Chapter 136: Chaotic Battle Begins
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lolander and the others paled tremendously. The number of skeletons outside the palace were at least in the hundreds, and there were not more than ten of them who really had decent combat ability within the palace; it was a drastic difference.
“Isn’t this the castle district? Isn’t this the heart of New Washington? Where’s the dragon-eagle knight regiment!” Lolander shouted at Pamela.
The dragon-eagle knights were definitely busy protecting the resurrection tower and wormhole. No matter how important the castle district was, it could not compare to those two buildings.
“Where are the American reinforcements?!”
“I don’t want to die here!”
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“Can you guys shut up?! You’re so loud!” Lilith impatiently glared at everyone. With a flick of her wrist, her ink-blank battle scythe was in hand.
“Lilith, don’t you...” Pamela smiled bitterly, with the tide of skeletal soldiers, she could only choose to retreat to the staircase with the others.
Before Lilith could even finish, Lilith eagerly answered with her actions. She lifted her scythe and, with an unexpected shout, rushed right into the skeletal army, swinging her weapon into the horde.
With a flash of red, a flaming red lotus flared out and five skeletal soldiers disintegrated instantly without the chance to even react. They turned into a pile of charred bones on the ground.
Everyone could only gape at the woman who rushed in without hesitation. Her black battle scythe was wreathed in flames as she weaved around the battlefield like a battle G.o.ddess, looking like she transcended humanity.
Pamela gaped. She had wanted to advise Lilith to not be reckless, but she could only swallow the last part of her words. She could not leave Lilith alone, so she turned around and told everyone to be careful in a low voice before rushing into battle with her men as well.
The battle turned even more chaotic. Pamela’s spells were mostly supportive, so with her at the heart, the other five Americans had all sorts of buffs on them, dramatically increasing their capabilities.
Even though the number of skeletal soldiers were still increasing, in terms of combat ability, they were far behind Lilith and Pamela’s group.
Lolander and the others did not partic.i.p.ate in the battle. Even though they were all graduates with impressive skill, they hesitated and ultimately chose to stay in front of the staircase. They would make a move in self-defense if any skeletal soldiers appeared, but they would not rush out by themselves.
After all, they were not part of Judge Academy. Why would they waste 20 years of their life for no reason.
Lolander seemed to have regained some positivity after all the excitement earlier. “It seems like it’s only an incomplete form of Summoning The Dead. Those skeletal soldiers did not have their bones strengthened, so they’re all probably only at about bronze-rank.”
Chloe was still cautious. “There are still too many of them. Isn’t there an ancient Chinese saying: many ants can bite an elephant to death, Xiao?”
Xiao Lin was standing in the back, so he was currently the safest person there. All he did after hearing Chloe was vaguely answer. He was not that happy with the way the battle was going. As an idle spectator on the second floor, he could clearly see what the state of the battle was.
The skeletal soldiers did not seem to even want to rush upstairs. All they did was surround Norn, using their bodies to stop Lilith and Pamela from getting close. As for Norn, who was at the center of the sea of skeletons, he continued to chant through the contents of the stone plates. He did not seem to be the slightest bit worried that his skeletal army was being ma.s.sacred.
That caused Xiao Lin to worry. He did not understand why Norn was so concerned with the stone plates. The most worrying thing was every time he finished one of the plates, the stone would immediately turn to dust.
“Why are there so many skeletons here?” After a few minutes, Lolander looked at Professor Brown, asking in confusion. “From what I know, necromancy requires a large amount of corpses as a sacrifice.”
Professor Brown sighed. “Back when the Thunder Kingdom was invaded, the last defenses of the country fought Judge Academy to the death here, so countless lives were lost. At the time, the leader had all the corpses buried right here.”
“So, this is actually a gigantic cemetery!” Lolander shouted in anger. “Why didn’t you say so before?”
“Too many people died in the war, so a lot of the corpses could only be handled at the spot,” Professor Brown sighed in resignation, but it was not clear if it was for the war ages ago, or the chaotic battle right in front of them.
The battle lasted about ten minutes, and skeletal soldiers dwindled, but Xiao Lin could clearly see that it was only because Norn had already finished with the stone plates in the hall, and was slowly heading toward the side hall, where the last ten-odd stone plates were. The skeletons were also following him, guarding Norn.
Xiao Lin whispered. “We can’t wait anymore. Let’s rush out!”
“I agree.”
“Where are the American reinforcements? Are they all asleep?!”
Hearing the exchange, Pamela retreated and nodded to them. “We’ll give you cover. Hurry up and leave.”
“Lilith, you should leave with Professor Brown’s group as well!” Chloe shouted to Lilith, who was enjoying herself.
“You all can leave. I’m good staying behind.” Lilith ignored the order as her scythe started to summon wind around her, increasing her range of effectiveness. Practically no skeleton managed to get near here during the entire battle.
“No! Your safety is the most important thing for Judge Academy!” Pamela’s tone turned extremely strict. “This is the dean’s order! Lilith, don’t forget your promise to the dean. If you disobey any more orders, you’ll be barred from entering the New World!”
“Fine!” Lilith pouted indignantly. It was obvious that the final warning was effective on her.
With Lilith and Pamela at the helm, on top of the fact that most of the skeletons were protecting Norn, they had an easy time breaking free. Xiao Lin and Professor Brown were at the center of the formation since they were the two weakest. Xiao Lin started to regret not buying weapons earlier, but upon reflection, he would still have been vastly out of his depth, even with weapons.
It would be fine, so long as he could leave safely.
As if to answer Xiao Lin’s prayers, their group quickly managed to carve themselves a path through the sea of skeletons. Stepping past an uncountable number of skeletons, they successfully escaped the palace.
As long as they left the area, the powerful dragon-eagle knights regiment in the city would get them quickly out of danger. However, the moment they stepped out of the door, every one of them sucked in a deep breath as they froze in place.