Chapter 268 - The Real Undead Race? (2/2)

Dorias pounced in the direction Link pointed out. After running for around one mile, things suddenly changed. There were three corpses of Undead Knights beside the road. They wore dark silver body armor and emanated a dark aura. After dying, the dark aura poured out of their bodies. The plants within 30 feet of them had all withered.

Link deduced the situation from the evidence he could find. “The woman ran here, the Undead Knights 65 feet behind her. She was at a dead end, but then, another burst of power came from the forest. It killed the three Undead Knights closest to the woman and took her away at the same time. The Undead Knights continued pursuing instead of retreating.”

He couldn’t see clearly from atop Dorias. He cast the Eagle’s Eye for himself and discovered many more details of the fight.

“This newcomer controls the fire element. They’re probably a Magic Swordsman. They’re not that powerful, at the base of Level-6. After killing the three Undead Knights, they were also heavily injured…Huh? How come their blood is dark purple? They’re a Dark Elf?”

A group of Undead Knights chased after three undead, and a Dark Elf Magic Swordsman suddenly popped up who even rescued the undead woman. The situation had become a bit complicated and mysterious.

Dorias was shocked. “Link, the Undead Knights’ armor has an eagle emblem. That’s the emblem of the Delonga Royalty. They’re from Delonga!”

Link wasn’t surprised by this. “Delonga’s King Roy the Fifth has gone crazy,” he explained. “He’s working together with Wavier, another madman, to create an undead army. It already has 30,000 soldiers.”

“When was this? No way!” Dorias was totally shocked. He didn’t know about the Delonga Kingdom yet.

“It’s true… Alright, I’ll tell you in detail later. Right now, we don’t have time. The Dark Elf Magic Swordsman can’t keep up for too long. Let’s pursue them to see. Go that way.”

“Okay.” Dorias pounced in the direction Link pointed out.

This time, they ran one mile, and two more Undead Knights’ corpses appeared. Link scanned them and frowned. “It’s weird. These were all killed by the Magic Swordsman, but he shouldn’t be powerful enough…Look here, he’s clearly aon the brink of death, but the Undead Knight suddenly made a mistake and was killed.”

Dorias was utterly confused by the mysterious situation. “What’s going on?” he just asked. “It’s too complicated!”

Link didn’t reply. He continued observing and discovered a fresh mark on a tree half a minute later.

“Look, the bark is gone. Someone had been here… He perched on the tree to watch the fight on the ground and acted here…I got it. It was a pebble. He tossed a pebble, resulting in the Undead Knight’s mistake.”

“So another person appeared?” Dorias finally understood something.

Link nodded. He looked at the eerily dark forest up above and knitted his brows. “So many strong figures appeared. This can’t be a coincidence. This woman is most likely important and involved in something very beneficial, so many are focused on her. Dorias, there will most likely be many unpredictable dangers up ahead. We must be careful!”

“I understand.” Dorias grew serious for once. Things were too complicated today, and he could sense the danger.

For the rest of the journey, he slowed down a bit for safety.

This time, they traveled for around two miles when Dorias’ ears twitched. “Listen,” he whispered to Link. “There’s commotion in the forest ahead. The fight seems intense!”

“Stay down low…Be careful!” Before Link could finish, he felt heart palpitations. It was fatal danger.

Without even thinking, he moved his wand. Spatial Distortion!

Spatial Lens appeared in all directions, surrounding Dorias and Link. Practically at the same time, a purple laser appeared behind him. It shot into the distorted space and veered to the side. With a sizzle, it shot into a thick tree.

The tree was instantly shot through by the laser, but the laser didn’t stop. It continued through five more large trees until it finally disappeared.

Seeing this, Link was extremely shocked. “This laser’s strength is at least at the pinnacle of Level-7, but where do you get so many Level-7 Magicians?”

With this thought, the alarms went off in his mind again. Danger came from behind him. Just as before, it was another purple laser beam. He could tell that the enemy had adjusted his attack direction. Based off of the previous distortion angle from the Spatial Distortion, then the laser would hit Dorias after the enemy’s adjustment.

Thankfully, the powerful thing about the Spatial Distortion spell was that Link could adjust the frequency however he wanted.

Boom! This fatal laser brushed past Dorias again, but Link wasn’t happy at all. Even after these two continuous attacks, he still couldn’t nail down the enemy’s exact position! The laser seemed to have come out of thin air. There was no one at the other end.

This meant that he couldn’t fight back; he could only defend himself passively.

“Two Level-7 spells in an instant. This should be some kind of Magic Tool and this person is great at hiding. Who exactly are they?”

Link had a feeling that he had been sucked into a giant vortex, and the strange woman was at the heart of everything.