Chapter 869: Holy Magus Dios (1/2)
The moss-covered city was swarming with rotten undead. In fact, even the undead soldiers themselves were covered in a thick layer of moss. They lay in grass, wilted trees and rubbles, and it looked like they hadn’t moved a bone for centuries. The only reason they were still alive was because their powerful undead soul spark was sustaining them.
Pitiful fellows. Undeads are immortal, but what does it matter if it came at the cost of one’s soul?
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”We need a different plan. There are too many guards in this place!”
Cloudway stared at the sea of undead on the ground with a deep frown on his face. ”We’re already vastly outnumbered by the enemy, but I also spot Lich Kings here and there. I’ve witnessed their power myself, and I can tell that not even our best mages are strong enough to fight them. We will be routed if we continue like this.”
I looked at black-robed mages in groups of three standing behind the palace lamps. Their horrifying faces was all I needed to see to identify them as the legendary Lich Kings. The Lich Kings were Level 210 Immortal Rank minibosses—I had gleaned their stats using Dark Pupils—and on the same level as the Bloodblade Ghost Generals, but unlike those skeletal knights they used ranged magic, and stood together in groups of three. As Prince Cloudway said, it would be next to suicidal to engage them by force.
The only thing we could do here was to seek out another path.
I looked to the left and suggested, ”We’ll reach the smithy if we go down from there. There are less undead over there, and it’ll take us to the Eye of the Purgatory. Once you confirm the reason behind its recent abnormalities, your quest will be complete, and you’ll be able to return home, right?”
Cloudway nodded in agreement. ”That’s correct. As soon as I obtain some concrete intel, I’ll return to the borders of Vanished God City and rally a million troops for an assault!”
”Let’s go then!”
This time, I was the one who acted as the guide and led the way. At the fourth junction, I walked down the stone stairs and arrived at an abandoned smithy. Most of the tools were completely rusted, and all that remained of the blacksmith was a skeleton lying on top of the table.
We avoided a couple of axe fighters and secretly made our way into the inner city walls. This was almost too easy. The undead were lax in their security probably because they thought that no human would ever be able to breach the military lockdown set up at the forest.
Up ahead, purple light was shining from inside the palace and illuminating many structures near the source.
Prince Cloudway shivered once before saying, ”We’re here. I can feel the core of the Eye of the Purgatory from over here, and I can confirm now that they are summoning more undead from the Purgatory! Dammit! We need to move closer and see just how large and powerful this Eye of the Purgatory is!”
”Be that as it may, we need to stay cautious, Your Highness,” I reminded.
Cloudway nodded in agreement. ”Mn, I understand!”
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There were 15 undead soldiers guarding the entrance. They were Level 210 dread-rank mobs, and they were led by a miniboss riding a skeletal warhorse and wielding a fiery red blade. It was none other than the Level 210 Immortal Rank Bloodblade Ghost General.
Lin Yixin said, ”Cloudway, why don’t you leave these undead to us? We can enter the palace after we take them out, right?”
Cloudway nodded. ”Please, young warriors!”
Alright, it was time to reap some experience and loot.
As Lin Yixin and I walked to the front of our party, I said, ”I’m going to use Dragon Slaying Slash to aggro the mob. With luck, we’ll only aggro the Bloodblade Ghost General and 7 or so soldiers. I’ll keep the Bloodblade Ghost General busy while you three deal with the 7 undead soldiers. Sis, you’ll have to split your heals between Yiyi and me. Don’t let us die, okay?”
”I know.”
I raised my weapon, and a cyan blade energy smacked the Bloodblade Ghost General in the head, dealing 29837 damage.
”Roar! Damned intruders, die!”
The enraged miniboss charged me while 9 undead soldiers followed suit. That was two more than I had initially anticipated. Still better than 15 though!
Chiang chiang chiang!
The miniboss swung his weapon and hit me three times in the shield, dealing a not-miniscule amount of damage. Dammit, this miniboss was so powerful that it was almost bullshit.
I rapidly moved into position and completed a coordinated attack with Lin Yixin. It was devastating. Thousand Ice Slash + Burning Blade Slash + Ice Flame Slash + Ice Storm was deadly enough, but it wasn’t like the others were idle either. The Phantom Wolf King’s Purgatory Storm, Lian Xin’s Ice Spiral Matrix and Dimensional Storm, Beiming Xue’s Spiraling Arrow Blade and even the Ghost Chariot’s Ghost Chariot Slash deleted over half of the Level 210 dread-rank mobs’ HP in the blink of an eye. Even the NPCs were stunned by our combined DPS.
The battle continued. There was nothing especially worth mentioning about it except Lin Yixin’s exceptional movements. She maintained a suitable distance between herself and the undead soldiers and played them like a butterfly. She minimized the damage she took without forgetting to dish out the pain.
All 15 undead soldiers were taken out in less than three minutes. Then, they moved on to the Bloodblade Ghost General I was suppressing and killed it as well.