Chapter 37 The Glory of the Knight
Death is a tragedy, and death of ten thousand is a number. However, when this number is truly placed in front of you, everything is different. Hundreds of thousands of skeletons are spread all over the mountains and fields on this extremely vast land. Among these skeletons, there were still living humans last night, but at this moment, they are already another kind of existence. Standing in the distance, even Steve, who was used to death, still sighed. This sigh soon infected everyone, making everyone more silent, but there was a desire for destruction in his eyes.
When the army of the undead king Riorick marched, there were no other unnecessary sounds. There were only white bones and bones. The white bones collided with the earth, making endless "crack" sounds. Every moment, countless such sounds sounded. When these sounds gathered together, the people in it felt a strange tranquility. The sound seemed to have completely disappeared. There was only a vibration brought by this sound, a strange silence like death, which was eternal rest.
However, there were some noises in the silence. The source of the noise was an insignificant dot in the Necromancer. Compared with hundreds of thousands of skeletons, this dot was less than a hundred people, but was surrounded by the Necromancer. Countless skeletons attacked them from all directions. However, it was as if the waves could not break through the reef, and the skeletons launched wave after wave of attacks on the reef in vain. In the shining of the holy light, this dot was like a lawn mower. The countless skeletons moving were like weeds in the courtyard, completely shattered in waves of trembling sounds.
However, the mower has a strong power, while the courtyard is as wide as the ocean. Every moment, what they smashed is only the insignificant waves in this ocean. In this vast ocean, it is nothing. There are white skeletons everywhere, and there is no end to see. Behind them, there are only companions of less than a hundred people. Even if these skeletons are vulnerable, even if these knights have power far beyond ordinary people, the number and the impact that seems to have no end will naturally make people desperate.
They were surrounded here for one morning, which was also the longest morning in their lives. The sword would smash several skeletons every second. In one morning, they had forgotten how many skeletons they had killed. They only knew that no skeleton could stop them wherever they passed. Countless fragments of skeletons were thrown under their steps, paving a white road, but the skeletons were still surrounding them.
"What am I doing?" Many knights occasionally have such thoughts in their brains, but they will soon be dispersed by the skeleton in front of them. There are not many thoughts, and everything seems to disappear from their brains. They just simply wave their swords, and under the leadership of the man at the forefront of the team, destroying all enemies. After a whole morning of endless killing, their brains have become numb, and wielding the swords has become a mechanical movement.
Whether they can break through seems to be no longer important, and even life and death are no longer important. They know that even if they drag it for a second, they will save countless civilians in the Tristram area. At the beginning of this operation, all those who do not want to sacrifice have left. At this moment, every knight who is still standing here wielding his long sword must use his own actions and his own blood to cleanse the stains brought by his past betrayal of the belief in light. Glory is my life. The glory of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of the Knights of
There are tens of thousands of people, boundless, and hundreds of thousands of people? At this moment, on the plains of Tristram, hundreds of thousands of necromancers turned into an ocean of skeletons. The pale skeleton even changed the color of the earth. The core of these necromancers is the elite necromancers headed by Leorick, with a total of hundreds of thousands. The outer edges are the skeletons transformed by killing since last night. The level is low, but the number is several times that of elite necromancers.
Among the Necromancers, Griswald and their remaining knights were surrounded. Compared with hundreds of thousands of necromancers, they were as inconspicuous as a wave in the sea. However, this wave still showed extremely powerful force, repeatedly stirring up waves, rushing the skeletons of the Necromancers to pieces. However, this ocean was too boundless, and the skeletons they destroyed were just the lowest level of the Necromancers. Leorick's original formation had not even been dispatched, but just surrounded them on the periphery.
After losing Andalil's shackles, Leorick's necromancers attacked Tristrime that night. No one survived in the entire city except a few wizards. The residents of Tristrime were initially afraid of these necromancers, but after half a year of rule by the demon god, they gradually got used to it.
Whether it is the rule of heaven or hell, life is still the same. However, the severance of trade routes has caused a lot of depression in the market. However, life can still be passed. In this case, who would know that the Necromancer will suddenly take action overnight? As the actual controller of Tristram, Griswald was almost confused when he received the news that Andalil passed through the Necropolis with his spiritual void.
Indeed, after the revival of the Demon God, he turned to the Demon God. This is undeniable. Putting aside the temptation of the Demon God, he also had the intention to preserve it. At that time, the Kingdom of Candras suffered heavy losses after experiencing the failure of the Western Expedition to the Kingdom of Westerma. Then there was a rebellion between the Diapolo and King Riorik, and the elites of Candras were all lost.
In this case, the Hell Lords and the Hell Legion summoned after the resurrection of the demon god have almost no ability to resist. In this case, it is meaningless and hopeless to not surrender and fight to the death. After surrender, not only can you gain powerful strength and eternal life, but the monastery areas of Tristrim and Heradim can also be spared from war and be preserved.
For more than half a year, Griswald was very grateful for his decision and choice, because the Knights of Candras, led by him, gave up resistance. Without war, the areas of Tristram and Heradim were indeed protected. Moreover, human affairs were ultimately managed by humans. Griswald also openly became the ruler of the Tristram region from a retired Paladin. During this period, he was proud, but who would have thought that Andalil would give him such an order?
All the humans who slaughtered Tristram? Only the Hell Demon King and the Hell Lord could do this. Although he endured the person of the Hell Lord, he was still a human in his heart. Everything was considered in terms of human thinking. He firmly resisted such things, and even if he sacrificed his life, he had to resist to the end. However, what's the use of him resisting alone? The core force of the hell forces in the Tristram area, his Candras Black Knights are only a small part, all of whom have survived the two wars. Although they are elites, their number is limited.
The core force of Tristram's hell power lies in the revived King Riorik and his Necromancer, a legendary necromancer and tens of thousands of necromancers. In the face of such a force, he and his Kandras Knights were nothing. How can he stop Riorik's actions? After several attempts failed and suffered heavy losses, Griswald had to change his strategy.
The Knights of Kandras no longer collided with Riorik head-on, but they just repeatedly harassed and delayed the time in order to help the Hradim Brotherhood. At the beginning, Riorik did not pay attention to them, but as the number of harassment increased, the elite necromancers in his town also suffered great losses, he finally began to face the Knights and wanted to completely destroy them. If the strong men in the Knights of Kandras could be transformed into necromancers, this would undoubtedly make him stronger, which led to the encirclement and suppression of the Knights of Kandras at this time.
In the endless sea of necromancers, Griswald was surrounded by hundreds of paladins. In his palm, a touch of fiery red flame was thrown at the large number of necromancers from time to time. Such flames did not seem to have any impact on them when the external blow fell on them, but when the external blow fell on them, the power of the flame would take effect and magnify the external killing. If there were necromancers here, they would be familiar with this power, because this was the unique power of the necromancer's curse system that deepened.
However, Griswald's damage deepening is obviously many times stronger than that of ordinary necromancers. A small spell is more than ten times stronger under his rule power. The knights do not even need to consume mana. They can completely smash the besieged necromancers by waving the long sword in their hands at will. However, this simple waving of the long sword will also consume physical strength. Since the morning, the knights' hands have hardly stopped, and around, the bones of the skeletons have piled up into small hills.
"Knight, look." Lapard, the deputy commander of the Black Knights, suddenly said to Griswald, pointing to the changes in the sea of skeletons in the distance. Griswald stopped casting spells in his hand and looked into the distance. He saw that in infinite distance, the sea of skeletons was restless. The skeletons in the sky seemed to be affected by an invisible force and retreated to both sides. A tall skeleton walked out step by step under the look of countless skeletons and walked towards the Paladins. "Are you finally going out? The final decisive battle has arrived. There is no hope of victory in the face of head-on battle. It seems that you can only use that."
Griswalder knew clearly what Leorick's actions meant. In the past battle to follow the king, when the king drew out the sword in his hand and walked before all the knights, it meant the decisive battle. The king would be the first to break into the opponent's battle formation. This habit, even after he became the King of Dead King, did not change at all.
At this moment, Griswald suddenly felt an inexplicable suppression in his heart. Under the influence of this force, he could hardly help but want to kneel down on the ground. "Leorik, I will never surrender again." Griswald used all his strength to resist this pressure, and his eyes looked at the dead king, the monarch he had served in the past. "Griswald, surrender, the battle is meaningless. In this world, creatures can only struggle in endless suffering and pain of desire. Only death is rest, and only death is the true eternity..."
Leorick's voice crossed the space and fell into Gracewald's ears, as if whispering in his ears. Gracewald smiled bitterly. How could he not hear the meaning of Leorick's words? Leorick was not standing on the side of hell at this moment, but from the perspective of his own path. This madman has now reached the extreme madness. He personally wants eternal peace, so he wants the whole world to rest with him. How can this be? Any creature in this world will not have anyone touching his path.
Griswald witnessed the process with his own eyes. At that time, Riorik was also the great king of Candras. It was him who expanded the power of the kingdom to Tristram and then advanced to the monastery of Heradim. Under his leadership, the Kingdom of Candras went to an unprecedented glory. However, it was this great king who, after creating the infinite glory of the kingdom, led the kingdom to hell with his own hands.
On the surface, Riorick was influenced by the demon god, but as the saying goes, flies do not bite seamless eggs. If Riorick had not had any problems, how could the demon god take advantage of the situation? Under what circumstances did Kandras's western expedition take place? After achieving unprecedented glory, Riorick was not satisfied at all. He wanted to seize higher glory and even wanted to take the whole world into control. These simple holy lights could no longer be given to him. The world was too vast and there were too many strong people. Candras's power could not even be dealt with, let alone dominate the world? At this time, Diapolo recovered.
At that time, although Riorick had some thoughts in his heart, he still had rationality in his heart. Even though he knew that things could not be done, everything would only stay on his thoughts. In this case, without external interference, this thought would be just an idea after all, and gradually buried in memory under the suppression of reality. It was only Diapolo's recovery, with powerful power, and he suppressed the extreme thoughts in his heart. Since that day, Riorick has been wandering repeatedly in reason and madness.
Riorick went crazy. He brazenly tore up the alliance agreement with Westerma and ordered the Knights of Candras and all the nobles of the Kingdom to start a war against Westerma. The Knights of Westerma and the Knights of Candras were once from the Eastern Continent and were originally one. Because of this, the relationship between the two countries has always been very good. Riorick wants to start a war against Westerma. Not to mention that Westerma itself has a very deep foundation. The power of the Kingdom is either comparable to that of Candras, or the Knights of Candras itself does not want to start a war with Westerma.
It can be said that the so-called western expedition of the Kingdom of Candras was a joke at the beginning and had already lost before the war began. However, at that time, Riorik's prestige was unreachable. Despite opposition, the loyal Knights of Candras still attacked Westma. The war finally started in the Rekto wasteland. Westma showed unprecedented power. The Knights of Candras were defeated in one battle. However, the troops of the Kingdom of Westma showed mercy. At that time, the core force of the Knights of Candras was not lost.
Immediately afterwards, about the revival of the Demon King, King Leorick became crazy by the Demon King and spread among the defeated Kandras Knights. Leorick made crazy actions afterwards, which confirmed this situation. Leorick killed pagans everywhere in the entire kingdom, and some famous paladins were also affected, bringing the entire kingdom into a bloody storm. At that time, Candelas was like the highest judging council in the past.
The Knights of Candras were originally dissatisfied with the cruelty of the Supreme Council and believed that the Supreme Council had deviated from the bright road and participated in the Western Expedition to the Kardras Continent. At this time, the king was completely crazy. The knights urgently ceased to fight with Westerma, and then brought the Knights back to Tristrime. This time, their swords swung towards the crazy king. Although Riorick was a legendary strongman in the sixth level, how could a person defeat the entire Knights of Candras?
Looking at the king he had been loyal to in the sea of skeletons, everything in the past returned to his eyes one by one. That time, Riorik fell under the sword of the knight. But then, the king transformed into a necromancer in infinite madness and led his necromancer again to appear in the world of Candras again, causing a wave of killing tides. The Knights of Candras suffered heavy losses in his hands. All this was until the arrival of the heroes, and the Knights of Candras completely smashed the Necromancer and his legion under the leadership of the heroes. Including this time, this is now the third time that the Knights of Candras have swung their sword at their former lord.
"Oh!" Griswald sighed. When the demon's Hell Legion came, he chose to surrender, but this time he would not retreat again. He tightened the hammer in his hand. "Knights of the Knights of Candras, today I will die with you gloriously. Are you willing to follow me?" Griswald shouted loudly, the flames on his body intertwined with the holy light, and at this moment they gathered together, and the curse of hell and the power of holy light were integrated.
"We do." The knights replied in unison, surrendering to the Demon King of Hell. Although the Tristram and the Tymo Heights were preserved, the Knights of Candras were the belief of light. This behavior was fundamentally a betrayal and carried the stains of life. At this moment, the knights had to use their own blood to clear everything.
"Knights of the Knights of Candras? I still remember the first sword technique we learned." Griswald shouted again, his voice rising higher and higher. "Sacrifice." The knights responded again, neatly and firmly. For the Paladins, death is no longer terrible. What is terrible is that after death, they will become a member of the Necromancer like the necromancers they killed, and these Necromancers are residents of the city of Tristram in the past.
Listening to the neat answers of the Paladins, Griswald smiled. He had never felt that his life was as meaningful as he was now, nor did he feel that he was as powerful as he is now. His eyes penetrated time and space, and looked at King Leorick. All he saw was the two deep holes on the skull and the light golden flame burning in the hole.
At this moment, King Leorick no longer had the past struggle in his "eye", only endless coldness and death, which was his way to rest. After fighting against the spiritual power of the Hell Demon King for countless years, King Leorick truly won, but this victory was obtained from endless madness, madness, fear, and pain. King Leorick finally chose rest and destroyed everything that the Demon King interfered with him. Not only did he choose his own rest, he also wanted to let the whole world rest in peace. This was his way.
"Knights of Candras." Griswald raised the hammer in his palm high, and the endless holy light came out from the hammer. The red and white intertwined into a golden brilliance, spreading to the surrounding Knights with him as the center. In this brilliance, the knights' hearts became stronger and the hands holding the sword were stronger. "Charge."
With Griswald's shout, a holy flame ignited on the entire Knights of the Kandras Order, which was the ultimate secret of sacrificing combat skills. Ordinary sacrifice skills, sacrifice their vitality to transform into power. At this moment, they burned the core of their will. Under the burning of the Holy Fire, the core of the will shrank at a terrifying speed, but released unimaginable power, and the power of the entire Kandras Order of the Kandras was raised one level out of thin air.
Burning all the core of will, and finally even their bodies disappeared completely in the holy fire, so that they would not be used by the necromancers after death. As Griswald held up the warhammer and centered on him, all the knights of Candras burned all their faith, sacrificed for more powerful power, Griswald's raid immediately unfolded, and his figure disappeared instantly, turning into a golden wave of light. The knights followed closely, and the original wave turned into a torrent in an instant.
"Boom!" The air burst, and Griswald's charge raided, breaking through the air, and the actual air formed a white tail wave beside him. At this moment, he had turned into the tip of the triangular cone. The separated air waves and the urgently filled air made the knights behind him, who were almost driven forward by this filled force. Following closely, the power of the Knights of Candras condensed into one at this moment and gathered on Griswald. This was the charge formation on which the Knights of Candras relied on.
Hundreds of people burned their power and gathered together. The knights' charge was like a torrent, turning all the low-level undead surrounding them upside down. Whenever they were touched by this torrent, all the skeletons were completely crushed by powerful forces. "Let our death completely clean up all sins in the past. This is the last charge of the Knights of Kandras and the self-purification of the fallen paladins."
Chapter completed!