718 Sending Aid from Miles Away Part 2 (2/2)
”How dare Holy Rock City do that!” Earl Besta was raging.
”The armies deployed to the battlefront in the south of Holy Rock City are all the noble families' armies and are controlled by Prince Safilos. If we fail to provide aid, Lex will be forced to be married off to Cloudflow and our alliance will collapse. It sounds ridiculous, but this is how it is. Holy Rock City is hoping that something will happen to Lex so that they will have the chance to control the north of Phoenix and suppress the lands occupied by Metatrin Kingdom.”
”Damn it!” Earl Besta was so furious that his moustache curled up. He drew out his Qin eight-sided sword from his waist and was about to give the order to attack.
”Earl, let me do it.” The winged skeleton pressed down Earl Besta's hands. He was more than two yards tall and Earl Besta could not overpower him. The sword was put back in its sheath.
”Are you confident?” Earl Besta began to worry after his fury passed. The enemy was at least twenty-thousand strong while his small town only consisted of new recruits. His five-hundred bodyguards were rather capable and had followed him for many years. Nevertheless, five-hundred men would never be able to overcome twenty-thousand, especially if they were soldiers from the Qin army.
”Don't worry.” The side of the winged skeleton's mouth cracked open again. His unique way of smiling was his response to Earl Besta. ”Earl, do you have any bodyguard that is extremely courageous? Lend me one.”
”Courageous? Mu En, come out,” Earl Besta shouted. A soldier that was two yards tall stepped out. This soldier was wearing restorative armor, where the exterior layer was a metallic light armor and the interior layer was a leather armor made from the hide of magic beasts. This bodyguard was about twenty years old. He wore a short bow on his back and looked like he was excellent at shooting.
The winged skeleton looked at Mu En and said, ”Are you afraid of spirits of the dead?”
Mu En stood with his chest puffed out and said, ”What is there to be afraid of? When Qin was founded, countless spirits of the dead fought in those battles. Without the spirits of the dead, there would have been no Qin to speak of.”
”Very well. Remove your armor, change into this and come out of the city with me.” A black magic robe appeared in the winged skeleton's hands even as he spoke.
Mu En looked at Earl Besta, who said, ”Just follow what Bing says.”
Mu En had no choice but to remove his two layers of armor. The cloth gown that he wore inside failed to conceal his admirable physique. After taking off his helmet and boots, Mu En donned the mage robes and looked extremely uncomfortable. Such an item was not supposed to be worn by anyone for no good reason. If an ordinary person wore it, mages would be furious.
Fortunately, there was a symbol of a skull on the black robe. That was the mark for death mages, so element mages would not bother him. There were very few death mages now, so hopefully no one would pick on his transgression.
After putting on his cloth boots and belt, winged skeleton made sure that the belt was mounted with magic nuclei and he passed Mu En a magic staff. Finally, Mu En put on a hood and his transformation into a mage was complete. Fortunately, his face was pale, otherwise it would be strange for a death mage to look so muscular.
The knight that was outside the city was getting impatient and was walking back to his troop. Even if they knew that the military forces in the city was weak, these two-thousand cavalries were still unable to attack the small town as the rest of the army had yet to arrive.
Cavalries were not suitable for attacking city walls. Even if they dismounted and became foot soldiers, they might not be as powerful as pure foot soldiers. They also did not have any equipment to attack the city.
After the winged skeleton has finished disguising Mu En, he suddenly extended his hand and drew a magic symbol on Mu En's forehead. Mu En felt faint for a moment before regaining consciousness again. He now heard the winged skeleton's voice in his head.
”Just say whatever I ask you to say. Just follow my tone.”
Mu En was confused, but nodded. All of a sudden, he feared that he might lose his soul now that he was being controlled by a spirit of the dead.
By the time the skeletons carried Mu En to the bottom of the city wall, he was no longer fearful. The winged skeleton left behind a few undead soldiers on top of the city wall to protect the Earl. Although these undead soldiers were only grade-2 spirits of the dead, they were still useful for blocking arrows.
The winged skeleton took out four green-spirit gemstones. These gemstones were not small and were found in the ocean. In an empty space behind the city wall, a huge black-colored magic array shone and close to a thousand death knights appeared.
The winged skeleton had summoned these death knights previously just to keep them in the green spirits. The green spirits were of such excellent quality that they could easily contain more than two-hundred grade-3 spirits of the dead.
Unlike doom knights, death knights would no longer be able to advance. Nevertheless, the abilities of these one-thousand spirits of the dead must not be overlooked. The winged skeleton smiled and helped Mu En onto a huge and handsome-looking skeletal warhorse. This skeletal warhorse was at least grade-3 and looked more formidable than those that Saleen and the rest rode on.
”Mu En, in a while, I will finish off all those people that wish to harm Princess Lex. You must not be soft-hearted okay?” The winged skeleton's voice sounded in Mu En's head. Mu En straightened his back suddenly.
”Your Excellency, I understand. I will follow your instructions!”
”Very well. Open the city gates.” The winged skeleton led the six jade skeletons that had also mounted onto their skeletal warhorses, each of them wielding a giant axe in their hands.