Chapter 26 - 『Katze Plains Skirmish』 (1/2)

As Jack Shizu and Eve all stood with Foresight chatting, the undead in the area were all moving towards their location. The sound of the go-kart from earlier having attracted them in the first place. With the fog moving in however, it was very hard to detect them without one's eye sight being enhanced or one being able to detect the undead ambiently.

Thankfully the Half-Elf turned her head and glanced over her shoulder towards the fog which the Dragon had once emerged. There were faint silhouettes making their way out into the open. Zombies, skeletons.

As an arrow came flying from within the fog and towards the group, everyone seemed to move out of the way in order to avoid it.

But not Jack.

The arrow would snap in half a few inches away from him before dropping into the grass at his feet. Jack's gaze narrowed on a skeleton which was pulling back the string of their rotting wooden bow.

”Dead should stay dead...” Jack uttered quietly to himself observing the armor which the skeleton was wearing. It was once a member of the Re-Estize Kingdom's warrior troop.

Slowly his gaze moved over the others. This was definitely a battle field of the fallen as all of them were rising up to kill or even devour the mortals they may be lucky enough to cross paths with.

”Jack-dono,” Termite addressed him politely, ”Would you be able to support us while we assault them?” He didn't necessarily mean to put the stronger man in the background, but he wanted to show him how well his team coordinated with one another.

Jack's eyes gazed over the team leader of Foresight, before nodding. ”If it looks like you're going to be overpowered, I will step in.” He'd respond as he leaned his weapon forward slightly like a staff, casting a protection-type third tier spell onto the group in front of him. Letting them flash a light blue color as he did so.

Goltron would grin slightly as he felt the energy surrounding him against low tier attacks. ”It is the light of God, is seems.”

Hearing his line, Jack could only chuckle before turning his attention towards Arche as she was spreading out from the rest of them, Imina following after her.

He'd watch as the two close range fighters went running off towards the Undead. ”Hm...” Jack would lean on his spear and simply watch.

Running as fast as he could, Termite steadied his breathing as he held his sword in both hands. Once he was within close range of the first zombie, he brought the weapon down hard upon its neck in a diagonal swipe.

Its neck split half way, the weapon getting stuck. As the zombie continued to try and bite and scratch him, an arrow ripped through the brain and sent the green skinned monster to the ground, lifelessly.

With a slight grin across his lips, Termite would pull the sword from his target in time to kick back another undead which was closing in on him.

Goltron kept moving, using his gauntlets to create the utmost damage upon his foes. Crashing and crushing in their skulls. He rushed a skeleton, quite literally punching its head off its shoulders. Only to turn around and parry a blade and kick out the lower body of another.

Jack's eyes wandered on over to Arche and Imina, both of which were providing ranged support. Their arrows and spells worked wonders against the weaker undead. They picked off enemies in the distance in order to keep their other team mates from being overrun.

Their teamwork was good, and while they kept shouting down to a minimum, they all kept within view of one another. That was another good thing Jack could see.

Eve sat down next to her brother's right leg and rested her head against the side of his knee. ”Can we help?” She asked with a bored tone, huffing some air in an upward motion. If she had longer bangs, she was sure her hair would move.

”There's nothing for us to do, besides, they were hired for this job.” Jack replied with a slight yawn, despite watching he was getting bored. So he understood her little plight. However even then, if he were to join the battle, it wouldn't last very long and that wouldn't be fun either.

”Booooorrrring!”

”Oh, hush up.” Jack rolled his eyes at this as he listened to his sister whining over not being able to do anything. She was more than capable of sniping plenty of these monsters without any delay, but he wasn't going to have her do so unless he got impatient for some reason.

Shizu just stood on the opposite side of Jack, taking a sticker out from her item box and placing it on the white inner skirting of her dress.

Jack would glance over towards her as she was doing so and reached over, poking her cheek.

Immediately her head perked up and her eyes stared blankly through him. ”Yes, Jack-Oniisama?” The way she said it was without emotion, but it was cute nonetheless, that was for sure.

”No, just wanted to feel your cheek with my finger,” Jack said with a tone similar to her own before turning his sights to the people doing their job out on the grassy plains in the fog.

Shizu blinked and turned her attention forward to the people they had recently met. She was rather confused by his action, but dismissed it, not doubting his words.

Jack looked over at her from the corner of his eye, raising a brow slightly. She seemed to be watching intently, though for the most part, her eyes were on Arche and Imina. The temptation to put a sticker on Arche's forehead could definitely be seen in her eyes while the rest of her was without any true expression.

His eye softened slightly as he shook his head subtly and rested his sights on Goltron.

There were at least three zombies about to attack him at once while he was preoccupied with another couple of skeletons. When he crushed one of the skulls and then used Turn Undead on the one beside him, he turned around just in time to swat away the arms of a rotting undead.

”It's really strange how the world hasn't succumbed to the undead with places like this...” Jack uttered quietly as he looked to the sky above.

”...Is it really that strange?” Shizu asked as she turned her attention back towards the Supreme Being which had introduced her as his little sister. Personally, she didn't know how she felt about that, but she was happy just to be within his presence, even though she couldn't really show it all that much.

Jack looked over at her and nodded, ”The national Military, Workers and Adventurers seem to be able to keep them at bay, but negative energy is everywhere...”

Shizu paused slightly before slowly nodding, if what he said was true, he wasn't wrong. The Undead could be everywhere or anywhere. It seemed though that they were either kept at a low number, or stayed within the area they had spawned.

In a way, it was similar to the game world. Spawns typically stayed in a singular area rather than to move where there was lives to take. Unless of course, they were lead there or pointed in a direction.

Jack began to wonder if Momonga could take control of all of these undead and use them as additional forces for Nazarick. Though considering the proximity of the Katze Plains to the Great Tomb, he could only assume that Momon was already aware of its existence and had a plan for it. If not, it didn't really matter. These undead would only be cannon fodder, whilst the skeletal dragons on the other hand would be a greater threat against their probable enemies.