Chapter 2268: 1261: About Other Lords

Chapter 2268: Chapter 1261: About Other Lords

Upon hearing Leo Ray’s steady voice, the new subordinates displayed awe and gratitude, and their taut nerves finally relaxed completely.

As a result, many new subordinates, trembling at Leo Ray’s signal to rise, uncontrollably slumped to the ground again, all showing expressions of relief at having survived the ordeal.

In particular, those illusionists and battle maids, whose faces were still smeared with smoke and blood, began to sob quietly.

“What kind of decorum is this in front of the Lord!”

Witnessing this scene, the three new subordinate captains tried to step forward to admonish, but Leo Ray waved them back.

Whenever the smoke starts to dissipate, Leo Ray often sees the same scene.

Faced with the overwhelming strength of a national level power and countless blasts from the Magic Cannons, compounded by the hot breaths of fire and blood coming at them, fallen comrades, broken battle flags, shattered armor, twisted blades, blood-stained hands… even seasoned veterans could never remain indifferent; this is human nature.

“I remember the first time seeing the battlefield near the Mountain Fortress, even though the battle had ended, my heart was still pounding with fear. That feeling of nearly suffocating is unforgettable for life.”

“Although I don’t yet know what these new subordinates have gone through, it must have been just as suffocating, right? Moreover, they were summoned away from their homeland to this completely unfamiliar land.”

Leo Ray did not intend to blame the new subordinates but rather calmed himself and immediately began inquiring about the personal information of the three new subordinate captains and their situation before being summoned.

“My Lord, here is what happened.”

An aged light-armored commander named Dilan slowly took a deep breath, his old, wrinkled eyes flashed with mystery.

Through the description of this old general, Leo Ray learned.

On the land where the new subordinates came from, since the end of the Era of Blankness, the surviving humans did not split into factions, nor opposed each other, but formed the only human kingdom, of which Dilan and the others were members of the Royal Guard.

“After the Era of Blankness, the human world has become a whole? No wonder Dilan and others are quite powerful, after all, this is the protective force of the entire human court.”

Hearing this, Leo Ray thoughtfully nodded; it was undoubtedly the first time he encountered such a situation.

“My Lord, under the leadership of generations of Monarchs, the human world has been steadily developing in peace, although sometimes they fiercely clashed with the Barbarians from the Outer Domain, but in most cases, it was harmonious, causing many nobles to indulge in pleasures, even forgetting how to wield weapons.”

Dilan’s aged voice, filled with a touch of helplessness, sighed softly: “Precisely because of this, when the terrifying undead skeletons began their mad invasion, those obese city lords who could barely walk soon became part of the dead spirits too.”

“Ultimately, the entire human world was shrouded in a terrifying shadow of death and darkness, until only the Royal Capital, where we subordinate remained, held the last glimmer of life.”

“However, before the catastrophic force, all resistance was futile, the Royal Capital’s Absolute Defense Barrier shattered almost immediately, and then the enemy easily breached the court’s gates, causing cries and screams everywhere.”

At this point, Dilan’s throat, full of folds, moved, evidently reminded of some terrible scenes.

He took several deep breaths in succession, calmed down before continuing: “We subordinates were responsible for guarding the back door of the court, which had a separate Absolute Defense Barrier, its location was extremely remote, thus we survived by chance, becoming the final target of the horrific Lord of the Undeath’s assault.”

Listening to Dilan speak, Leo Ray pondered and nodded: “So, you were facing an undead army?”

“My Lord, that is not accurate.”

Dilan’s aged voice suddenly trembled, cold sweat seeped from his forehead.

Forcing himself to stabilize his mind, he shakily started: “What we faced was a human world permeated with death and darkness!”

“What?”

Upon hearing this, not only Leo Ray but all the surrounding focused listening subordinates also showed astonishment, their eyes wide open.

“Old General, do you mean that the Lord of the Undeath transformed the entire human race into dead spirits?”

Leo Ray immediately comprehended, astonished beyond belief.

“Correct; after everything was entirely destroyed, the Defense Barrier we upheld at the back door shattered again, the crushing force directly shattered the Magic Tower, causing the illusionists and battle maids who desperately powered the Barrier, due to the damage and explosion of the energy-supplying array, to be injured.”

Dilan nodded heavily, his aged voice once more trembling.

“At the moment the Barrier broke, when we were utterly in despair, the Lord’s summoning arrived, allowing us to escape the lurking sea of skeletons.”

After Dilan finished, the other two new subordinate commanders nodded along, faces filled with intense fear and complex sorrow.