1020 The Last Five Kilometers (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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When the evening arrived, the fresh blood smeared across the land and the changing colors of the sky portrayed the cruelty of war.
The main army had launched an assault on the pyramid. The fourth camp was the last camp before the final showdown. It was time for them to advance fearlessly to reach the pyramid… what stood behind them was no longer their reinforcements, or their city, but they would find themselves surrounded by lots of undead.
Mo Fan had faced a similar experience before. It was at the Ancient Capital, when the army of undead was many times bigger than the human army. They had quite a few Super Mages back then, but they only had two this time.
The last five kilometers!
It was the stretch with the highest density of undead, and the undead here were the strongest, too. The dark undead sprawled throughout the yellow basin, and the mirage of the pyramid was right in the center of them
All the undead within ten kilometers seemed to be aware that the humans were plotting a scheme against their sacred pyramid. The undead were moving into position, like a huge forest covering every inch of the area with their savage faces, broken bodies, rotting poisonous gas, and eyes filled with hunger...
”Charge!”
As General Fenna gave out the command, a blue light of protection rose into the sky, serving as a signal to the army.
”Charge!”
”Destroy the pyramid!”
”All hail Egypt!”
The army turned into a fierce tide, shoving the undead aside. The blasts of magic and their brilliance lit up the evening sky, as their destructive auras surged across the place...
The ghastly cries of undead traveled across the area like a chilling breeze. Their anger and hatred were crushing down on every person's heart like giant mountains. They were fearless creatures, with only a single thought in their minds: tearing the humans apart and eating them!
The place was sprawling with the living and the dead. The soil soaked up the strong smell of blood. The scale of the battle was similar to the battle that had taken place at the maritime fortress in Japan, and it was rather helpful in training a bunch of powerful, fearless Mages!
The battle went from being orderly to a complete mess. Surrounded by the undead, the humans could no longer tell where the pyramid was. Many squads totally lost their way, and could only fight the undead instinctively.
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”General, we have lost contact with the troop in the west!” Old Mage Mudin reported back.
”Are they all dead?” General Fenna asked in a hard voice.
”The Brutal Sword Death Servants are giving us a hard time, the troop is most likely wiped out.”
”That's too quick, did anyone see anything?”
”No...”
General Fenna finally lost her patience. A few gusts appeared from her back and transformed into three pairs of wings behind her!
The wings were extremely quick and nimble, allowing her to move and change her direction freely in the air...
”Thousand Leaves Saber: Slaughtering Wind Slash!”
The fierce wind around Fenna turned into thousands of wind sabers sweeping forward. Hundreds, or even thousands of undead ahead were sliced into pieces within an instant, and scattered across the ground like fallen leaves. The path ahead suddenly cleared up, the undead could no longer stand.
After the Thousand Leaves Sabers achieved their goal, another fierce wind sliced further into the distance. The powerful wind slash extended to within a kilometer of the pyramid!
”Follow me!” With General Fenna clearing the path, the morale of the soldiers immediately skyrocketed.
A few of the squads immediately followed General Fenna and pressed forward into the area a kilometer away from the pyramid.
”You better protect her. If she loses even a single stand of her hair, I'm going to feed you to the undead!” Mo Fan snapped at the worthless knight Kulun standing beside Xinxia when he saw the path ahead being cleared.
”Even if you said nothing, it is my sacred responsibility as a knight to protect her!” Kulun replied with a stern face.
Mo Fan seriously found this Kulun an eyesore. His noble temperament, as if he was superior to the others, was urging Mo Fan to beat all his teeth out, yet the guy's strength was fairly impressive, too. Mo Fan saw him kill ten Warrior-level undead instantly, and despite how chaotic the situation was, he did not allow a single undead to get within a hundred steps of Xinxia. It turned out that the bodyguard that the Parthenon Temple had assigned to protect Xinxia was not just mere decoration!