Heroes of the Invincible Undead

Under the leadership of the adjutant, Gru soon arrived at the camp outside the emergency center and saw the group of Erathians with heavy faces who had come from afar.

Seeing the arrival of the chief of the Jungle Guardians, before Gru could say anything, the leader of the crowd, a rather aristocratic human hero with a thick brown beard on his chin, took the initiative to say hello:

"Chief of the Jungle Guardians, leader of the Jungle Warriors, respected hero Gru, I have heard of your name as early as in the army of Erathia. You were in the Land of Giant Woods, Green March, and The guerrilla tactics used in the Shadow of Death campaign to defeat the enemy can be said to have maximized the combat capabilities of the military units, and are worthy of careful study by every strategist. I am not afraid of your ridicule. When I was training commanders at the Knight Academy in Erathia, Some of the lesson plans adopted come from the battles you personally commanded."

Seeing that the human hero in front of him spoke well and had a calm demeanor, and he was very familiar with the battles he had commanded in the past, Gru felt something in his heart. It seemed that he had met a commander in the Erathian army, and he was at the level of a general. characters.

Thinking of this, Gru looked at the group of people behind with a bit of scrutiny in his eyes. After realizing that the identities of the heroes seemed to be connected to the human army of Erathia, things also became It gets complicated.

"I don't think you came here to discuss tactics with me." Under the gaze of everyone, Gru slowly said, "The end is approaching, why do you human heroes come to Eli at this moment? I did not see an envoy from the Erathian royal family, and this is not an envoy on behalf of the human kingdom."

As Gru spoke, he paid attention to everyone's reactions. Under his words, some Erathians lowered their heads, quite embarrassed when they couldn't speak, while others were full of anger and filled with blood. Due to the long-standing arrogance of the Erathians, they were extremely dissatisfied with Gru's blunt remarks about their situation. Some people had sad faces and could not get over the pain for a long time.

At the end of the sentence, Gru turned his attention to the leading human hero, hoping that he could give him an answer: "Tell me, who are you? What is the purpose of coming to Eli this time?"

Under Gru's inquiry, the human hero smiled bitterly and said: "Chief Gru, we Erathian heroes, although we entered Eri without any prior notification, we never had any malicious intentions, but we acted as a last resort. We make the next choice, and beg the Elf Kingdom Eri to bring us shelter and protect us from other Erathians."

Hearing this, Gru also showed a puzzled look, as if he didn't understand anything in the words: "Why do those Erathians want to hurt you? Aren't you heroes? Or have you done something evil that others can't tolerate?" ?”

Faced with Gru's inquiry, the human hero let out a deep sigh: "Chief Gru, my name is Christian. I was once the commander of the Third Knights of Erathia. Not to mention I have made great contributions to the Holy Kingdom. He has fulfilled his duty faithfully and commanded hundreds of battles, large and small, without ever dishonoring the name of a knight. Many of the people who fled to Eri with me are just like me. They are just one of the Erathians and have never done anything. If we do anything that threatens the Holy Kingdom, if we insist on saying that we have done anything evil, I am afraid it is only because we are heroes."

"How do you say this?" Gru frowned and asked.

Christian shook his head. From the expression of the commander of the Knights, Gru could see his loneliness, and heard him say: "The oracle has been issued. In this doomsday battle, heroes are everything. The root of the trouble, if you want to quell this war, you can only uproot the person who caused the trouble. In response to the oracle of the Stigmata, Queen Catherine has ordered that all the heroes in Erathia be captured and imprisoned, and they will be held captive under the witness of angels. Below, those who violate their destiny will be punished with death."

Following Christine's words, deep emotion and helplessness appeared on the faces of other people nearby. Once upon a time, the heroic power that was admired by thousands of people and gave them great potential has now become a hero at this moment. A curse made them distrustful and criticized by thousands of people. They had to flee their homeland when the end came and turned to other forces for help.

Even Gru was slightly stunned after hearing the news: "Did Queen Catherine really issue such an order? When the end is coming, expelling all heroes in the territory is the same as cutting off one's arms. It’s really not a wise decision.”

Christine didn't think so: "Queen Catherine's decision naturally has her reasons. The Queen usually appreciates the heroic generals under her subordinates very much. I believe she also had no choice but to do this. Before the angel who captured the heroes arrived, I He received the news in advance, and then he had enough time to lead his relatives to escape. Logically speaking, if it was the Queen's decision and high-level priests and angels participated in the secret operation, then there would be no possibility of the news leaking. It seemed that someone was acting deliberately. Let the news out before the start so that the heroes in Erathia have a chance to escape."

As he spoke, Christian looked at the others in the team: "Except for me, there are many Erathian heroes who have received the news. I met many heroes who were forced to flee on the road. After discussion, we finally decided They decided to come to Eli for help. There were also a few heroes who, after hearing the news, did not want to believe the information in the news and still chose to stay in Eli. However, their fate did not seem to be good."

Under Christian's explanation, Gru also understood the situation in Erathia. The end was coming, and when the elf kingdom Eli was busy dealing with the water element monarch and going to **** to stop Rhodes, the situation in Erathia was The situation has also quietly changed. The heroes who were revered in the past have now become like rats on the street and can only come to the Elf Kingdom to seek help.

"How many of you are there in total?" Gru took the initiative to ask as if he had thought of something. As the chief of the Jungle Guardian, he fully understands the power of heroes. The heroes that Erathia does not need have become the elves' kingdom. The God-given opportunity you crave.

"Including me, there are more than a hundred heroes who have escaped from Erathia, but not all heroes are willing to come to Erasi to seek help. Some people plan to find an unknown place to settle in the corner of the continent and hide. After this doomsday, some people choose to stay at the border to observe further changes in the situation. Some even feel resentful after escaping from Erathia, preparing to help the enemies of Erathia in turn, seeking refuge with Lucifer, the Lord of Hell, or others. It was Rhodes, the Lord of the Undead. In the end, there were only about forty heroes who came to Eli with me. Counting the followers around the heroes, there were about eight thousand of us, among whom we had been trained to take up weapons. There are only three thousand people fighting, and the others are all dependents who need to be protected."

Under Christine's narration, Gru also quickly learned about the situation of this group of heroes. Perhaps because she was asking for help from Eli, Christine's attitude was extremely sincere. Without waiting for Gru to ask more questions, she told all the important information such as personnel intelligence, which also made Gru think highly of her.

The human heroes of Erathia are always accompanied by many followers. Now beside this group of fleeing human heroes, the average number of followers of a hero has reached more than two hundred, and most of those followers They are private soldiers under the hero, or close confidants. Even if the hero wants to escape Erathia, the followers will follow him without hesitation.

"I will convey the news to the Eri Council and divide a forest land for the fleeing people, but in return, I need the power of these heroes to resist all enemies in the doomsday."

After understanding the situation, Gru immediately said that the arrival of this new group of troops was also a blessing for Eli. The addition of more than forty heroes was enough to make up for Eli's losses in the doomsday battle. .

Thinking of the hundreds of heroes who escaped from Erathia, even Gru couldn't help but sigh secretly. There were hundreds of heroes who escaped alone, and the number of heroes who failed to escape was obviously even greater. Erathia was indeed a hero. Where there are many heroes, looking at the whole of Eri, the number of heroes will not exceed fifty, and some of them were lost in the battle.

After listening to Gru's proposal, Christine nodded and agreed very much: "We never expect Eli to provide us with free assistance. This sounds like a very fair proposal, if we can take refuge in Eli." , Facing the enemies who harm Eli in the doomsday, we will certainly not sit idly by and ignore them."

After reaching a verbal agreement, Gru was much less wary of Christine. Although this matter did not get the approval of the upper-level council, as the chief, he came forward to propose it, so there would be no problem, and his strength was weakening day by day. Eli, after being supplemented by these heroes, will become more proactive in future battles.

"You said there were eight thousand people accompanying them. Where are they now? Are they all outside the border?" Gru asked again.

Christine explained: "After the flames died down, the wilderness became no longer safe. Whether it was the beasts lurking in the darkness or the cold invasion, it would easily take the lives of ordinary people. I placed them in the Emerald City." If the council agrees, please temporarily lend us the Emerald City, which has long been abandoned by the elves."

As Christine told the story, Gru also recalled some things. During the Battle of the Shadow of Death, the Emerald City once changed hands and was captured by the Lord of the Undead, Rhodes. At that time, Rhodes did not have the Lord of the Undead. With such a resounding name, people only thought of him as a rebellious necromancer, but they didn't expect that he would conquer the entire Brakada Snow Region and become the doomsday overlord who ruled the area.

After the Battle of the Shadow of Death, the Emerald City returned to Eli's hands. However, what was left there was only a devastated ruins and traces of death energy pollution and erosion. It was simply inaccessible to ordinary creatures, and in the end they could only be destroyed. The entire town was completely abandoned. According to the predictions of elf scholars, it would take decades of natural recovery before the death energy there could be completely dissipated.

Thinking of this, Gru couldn't help but ask: "I remember that the Emerald City is full of strong death energy. Ordinary people cannot stay in that environment for a long time. It is probably not appropriate to arrange those people in the Emerald City." .”

Christian just smiled faintly: "Don't worry, among the heroes who came to Eli with me, several are high-ranking priests of Erathia, and there are even three legendary priests. If it weren't for their being heroes, they We should have been stationed in Erathia at this time. With their spellcasting, most of the death energy in the Emerald City has been dissipated, and the impact on humans has been minimized."

Gru was a little surprised. He also had a higher evaluation of the group of heroes that Christine mentioned. He had thought that most of the heroes who came to Eli's team were fourth- and fifth-level backbone heroes. There were very few six-level heroes. For high-level existences above the level, I did not expect that even the top powers such as legendary heroes could not continue to gain a foothold in Erathia and had to come to Eri to seek help. The power contained in these reinforcements seemed to be beyond the imagination of Bigru. Even more powerful.

Thinking of this, even Gru couldn't help but secretly smacked his tongue. It seems that Erathia is determined to draw a clear line with all heroes this time. Existences of the level of legendary heroes, no matter which force they are placed in, will definitely They are highly respected existences, but Erathia is the only one who is now expelling and even trying heroes. What do they want to do?

For a moment, even Gru didn't understand whether Queen Catherine of Erathia had a hot head, listened to the oracle, and made such a seemingly foolish move, or whether she had really found some support and did not need to belong to With the power of a hero, can he survive this doomsday safely? Even if a hero's power is not needed, the heroes under his command should not be expelled. It is always good to have more power. There seems to be only one possibility left. Perhaps it was because Queen Catherine expelled the heroes that Erathia was able to have the power to fight against the doomsday.

Thinking of this, Gru frowned, and things became complicated again. It seemed that behind the expelled Erathian heroes and the oracle from the clouds, there were some Erathian secrets hidden. It's just that he doesn't know it yet.

From Christine's sincere look, Gru knew that he had told everything he knew. If he continued to ask him questions, he would not gain anything, so he said:

"Don't worry, your relatives will stay in the Emerald City during this period, and they will be fully protected. As for other heroes who are capable of fighting, I need to know the power you have and the heroic specialties you have. You need Familiar with the jungle guardian's combat methods, so that when the enemy attacks in the apocalypse, there will be no mistakes in our coordinated operations."

After discussions between the two commanders with rich combat experience, a plan for the coordinated operations of human heroes and jungle guardians was quickly formulated, and Eli's defense measures were greatly strengthened.

(End of chapter)