the short man was not attacked by the monster, other people who were ready to make a move also took steps to follow behind. Most of them chose to leave, but only a few soldiers who had death intentions still chose to confront Lester.
"It's really boring. I gave you a chance, but you didn't use it. Since you don't want to live, then just die."
