Chapter 6 : Black Dragon
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GRAAAAAAWR!
Stepping on the wall to stand, the supersized King Hydra’s 9 heads sought prey. The heads shot around like arrows, swallowing up Priests and Soldiers.
GRA-RAWR!
It demolished the stone tower and gobbled up the Archers.
It was on a different plane from Yellowy’s rumination of fresh grass, which was leisurely enough to make one blow up in frustration.
A sight inducing horror and vertigo.
In a bog three prestigious guilds united to explore, there was a legendary monster, the King Hydra. Then, in just a few minutes, the King Hydra ate up all the prestigious guild members and moved to yet another location to eat more prey.
An existence burning with an endless appetite, the King Hydra!
“F-fire!”
The Archers’ target changed from the Undead to the Hydra. They loosed arrows towards the Hydra’s body as it stepped on the wall and cleared away their teammates.
The Hydra’s 9 heads saw the arrows. The majority of the arrows couldn’t pierce its thick hide, and even if they left a wound, it only lasted a minute; its green blood would immediately stop flowing, and the wound would heal. It was thanks the Hydra’s special characteristic of regeneration, which surpassed even Trolls’.
“The attack isn’t working.”
“Save me!”
“Dark Knights, protect the Priests.”
The Hydra’s heads each moved several meters to search for food. Each head boasted a snout bigger than a castle tower and even emitted a fire and poison gas attack!
On the fortress wall, there was a clamor of exploding screams.
“Dark Knights, come back!”
The Dark Knights, who faced the Undead on the front lines of the battle tried to gather to fight the Hydra. However, before they could attempt an organized maneuver, the corner of the wall the Hydra had stepped on crumbled down. Suddenly, a part of the fortress wall gave in all at once, unable to bear the Hydra’s ponderous weight.
“Uhuhuhu.”
“The wall collapsed. Let’s go up.”
Climbing the wall collapsed from the ground up, the Zombies, Ghouls, and Skeletons at the head of the Undead army pressed forward in a line. There were also many Embinyu Soldiers who were crushed to death.
“Fight!”
“Embinyu Soldiers, don’t give up our holy ground to them!”
A mass of Embinyu Soldiers rushed out from within the fortress and charged at the Undead, including Dark Knights and Priests, they were the Embinyu Church’s remaining troops! Unmobilized in the fight until now, it was the first appearance of the Embinyu Church’s hidden forces.
Balkan did not let them eliminate the Undead.
“Core Explosion!”
Due to the ultimate evil Necromancer’s magic, the dead corpses erupted in a massive explosion. As bones and flesh splattered, the terrain where the Embinyu Soldiers had gathered took enormous damage. More than several hundred people lost their lives, and far more were rendered unable to fight because of large wounds. Without shields and armor, they would have taken damage near to impossible to shake off.
Even normal Necromancer spells became chilling spells of mass destruction when Balkan cast them.
*Rustle.*
Debris in the collapsed wall moved. Living Death Knights who became Undead from the Dark Rule magic swung their swords to slaughter those who had been their allies not long ago.
“Holy power, protect us. Grant your servants wills and bodies like steel. Iron Armor.”
The protective magic of the Priests encased the Soldiers. In addition, the High Priest Feylord, who hadn’t shown himself, finally appeared.
Apparently, Feylord was also plastered with high-class items not falling too short of Balkan’s. Jeweled rings hanging from each finger, a bracelet, necklace, and earrings! The peerlessly expensive accessory items sparkled in the sunlight. A high priest robe embroidered with golden thread was draped over his obese body.
Feylord yelled, “Servants of the Embinyu Church, your pain will disappear and joy will burn within you. Divine Bless!”
Feylord’s propensity to bless primarily Soldiers was also strong. If Lich Shire or the Bone Dragon’s overall force was undoubtedly explosive, then the High Priest Feylord did not show such offensive power. However, in the eyes of the Embinyu Church’s army, he was so great that there was no wall sturdier than he.
A part of the fortress wall had collapsed, but the Embinyu Church’s Soldiers filled the gap instead.
“Oh. Oh. OH!”
“We won’t let our land be stolen.”
“Eliminate the enemies. Embinyu God, give them eternal pain.”
Covered in the blessing magic of Feylord and the Priests, the Soldiers easily overcame most of the attacks and their pain.
The footmen were perfectly equipped with shields and armor! They demonstrated strength firm enough to feel threatening. As they swung their hammers and axes, they pushed the Undead army back. Though a Dullahan was adept at battle, it wasn’t able to penetrate the wall of footmen easily when three or four footmen defended together and counterattacked.
However, it was only after many of the Undead had already entered the fortress through the fallen wall. Doom Knights and Death Knights went around picking Priests and slaughtering them.
“I am Sowed Veron, Knight of the Embinyu Church 11th Sect.”
“Ke. Ke. Ke. Ke. I’m Death Knight Teirum, Balkan-nim’s minion.”
It wasn’t hard to see a Dark Knight and Death Knight having a one-on-one match. There were cases when the Dark Knight dominated and beheaded his opponent with a holy sword. However, when a Death Knight won, the dead Dark Knight immediately became the same Death Knight or Doom Knight and revived.
“A huge demon.”
“Let’s go. Let’s fight.”
Some of the Undead went after the King Hydra. With their fear removed by Balkan, the Undead tried to hunt even the likes of the King Hydra. However, there was no way the King Hydra would be hunted down by scores of impertinent Undead! Whenever the 9 heads moved in turn, Undead flew into the sky and scores of Soldiers and Priests were eaten.
The battle of the Embinyu fortress continued on as a grand dogfight.
Whenever the King Hydra moved, Soldiers and Undead were crushed underneath.
GRAAAAAAAAAAWR!
The King Hydra’s fearless roar rang out in all directions like thunder.
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