Chapter 316: Illusion? Change, The Decisive Battle Arrives

The resurrection of 5 companions made the entire human side uproar. This was no less than a stimulant, breaking all the worries in everyone's hearts.

Even the members of the 【Sunlight Scripture】, looking at Quila, had different eyes, and their faces covered by the hood were full of awe.

That is the power to resurrect the dead. Even a faith-system magic caster in the Hero Realm might not be able to master this power.

For ordinary people, this is no less than a miracle!

No, even for these strong people present who held high status among ordinary people, it is also a miracle.

The Holy Knight Order cheered excitedly, and the low mood was swept away.

"Chose a good time point."

Tang Zheng thought to himself.

The influence exerted by Quila using "Resurrection of the Dead" at this time far exceeded the effect produced by informing everyone in advance at the beginning.

"Hmm..."

The noisy cheering woke Enri, who looked at the direction the sound came from in a daze.

"What happened?" Enri sat up in a panic, thinking that another attack had occurred.

"As expected of Enri, after a sleep, those dead Holy Knights have resurrected." Tang Zheng's relaxed laughter sounded, and he spoke half-jokingly.

"Resurrected?"

Enri's eyes became clear. Seeing that the Captain was not in a hurry, she realized that it was not an enemy attack, and then became even more dazed.

She only vaguely remembered that the Captain told her 'Sleep, maybe those dead people will resurrect'.

"Yes, sorry Captain, your clothes..."

Enri's earlobes suddenly turned red. She supported the ground with both arms, saw the position she had just slept in, and the white robe that was wet by tears, and was at a loss.

"Don't care about these small things."

"Now those resurrected Holy Knights should thank you." Tang Zheng said meaningfully.

Night fell!

"Beast General" Hekete Hekete Weishi led the demi-humans to clear the many undead in the area near the two sides, but the number was not large.

They were all some scattered low-level undead.

On the 【Zuranon】 side, it seemed that they realized that after humans and demi-humans joined forces, they made up for the disadvantage of small numbers, and did not send a large number of undead to attack again.

A whole night.

Passed in an abnormal calm.

Early the next morning, Quila, who had recovered her magic power for a night, resurrected five more people.

Until this time.

"Seven-Colored Scale" Kokeshi and others on the demi-human side wanted to communicate with Tang Zheng and others again to discuss attacking 【Zuranon】 as soon as possible.

Quila refused this proposal on the grounds that the human side had not 'completely recovered from injuries and stamina'.

In a blink of an eye, another whole day passed.

Arrived at March 31st.

Quila continued to resurrect 10 people. "Seven-Colored Scale" Kokeshi came to discuss again, and Quila refused on the same grounds.

Upper Wind Month.

April 1st.

Quila still resurrected 10 people. Of the 51 Holy Knights who originally died, except for the ten Holy Knights who became undead and could not be resurrected, 30 had already been resurrected.

11 people had not been fully resurrected.

This time, Ge Jin and "Beast General" Hekete Hekete Weishi came to discuss. Quila was too lazy to find a reason and refused directly.

The demi-human side showed restlessness, but was quickly suppressed.

Tang Zheng quietly paid attention to all this, and felt impatient in his heart as well. He had already guessed Quila's purpose.

The number of demi-human troops far exceeded that of humans, reaching more than 5,000. So many demi-humans needed food and water.

And they didn't carry too many supplies.

This led to the fact that since last night, the demi-humans had already sent out several small teams specifically to collect supplies and water.

Remedios, "Peach" Isadelo, and Gustavo, the three Holy Knight Order commanders, each led a small team of a dozen Holy Knights.

On the grounds of also lacking supplies, they followed the demi-humans.

The Abelion Hills are currently in a severe drought.

The water problem can be obtained from fixed rivers. The key is food. The food used by these demi-human troops is all the supplies traded with the Holy Kingdom.

Quila wanted to use this point to judge the approximate location of the demi-human gathering place, because the gathering place of tens of thousands of demi-humans would definitely not be too far from the location where these supplies were stored.

As for the location Ge Jin provided at the beginning?

Quila realized that the location Ge Jin provided was invalid the moment she saw the demi-human troop.

Besides.

One can also observe the movements of 【Zuranon】 through this.

Although the number of humans is the smallest, they actually hold the initiative on whether to attack 【Zuranon】!

The demi-humans lack the power to fight against the Death Knight and the leader, and can only rely on humans.

This is also the reason why "Seven-Colored Scale" Kokeshi discussed the attack time again and again. The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it is for the demi-human side.

These few days.

Enri actually got along very harmoniously with those resurrected Holy Knights, which might be because Enri brought their corpses back.

The average level of this group of Holy Knights is around 7~8. After experiencing a death, the level dropped directly to the level of 2~3.

Swing the sword!

Exercise!

Became what these resurrected Holy Knights had to do. They wanted to recover the lost power as soon as possible, but they also knew very well that they might not be able to help in the next battle.

"Hoo—hoo—"

Enri's breathing was rapid, and sweat droplets rolled down from her eyelashes into her eyes, stinging them so much that she couldn't open them, but she never wiped them, her hands shaking as she gripped the heavy longsword tightly.

This scene fell into the eyes of the surrounding resurrected Holy Knights. No one went to persuade her, because they understood Enri's persistence at this moment better than anyone else.

Just like they are now!

"The arms are too soft."

"The posture of holding the sword is also a bit wrong, don't hold it so tight."

Remedios came to Enri's side at some point, sizing Enri up with cold eyes:

"Don't blame me for hitting you. It's too late to practice at your age, and you simply don't have this qualification."

"I want to try." Enri gritted her teeth and spoke stubbornly.

Remedios saw this and was too lazy to remind her again.

If it weren't for Enri desperately saving the corpses of those Holy Knights, she wouldn't even have spoken to this ordinary girl.

Turn around.

The cloak passed down by the Holy Knights of the past generations fluttered.

The shoulder armor and chest armor on Remedios's body rubbed against each other, making a sound, and she walked to Tang Zheng's front with great momentum.

"You should also be able to see that she has no talent. Continuing to practice like this will only waste her." Remedios said with a cold look on her well-proportioned face.

"I know healing magic." Tang Zheng said.

"You!"

Remedios widened her eyes, a bit angry.

"By the way, I thank you on behalf of Enri."

"Those methods and techniques you Holy Knights practice should be something that is not passed on." Tang Zheng suddenly spoke.

Facing Tang Zheng's gaze.

"Hmph!"

Remedios turned her head, snorted coldly, and turned to leave: "It has nothing to do with me. It's those guys who are willing to teach. Those techniques are all passed down in the family."

"Wanting to become a Holy Knight is not enough just by effort."

Compared to Quila, this woman who is a bit stubborn and not good at thinking is much easier to contact and communicate with.

"Strange..."

Tang Zheng's gaze looked at Enri again, his eyes squinting imperceptibly.

I don't know if it's an illusion.

He perceived a trace of inexplicable change from Enri, but it seemed as if it didn't exist. He used "Ninjutsu·Detection" to check.

Enri's level was still 1, and she only had the basic profession of 【Farmer】.

"She wouldn't really be able to awaken the 【Holy Knight】 profession, would she?" This thought popped up in Tang Zheng's mind, but he felt it was unlikely.

【Holy Knight】 is not an ordinary warrior profession, and it also requires the talent of a magic caster. Enri doesn't possess any of these, and the significance of forced job change is not great.

Another day passed.

Quila resurrected all the remaining 11 people this time.

This made Tang Zheng realize that Quila should have analyzed certain information from the movements of the demi-humans collecting supplies.

Observations over these few days.

Tang Zheng had already roughly inferred the magic power value possessed by Quila, about 280 points.

Compared to his 568 points of magic power, it was close to half the level, and this didn't count the bonuses of the two new Mid Rank professions he had acquired.

The magic power of Quila, this magic caster in the "Hero Realm", was a good reference for Tang Zheng.

A full 4 days of rest.

Without any warning—

Quila summoned Tang Zheng and Captain Captain Nigen and took the initiative to go to the demi-human camping location to communicate with "Seven-Colored Scale" Kokeshi.

The demi-human side, which had long been waiting impatiently, agreed to the proposal of taking the initiative to attack this time without hesitation.

Upper Wind Month.

April 3rd, 5:11 AM.

The sky was just getting bright.

Human and demi-human sides set out for the corpse pit in the southern mountain range.

The 5000 elites of the demi-humans rushed to the very front, and humans followed closely behind. Both sides had already communicated their respective goals.

Demi-humans mainly clean up ordinary undead, while humans deal with the Death Knight and the evil organization 【

The vast and mighty human and demi-human armies.

It took only three hours to enter the region of the southern mountains, and after half an hour of rest, they set off again.

An arid, withered, and scorching zone.

Large and small pits, similar to destruction craters, were scattered across the ground; these were the traces formed by the undead crawling out from underground and destroying the earth.

The scent of rot grew increasingly thick.

Entering this true core zone, the arrival of both humans and demi-humans completely stirred the originally dead-silent land; a large number of undead crawled out from underground, and the sound of battle cries instantly resounded through the sky!

Corpse pit zone.

In front of the Alliance Leader, shrouded in black mist, three figures stood silently.

The gray-robed mage, the black-armored knight, and the shadow clone of Tang Zheng.

"Finally here!"

"I've been waiting impatiently for a long time." The armored knight drew his corrupted sword, twisting his neck to make a 'creak' sound.

"This time, I need your assistance."

The Alliance Leader looked toward the shadow clone of Tang Zheng, who had been silent from beginning to end; the pale eyes behind the black mist were incomparably cold.

Hum—

A blue magic circle emerged.

"Roar!"

A roar like a dragon and a beast came from the magic circle, followed by a bone dragon flying out.

The shadow clone of Tang Zheng held the Orb of Death in one hand, stepped onto the bone dragon's head, rose into the air, and flew toward the direction of the battlefield.

"Quite an impatient personality."

Seeing Tang Zheng's arrogant appearance, the gray-robed mage mocked coldly, while inwardly feeling fearful:

"A bone dragon? To actually be able to manipulate such an undead creature, no wonder the Alliance Leader values him so much."

"You two should move out as well!"

"These boring fleas should be thoroughly crushed to death." The Alliance Leader spoke coldly.

"Yes, my lord!"

"Yes, my lord!"

At this moment.

Both the human and demi-human sides had entered the territory where the Blue Maggot tribe once resided, and this place had now completely turned into a dead land.

Even in the scorching daytime, the temperature in this area radiated a chill; ordinary people could not see the death energy and negative energy, which were gathering in large quantities here.

Upon stepping into this area.

Magic light flickered in Tang Zheng's eyes from time to time, observing the pale gray negative energy permeating and flowing in the air:

"The 'Spiral Ritual of Death' is still set up; the Alliance Leader really still wants to create powerful undead."

Using the power of the Death Knight to create tens of thousands of undead—with such a massive quantity of negative energy that could be stirred up, if he were the Alliance Leader, he wouldn't give up the idea of spawning even stronger undead.

"Kill!!"

"Careful!"

"Don't let the undead touch you!"

"Roar!"

"Attack according to the actions of Lord 'Beast General'."

"Do not scatter; once you feel exhausted, retreat immediately and let the clansmen behind take your place."

The demi-humans' battle cries kept coming from the front.

Seeing this dense crowd of undead, all the demi-humans' eyes turned red, and they roared in anger.

It was all because of this group of damned undead that the hill region had turned into this ghost of a place!

The human side followed behind the demi-humans, advancing calmly in their usual formation, with the demi-humans taking the lead in dealing with the massive number of low-rank undead.

Located at the very rear of the formation.

Were Enri and the 40 resurrected Paladins.

"They're here."

Tang Zheng felt the shadow clone getting closer and closer, and he looked up and whispered.

Boom—

The bone dragon's body tore through the air, emitting a piercing hiss, flying from the distant sky like a white ghost.

The shadow clone of Tang Zheng was dressed in a bright red robe that rustled in the strong wind, his legs standing steadily on the thick bone of the bone dragon's spine.

Ge Jin was also stunned and surprised.

"Seven-Colored Scale" Kokeshi didn't speak, his scarlet snake pupils flickering.

He felt more and more that the demi-humans in the hills had been too arrogant before and had underestimated the power of humans too much.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 316 =====

Boom—

With a loud bang, the firelight of the explosion instantly engulfed everything around it.

A large number of undead and demi-humans were directly caught in it; under the powerful force of the fourth-rank magic, they didn't even manage to scream before turning into fly ash.

'Experience gained: 80 points'

'My experience: 139 points'

'Experience gained: 72 points'

'…………'

'Experience gained: 8 points'

Dense experience information flashed rapidly across the attribute panel in front of Tang Zheng; enemies killed by the shadow clone naturally also granted experience.

The shadow clone of Tang Zheng didn't care at all, and the undead on his side released magic again, blasting into the ground.

Another large number of undead and demi-humans died again!

"The enemy is in the sky!"

"Spellcasters, launch magic!"

"……!"

Dozens of demi-human magic chanters released magic from various directions, blasting toward the sky, but they didn't cause any damage when they landed on the bone dragon.

"It's that red-robed magic chanter who can manipulate the bone dragon; don't waste mana attacking him, that bone dragon has the ability to nullify magic!"

"All demi-humans, scatter! Don't group together!"

"Let the humans intervene!"

"Beast General" Hekete Hekete Weishi roared, issuing orders.

(End of chapter)