Chapter: Chapter 334: The Advancing Undead (1)
Chapter 334: The Advancing Undead (1)
Outside the Emerald Fortress.
The dense jungle of the Rulko Mountains.
Usually, this place is filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers. The closer one gets to the World Tree, the more diverse the plant species become, and they grow more vigorously.
But today, there is a profound silence here.
The normally bright, sunny weather has suddenly turned dim.
“Caw, caw — Ah —”
Blood crows circled in the sky, letting out piercing shrieks. Their scarlet feathers fell to the ground, instantly corroding a small patch of grass into lifeless, withered yellow.
They formed a blood-red cloud, interweaving into a dense, impenetrable net that trapped the original azure sky.
Behind them, the Deathly Shadow Cloud covered the sun and the sky, gradually spreading across the entire firmament.
“King of Winter, even if you hide in the Emerald Fortress, you cannot resist the invasion of the Undead Calamity!”
From within the Deathly Shadow Cloud, Angus roared furiously as he gazed in the direction of the Emerald Fortress. His subordinate undead let out mournful howls in unison.
Their momentum was like a rainbow; they were determined to conquer the Emerald Fortress.
Too much time had already been wasted.
To accelerate the fall of the Emerald Fortress.
Angus also dispatched a group of blood crows back to the Grand Canyon to notify the other Ghost Dragons remaining there.
If his subordinate Ghost Dragons flew at full speed, they could reach the Emerald Fortress in at most one day. By then, the Emerald Fortress would be reduced to ruins under the assault of a group of Ghost Dragons!
The Undead Calamity moved very slowly.
It took him nearly a week to reach the vicinity of the Emerald Fortress.
All living beings encountered along the way were transformed into undead lifeforms under the influence of the Deathly Shadow Cloud.
The total number of undead in the Calamity had now reached forty thousand. And before the Emerald Fortress, he could awaken more Skeleton Soldiers from the gravel beach stained with ancient blood.
Gearing his eyes in the distance, the Emerald Fortress was located below the mountainous terrain, about three to four kilometers away from the Deathly Shadow Cloud.
Looking down from the cliff, one could see a lush sea of green—a tropical jungle unique to the Emerald Frontier. The Emerald Fortress was nestled within this forest, appearing like a connected city.
It was daytime, which was not suitable for launching an attack. Moreover, the Emerald Fortress was affected by the Moonlight Sacred Well, and Angus already sensed a subtle suppression of his strength, though it was not significant.
All the energy of the undead came from soul power, neither magic nor Qi. The Moonlight Sacred Well had a very limited impact on the undead. However, Angus still decided to attack the Moonlight Sacred Well first.
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Rulko Jungle.
The players of “Nobody Does Human Things,” who were constructing defensive fortifications by the Moonlight Sacred Well, looked at the Deathly Shadow Cloud on the horizon with solemn expressions.
“The undead have finally come,” Nobody Does Human Things sighed.
“Yes, a little faster than I expected.”
Leisurely Moment placed the last brick on the wall and then used sticky mud to adhere it to the temporarily constructed city wall.
Without cement, they could only use this material as a substitute for now.
Since the Moonlight Sacred Well was built inside the Emerald Fortress, facing the direction of Karari City, it did not have as robust defenses as the side facing the Emerald Forest.
The human general who occupied the Emerald Fortress was very cunning. To strengthen the fortress’s defense against the elves to the north, he directly ordered his soldiers to dismantle the southern city wall of the Emerald Fortress, piling all the materials onto the northern wall.
This resulted in centuries later.
The players had to rebuild a new southern wall to protect the Moonlight Sacred Well.
“Fortunately, the undead should not attack during the day, so we still have time to improve our defenses… How is the bunker construction coming along?” Nobody Does Human Things turned to ask a player behind him.
“Don’t worry, Heshai-ge, the bunker will be ready for use before dusk. We’ll show those undead the might of us players!”
“Very good,” Nobody Does Human Things nodded.
He then further instructed that player:
“Pay attention to whether there are any corpses in the soil near the bunker. Burn all those corpses to ashes to prevent them from becoming undead Skeleton Warriors and interfering with us…”
“Roger that, no problem. I’ll take people to check thoroughly later. We won’t leave a single bone for the undead,” the player replied with a laugh, showing no fear of the approaching undead.
“Do you think you can stop the undead?”
Leisurely Moment asked.
He always felt that Nobody Does Human Things remained unfazed no matter what, making him believe that Nobody Does Human Things already had victory in his grasp.
“No,” Nobody Does Human Things shook his head.
“Are you kidding? Holding them off for a few hours would be great… Did you really treat that Legendary-grade Ghost Dragon as a decoration?”
He looked in the direction of the Deathly Shadow Cloud, clenching the hand holding his spear:
“Our ultimate goal is not to defeat the undead, but to delay them for as long as possible until King of Winter returns. Be prepared, this will be a hard fight.”
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Night fell, and the stars in the west gradually appeared.
The last ray of twilight was swallowed by the cold horizon.
Darkness enveloped the entire jungle.
The Deathly Shadow Cloud, which had been lingering at the horizon, finally began to move towards the Emerald Fortress.
The undead energy, like the claws of a demon in the night sky, caressed the cold earth like smoke and mist. Wherever it passed, life decayed, and the dead awakened.
Countless white bones broke through the earth, opening their hollow jaws and letting out silent roars.
The players in the underground fortress had taken their positions. They had cleared every inch of land within two hundred meters of the southern city wall of the Emerald Fortress, ensuring that not a single remnant could awaken from this land.
At the same time, they had built a bunker three meters underground.
Using the reconnaissance eye of a Star Mage, Nobody Does Human Things could see everything happening on the surface.
“Prepare!” he commanded in the Team Channel. Silently, the undead could not know the secrets beneath the soil.
Upon hearing the command, the players began to move. The mages started guiding the Dragon Breath spell. The warrior players lifted the pre-covered holes connecting to the surface, and the mage players followed closely, releasing Dragon Breath through the holes the size of an adult’s fist.
In the night sky, a cluster of orange sparks suddenly appeared on the gravel beach where the dead had silently walked. Then, more and more sparks emerged, like a patch of stars appearing in the starless, extreme night.
The sparks ignited the fire oil that had been poured on the gravel beach beforehand, and the entire gravel beach erupted in flames.
The undead wailed in the flames, falling less than fifty meters from the southern city wall.
The great fire burned for over half an hour before gradually extinguishing.
Gray and black gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield. In the bunker, players, drenched in sweat, could smell the stench of burnt protein.
“The first wave of attack is blocked?”
“It’s not over yet! The undead are coming again!”
In the magical mirror of the reconnaissance magic, the undead stepped onto the scorching hot land again. Although small flames still licked the gravel beach, they were no longer enough to stop the undead’s advance.
Countless undead were burned to death.
Countless others stepped over their corpses without hesitation and continued forward.
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