Chapter 159 - Midnight Battle (1/2)

Chapter 159: Midnight Battle

Translator: Atlasstudios Editor: Atlasstudios

The currents of the wind could be heard, becoht wind suddenly grew violent Mournful cries could be heard vaguely within And the shabby door couldn’t stop shaking under the strong wind

“Activate buffs!”

Rhode quickly gave an order But his ave him a confused expression when they heard the unfamiliar command Rhode helplessly slapped his forehead and rephrased hiet ready Marlene, protection!”

Once they understood, the mercenaries skillfully retrieved a tube filled with a red, sticky substance from their belt pouches They save a casual swing It caused a si of the sound barrier as their equipical fla aura And at thisseveral eripped her staff tightly and sround Almost immediately, mysterious runes appeared and expanded in a circular pattern quickly with Lize’s staff as its epicenter The runes then for almost invisible to the eye

Rhode and Anne stood within the circle, protecting the frightened Christie Before the battle, Rhode told the mercenaries that this battle with the undead creatures was a test for their battle abilities As such, he would only step in when it was necessary As for Marlene, Lize, Celia, and Shauna, each of them were responsible for the attack and defense from their respective zones Rhode purposely chose this setup as he wanted to check out their co the pressure of the inco styles

Shauna, who had the most experience, was the first to complete the formation She made use of the most common tactic Shauna made her men form two squads, one squad for defense while the other would seek an opportunity to attack With a balance between offense and defense, she found that this was the most reliable way to destroy the ene She stood in front of the tea the sword Heran illusion of superiority and grandeur And her battle style was distinct She would handle the elitethe rest to deal with the leftovers

Compared to two battle-hardened veterans, Marlene’swas entirely different She didn’t choose to coe in the frontlines Marlene decided to use the conventional way of battling as a uard This way, she could e and unleash large area-of-effect spells upon the undead without harassment from the undead

Lize’s perforst the three of them She didn’t kno to coave a few simple commands and allowed the mercenaries to do as they deemed Afterwards, she would join the rear to buff and provide healing Lize wasn’t dumb She certainly understood that her battle abilities could not be coht her men and hunkered down in the defense circle Her siy was to use Marlene and Celia as shi+elds to protect herself and so as to allow her h she didn’t havein battles, this ed that her duties weren’t about destroying ene as her side wasn’t broken through, then it’s enough The rest could be left to Celia, Marlene and the reht now the mercenaries were oddly serious No ned the contract According to Rhode’s explanation, their performances would directly impact their future daily remunerations, which would explicitly affect their life within to the roup In the past, the mercenaries had never encountered contracts Now that the pressure on theher, they had already secretly decided to perfornized their efforts, then it would be considered a success

At this moment, the undead finally appeared

Translucent bodies, releasing slight spirit presence, their empty eye sockets were filled with eerie darkness The spirits floating above the ground opened their abnor They stretched out their lih the undead lacked basic intelligence, their hatred towards the living was enough for them to act out in subconsciousness

“Evil dead, return to nothingness!”

Celia shouted and swung her long sword towards the dead soul that charged at her

The sword that burned with holy flah butter Almost immediately, the holy fire erupted and devoured its prey It didn’t end there The fire startled to rage as it spread apart like ignited oil Once the flaulf them in a ball of fire almost instantaneously Soon, the battlefield on Celia’s side appeared to be a firestorht in the firestor their frail liuish the silver-white flaive thes, dashi+ng and slicing through the horde of undead, leaving a trail of holy light in her wake

On the other side, Marlene’s battle was equally exciting

“-Aliya!”

The ic particles to begin coalescing on her fingertips Beaers like a rainstor with the mercenaries Before the undead could react, Marlene was already beginning to cast her next wave of spells She caressed the ge those runes that were hidden in the ground to activate suddenly Fla the undead to a crisp