55 Chapter 50 - The Vanguard (2/2)
”Damn it! We're not ready for this!”
Leebus slammed his fist in anger as Alatar was silently looking at the horizon.
”Master... this ordeal we've had with undead monsters. Someone who is a very powerful necromancer is targeting us right?”
Griff slowly stated as he stood next to Leebus. Sylvie was slightly growling at the horizon while they spoke.
”Exactly. I can only think of a political reason. We're the only city in Kulva governed by a council rather than being subjects of a noble.”
”And only a noble can possess this amount of magic...”
”But I didn't expect that... they'd have already killed the entirety of the monsters on the Southern Mountains, and resurrect them.”
The dust cloud was enormous now. Suddenly out of the forest a dozen or so adventurers bursted, running at top speed.
”Are those the ones you sent for scouting Alatar?”
”Yes, but... there were more of them.”
The adventurers, who were several hundred meters away, were shouting in horror.
”Can anyone make out what they're saying?”
Sylvie who was looking at them turned to Leebus and spoke up.
”They're screaming 'Run...'”
Suddenly out of the woods hundreds of dog like creatures bursted, giving chase to the adventurers. Leebus woke up from a daze in that second.
”Rangers! Fire! FIRE NOW!”
The several dozen rangers on the walls nocked their arrows in a hurry, but they weren't fast enough. The adventurers below were being ripped apart by the dog like monsters. Anyone they caught they ripped them in half with their powerful jaws.
The adventurers on the giant walls were looking down in horror, some frozen in place. One such adventurer had already fainted and was rocking back and forth.
”SOMEBODY GRAB THAT BLOODY IDIOT!”
Griff ran towards the man, but it was too late as the adventurer fell down from the walls, killing himself. Griff froze in place as he saw the man plummet to his death, and he wasn't the only one. The adventurers around him were broken in fear after what they saw.
”ALATAR!”
”I beseech thee, fruitful mother of these lands. Give rise to soldiers of rock and sand! Stone Creation Magic: Golem!”
About thirty or so golems suddenly began to dispatch themselves from the wall and charge towards the hounds.
”GET YOURSELF TOGETHER! ALL OF YOU! WE'RE UP AGAINST THE UNDEAD, AND THAT'S THEIR VANGUARD! WE EITHER FIGHT OR WE WILL DIE HERE! IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU'RE SCARED!”
Leebus shouted, and raised his fist high in defiance of his fate.
Griff was still looking down over the wall, but shook his head as he heard what Leebus said.
”Yeah. We either die horrified, or try to create a chance and die trying.”
He grit his teeth and fists in anger, and grabbed the bow that the man who had plummeted down dropped.
The adventurers were getting back to their senses. The golems couldn't hold back a horde of undead hounds.
”Glad to see you haven't all lost your spines! Our enemies are Blaze Hounds! F class monsters on their own, but with their numbers and status as undead they're stronger. All of you brace yourselves!”
The adventurers shouted together in defiance of their fate and started to fire down arrows. Griff, too, nocked an arrow and shot it, but to no effect as the undead blaze hound kept smashing into the golems. Sylvie was standing next to him, looking around astutely to see what else was to come.
”FIRE!”
Griff suddenly shouted with a spark of intelligence.
”BURN THEM DOWN WITH FIRE!”
The rangers on top of the walls were heartened up by his suggestion. If you can't kill what's already dead make sure it has no means to move! Bones don't have muscles!
Meanwhile Leebus was gripping the corner of the wall. He spoke to no one in particular.
”Damn it we only set up a magic circle to detect living monsters. The thought never crossed my mind. And this is only the vanguard... where the hell is the Troll King.”
As if god was answering his question, a large roar was heard, and the trees in the forest were seen falling down as something was getting closer.
”...”
Leebus looked down at the melee adventurers who were standing by, and raised his arm. With a defiant roar the adventurers bursted through the newly made wall's gates, and onto the battlefield to clash with the undead blaze hounds.
”...let's just hope the army is nearby.”
Alatar said to Leebus as he got back to chanting to create more golems.
This was going to become an onslaught.