Chapter 108 (1/2)

Chapter 108: The Absolute Territory of the Necromancer (Part 3)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

At Mist Basin.

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After the death of three of the undead, Link and Herrera heard a great deal of noise coming from the forest and they noticed a large number of things approaching them. At the same time, the aura of black magic got more and more intense around them.

What made it that much more shocking was the fact that there was also a sound of wings flapping in the air, which meant that they wouldn’t be able to escape by flying either.

There was no doubt that they were witnessing the undead army of the Necromancer!

“The opponent is hell-bent on keeping us here,” said Herrera with a deep frown on her face, “Escaping this place is probably next to impossible now.”

“The only way we could escape is to kill the Necromancer!” said Link.

Link had seen through the magic being used here now. The black magic he’d seen was very similar to the summoning spells he’d learned in the textbooks. The Necromancer’s battle strategy so far hadn’t been particularly unique either. The only way to get through all of this was to attack their leader head-on.

“But he’s in the Mage Tower,” said Herrera in an anguished voice. “And every time we try to approach it, we’re hit by an endless barrage of black magic attacks!”

The sound of the undead army’s footsteps got nearer and louder. Judging by the sound, there must be more than a thousand of them and they were approaching them from all directions – no doubt about it, they were now surrounded.

There was no feasible way for a Magician to attack or defeat another Magician in a Mage Tower. There are Elemental Pools in the Mage Tower, not to mention a large number of magic seals which stored an unimaginable power of magic. Meanwhile, the Mage Tower itself was also resistant to magic attacks. Overall, Link and Herrera’s combined powers were not nearly enough to bring it down.

To put it in Earth’s terms, Link and Herrera were like empty handed soldiers, while their opponent was hiding in an armed tank. How was it possible for them to defeat the opponent? It was good enough for them to be able to escape.

But the situation that Link and Herrera were facing was much worse than that. Not only was the opponent inside a tank, he was also commanding an army that was inexhaustible in number. Link and Herrera had no way of defeating them all and they were prevented from fleeing. If they went on this way for any longer, they would certainly die off depleted Mana.

After a quick discussion, the two found that they were now in a truly desperate position.

“What should we do?” asked Herrera.

She was already at a loss of what step to take next. She had been continuously casting spells just now, and had depleted 20% of her Mana so far, yet all they’ve done was kill only three of the undead – and they were now confronted with a thousand more! Even if each of the undead was an easy target to kill, their numbers meant that they could use up their Mana to eliminate all of them. And a Magician with no Mana was nothing more than a sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

“We push through as hard as we can and head to the Mage Tower!” said Link, already charging forward. Herrera gritted her teeth and caught her breath, then followed Link.

While running, she reluctantly said, “The Necromancer should at least be a Level-5 Magician, it’s impossible for us to break into his Mage Tower.”

“It is possible,” said Link, “I know a powerful spell, an extremely powerful spell. As long as we can get close to the tower, we’ll have a chance of breaking into it!”

He still had one last trick up his sleeve after all – the 100 Omni Points.

At this point, the Mana in his body was almost full, so even though the opponent was hiding behind the walls of a Mage Tower, Link was confident that he could force himself in with a Level-8 spell, if only he could get closer to it.

This way, he could topple the opponent’s tank with his own anti-tank missile!

Still, Herrera stared at Link in incredulity, doubtful of his claim of this extremely powerful spell.

“It’s a divine revelation!” said Link, to convince Herrera.

As an Angel of Light, she had to concede once Link invoked the power of the gods. And so she finally went along with Link’s plan.

They were now equipped with Cheetah’s Agility, Herrera’s Holy Light, as well as the Edelweiss shield. This time, even if the undead ambushed them under the cover of the thick white mist, they were still able to easily handle it.

The good news was that they were close to the lake, in fact they were almost on its shores. After charging forward for a few steps, Link leaped into the lake. As soon as his skin hit the water a cold shiver ran down his spine. He could feel that the lake water contained concentrated amounts of black magic elements. The lake water was so old that if it wasn’t for the protection of the Edelweiss shield and Herrera’s Holy Light, Link would’ve frozen to death right then and there.

Herrera followed him into the lake. They had no other place to run to since the land was teeming with the undead. Although they weren’t afraid of them, they still couldn’t afford to waste their limited Mana on these ghoulish puppets.

The undead were naturally unafraid of the water as well. When they saw Link and Herrera jumping into the lake, each of them followed suit. One by one they made a splash as they entered the water like dumplings dropped into the pot of soup.

But their speed in the water was far removed from their speed on land. In fact, it turned out that none of them could swim, so they sunk like bricks straight into the depths of the lake. Some of them still attempted to chase Link and Herrera as they reached the lakebed, but then their movements were too sluggish to pose any threats there.

“Levitation!”

Herrera cast a spell before she jumped over the lake, which allowed her to hover about three feet over the surface of the lake without a drop of water on her body. She then cast the spell on Link as well and he slowly floated up from the surface of the water.

“…Why didn’t you cast this spell earlier?” asked Link with a muddled expression. He was slightly annoyed that she didn’t cast the spell before he got himself as wet as a drowned rat.

Herrera couldn’t help but smile at Link’s look of distress look and she even calmed down a little.

“My bad,” she said, holding in laughter, “But you were already in the water before I knew it!” She then pointed the wand in her hand at Link and cast a simple spell to dry him off.