As Paladin Order led the army to Karinsha, an important town in the north, Kingdom of Lobul felt the atmosphere of an imminent war from top to bottom.
Especially civilians in areas near the border have long been enveloped in panic, fear and despair.
Because they have heard how shocking the scale of the invasion of demi-humans and undead creatures is this time, and they understand that it is impossible for the Holy Kingdom to withstand it with his own strength.
The only hope is to wait for reinforcements from the Kingdom and Theocracy before the defense line is completely captured.
Otherwise, based on past experience, none of the hundreds of thousands of people living on the border can expect to survive.
As for the Hunter Association, Holy Kingdom civilians don't know much, only the nobles know a little bit.
Standing on the high wall of Great Wall, Queen Karl stared at the dense crowd of demi-humans not far away, and asked his two friends without looking back, "Kuirat! Remedios! We can definitely hold on, right?"
"Ah! Isn't this of course! As long as I am alive, I will never allow these monsters to cross Great Wall!" Remedios responded, holding "Holy Sword Sepharicia" tightly.
As Holy Kingdom's strongest Paladin, although she has various shortcomings, she has never disappointed at critical moments.
Especially his talent in martial arts is even higher than Kingdom's Warrior Chief Gedō.
"That's right! No matter how many enemies come, we must defend, and we can only defend. Otherwise, the millions of civilians behind us will be littered with corpses." Kuirat also expressed his attitude after his sister.
"Yes! Even if we die, we must not take a step back." Karl gently stroked the crown on his head.
This is not a simple decoration, but a prop used by the Holy Kingdom to pass down the great ritual magic "Final Holy War" from generation to generation.
As a genius who can use fourth-level magic at the age of fifteen, she has made up her mind that whenever the situation comes to a crisis, she will not hesitate to reveal this trump card.
Just when Kuirat was about to say something, a rush of bells immediately passed through from the top of the sentry tower.
Clang, clang, clang!
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Those demihumans are about to attack! Everyone, prepare!"
"Archers! Archers assemble!"
"Quick! Light the fire! Heat the oil!"
In just a few minutes, the officers on board City Wall shouted quickly, shouting at the soldiers who were lying on the ground to rest, and began to prepare nervously for the battle.
About ten minutes later, the dark army of demihumans finally began to move forward slowly.
When they walked out of the wilderness and woods and stood in front of Great Wall, everyone involuntarily gasped.
It's not because there are too many people and they are powerful!
Just the opposite!
It's too weak!
At a glance, they are all old, weak, sick and disabled people who are very skinny and may die at any time.
Some of them had obviously not received any food for a long time, and they looked like skeletons wrapped in a layer of skin.
And there were no decent weapons on hand, just crudely made wooden sticks, stone spears, and stone axes.
They are not so much soldiers as they are a group of outright refugees.
Although Horde on Demihuman Wasteland is not highly civilized, he still has the technology to smelt metals, create weapons and armor, otherwise it would not be possible to pose such a huge threat to the Holy Kingdom.
"This... what is going on?" Karl had an expression of shock and disbelief on his face.
"The undead named Ainz Ur Gown probably wants to use these guys as cannon fodder to consume our supplies." Kuirat speculated from the most vicious perspective of human nature.
"That makes sense! Anyway, there's nothing wrong with being careful."
Remedios suddenly pulled out his weapon. There was no trace of pity for these demi-human refugees in his eyes, only naked and undisguised hatred.
After all, the demi-humans and Holy Kingdom have become mortal enemies due to the continuous war.
Almost every Holy Kingdom resident wishes that all the demi-humans in the entire wasteland would die!
Similarly, after demi-humans succeed in sleeping with the Holy Kingdom, they will mercilessly burn, kill, loot, and even eat all humans as food.
There are no thunderous war drums!
There is no loud horn!
There was no shouting at the top of one's voice!
In the silence, a thin demi-human finally carried a simple ladder and took the lead to attack City Wall.
Afterwards, the remaining demi-humans followed suit and launched a fatal charge towards the tall Great Wall that was destined to be fruitless.
It is easy to see from the emotionless numbness in their eyes that they have lost hope of living and just want to end their lives as soon as possible.
To be precise, these demi-humans were driven here by Undead of Great Tomb of Nazarick to die, just to attract Holy Kingdom's attention.
"Shoot!"
The moment the enemy entered the shooting range, the officer on board City Wall immediately gave the attack order to the crossbowmen.
moment!
A large black mass of Arrow Rain rose into the sky, crossed a beautiful parabola, and then fell like raindrops.
puff! puff! puff! Poof...
The charging demi-humans instantly fell into a large area like wheat.
Their lives are like insignificant dust, becoming worthless at this moment.
After three rounds of volleys, the demi-human finally approached City Wall and began to set up an escalator and climb up.
But before they were halfway up, boiling grease was poured down from the top.
Dozens of unlucky ones were scalded to death in an instant, and more were burned and fell off the ladder screaming.
Holy Kingdom's army threw down two torches and ignited the grease, creating hundreds of blazing firemen on the spot.
The wooden ladder also burned violently in the fire, completely cutting off the possibility of climbing.
"Hmph! You deserve it! Don't show any mercy when dealing with these monsters and beasts."
Remedios casually hacked to death a guy who climbed up, with undisguised joy on his face.
Obviously, if the demi-human's attack is only to this extent, it is absolutely impossible to shake this sturdy Great Wall Defense Line.
"What a bunch of rubbish! Mare, go collapse a section of City Wall and put a little more pressure on the Holy Kingdom's army."
Albedo, who was commanding from the rear, immediately gave instructions to Dark Elf Twins's younger brother.
"Huh? Do you mean to let me kill them all?" The cross-dressing boss Mare asked innocently.
"No! What I mean is to create a favorable offensive environment for those demi-humans without killing too many people. Otherwise, their offensive efficiency will not have any effect at all." Albedo explained patiently.
"Oh, got it."
Mare nodded slightly, and then teleported to a place only one step away from City Wall.
His appearance undoubtedly attracted the attention of the Holy Kingdom executives.
Especially the kind-hearted Queen Karl, who subconsciously rescued this cute-looking Elves girl.
But before she could take any actual action, Mare gently raised the Divine Artifact staff—Shadow of the World Tree—in her hand and poked it gently on the ground.
The next second...
Boom!
The ground suddenly began to shake violently!
In less than a few minutes, the City Wall, which had stood for hundreds of years, was torn apart by the vibrations. It collapsed in at least four places, and almost two to three hundred soldiers were buried alive underneath and lost their lives.
After doing all this, the cross-dressing boss murmured to himself in an uncertain tone, "Well... this should be almost done, right?"
"Damn! This Dark Elves is the enemy's mage!"
Remedios was the first to push away the soil and bricks pressing on himself, quickly got up from the ground, and rushed towards the opponent with the weapon in his hand.
"Go to hell! The monster's accomplice!"
The moment she raised the sword above her head and struck it down hard, she suddenly saw an afterimage passing through her eyes. Then she felt that her head was hit hard by something, and then she fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
I have to say that the scene where a Paladin rushed towards a mage and was knocked unconscious by the mage with a staff was really shocking and full of inexplicable irony.
So much so that Holy Kingdom's side forgot to rescue their own leader Paladin Order, and watched as Mare turned around and slipped into the portal and disappeared without a trace.
After a while, Kuirat finally came to his senses, rushed out and picked up Remedios, whose head was covered with blood. While treating him, he shouted loudly, "Sister! Wake up! Are you okay?"
I don't know if the treatment had an effect. After a minute or two, the leader of Paladin Order finally slowly opened his eyes and asked with a confused look, "What just happened?"
"You were knocked unconscious by a Dark Elves mage just now! Fortunately, she didn't mean to kill you, otherwise you would be dead by now." Kuirat replied with a scared look on his face.
How terrifying is a mage who can destroy City Wall with a gentle tap on the ground and stun Heroic Realm Paladin with a wave of his hand?
Just look at the fear in the eyes of the Holy Kingdom army soldiers now!
You must know that Remedios is the strongest person in the Holy Kingdom, otherwise he would not be the leader of the strongest unit Paladin Order.
But for such a strong person to be instantly killed by Dark Elves who looked weak and thin, the impact on his heart and spirit was unimaginable.
Just when Remedios was covering his head and desperately trying to recall what had just happened, there was a sudden commotion behind the demihuman camp.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of thousands of them seemed to have seen something terrifying, and as if they were crazy, they began to surge towards City Wall like a tide.
"No! Quick! Form up the infantry! Block all the gaps for me!"
This scene made Kuirat's face change drastically. He immediately pulled his sister and ran back, while giving orders to the still confused officers and soldiers.
"Form up!!!"
"Put your spear up! Raise your shield!"
"Don't be afraid! Don't back away!"
Accompanied by shouts of nervousness and fear, about 3,000 people finally managed to gather together and barely blocked the collapsed holes everywhere.
But before the officer had time to boost his morale, the roaring demi-humans hit him head on.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The demihumans who were numb not long ago now have bloodshot eyeballs, as if they were injected with chicken blood. Even if their chests and abdomens are pierced by spears, they will still move forward desperately before dying, swinging crude weapons to attack the nearest Holy Kingdom soldiers.
Some simply threw the weapons as if they were thrown, and then jumped up high to bite with sharp claws and teeth.
Such a bloody, brutal and ferocious attack immediately frightened the newly recruited recruits.
Some even threw down their weapons and started running away.
As we all know, Cold Weapon Era and Phalanx are like a tightly integrated whole. As long as the soldiers do not collapse, it will be very difficult for any external enemy to destroy them.
But if some people in Phalanx start to escape, then there will be a gap in Phalanx, which will trigger a chain reaction and cause a collapse.
Although the few escaped recruits just now did not cause a chain reaction, the gap that was exposed in an instant was still seized by the demi-human and inserted a finger, and then slowly tore it wider and wider...
It looks like the entire front is in danger!
At this critical moment, Queen Karl finally couldn't help but take action.
moment!
White beams of light fell from the sky and began to heal the wounds of the injured soldiers, and also provided a series of BUFFs such as boosting morale for a period of time.
With the blessing of faith and magical power, the human soldiers finally blocked the gap bit by bit with difficulty and drove those crazy demi-humans back from Great Wall Defense Line.
Normally, when seeing that there is no hope of a breakthrough, the opponent should choose to retreat and reorganize the attack.
But something was obviously wrong with these demi-humans, and they didn't even have any intention of retreating. They continued to rush forward, even though the corpses had piled up an extra wall, and their feet were covered with dark brown sticky plasma, making it difficult to even stand firm.
"These demi-humans are so abnormal! What makes them so scared?" Karl's eyes widened in surprise.
But soon, she learned the truth.
Deep in the dense woods at the back, a group of Undead Creaturess exuding strong Negative Energy slowly walked out.
All demi-humans caught up will be slaughtered mercilessly.
What's even more frightening is that the corpse that has just been killed will be immediately picked up by Necromancy and join the ranks of the Undead Army.
Obviously, this is why the demi-humans rush forward risking their lives.
Compared to dying at the hands of humans, they are more afraid of being killed by Undead and then becoming part of the Undead Army, and their souls will never be able to rest in peace.
"Fire oil! Pour fire oil on those corpses! Burn all the demihuman corpses! Otherwise they will all be pulled up and become part of the Undead Army!"
Kuirat didn't care about her ladylike image at this time and immediately shouted to everyone at the top of her lungs.
She couldn't imagine what a terrible scene it would be if all the dead demi-humans turned into Undead. She was afraid that seven or eight low-level Undeads, replaced by just one human soldier, could drive Holy Kingdom to a dead end alive.