The appearance of casualties was expected!
But the manner of their "death" moved even the truly elite [Sunlight Scripture] unit.
These Holy Knights, who were surrounded by undead or had run out of stamina, did not die at the hands of the undead.
Instead, they all committed self-harm, severing the arteries in their necks.
Bright red blood bloomed like flowers!
Facing the moment of impending death, the Holy Knights of the Holy Kingdom displayed a will and spirit far beyond human comprehension.
In the brutal battle scene at this moment.
Enri stood behind Minori, covering her mouth in disbelief, staggering back a step, her eyes red and confused.
These Holy Knights were just laughing and talking with her before, and now they were... this had an indescribable shock on Enri.
"Captain, why are they doing this..." Enri's voice trembled, and her hands shook uncontrollably.
"Enri."
Minori's expression was solemn. While continuing to command the Angel Of Tranquillity to attack the gray-robed mage, he paused for a moment and said softly:
"Because they are Holy Knights. Whether it's their faith or their inner pride, they absolutely refuse to turn into one of the undead and attack their former comrades."
Only then did Enri remember that in the war council, the adults had mentioned that those killed by Death Knights would also be transformed into undead.
"But, but..."
Enri's voice somehow carried a hint of a sob. "As long as they don't turn into undead, there's still hope." Minori's gentle and serious voice came.
"Hope?"
"Among the 5th-tier faith magic, there is magic that can resurrect the dead, as long as the body is preserved intact—"
Minori hadn't finished speaking.
"Captain, I need to help too!" Hope appeared in Enri's brown pupils, and she had already rolled up her sleeves and ran out.
Seeing Enri's actions.
"Kuro!"
Minori was startled and immediately spoke.
"Roar!" Kuro growled, its massive black body leaped out, catching up to Enri in the blink of an eye.
It opened its mouth and bit onto the back of Enri's collar.
"Kuro, put me down!"
Enri swung her arms, the sob in her voice becoming even more pronounced: "Captain, I want to help too."
"I'm the same as Miss Verdant, I'm also a member of [Free Will]."
"I'm not a child!"
"Roar~"
Kuro panted, and didn't hear Minori's next command. It flicked its head upwards, tossing Enri into the air, and then she landed precisely on its neck.
Bang! Its four limbs pressed against the ground.
"ROAR!" Kuro roared, as if telling Enri to hold on, and charged towards the outermost battlefield.
"No—thank you, Kuro."
Only then did Enri react, crying tears of joy, her hands tightly gripping Kuro's thick black fur.
A rapid charge.
Kuro was the first to arrive in front of a Holy Knight's body, knocking away the surrounding group of low-level undead.
Bone chains whipped out!
It used the chains to wrap up the Holy Knight's body and placed it on its back. Enri quickly held on to prevent the body from falling.
Not far away.
"Ah, ah!!"
Another member of the Holy Knight Order, seeing Kuro and Enri suddenly rushing into the battlefield, paused their heavy breathing, then roared and charged towards the undead in front:
"Thanks—Ms. Enri!"
On the fiercely contested battlefield.
Each unit had enemies to face. It seemed that only the ordinary Enri and Kuro, who wasn't considered a combat force at all, were suitable for doing tasks that no one else could spare hands for in this situation.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The black figures of Kuro and Enri constantly moved across the battlefield, bringing the bodies of the dead Holy Knights back to a safe location.
Wherever they passed.
All the Holy Knights looked on in gratitude, and calls of "Ms. Enri" constantly echoed around the battlefield.
"Things have deviated a bit."
Minori looked at Enri's active figure, somewhat helpless: "But the result isn't bad."
His original plan for Enri, who had the "Commander" system, was to have her follow Leinas.
But the war between the Empire and the Kingdom started every autumn, and the time was too long, so Minori simply arranged Enri into the current plan.
The famous "Commanders" among the humans in the other world were not specifically mentioned, but among the demi-humans, the "Beast General"
Hektor Wes was clearly mentioned as having a command ability of "one against ten".
Seeing that Enri was protected by Kuro and was temporarily out of danger, Minori's gaze moved upwards, looking at the gray-robed mage in the air, who was being surrounded by a group of angels.
"Damn it, Lightning Strike!"
The gray-robed mage roared in the air, casting magic.
Blue electric light shot straight towards the Flame Archangel in front. The "Lightning Strike" with penetration effect caused more damage to angels than "Fireball".
Bang!
Bang!
Boom!
Three consecutive Flame Archangels were pierced and dissipated into white light spots.
"Evil Strike"
The Angel Of Tranquillity swung its magic spear of holy light, heavily smashing towards the gray-robed mage.
Buzz—Buzz—
A swarm of black insects formed a shield in front of him. Under the attack of the magic spear, the insect swarm was scattered, but it blocked the attack of the Angel Of Tranquillity.
"Annoying angels!"
The gray-robed mage quickly retreated, widening the distance again, and continued to cast magic attacks. Fatigue from excessive magic consumption had already appeared on his face.
Captain Nigun stared intently at the sky, constantly directing the [Sunlight Scripture's] offensive.
"There shouldn't be a problem here."
Minori thought to himself. Controlling a 4th-tier angel to constantly attack was quite taxing for ordinary people, but for him, it was very easy.
Facing the siege of eighty Flame Archangels and one 4th-tier angel, even as a magic caster in the hero realm, he was somewhat overshadowed.
In the future, even Gazef was almost killed by the concentrated angel attacks of the [Sunlight Scripture] unit. Although the strength of this high-level disciple in front of him was stronger, with the addition of the 4th-tier angel, suppressing him was still not a problem.
"Magic power" is the lifeline of a magic caster.
Over time, as long as the gray-robed mage didn't escape, he would definitely lose.
"Remedios's side—En?"
Minori withdrew his gaze and looked at another part of the battlefield, at Remedios who was fighting the black-armored knight. Surprise appeared in his eyes:
"How could this be."
Just look!
There was damage to the armor on Remedios's shoulder, and blood was constantly overflowing. Not only in this location.
Other wounds were also constantly overflowing with blood, staining her entire silver armor a large area of blood red!
"She's completely at a disadvantage."
Minori raised his eyebrows, clearly surprised.
Leaving aside Remedios's personality for the moment, her raw strength was still very strong. Even if she went head-to-head with Clementine, she wouldn't necessarily gain an advantage.
Among all the human Holy Knights.
The first place was held by the Sixth Seat of the [Black Scripture], Remedios was ranked second, and the third place was Cerabrate, the leader of the Adamantite team "Crystal Tear" from the "Dragon Kingdom".
Remedios also held a holy sword, and the [Holy Knight] series of professions had means of divine protection and wound recovery, with extremely strong sustainability.
"Continuous bleeding—?"
"The professional ability of [Dark Knight] only weakens the healing effect by half. It should not have the effect of continuous bleeding. The sword in the black-armored knight's hand—"
Minori narrowed his eyes, noticing that holy light occasionally flickered on Remedios's body, but it was always unable to effectively control the wounds that were constantly overflowing with blood. "Corrupted Sword · Crocdabal."
In his [Cursed Knight] profession, he also had the effect of causing wounds that could not be healed and continuous bleeding, which was similar to the ability of that "Corrupted Sword".
Then low-level healing magic probably couldn't heal this kind of damage!
"No wonder she's completely suppressed." Minori's brows furrowed even deeper.
To heal this kind of damage, at least 6th-tier magic like "Greater Healing" would be needed. Minori hadn't even mastered this magic.
Even using the "Magic Enhancement Ritual".
The strongest healing magic he had was 3rd-tier "Severe Wound Healing", raising it by two tiers would only reach 5th tier, not 6th tier.
"Ah—!"
Suddenly, a scream echoed across the battlefield.
Orlando coughed up a large mouthful of blood and flew backwards, a thick arm flying through the air and falling to the ground.
"Orlando!"
"Orlando!"
Go Gin, Pabel and others cried out in alarm, immediately unleashing all their strength, temporarily repelling the Death Knight who was preparing to finish him off.
Poof!
Blood sprayed uncontrollably from the severed arm. The ring of tender red flesh around the wound was visibly corroded by negative energy and began to rot.
Intense pain!
Made Orlando's mouth overflow with a mixture of saliva and blood. Gritting his teeth, he struggled to stand up from the ground.
"It hurts like hell!"
Orlando gasped and shouted, his face pale and showing a sense of weakness, but his eyes were filled with a wild beast's ferocity, like a fierce beast before death:
"Don't worry about me! Stop it, otherwise the entire defense line will collapse!"
Fighting the Death Knight made Go Gin and the others truly feel the power of this legendary undead.
Facing a monster that didn't tire and couldn't be harmed, even with the temperament of Go Gin and the others, a sense of despair inexplicably arose in their hearts!
"The situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable."
Minori's eyes flickered. Go Gin and the other two were no longer able to suppress the Death Knight, and Remedios was also at a disadvantage.
The dense numbers of undead constantly surging from all directions showed no signs of depletion.
"Are these two still waiting?"
Minori noticed that Kelart's expression was becoming increasingly tense, and Captain Nigun's face was also grim and unpleasant.
Neither of them was a fool, and they should have understood the danger of the situation. They both seemed to be waiting for the other to make the first move!
Since they dared to march into the Abelion Hills!
Both sides must have had the confidence to defeat the Death Knight, and this "confidence" was the trump card given by the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy.
"This might also be the reason why the Alliance Leader hasn't shown up."
"To guard against being directly targeted by both sides." Minori was interested in the trump cards of the two sides, and the Alliance Leader was probably equally interested.
Without any information, rashly showing up was an unwise choice.
"It shouldn't be long now."
Minori looked towards the Death Knight's side.
Orlando was injured, and Go Gin and the other two were completely unable to suppress him.
The location of the priestess group!
Kelart's hands involuntarily clenched into fists. Seeing the exhausted breathing of the priestesses behind her, she looked towards her sister's direction, and also towards the Death Knight.
"Damn it!"
"Is the Slane Theocracy still waiting?"
Kelart's heart was restless. With her intelligence, she could naturally understand that she was currently engaged in a mental game with Captain Nigun.
But she couldn't wait. The Holy Kingdom had the most people, the Holy Knight Order's casualties were gradually increasing, and her sister's situation was also unfavorable.
If she waited any longer—
Kelart's slender white fingers reached for the magic pouch at her waist. This was an opportunity to completely wipe out the demi-humans. If she used it, there might not be another chance after that.
"Heh, heh, I never thought I would be so conflicted about such a thing one day."
"Holy King Calca Besarez..."
Kelart let out a breath of foul air, a flicker of helplessness flashed in her narrow, cunning eyes, and her hand completely grasped the magic pouch.
Just as she was about to take it out—
Thump thump—
Thump thump—The ground trembled, and a fierce roar of battle came from the south.
"Beast General" Hektor Wes led a group of demi-humans, charging at an extremely fast speed. The dust raised by the demi-human charge was like a giant wave crashing down, knocking away and crushing the undead blocking their path.
The sudden arrival of the demi-humans.
Was like a shot of adrenaline, allowing the suppressed and disadvantaged human forces to regain their morale.
"These bastards!!"
Kelart's hand on the magic pouch loosened. Looking at the large number of demi-humans arriving from a distance, her face showed indignation, and she gritted her teeth:
"With so many undead, these demi-humans couldn't possibly not have noticed the commotion. And yet they only arrived now!"
"They clearly want to see our human elites suffer losses."
Coldness and a sharp glint flickered in Kelart's narrow eyes. She didn't believe that these demi-humans hadn't noticed the commotion caused by the large number of undead.
If they couldn't even notice that, the demi-humans would have been completely wiped out long ago!
In the air.
The first to notice the demi-humans' direction was the gray-robed mage.
"These demi-humans have really come at the right time!"
The gray-robed mage, who was clearly somewhat weak, realized that their mission had failed when he saw the demi-humans arrive:
"4th-tier magic: 'Swarm Rampage'!
A dense cloud of flying insects, like clouds, quickly wrapped around the Angel Of Tranquillity closest to the gray-robed mage, emerging from his sleeve.
The gray-robed mage quickly retreated, flying down from the air.
"Corrupted Sword! It's time to go."
The gray-robed mage shouted at the black-armored knight who was excitedly fighting below, his figure flying over the heads of Remedios and the black-armored knight, arriving in front of the Death Knight.
"Fireball!"
A fireball flew out, exploding in front of Go Gin and the other two, creating a shockwave that forced the three of them back.
On the other side.
"This is where we stop for now."
The black-armored knight put away the long sword in his hand, sneered at Remedios, his eyes burning as he swept over the holy sword:
"Next time, you won't be so lucky."
"Don't even think about escaping!"
Remedios shouted, wanting to pursue, but the excessive blood loss made her movements somewhat stiff.
Bang!
The black-armored knight's foot moved, and he quickly left his original position, rushing towards the Death Knight's location.
"If the mission fails, I'm bound to be punished by the Alliance Leader."
The gray-robed mage said with a headache, placing one hand on the Death Knight's body and the other hand on the black-armored knight's body, chanting softly:
"'Teleportation'!"
As space twisted.
The three figures of the Death Knight disappeared into thin air.