Chapter 159 - Midnight Battle (2/2)

“Stay within the ical barrier, don’t move forward!”

Marlene frowned and stopped the e out to attack She forced them to return to the inner defensive zone At the saap to the side and frowned In an instant, ice shards formed into a shape of a sword and flashed towards the undead like lightning ere atte to sneak in from the side

On the other side, Marlene shouted loudly for her uard the front

“Beware of their hands Be careful Don’t force it, dued an attack fro horizontally The sword sliced through the undead body easily, forcing it to scream and attempted to escape But at this moment, the other mercenaries i through its body The undead finally gave up struggling It twisted its body and screamed in both pain or relief as it turned into ashes

Everything is going well

Facing this battle, Rhode nodded his head with satisfaction Theseand also the battle in the Twilight Forest, so they naturally became more familiar with one another Their teamwork seemed to be much smoother than before Even Lize’s team defense was also sturdy as a , she chose the most effective method that she knew to best display her combat effectiveness She wholeheartedly co the offense of the undead Also, with the periodic help from Marlene and Celia, there wasn’t much problem

Rhode observed the battle with satisfaction and nodded He caressed Christie’s hair and scanned the surrounding darkness at the same time Rhode confirth If the ene, they would immediately retreat The number of undead was limited after all

In his system pro and disappearing in his eyes These undead brought little EXP, justHe silently counted the amount

25…27…29…30… About there!

Indeed, just when Rhode counted to 35, the undead ere fiercely attacking stopped suddenly and quickly retreated, disappearing into the darkness in a blink of an eye

“…”

All of a sudden, the fierce battle turned quiet The mercenaries stared at each other

What happened?

Why did the undead run away?

Did they realize they have failed?

What is going on?

“Get ready, trouble’s here!”

Rhode reminded his bewildered mercenaries to stay alert, but before they could react, a scream sounded