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"Send the East Guard Corps to follow me to have a look." Simon's expression became solemn when he heard this, and he ordered.

"Yes!" Gallente immediately went to convey the order.

Soon, the army set off in a mighty manner towards the northwest.

After walking for more than two hours on the winding mountain road for more than ten miles, Simon led his army to the cliff cave.

He looked up at the top of the mountain and couldn't help but sigh: "Wow, what a high mountain!"

The height of this mountain is about more than two thousand meters, extremely steep, like a pillar of heaven that goes straight into the sky.

The cave on the cliff is also very wide, tens of meters high and wide.

As soon as he got closer, Simon noticed that it was filled with dark magic factors, and there was also a strong smell of corpses.

"Send the order down, build a camp and besiege the cave.

Bring all the fire pots over." Simon immediately ordered.

"Yes." The herald responded and left.

"Deli, organize a team, go in and explore, and return if you encounter danger."

"Understood!"

After receiving the order, Delly immediately picked a dozen mages and a dozen golden warriors, and led the team into the cave personally.

After a while, there was a loud noise in the cave, roars rumbled, and I don't know how many wights wailed.

The exploration team rushed out, and it seemed that they did not suffer any losses.

"My Lord Earl! There are all wights inside, densely packed, and countless!" Delly's face was a little pale.

"Let the East Guard Corps set up a few more lines of defense, dig another isolation trench, and lay fierce oil in advance.

Reconnaissance around to see if there are other exits, and transfer the South Guard Corps to assist in defense."

Simon frowned, but still issued the order calmly.

"Yes, sir!" Gallente immediately went to convey the order.

"Mobilize all the mages, your light magic will play a big role tonight."

"Yes!" Delly heard the words, saluted respectfully, and walked away quickly.

After that, the work of each department was carried out in an orderly manner, and it was soon evening.

Several thick wooden camps and fences had been built around the cave, and there was a trench five meters deep and eight meters wide in the middle.

Simon expected that the corpse ghosts in the cave would come out to wander at night. It would be a disaster sooner or later, so it was better to completely eliminate them while there was a geographical advantage.

"My Lord, everything is arranged." Gallente went to report.

"Let the soldiers eat." Simon nodded.

"Yes!"

As soon as night fell, the soldiers were full and went to the wall of the camp to guard.

At first, it was calm, without even a little insect chirping or bird chirping.

The nervous soldiers inevitably relaxed a little.

However, at around nine o'clock in the evening, the cave became lively like a faucet that was suddenly opened, and gloomy roars came in waves.

"My Lord, the corpse ghosts are about to move." Deli beside Simon said immediately.

"Light a bonfire."

"Yes!"

As the order was issued, a pile of flames rose on the camp that formed a semicircle, illuminating the surroundings.

And the corpse ghosts also walked out of the cave on all fours, rubbing shoulders with each other, and there was no end in sight.

"Ah!!!" As a sharp roar sounded in the cave, the corpse ghosts immediately launched a charge.

"Shoot!"

At the command of the knights guarding the wall of the village, the archers and crossbowmen immediately shot thousands of arrows.

Hundreds of corpse ghosts rushing in front were shot down immediately.

Many of them who were not shot in the head were still staggering to get up, but were trampled into meat paste by the corpse ghosts rushing up from the back.

"Shoot! Shoot!"

The knights looked at the corpse ghosts pouring out of the cave, and their pupils shrank slightly, and they shouted loudly.

Just like this, after dozens of rounds of arrow rain, the archers and crossbowmen withdrew from the wall of the village, and the spearmen took over.

During the shift change, the ghouls climbed up the wooden wall with their hands and feet, and then were stabbed down by spears.

Simon stood on a watchtower built in the back to observe the battle.

"My lord, the origin of the ghouls is very strange, there are all kinds of people, orcs, humans, dwarves, and it seems to be dead elves?"

Deli on the side asked in confusion.

"They look quite old, but fortunately they are not getting stronger with age..."

Simon was somewhat relieved, he was really worried that some old monster would emerge from them.

More than an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

The first line of defense was still solid, and the soldiers took turns to climb the wall to defend, and there were not many casualties.

If the ghouls were really dense, the wizard would release a light spell or purification spell, and the pressure on the front line would be relieved immediately.

Simon was not so worried now.

Although there were many ghouls and they could climb walls, their intelligence was very average and their combat power was not very strong.

The individual was between ordinary people and entry-level warriors.

If they were in an open plain, these corpse ghosts would naturally kill people.

But Simon led his army to build fortifications in advance and was well prepared, so they didn't look scary.

However, the good times didn't last long. Suddenly, some huge monsters with horns rushed out of the cave.

Their eyes were bloodshot, and they rushed towards the village wall regardless of anything. With a bang, they knocked down a section of the wooden wall.

Seeing this, the mages cast spells one after another. In the blink of an eye, dozens of light spells rose into the air, mixed with purification spells.

In an instant, the outside of the cave was as bright as day.

The corpse ghosts wailed as much as they could, but they were pushed by the big guys rushing out from behind, and could only continue to wailing.

"Retreat to the second line of defense! Prepare flaming oil, set fire!" Sarit issued a military order upon seeing this.

Woo-woo-

The horn sounded a desolate horn, and the soldiers on the front line received the order to retreat one after another. Naturally, some of them were drowned in the sea of ​​corpses.

The catapults in the rear began to operate, and a moment later, dozens of flaming pots hit the vicinity of the cave, and a raging fire started.

Even many of the corpses that rushed out were on fire.

"Heavy infantry! Kill!" Sarit gave another order.

More than a thousand golden warriors wearing heavy armor rushed up, and the corpses naturally couldn't stand it.

Even the corpses transformed by the minotaur were cut in half.

And the scrap copper and iron held by the corpses could not cause any harm to the heavy infantry.

The trend of defeat was immediately stopped.

More than half an hour later, all the corpses that rushed out were killed.

The cave was sealed by the fire pots, and no new zombies joined the battlefield, so the soldiers felt relieved.

However, they could not sit idle, but hurried to rebuild the first line of defense.

When the wall was built, the catapults stopped throwing fire pots into the cave, and the zombies poured out again.

A new round of fighting began again.

This battle lasted until dawn, and the surviving zombies retreated back to the depths of the cave and gradually rested.

"My Lord, the zombies have retreated.

However, the number is unknown, there are too many, it seems endless." Sarit and other legion commanders found Simon to report.

Their eyes were solemn, and there was a trace of fear.

"Don't be afraid, no matter how many there are, there will be a time to kill them all.

This may be an ancient battlefield.

You know, the history of the Eagle Kingdom is not long, and the stories before this are very mysterious..."

Simon smiled, looked at the two legion commanders, and comforted them.