Chapter 744 - The Great Purgation 1 (1/2)

Removing the remnants of the Veritas Magic Tower which controlled the Undead, including the Elder Zemerton.

Once the warlocks disappeared, the Undead who lost control began to wander in random directions, and the pressure on the defense got reduced.

But that was just for a day or two.

The Undead, pushing from behind made the wall crack a little, and defense lines were already in extreme fatigue.

“Commander, it is said that Fort Chase is on the verge of breaking through!”

“The gunpowder is out in area 16!”

“Sire! The number of riders and soldiers who are exhausted is constantly increasing!”

“The War Mages have run out of mana and are requesting for temporary withdrawal.”

Reynold sweat at the reports which came for him.

It was said that most of the forts were being pierced, or the military supplies such as gunpowder or arrows were running out, and the exhausted soldiers fell.

‘Damn it, things are only getting worse!’

Before the Undead came over, he shared opinions with his brother and other staff about the rough movement of the battle.

Even stopping wasn’t that easy, they thought that weapons such as artillery and Gigants, when used to maximum would do considerable damage to the Undead.

It wasn’t easy to confront 5 million Undead, especially when the soldiers would be in fear.

However, the battle which was actually happening was a lot more serious than imagined.

The enemy didn’t know how to retreat and they didn’t stop unless they were beheaded or burnt.

Rather than being afraid of the Gigants which were crushing them, a few Undead would hang on the Gigant gloves or bite the gloves.

‘They are unusual enemies. Besides, our allies have no experience in fighting such enemies!’

Inexperienced work would lead to a lot of mistakes.

Which was why the military supplies such as gunpowder were depleting rather rapidly. The soldiers who were in fear were using them excessively.

In addition, the Symphonia troops didn’t have enough rest nor time to build other barriers or prepare for the battle.

It was natural for fatigue to increase.

‘The 5 million number itself must have put great pressure on the minds…’

In the end, the important thing was that they had to overcome the difficulty.

In any war, there would have been decisions to retreat, but they couldn’t do that with the Undead.

“Put in the reserve troops!”

“Sire, the reserve troops are…”

“If there are none, I will go by myself!”

Reynold once again led his knights and went out of Verange Castle to battle.

The Undead struggle and fight slowed down, but the war wasn’t in the advantage of the Symphonia Kingdom.

“Uh-huh! Brother, when was His Majesty going to come?”

Reynard, who was in the battle along with his brother, asked.

Reynold, who was slaying off the Undead like ants, answered.

“When His Majesty feels like it, he will come. You keep on fighting!”

“Damn it, it looks like the Verange Castle will be in trouble… I mean, seven Gigants of the Iron Heart Knights are already down!”

It wasn’t the Gigants which were the problem, but the riders who were exhausted from the constant battles.

Sword Masters like Reynold and Reynard were also tired from constantly fighting with aura’s, so they knew how the other riders would have been.

It was when they were conversing with tired voices.

A messenger came from the wall behind them.

“Sire, we are in trouble! Area 38 has been pierced and the Undead are coming in!”

Area 38 has a 700-meter long barrier to the left of Verange Castle.

As they didn’t have the time to use bricks, they built three layers of barriers.

“Wh-what?!”

Shocked, Reynold used the telephoto artifact on his Orion and looked at Area 38.

Some of the barriers were indeed broken, it seemed like the barriers weren’t strong enough to withstand the constant Undead offense, and the Undead which crossed were fighting with the soldiers.

“No! No! stop them!”

Knowing that it would be difficult to solve such a situation, Reynold rushed to Area 38.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

He ran by trampling and kicking any Undead which came in front of him.

He tried to block the barrier point which had been pierced by placing his Orion.

However, quite a few Undead had already entered the barrier, and it wasn’t enough for a single Orion to seal all the openings.

“F*ck! All these!”

Reynold came out of the hatch, grabbed his sword, and cut the Undead which were randomly coming in from other points.

He somehow tried to prevent the rampage of the Undead, but it wasn’t possible to restore the barrier which had already been broken.

“Ahhhh! The Undead!”

“The Undead passed through the barrier!”

“Don’t back down! Keep fighting!”

Around 10,000 Undead seemed to have passed through the collapsed parts of the barrier.

Compared to the huge number, it was really small.

However, the Symphonia troops were already exhausted and had no energy to stop them.

They were barely blocking the barriers by leaning onto them, but the Undead were like beasts, there was no way humans could overcome them.

Hundreds of soldiers were bitten in the blink of an eye, and the rest of them were busy withdrawing.

Those who had no energy to fight, closed their eyes shut and gave up.

“Uhh, rather than getting bitten by the Undead…”

One of the soldiers tried to stab himself in the neck when Viscount Kaper came over running and stopped him.

“Don’t do anything so stupid!”

“B-But…”

“It is alright. Even if you turn into Undead, Her Holiness will bring you back to life!”

Kaper, who said so, swung his sword around the numerous Undead.

In order to protect their subordinates who were trying to flee, they decided to turn into baits and earn some time for a new defense to be built.

‘Your Majesty will come! He will definitely come and save us!’

Kaper had been following Luke since the early days of Fort Torlot.

In spite of any adversity, he believed that Luke would come up with a way, just like he always did.

But faith would remain as it was and so was strength.

Even the Expert’s top-notch mana was running out, and everyone was trying to endure the onslaught with their stamina.

Eventually, Karper’s stamina fell and his movements were slowed—making him the target of dozens of Undead.

‘Kuek! Maybe this is how I die?’