Chapter 317

Whoosh—whoosh—

The bone dragon's cold-white figure flapped its wings, hovering in mid-air, highlighting the conspicuous red-robed magic chanter standing on its spine.

The sense of oppression displayed the moment the opponent appeared abruptly interrupted the demi-humans' offensive momentum!

Occupying a favorable high-altitude position and possessing the bone dragon's ability to be immune to magic, the demi-humans led by "Beast General" Hekete Hekete Weishi felt a sense of frustration, as if they could only take a beating without being able to fight back.

What was terrifying was!

The power of the magic the opponent released casually was astonishing, and they could only rely on scattering to reduce casualties.

"Seven-Colored Scales" Luosheshe kept flicking his snake tongue, watching the heavy casualties of the demi-humans, his scarlet gaze filled with both shock and anger.

It was this person!

Who caused the "Ten Greats of the Demi-humans" to suffer heavy losses.

If "Bai Lao" Harixia were still alive, relying on their combined strength, they should have been able to defeat this despicable human who only knew how to hide behind a bone dragon!

Unfortunately.

"Bai Lao" Harixia was already dead, and the remaining powerhouses among the Stone-Eating Ape tribe could not hit that bone dragon at this distance relying solely on their stone-spitting ability.

As for other demi-human races, the Winged Demi-humans had wings, but they could only glide and could not fly.

After thinking carefully.

"Seven-Colored Scales" Luosheshe realized that their demi-humans indeed seemed to lack the means to counter enemies with flight capabilities.

Actually, it wasn't that there was no way!

Among the demi-humans, there were chanters who had mastered "Flight" magic; if they cast the magic on the Winged Demi-humans, they could fly quite well.

"Seven-Colored Scales" Luosheshe himself could also fly using this method, and relying on his strength to pin down this red-robed human would be no problem.

It was just that.

He now needed to hold the rear of the demi-humans to deal with the problems on the human side.

"Seven-Colored Scales" Luosheshe could clearly perceive that the two human females on the human side, who looked like twins, held deep malice toward their demi-humans.

And that man with the scar on his face!

The only one whose malice wasn't so intense was the human who was familiar with Ge Jin, but the feeling that person gave him was one of unfathomable danger.

"By utilizing the power of the humans, if we can successfully resolve the undead, it would be best to keep this group of humans in the hill region as well."

"These people should be the strongest power within the human nation."

"Seven-Colored Scales" Luosheshe glanced toward the humans behind him, his gaze flickering constantly, his colorful scales twisting slightly with his snake body:

"Hiss~, that human female who mastered resurrection magic must be captured alive."

The mysterious red-robed magic chanter!

This was an important piece of intelligence provided by Ge Jin at the beginning, and after exchanging information with the demi-human side, more precise information was obtained.

Suspected member of 【Zuranon】, "threat level" second only to the Alliance Leader.

The "Bone Dragon" is an extremely rare undead; although not as dangerous as the legendary undead "Death Knight," it possesses the power to nullify all magic.

It is simply the nemesis of all magic chanters!

But the bone dragon's own strength is not high, so relevant response strategies had naturally been formulated long ago.

The anomaly on the demi-human side was quickly transmitted to the humans at the very rear, who looked toward the enemy manipulating the bone dragon in the high sky.

Tang Zheng and "Black" Pabel paused their advance, looking up in unison at the enemy in the sky who was exuding a heavy sense of oppression.

"I didn't expect the target to appear so quickly."

"According to the intelligence provided by the demi-humans, this enemy is extremely dangerous; we must deal with him carefully."

"Black" Pabel held a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, his terrifying gaze locked tightly onto the target.

Tang Zheng nodded, a fleeting smile appearing at the corner of his mouth; having him deal with his own shadow clone was simply the most appropriate arrangement.

"Then let's follow the plan: the two of us will pin him down, and we'll find a way to destroy that bone dragon undead first."

Tang Zheng was full of solemnity, speaking loudly in a righteous tone.

"4th Rank Angel Summoning: Monitor Archangel!"

Sacred light condensed—

Two Monitor Archangels appeared; under the sunlight, their armor reflected a silver metallic luster, and they flapped their wings, hovering above the two men's heads.

"Go!"

Tang Zheng issued the command, and the two Monitor Archangels flew into the sky simultaneously.

"Flight" magic.

It belongs to the power mastered by mana-based magic chanters; faith-based magic chanters cannot use this magic, but by summoning angels that can fly, this can be compensated for.

Ordinary angels are no match for the red-robed spellcaster.

Tang Zheng, who possesses the power to summon two fourth-rank angels, combined with the archer "Black" Pabel, who excels in long-range attacks.

The two of them were the key to dealing with the red-robed mage!

"Leave it to me!"

"Black" Pabel responded steadily.

His goal was to destroy the bone dragon!

As long as the bone dragon disappears, this red-robed magic chanter won't be such a big threat, and other people's magic will be able to cause damage and influence him.

"Triple Shot!"

"Black" Pabel pulled back the bowstring, and a layer of flowing energy appeared on the arrowhead.

Swish—swish—

The arrowheads easily tore through the air.

Their speed was so fast that they easily caught up with the two fourth-rank angels that had taken to the air first, shooting toward the shadow clone.

As the only powerhouse on the Holy Kingdom side, besides Kelart and Remedios, who could exert power in the Heroic Realm.

The arrows were filled with powerful destructive force!

"Gravity Reversal!"

The shadow clone released magic.

Invisible mana spread, and the three incoming arrows began to slow down under the influence of gravity, then fell from the sky uncontrollably.

"What magic is this?"

"Black" Pabel's face revealed surprise.

Magic is indeed troublesome!

These strange and bizarre magics are exactly what make magic chanters the most difficult to fathom and deal with.

A brief exchange.

Had already made "Black" Pabel realize that the method of him attacking head-on probably wouldn't work.

"Then I will take the lead in attacking; Pabel, you assist me." Tang Zheng also saw this scene and readjusted the previous plan.

"Good!"

"Black" Pabel nocked another arrow.

The two Monitor Archangels also rushed to the shadow clone's position at this time.

"Flame Knight Lance!"

The shadow clone released a magic attack.

Red streamers of light slammed heavily into one of the angels, causing a violent explosion, and the scorching high-temperature flames covered both angels.

However!

Under the powerful defensive power of the fourth-rank angels, the magic attack just now only knocked one of the angels back, causing the silver armor on its surface to dent.

The other Monitor Archangel, which hadn't been affected much, had already rushed over, waving its nail hammer to attack the shadow clone.

"Black" Pabel's arrows followed closely behind, used to harass and hinder the shadow clone from releasing magic.

For a moment!

The red-robed magic chanter was actually forced to retreat step by step.

Everyone noticed that under the coordination of Tang Zheng and the other, they had actually suppressed the mysterious red-robed spellcaster manipulating the bone dragon, and everyone's spirits were lifted.

"That guy and Pabel are doing well."

Remedios shook her brown short hair, holding the holy sword in her hand, looking at the scene in the sky, and grinned broadly.

Withdrawing her gaze.

"Stingy, only giving one bottle."

Remedios touched her chest, where the potion was placed, and muttered, "A genius alchemist? It lives up to the name."

The healing effect of the "Regeneration Potion" could actually heal the damage caused by the corrupted sword, which was somewhat beyond her imagination.

With this kind of potion, she had confidence when facing that black-armored knight again.

On the side of the 【Sunlight Scripture】.

Captain Nigun had a situation where he was also watching the sky, and he nodded imperceptibly.

"As expected of high-rank angels; even if that magic chanter is strong, it's impossible to easily break through the defense of two high-rank angels."

Captain Nigun felt a bit envious; he wondered if he should privately talk to Tang about how to summon two angels.

"Heh, oh."

Clementine followed Captain Nigun's side with a relaxed pace, a bored look appearing on her cheeks as she curled her lips:

"That magic chanter manipulating the bone dragon doesn't look like much; if he fell to the ground, I should be able to slaughter him."

"Don't say silly things."

"How would a magic chanter get close to you, a warrior?" Captain Nigun responded with a cold face, then reminded her in a serious tone:

"From now on, no matter what happens, you must stay by my side; you should understand the reason for this."

Clementine played with a short awl in one hand and said listlessly: "Got it, got it."

An indifferent response.

Made Captain Nigun's brows knit together, and a flash of anger rose in his eyes.

This attitude of Clementine's had long made him angry; if the other party were his subordinate, this personality wouldn't even qualify to join the 【Sunlight Scripture】.

No respect for superiors, no awe at all!

Unfortunately, Clementine's status and position were no lower than his.

And next, he needed Clementine's power to prevent any accidents, so he could only suppress the anger in his heart.

At this moment!

At the very rear of the troops.

Enri was riding on the evil spirit dog, followed by those resurrected Paladins, who were sporadically clearing out the low-rank undead left behind at the edge of the battlefield.

Looking at everything before her.

Enri gripped the black fur on the back of the evil spirit dog's neck tightly with her slender fingers, feeling more and more useless.

Although she had practiced a bit over the past few days, the techniques taught by the Paladins, it was clear that those means could not be applied to the battle before her at all.

"That's Captain's angel!"

"Does the enemy also manipulate undead? Why do this? The other party should be human, right?"

Enri tilted her neck, opening her brown eyes wide, wanting to see the scene of the angel summoned by the Captain fighting the enemy in the sky more clearly.

It was just that the position was too high.

As an ordinary person, her vision was limited, and she couldn't see very clearly, but even so.

Enri still observed that the spellcaster manipulating the strange bone undead was human, but why?

The Captain had said that the undead are the enemies of all the living.

Enri agreed deeply in her heart; such terrifying monsters that desecrated the corpses of the dead should not exist in this world.

It seemed they had heard Enri's puzzled questioning to herself.

Beside her.

"What's there to be puzzled about?"

The Paladin panted slightly and responded heartily and firmly: "【Zuranon】 is an evil secret society; it's perfectly normal for these bad guys to do all sorts of abominable things."

"We are here now to eliminate them!"

Hearing this firm tone full of a sense of justice.

"But, they are also human, right."

"Why create undead and kill so many living people?"

The doubt and confusion in Enri's eyes did not diminish by half, her gaze looking toward the corpses of the undead lying on the ground one by one.

These corpses were also living lives before they died, right?

Now... all killed and turned into undead.

But why do this?

When Enri was in Carne Village before, there were many things she didn't understand, just like the wars between the Kingdom and the Empire, which happened every year.

The wheat that everyone in the village worked so hard to grow would always be affected by the war, and they would also be charged more taxes by the tax collector.

Such a terrifying thing as war.

Enri felt that it was something for those noble big shots to consider; she only needed to work harder to grow more wheat and grain.

And compared to war.

Everything before her made Enri feel even more unable to understand.

Turning the living into undead—

"Why..." Enri suddenly felt a surge of anger rising in her heart.

"Because they are an evil society, abandoning the faith and teachings of 'God'." The Paladin's answer remained concise and firm.

God?

Enri lowered her head slightly.

She didn't seem to believe in God, or rather, everyone in the village didn't really care about "believing in God."

Because just getting food and living was already very hard.

The Paladins were all very devout.

Enri felt a sudden panic in her heart, and she suddenly remembered that the Captain had once said something about not "believing in God" either.

That seemed to be when they were in the capital of the Kingdom, during a festival, and the Captain was completely uninterested in the "Day of Prayer."

The Captain was clearly a faith-based magic chanter.

Thinking of this, a smile suddenly appeared at the corner of Enri's mouth, and the panic that had just risen in her heart disappeared.

Boom—

"Kill!!"

Seeing the humans suppress the red-robed magic chanter, the demi-human side shouted again and collided with the undead.

"Reorganize the formation! Advance in a wedge shape!"

"Magic chanters in the ranks—use magic to clear the way!"

"Beast General" Hekete Hekete Weishi felt his pressure immediately decrease, and he commanded the demi-human army again, advancing toward the depths.

The entire battle line advanced again.

Skeletons, zombies, scavengers, and various other strange low-rank undead in the form of demi-humans kept pouring in from the front.

The sky-high stench and battle cries blended together!

Swish!

The air twisted and squirmed.

"Teleportation"!

The gray-robed mage and the black-armored knight appeared simultaneously, and what came into view was the battlefield right before their eyes.

"Awesome!"

"Gwahahaha, this is an unimaginable scene: death, blood, and screams—there is no world more beautiful than this."

The gray-robed mage stared at everything that came into view, his withered eyes burning with heat, and he let out a crazy laugh.

Compared to the incident 20 years ago where only one city was destroyed, this was a true feat!

If they could eliminate the joint forces of the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy, as well as this group of demi-humans, 【Zuranon】 would truly become an existence feared by all human nations!

"My opponents are not these demi-humans; I'll leave this to you."

The black-armored knight scanned the surroundings and suddenly moved; his black figure was like a savage beast, and wherever he passed, all the undead blocking the way were blasted away.

Resolve this group of annoying undead!

The black-armored knight looked at the demi-humans rushing toward him, the scar on his face twisting like a worm; he held the corrupted sword in one hand, opened his arms, and roared:

"Remedios Custodio!!"

(End of chapter)