Volume 24 Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Turn Undead
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Weed’s battle preparation ended when everyone had a full stomach from his cooking.
“We must…”
Having prepared already, the paladins and priests waited for Weed’s speech.
“He will make the speech really long. I would if it was me.”
“Yeah, and it will also get re-broadcasted. After all, Weed is enormously famous.”
Many broadcasting stations including KMC Media were broadcasting it live. Today, not only in Versailles continent, many people would watch Balkan being hunted through many broadcasting stations.
It would be a lie to say they were not tense and thrilled at the opportunity. The paladins felt great shivers to be under Weed’s command and fight against the Undead Legion’s Balkan. Before the battle it was mandatory to remind themselves of the justification and worth of what they were trying to do by listening to their commander’s great speech.
Weed cleared his throat and continued.
“We must hunt Balkan down and take every treasure he has.”
“.....”
“.....”
A precise target with clear consciences!
And with simplicity that did not mindlessly clutter the audience attention.
“Well then let’s all do our best.”
“…..”
For Weed time was too precious to waste on speech.
‘We just have to kill all of them.’
As plans were already set up the only thing to do was fight cooly. So an enormous assault team including paladins, priests and Geomchis was deployed immediately after. Pale’s companions and the Necromancers including Marey moved with them.
Marey, as a bard, came along to compose and sing an awesome song while he spectated Weed’s battle against Balkan. The Necromancers also decided to fight with Weed. There was no small amount of spells and items they could receive under Balkan’s command but their notoriety and Power of Undead would increase.
Balkan was the Necromancers’ blessing and curse at the same time. And with their alignment toward the Undead Legion, it was difficult to enter any villages or castles so they decided to fight for their freedom.
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Paladins’ morale was unmeasurably high. Their attack and defense capabilities were at their maximum when they were against the Undead.
‘With Weed-nim I will be able to fight a heart pounding battle.’
‘Even if I die, I won’t regret a tiny bit.’
Because they were on a live broadcast, their wills were on fire for the battle.
Heading toward the Undead Legions’ troop headquarters in Vargo fortress!
Shaking and their hearts surged with thrill, they marched under the dark sky with heavy rains.
“You need to enter this sewer.”
But the place Weed led to was a dirty narrow sewer!
SPLASH SPLASH!
Paladins, priests and Geomchis walked down the sewer in the direction Weed told them earlier. Pale’s group and Mapan the merchant was with them too. They went past the complicated paths of the sewer and came up above ground, Weed the Doom knight was waiting for them. As Weed was aligned toward the Undead Legion he simply walked past the gate opened and manned by Undead. They could not be jealous of his slightly wet cape and armour.
“This is the kitchen located in the exterior fortress of Vargo fortress. This is a safe place because Undead don’t eat.”
As priests entered the fortress, it felt like their bodies were shivering due to the tension.
Pale asked, “The place Balkan is residing, is it nearby?”
“From the inner fortress we need to go underground.”
They infiltrated the exterior of the fortress easily but the path still left would be tough. It would be just impossible to reach Balkan without getting noticed by so many Undead.
“I’ll enter first. Please follow after some time.”
Weed led in the front, searching the Undead’s movements. It was best when there were no Undead nearby and he frequently reported information on his reconnaissance.
“Seven of them. There are no other Undead in the vicinity. We need to assault them quickly and move on.”
“Holy Might!”
“Recovery!”
When they had to hunt, they cleared the enemy using holy spells from the priests.
Priests’ healing magic, blessing spells and Turn Undead were very critical against the Undead.
“There is no time to take a break for mana regeneration. The Undead move around Vargo fortress freely so we need to keep moving to where Balkan is.”
Weed kept moving without any delay. Because he grasped the exact path leading to Balkan, they were able to move fast even if they had to stop to kill Undead. They moved in fear that once they were revealed by Undead, the tremendous force of Undead would come after them.
Weed promised them an opportunity to fight all they desired, they also wanted to fight Balkan so they followed after him quietly. There were many monsters in the exterior of the fortress but Weed used his position in the Undead Legion to at least reduce the guards.
He took the loitering Undead in their path as his underlings and threw them out of the fortress. But most of theUndead squatting in the corner with their bodies crouched were over level 300 and three Bone Dragons were flying around in the air. Vandal knights on their ghost horses roamed between interior and the exterior of the fortress so even Weed, who knew the current Undead circumstances, couldn’t be completely at ease.
“Keeak, humans!”
Priests and paladins channeled their holy spells and used it immediately but sometimes the Undead died screaming. Every time that happened, nearby Undead came in and they had to quickly repeat their subjugation and escape.
“Humans! Humans are invading.”
“Ring the bell and alert everyone.”
“There is a fight going on somewhere.”
“I smell blood. Living creatures are challenging us.”
RING! RING! RING!
Somewhere from the towers of Vargo Fortress, a loud chime rang.
“We have to assume we are revealed now. From now on, there will be no more scouting instead run straight to the interior of the fortress.”
Following after Weed, the paladins and Geomchis ran after him. Even the physically weak priests held their staffs and the scriptures in their hands and started running.
“We kill every Undead blocking our way and break through.”
It was a battle against time now. If they were surrounded by Undead crowding in from the whole Vargo Fortress, they would only face a miserable death.
“Sahyungs need to go forward now. We need to break through as quick as we can. It may be dangerous but please.”
“Don’t worry. That much is easy.”
Geomchis destroyed every defending Undead soldiers they encountered.
Dedicated attack and breakthrough using their bodies unsparingly!
If it was not the cleansing spells of priests, then the Undead return as corpses through normal sword or physical attacks. But due to Balkan’s Dark Rule magic, they would rise again as Undead as time goes but they were not in the circumstance of taking measures.
Weed took the front and ran through the hallway. Because he was a Doom Knight, he didn’t get attacked by Undead.
“Intruders!”
Weed screamed and drew the Undead attentions.
“Humans approaching from the right hallway.”
Every Undead ran to the direction Weed told.
Weed performed his duty of confusing Undead besides scouting and guiding the paths. Running straight through, everyone besides straggling priests behind them arrived at the gate leading to the interior of the fortress.
“We need to get across here. There are way too many Undead on the other paths.”
The path Weed picked was connected with the inner fortress through bridges over the moat. Under the bridge, crocodile Undead licked their chops at the sight of humans.
“Let’s go.”
Priests and paladins ran across the bridge.
Behind the exterior of the fortress they ran from, Undead soldiers were gathering.
“Attack! Kill them all!”
“They are rebelling against Balkan-nims goal. Let’s make them into Death’s companions.”
Undead ran what they could and chased after them. There were so many varieties of Undead and gargoyles assaulted from the air.
“Divine Shield!”
Priests spread out their protective magic and blocked the attack.
“Hurry to the interior of the fortress.”
“Quickly, quickly.”
Ever since they entered Vargo fortress, they kept facing battles without time to gather their senses. Not only they had to take care of Undead quickly, they had to move swiftly. Players had questions about how Weed would lead the battle but now they knew.
Weeding them out, falling behind or disobedience was deaths. Because the difficulty of battles were beyond their imaginations, they had to put a lot of efforts trying to keep up with Weed.
Weed looked up in the sky. Presently he couldn’t see three the Bone Dragons.
“Really, I chose a good day.”
Since few days ago, elves and barbarians didn’t attack Vargo fortress. There were sightings of rare high elves in the forest near Vargo fortress, there were indication of another large attack rather than a withdrawal.
“We must fight a big battle with elves.”
“If we raise great achievements, the Balkan-nim will be happy.”
“If we kill many barbarians, do you think we can get accepted into the Vandal knights?”
“Seeing tonight is calm, they must be coming to attack tomorrow. The Undead Legion is planning to counter-strike after defending from Vargo Fortress. This time, we will follow elves into the forest, its a chance to gain great accomplishments.”
Through the Undead conversation he predicted the day of the possible assault. If Vargo fortress was seen from afar, on one side there was humans brought by Weed that were fighting through the path leading to the interior. And near the walls, there was a united army of elves, barbarians and dwarves fighting the Undead.
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