Chapter 275: Weighing the choices. (1/2)
Chapter 275: Weighing the choices
“Lord Arthur, the ?”
“Yes, Lord Arthur”
“Why would monsters retreat from battle? Isn’t that rather odd?”
“Yes Lord Arthur, usually undead creatures like skeletons don’t have the wit or danger assessment abilities for battle tactics”
“That’s what I thought, itthem”
“That is a possibility but Liches are said to be able to create high-level undead that have higher intelligence and are capable of ordering the lesser ones”
“Didn’t the scouts spot a strange-looking skeleton a the others?”
“Yes, Lord Arthur, that one could have been capable of ordering them to return but it could also be possible that the Lich is somewhere close”
“That’s troublesouard tohere Mary was answering his questions He had not participated in the battle but the tide of blazing white skeletons had actually ates The foes were quite troublesoed weaponry didn’t work too well, arrows that weren’tholes in the bones was not very effective
It would require quite the archer to connect with the ical core from within the city walls However, Arthur’s forces had one ace in their sleeve, to co holy weapons They had been mostly manufactured by the city Runesainst these , first, it started withback to the city It started out small with a handful of skeletons but soon turned into a s to get it
There was no rhye and they b-lined it for the front gate which was a hard point to besiege Therole in the defense as they were able to successfully bring down a large chunk of the skeletal e
Yet after the monsters attempted to climb the walls the defensive turrets started to have trouble with the angle of their targets The soldiers had to poke thethe front gate that was being pushed into Theamount of power and didn’t tire
This small city didn’t really have that many soldiers The weapons that were assembled by the runesmith amounted to a little over a hundred This left the three hundred reh to steether with the guards were able to push back the maddened monsters
The divine swords, shi+elds, and spears were rather well-designed to go against these ood poke of a spear tip and activation of the smite spells it only took one hit from a tier 2 class holder to defeat one of these skeletons However these weapons had one large downside, they held up to ten charges of this spell before they needed to be refilled by the priests
Luckily for the city, the priests wereto combat the undead e the weapons They truthfully expected a bit more resistance froeon This was at the sae black skeletal monster was spotted which was probably the one in control
“So how you feeling after your first ‘battle’ little Lord, although I don’t think we can consider those lesser undead much of an army”
“How dare you…”
“It’s fine Mary”
The conversation that the tere having was broken by a large ed to the guard captain but was now occupied by Arthur, his knights, and aides Mary didn’t appreciate the nonchalant tone the guild ainst a tier 3 person Her side lacked sos problelad that you came, I must thank you for your corporations, the adventurers were quite useful, please sit doould like to hear your opinion about their strange behavior”
“Aye, I see that you noticed”
“Indeed, do you think that it could have just been a scouting party?”
“That’s unlikely, probably the Lich pulled its troops back out of fright, those undead tend to be very cowardly, it’s more likely that it will retreat to its lair and surround itself withits forces it will make another atteuildIt was aet a platinum adventurer party over for help With theeon could be taken back
“But…”
“But?”
Aurdhan rubbed his chin before dropping his body on a nearby chair without really asking for pered to aMary appreciated
“There is a possibility of it being unique, the chances are low but it could be planning soher-tier undead as proxies, this could become troublesome”
“Then ould you advise us to do, Guild master?”
“You have two choices little lord, either ait for the adventurers to arrive or you asseainst the second one, you just don’t have the manpower”
Mary narrowed her eyes at the way that the guildto Arthur but couldn’t really find anything wrong with the tactic Perhaps a large enough force could deal with the monster but a lot of lives would be lost in the process
The city guards were not used to fighting in seon or used to the hot lava aswith the creatures along with a monster that could create more of them without an end While it would be best to take it out before the skeletal army was restored the lack of troops was apparent
“I see, thank you for your insight”
“One ht want to visit our little runesuild e body off froiven permission to leave but Arthur didn’t really mind He knew that respect had to be earned and this was a chance If he perforuild leader
“How dare he act this way in front of the lord? Give h Mary, we need that man to protect the city, the black skeletons are considered to be tier 3 right?”