Whoosh—Whoosh—
The Bone Dragon's cold white figure flapped its wings, hovering in mid-air, highlighting the conspicuous red-robed magic caster standing on its spinal ridge.
The oppressive presence they displayed upon appearing instantly halted the Demi-Humans' offensive momentum!
Occupying the advantageous high ground and possessing the Bone Dragon's magic immunity ability left the demi-Humans led by "Beast General" Hector Weiss feeling suppressed, able only to take hits but unable to retaliate.
What was terrifying was!
The magic they casually released was incredibly powerful, forcing the Demi-Humans to disperse to minimize casualties.
Rokeshcontinuously flicked his snake tongue, watching the heavy casualties among the Demi-Humans with eyes filled with shock and fury.
It was this person!
Who had caused severe losses to the Demi-Humans.
If Halisha Ankara were still alive, with their combined strength, they should have been able to defeat this cowardly human who only hid behind the Bone Dragon!
Unfortunately.
Halisha Ankara was already dead, and the remaining strong individuals of the Stone Eater tribe could not hit the Bone Dragon with their rock spitting ability at this distance.
Among the other Demi-Humans races, although the Pteropus had wings, they could only glide and not truly fly.
After careful consideration.
Rokesh realized that their Demi-Humans seemed to indeed lack the means to counter enemies with flight capabilities.
In fact, there was a way!
Among the demon beasts were casters who had mastered the "Flight" spell; casting it on Pteropus would allow them to fly effectively.
Rokesh himself could also fly using this method, and his strength was sufficient to tie down this red-robed human.
However.
He currently needed to remain at the rear of the Demi-Humans to deal with issues from the human side.
Rokesh could clearly sense the intense malice the two human females, who looked like twins, held towards their Demi-Human race.
And that man with the scar on his face!
The only one whose malice wasn't as strong was the human familiar with Go Gin, though that person gave him a sense of unfathomable danger.
"By leveraging the power of humans, if we can successfully eliminate the undead, it would be best to keep this group of humans in the hilly area as well."
"These people should be the strongest force in the human countries."
Rokesh glanced at the humans behind him, his eyes flickering constantly, his vibrant seven-colored scales slightly twisting with his snake body:
"Hiss~, that female human who mastered resurrection magic must be captured alive."
The mysterious red-robed magic caster!
This was a crucial piece of information initially provided by Go Gin, and after exchanging information with the Demi-Humans side, more precise details were obtained.
Suspected member of [Zurrernorn], with a "threat level" second only to the leader.
The "Bone Dragon" was an extremely rare undead, and while not as dangerous as the legendary undead "Death Knight", it possessed the ability to nullify all magic.
It was simply the bane of all magic casters!
However, the Bone Dragon itself was not very strong, so corresponding countermeasures had naturally been planned long ago.
The anomaly on the Demi-Humans side was quickly relayed to the humans at the very rear, who looked up at the enemy controlling the Bone Dragon in the sky.
Minori and Pabel paused their advance, both looking up in unison at the oppressive enemy in the air.
"I didn't expect the target to appear so quickly."
"According to the information provided by the Demi-Humans, this enemy is very dangerous. We must be careful."
Pabel held a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, his terrifying gaze fixed on the target.
Minori nodded, a fleeting smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. It was a perfectly suitable arrangement for him to deal with his own shadow clone.
"Then, according to the plan, the two of us will tie him down. Let's first find a way to destroy that Bone Dragon undead."
Minori spoke loudly, his face serious and his words righteous.
"Summon 4th Tier Angel · Angel Of Tranquillity!"
Sacred light condensed—
Two Watchdog Angels appeared, their armor reflecting silver metallic luster under the sunlight, flapping their wings and hovering above the two.
"Go!"
Minori issued the command, and the two Angel Of Tranquillity flew into the sky simultaneously.
"Flight" magic.
This was a power mastered by Arcane-type magic casters; Faith-type magic casters could not use this spell. However, by summoning angels capable of flight, this could be compensated for.
Ordinary angels were no match for the red-robed caster.
Minori, who had the power to summon two 4th Tier angels, combined with the long-range attacking archer Pabel.
The two were the key to dealing with the red-robed mage!
"Leave it to me!"
Pabel responded calmly.
His goal was to destroy the Bone Dragon!
As long as the Bone Dragon disappeared, this red-robed magic caster would not be as threatening, and other people's magic could cause him damage and effect.
"Triple Shot!"
Pabel drew his bowstring, a layer of flowing energy appearing on the arrowheads.
Whoosh—Whoosh—
The arrowheads easily tore through the air.
Their speed was so fast that they easily caught up to the two 4th Tier angels who had taken to the air first, shooting towards the shadow clone.
As the only strong individual on the Holy Kingdom side, besides Kelart and Remedios, capable of exerting power in the Heroic Realm.
The arrows were filled with powerful destructive force!
"Gravity Reversal!"
The shadow clone cast magic.
Invisible magic power spread out, and the three incoming arrows, affected by gravity, began to slow down, then uncontrollably fell from the sky.
"What kind of magic is this?"
Pabel's face showed surprise.
Magic was indeed troublesome!
These strange and varied spells were the most difficult aspect of magic casters to figure out and deal with.
After a brief exchange.
Pabel had already realized that a frontal assault through him would likely not work.
"Then I'll take the main offense, Pabel, you assist me." Minori also saw this scene and adjusted the previous plan.
"Okay!"
Pabel re-nocked an arrow.
The two Angel Of Tranquillity also rushed to the shadow clone's location at this time.
"Flame Lance!"
The shadow clone cast magic attack.
A red stream of light heavily struck one of the angels, causing a violent explosion, and the scorching high-temperature flames covered both angels.
However!
Under the strong defense of the 4th Tier angels, the magic attack just now only repelled one of the angels, causing the surface of its silver armor to be dented.
The other Angel Of Tranquillity, largely unaffected, had already charged forward, swinging its spiked mace and attacking the shadow clone.
Pabel's arrows followed closely behind, used to harass and impede the shadow clone from casting magic.
For a moment!
The red-robed magic caster was actually forced to retreat step by step.
Everyone noticed that with the cooperation of Minori and Pabel, they were actually suppressing the mysterious red-robed caster controlling the Bone Dragon, and everyone's spirits lifted.
"That guy and Pabel are doing well."
Remedios shook her brown short hair, holding her holy sword in hand, looking at the scene in the sky, and grinning widely.
She withdrew her gaze.
"Stingy, only gave one bottle."
Remedios touched the area on her chest where the potion was kept, muttering: "Genius alchemist? Well, it's a fitting title."
The healing effect of the "Regeneration Potion" could actually heal the damage caused by the Corrupted Sword, which was somewhat beyond her imagination.
With this potion, she felt confident facing that black armored knight again.
On the [Sunlight Scripture] side.
Captain Nigun had a similar gaze fixed on the situation in the sky, and he nodded imperceptibly.
"As expected of high-tier angels, no matter how strong that magic caster is, it's impossible for them to easily break through the defense of two high-tier angels."
Captain Nigun felt a bit envious. He wondered if he should privately discuss with Minori how to summon two angels.
"Heh, oh."
Clementine walked casually beside Captain Nigun, a bored expression on her face as she pouted:
"That magic caster controlling the Bone Dragon doesn't seem like much, does he? If he landed on the ground, I could probably kill him."
"Don't say foolish things."
"How could a magic caster get close to you, a warrior?" Captain Nigun responded with a cold face, then spoke with a serious tone to remind her:
"From now on, no matter what happens, you must stay by my side. You should understand why."
Clementine idly twirled a short dagger in one hand, speaking weakly: "Got it, got it."
Her indifferent response.
Made Captain Nigun's brows furrow, a hint of anger rising in his eyes.
Clementine's attitude had always annoyed him. If she were his subordinate, this personality wouldn't even qualify her to join the [Sunlight Scripture].
Disrespectful to superiors, completely lacking reverence!
Unfortunately, Clementine's identity and status were no lower than his.
Moreover, he needed Clementine's strength to prevent any accidents from happening next, so he could only suppress the anger in his heart.
At this moment!
At the very rear of the army.
Enri was riding on Kuro, surrounded by the resurrected Holy Knights, who were scattered around the edges of the battlefield, dealing with the low-tier undead that had been missed.
Looking at everything before her.
Enri's slender fingers tightly gripped the black fur on the back of Kuro's neck, feeling increasingly useless.
Although she had practiced some of the techniques taught by the Holy Knights in the past few days, it was clear that those meager skills were completely inapplicable to the current battle.
"That's Captain's angel!"
"Is the enemy also controlling undead? Why would they do that? They should be human, right?"
Enri craned her neck, her brown eyes wide, wanting to see the scene of the angel summoned by Captain fighting the enemy in the air more clearly.
It was just too high up.
As an ordinary person, her vision was limited and she couldn't see very clearly, even so.
Enri still observed that the caster controlling the strange bone undead was human, but why?
Captain had said that undead were the enemies of all living beings.
Enri wholeheartedly agreed that such terrifying monsters, defiling the corpses of the dead, should not exist in this world.
It seemed everyone heard Enri's self-muttering question.
Beside her.
"What's there to be confused about?"
A Holy Knight, slightly out of breath, responded cheerfully and firmly: "[Zurrernorn] is an evil secret society. It's perfectly normal for these bad guys to do terrible things."
"We are here to eliminate them now!"
Hearing such a righteous and firm tone.
"But, they are also human, aren't they?"
"Why would they create undead and kill so many living beings?"
The confusion and incomprehension in Enri's eyes did not diminish at all, her gaze fixed on the bodies of the undead lying on the ground, one by one.
These corpses were all living beings before they died, weren't they?
Now... they were all killed and turned into undead.
But why do this?
Enri had many questions she couldn't understand when she was in Carne Village, just like the wars between the Kingdom and the Empire that happened every year.
The wheat that everyone in the village worked so hard to grow was always affected by the war, and tax collectors would collect more taxes.
War, such a terrible thing.
Enri felt that it was something for those noble important people to consider. She only needed to work harder to grow some wheat and grain.
Compared to war.
Everything before her was even more difficult for Enri to understand.
Turning the living into undead—
"Why?" Enri suddenly felt a surge of anger welling up inside her.
"Because they are an evil society, betraying the faith and teachings of 'God'." The Holy Knight's answer was still concise and firm.
God?
Enri lowered her head slightly.
She didn't seem to believe in God, or rather, everyone in the village didn't really care about "believing in God".
Because it was already hard enough to get food and survive.
The Holy Knights were all very devout.
Enri's heart inexplicably fluttered, and she suddenly remembered that Captain had also said something about not "believing in God".
That seemed to be during a festival in the Kingdom's capital, when Captain was completely uninterested in the "Prayer Day".
Captain was clearly a Faith-type magic caster.
Thinking of this, a smile suddenly appeared at the corner of Enri's mouth, and the panic she had just felt disappeared even more completely.
Boom—
"Kill!!"
Seeing that the humans had suppressed the red-robed magic caster, the Demi-Humans shouted and clashed with the undead again.
"Reform the formation! Advance in a wedge!"
"Magic casters in the ranks—clear the way with magic!"
"Beast General" Hector Weiss's pressure immediately decreased significantly, and he once again commanded the Demi-Humans army to advance deeper.
The entire front line pushed forward again.
Skeletons, zombies, ghouls, and various other strange-looking low-tier undead in Demi-Humans forms continuously surged from the front.
The stench reaching the sky mingled with the shouts of battle!
Swish!
The air twisted and writhed.
"Teleportation"!
The grey-robed mage and the black armored knight appeared simultaneously, and what met their eyes was the battlefield surging towards them.
"Wonderful!"
"Hahaha, this is an unimaginable scene, death, blood, and screams, there is nothing more beautiful than this world."
The grey-robed mage stared at everything that came into view, his withered yellow eyes burning with fervor, letting out a frantic laugh.
Compared to the incident 20 years ago that merely destroyed a city, this was truly a great feat!
If they could eliminate the combined forces of the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy, as well as this group of Demi-Humans, [Zurrernorn] would truly become an existence feared by all human nations!
"My opponents are not these Demi-Humans, I'll leave this place to you."
The black armored knight glanced around, then suddenly moved, his black figure like a savage beast, and wherever he passed, the undead blocking the way in front were all sent flying.
Getting rid of this group of troublesome undead!
The black armored knight looked at the Demi-Humans rushing towards him one by one, the scar on his face writhing like a worm, holding the Corrupted Sword in one hand, spreading his arms wide, and roaring:
"Remedios Custodio!!"