The resurrection of the five companions caused an uproar among the humans, like a shot in the arm that dispelled everyone's inner worries.
Even the members of the [Sunlight Scripture] looked at Kelart differently, their faces hidden by the hooded robes filled with awe.
That was the power to resurrect the dead, a power that even faith-based magic casters in the Hero realm might not possess.
To ordinary people, this was nothing short of a miracle!
No, even to the powerful individuals present, who held esteemed positions among ordinary people, it was still a miracle.
The Holy Knight Order cheered with renewed vigor, their low spirits completely swept away.
"You chose a good time," Minori thought to himself.
The impact of Kelart's use of resurrecting the dead at this moment was far greater than if he had informed everyone beforehand.
"Hmm—."
The excited clamor woke Enri, who looked up blankly in the direction of the sound.
"What happened?" Enri propped herself up in a panic, thinking another attack had occurred.
"As expected of Anri, you sleep for a while, and those dead Holy Knights are resurrected," Minori's relaxed laughter rang out, speaking half-jokingly.
"Resurrected?"
Enri's eyes cleared, and seeing that the Captain-sama was not in a hurry, she realized it wasn't an enemy attack, but then became even more bewildered.
She only vaguely remembered the Captain-sama telling her, "Sleep for a while, and those who died might be resurrected."
"Right, I'm sorry, Captain-sama, your clothes—"
Enri's earlobes suddenly turned red, and she propped herself up with her arms on the ground, seeing the spot where she had just slept and the white robe soaked with tears, she stammered somewhat at a loss.
"Don't worry about such small matters."
"Those resurrected Holy Knights should thank you now," Minori said meaningfully.
Night fell.
"Beast General" Hector Weiss led the demi-humans to clear out the undead near the two areas, and there weren't many of them.
They were all scattered low-level undead.
On the [Zurrernorn] side, it seemed they understood that the humans and demi-humans had joined forces, compensating for the disadvantage of their small numbers, and did not send out large numbers of undead to attack again.
A whole night passed in unusual tranquility.
The next morning, Kelart, who had recovered his magic power overnight, resurrected five more people.
It was only then that the demi-human side's Rokesh and a few others wanted to negotiate with Minori and the others again, discussing the matter of attacking [Zurrernorn] as soon as possible.
Kelart refused the proposal, citing that the human side had not yet "fully recovered from their injuries and stamina."
In the blink of an eye, another whole day passed.
It was now March 31st.
Kelart continued to resurrect 10 people, and Rokesh came to negotiate again, but Kelart refused again for the same reason.
Upper Wind Month.
April 1st.
Kelart still resurrected 10 people. Of the original 51 dead Holy Knights, 30 had been resurrected, except for the ten Holy Knights who had become undead and could no longer be resurrected.
There were still 11 people who had not been fully resurrected.
This time, Go Gin and "Beast General" Hector Weiss came to negotiate, but Kelart was too lazy to find an excuse and refused directly.
There was some unrest on the demi-human side, but it was quickly suppressed.
Minori watched all of this quietly, feeling somewhat impatient himself. He had already guessed Kelart's goal. The demi-human forces far outnumbered the humans, with over 5,000 people. So many demi-humans needed food and water.
And they hadn't brought too many supplies.
This led to the demi-humans sending out several small teams specifically to collect supplies and water starting last night.
Remedios, Isadoro, and Gustav, the three Holy Knight captains, each led a team of over a dozen Holy Knights.
They accompanied the demi-humans, citing the same lack of supplies.
The Abelion Hills were currently in a severe drought.
The water problem could be solved by fixed rivers, but the key issue was food. The food used by these demi-human troops was all from the supplies traded with the Holy Kingdom.
Kelart wanted to use this to determine the approximate location of the demi-human gathering place, because a gathering place of tens of thousands of demi-humans would definitely not be too far from where these supplies were stored.
As for the location that Go Gin provided at the beginning?
The moment Kelart saw the demi-human troops, he realized that the location provided by Go Gin was already obsolete.
In addition.
They could also observe the movements of [Zurrernorn] this way.
Although they had the fewest numbers of humans, they actually held the initiative in whether or not to attack [Zurrernorn]!
The demi-humans lacked the power to fight against the Death Knights and the Leader, and could only rely on the humans.
This was also the reason why Rokesh repeatedly negotiated the attack time. The longer the delay, the more disadvantageous it was for the demi-human side.
These past few days.
Enri, on the other hand, got along very well with the resurrected Holy Knights. This might be related to Enri bringing their bodies back.
The average level of this group of Holy Knights was around 7 to 8, but after experiencing death once, their level had directly dropped to the level of 2 to 3.
Swinging swords!
Training!
This became what these resurrected Holy Knights had to do. They wanted to regain their lost strength as quickly as possible, but they were also very clear that they probably wouldn't be able to help much in the upcoming battle.
Whew—
Whew—Enri's breathing was short and rapid, sweat dripped from her eyelashes into her eyes, the stinging made it difficult to open her eyes, but she never wiped them, her hands trembling as she tightly gripped the heavy longsword.
This scene fell into the eyes of the surrounding resurrected Holy Knights. No one spoke to persuade her, because at this moment, they understood Enri's persistence more than anyone else.
Just like they were now!
"Your arms are too weak."
"Your grip on the sword is also a bit wrong, don't grip it so tightly."
Remedios appeared beside Enri at some point, her indifferent eyes sizing up Enri:
"Don't blame me for discouraging you, it's too late for you to start training at your age, and you simply don't have the aptitude."
"I want to try," Enri said stubbornly, biting her lip.
Seeing this, Remedios was too lazy to remind her again.
If Enri hadn't desperately saved the bodies of those Holy Knights, she wouldn't even have spoken to this ordinary girl.
Turn around.
The cloak passed down through generations of Holy Knights swished.
Remedios's shoulder pads and breastplate rubbed against each other, making a sound, and she walked up to Minori with a powerful presence.
"You should also be able to see that she has no talent, and continuing to train like this will only ruin her," Remedios said with a hint of coldness on her well-defined face.
"I have healing magic," Minori said.
"You!"
Remedios's eyes widened, a little annoyed.
"By the way, I'll thank you on Enri's behalf."
"The training methods and techniques of you Holy Knights shouldn't be passed on to outsiders, right?" Minori suddenly said.
Facing Minori's gaze.
"Hmph!"
Remedios turned her head, snorted coldly, and turned to leave: "It has nothing to do with me. Those guys are willing to teach. Those techniques are family heirlooms."
"To become a Holy Knight, effort alone is not enough."
Compared to Kelart, Remedios, this somewhat stubborn woman who wasn't good at thinking, was much easier to approach and communicate with.
"Strange"
Minori's gaze returned to Enri, his eyes narrowing almost imperceptibly.
He wasn't sure if it was an illusion.
He vaguely sensed a subtle change in Enri, yet it also seemed not to exist. He used "Ninjutsu: Perception" to check.
Enri's level was still 1, with only the basic profession of [Farmer].
"She won't really awaken the [Holy Knight] profession, will she?" This thought crossed Minori's mind, but he also felt it was unlikely.
[Holy Knight] is not an ordinary warrior profession; it also requires the talent of a spellcaster. Enri doesn't possess either of these, and there's not much point in forcing the job change.
Another day passed.
This time, Kelart resurrected all of the remaining 11 people.
This made Minori realize that Kelart should have analyzed certain information from the demi-humans' movements in collecting supplies.
Through these few days of observation.
Minori had roughly estimated Kelart's magic power value to be around 280 points.
Compared to his 568 points of magic power, it was close to half the level, and this didn't even include the bonus from the two newly acquired intermediate professions.
Kelart, this "Hero Realm" magic caster's magic power amount, was a good reference for Minori. A full 4 days of rest.
Without any warning, Kelart summoned Minori and Captain Nigun and took the initiative to go to the demi-human encampment to communicate with Rokesh.
The demi-human side, who had been waiting impatiently, agreed to the proposal for an immediate attack without hesitation.
Upper Wind Month.
April 3rd
Just as dawn was breaking.
Both the human and demi-human sides set out towards the corpse pit in the southern mountains.
The demi-humans' 5,000 elites charged at the front, while the humans followed closely behind. Both sides had already agreed on their respective targets.
The demi-humans would mainly clear out the ordinary undead, while the humans would deal with the Death Knights and the evil organization [Zurrernorn].
The vast human and demi-human armies.
It only took three hours to enter the area of the southern mountains. After resting for half an hour, they set off again.
A dry, yellow, hot area.
Large and small burial pits similar to destroyed graves were scattered across the ground. These were the traces left by the undead climbing out from underground, damaging the ground.
The smell of decay became increasingly strong.
Entering this true core area, the arrival of the human and demi-human sides completely stirred up the originally silent land. Large numbers of undead crawled out from underground, and the shouts of killing instantly resounded throughout the sky!
Corpse pit area.
In front of the Leader shrouded in black mist, three figures stood quietly.
The gray-robed mage, the black-armored knight, and the shadow clone Minori.
"They're finally here!"
"I've been waiting impatiently for a long time," the armored knight said, drawing his decaying sword and twisting his neck, making a creaking sound.
"I need your assistance this time."
The Leader looked at the shadow clone Minori, who had been silent the whole time, his pale eyes behind the black mist utterly cold.
Buzz
A blue magic circle appeared.
"Roar!"
A roar like a dragon or beast came from the magic circle, followed by a bone dragon flying out.
The shadow clone Minori held the Orb of Death in one hand, stepped onto the bone dragon's head, and soared into the air, flying towards the battlefield.
"He's very impatient."
The gray-robed mage saw Minori's arrogant demeanor and said mockingly with a cold tone, yet also felt fear:
"A bone dragon, huh? He can actually control an undead like this. No wonder the Leader values him so much."
"You two should also set off!"
"It's time to completely swat these annoying fleas," the Leader said coldly.
"Yes, Leader!"
"Yes, Leader!"
At this moment.
Both the human and demi-human sides had entered the territory where the Zern Tribe once resided, and this place had now completely turned into a dead land.
Even in the hot daytime, the temperature in this area was cool. Ordinary people couldn't see the death energy and negative energy in the air, which were gathering in large quantities here.
Upon entering this area.
Minori's eyes occasionally flickered with the light of magic power, observing the pale gray negative energy pervading and flowing in the air:
"The Ritual is still set up. As expected, the Leader still wants to create powerful undead."
Using the power of the Death Knights to create the undead above, such a large number of undead could attract a lot of negative energy. If he were the Leader, he wouldn't give up the idea of cultivating even more powerful undead.
"Kill!!"
"Be careful!"
"Don't get touched by the undead!"
"Roar!"
"Attack according to 'Beast General' actions."
"Don't scatter. Once you feel tired, retreat immediately and let your fellow tribesmen behind you take over."
The shouts of killing from the demi-humans kept coming from the front.
Seeing the dense crowd of undead, all the demi-humans' eyes turned red, and they roared in anger.
It was these damned undead that turned the hills into this hellhole!
The human side followed behind the demi-humans, advancing calmly in their usual formation, letting the demi-humans deal with the large number of low-level undead first.
At the very back of the team.
Were Enri and the 40 resurrected Holy Knights.
"They're here," Minori said softly, feeling the approaching shadow clone and looking up.
Boom—the bone dragon's body sliced through the air with a piercing screech, flying from the distant sky like a white ghost.
The shadow clone Minori's entire body was covered in a bright red robe that flapped in the strong wind, his legs standing steadily on the thick bones of the bone dragon's spine.
"Flame Knight Lance!"
The shadow clone Minori raised his arm, aimed at the demi-humans who were charging at the forefront and fighting with the undead, and pointed a finger.
Whoosh—
A crimson light instantly condensed, forming a flame spear about two meters long, which turned into a flying rainbow in the air and crashed into the crowd below.
Boom—with a loud bang, the explosion of fire instantly engulfed everything around it.
Large numbers of undead and demi-humans were directly caught in it. Under the powerful force of the fourth-tier magic, they turned to dust without even making a scream.
'Gained 80 experience points.'
'My experience points: 139.'
'Gained 72 experience points.'
....
'Gained 8 experience points.'
Dense experience information quickly scrolled across the attribute panel in front of Minori. Enemies killed by the shadow clone would naturally also grant experience.
The shadow clone Minori didn't care about his own undead at all and released magic again, blasting it into the ground.
Large numbers of undead and demi-humans died again!
"The enemy is in the sky!"
"Magic casters, cast magic!"
....
Dozens of demi-human magic casters released magic from various directions and blasted it towards the sky, but it landed on the bone dragon without causing any damage.
"It's that red-robed magic caster who can control the bone dragon. Don't waste magic attacking the other party. That bone dragon has the ability to nullify magic!"
"All demi-humans, disperse! Don't gather together!"
"Let the humans intervene!"
"Beast General" Hector Weiss roared out the command.