Chapter 303: Birth of a Legendary Undead, the Terror of Stargazer Far-Sight
In the Hills, besides his title of "Valiant King," Basai also had another: "King of Destruction."
The various demi-human races had bestowed this title upon him in praise of his combat style, which focused on destroying an enemy's weapons, claws, fangs, and horns.
He stared at the black tower shield, which hadn't sustained the slightest damage from his full-power attack.
"Hmph!"
Basai's expression soured. He quickly moved away, intending to find a new angle from which to continue his assault.
However!
The Alliance Leader's magic was faster.
"Crumbling Bone Prison."
*Crack—crack!*
A magic circle appeared on the ground beneath Basai's feet, and dozens of bone spikes shot out in an instant.
*Bzzmm—*
A translucent light membrane emanated from the green magic armor Basai wore, blocking the impact of the bone spikes.
"Magic like this can't hurt me!"
"I don't know what kind of armor this is, but once a magic caster like you is within my close-combat range, even if you can block the first time, can you block the second?"
Basai seized the moment the light membrane was holding back the bone spikes to try and leave the spell's range, only to find his legs wouldn't move. He quickly looked down.
He saw that his legs were caught fast by bones that had erupted from the ground.
"Bastard!" Basai's face changed drastically. While raising his shield in front of him, he activated a Martial Skill to try and break free.
"Unhesitating Assault!"
An astonishing power erupted from his body, and fine cracks began to appear on the bone spikes pinning his legs.
Just then, the Alliance Leader slowly walked out from behind the black tower shield.
"Are you surprised?"
"Never mind an attack of your level; this shield can block even powerful sixth-tier magic."
The Alliance Leader spoke in a magnetic voice that sounded like grinding bone fragments, the black mist around his body quivering, revealing his heightened emotions.
"This is an item I found in a ruin, a possession of a legendary undead. It's a pity there's only one."
"This arrogant human."
"He can't possibly think he's safe just because my movement is restricted, can he?"
Seeing the Alliance Leader emerge from behind the sturdy black tower shield, Basai's eyes lit up. He reversed his grip on his one-handed heavy sword, searching for an opportunity to strike.
"Common sense dictates that an individual cannot triumph over a group."
The Alliance Leader seemed not to notice Basai's subtle movements, continuing to speak to himself as his voice suddenly grew louder.
"Wrong!"
"That's merely because the individual's power is too weak!"
Having said that, the Alliance Leader abruptly looked at Basai, his magnetic, bone-grinding voice tinged with a strange, joyful tone. "I'll give you this legendary piece of magic armor. How about it?"
Basai froze.
"No, no."
"This piece of magic armor is already yours. It's merely returning to its rightful owner."
The Alliance Leader suddenly chuckled.
*Boom!*
Basai completely shattered the restraints of the bone spikes. He leaped high into the air, bringing his one-handed heavy sword down on the Alliance Leader. "You lunatic, die!"
"Teleportation!"
The Alliance Leader's figure flickered and vanished into thin air.
Basai's attack missed again. He hurriedly scanned his surroundings but couldn't find the Alliance Leader. Realizing what had happened, he looked up at the sky.
The Alliance Leader, who had just disappeared, had already reappeared high above the center of the battlefield.
"Flight!"
The Alliance Leader cast another spell, allowing himself to hover in the air. He gazed down at the thousands of low-tier undead who had been all but wiped out and murmured, "The final step is complete!"
"Let me witness your form—Legendary Undead!"
The Alliance Leader raised his hands high, pushing all the magic power in his body to surge out madly as he chanted in a booming voice:
"Modified Sixth Tier: Create Undead!"
*Thump!*
The black tower shield, placed in the center of the battlefield, vibrated on its own. A thick, black, negative energy burst forth from within the shield.
In an instant, it all flooded into Basai, who was closest to the black tower shield.
"What... is this... bastard..."
"Ah, ah, ahhh!"
Basai had no time to dodge. He felt the corrosion of negative energy washing over his entire body and couldn't help but let out a pained, agonized roar.
At the same time!
All the negative energy, death aura, and the faint blood mist on the entire battlefield began to converge into the black tower shield. Then, converted by the tower shield, it was all injected into Basai.
This terrifying scene instantly stunned all the demi-humans on the battlefield.
The wails of agony brought the demi-humans back to their senses. The warriors of the goat-folk tribe, in particular, desperately charged toward Basai's position.
But as soon as these demi-humans got close, the dense negative energy in the area corroded them, instantly turning dozens of goat-folk to white bones. This terrified the demi-humans outside the area, forcing them to retreat continuously.
The negative energy and death aura grew ever denser!
Basai's cries grew weaker and weaker, eventually ceasing altogether as his entire body was enveloped by a thick, black energy.
A suppressive aura spread out!
A faint roar could be heard coming from within the black energy.
"He withstood it! He withstood it!"
The Alliance Leader's entire body exuded a sense of weakness. His withered, skin-and-bones hands were aimed at Basai below as he continuously controlled the flow of energy for the entire ritual and the infusion of magic power.
"As expected of a powerful individual among demi-humans who has stepped into the 'Heroic Realm.' If it were a human, he would have long since been unable to withstand the corrosion of this death aura and negative energy."
"Unfortunately, I only have one piece of magic equipment left behind by a legendary undead!"
A thought of regret flashed through the Alliance Leader's mind, but it was immediately replaced by excitement. He could already feel the impending birth of the legendary undead below.
*RUMBLE!*
The dense, black negative energy swelled like a heart, then suddenly contracted rapidly.
A rotting arm covered in a black iron gauntlet was the first thing to emerge from the black mist. It snatched the heavy, two-meter-tall black tower shield from the ground and lifted it.
With this simple action, the heart of every demi-human watching this scene couldn't help but skip a beat.
Then, an indescribable chill ran up their spines.
The entire Hills area was dry and arid, and the scorching sun was high in the sky, but at this moment, the demi-humans felt an inexplicable chill.
*Clank!*
A sound like scraping armor was heard.
The dense black energy enveloping Basai completely dissipated at that moment!
What stood there was a knight clad in black full-body armor and a tattered black cloak. His body wasn't towering, but he was still over two meters tall. His armor was inscribed with deep crimson patterns resembling blood vessels.
From the joints of the armor protruded thick, black spikes that glinted coldly. His helmet was adorned with demon horns, and his face was exposed.
It was a completely rotten face, its shape somewhat resembling Basai's. Within its hollow eye sockets, crimson lights of hatred glowed.
It was an intense loathing and resentment for all living beings!
Every demi-human who met this red gaze felt a surge of spine-chilling fear!
"Haha, a success at last."
The Alliance Leader hovered in mid-air, his voice tinged with weakness, but it did nothing to hide his current excitement.
"The legendary undead—the Death Knight!"
"Go! Let me see your power!"
*BOOM!*
The Death Knight stomped hard on the ground and began to run with ferocious speed. Everywhere it passed, demi-humans cried out in agony.
It was an overwhelming slaughter!
No attack that landed on the Death Knight could harm it in the slightest, yet few demi-humans could withstand a second blow from its attacks.
What was even more terrifying was that any demi-human killed by the Death Knight would almost instantly climb back up from the ground, turning into an undead to attack other demi-humans.
The demi-humans killed by these new undead also turned into undead, joining the slaughter against their former comrades.
In just a few moments, the Death Knight had already gathered hundreds of undead around it.
"Monster!"
"It's a monster!"
"Run!"
Having witnessed their companions turn into undead, combined with the successive deaths of two renowned members of the Ten Evils of the Demi-Humans, the "Valiant King" Basai and "Demon Claw" Weijie, most of the demi-humans completely broke down and fled in all directions!
For the Death Knight, this made killing the demi-humans even easier.
On the cliff.
*Thud.*
Khajiit took a step back, lost his footing, and sat down hard on the ground, his face a mask of shock and terror.
At this moment, however, the corner of Tang Zheng's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"So after all that, making such a huge commotion, you only created a single Death Knight?"
A strange expression appeared on Tang Zheng's face. He had long known that the so-called "high-tier undead" was inflated, but he hadn't expected it to be by this much.
"Death Knight"—a mid-tier undead.
Its level was around 35, roughly the standard of the sixth tier. Its attack strength wasn't high, only at a level 25 standard. Its strength lay in its defense, which was at a level 40 intensity.
*Whoosh!*
A sound of something tearing through the air came from the distance, and the Alliance Leader's figure landed in mid-air about fifty meters from Tang Zheng's position.
"As expected of someone I acknowledge. It seems your problem over here has been perfectly resolved."
The Alliance Leader glanced at the corpses of the few demi-humans behind Tang Zheng, a hint of admiration in his eyes as he spoke.
"My luck was also quite good. That is the legendary undead, the 'Death Knight'!"
"You may not understand this undead, but you need only know that it is a powerful undead capable of destroying a country."
"Join Zuranon! Let us transform the Abelion Hills into a true Nation belonging to us, the Undead!"
Khajiit, sitting on the ground, looked up at the Alliance Leader, whose aura was overflowing with power, and felt his heart being won over once again. If not for the fact that he was already a dead man in the Alliance Leader's eyes...
At this moment, Khajiit would have immediately knelt on the ground, shouting his congratulations and basking in this honor.
Subconsciously, Khajiit turned his stiff neck to look at Tang Zheng, who stood nearby, cloaked in a red robe, his expression and emotions completely hidden.
"Heh."
Tang Zheng let out a soft laugh and applied a little pressure with his hand.
*Crack!*
The Demonkin Nasurini, who had been clinging to her last breath, had her neck snapped.
『Experience Gained: 51076』
[Experience Bar: 2162396/410000]
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Slane Theocracy.
Within the somewhat messy, girlish room where Stargazer Far-Sight, a member of the Black Scripture, resided.
Stargazer Far-Sight was observing the Hills region through Clairvoyance while sitting on a sofa, holding a teacup in her left hand and a dessert in her right.
The massive brawl among the demi-human races in the Hills was quite a spectacle.
Stargazer Far-Sight was more than happy to see these demi-humans kill each other, as it would save the Slane Theocracy the trouble of intervening.
Her initially relaxed, show-watching mood grew more and more solemn as time passed.
A harsh "ding—crash!" echoed in the room!
The teacup slipped from her hand and shattered on the floor.
Stargazer Far-Sight shot to her feet, her previously carefree expression gone, replaced by a grave and serious one.
"That's a Death Knight! How is that possible!"
"It was created artificially! Who is that person!"
Stargazer Far-Sight muttered to herself, her voice full of disbelief and her eyes showing unconcealed shock.
A Death Knight has a difficulty level of over 100. Its individual strength is indeed terrifying, but it wasn't enough to shock her, a member of the Black Scripture.
The truly terrifying and calamitous aspect of a Death Knight is its ability to turn the living beings it kills into retainer zombies.
And living beings killed by retainer zombies will also continue to turn into retainer zombies.
Given enough time, a Death Knight could easily destroy a country, creating a massive army of undead. And when a large number of undead gather, it can trigger the natural birth of even stronger undead.
This was a calamity!
The thought of the vast number of demi-humans in the Hills region turning into undead sent a bone-deep chill through Stargazer Far-Sight.
The "Death Knight" and the "Soul Eater" were both known as calamitous, legendary undead.
She dropped the dessert in her hand.
Stargazer Far-Sight rushed out of the room. She needed to report this information to the Cardinals immediately.
The longer she delayed, the larger the army of undead assembled by the Death Knight would become!
Undercurrent Moon.
On the twenty-seventh of the third month, Kalinxia was shrouded in continuous rain.
The Colorless Serenity Inn.
Raindrops pattered against the glass, making a crisp sound.
The spacious inn room was somewhat quiet.
Tang Zheng flipped through the books in his hand, reading the records and tales of the legendary Thirteen Heroes from 200 years ago.
The Green Leaf Witch sat on the sofa with her eyes closed as if she had fallen asleep. Only the faint fluctuations of magic power from her body proved that she wasn't sleeping but was engaged in meditation.
Enri, meanwhile, was hunched over the table in the center of the room, scribbling on a piece of paper with a pen, occasionally holding up her hands to count on her fingers.
She was calculating the money they had earned during this period.
There was so much.
Enri was happy, but she was also thinking about sending the money back to Carne Village to the Village Chief. It should be a great help to everyone.
"Hmm, if I want to send it back, I'll need to ask other adventurers for help through the Adventurer's Guild."
A pang of anxiety hit Enri at this thought. She really didn't feel at ease entrusting so much money to someone else to deliver. She shook her head and muttered to herself:
"Better not. I'll wait until Lord Captain returns to the Kingdom and deliver the money back to the village myself."
At this thought, a smile returned to Enri's face. She looked up at Miss Cuiye and Lord Captain in the room, a smile blooming on her fair cheeks.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
Suddenly, a heavy knock sounded at the door.
Enri, being closest to the door, stood up and was the first to walk towards it.
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