#279 - Section 279 - From Baron to Lord

As expected, under the threat of death, everyone shut their mouths.

One by one, they obediently walked onto the dragon's back. Phil was a little unaccustomed, but under Allen's reassurance, he also behaved himself.

Finally, Allen saw that everyone was on the dragon's back, and taking Cecilmina's hand, he said, "Let's go."

Allen and Cecilmina seemed quite ordinary, but the others were extremely excited, wishing they could kneel on the ground.

This was on the back of a dragon, and it might be the closest they would ever get to one in their lives. How could they not be excited?

Feeling the wind rushing past his ears, Allen held Cecilmina's hand, looking at the approaching Sphyt City, a smile on his face.

Chapter 401: Stalemate, Support from the Ryan Duchy

Allen noticed that the ground below was covered with a thick layer of bones, naturally those of the skeleton soldiers.

His soldiers had suffered no casualties due to the turrets and defenses.

However, despite so many deaths, the skeleton soldiers seemed unchanged, still mechanically lunging forward.

The sea was still endlessly producing skeleton soldiers, and no one knew how many there would be.

Cecilmina couldn't help but close her eyes in pain at the sight below.

Allen had no choice but to pat Cecilmina's hand, comforting her.

Allen took them and landed in Sphyt City, ordering them to be taken down, and then went with Cecilmina to the walls of Sphyt City. "Duke."

Marco and the others were still on the city walls, and they saluted Allen when they saw him. "Mm."

Allen looked down, unable to help but feel worried. They could still resist now, but what if those undead became stronger and stronger?

And no one knew how many of them there were, or when this day would end.

The Allen Duchy was now mobilizing all its national power. Not to mention failure, even sustaining this wouldn't last long.

"Duke, the soldiers have been fighting for a whole morning. Should we activate the shield and let them rest for a moment?" Marco requested. "Activate it."

Marco nodded, and a person beside him hurried down to give the order.

Instantly, the entire Sphyt City and the small walls on both sides emitted a lot of blue light, and then a beautiful light罩 protected Sphyt City and both sides.

Immediately, the skeleton soldiers were blocked outside, and they looked very annoyed.

Looking at the thin light罩 in front of them, they slashed at it with their knives.

Unsurprisingly, it did not cause any damage to the light罩.

However, they were not discouraged, and continued to pounce forward, quickly surrounding it, which looked a bit funny.

"It's still thanks to the Duke. If it weren't for these turrets and shields, I'm afraid we wouldn't be so relaxed." Marco looked at Allen, respectfully.

The others also looked at Allen with admiration. Every item the Duke took out was unfathomable.

Like the turrets and shields this time, there had never been such things on the continent before, but the Duke took them out, and they were especially useful.

It was only with these two things that they were able to achieve such great results, and so far no one had been injured or killed. It was truly a miracle.

Allen walked into the city under the respectful gaze of the soldiers, while the soldiers took advantage of the rare ceasefire to rest and eat lunch.

Back in the main hall, Allen saw that Cecilmina still looked worried, and he didn't know what to do.

"Cecilmina, have you thought of any way?" Allen said softly.

Cecilmina shook her head. "Even I was contaminated by the abyss back then, and there was no way to get rid of it. I could only self-seal."

"Now that these are made by the so-called gods, I have even less of a way."

Allen looked at Cecilmina's sad appearance, and didn't know what to say.

"Allen, you're back?" Lucy bounced out of the backyard, and was a little unhappy to see Allen and Cecilmina holding hands.

But she was still very kind, and seeing Cecilmina looking very sad, she didn't say anything.

Lucy also walked to Allen's side and took his other hand. Allen looked at Lucy's childish actions and smiled at her indulgently.

In the afternoon, after the soldiers rested, the shield was reopened, and the turret began to unleash its power again.

Because many skeleton soldiers had been lying on the outside of the shield before, this attack was the most effective, and with a burst of screams, nearly ten thousand skeleton soldiers were wiped out almost instantly.

Allen did not go to the front line, but pondered solutions with Cecilmina.

It was absolutely impossible to win by violence. No matter how strong Allen was, his strength was limited. Now it seemed that those skeleton soldiers were probably an absolutely terrifying number.

The system had also said that he could try other methods, which meant that relying on violence was absolutely impossible.

"Why don't I go to the ruins of the Atis Empire again to see if there are any discoveries?"

Seeing Allen's worried look, Cecilmina said.

"No way." Allen refused without thinking.

What a joke, now that the war had begun, there were millions of skeleton soldiers. Those ruins of the Atis Empire were their lair, how could the number be small?

And there might be strong people there. Who would deal with whom at that time was uncertain. How could Allen let Cecilmina take this risk?

"But..." Cecilmina was about to say more when she saw someone coming in, and she stopped in time.

"Duke, Prince Leinason and Princess Leixue are here."

"Why are they here?" Allen was a little puzzled, but he still went to see them.

Seeing Leinason and Leixue, they looked very anxious. There were also two golden knights beside them. The four of them looked very tired, as if they had traveled a long way.

"Leinason, Leixue, long time no see." Allen greeted the two of them, guessing the purpose of their visit.

As expected, Leinasen saw Allen and said urgently, "Duke, please save the Lionheart Principality!"

With that, Leinasen actually knelt down to Allen.

Allen was taken aback, not expecting Leinasen to be so serious.

"Is the situation in the Lionheart Principality really that bad?" Allen couldn't help but ask.

Leinasen nodded, looking pained, and said, "My father received news that the undead were planning a large-scale attack and made a lot of preparations."

"My father also dissuaded many knights enfeoffed in the Blue Moon Principality, but they didn't take it seriously. They were captured on the first day and are likely in grave danger."

"And our warriors deployed on the coastline cannot resist hundreds of thousands of monsters with the strength of bronze knights."

Leinasen looked distressed.

"The Lionheart Principality has at most tens of thousands of knights, including those under the command of many marquises and dukes. The defense line collapsed on the first day."

"We suffered heavy casualties. Those monsters have already attacked the Lionheart Principality. My father had no choice but to lead some gold knights to fight to the death, but the situation is getting worse and worse."

"Please, Duke, for the sake of our neighboring country, help the Lionheart Principality. On behalf of the entire Lionheart Principality, I will forever be grateful for your generosity."

Laisue also said pitifully, "Allen, please."

Chapter 402: Support

Allen looked at Leinasen and Laisue, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Asking him to send troops to help the Lionheart Principality? They really thought too highly of him. He was barely holding on here himself.

Not to mention anything else, if he hadn't discovered the ruins of the Odin Augustus Empire, he wouldn't have been able to conjure up 400,000 Dragonblood Knights out of thin air, and the turrets and shields, the main force in resisting the undead, wouldn't have existed either.

If he hadn't been lucky, the Allen Principality would probably be no better off than the Lionheart Principality now.

Allen rubbed his forehead, "Didn't you ask the Norton Kingdom for help?"

After all, they are subordinates of the Norton Kingdom. Now that they are facing such a situation, they should intervene out of reason and emotion, right?

If the Lionheart Principality is occupied by the undead and they advance north, many principalities under the Norton Kingdom, and even the kingdom itself, will be in big trouble.

"We have already sent people there, but this is not something that can be accomplished in a day or two."

"Now, only the Allen Principality is closest to us. Please, Duke, for the sake of the good relationship between the Lionheart Principality and the Allen Principality, help the Lionheart Principality."

The Lionheart Principality was grasping at straws in desperation. After all, in their view, the strength of the Allen Principality was not much different from theirs, and they were helpless against these undead.

However, it seems that fools have their fortune. The Allen Principality is indeed the only principality nearby that can resist the undead.

Allen was helpless. If he said he couldn't help, Leinasen and the others probably wouldn't believe him.

"Come with me." Allen called out to Leinasen and the others, leading them up to Sphit City.

At this time, the battle was not over yet. The densely packed skeletons outside Sphit City were still rushing forward one after another.

The soldiers on the city wall fought back with turrets.

This shocking scene immediately stunned Leinasen and Laisue.

After all, the Lionheart Principality had only faced hundreds of thousands of skeletons at most, and these alone had caused the Lionheart Principality to retreat repeatedly, almost leading to its demise.

But standing on Sphit City and looking down, how could there be only a million?

"You see, it's not that I'm unwilling to support the Lionheart Principality, it's just that I can barely protect myself," Allen said to Leinasen with a wry smile.

"Is the heavens really going to destroy my Lionheart Principality?" Leinasen's face was ashen.

Allen couldn't bear to see this and said, "If the Lionheart Principality doesn't mind, you can move some of your people to the Allen Principality. The Allen Principality is still safe for now."

Leinasen was immediately moved and cupped his hands, saying, "Thank you, Duke, for lending a hand. The Lionheart Principality will not forget it."

"However, I have a request." Allen naturally didn't want to be a pushover, but had his own plans.

The Lionheart Principality is, after all, a neighbor of the Allen Principality, and their relationship has always been good. He couldn't just stand by and watch them die.

"Please, Duke, give your orders," Leinasen said respectfully.

"You can move some of your people here, but you must abide by the rules of my Allen Principality."

"That's natural," Leinasen nodded repeatedly.

"Also, you must guard the border line between the Allen Principality and the Lionheart Principality and not let a single monster pass," Allen said seriously.

This was his goal. After all, Allen was most afraid of being surrounded by enemies on all sides. The only slightly better neighbor was the Lionheart Principality. If they also fell, the situation would be very bad.

At that time, the Allen Principality would have to resist enemies on three sides.

Now, the Allen Principality agreed to accept the people of the Lionheart Principality, relieving them of their worries.

The Lionheart Duke is, after all, a Dragon Knight. Guarding a border line should still be possible.

"Those monsters are too strong. We will try our best…"

"Not try your best, but you must stop them, understand?"

Allen interrupted Leinasen, "If the Allen Principality is also defeated, the Lionheart Principality will really be finished."

Leinasen said loudly, "Yes, the Lionheart Principality will definitely do it."

Only then did Allen nod and look out of the city again.

"As for Laisue…" Leinasen glanced at Laisue.

"The Lionheart Principality is too dangerous. Please, Duke, take in Laisue for a while."

"No, brother, I want to fight with you!" Laisue said hastily and quietly.

"Listen to me, Laisue," Leinasen patiently persuaded.