--How to do?
Mira, who was at a loss for words, turned back to look at Filippo blankly, but the doubts in the eyes of the dirty young man were the same as hers.
People who have reached their level in swordsmanship are well aware of the impact that equipment gaps can have. Swords and swords have been only portable secondary weapons and self-defense weapons since the classical Raman era. Once equipped by nobles and officers, they became popular after the advancement of smelting technology and the rise of the mercenary profession. It is precisely because of their size and durability that they are better than longer weapons.
But the first-class ace weapons on the main battlefield are long poles from beginning to end, whether they are lances, spears, axes, spears, axes and hammers, everything is completely summarized in the phrase "long and strong". The long sword's chance of winning against this type of weapon is extremely slim. Unless the technical gap is huge and the opponent's length advantage can be converted into a disadvantage, it can be possible to win back the victory - but even then, it still needs to be There is a prerequisite that the other party does not wear armor.
Edged weapons cannot break armor because they are not designed for that.
Even if you get close, if your sword slashing at the opponent will only cause the opponent to be involved and destroy the weapon, what's the point?
In comparison, the opponent's weapon has a longer attack range and each attack is more powerful. Once hit, it will either die or be injured without protection.
Mira was only wearing a set of half-armor, not mentioning her limbs, even her throat, neck and head were exposed, and Filippo only had a simple shield snatched from the villagers.
With such equipment and numbers, even if they are fully energetic, if they have to deal with an imperial army of thirty or forty people, the result will not be any different from the previous records of mercenaries fighting against regular armies, and it is likely that it will still not be the same in the future. Any changes.
It can only be a moth flying into a flame.
If that wasn't bad enough, how about adding that they looked like corpses returned from the underworld?
How on earth do you re-kill a corpse that looks like it's already rotting?
If it were a living human being, you could stick the tip of the sword through the gaps in the armor's throat and armpits to cause the opponent to bleed to death, but these corpses seemed to have lost all their blood.
How to do it? ! ——I’m so worried, but I don’t know what to do.
"You damn thing deserves to go to hell!" While they were still hesitating and hesitating, the residents hiding in the houses and corners of the alleys were already furious because of the loss of their own personnel. Armed with hatchets and simple spears, they rushed towards these hateful-looking walking corpses, and Mira and Filippo were shocked to discover——
These undead.
unexpected.
weak.
"Snapped--!"
Although it is not clear what drives them to move, it is certain that they still retain the human structure. In addition, there are traces of being chewed by unknown things and details that have begun to rot. How can an arm with damaged tendons and even cartilage be able to swing a powerful enough blow?
The angry villagers swung the hatchet in an unorganized manner, and the moment they hit the spear in the hand of an undead soldier, his two hands "clicked" from the elbows and fell to the ground due to the impact. .
"This -" Even the villager involved was stunned. Because the undead lethality of the knight at the beginning was too powerful, he was prepared to rush out desperately, but he did not expect that his opponent was so weak.
Another zombie soldier thrust out a crooked stab. The villager dodged nimbly and then grabbed the handle of the spear and pulled it, causing it to stumble and fall to the ground. He stepped on the undead's helmet and grabbed the spear with a tug. A few rotten fingers stuck to the spear shaft made him feel very sick, but now was not a good time to care about such details. He twisted it in his hand. Then he threw the spear away.
"Clang!" After the huge metal collision, a small pit appeared in the chest armor, and the impact directly caused the slow zombie to sit down on the ground. And it groped in place for a long time and failed to get up again.
"Kill!!" Seeing how weak these guys were, the village leader with side braids and the rest of the people also rushed out.
They cooperated with each other. When two villagers used long poles to push the slow and stiff undead to a nearby wall, another man took the opportunity to behead them with a machete.
The smelly bodily fluids splashed on the faces of these villagers. If they were citizens or nobles of the empire, they would probably be vomited by it. However, the tough highlanders were not afraid at all. They stretched out their hands and wiped them randomly on their clothes and nearby walls. Wipe the ground twice and continue fighting.
After the head was severed, the zombie immediately returned to the state of a corpse. Obviously, even though there are many terrifying places, the weakness of the head and neck is still the same as before life.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" A dozen brave and skilled highland residents, working together in just a few minutes, killed these undead and retreated steadily.
Some people began to feel a little frustrated. They were immersed in killing and fighting bloody battles, but...
Forgot a fact.
——If these things are really so weak, why did the Imperial soldiers, who were more complete and better equipped than them, fall to this point?
"Tsk, the Lamanite army is only well-equipped, but its actual combat ability is still not good!" If he were in a tavern and asked a highlander who felt good about himself after two glasses of wine, he would I will definitely answer you like this with contempt and ridicule.
So is this really the case? If the imperial army is really useless except for its good-looking equipment.
Highlanders and why.
He will be defeated again and again.
"Boom-bang!!" The skull hit by the heavy ax blade only offered the slightest resistance, and then the entire skull shattered and flipped open.
Blood and brains spattered, and the villager who was the first to take action, who was still complacent before, died in the blink of an eye.
"Wha—!" The undead knight in full armor raised his ax gun, and in just an instant, the originally slow and numb undead soldier seemed to have changed his appearance.
"Uh-huh! Huh--!" They picked up their spears in an orderly manner that was no worse than before in life, and then stabbed forward in a highly unified manner: "Uh-huh, uh-huh." The two highlanders who couldn't dodge were immediately attacked by several people. He was stabbed by a spear. Although the tendons were weak and therefore could not cause real damage, the sharp and sharp spear was enough to make him miserable.
"The situation is not good, we should go." Filippo said, and Mira nodded in agreement. Although they were extremely tired, the highlanders were fighting the walking corpses at the moment, so they would not seize this opportunity to escape and wait for them. There is a chance that there will be no chance of winning or losing.
"Ohhhhhhhh!" The village leader with pigtails let out a strange scream from behind, and he rushed forward with a two-handed machete in his hand - just when Mira and Filippo felt that he While he would rush forward bravely to deal with the toughest knight, this man chopped down several ordinary soldiers one after another, and then ran back around the corner.
"So cunning." This made Mira couldn't help but feel contempt despite her busy schedule. Combined with this person's previous behavior of repaying kindness and resisting the rule of the village chief's family, it is obvious that there are also some so-called "simple folk customs" among the highlanders. Such a cunning and cunning character.
After all, humans are the same everywhere, even uncivilized savages are inherently superior to the other four major races in intrigues and intrigues.
She withdrew her gaze, and both of them lowered their bodies and prepared to run towards the two war horses beside the ancient well - they were captured by the villagers before and were currently unattended.
Although the war horses were very tiring, their leg strength was far superior to that of humans. If they could be mounted, there was no way these people could catch up on foot.
"Wait, what are you doing!" - The two people's movements were interrupted by a loud roar. Mira and Filippo turned around nervously, thinking that they had been discovered, but they saw the village leader shouting at They were the two villagers who had been stabbed with spears before.
"Willim, stop! You are running in the wrong direction, don't break the formation." Another villager ran towards this man. Although the culture was rough, these highlanders paid great attention to the formation in battle.
"Hey, stop-gu-ah-ah-"
The throat was slit.
The villager named Willim lowered his head and turned his back to the undead.
The silent knight raised his ax gun again, and another villager who was also injured turned his head with bloodshot eyes after a period of weird limb distortion.
"What the hell is this -!" "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." A sharp, high-pitched scream, as if their vocal cords were completely broken, came from the throats of the two villagers who became strange. The news came out, and before anyone could react, they rushed over at a speed that ordinary people could not imagine.
"Whoa!" The frantic villager jumped up without any preparation and jumped five meters away. The moment he landed, he used a hatchet to split half of his original companion's face.
Blood surged wildly, and the leader of the highlander with pigtails who reacted turned around and saw Filippo and Mira who were about to escape. He immediately knew what they were thinking, and just when the girl was worried that this man would When he rushed over to attack them, he didn't say a word, and actually left his companions behind and ran straight towards the horses beside the ancient well.
"This coward!" Even though he was not a friendly force, Filippo still cursed. The two of them stopped shrinking and stood up and started walking towards the horses. The highlanders who were left behind noticed the sound and turned around.
"Brother! Brother Luonuo, what are you doing!" they shouted, but the village leader known as Luonuo didn't even look back. He ran directly towards the war horse. He was obviously very discerning and chose Filippo's noble thoroughbred horse. He got on the horse and pulled the reins: "Drive!"
"Shit thief!! Coward!!" The young man was so angry that he picked up a stone and threw it towards him, but Rono, who was already prepared, controlled his horse and headed towards the haze on the other side. Ran away wildly.
"Brothers, that son-of-a-bitch Rono left us and ran away!" The loud sound of horse hooves attracted everyone's attention, and they clearly saw Rono's back as he walked away. The morale of the highlanders, who were already retreating under the command of the knight and the attacks of the two newly added crazed villagers, worsened. Mira and Filippo looked around, and the girl's war horse purchased in Parnilla was still there. He had a lot of supplies on his back, and he had been traveling all the way before, so having to bear the weight of two people might not guarantee his escape.
The two looked at each other and then both made their decisions.
They looked around and finally spotted the largest abandoned house in the village - a stone temple.
"Hey! Come this way." Mira held the reins and waved towards the highlanders. Her simple words and gestures made them all notice the huge temple. This was like a bright light when their morale was being hit one after another and they were retreating steadily. The villagers launched another wave of attacks, then threw away their inflexible pole weapons and ran towards this direction.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" The two crazy villagers, who were as strong as apes, screamed strangely and rushed towards this direction. Filippo stopped shoveling again, and he hurriedly picked up the sand as the sand flew up. He threw a stone loudly, and this time he finally hit a crazy villager without missing a beat.
"Bang Kuang!" The frantic villager who was hit in the eye fell directly to the ground, but the attack of another frantic villager worked. "Ahhh!" A villager was hit in the back while escaping, screaming and falling. On the ground.
"Liam!" His friend turned around and shouted loudly, "He's hopeless!" But the other man roughly grabbed his collar and pulled him forward arbitrarily.
"What the devil!" the young villagers cursed angrily and hatefully. After all the dozen or so surviving people rushed into the church, Mira, Filippo and several other villagers cooperated to inlay the corners. The heavy wooden door reinforced with copper was pushed shut.
"Squeak - Kuang!" "Cough cough - cough cough cough cough -" The area where the temple is located seems to be much drier than other places. After the two doors were closed, a burst of dust made everyone cough.
"Bang!" But then they regained their attention.
"Block the door, find something to block the door!" Filippo turned around and shouted, and with the common interest of survival, the villagers did not care about their past grievances. In any case, at least these two people did not mount their war horses and abandon them. But trying to find a way to save everyone's lives.
"Hold on!" "Why the hell is this damn thing so strong!"
"Don't say that, those are Willim and McColin!"
"They're not, friends, not anymore!"
"Hold it!" With more people and greater strength, a dozen highlanders, all young and middle-aged, quickly moved some damaged temple stone pillars and other heavy objects to hold up the door, while the alert white-haired girl explored the ground and found some There was a thick, rusty iron door bolt.
When she and Filippo worked together to lift it up and insert it into the fixing slot on the door frame, the beating from outside could no longer affect the door in the slightest.
"call--"
It was very rare for more than a dozen people to breathe a sigh of relief at the same time, but just after they took a breath, they heard the clear and bright sound of horse hooves coming from outside again.
"Reinforcements?" "Rono is back?" The villagers whispered to each other, and Mira looked along the bright light indoors and found that there was a stone staircase inside that led to the second floor.
"Let's go up and have a look!" she said, and after confirming once again that the door was tightly blocked, everyone ran up to check.
"——Be careful, don't be seen!" They leaned in front of the broken window and carefully poked their heads. There was indeed a bunch of undead in front of the door, and in the distance there was a horse riding back. Ronno looked around.
He seemed a little nervous, and everyone was curious about the reason for his return.
"Wha—" the sound of metal collision sounded, and the undead knight who had been silent all this time turned his head and walked towards him.
The zombies also changed direction and ran towards the newly appeared Rono.
"Brothers! Where are you, help me!" the leader of the Highlanders shouted, his anxious and frightened expression clearly revealed, but no one in the temple responded.
"Brothers! Compatriots! Where are you!"
"My friend, my brother!" Rono shouted, and at the same time controlled the war horse to distance himself from these undead, but his eyes could not leave behind him - that is, where he left the others and fled alone at the beginning. direction, as if something more terrifying than these dozens of undead would appear there at any time.
"Do you want to help him?" One of the villagers relented, but the next second he said these words, Luonuo's face turned livid.
"——Drive!" As if he had the belief that he would die, he controlled the war horse and forced it to break forward. He wanted to use the impact of the war horse to run over it directly, but the horse that did not reach full acceleration was just stuck in it, and the war horse Frightened and beginning to neigh, Filippo punched the wall angrily.
The reason why Ronno was so worried that he made such an impulsive move was answered in the next second.
"Dong dong dong dong——"
It was the sound of neat horse hooves.
The sound of horse hooves, the sound of marching, the sound of plate armor and weapons clashing.
"Wha—!" What emerged from the mist was the high black flag of the Padrosi Empire.
"Boom!" "More undead!" "Shh, keep your voice down!"
They rushed over.
"Eh-" But Mira noticed something was wrong.
"That's-" Filippo also saw it, followed by more people.
"Hey -" Luo Nuo dropped the machete in his hand and huddled on the horse with a pale face.
"Bang!!!"
But the heavy cavalry group just rushed past him.
Including the two crazy villagers, all the ordinary zombies were trampled to pieces and stabbed through with lances.
The Highlanders, unscathed.
"Ka-cang-" The horses slowed down before rushing out of the small village and then circled back. The knight in the lead, wearing gorgeous black armor, exhaled a burst of white air from the gap in the visor again, and opened the Got it.
"This is the Ninth Brigade of the Padrosi Empire Border Guard. I ask, are there any other living people here?"
The pair of gray-blue eyes sparkling under the helmet, the tall black-haired knight asked, and then he noticed the remaining undead knight.
"" He glanced at Rono, who was so frightened that he peed on his horse. Although he said nothing, everyone in the temple who could only see his back could guess what his expression was.
The knight in black armor got off his horse and walked towards the knight who was left alone and silent.
Everyone was looking at him intently, but at this time, some strange sounds also sounded from inside the temple.
Like a strange "gurgling" sound, and unusually close.
"Oops!" A villager screamed and distanced himself from his companions. The four highlanders who had been splashed with blood before now also had strange marks on their faces, and their eyes began to become bloodshot. After hanging his head on the spot, his limbs danced at strange angles.
Finally, raise your face.
"Ahhhhhhh-"
Screaming like a bird.
"We are in big trouble." "Qiang——" Mira drew her sword and stood with Filippo.
