177 Chapter 176 (1/2)

Leon and the others managed to keep the monsters at bay for one hour, but eventually, the monsters managed to break the first line of defense. Leon and his skeletons kept attacking the monsters while retreating trying to save as many lives as possible, but even so, several soldiers got eaten and smashed like ants.

”Sasha, Betty! Cover Pedro and the civilians!” Leon shouted.

Sasha and Betty nodded, they were strong and fast, but they only could do so much to protect hundreds of civilians while fighting dozen of monsters.

Leon's skeletons weren't fast like the skeletons knights, so their numbers started to decrease at a fearsome pace. However, the ones who survived managed to leave a sea of fire for the monsters to deal with. It wasn't efficient like electric attacks, but fire also slowed the big ones down while killing the small fries.

”Shit… there is no end to this…”

Probably hundreds of thousands of monsters had fallen, but the end of the battle still couldn't be seen. Leon tried to cover the soldiers and civilians as much as he could, but that meant that he had to waste a lot of time looking around instead of killing the monsters in front of himself.

Leon tried to save and Heal as many as he could, but after seeing so many people dying in front of him, he understood that he had failed again. He didn't know if the job was impossible or not, but he had failed nonetheless again. Despite that, he kept fighting because it was the only thing he could do at the moment.

Several hours passed, and Leon lost the count of those who he had failed in protecting or covering. He already could see thousand of survivors behind him and the sea as well. There was nowhere to escape, he could escape if he wanted, but what would be the point? Flying to escape while seeing thousands of human beings butchered by monsters? Leon didn't want to do that; he didn't survive the island using brute strength to run in moments like these. He kept fighting until he felt that his head was about to explode due to the exhaustion.

The number of skeletons that were still working barely reached the ten thousand mark, but the damage they caused was scarcely noticeable. Even Betty and Sasha's faces were filled with despair, they didn't know the people who were dying, but they couldn't bring themselves to ignore such carnage. It was like reliving that day four years ago. They were ready to take Leon by force if it was necessary and flee… but then it happened.

”Look to your right!”

A voice echoed in Leon's mind; it was a weird yet familiar voice. Without asking why or who that voice belonged, Leon looked to his right side and saw a corpse of a T-Rex and nearby, he saw a tome.

”What the…”

Leon didn't have the time to look for spoils or drops; he was only interested and fighting to save as many as he could. However, he was in a dire situation where it was impossible to save those people. In the end, the only choice he had was to look for weapons and items near the corpses that could grant him the power to solve that situation. Leon ran toward the tome and picked it up.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Summon Zombie.