Episode 361 Crisis Comes to the Holy Land (3)
Skeleton warriors stand in the forefront and mages assist in the back.
Banshees constantly flew around and attacked corpses, so it was safe to say that the war situation was going one-sided.
Kwaaaang—!
The corpses that collided with the Skeleton Soldiers caused an explosion.
Fifteen skeletal warriors exploded at once, but they rose up again shortly after.
An undying army protected by the lich’s mighty magic.
It was incomparable to the undead that the Necromancer of Proxia raised before.
The scale was large, but the quality of the soldiers was different.
Dozens of corpses exploded as they swept across the battlefield as the Death Knights, who exhaled vicious breath.
In the aftermath, Death Knight was not safe, but the undead queen standing in the back brought him back to life.
When I met him as an enemy, I was fearless, but when I made him my ally, I felt like I had gained a thousand troops and ten thousand horses.
The priests looked at the lich and murmured.
“…For the holy kingdom to receive the help of the undead…”
“It’s all our negligence…”
It’s absurd to hear this from a helper’s point of view.
Just a moment ago, they couldn’t even block themselves, so they were nervous, and now they complain that the person helping them is the undead.
‘…Even if it wasn’t the Lord’s will.’
With a drool, Lich commanded the troops.
He has lived for a long time and has acquired various knowledge.
As the ten thousand undead moved according to his thoughts and formed a formation, a huge wall was created that even the corpse force of over six thousand could not break through.
In the gap, the Paladins rushed out from the front.
“Retreat! Move to the rear!”
“…yes!”
It was embarrassing to leave the front line to the undead.
One thing is unavoidable.
Because now they can’t beat them.
The Lich, who confirmed that the Paladins were leaving the front line, amplified the Magi.
Then, the undead, whose dark red eyes were shining, increased their number by killing the corpses.
Originally, being a necromancer is a law that demonstrates its true value the longer the battle and the greater the opponent’s damage.
Using the dead bodies of the Skeleton Mages and Banshees as a medium to raise the undead, even the superiority in numbers seemed to disappear soon.
The paladins who watched the battle between the undead from a distance were stunned.
“Those embarrassing corpses are so easy…”
“I was wondering what kind of person he was to be trusted by the saint, but he was a black magician… I’m very curious about his identity.”
Originally, a holy war was declared right now, and there was nothing strange about attacking the lich.
However, things were a bit special now.
The Holy Kingdom had already declared a holy war against the dark forces as their greatest enemy, and had barely survived with the help of the lich.
If they now declared a crusade against the lich, they would be destroyed.
So they could do nothing but watch.
Marquis Harold, who was watching the battle from the top of the castle wall, let out a sigh of relief.
“…how did you hold on?”
The front line almost broke through for a moment, but it was well blocked.
If it went on like this, it would not be too much to defeat the army of corpses.
At that time, a soldier ran to Marquis Harold’s side.
“Lord Marquis! Enemies are attacking from the side!”
An enemy!
Could it be that the corpses were not the end of them!
When Marquis Harold couldn’t hide his puzzled expression, the soldier continued to speak.
“It seems to be the forces of the Kingdom Alliance! Those who came as reinforcements turned their backs!”
At that point, the Marquis was able to grasp the situation.
From the beginning, they intended to attack the Holy Kingdom.
It must have been to attack the Holy Kingdom that they formed an alliance with each other and rushed the reinforcements for the holy war.
“…totally beaten.”
His expression became serious.
* * *
When the Frio kingdom perished, the small kingdoms located around it remained silent.
It is the destruction of a country.
Even so, everything that was unknown to the surroundings was thanks to the smoke screen of the Small Kingdom Alliance.
It didn’t take long for them to turn their backs on the Holy Kingdom, enticed by the great interests offered by the dark forces.
In any case, they were satisfied as long as they could make a profit.
When the Prio Kingdom was destroyed as planned, the small kingdom alliance moved their troops to send support to the Holy Kingdom.
Since it was nominally a reinforcement force, the number could not be said to be large, but it was well over 20,000.
It was enough troops to penetrate the gap.
The Knights of the Union and the Magic Corps changed in large numbers and attacked the Holy Kingdom.
Unexpectedly caught off guard, the soldiers of the Seongguk died without a good response.
At the feast of swords and magic flying in front of their eyes, the paladins and priests changed their names one after another.
The Holy Knight Commander Ed, who was in command of the Holy Knights, glared at the enemy.
“Do you dare to think that even if you betray the Holy Kingdom, you will be safe!”
At that, the commander of the Knights of the Allied Powers smirked slyly.
“The Seongguk will disappear from today. Go ahead and wait for your colleagues.”
“These evil bastards…! Even if I die, I will not forget you!”
“Heh heh. If you live your whole life peacefully serving a goddess, aren’t you suffering from things like this? I’m only moving after receiving instructions, so don’t think too badly of it.”
The knight commander drew his sword.
Only the leader of the Knights of the Small Kingdom is no match for him who leads the Holy Knights of the Holy Kingdom.
However, there were 10 knights around him.
No matter how great the difference in skills, it was impossible to deal with all the articles of this number.
‘I’ll take at least half of it.’
Captain Ed, who was prepared for death, raised his divine power to the fullest.
He had recently come and reached the user level.
The sword aura he pulled out showed purity.
Unnecessary swordsmanship is pulled out and confronts the knights.
Kaaaang—!
Caan-!
The superiority of skill was clear.
Every time the swords collided, the knights could not fully relieve the shock and fell out.
However, as two or three people rushed at once, Ed started to be pushed back.
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…!”
Since he tried to deal with everyone alone, his divine power ran.
Unlike myself, who couldn’t get a good sword aura, they looked pretty normal.
If we went on like this, we wouldn’t be able to take even two or three people, let alone half of them.
At least the women in the castle had to buy time to evacuate.
Squeeze out divine power to create a sword aura.
But it wasn’t as pure as the first.
The captain of the knights laughed at the blurry aura.
“Looks like you’ve lost all your strength? ha ha ha!”
He, who had been watching from the back until now, aimed his sword at him.
The honor that could be called the life of a knight was nowhere to be seen.
“A coward.”
“Everyone is dying, but the mouth is alive.”
he swung his sword
Perhaps he had more skills than he thought, but his swordsmanship, which flew in a clean trajectory, was full of energy.
As I slashed it, I stabbed the sword into the neck, and twisted my body to avoid it.
Even though they exchanged only one number, the body, which had been depleted of divine power, screamed.
‘My body is heavy.’
The slower the reaction in a sword-to-sword situation, the greater the risk of death.
The captain of the knights knew his condition and raged furiously.
As a result, Captain Ed had no choice but to focus on defense with a defensive posture.
No, to be honest, I was in a hurry to block it.
To the extent that he had to take a non-threatening attack with his body.
Ed’s body was covered with large and small wounds.
The captain of the knights, who seized the victory, struck the final blow with a sword infused with mana.
Mana, concentrated in one point, flew aiming at the heart.
At a completely different speed than before, he was startled and turned his sword.
However, the body has already reached its limit.
Even the divine power was not injected properly, so the game was divided before even bringing the sword to the chest.
“Goodbye!”
The moment my heart was about to be pierced with words.
I’m sorry-!
With the sound of something being cut away, a young man wearing a red cloak and plate armor jumped out from the side.
The sword he held was not just a sword aura, but an aura blade that burned intensely.
Zeke looked at him with cold eyes.
“…what your lord said was true.”
Behind him, a large number of priests, including the Holy Knights, appeared.
“Heal.”
“Heal.”
Looking at the priests treating the injured, Captain Ed instantly relaxed.
He slumped to his knees and hurriedly lowered his head.
“Geez Zeke…”
“Leave this to me and save your strength.”
“yes.”
The knights of the alliance hesitated at his sudden appearance.
“How did you get here? The Seongguk must be busy blocking the front!”
Zeke raised the corners of his mouth and showed his teeth.
“Did you know that His Majesty the Pope completely trusted you? It is indeed a ragtag alliance that they do not even recognize that they have a watcher attached to them.”
“That can’t be! There’s no way the plan was exposed!”
Indeed, as he said, even if there was a watcher, it didn’t make sense.
They had never exchanged information while in the Holy Land.
But why did you get caught!
Seeing the expression on the leader’s face, Zeke smiled.
“There must be a traitor among you.”
“……!”
Certainly, when you think about it, everything makes sense.
It wouldn’t be strange if the information had leaked somewhere.
Of course, as Zeke said, there was never a traitor among them.
‘It is the lord who doubts the union and attaches a security guard. At the time, he said he had to pay for it, but… I never thought it would produce results like this.’
It was an astounding insight any time I saw it.
Not only was it not enough to order the security committees to monitor the alliance’s every move, but they gave instructions perfectly even when they had a different mind.
It was a response to the extent that it would not be an exaggeration to say that he knew the future.
Zeke raised his sword.
“It is unacceptable to ruin your master’s plan. So, the Union should die quietly here.”
