Chapters Chapter 208: The Counterattack (1) (2/2)
“We are… the immortal soldiers…! Even the flames…cannot stop us…!”
“For his Majesty Aleister…”
Shockingly, the undead monsters appeared unaffected by the enormous flame, even though they were clearly on fire.
“T-They don’t burn?” Drakan wondered what was going on.
Even a kid knew that undead monsters were weak to fire, but the enemy troops steadfastly charged forward, as if they were proving that fact obsolete.
Hwaleuk, Hwaleuk!!!
Meanwhile, the flames became stronger, but the undead monsters continued to increase their movement speed. It appeared almost as if the fire was making them stronger instead of burning them into a crisp.
“Mortals… Come to the underworld…”
“We are the immortal soldiers…”
“Long live the dead!” Underworld monsters charged at the Laputan soldiers, with their whole body on fire.
“Arghh!”
“W-What even…!”
“It’s hot… Hot!”
The front line of the Laputan army was engulfed in chaos.
The undead monsters of Aleister were now walking flamethrowers. Instead of being burnt to crisp, they were attacking using their burning bodies.
“Ah!”
“S-So hot!”
“Argghh!”
Screams could be heard everywhere.
There was no doubt that Laputa’s army was an excellent one, but what could the soldiers do against charging bodies of fire?
Even the slightest touch could cause massive burns. The soldiers had no choice but to back off.
“Oh?” Kang Chun-In seemed interested. Despite his failed plan, he did not lose his composure.
“You created those things? Seems like you’ve gone all out, Aleister.”
To be honest, he was surprised to some extent.
“Rather than to simply be annihilated by fire, why don’t we compose an army with fire-resistant skeletons?”
Kang Chul-In recalled his past conversation with Aleister.
It was when the two of them first formed an alliance after the third Overlord meetings.
“Skeletons may be resistant to fire, but their defense is…”
“That’s true.”
“Just 15 levels more and I can make an undead army with full fire resistance.”
“Are you saying it’s possible?”
“Even making fire-type skeletons may not be impossible.”
“Hmm… Is mass production possible then?”
“Well it is, but the problem lies in the cost, not the levels. I need firestones to make these skeletons, but as you know they cost….”
“…”
“Beggars like us can’t be choosers. Forget about the high-class units, let’s just stick to the regular ones. If they burn, they burn. Yikes!”
‘Igniter’.
That was the name for these fire-type undead monsters that a level 100 Necromancer could create using firestones.
It was too extravagant a unit for Aleister, who was not even level 70, to make.
“Rothschild probably sponsored the firestones… What about the levels? Did he break through some limit?” Kang Chul-In smirked.
Out of desperation, Aleister probably spent much effort to make the Igniters, to negate the critical counter to the undead monsters. He apparently managed to break through his limit in the process.
“Overlord Kang Chul-In! Today is the day we roast you in our immortal army’s hellfire!”
A voice of an undead rang across the peaks.
“Quidor.”
Kang Chul-In immediately identified the origin of the voice.
Quidor was a faithful servant of Aleister who achieved great feats during the Ragnarok in the past.
“Your Majesty!” Kwak Jung exclaimed anxiously, pointing at the back of the Igniter troop.
“Enemy reinforcements! Rough estimates show at least 5000! At this rate our army may suffer extreme damage….”
“No.” Kang Chul-In shook his head.
“Tell the men to move back slowly, but there is no retreat.”
“Your Majesty?”
What Kang Chul-In said subsequently was even more shocking.
“Discard the Flame Atlases.”
“T-Those expensive units….”
“We can retrieve them back soon, so why are you so surprised?”
“But Your Majesty, there are so many enemy soldiers and those burning Undeads….”
“Hold it there.” Kang Chul-In raised his hand and stopped Kwak Jung.
“Do not be rash.”
“Your Majesty?”
“In a situation like this, a commander without composure will cause his entire army to collapse.”
“…”
“The best move is to take advantage of our army’s composition. Our soldiers are fully capable of fighting against them.”
“Y-Your Majesty…!” Kwak Jung shivered.
What composure…!? How can he be so calm in these circ.u.mstances?
Kwak Jung could never understand how this man, Kang Chul-In, appeared to be so calm even in the midst of a crisis.
“I will show you.” Kang Chul-In told Kwak Jung, grabbed the loudspeaker and started commanding the army.
“Arkellon, to the frontlines!”
“Ah!” Kwak Jung came to a sudden realization.
Arkellon were water-type monsters that could sufficiently counter the fire-type Igniters. Kwak Jung failed to take his own army’s composition into account.
“Nilus, unleash the water-type attacks! Blizzard, Ice Bolt, anything is fine! Just spam everything!”
“Yes, your Majesty!”
Upon hearing the command, Nilus instructed his magic troop to bombard the enemy with water-type attacks.
“I-It worked! But the enemy’s firepower is still…”
“It’s true that this is not enough.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Kang Chul-In turned around to look at Kwak Jung.
“You finish it up.”
“…Your Majesty?”
“Since the enemy troops are using fire as their weapon, doesn’t it make sense to just extinguish it? Summon the rain and tarnish their morale.”
“H-Ha ha, your Majesty~! That’s a nice joke. How can I summon rain in this clear sky?”
“That.”
Kang Chul-In pointed at the White Rain Fan, an epic item that Kwak Jung had been holding just for show.
“No point wasting that expensive item.”
“...”
“Hurry.”
“Y-Your Majesty….”
Kwak Jung looked almost as if he wanted to cry.