Volume 1: Stranger in a Strange Land Chapter 62: Aftermath of the Undead
Everything seemed to be a replay of the ending of the Corrupted Moon Undead Tide more than a thousand years ago. The main part of the Eternal Ceremony was destroyed, and the endless flow of undead magic from the Stranger in the Astral Realm to the present world was cut off.
But this time it ended too quickly, and the crisis was resolved by unexpected factors while it was still in its infancy.
The vast majority of corpses deep in the soil of the cemetery have not even been awakened yet. Some may have just had their finger bones tremble slightly before returning to eternal silence.
But this does not mean the crisis is completely over.
Those dead bodies that have been awakened and ignited with the fire of their souls will not remain silent. They will continue to wander aimlessly in this land until the lingering magic power in them is completely exhausted.
In the absence of external influence, this process may take at least a year and a half, or at most ten years.
And those unrestrained dead will attack the living out of instinct, so it can be expected that the great cemetery in Thorn City will become a dangerous forbidden place for a long time in the future.
Of course, this is premised on the current Rose Palace government handling it itself.
The influence of the Holy Spirit Church in Blackwater Province hit its lowest point during the reign of Duke Simon. In the huge city of Thorn, only two churches are still open.
Among them, the funeral church of the Seventh Holy Spirit "The Dead" was closed more than ten years ago under pressure from the Duke on the grounds that it was not in line with the ancestor worship tradition of Blackwater Province.
Now, even if you search the entire Thorn City, you may not be able to find twenty baptized requiem masters.
Relying on them to appease the awakened souls is like a drop in the bucket.
What's more, there is a more urgent crisis looming at the moment.
Although the walls of the cemetery were built strong enough and the spells of [Calm the Undead] and [Life Barrier] engraved on them were worth the huge amount of source silver resources they consumed, the awakened undead did not destroy the walls of the cemetery.
But there were still a certain number of undead groups that built high walls and crawled out of the cemetery.
This "certain number" is relative to the total number of tens of millions of corpses in the cemetery.
So specifically speaking, about 50,000 undead broke through the barriers of the cemetery and instinctively headed towards the Thorn City, which was filled with a strong breath of life not far away.
Fifty thousand tireless undead souls who ignore life and death and crave the flesh and blood of the living.
"Send scouts out of the city to inform all villages near Thorn City to be on the lookout for small, scattered groups of undead, and then have the Thorn Black Guards strengthen the security of those villages."
"Evacuate all residents of the mills, stables, and caravans outside the city. Have them retreat to Thorn City for safety. Let the magic swordsman troops ensure safety along the way."
"Have you contacted the gravekeepers? No? Then keep trying. They are equipped with undead shielding runes, so they won't be wiped out so quickly. Once you've made contact, have them place a space beacon."
"Notify all battle mages in the Mage Hall to gather at the north gate within ten minutes. Yes, just a notification, no order."
The clerk who was in charge of recording the messages interrupted Vincent who was giving orders with sweat on his forehead.
"Master Vincent, shouldn't we wait for Lord Duke Simon to come back and discuss all this with him? Especially when it comes to the deployment of the Magic Swordsmen and the Black Thorn Guards, the Duke has always been very..."
As Simon's chief advisor and leader of the Mage Hall, Vincent could exercise power on his behalf when Duke Simon was away. But his simultaneous dispatch of orders to the guards, scouts, black guards, magic swordsmen, gravekeepers, and the Mage Hall was too...overreaching.
Although it was indeed an emergency situation, the defense facilities of Thorn City were actually very complete. There were only tens of thousands of mindless undead, and raising the drawbridge and closing the city gates was enough to keep them out. And when they were surrounded for a long time and there was no hope, they would naturally scatter to look for other living people.
In contrast, if he really followed Vincent's order and passed it down, he would not be able to explain himself when Duke Simon came back.
But Vincent just glanced at him and said lightly:
"You just need to follow my orders. No one will trouble you for this afterwards."
The lightning flashing in the eyes of the renowned "Scorched Sage" made the clerk sweat coldly, and he could only nod his head.
No one will cause trouble? Is it possible? Even if this order is correct, the Duke will agree to it later, but can it be the same if he gives the order himself and his subordinates give the order without his permission?
This is terrible... When the Duke comes back, I will probably be fired completely and sent to work as a supervisor in a mine.
But then again, where on earth did Duke Simon go? At this critical moment, I can’t find him in the entire Rose Palace. It’s really a life-threatening situation...
"Also, help me contact the Bishop of St. Dewey's Church and ask him to..."
Without paying attention to the conflicted expression on the other person's face, Vincent continued.
"No need to notify, I'm already here."
A mellow voice came from outside the door.
A middle-aged man walked in from outside the hall. He was wearing a gray coarse cloth robe with a golden seven-pointed star symbol on his chest. When he saw Vincent, he nodded slightly in greeting, and Vincent also returned the greeting.
"Do you have any idea about what's going on? The news I received is that the tide of the undead broke through from the Great Cemetery. It's like..."
Without any politeness or greetings, the bishop asked directly.
Vincent said nothing, but waved his hand to signal the clerk to leave, and then said after he had gone far away:
"Yes, you guessed it right, the Corrupted Moon Tide of the Undead."
"So, what about Duke Simon?"
The bishop's words sounded more like a confirmation than a question.
"We have reached the Holy Sepulchre."
A cold female voice came from the side. The bishop turned around and saw a tall, golden-haired woman walking out of the servant's room next door.
She was wearing the attire of a maid in the Rose Palace, with a silver icon of Kane hanging on her chest, and her expression was extremely cold at this moment.
"Nazemal? But how is that possible? You shouldn't be going there now... and why are you dressed like this?"
the bishop asked in surprise.
"That's not me. I was locked up in the Nightmare Swamp a month ago. I've been living in a sticky nightmare all this time. Pfft... Disgusting."
As Nezemar spoke, she squeezed the silver statue of Cain on her chest. It seemed like a subconscious habitual action of hers.
The Bishop's eyes turned back to Vincent.
"Someone rescued her from the Nightmare Swamp . The one you contacted before was a Moon Realm monster in disguise."
Vincent replied.
"Who? Who has the ability to go to the Moon Realm to rescue people?"
the bishop asked doubtfully.
After asking this question, Nezemar held the Cain Statue in his hand more tightly, while Vincent said with awe:
"A name you won't believe."
