About two hours later, Erica and her group drove to the main road near Ronan Castle.

In fact, Ronan Castle is not very far from Lavender. At least, the group of people went to a secret military camp hidden in the wasteland to deliver a message, so they took a long detour. And when everyone was marching on the main road

After a while, we encountered some unusual problems on the road near Ronan Castle.

Diana discovered the anomaly on the road through Magic Map v2.0, so Erica did not drive directly over. Instead, she found a higher position to observe the situation of the accident.

Looking from a distance, I discovered that the problem was that another large group of people who looked like refugees were surrounding the road. This group of refugees were ragged and inexplicably scarred. It would be more appropriate to say that they were fleeing for their lives rather than fleeing. I felt guilty.

Erica saw from a distance through the telescope that among the refugees there were some embarrassed nobles and armed guards. For some reason, this group of people were surrounding a caravan, and the leader looked like a noble.

They were arguing with the people in the caravan. Judging from the tense atmosphere between the caravan guards and the noble guards, it seemed more like the nobles were trying to rob the caravan.

"Do you want to go there? Or... take a detour?" Diana looked at a few green dots on the magic map and said calmly: "But there seems to be some... familiar people at the caravan."

"Ah...I saw it." Erica looked through the telescope and said: "The Harlein brothers and sisters are inside. This caravan does not seem to be a vehicle of the Shirley Chamber of Commerce, but the flag of the caravan looks familiar...

…”

Erica watched for a while and then took Diana back to the car. After a brief discussion with Diana and Aurora, she decided to go and have a look. If nothing else, the Harlein brothers and sisters were indeed worthy of their respect.

We are friends, so it’s better to help them with their troubles.

After getting ready, Erica ordered Liz and Puffy to go to the weapons positions on the roof of the car, and then drove the car accelerating towards the crowd.

The roar of the engine attracted the attention of people on the periphery a few hundred meters away. Looking around, I could see smoke and dust billowing on the horizon of the road, as if there was an illusion of a large army of surprise troops coming.

At the beginning of the period, people directly thought that it was the cavalry coming from the south to rescue Ronenberg, but judging from the speed and scale of the smoke, it did not look like rolling horseshoes. Until the front of GAZ-2975-Z suddenly emerged from the horizon.

The moment it jumped out, people realized it was a "monster" they had never seen before.

The unknown will breed people's ignorant thoughts, and this is especially common for civilians living in the middle and lower classes. Faced with the roaring black monster, people on the periphery actually scrambled to escape. And when the outer layer of the crowd

After all the civilians fled, the nobles and guards who were confronting the caravan in the inner circle saw the armored vehicles rushing straight towards them.

As a result, this group of nobles also had turmoil like the civilians and wanted to flee on the roadside. However, what surprised Erica was that there were still many noble guards who were unwilling to leave, and even posed towards the armored vehicles.

Defensive driving. Although Erica does not think that the fragile-looking iron shields and slender spears on the opposite side can stop the reinforced armored vehicles that have reached a speed of about 80 kilometers per hour, but considering that if they really hit it, they will definitely hit it.

It had some bad effects on itself, so it started to slow down when it was about 200 meters away from the opposite side.

But something happened that made Erica shocked and angry. When the armored vehicle was about 50 meters away from the opposite side, a fireball the size of a lead ball suddenly flew out from behind the guard on the opposite side and hit it.

The front window of the armored vehicle. Fortunately, this fierce-looking fireball was resisted by Diana with other magic when it approached the armored vehicle. However, when the fireball dissipated, there were still some flames and dust that fell to the front window.

There were scorch marks on the windshield.

Erica looked at the charred marks on the windshield in displeasure and curled her lips, then stepped on the accelerator and drove the car directly in front of the array of guards before stopping. However, this group of soldiers got out before the armored vehicle approached.

And escaped, and they also took away their noble master before escaping. This seems to be that they are still very dedicated. But things always come to the same level. Erica's mood at the moment is still because the car window was disturbed.

It was so bad that she felt irritated, so after parking the car, she immediately picked up her AK-74M rifle and pointed it at the guy dressed as a magician who was running the slowest, and shot him in the calf with one shot.

Fell to the ground.

Erica didn't intend to kill the other person. Although the shot caused him to fall to the ground, Erica could clearly see that it was just a minor injury like a scratch on the skin. After the magician fell to the ground,

He soon discovered that his leg was not injured, but at this moment he did not dare to run away. Instead, he stayed in place with a look of horror, as if he did not dare to act rashly.

Of course, Erica didn't pay attention to the other party. Instead, she walked to the side of the caravan with a rifle, waved to a carriage and said, "Long time no see."

The caravan guards who originally looked as panicked as the noble guards when they saw the armored vehicles rushing over were completely stunned. However, the leader of the other team seemed to be quite rational. When they discovered that Erica did not show hostility towards them, they instantly

She breathed a sigh of relief. Then the door of the carriage that Erica greeted before suddenly opened, and Clande Hallein and his sister Hannah Hallein, who were wrapped in bandages, came with surprises on their faces.

When he arrived in front of Erica, he greeted her.

After some simple greetings, the caravan understood that Erica and others were indeed not enemies, so everyone dispersed to guard the group of refugees who were still surrounding and refused to leave.

"Why are you here?" Erica looked around and then asked, "And who are they?"

"This... we don't know either." Cland looked at the bandage on his arm with a face of shame and then said: "We were ordered by the lady to escort the supplies of the Doria Chamber of Commerce northward..."

"Hmm...huh? Doria?" Erica immediately looked at the front of the motorcade after hearing the name.

The guard captain over there was discussing something with a rich and powerful businessman, and the businessman peeked over here from time to time.

Gino Vittore, if Erica remembers correctly, his name should be this.

This man was the son of the businessman who was used to molest Erica in the Envar ruins, and his father seemed to have died in the subsequent monster attack. Speaking of which, there was no relationship between him and Erica.

What kind of grudge? It’s better to say that Erica beat him up for intimidating others, but she felt that she owed him a little. Later, I heard that he returned to the small town of Petz to take over his father’s position and became Petz of the Doria Chamber of Commerce.

Branch president.

"Petz is from the Chamber of Commerce? Going to the north?" Erica asked as she looked at the horse-drawn carriage full of supplies.

"Yes, we are delivering supplies to Maryburg," Clande looked at the refugees around him with his big ax and then lowered his voice and said, "There are many supply caravans from the south to support the war in the north.

, everyone went north in three ways. One of the teams going north from the Peradoro River also had reinforcements going to help the battle... The remaining two routes were provided by the private chamber of commerce, and the background of the Doria Chamber of Commerce was somewhat special, so it was

Miss Liz thinks that taking the main road through Ronan Castle will not cause trouble for the local nobles..."

Klande sighed as he spoke, because judging from the results, this plan was obviously not very reliable, because they were intercepted by refugees who didn't know where they came from before they arrived at Ronan Castle.

The way to go.

Erica recalled the map of the principality in her mind. She remembered the general shape of the river with the strange name, and also speculated on Chris's plan based on the information she knew before.

From a topographic point of view, this river does not connect the northern part of the principality, because in the central area it will turn towards the Kingdom of Solis, and what blocks it from the northern part is a river that is not too long but has some

Desolate mountain range, it seems that Chris's plan is to have the reinforcements directly climb over the mountain range and quietly enter the Bar Plains. If successful, they may cooperate with Mariaburg to form an offensive to surround the enemy from both front and rear. This seems to be a plan.

Not a bad plan.

That mountain range is said to be a famous no-man's land, and neither Solis nor Michael have any population living near it. But if Chris wants reinforcements to cross that mountain range, she must be prepared.

Or rely on it, because Erica doesn't think that Chris will really intend to send reinforcements carrying a large amount of supplies to cross the mountains, because even if they reach the Bar Plains, there won't be much combat power left.

But Erica is not particularly worried about this matter, because she believes that Chris will have a complete plan, so she does not need to intervene. Of course, if Chris has a need, Erica

Rika will also help, after all, this is a good excuse to increase commissions.

After putting aside these trivial matters that had nothing to do with her at the moment, Erica looked around vigilantly at the refugees who were still gathered around and looking sadly at the refugees asking for help, and asked: "Are these people locals too?"

"That should be the case. These people are said to be people who escaped from Ronan Castle." Hannah continued: "The noble leader wanted to rob our carriage, but we didn't agree, so..."

"Oh...I understand." Erica turned her head and looked at Liz, who was escorting the magician over, and then looked at the shadow of Ronenberg Castle vaguely visible on the horizon and said thoughtfully.

: "Something happened to Ronan Castle..."

"Yes." Cland looked at his injured arm and said: "We have encountered a wave of civilians coming out of Ronan Castle before, but...but they seemed to be frightened by something, and as soon as we met, we launched

He attacked, and said some incoherent words... A large number of people appeared in Ronan Castle..."

"Zombies?" Erica thought for a moment and then quickly changed her words: "Living dead?"

"Yes..." Clande replied.

Erica looked at his injured arm. It seemed that the other party knew what monsters like the living dead were. And since the injured Klande was not isolated by his companions, it meant that he might not have been attacked by that kind of monster.

It was injured, so there shouldn't be any problems. But just in case, Erica took Ruby out of the carriage and asked her to check Clander's injuries and heal them. Only the caravan was injured.

Klande was not the only one who felt this, but Erica also felt that Ruby needed to be evaluated and cured by everyone in the caravan.

After checking, Ruby confirmed that Klande was fine, and then Liz escorted the magician to Erica.

"How much do you know about Ronenberg's situation?" Erica asked directly as soon as she came up.

The magician seemed to have maintained a relatively calm sense. After secretly observing Erica and others, he remained silent for a while and then said: "A large number of living dead suddenly appeared in the city this morning, and these

The living dead are completely different from the low-level undead in the past. They are very powerful but highly aggressive. The guards in the city are completely vulnerable... My master, Baron Kimi, led some of the people to climb over the city wall at a critical moment.

I was lucky enough to escape..."

The magician looked at Klande and others next to him very dissatisfied and then continued: "The people are really tired. We met this caravan and we planned to 'borrow' a few cars from them.

Horse-drawn carriages came to transport the people..."

It was obvious that this magician seemed to regard Erica as a big shot, so he began to complain to her. But Erica didn't care about the truth at all, but what the other person just said did arouse Ali's

Attention card.

"You just said... you climbed over the wall?" he asked, patting the other party on the shoulder.

"Uh... yes. When the accident happened, it was not time to open the city gates. All the gates in the city were closed... so..." The magician also looked at Erica in surprise.

At first, the magician did regard Erica and her group as nobles and other high-status beings, because not only Erica's dress, but also the "magic vehicle" beside her and even the two elf women inside were...

There is an extraordinary temperament everywhere. Although the magician only serves an inconspicuous baron family, this does not mean that he is a countryman with narrow vision, so he concluded that even if Erica is not a noble, she must have an extraordinary status. If she can get

With the help of the other party, everyone will be able to escape from the terrifying ghost of Ronan Castle faster.

Erica calculated the time a little. She knew that the approximate opening time of most cities in the principality was between 6 and 7 in the morning after dawn. If this group of people really escaped from Ronan Castle, it would probably be around this time.

Within the time period. It is already past 10 o'clock in the morning. At least 3 hours have passed since the zombie outbreak. If there is really no effective defense in Ronan Castle, I am afraid that this time the city should be able to count.

Fell.

But what she learned through this magician was not all bad news. At least Erica learned that all the city gates were closed, so it can be understood that zombies have not spread from the city...at least not on a large scale.

In other words, as long as the zombies in the city are controlled, Earl Ronan's territory can still be saved.

Count Ronan's fiefdom is neither too big nor too small. According to a rough calculation, it is estimated to be almost the same size as Moscow, and the territory has a population of more than 30,000 people, but most of them are far away.
To be continued...