This feeling truly made Ludwig's heart feel very ominous.
So, he made a decisive move, almost without hesitation, immediately mobilizing his remaining extraordinary power, and even vibrating the surrounding remaining extraordinary power to make his speed faster, attempting to quickly escape this area within the black mist.
However, when he vibrated the surrounding extraordinary power, his originally translucent figure also emitted a special fluctuation at this moment, causing the Khergit Veteran Mounted Archers and Steppe Bandits around him, who had already raised their Nomadic Scimitars, long spears, and Nomadic Bows, to instantly detect this fluctuation.
Although these Kujit nomads were unsure what this fluctuation was, a sense of unease, stemming from living beings' reaction to death spirit rules, surfaced in their hearts.
"What is that? There seems to be something over there! It's running as fast as a rabbit!"
"Get rid of it! Get rid of it! It must be a valuable chieftain or leader!"
"Where are the Khergit Veteran Mounted Archers? Follow me and charge! Charge! Charge!"
"Arrows! Arrows! Arrows! Use bodkin arrows! Shoot that rabbit-like thing for me!"
But for those Kujit nomads, especially the Khergit Veteran Mounted Archers and Khergit Mounted Archers who had reached the fifth or fourth rank, this unease in their hearts was actually the alertness that arose after they discovered prey.
After all, this feeling of unease occurred when they faced wolves, lions, snow leopards, or even threatening omnivores like bears.
It represented that their lives were threatened.
But being threatened, should they not resist? Especially for these Kujit nomads who were accustomed to freedom, free migration and resisting and killing when facing threats was their very nature.
The Kujit Steppe was the true world where the weak were prey to the strong, where the rules of the jungle were laid bare.
Powerful tribes could annex smaller tribes.
If a small tribe wanted to grow strong, they had to attack a powerful tribe when it was weak, consuming it to grow into a stronger tribe.
Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, and shrimp eat the corpses of rotten big fish.
Therefore, for these Kujit, their lives possibly being threatened at this moment was not something to be greatly feared; on the contrary, if their sacrifice could bring about the possibility of Deherim and Lord Shen Mu becoming stronger, they were happy to dedicate their lives.
Moreover, they had clearly seen that it was a humanoid, translucent shadow at that time.
And that humanoid, translucent shadow was still running away.
After all, if that humanoid, translucent black shadow wanted to fight them, it shouldn't have run towards the west; instead, it should have actively charged towards their cavalry.
Running directly towards the west, in a direction with no Human Clan cavalry, like this.
Didn't that intention clearly show that although the opponent had the ability to kill them, he chose to flee out of guilt or because he was being held here, being slowly worn down, and then chose to escape out of fear?
Since the opponent chose to escape, there was nothing to be afraid of at all.
As long as a strong person chose to escape, it was equivalent to being a lamb waiting to be slaughtered or fish on a chopping block, only to be preyed upon by them.
And when it came to pursuit, these Kujit nomads were truly experts.
Previously on Calradia, these Kujit nomads' favorite tactic in field battles on the flat Kujit Steppe was to temporarily avoid engaging the infantry and cavalry of other kingdoms, waiting for the opponent to begin retreating due to fatigue or weather, and then pursuing them, turning the retreat into a rout.
This allowed them to employ their most skilled tactic, similar to chasing prey on the vast steppe.
So, when Ludwig began to flee quickly, these Kujit nomads didn't hesitate at all, immediately tapping the flanks of their horses with their legs, causing the heavy steppe horses and steppe steeds beneath them to gallop.
They chased after that half-blurred, half-invisible black shadow that was fleeing.
Even before they got close to the humanoid black shadow, these Kujit had already pulled bodkin arrows from the quivers on their backs, nocked them onto the Nomadic Bows in their hands, and, drawing their bows, shot with the archery skills honed over the years.
With a whoosh, they shot towards the back of that humanoid black shadow.
'Thwack!'
And that humanoid black shadow, still running and fleeing quickly, immediately stumbled and fell heavily towards the ground.
When these Kujit looked, they saw that the faces of the seven or eight fifth-rank Khergit Veteran Mounted Archers around them immediately broke into smiles, because the bodkin arrows they had just shot had hit the target from a distance of twenty to thirty meters.
Seven or eight bodkin arrows were now stuck in the back of that humanoid black shadow that had fallen heavily to the ground.
The fletching was still shaking violently.
Indicating the great force with which the bodkin arrows were shot.
But at this moment, Ludwig's mind, as he lay heavily on the ground, was a blank, including his thoughts.
"Did I get shot?"
Ludwig struggled to produce such a thought, but when he felt the negative energy within him being rapidly consumed, and even his consciousness being scorched by a powerful force, a look of despair appeared in his heart.
Because Ludwig finally knew why all Undead Monsters turned into ashes in a short time after being hit by those Human Clan cavalry.
It was because the white sacred flame attached to the arrows in his body contained holy power that was too concentrated and powerful.
Even now, Ludwig was forcefully pushing his death spirit origin, causing the death spirit power in the soul fire within his eye sockets to frantically compensate for the scorching damage caused by the white flames formed on the seven or eight arrows stuck in his back.
He found that even using the power of his death spirit origin, he couldn't fill the holes being scorched into his body by the white Holy Light flame.
He was about to die.
But just as Ludwig's mind conjured the most desperate outcome, the rumbling sound of horseshoes hitting the ground reached his ears.
However, Ludwig couldn't lift his head, or rather, he was lying on the ground, struggling just to forcefully condense his body using his death spirit origin power to prevent the white sacred flame from scorching him into ashes.
After all, if Ludwig relaxed for even a moment, the white sacred flame would surge forward.
Wanting to completely incinerate him.
"Damn it," Ludwig could only lie on the ground at this moment, allowing his face, which he had once cherished greatly, to sink directly into the dirty mud mixed with bone fragments on the ground.
He couldn't even maintain the physical form he had barely managed to condense anymore.
Because the seven or eight bodkin arrows in his back, which had pierced his body and shattered his bones, now had the burning white sacred flame acting directly on his Skeleton body.
As the negative energy sizzled and emitted bursts of black smoke, like a hot knife cutting through cold butter, due to the positive energy.
Ludwig was truly on the verge of complete despair.
He found that no matter how much he pushed the negative energy within him, or even used his death spirit origin, he couldn't get rid of the white flames attached to the seven or eight arrows in his back.
His negative energy was being rapidly consumed by the burning white flames, and the speed of consumption made his heart grow colder and colder.
If he were in the Spiritual Realm, with abundant death spirit rules power, or abundant extraordinary power elements, he would not be so desperate, as other extraordinary powers could be converted into death spirit power, allowing him significant aid and a chance to stabilize his injuries to some extent.
But it was different now; this was the Blue Star World, where extraordinary power was extremely scarce, and before this, he had already used up a lot of the extraordinary power that had spread here through spirit world rules and death spirit rules just to cast spells.
He could no longer suppress the erosion and consumption of the white flames formed by the sacred Holy Light power on him.
He could only lie on the ground and wait for death.
Especially listening to the increasing sound of Human Clan cavalry horseshoes hitting the ground approaching him, Ludwig finally closed his eyes helplessly and sighed softly: "I never thought I would die so easily in the Blue Star World. When I was first dispatched to the Blue Star World, I thought it would give me a chance to find a way to recover into a Wood Elf."
Ludwig could sense that right beside his ear, Human Clan cavalry on horseback had arrived at a close distance, likely looking down at his miserable state on the ground.
But he no longer cared about these things; he just couldn't help but smile bitterly: "No wonder that Skeleton King didn't want to descend to the Blue Star World prematurely. I thought he was suppressing the Undead Monster legions of other dynasties, but it turns out that the Skeleton King had already sensed the dangers appearing in the Blue Star World."
Ludwig slowly gave up resistance.
Then, the things on his body that resembled flesh quickly turned into black smoke and black gas, beginning to spread outwards, and as they spread, when they touched the seven or eight arrows stuck in his back, because the white flames on them were still burning fiercely, they emitted sizzling sounds and a foul odor.
At the same time, because he gave up resistance, the white flames on his body had begun to attach to his Skeleton body, starting to ignite his bones and rapidly spreading to the bones throughout his body.
"Damn, this guy is almost spontaneously combusting, let's move aside, don't let it burn us."
"This is truly too smelly, hurry and move away, I'm about to vomit."
The Khergit Mounted Archers around quickly pulled on their reins, controlling the steeds beneath them, and dodged to the side.
Even they couldn't stand the foul odor, as they also found this thing that was gradually turning into a Skeleton too strange. Compared to other Skeleton Skeletons that they could kill with a single strike by thrusting or slashing with long spears or Nomadic Scimitars, and which would then burn into ashes within three or four seconds.
This Skeleton Skeleton lying here had been burning for over ten seconds, twenty seconds, even now over thirty seconds and more than a minute, and its entire body had not yet completely burned away.
It truly brought looks of confusion to the faces of these Khergit Mounted Archers.
However, some brave Kujit and Mounted Archers still raised the heavy long spears in their hands, which were still burning with white flames, their length close to 4 meters, and holding them over their shoulders, they savagely thrust towards the head of that humanoid Skeleton frame.
'Bang!'
With a crisp, clean sound of bone shattering, this long spear, over 4 meters in length, directly pierced the top of the skull and immediately sank into the mud beneath the head of this humanoid Skeleton Skeleton.
It instantly pierced straight through the head.
"This must be liberation."
At this moment, the soul fire in Ludwig's eye sockets had suffered a strong impact, and because of the white flames appearing on the long spear, it was attacked by a natural enemy, beginning to flicker violently, and as the white flames spread from the long spear, the blue soul fire was also gradually disappearing.
At the same time, Ludwig's consciousness was also disappearing, but just before his consciousness completely dissipated, a trace of relief appeared in his eyes, or rather, in the soul fire that could show his emotions.
Then, the white Holy Light flames instantly surged down.
'Whoosh!'
Completely destroyed all emotions in Ludwig's eyes, including his soul fire which represented his existence, incinerating and destroying it completely.
Meanwhile, at the third-floor balcony of the castle's main building, a dialogue box suddenly appeared before Lord Shen Mu's eyes.
【Ding! Congratulations! After the brave struggle of you and your soldiers, the target from Stage 8, the Vanguard Commander of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty, has been killed by your soldiers.】
【You have won this battle.】
【You have obtained the following rewards...】
【Some of your soldiers can be upgraded...】
Dense dialogue box content appeared before Lord Shen Mu's eyes, and even as he just saw the first two words that appeared, more content had already refreshed. (End of this chapter)
