Chapter 74: The Terror of the Necromancer

"Hurry, hurry, let's go!"

The eldest prince rushed through the streets of Abranah with his few trusted followers.

The sound of explosions could be heard from the palace in the distance, and bright lights could be seen rising into the sky.

He knew that it was Hogan fighting the captain of the kingdom's royal guard.

The eldest prince had no time to worry about what would happen to Hogan. All he wanted to do now was to escape from Abrana.

The prince's heart was filled with fear.

His act of forcing the emperor to abdicate has lifted the blood curse.

Because he was the one who made the mistake first, even if His Majesty the King was furious and wanted to kill him, the prince, he would not be cursed again.

The eldest prince, who failed in forcing the emperor to abdicate, felt extremely regretful.

If he had known this, he should not have done such a dangerous thing.

But now there was no time to regret. He only hoped to escape from Abrana and go to the territory of his uncle, the Duke of Hudson.

Only by reaching his uncle's territory could he survive.

He didn't know whether the king would kill him, but His Royal Highness didn't dare to take the gamble.

What if his father really wants to kill him in order to let his brother take the throne?

When we arrived at the port of Abrana, a small ship powered by magic crystal cores had already docked at the shore.

This was the evacuation location that the eldest prince prepared in advance for fear that his plan would fail.

"How's the other team doing?"

The eldest prince asked anxiously as he boarded the ship with his confidants.

"Your Highness, the other team has set up a false formation and is evacuating from the west of Abrana. The Royal Guards of the Kingdom are not chasing us, so they should be heading there to capture us."

The eldest prince felt relieved after hearing the words of his confidant.

The escape route designed by Lord Mueller for him and the method of deploying decoy troops were still effective.

Sure enough, the Imperial Guards did not expect that they would be divided into two groups.

It’s just a pity for Lord Mueller. As his own aide, I’m afraid he will not have a good ending.

The eldest prince could only wish Lord Mueller the best in his heart.

He immediately ordered his men to start the boat and quickly leave the port.

The eldest prince escaped so quickly that the king did not react to block the port, which gave him the opportunity to escape.

The ship was sailing on the River Spey. The ship was light and good at speed.

When the ship moved away from Abrana and only the city walls at the edge of the city could be seen, the eldest prince's tense mind completely relaxed. He sat down on the chair, panting.

A deafening roar was heard from the sky above the city of Abrana in the distance.

The eldest prince knew that it must be Uncle Hogan fighting a powerful enemy.

But at this time he didn't dare to look anymore, for fear that he would be discovered by the people sent by the king to chase him.

More importantly, the eldest prince felt guilty. He was afraid that Uncle Hogan would die here because of him.

"No, no, no, this has nothing to do with me. When I made the decision to force the emperor, Uncle Hogan was willing to help me. This was his decision."

The eldest prince comforted himself with a few words and finally felt better.

When the ship sailed for some distance and got farther and farther away from the city of Abrana, the eldest prince thought he had escaped completely.

suddenly,

A loud explosion sounded from the bottom of the ship. The strong vibration caused the eldest prince to lose his balance and fall to the deck.

"what happened?"

The eldest prince got up from the ground in a panic and shouted.

"The bottom of the boat is leaking, we are being attacked!"

The sailors on the ship shouted in panic.

Hearing that he was attacked, the eldest prince panicked and shouted, "Come and protect me, quickly, all of you come and protect me!" The guards protected him in the middle.

But at this time, the eldest prince did not feel safe at all.

Most of the guards loyal to him were left in Abranah in order to lead the Kingdom's guards in the wrong direction.

There were only a few guards following him.

In the past, the eldest prince was just a prince. It was impossible for him to recruit real masters to work for him.

There is no need for those masters to follow the prince. Wouldn’t it be better for them to directly pledge allegiance to the king?
These close confidants around him were all recruited by the eldest prince with great effort.

They are able to make the guarantee sincerely for various reasons, but there is a problem, that is, their strength is too weak.

Among these guards, the strongest is only at the second ring, and most of them are not even extraordinary professionals.

At the bottom of the river, the half-elf Camille looked at the bottom of the boat with a hole blown out of it, and he swam quietly towards the shore.

These alchemical explosives are quite powerful and can easily deal with an ordinary ship with no protection.

Thinking this, Camille climbed onto the shore.

There was nothing for him to do next. He just had to stand on the shore and watch Lord Deya's massacre.

The ship swayed from side to side, and the sailors were trying to fix the leak under the captain's curses.

However, the hole created by the alchemical bomb was too large to be repaired for such a small ship with no protection.

"Wow————"

There was a sound of "gurgling" from the river water all around, as if something was floating up from the water.

The eldest prince felt terrified and wondered if it was a water ghost.
Just as this thought came to his mind, a rotten hand grabbed the cabin deck.

As the eldest prince was horrified, zombies with festering bodies crawled up into the cabin from the bottom of the water!

These zombies were covered in rotten flesh and wearing tattered clothes. They were either limping or with their heads tilted, making low roars and walking towards the direction of the eldest prince.

The zombies were emitting a faint green smoke, which was the curse of the plague.

If an ordinary person inhales it, they will easily become sick, and if a wound is invaded by the curse, the body will rot immediately.

One guard couldn't hold back his inner fear and chopped at the zombie closest to him with the long knife in his hand.

However, the zombie looked rotten all over, but its bones were as strong as steel, and an ordinary long knife could not cut through its body.

And with the guard's actions, the zombies seemed to have found an outlet for venting.

Several zombies rushed forward, threw the guard to the ground amid his screams, cut open his chest and dug out his heart and flesh.

The eldest prince had never seen such a cruel scene. Smelling the rotten smell of blood in the air, he could not help but bend down and spit out.

Even some of the guards felt their stomachs churning and wanted to vomit.

The few extraordinary professionals among the guards recognized these zombies and shouted, "These are 2nd ring undead creatures. Don't use bladed weapons. It's best to fight them with blunt weapons!"

It's easy to say, but where can the guards find weapons like hammers at this time?

Besides, ordinary people might be able to deal with the 1st level skeleton soldiers.

But when facing a 2nd level undead zombie, you can’t deal with one without more than ten people.

There were at least ten zombies in front of them!
"Your Highness... that, there..."

Next to the eldest prince, a guard was pointing tremblingly into the distance.

The eldest prince looked in the direction of the other person's finger.

Thick fog rose above the river surface at some point.

In the thick fog, there was a knight riding a ghost horse walking on the river, walking towards the stopped ship slowly but actually quickly.

The knight was protecting his master who was also wearing a black robe and riding a horse.

The thick fog quickly expanded, enveloping the ship.

In the thick fog, one can occasionally see terrifying ghosts with ferocious faces, looming in the fog and making terrifying cries.

This scene, which was like a horror movie, frightened the eldest prince to death. He could only watch the terrifying knight and his master board the ship.

(End of this chapter)