32 Kapre (1/2)

Right around the 24th hour.

The Mages that have been fighting since the 16th hour had to regenerate mana and rest again.

Some soldiers slipped up within this time and some of the ETZs managed to break through and wreak havoc for a short time. Thankfully Luna reacted in time and eliminated it, proceeding to defend while the rest reformed their lines.

Just as this wave was done, they didn't seem to notice more spawning. Was it over? Skeptical, they all looked towards Luna for answers.

”It's not over yet. Not until we get the notice. Stay alert!” Luna replied to their silent question.

Just as everybody was observing their surroundings, a loud wailing suddenly echoed throughout the area, sending chills down everyone's spines.

”I've never heard any of them sounding like that before. Prepare for a much tougher fight than before! This is probably the final wave!” Luna knew that this could possibly be newer variants. If it was, along with the fact that they just now came out, there was a high possibility of them being stronger as well. Adding on to the previous command, the Mages that had been resting received a new command from him. ”Mages, set those Fire Cyclones heading forward! Earth spikes on the ready! I want the ground frozen ASAP! Everyone, brace yourselves!”

Some people were still confused, even though this was the final wave, they had level 30 or higher members, right? They just needed to expend a little extra effort for this final push. Or so they thought. What followed next caught everyone by surprise.

Around a hundred zombies, with lookssimilar to the initial evolved zombies, with striking differences. These ones seemed way more resilient, albeit not as much as the ETZs, but they were more than three times as fast, with long claws instead of regular hands. These things were definitely made to be hunters, as opposed to the ETZs who were more for sieges and front lining. He would have to find ways to counter this variant when his soldiers go out to train in the future. He opted to call these things HVZ from now on, which stood for Hunter Variant Zombies.

They actually managed to break free from the cyclone's pull before they took enough damage to die. Despite them actually taking some damage, they managed kept running towards the soldiers.

”<Scan>” Luna analyzed these and found out that these were actually level 30 variants of the evolved zombies. Thankfully, throughout this whole siege, everybody was either level 30 or higher, Luna himself managed to reach level 38 due to him, Sura, and Maxene eliminating majority of the ETZs in their respective areas.

The moment they reached the front line, the HVZs actually leaped over the front line. It was apparent their target were the Mages. If these monsters got to them, they would be annihilated. Good thing was that Luna, Sura, and Max were in the inner area with the Mages, and so were the Elementals. Even then, is too close for comfort.