Chapter 308: Job Change: The Undead Army Attacks

[Holy Knight]?

It was actually successfully touched—

Tang Zheng was stunned for a moment, then a look of unexpected surprise appeared in his eyes.

He had originally held the idea of just giving it a try; the classes of the several captains of the "Holy Knight Order" were not difficult to guess.

What interested Tang Zheng was nothing more than the intermediate class [Holy Knight], and the [Evil Exorcist], for which he was unsure if it was low-tier or intermediate.

Except for the latter class, which only Remedios possessed, the class [Holy Knight] was not rare; Vice-Captain Gustav, who was right before him, also possessed it.

After a brief exchange.

Tang Zheng left under the excuse that he had just finished refining potions and needed to recover his mana. He arrived at the location of the Evil Spirit Dog and leaned against Blackie, appearing to be resting.

In reality.

His attention was already focused on the attribute panel.

"Class Change!"

Tang Zheng silently recited in his heart; he had long wanted to acquire this class, but he had never had the opportunity before.

If it were a high-tier class, Tang Zheng would not have changed classes right under everyone's noses, but for an ordinary intermediate class, the slight increase in attributes would not be revealed due to the suppression of the [Ninja] class.

*Hum—*

[Change to class: Holy Knight. Requirement: Pre-requisite basic class: Holy Knight]

[Pre-requisite class already possessed, class change successful!]

Tang Zheng's eyes brightened slightly, with a faint holy radiance flashing within them.

…………

Class: Holy Knight

Level: Intermediate Class

Ability Effects:

Passive·

"Faith Power": When HP drops to half, immediately recover 10% HP. Recovery-type magic gains an additional 100% effect.

"Holy Power": Deals an additional 10% damage to undead and all enemies with negative justice values, and increases dark attribute resistance by 10%.

Active Skill:

Holy Strike Shock: Further strengthens "Holy Strike," dealing holy damage while adding a 1-second stun effect. (100s)

Introduction: In the name of the knight, loudly praise justice and holiness; we shall protect the weak and drive away all evil with holy power!

(Note: For every level gained, the three attributes (MP, Physical Defense, Magic Defense) increase by 10 points.)

……

[Ability Table]

Innate Talent: [Player]

Overall Level: 48lv

Class:……

[Experience Bar: 2162396/460000]

Skill Points: 63

…………

Looking at the information displayed for [Holy Knight].

"Two passives, one more than the [Sword Saint] and [Shaman Mentor] I acquired before."

Tang Zheng's expression was calm, yet he was still somewhat surprised. After reviewing all the information, he revealed a barely perceptible smile:

"As expected of a Holy Knight-type class, the passive abilities and the direction of attribute increases are entirely geared toward a tank role."

Aside from the "Faith Power" passive, which was eye-catching, the other abilities of the class were of a standard, middle-of-the-road type.

"Leveling up once, the depth of the experience bar has also increased, changing from the original 410,000 to 460,000."

"With 2 million experience points, I must first upgrade the class before performing a downgrade to wash away the [Sword Saint] class."

Tang Zheng thought with a bit of heartache.

Back then, after upgrading [Sword Saint] to level 10, it triggered the high-tier class [Magic Swordsman].

Now that he possessed the basic class [Holy Knight], combined with the intermediate class [Holy Knight], it should be able to trigger a high-tier class.

This kind of normal class advancement triggering method.

He had not dared to use it before, as there was no way to downgrade.

"The traditional class advancement method is still easier to explore." A thought stirred in Tang Zheng's heart, and he began to upgrade his level.

[Holy Knight lv2]

[Experience Bar: 1702396/510000]

↓

[Holy Knight lv3]

[Experience Bar: 1192396/560000]

↓

Overall Level 51

[Holy Knight lv4]

[Experience Bar: 562396/630000]

Skill Points: 72

"Oh?"

Tang Zheng noticed the depth of the experience bar; it changed after reaching level 50, increasing by 70,000 per level instead of the original 50,000.

He continuously activated the [Ninja] passive "Conceal Presence Mastery," quickly suppressing the aura fluctuations after the rapid level increase.

He raised his head.

The sky had completely darkened. The group did not light any fires, letting the moonlight shine on the armor of the Holy Knights, casting a cold, white glow.

Seeing that no one noticed the movement on his side, Tang Zheng felt reassured: "I didn't expect my luck to be this good this time."

Acquiring a class by touching a weapon was one of the methods Tang Zheng had mastered for obtaining classes!

It was just that Tang Zheng rarely used this method.

Firstly, the class acquired by touching a weapon was uncertain, and there was a high probability that they would all be basic classes.

Secondly, this method was too troublesome and far less convenient and stealthy than acquiring skills via skill points and then indirectly acquiring the class.

The only benefit was that it could save skill points.

Unfortunately.

[Genius] directly converted all basic classes, and before mastering the technique of downgrading, Tang Zheng would not casually change into intermediate classes, which is why he rarely used this method.

In fact, this was not the biggest problem.

The biggest difference between "touching a weapon to change class" and "skill point class change" lay in high-tier classes!

Taking [Cursed Knight] as an example.

"Touching a weapon to change class" required possessing the pre-requisite class to change, which was not a problem for intermediate classes because [Genius] existed.

But high-tier classes would not work, as they lacked the pre-requisite intermediate class.

"Skill point class change" did not have this problem.

Due to the special circumstances existing in this other world, it did not need to be like a game. One could learn skills first and then acquire the class through the skills, without the requirement of a pre-requisite class.

No fire was lit.

The area where everyone was stationed was pitch black. Most demi-humans could see normally in the dark, but humans were far from having such an ability.

Everyone present was not an ordinary person, and with the help of the moonlight, they could still see things nearby clearly.

"Black" Pabel, as the only archer who could maintain vision at night, was specifically responsible for night watch.

Tang Zheng's squad, Go Jin, and "Red" Orland gathered together sitting on the ground, each holding a water bag in their hands, eating somewhat hardened bread.

"It's really strange that we haven't encountered a single undead yet."

"Red" Orland placed his horned helmet on his knees, squeezed the water bag, took a large gulp of water, and asked in confusion.

"This actually indicates a bad thing." Tang Zheng spoke softly.

"What do you mean?"

"Red" Orland's face, like a rock weathered by wind and rain for years, showed a look of confusion.

Go Jin's expression was serious.

"This means that that massive group of undead is gathering together." Tang Zheng swallowed the bread in his mouth and said unhurriedly.

"Yo~"

Just then, light footsteps came from behind.

Clementine was wrapped in a black robe, walking over with a big, joyful smile on her face: "Hi, little brother, troll, big beard, female demi-human, and... eh, forget it."

Clementine smiled and squinted, her gaze sweeping over everyone, greeting them as if giving them nicknames. When her gaze finally stopped on Enri, she skipped over her directly.

"Hey, hey!"

"Red" Orland looked up in dissatisfaction, his thick beard and thick eyebrows seeming to become even more prominent, his face revealing a wild aura:

"I don't like being given nicknames casually."

"Is that so, big beard."

Clementine grinned, sat down in the spot next to Tang Zheng as if no one else was there, sniffed, ignored "Red" Orland, and turned her head:

"Little brother, the scent on you seems to have grown a bit stronger."

"Is that so."

Tang Zheng continued to gnaw on his bread and replied calmly, "Perhaps it's because I haven't bathed."

"Ahahaha!"

"Red" Orland couldn't help but burst into laughter upon hearing this reply.

Clementine looked at "Red" Orland with annoyance: "Want to fight?"

"Sure."

A rough voice replied, showing no sign of weakness.

Hiss—!

High above, a shrill, screeching sound suddenly rang out.

Following that, the boundary magic set up on the perimeter was triggered, emitting a red glow that was exceptionally striking in the night.

Almost at the same time!

"Enemy attack!!" The roar of "Black" Pavel came through.

Boom!

The air was pierced.

A volley of arrows emitting a white light flew into the high sky, seemingly colliding with some kind of creature, producing a muffled thud.

Everyone reacted immediately!

"Holy Light!"

"……!"

"Holy Light!"

Several magic casters from the priest group cast magic in unison.

A soft, non-blinding holy white light suddenly lit up in the night, illuminating the entire area in an instant.

Even the monsters in the sky could be seen clearly.

They were low-level undead Skeleton Vultures, creatures capable of flight, composed entirely of bone with thin, pale, tattered hair at their necks.

There were at least a hundred of them!

This flock of Skeleton Vultures had been flying at a high altitude, which is why they weren't discovered until they were directly above the group.

The range and power of "Holy Light" were limited, so it could not affect the Skeleton Vultures hovering high above.

Pfft—pfft—

Perhaps due to the influence of "Holy Light," the previously calm ground began to churn over a large area, and white bone claws or rotting corpses crawled out from underground.

Looking around, undead were appearing continuously from all directions.

"Holy Knight Order, stand guard!" Remedios roared while holding her holy sword.

"Priest group! Prepare to intercept!"

Kelart followed up with orders immediately after.

"Do it, wipe out these filthy things!" Captain Nigun was even more blunt.

In an instant!

Beams of white holy light surged forth like a tide, and 280 second-tier Guardian Angels were summoned.

The white, sacred light lit up the night again after the "Holy Light" had faded, each Guardian Angel appearing like a pillar of light.

Looking at it, there was an inexplicable sense of shock!

The [Sunlight Scripture], like the priest group, did not summon third-tier angels, but instead summoned Guardian Angels, which consumed less mana.

Swish!

Swish!

Swish!

The 280 Guardian Angels scattered and flew out in a dense swarm, attacking the undead crawling from the ground, while a portion flew straight up to engage the Skeleton Vultures in battle.

Tang Zheng stood up and watched the undead fighting the angels all around: "They are all just ordinary undead; their strength isn't high."

"Everyone, watch your feet; there might be undead appearing from underground."

Tang Zheng warned.

The others also stood up and looked around guardedly.

Clementine was even looking around excitedly, seemingly searching for an enemy that would interest her.

However!

The difficult battle they had imagined did not occur; the number of undead was not very high, totaling only about five or six hundred including the Skeleton Vultures flying in the sky.

Under the attacks of the stronger Guardian Angels, which possessed restraining effects, these low-level undead were completely wiped out in less than 10 minutes.

A portion of that time was even wasted because the undead were too scattered!

"What a letdown."

Clementine rested her arms behind her head and said boredly.

"These undead are so weak."

"Feels like I could kill them with one sword strike!"

"That's right, it doesn't seem difficult at all."

"Ha, if it's just a matter of numbers, we could handle even ten thousand undead of this level."

"…………"

Whispered discussions arose from time to time from various places.

The unexpectedly easy situation left everyone, who had been on high alert, feeling inexplicably incredulous, as if they hadn't expected this potentially suicidal mission to be so easy.

However, some people had very grave expressions!

Kelart's eyes flickered, her nostrils flared slightly, and her light cyan pupils reflected a dangerous light: "That flock of Skeleton Vultures—they are being controlled!"

On the other side,

Tang Zheng noticed the undead being cleared away rapidly, and as his gaze swept over the Guardian Angels hovering in mid-air on patrol, a flash of realization crossed his face.

"So that's it, is that what they're planning!"

"This is dangerous!"

Tang Zheng's gaze sharpened as he realized something, and he looked up just in time to meet Kelart's eyes.

The relaxed atmosphere did not last long!

About an hour later, the previously calm ground began to vibrate again, and the screeching of Skeleton Vultures flying above echoed in the sky.

This time, the number of undead was even greater, appearing like a black shadow as they charged toward the group's position.

During this one-hour interval, the Guardian Angels summoned by the priest magic casters had already dissipated.

The duration of normal summoned creatures cannot exceed one hour.

"Hmph!"

Captain Nigun snorted coldly, his eyes filled with disgust and killing intent toward the undead: "Offer your faith to the gods!"

The members of the [Sunlight Scripture] all performed simple prayer gestures in unison, and holy mana fluctuations emerged from them once again.

"Stop!"

"Wait!"

The voices of Kelart and Tang Zheng rang out simultaneously.

Everyone paused their movements and looked at the two in confusion.

"Lord Nigun, we must not waste mana now; the enemy is using these waves of undead to exhaust our mana."

Kelart spoke sternly, her eyes looking toward Tang Zheng: "Team Leader Tang, you must be thinking the same thing, right?"

"That's right."

"It's not just about saving mana now; we must leave this place as soon as possible, otherwise we will only be harassed by wave after wave of undead."

Tang Zheng's expression was equally stern: "We need to rendezvous with the demi-humans as soon as possible!"

(End of chapter)