Chapter 712 - Legion of the Dead 3 (2/2)

In addition, soldiers who got bitten would turn into zombies and attack the humans.

“Kuek! Right, you infest everyone around you and turn into zombies!”

One of the warlocks who just stepped out, looked at the scene, and smiled.

“But this won’t be enough. If they use a Gigant, stopping them would be impossible.”

“Huh, didn’t master prepare something else for that?”

The warlock with the gloomy expression smiled and drew a magic circle with blood on the ground and memorized the spell.

Once the magic circle got completed with his hands wide open, he shouted.

“Wake up, Giant Zombie!”

At that moment, a dark red light flashed from the magic circle, the zombies around began to unite.

Hundreds of zombies tangled together, and in an instant, a Giant Zombie of 20 meters rose.

Kuahhhh!

A giant zombie with hundreds of pairs of eyes and limbs, burst into screams and began to march towards the Gigants of the continental alliance.

Meanwhile, in the Commander’s Barracks in the temporary camp.

The place where Count Ferrero and the other commanders of the 3rd squad were gathered.

“Surely you are the man who can overwhelm the continent.”

“Looking at your skills, it made me think that we can achieve more than this.”

“It is probably only the count who can make a Gigant jump that high.”

Nobles of Castia and Navarre were praising Count Ferrero’s skills.

It was never easy for one person to wipe out 70 Gigants by himself and kill the enemy commander.

There were great riders and knights in other nations too, but they couldn’t help but look up to Count Ferrero.

“Huhu, that is overly praising me. It would have the same if someone other than me went out for that.”

“Oh my, so humble! After all, no matter how strong, a master is different.”

There was a reason why they praised Count Ferrero too much.

First of all, Count Ferrero’s troops were excellent, and there was a possibility for the Symphonia Kingdom to be recognized after this war was done.

When they first entered the alliance of Symphonia, they didn’t have the heart to work as it was a new nation.

However, seeing Symphonia in battle—in person, they saw that the knights, soldiers, and even the Gigant power were beyond their own.

‘Maybe a new Empire which will replace the Baroque will be born.’

With that in mind, they were working hard to build a favorable relationship with Count Ferrero, a high ranking noble of Symphonia Kingdom.

Of course, Count Ferrero wasn’t the only target.

Count Darland, who had an excellent brain was also included.

While the soldiers were arranging and clearing the fields, the leaders of the alliance were trying to build the relationships.

Suddenly, there was noise from outside, Count Ferrero’s lieutenant entered the tent.

“Sire, we are in trouble!”

“Trouble? Did another group of enemies appear? Or did the prisoners riot?”

“Well, no, the corpses are turning into zombies and are attacking the soldiers!”

“What?!”

Ferrero jumped up from his seat.

If the corpses suddenly turned into zombies, it meant that there was a high probability that there were warlocks nearby.

Warlocks was a very troublesome existing entity.

They don’t know if the Symphonia troops had a priest or paladin with them, and if they didn’t, it would mean that everyone in the troops would take considerable damage.

However, by the way, there were a few priests or paladins in the 3rd squad which was made of Castia Kingdom and the Navarre duchy.

“Right away, dispatch the Gigant troops and the wizards. It isn’t easy to stop the zombies with ordinary soldiers or knights.”

“Yes, Sire!”

The lieutenant who took the orders from Count Ferrero immediately went out of the tent.

However, he soon entered the tent to deliver another set of news.

“The Gigant troops are engaging with the Gigant zombie! And the wizards are suddenly caught up in a magic circle of mana freeze in the field, and they aren’t able to use their magic for some time now.”

“Oh my god, we are completely beaten down.”

He thought that the battle was a complete victory after attracting his enemies into a well-laid trap.

But a sudden twist began to happen!

“Look, Darland. What are we supposed to do?”

At Ferrero’s question, Count Darland thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“We need to retreat unconditionally.”

Commanders of the Castia Kingdom and Navarre Duchy opposed it right away.

“That is not possible.”

“There will be damage, but I think we can defeat those zombies too.”

Those who opposed him didn’t know what the fear installed by the Undead and the Warlocks felt.

Count Darland has never directly fought with the undead.

But he had heard about the zombie poison in the Holy Empire, he thought that it was impossible to repel them with any general response.

“If we take time here, the damage will increase dramatically, and the number of zombies will only increase. Even if we defeat them, what use is it if we take too much damage? If we take damage, there will be serious setbacks to our next operation.”

The 3rd squad was in charge of supporting the 1st squad, which was responsible for the Operation Beheading.

They were in charge of blocking the reinforcements coming in from north and west of the Baroque Empire, and to narrow down the escape opportunities of Rudolf.

However, if a significant portion of the troops were lost in the battle, the actual plan would be tough to follow.

“Well, can’t help it. As Darland said, let’s retreat.”

At Ferrero’s words, the order was immediately given and the 1st squad was informed of the new situation and the retreat.

And by the time the retreat was done, Ferrero received Luke’s call.