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

The moment Kapre lost his consciousness, a shout of joy came over from a distance.

“The reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming!”

As he was surrounded by the Undead, Kaper couldn’t see, but the soldiers who were retreating saw a legion of Undead and cavalry rushing over.

At the forefront was Luke’s exclusive Gigant, Avenger, shining.

“It is the Guard Knights!”

“Your Majesty is on his way!”

“We are saved!”

Amid the shouts of joy, Luke led his reinforcements and began to wipe out the Undead.

“There is no need to overdo it. Make time for the soldiers to retreat while taking down the Undead which have crossed the barriers.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Luke gave the order and cut down the heads of the Undead.

Orion and the Gaius Gigants followed him and slaughtered the Undead without any hesitation.

Surprisingly, however, the undead which were struck by the Gigant swords were turned into ashes.

Pssssh!

Puck! Puck!

And it wasn’t just the Gigant.

It was the same case as the knights on the horses.

Not only did the Undead get cut by the swords and spears, but they spontaneously flamed and turned into ash by just hitting the horse armor.

“Huh, it works better than I thought, it was worthwhile to gather all the priests from the Kingdom.”

Assuming that the large Undead army was coming, Luke had issued an order to gather priests from the kingdom into a close area near the capital.

There were a few priests who had other things to deal with and didn’t come, but quite a high number of priests came over.

Though it wasn’t the order of El Kassel, they couldn’t stand a national crisis.

Luke instructed the priests who responded to make a large amount of Holy Water, and bless the armor and weapons of the Gigants and the Knights with Divine Power.

There was nothing as great as Divine Power when it came to dealing with the Undead.

There was a limit to how many could be blessed, so the Guard Knights were given priority.

Still, there was a great effect on what the priests did.

The Undead who pushed into the wall ran wildly as they were getting defeated.

“Pour in the Holy Water!”

At Luke’s order, the knight poured the holy water from the large jar which several Gaius’s were carrying.

The Undead changed into a point where they were instantly turned into ashes.

Luke unfolded magic in succession as the enemy’s offense collapsed.

“Stone Edge!”

Dudududud!

Stone pillars rose from the ground and completely covered the collapsed barriers.

The crisis in Area 38 was cleared.

“Your Majesty, my eyes went blind waiting for you!”

Reynold, who was saving Viscount Kaper, yelled at Luke, who opened his Gigant’s hatch.

Reynard too approached him.

“But aren’t you glad I came before you fell?”

“Huh, if you put it like that… we sure are, by the way, what happened to the magic circle?”

“Why? Scared it is still not finished?”

“Is it done?”

When Reynold asked with hope, Luke nodded with a confident smile.

“It is almost done. It was all thanks to you people earning the time here.”

“Well, that is a relief.”

With a breath of relief, Reynold fell into Viscount Kaper’s arms.

It was like he could feel all the fatigue he had gathered during the past few days.

“You people take a break. I will take care of the work from here.”

“Please do that, Your Majesty.”

After telling the Gram brothers to rest, Luke ordered each of the staff through magic communication.

“Let the walls be set on fire, use all the remaining gunpowder, oil, and firewood. We will have enough time to earn for a retreat.”

When a formal retreat was ordered from Luke’s mouth, the commanders cheered without realizing it.

If they were asked to endure it and hit their limits, they all thought that they would either die or turn into Undead.

Through the magic communication, one of the commanders asked.

-Your Majesty, what about the infected soldiers?

While blocking the barrier, around 50,000 soldiers were bitten by Undead.

Among them, around 20,000 were infected at the beginning, and already turned into Undead, so they were in special containment camps.

“Bring those who haven’t turned into an Undead yet, and I will heal them.”

-Huh? Your Majesty will?

At the question of the commander, Luke just shrugged and answered.

“I am not as good as Her Holiness, but even I know how to perform some miracles.”

Spirit power was essential when it came to purifying the Undead.

Luke knew how to convert Aether into Spirit power.

In addition, he could amplify the Spirit power with Avenger’s core engine, and he had confidence when it came to healing a thousand minorly wounded soldiers.

‘Those who have already turned into Undead will be left for Johas and his men to deal with. They did say that their task was done.’

Shortly before arriving there, Luke was contacted by Johas.

They had told Luke about taking down the elder and the other warlocks who controlled the large army of Undead, but told that there were a few remnants who were great at hiding, which made getting rid of them very tough.

However, they reported that they managed to find and execute them.

And told that there was important information they managed to obtain in the process.

On how the Veritas managed to create a mass number of Undead, manipulating them, and all.

‘The only thing left is to activate the large magic circle. The last things are probably done…’

Luke who was worried for a while, soon felt relieved.

All because it was Erwin and Karen who were in charge of the large magic circle construction.

In addition, a large number of talented wizards in the Kingdom and Katarina Magic tower were participating.

‘I can trust them. Because the strength I have isn’t because of my own, it is because of the people who constantly stay around me.’

Thinking so, Luke devoted himself to curing the infected and retreating the soldiers at the wall.