Chapter 66 The Cursed City


    After that, Duanmuhuai came to the main camp outside the city of Modheim. Judging from the atmosphere of this camp, there were many people here, but now it is desolate. Although there are not without soldiers, you can see without asking more that the morale here is obviously not very high.


    As a battle group, Duanmuhuai got a camp as a supply location. Of course, strictly speaking, this thing is of no use to them. Because Duanmuhuai can open the door to the Holy City at any time, and then enjoy delicious food and soft beds there, instead of starving and frozen here.


    However, before everyone could take a good rest in the camp, the messenger called Duanmuhuai to the camp to start the next attack plan.


    "Okay, I know you have a lot of people who want to complain, so do me."


    General Past Roland was blowing his beard, and his thin face looked extremely dark. I don’t know if it was because of the weather or mood.


    "But the above has issued an order. His Majesty the Emperor is very, very, very dissatisfied with our progress. So he dispatched me another army. Next, we will learn from the mistakes of the last action and re-arrange our plan!"


    Amid the noisy complaints from others, Duanmu Huai finally figured out the cause and effect of the matter.


    It turns out that the reason why the first recovery operation against Maudheim City was completely failed was partly because they were indeed not prepared, and partly because of the general''s problem. At that time, the person in charge of leading the army was a noble sect who was pro-priest, and his arrogant nature obviously did not make this guy take the regaining of such a dilapidated city seriously. So the orders given by this simple-minded person are also very simple.


    The army directly advanced and completely occupied the entire city.


    And then it''s done.


    Because the army was spread too wide in one breath, they were soon attacked. As mentioned before, the city of Maudheim is full of rat men, various heretic believers, as well as alien races including vampires and necromancers. These guys took advantage of the fact that the army had not yet gained a foothold and launched a surprise attack, completely separating the entire army.


    In this case, the imperial army could not do anything at all, let alone the eldest prince sent here only a reserve army. He had never seen such a terrifying and evil formation, so the imperial army, which was fighting each other, collapsed directly, and most of them were wiped out on the spot, and only a very small number of people cooperated with the mercenaries to escape.


    Fortunately, the nobleman with a short-circuited brain also died in it. As for who did it - well, just think he died in a unfortunate battle.


    This is good for everyone.


    Now here, in addition to mercenary groups like Duanmuhuai, there are members of some organizations within the empire. For example, the combat priests and Templars from Sigma Church, the witch hunters, and the wolf spirit priests from the Yuric Church. The rest are people from the Imperial Army. General Paste has been talking a lot. In the final analysis, he must learn from the lessons of the last pig''s sudden progress and take steady steps this time. Therefore, you teams must charge forward and fight with the enemy as much as possible. They will divide each area into battlefields and hand it over to different teams to deal with. Then, after the battle group stabilized the front line, the army would advance and start "steady" encroachment and construction from the rear.


    After all, in urban street fighting like Modeheim, the army''s numerical advantage cannot be fully utilized, and it is better to rely on a few elites to achieve their goals.


    Everyone is not opposed to this point. After all, those who come here are all mercenaries who use money to do business, and they still understand what they should do.


    But then there was trouble.


    When General Past said that he had contacted the nuns in the city and would receive their assistance, the representatives of the Sigma Church immediately jumped up and expressed their opposition loudly.


    The reasons for the Sigma Church are speechless - the Sisters are a church organization in Modheim that also believes in Sigma. Perhaps because of the blessing of Sigma God, the Sisters will suffer the least harm in the disaster of the two-tailed comet. But this made the Sigma Church think that the nuns are heresy and demanded that they be eliminated...


    Well, to put it bluntly, because the other party did not suffer, he thought the other party was heretic... Duanmu Huai didn''t understand how this idiot logic of Sigma Church came about.


    Fortunately, General Paste is very persistent in this regard. They now have no extra troops to recover Maudheim, so they need a large number of reinforcements. As a believer of Sigma and a native of the Nuns, the Nuns are familiar with Maudheim and are politically loyal. As for the things within your church, it is within them. The fact is that we do not have the conditions to be picky now, so it is necessary to cooperate with the Nuns.


    In the end, the representatives of the Sigma Church were furious and left. Although the others present did not speak, they looked at their expressions... they were obviously helpless.


    However, the combat meeting will continue. In the following meeting, General Past also assigned his respective tasks to the war teams.


    From the map, Maudheim is an oval city surrounded by a city wall, divided into two parts by a river in the middle - well, it is almost the same as if it were a **** egg.


    Among them, the northeast is a market area, and the southeast is a slum area. The northwest is the aristocratic area, and the southwest is the military area.


    The two areas between the east and west are connected by bridges. Overall, it is a closed city.


    The place where the two-tailed comet fell was a slum, which is also the most dangerous place in the entire Modheim area. It is full of all kinds of twisted creatures and cannot be approached at all. But this does not mean that other places are safe...


    “Your mission is very simple.”


    Pointing to the map in front of him, Paster shouted loudly.


    "You must enter through the gap in the east wall, recover the Temple of Sigma and the Town Hall, and then the Market Square! Open a path for the subsequent troops! Remember to clear away all threats, including those monsters hidden in the ruins, evil **** believers, vampires and other messy things! On the side of the nuns, they will send a team of combat nuns to act with you to eliminate the evil curse of the Temple of Sigma! Then, the next battle group that recites the name will participate in this battle!"


    As he said, Paste picked up the list.


    "Imperial Eagle, Black Claws and..." said here, Paste looked at the list and suddenly stopped for a moment. He stared at the parchment in his hand carefully, as if there were flowers on it.


    "...Pink little rabbit?? Who is the pink little rabbit??"


    “It’s me.”


    Duanmuhuai stood up, and when he saw Duanmuhuai, Paste opened his mouth, looked at the list, and then looked at the burly and huge armored warrior in front of him...


    "You guys! Do it well!"


    In the end, Paste said nothing, and maybe he didn''t know what to say.


    After the meeting ended, the three battle groups that had been named immediately gathered together.


    The Empire Eagle is a battle group composed of imperial mercenaries, most of whom are warriors. Black Claw is a team led by witch hunters. Among them, in addition to witch hunters, there are also clergy from the Yuric Church and Sigma Church.


    But no matter what, these people are seen as veterans who have been through the battlefield. With their momentum and outfits, they look like a capable battle group.


    On the contrary, the four beautiful girls in light clothes behind Duanmu Huai - well, to be honest, they don''t look like they are here to fight at all.


    "Hey, brother, let''s rely on us next. We need to be close to each other."


    The captain of the Empire Eagle was a very cheerful and outgoing mercenary. He greeted Duanmuhuai with a smile, and Duanmuhuai also waved his hand to respond. As for the witch hunter next to him, he didn''t say a word, but just stood there silently, like a shadow.


    "So, let''s start to act."


    Everyone is professional, and there is no need for any greetings, and there is no scene of sarcasm between them before starting the action - everyone knows that this is a dangerous task, either completing or dying. So at this time, nonsense is meaningless. They carried weapons and quietly passed through the cracks in the city walls and entered Maudheim.


    This cursed city.


    Just as he stepped into it, a gray sense of depression rushed towards him, Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked in front of him. Everything here seems dilapidated at this moment. The entire city is fragmented, almost all the houses are dilapidated, and there is no way to see a complete house.


    Not only that, on the ground and walls, you can also see some things similar to rotten meat blocks covering it, and even eyes moving left and right in the middle of the meat blocks.


    "Maybe some of you have been here for the first time, so I want to remind you first."


    The captain of the Empire Eagle turned his head and looked at the others, whispering in a serious expression.


    "Don''t underestimate this city, anything here may kill you..."


    As he said, he pointed to the things on the ground that looked like rotten pieces of meat.


    "For example, don''t step on these things, and don''t get too close to them. They will spit out disgusting and ugly poisonous fog at you, making you an abnormal mental idiot. And those wooden boards..."


    As he spoke, he raised the long sword in his hand again and pointed to the broken wooden board placed next to a carriage in front of the road. From the surface, it seemed to be just a piece of broken wooden board that was tilted there... If there were no strange words on it, it didn''t seem to be very eye-catching.


    "That''s the Rat Man''s trap. If you accidentally trigger it, you can only pray that you have good luck enough - after all, the Rat Man is not a kind thing."


    “…What are these?”


    Looking at the existences covered on the walls, hanging under the eaves, like some ugly creature, Lorena asked in a low voice, while Captain Imperial shook his head.


    "I don''t know either. In short, they seem to be the corpses of residents in this city, and under the influence of the power of chaos, they turned into this ghostly appearance. As for what they are now... I''m afraid they don''t even know it themselves."


    “………………”


    This time, no one spoke, but looked at everyone, Captain Imperial smiled slightly and opened his hands.


    "Okay, everyone, welcome... to hell."


    (This chapter ends)