14 Runecraft
Runes!
He had not the mana to withstand that, nor did he believe that any undead aside from his Death knights could withstand those runes! If just barely. He zeroed in as they pulled back their bowstrings! The runes etched into more specifically the arrow heads, hmm. 'Those are for killing vile creatures.' How they managed to gather so many baffles him, runes are not easy to craft let alone on small surfaces. They clearly had a method to do so if they could use them willy nilly.
Duth had no choice, if they were allowed to keep those. They could certainly kill him, but the cost may actually bring him a better profit. Therein he commanded his dead to disperse into the buildings and alleyways. Before he commanded his Death knights "Charge and kill as many as possible, do not try to withstand the arrows, they will kill you."
Duth swiftly made his way towards the nearest cover whilst his Death knights launched themselves at the distant bowmen!
Their rumbling speeds forced the archers to readjust and let loose a volley of trailblazing arrows!
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Gabriel watched as 5 speeding missiles pinged off the stone buildings and sheared through wooden walls as volleys of arrows fell on them, so many pinging off the stone like bouncing rocks!
A few would hit their mark, yet half of which were cut down or slapped aside. Allowing only a handful to strike and falter the Death Knights. Each arrow felt like a boulder slapping them. Forcing them to stumble and desperately move out of the way before they are pelted to death!
They managed to get much closer than the archers intended. However any further and they are guaranteed to get pelted. The archers where too close and they were ready to murder them. However vigor renewed the dead when a whispering voice fell upon their minds. "I will name you if you can remove them."
Gabriel stood behind the archers, he directed the first three barrels of arrows back, keeping one in front. The retreat had routed, but he knew that if the dead charged again and committed they would have to fall back completely. Hell the charging group behind the dead had to retreat when the dead broke off into confined places. Rogers decided it was best to take a detour and meet up with the knights.
A good choice, and taking a direct route could be a fatal mistake. Not so much the archers, but the dead taking an opportunity to rip them apart and use them as living cover. Which in turn would mess with the loyal knights morale and enviable cause the lines to collapse and potentially lose more men than they should.
Sir Gabriel watched the desolate street, before he saw two black missiles fire up from an alleyway and land on the roofs, launching themselves into a blitzing speed! Whilst a cart rolled into the street from said alleyway and three Death knights slid into the street two blocks from the unit, two of the Death knights flipped the cart before hoisting it and charging, the third following behind!
Archers fired a volley down range, driving the cart back before two knights from above fell into the archers! Some managed to turn in time and unleash a point blank arrow, slamming one death knight into a stone wall, and another lost its right arm! Before slamming into four or five and crushing them, it swiped its blade, sweeping death encompassing less than a dozen archers! Sir Gabriel roared "Fall back, forward!" He waved the archer back before he looked towards the routed troops and three his sword down in a roar!
The death knights ahead threw the cart, the tumbling wood crashed and killed a handful of archers, before they barreled in and slaughtered over a dozen men within a second!
Sir Gabriel moved in swiftly, with two knights following suit, they zeroed in on the vulnerable Death knight who had been severely damaged from a point blank volley!
Albeit its combat strength did not wane, instead it charged clashing blades with Sir Gabriel and drove the man into a paced stumble! Whilst two knights slammed and drove back the death knight, having cut into the dead enough to bypass its armor. Their blades parted the light within faltering the death knight whose eyes flickered and dimmed for a moment, he clenched its jaw and battery rammed both knights, throwing them back with puking blood!
Sir Gabriel appeared before the Death knight having already risen and launched himself into its death grasp! Throwing himself into the creature's gut and forcing it away!
The Death knight took hold of the knight and slammed its jagged knee guard into his gut! Piercing the armor and forcing Gabriel to puke blood!
He felt the jagged guard pull out, before the death knight kneed him again and again in the gut! Goring the knight over and over! However Sir Gabriel would not go down so easily! He clenched his jaw with dying eyes and took his sword, ramming it up to the hilt into the death knight's gut, forcing it to let go and stumble, he looked down seeing his guts fall out! Pain coursed through him, but without looking back he put the last of his strength into his legs and hand driving the death knight back against the stone wall as the blade was forced up! Its eyes dimmed as both Gabriel and the Death knight faltered and fell together.
Upon realizing this most of the troops broke off and fled, those who stayed including a handful of knights from the same house and the troops from the same house roared with fury and threw themselves into death's grasp!
Duth watched through the eyes of his undead how they slayed the knights who stood again and again until their life left them! How the soldiers charged into the grinder that is a Death Knight and fell with no regret! Even if it was a massacre, the cost was a severely damaged death knight, a dead Death knight and finally three minor injured ones.
He came upon the finished battle, nodding to the fallen Death knight in grim expression before he turned towards the remaining four. They knelt as they felt it was time.
"As I said and will follow. You shall be named."
He pointed to each uttering their name as green flames roared around them from the corpses, with each name spoken he gave them SM. For the three dozen of humans that fell he gave all four thirty each for overall kills. Lending them three hundred and sixty per knight! Bulking them up he checked their levels and nodded at his strengthened knights.
[Mahel Lvl 35]
[Ghiel Lvl 35]
[Jelu Lvl 35]
[Xerl Lvl 35]
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Like the new names? I decided to be as original as possible. I sorta just made these up to be honest, but i like them.
