[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-440":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846293,2449,"Chapter 442: Inside The City","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-440",440,"\u003Cp>Osward\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It happened,\" I said as I felt my message spell breaking. I tried casting the spell again, but nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are blind. It has suppressed, even shamanic communication,\" said Urag, seeing my efforts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded and didn't say anything further and moved toward the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had marked the enemy with the Seeker's Mark and could sense his direction. He didn't try to remove the skill, which means, he is prepared for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>General Stone was opposed to letting me fight him. I had to beg him to let me do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't think, I could be able to deal with him and asked me to focus on containing him, instead of trying to kill him. Which will get me killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wish I could say he is wrong about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We both may be a high-mages, but there is a difference in our abilities, not to mention, the levels, but I am still moving to fight him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to fight him. It is the only thing I want to do since I escaped from Panar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart pains when I looked at the state of the city, where I had spent years. It was never a prosperous city, but it was a lively one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people here were hardworking and good-natured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them have died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones that had remained are now hiding in their houses, with their hearts filled with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could sense them with 'Detect Life,' I could also sense the undead that is hiding with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to barge into the house and kill the undead, but that would be a mistake. I had fought city battles before. The first one was a decade and a half ago when I was not even Lv. 10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was still in the academy and needed spells, but didn't have money to buy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I joined the army, like many poor students like me, during the vacation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had barely survived it and promised myself to never do it again, but did it the next year and the year after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the quickest way I could get the spells and the money I needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed those thoughts away and moved with the battalion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, barely a mile had remained between us, and I could already see the large numbers of undead gathering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Form up!\" commanded Asit and the battalion became disciplined as we moved toward the undead before finally reaching Nadir Square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is on the eastern side of the city, where most working class used to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the liveliest place, with all types of shops and businesses. Now everything is either destroyed or shuttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt painful to even look, but I kept looking, before turning to my target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Koris Yegson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leader of Panar. He is the man who had led the horde to Panar and conquered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not just captured but also sent his undead to capture the people who were running away. Many of my friends and colleagues were captured in front of my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asit and I were barely able to save our lives from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at him as he looked at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is a man, who looked to be in his early forties. Handsome in a rugged way and well-built like a warrior, despite being a mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is a wearing grey mage robe with an emblem of Vris'alud on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him is the horde of undead. There are over five thousand undead behind him and a few thousand in streets and houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has been prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It shouldn't take much to finish you all off,\" he said, in a casual tone, without any hint of worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't be too confident,\" replied Urag. To which he smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack!\" he ordered, and the horde moved toward us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just the horde, but also the warriors and pillars. The division only has two Lv. 30, warriors, but the enemy has three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two are moving toward Urag while one is toward Asit. Yegson kept looking at me for a few seconds, before raising his staff at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a barrage of spectral needles came toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orok Uram\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I roared with a Rallying Cry as I ran toward over two thousand undead with my company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rhythm bloomed in my heart, more loudly than in the last battle. Its intensity had reached the level of the first battle, I had fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It surprised me, but I didn't focus on it. There are too many enemies to get distracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are everywhere, in this narrow street, on top of houses, and alleys, and I could see wanting to envelop us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We didn't stop that. It is good for us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds passed, and I heard the familiar sound, and with it, came the stream of fire, that bloomed and covered over thirty undead immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the undead began to fall down, but not before we reached them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I crashed through them. They are not harmful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire isn't as hot as normal fire, but because of the light element in it. It is more harmful to the undead and kills them within a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That doesn't mean it won't be harmful to us, but Barb is careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She burned the undead in front of us because she knew me and others in front of her could handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember our strategy,\" I said to the company, before swinging my ax to the group of undead in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the units in the army are designated to a specific area, but there are a few, like mine. Which are given complete freedom to operate anywhere we want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am the only one among the freedom units, who is below Lv. 30 to get this, get this responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't want to disappoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Khachac!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ax cut through the undead and I moved forward, with my company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We killed every undead that came our way. It didn't matter whether it was zombies or skeletons, it got cut and burned by us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The replay was immediate. The spells rained down on us, but our mages reacted immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defensive shields came forward, to defend against them. We didn't move on the offense. I had asked the mages to use the spells only for defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They need to conserve their mana to last through the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead kept moving at us, trying to push us in a certain direction. The enemy wanted to press us in the narrow space. Contain us before finishing off, but it didn't happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We are moving, not stopping even for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have told my men to not stop. Killing undead is fine, but our actual target is those who are alive, warriors, pillars, and mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We will stop only for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My ax moved with every step, killing the undead as they came at me. I am not using any skill. These undead aren't powerful enough to make me use them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I might have used them in the spells, targeting me, but my mages are stopping them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't take long. The wild rhythm spiked in my heart and a moment later, a group of Bone Spears tore through the mage shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grinned seeing them and stepped forward with Lion's Strength coursing through my veins and swung my ax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karsa\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead had surrounded us from every side and it was horrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, much, it froze me in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe joining the army had been a bad idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had made me abandon my tribe and made the relationship with my family complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My tribe was opposed to me joining the army. They are opposed to any woman joining the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the tribes are letting their women join it, but most are still opposing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't have much of a choice; it was either that or marry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is my first battle, and I was quite excited till an hour ago, but now there is only a horror in my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another attack hit me. I wasn't able to dodge it, due to being frozen on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Focus soldier!\" shouted a familiar woman. Next second, I saw Sergeant Dina, killing the group of undead coming at me, before moving away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt relieved before shame filled me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone is fighting. There is not a single person, who is standing frozen like me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should be fighting. I have trained for it, but I am so overwhelmed in fear, that I couldn't even move, much less raise my sword to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds passed and undead kept coming at me, but killed before reaching me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Till two of them came at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around but found no one there to help me, everyone was busy with enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to open my mouth to scream for help, but whether it was in fear or shame, my mouth wouldn't open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched skeleton and zombie come closer to me, till they were right in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike me, they had no fear in their eyes and attacked immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to retreat but found my back hitting the wall of the house. In my panic, I pushed my hand forward, to save my face from the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang! Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The handguard had stopped the zombie's sword, but the skeleton's saber had cut through my waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack is deep and would have gone deeper. If I hadn't dodged it on time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The zombie screamed and attacked again, this time, I wouldn't be able to save myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to act, be a soldier, that I had sacrificed so much to become. If not, I will be killed in this attack and become another dead body, that might rise to become undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't want to suffer fate, after I had paid such a big prize\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die you bastards!\" I screamed with everything, I had and swung my sword toward the undead, channeling every bit of fear, I felt toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Activating, Strong Strike. The only skill, I have got from my Soldier Class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, everything was a blur, before I felt myself hitting something hard. It was the neck of the skeleton, my sword had cracked it, before started breaking through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had used the sword wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had used it right away; the way, I had been taught. I would have been able to cut through its neck smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Khat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the sword came out from the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the head of the skeleton flying. A smile couldn't help, but appear on my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had done it; I had finally killed the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to jump into a job, instead, I stumbled to my left to dodge the attack of the zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gave me a cut on my art, but it's not deep. The armor saved my arm. If not for it, the zombie would have taken it whole; the attack was powerful enough to hack it apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The zombie screamed and attacked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, my heart was filled with fear, but this time, it didn't freeze me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on thebelow to read20Advanced Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>",1880,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","a943dd032b3427794179d719328029ec28afa08f0d53593718b1508bbe8779fc","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-441","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-439",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]