Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 298: Undead Siege
The players naturally saw that the undead had ulterior motives, so they shifted their focus and directed their magic at the bridge of flesh and blood.
However, the next moment, the surface of the bridge of flesh and blood suddenly cracked open. Skeletal warriors burst out from the bridge, roaring as they raised their bone shields. These bone shields were densely packed, even pieced together on the bridge’s surface, protecting the entire bridge of flesh and blood.
“So these undead had a plan all along!” Leisurely Brother’s expression sank. Currently, only Novice Players had a large number of mages; veteran players were mostly warriors, and there weren’t many Priests. They couldn’t possibly defend the entire city wall of Karari.
“Leisurely Brother, this won’t do! We can’t hold on! With this bridge of flesh and blood, the undead will have unimpeded passage!” Yu Ci’s desperate cry came from nearby. Leisurely Brother glanced over and saw that Yu Ci was an old acquaintance.
At that moment, Yu Ci was surrounded by the corpses and skeletons of many undead. It was clear he had killed quite a few undead in the recent battle. However, Yu Ci’s legs were now held by two undead that were only half their body, and he had a pile of negative buffs stacked below his HP bar.
“Priest? Is no one clearing your debuffs?” Leisurely Brother cleaved a zombie that pounced towards him, then moved closer to Yu Ci’s position.
“Alas, don’t even start… the Priest charged down…” Yu Ci struggled to parry the bone sword of a skeletal warrior with his long sword, a bitter smile on his face.
“Charged down?” Leisurely Brother was stunned. He looked down and happened to catch a glimpse of intense l thunderous light flashing on the bridge of flesh and blood.
“BOOM—”
Corpses and skeletons flew into the sky. A large number of undead on the bridge of flesh and blood fell from the city wall. However, after landing on the ground, they got up again and charged towards the figure wrapped in thunderous light below the city wall.
“Consecration!” The Priest slammed his scepter, and a halo spread outwards from his center, purifying the area. The purifying light was like poison to the undead, and these low-level undead found it difficult to advance even for a moment.
“Thunderous Strike!” Seizing this opportunity, the Priest took two steps forward and swept his scepter. With a flash of dazzling thunderous light, another group of severed limbs flew into the air.
But the number of undead was simply too great! The rumbling sounds became more and more frequent, but finally, at a certain moment, everything stopped. Leisurely Brother knew that in those few short breaths, a Priest from Winter City had already sacrificed himself in the tide of the undead.
The broken bridge of flesh and blood began to reform. Leisurely Brother quickly reached Yu Ci’s side, clearing the surrounding undead. A thought gradually formed in his mind. The Priest’s sacrifice was undoubtedly a great pity. However, the sacrifice of players was not so precious. It was clear that these bridges of decaying flesh were difficult to break through from the surface; they could only be attacked from below by destroying the skeletal warriors supporting them.
“I have an idea…” Leisurely Brother’s eyes lit up, and he immediately gathered a few nearby players.
“I heard that mages can detonate their Magic Cores to self-destruct?” Leisurely Brother looked at a Novice Player, his gaze a little embarrassed.
“That’s right,” the novice mage player nodded. He roughly knew what Leisurely Brother was planning, but he wasn’t particularly optimistic. “I know you want us to detonate our Magic Cores under the bridge of flesh and blood, but our levels are too low. We might be swarmed and killed by the vast number of undead before we even reach the bridge…”
“You don’t need to worry about that.” Leisurely Brother was already prepared. “You just need to tell me roughly how powerful the detonation of your Magic Core is. Can it collapse this bridge of flesh and blood?”
This novice player had clearly tried self-destructing before, so the question didn’t make him think for long. “With my current level of eleven or twelve, the power of self-destruction is roughly the same as Flame Burst. It can damage the bridge of flesh and blood, but it’s impossible to collapse it in one go.”
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Leisurely Brother pondered for a moment, then nodded. “That’s enough.”
“I’ll bring a group of warriors over later. You guys will hide in the arms of these warriors. They will tank the damage and get you to the underside of the bridge of flesh and blood. You guys will be responsible for detonating your Magic Cores to collapse the bridge.”
The novice mage player glanced at the burly warrior players beside him, blushing slightly, feeling a little embarrassed. “Ah, this, isn’t this not good…”
“Nothing is not good about it.” Yu Ci urged him, directly scooping up the novice player.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
“Taking you to blow up the bridge!”
Without further ado, Yu Ci stepped on the shoulder of a zombie and leaped off the city wall. There was no time to waste, as many parts of the defending line, composed of soldiers and players, had already been broken through. This situation would only worsen as more and more undead climbed onto the city wall.
Warriors had extremely high bonuses in terms of strength and physique, so even carrying a novice mage player, Yu Ci didn’t feel any strain. He moved swiftly, stepping on the heads or shoulders of the undead with every stride. The novice mage player in his arms was already dizzy from the jolting, but he kept in mind one thing: as soon as Yu Ci gave the signal, he would detonate himself immediately.
“Ground Smash!” He unsheathed his sword and swung it, a crimson shockwave slamming into the ground.
“Boom—” Flesh and blood splattered. Yu Ci’s level was slightly higher than these undead. Although this attack didn’t kill many undead, it cleared an area for a short time. After landing, he rolled on the ground and leaned against the underside of the flesh and blood wall. Then, aiming at a gap in the bridge of flesh and blood, Yu Ci threw the novice mage player with all his might.
This happened very quickly, and even the skeletal warriors within the bridge of flesh and blood didn’t react. However, when a creature was thrown in, they instinctively raised their swords.
“Detonate!” Yu Ci roared. The novice mage player didn’t falter either and immediately detonated his Magic Core.
“BANG—” With a loud explosion, the surrounding magical elements instantly became turbulent, and even the flames of the fireball spells thrown nearby became more intense.
Yu Ci didn’t have time to check the results. He pulled out a grappling hook from his backpack, parried an approaching undead with his sword, and then threw his right hand forcefully. The grappling hook wrapped around the city wall. After a few leaps and stomping on the heads of a couple of undead, he safely returned to the city wall.
“Well done!” Leisurely Brother and Yu Ci lightly high-fived. The novice player’s self-destruction destroyed about 5m of the bridge of flesh and blood, which was more powerful than he had anticipated. The undead offensive at the city wall in front of them temporarily paused. This had a good effect. Leisurely Brother immediately notified other player representatives in the channel. Subsequently, novice mage players quickly became sought-after “mush” on the battlefield; any warrior wanted to hold them close.
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