"Hold on! Don't give up!"
On the E-Rantel city cemetery wall, Gazef Stronoff wielded his greatsword, Slash-Keen, to cut down the relentless Skeletal Undead crawling upwards, while shouting to encourage the weary guards around him. The cemetery and the military camp were both located on the outermost circle of the city. After the unrest erupted, the city defense forces stationed at the guard posts immediately rushed to the scene. However, compared to the Undead army stretching as far as the eye could see, it was difficult for humans to gain a numerical advantage.
Nonetheless, if the enemies were merely low-level Undead like Skeletons and Zombies, holding out would not be an issue.
[Magic Arrow]!
[Holy Light]!
[Fireball]!
...
All kinds of magic rained down from the wall. The [Fireball] spell with its explosive effect fell into dense Undead formations and could even directly obliterate dozens of Skeletons. The magic casters and Priests from the Adventurer's Guild, the Magic Caster's Guild, and the city's great Church provided powerful firepower support. Whenever they used magic, the Undead army's assault would be immediately quelled. But this situation was too ideal and could not last long.
Buzz!
A massive shadow blocked the moonlight and swooped down from the air towards the wall, instantly causing an uproar among the defending forces.
Thump, thump, thump!
Gazef ran along the wall with heavy strides, then took a powerful leap towards the shadow. This monster was made of countless human bones. It took the form of a mythical beast with a long neck, wings, and four legs, and possessed a special ability to be immune to magical attacks—a Bone Dragon. Since none of the magic casters in the defending army were capable of reaching Seventh Tier magic, they had no way to deal with the Bone Dragon and had to rely on the warriors to fight. However, it was not easy to fight a Bone Dragon. It was difficult to do so without the strength of a Platinum-ranked adventurer or higher.
Although Gazef's strength had declined after experiencing temporary death and resurrection, he was still at the level of an Adamantite-class adventurer.
The Bone Dragon raised its massive claw and swatted hard, attempting to kill the fly obstructing its path, but Gazef raised the greatsword in his hand and slammed it into its claw.
Boom!
As sword and bone claw collided, a dull sound rang out. Gazef was thrown back against the wall by the impact, his feet sliding a meter on the ground before he stopped. The Bone Dragon in the air swayed slightly, its head tilting backward uncontrollably.
"Drink!" After Gazef's attack, a red shadow leaped from the wall. It was none other than the Blue Roses warrior, Gagaran. She used a warhammer as her weapon, making her the most suitable person to deal with the Skeletal Undead, as the damage caused by hammer-like weapons was mostly bludgeoning. Gagaran's powerful blow struck the Bone Dragon's uncontrolled head, shattering the Undead monster's skull into pieces.
After completing this attack, Gagaran could not return to the wall alone because she had jumped too far. She would most likely fall below the wall and be surrounded by the Undead army. But she was not fighting alone. Evileye used [Fly] magic to quickly approach and grab Gagaran's armor. Gagaran's physique was extremely strong, and the two of them sank slightly because of it, making Evileye unable to help but complain, "Muscle girl, you should pay attention to weight loss, otherwise I might not be able to pull you up in the future."
"Stop talking. We'll talk about this after the battle is over," Gagaran retorted unhappily. Then she was thrown back onto the wall by Evileye and continued to act as a shield for the Magic Casters to withstand the Undead's assault.
"It's endless," Evileye flew in the air, casting magic to attack the Undead below while observing the situation in the distance. Suddenly, she saw several tall and terrifying Undead approaching rapidly. They continued to charge forward like beasts, disregarding other Undead. Many Skeletons and Zombies were even trampled to death by them.
Realizing something was wrong, Evileye clapped her hands, then a dragon-shaped lightning bolt appeared and leaped onto her arm.
Fifth Tier: [Lightning Dragon]!
The devastating lightning struck towards the finger and precisely struck the charging Undead. After being hit, white smoke emerged from its body. What surprised Evileye was that it didn't die. After stopping for a moment, it rushed towards the wall again.
"Is this a Death Knight?" Although she had never seen one before, Evileye stared at the Undead warrior in front of her wielding a tower shield and a rippled sword, and recalled a type of high-tier Undead she had heard of before. Its appearance and strength were very similar to what was rumored.
If this is truly that monster...
"Be careful! Dangerous enemies are coming!" Gazef, who was in charge of leading the warriors on the wall, saw the Death Knights approaching and immediately shouted to warn the surrounding guards. Although he knew nothing about this type of monster, he could feel that they were not simple when he saw that a large number of Magic Casters' attacks had no effect on them.
However, he still underestimated the Death Knights.
The Death Knight rushed to the iron gate at the checkpoint and swung the undulating sword in its hand. With just one blow, the iron gate shook violently. There was a clear dent on the door leaf, and the iron door hinges fixed to the wall also showed signs of loosening, emitting creaking sounds as if they could not withstand the weight.
Not good! Gazef was shocked and hurriedly prepared to jump from the wall to defend the gate.
At this moment, another Death Knight leaped with all its might and jumped directly onto the wall. The surrounding warriors and magic casters hastily attacked the Death Knight, but a terrifying scene appeared! Low-tier magic like [Magic Arrow] and [Lightning Spear] struck the Death Knight, yet were unable to shake its body. None of the city guards who stepped forward to stop it survived, as they were all killed by a single swing of its sword.
Hateful! Gazef no longer cared about the danger at the gate and clenched his sword to face the Death Knight. The moment the two swords clashed, Gazef only felt his arm go numb from the shock, but his opponent's attacks continued to batter him like waves.
Martial Arts: [Strength Enhancement]!
Martial Arts: [Fourfold Slash of Light]!
Using two Martial Arts in succession, Gazef launched four high-speed slashes at the Death Knight's shield, forcing the opponent back momentarily. When he regained his senses, he found the guard who had previously been killed by the Death Knight staggering to his feet and beginning to attack friendly forces around him.
This was a special ability of the Death Knight, which could convert killed targets into follower Zombies, and targets killed by follower Zombies could also be converted into normal Zombies. One man is an army—this is the terrifying thing about Death Knights.
At this moment, three more Death Knights had appeared on the city wall, and under their slaughter, gaps began to appear in the human frontline.
Defeat was imminent!
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