With the bone broadswords and shields aiding the guards, the lower level undead didnt stand a chance. In just a couple of strikes, one-star skeletons were reduced to a pile of dog bones. One-star zombies were slightly troubleso due to their innate traits, but at least a single strike to the head was enough to kill them.
However it was precisely due to these fodder that the skeleton archers were able to sneak in so shots at our army. Due to them focusing on the lee defenders, the archers were able to make use of that opportunity to fire at them.
Regarding casualties, I had a counter plan waiting at the rear of the convoy. I instructed 100 large imps to act as backup for the 20 guardsn. If one of them fell, one of the backups would pick up the fallen sword and shield and fill in that hole.
And so we proceeded forward in this manner under the constant rain of arrows. When we finally reached the last 10 ters, the skeleton archers suddenly realized that they were in trouble and tried to retreat. However, with the devils superior speed, retreat was not an option for them.
Dont let them escape! One-eye bellowed at the army as he led the charge forward. In a split second, he was upon them, his black sword waving wildly in the air with the guardsn following closely in tow. In a re ten seconds, 10 of the archers had been downed.
Wwooo!
It was at this mont, that the floating ghosts stepped in to reinforce the archers. Unlike the ghost maids we t in the tower, these ghosts were pitch black apparitions, and only two of them were female vengeful ghosts. Instead of wearing a maid costu, they were akin to soldiers. As for those two females, while their features were pretty, it was overshadowed by their twisted expressions and savage looking teeth.
Fla Whip!
Unfortunately for them, this move was well within my expectations. I kept my eyes on those ghosts all throughout the fight and upon seeing them get ready to attack, I imdiately prepared my fla whip.
With a wide sweep of my whip, the flas crackled in a fiery arc above One-eyes head, catching two of the ghosts off guard. As the flas ca into contact with the deathly entity, the radiant nature of the flas quickly reduced their body to cinders amidst a few mournful wails.
Seeing their companions so easily defeated, the reinforcing ghosts began to back away in a bid to protect themselves from the raging flas.
They tried one more futile attempt at stalling us but were quickly repelled by my whip, and in the process losing a few of their companions. Having learnt their lesson from the two failed attempts, they retreated behind the archers and used their ultimate moveFusion!
Over ten ghosts twisted together to form a strange ectoplasmic fog, from which a short while later, sprouted four limbs and a head. Not this ti! I imdiately swept away the undead in front of and readied myself. No.3 and Big 4 braced their shields in front of themselves and charged forward like a tank; bulldozing through the undead blocking the way to those ghosts. With the way cleared, I descended upon the ghosts in an instant. By now, they had just ford a pair of legs.
*crack*
With a sharp flick of my wrist, my fla whip shot forward, burning its way through their body and right into their core. As they were still in the process of rging, they werent able to separate off the burning parts and soon the flas began to spread throughout their entire body.
They had no choice but to end the rging process, splitting into individual ghosts once more. So of the ghosts were fine, but the others were still on fire. Those that caught fire would soon die and as for those who werent, they smartly chose to distance themselves from the battle. In other words, they ran.
Their cowardice did not surprise in the least. Just from those ghost maids in the tower, one could tell that while vengeful ghosts were also undead, they were much smarter than the normal undead we had t before; they knew a lost cause was when they saw one. They are apparitions after all, among the ranks of the undead, they naturally ranked higher than zombies or skeletons.
With this problem out of the way, my 700 over imps were able to unleash their destructive force on the archers without worry. They swept out from the backs of the guardsn and flanked the archers in a pincer movent, thoroughly crushing them.
The vengeful ghosts had fled while the archers were mostly wiped out. The only thing left were the normal skeletons and zombies; they shouldnt be a problem right? As if in response to my questions, reality showed its cruel side once more.
The thunderous sounds of hooves bearing down upon the ground echoed throughout the battlefield, the source unknown. Out of nowhere, a small team of skeletal horsen wielding lances descended upon our left flank. As they pierced through our flank, a large number of imps were caught by surprised and were severely injured by the stampeding horses or killed by the lances.
There were only 10 horsen in this team. They each rode a skeletal warhorse which looked extrely frail. These horsen did not wear much armor, with the most armored one only sporting a tattered leather vest which barely covered its chest cavity.
While they didnt look like much with their small numbers, their sudden charge had caused imnse problems for my army. Their charge had struck fear into so of the imps who upon seeing their comrades being trampled to death, began to panic and run. However, with the denseness of my army, they only managed to collide with another nearby imps, causing both of them to fall and get trampled by the imp army. Overall, their stupidity cost us more than the actual cavalry charge.
Steady! Dont panic! They only have 10 n! One-eye and Big 1 tried their best to calm the imps down but the effects werent too obvious.
The galloping sound approached us once more and by the ti I turned to them, they were almost within striking range!
Ah!
No.3 charged at the oncoming horses with a spirited shout, blocking the horses that were heading straight for . The skeletal horses were halted by his charge, however the impact had also thrown him back.
The soul flas in the skeletons brains controlled their movents via radiating a strange looking form mana. Without this ominous looking mana, the skeletons were rely a pile of bones. This was demonstrated when my fla whip wrapped around one of the horsen and burned him. Under the intense heat, the ominous mana was quickly dispersed, cutting off any protection for the bones. With a quick jerk of my whip, it broke apart.
I swiftly trampled the skull with my feet, dispersing the soul flas within.
No.3 was at the peak of one-star and based on power alone, he should be unmatched in this tier. The fact that he got knocked back ant that these horsen were probably two-star.
Just as I took care of that horsen, as No.3 laid there another horsen charged through the large imp barrier. With a giant two ter leap into the air, he flew over the heads of any remaining large imps; his target, !
Master! Big 4s heavy set voice rang out beside . He was one of my two bodyguards and was constantly stationed beside . As this second horseman tried to spear , he hastily raised his shield, deflecting the lance.
The lance was diverted by the shield, creating a montary weakness that Big 4 swiftly took advantage of. With his remaining hand, he swung his sword at the oncoming horsen who still hadnt reacted to having his lance diverted. As the two collided, the sword cut cleanly through the ribcage of the horsen, even severing the horses skull in half. As for Big 4, he was blown back by the impact.
After knocking away Big 4, the horsen tried to attack , but couldnt take more than two steps before the almost headless horse crumbled. As it fell to the ground, it crashed down upon its own spine which had been injured by Big 4, completely crushing itit was a pyrrhic victory.
With a crack of my whip, I finished off the struggling horseman, reducing him to cinders.
After the two failed attempts at my life, they no longer tried a third. By now, One-eye had brought the guardsn over to shield . Any further charges were instantly stopped by their shields before they even ca close to . However, a number of the guardsn had fallen prey to their hooves as a result.
The guardsn played a pivotal role in this confrontation. Therefore, while their original mbers had suffered heavy casualties, their numbers were quickly replenished by the imps waiting in reserve.
My imps managed to hold off the two-star horsen due to their superior numbers and equipnt. Furthermore, due to the horsens limited numbers and their two failed attempts, our side held the advantage in this face off.
Not to ntion, there were still a ton of club wielding large imps nearby!
The 1,000 or so normal undead were basically wiped out by now, leaving the 8 horsen to face off against over 600 large imps encircling them; with the guardsn pressing them from the front.
Having lost their mobility, their combat strength experienced a significant dip. But even so, they still managed to surprise by exhibiting the strength of a one-star. Furthermore, even without sufficient space to charge, the horses were still able to aid their masters by kicking at the imps with their hooves.
These hooves were no laughing matter as several large imps soon found out; as they were sent flying. They even managed to knock a guardsmans shield away.
Thankfully, we had the nurical advantage. Even if they managed to knock so of the imps away, there were still imps ready to strike from the back. The horsen were quickly overwheld by the waves of imps.
Notably, One-eyes black sword wasnt as effective as before. These skeletons had no blood after all.
As we cleaned up the battlefield, the horsens bones were separated from the rest and their soul flas given to . Their bones were earmarked for the next set of equipnt. The soul pearls of the ghosts we killed were also harvested. All 7 of them were set aside to create the black swords for my stronger subordinates.
To think there were even cavalry undead, as expected of an ancient battlefield!
However, these two-star undead werent much of a concern as long as they didnt form a horde. With my fla whip and hundreds of imps backing up, there was no way I could lose.
What concerned the most was encountering even stronger undead in the future. This was rely the outer edges of the battlefield and we had already encountered a group of vengeful ghosts, nearly 100 archers and a cavalry unit!
If we advanced further, would we et with a skeletal mage or so other elite
Are there even skeletal mages? Roscar used to tell bedti stories which had skeletal mages in them, however Ive never actually t one.
Truth be told, he didnt need to tell stories to get to sleep. I could sleep just fine unless Nicole was nearby. If she was, I would be too srized by her to sleep. Thats why my childhood insomnia is all her fault! (Oh, Mo Ke, that was a smooth way to shift the bla. Ill give you a 9.5/10, the 0.5 is so that you wont get conceited.)
Master. One-eye had just finished taking a head count. We suffered87 deaths
That much!? Our original strength was slightly over 700, with these 87 gone, our numbers had dropped back to slightly over 600.
Ever since weve entered this undead land, we fought nurous battles. The hardest battle we fought so far was at the corpse mountain and due to us getting ambushed. The next battle would probably be this one
When the horsen charged, there was chaos within the ranks
Vexed, I turned and glared at One-eye who had averted his eyes at this mont and lowered his head.
Truth be told, those 10 horsen wouldnt have caused much damage to our army if not for the imps panicking. Out of all the deaths we suffered, half of it was probably from their stupidity.
Sigh Im so fed up with these idiots. They are dumber than pigs!
But I dont think its possible to train these selfish devils into a disciplined army like those in the human world
Master, this was my mistake, please punish . Seeing sigh, One-eye sank to his knees and imdiately pleaded, his eyes still averting mine out of fear.
Forget it, Ill think of a plan to deal with the horsen. In the anti, we will retreat and avoid this region the best we can. The last thing we want is to rouse more undead, those damned undead are like bloodhounds, a tiny whiff of life and they will co after us!
For now, the plan was to avoid advancing into the battlefield. At least until we formulated a counter plan for the horsen.
I guess that only leaves one more matter to take care of
Get soone to find No.5 and ask him for a status report about the zombie horde.
Understood.
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