Chapter 36 The Legendary Battle Part 1 (1/2)
It was getting late.
After travelling non-stop for twelve hours, everyone felt exhausted; even the warriors, who had higher Constitution than the workers and merchants, showed signs of getting tired.
The merchant guards had to stay alert throughout the entire journey, and staying alert continuously for so long was taxing on their minds. Under normal circumstances, the squad would stop and rest for the day after travelling six or so hours, but the squad could only march on since the mistress had yet to give them the order to stop. Many were getting discontent about her decision, but they continued moving on nonetheless.
Soran was especially silent in the dark night, his silhouette slightly shady as if the night was embracing him.
The road condition was getting worse. They were quite far away from Amber City at this point, thus the road was not well maintained due to low traffic. The condition would only take a turn for the better once they got within fifty kilometers of the next city, where there would be human activity.
The mysterious mistress did not return to the inside of her carriage, but instead stood on the outside and looked forward, turning her head back in the direction of Amber City from time to time.
She frowned out of the blue, set her gaze on the far distance, and coldly muttered, ”How dare you use divination magic against me!”
A ray of cold light flashed through her hands. In her fingers, the mistress held a dark gold card decorated with anenneagram on the back and a crown on the front; Soran could not tell any further details as his vision was not that exceptional.
In an instant, the stars in the sky seemed to dim. The mistress was obviously angered by the other party's provocation and started chanting weird syllables, turning the atmosphere into a heavy one. The merchant guards swiftly gathered around the mistress, abandoning the merchants and their goods. It seemed that the lady's safety was of paramount importance for the guards; wizards and witches were vulnerable when chanting, thus it was reasonable for the guards to surround her and keep others away.
”SU...AU...SO…”
Spell incantations consisted of awkward and weird syllables. Unlike the commonly used languages, it was difficult for those who were not trained to pronounce these sounds. It required the basic profession abilities Chant Language and Chant Gesture.
Another bright ray of light appeared from her hands. The mysterious mistress sneered and retrieved the card, then said with a tired voice, ”It's now safe.
”There's a lake not far ahead. We'll camp there for the night.”
Back in a spooky underground chamber in Amber City, the red-robed priest shuddered, and blood gushed out from his mouth. His whole body was pale, but he kept muttering, ”The prophecy failed!
”Someone interfered with my divination magic using Counterspell and Counter-Divination!
”The other party might be a Legendary Wizard! The Descendant of God's atmosphere has been concealed!
”Wake the terror knights up! The Descendant of God will awaken in desperation and fear!
”Begin the ritual now. Our lord's will shall fall upon his descendant soon.”
Prayers resounded within the gloomy chamber. The evil followers dressed in black sliced the sacrifices' throats with daggers, the blood flowing into the demonic magic formation and dripping into the marble coffins. Death energy resonated and began to expand, with the atmosphere of the Abyss enshrouding the area. The marble coffins shattered into dust from the tempest of death energy, and along with the clattering sound of armor, eight terror knights equipped with black platemail stood up.
They had blood-red pupils which looked like burning flames. The moment they emerged from the coffins, they began massacring everyone within the chamber mercilessly. Unsheathing their vorpal swords, the knights slashed and cut down the evil followers.
Fresh blood and limbs flew everywhere.
The red-robed priest did not anticipate such a turn of events, and he laid frozen on top of the altar.
Clear, loud neighs could be heard as the scattered blood of the dead followers began to gather in a blob while the terror knights chanted in a blasphemous language. They knelt on one knee and stabbed their vorpal swords into the magic formation, and along with fiery flames, horse-like demons called nightmares rushed out from the formation one after another.
Without a single word, the terror knights got on the nightmares with their swords held high. The shadows of wronged ghosts could be seen as the knights’ black, tattered cloaks fluttered. The terror knights charged toward the two-meter-thick wall, the flaming hooves of the nightmares exploding as they rammed against it.
The wall crumbled as though it was made of sand. The evil cavalry did not stop there; they continued crashing through wall after wall until the nightmares found a path to fly above ground.
Legendary Terror Knights (Grade 5)
Challenge Rating: Level 16 (Monster Level: 24), Greater Undead
Highest and Lowest Attributes: 25 and 15 (Total Attribute Points: 95-110)
Specialty: Legendary Vorpal Sword User, Advanced Charge, Nightmare Rider, Call Undead, Blasphemous Language, Fear Aura, Death Aura, Abyss Knight, Devastating Strike, Smite Infidel, Sword Form—Behead, Sword Form—Waist Chop, Sword Form—Evil Crossed Slash
Difficulty: A
Nightmare (Grade 4)
Challenge Rating: Level 12 (Monster Level: 18), Large Outsider
Highest and Lowest Attributes: 21 and 12 (Total Attribute Points: 90-100)
Specialty: Flaming Hooves, Advanced Charge, Darkvision, Skyrunning, Advanced Bull Rush, Demonic Resistance, Outsider
Difficulty: A-