Chapter 418 - 368 : War (2/2)
”Vice-leader! Please don't go!”
More than three thousand died in the Itas Continent. None returned alive, she didn't even know whether her sister and husband are still alive or not.
She never thought things will escalate so quickly. It was supposed to be an easy job, just like last time. They will kill the invading race and be done with it.
The several old men were kneeling in front of Anastassia, blocking the exit and banging their head on the floor.
”Th-there's nothing you can do, please stay, Vice-leader!”
Anastassia glared at them and used Nether Energy to push them away. Just as she was about to leave, a young man with a flushed faced barged in the room. He panted heavily and talked only after locating Anastassia, who was but a few steps away.
”V-vice leader! An army… an army is marching toward us!”
She frowned and told the youth to calm down and only talk after he drank a bit of water. After taking a deep breathe, the youngster continued
”The Xi Clan betrayed us, an army of monsters is marching toward us. They'll arrive in three days, their number is unknown.”
His tiredness and pale face was proof that he ran all the way here the moment he saw the army. It wasn't an easy feat to continuously run without a rest, especially for a mortal.
Anastassia ordered him to go rest before leaving the room, ignoring the desperate elders. She went to the roof of the High Tower and stared at the cloudy sky. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, unable to come to a decision.
After a few minutes, she looked down to the creepy pendant hanging on her neck before hastily flying South. After a while, she appeared above the uncountable army of undead. She ripped the necklace and clenched it with both of her hands, applying all the strength she could muster.
”I must do it…”
She wholly focused on the pendant, pouring all her Nether Energy inside. Her gaze was focused on the motionless undead.
”Move move… come on MOVE!”
Despite her desperate shouts, the undead remained unresponsive. Nonetheless, the woman didn't give up, her pool of Nether Energy depleted yet she kept sacrificing her vitality to cause a reaction from the pendant.
Only after three hours did the pendant started emitting a purple light which covered her body. Her beautiful dark red hair became jet black while her skin turned whiter than snow.
She coughed mouthfuls of blood but she didn't stop. The purple light stretched to all direction, bringing an illumination brighter than the sun behind the cloudy sky.
Anastassia's figure, which was enveloped by the ominous purple light, fell from the sky, heavily crashing in the ground. She grabbed her head as unimaginable pain assaulted her, causing her to shout hysterically like a crazy person
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The purple light stretched to all direction, covering the whole army within minutes, then it suddenly vanished into nothingness. This was nothing but the silence before the storm as the whole Western Continent shook violently.
A black miasma covered the sky before it transformed into a humongous whirlpool that attracted every being's attention.
As if ordered by a mysterious force, the undead's creaky bones moved, their feet started banging on the ground, all at the same time, in a cyclic manner. The dormant bones dragons awakened, roaring loudly and shaking the very being of Astria.
The pendant Arthur gave her was nowhere to be seen, it had turned illusory before entering her body, becoming a part of her. Back then, when Arthur crafted this simple item, which summons undead, didn't know that it would cause the birth of an entity he couldn't fathom.
The continuous exposure to thick death energy and the use of the pendant, coupled with her indomitable will and necessary sacrifice were the main causes for such a result.