A smile couldn't help from Savais's face seeing the group of humans charging toward him.
He thought he would have needed to go to them, but instead, they were coming to him.
It is the best news he could hope for as it will save him a lot of time and effort.
He looked at all the preparation to welcome his guests, they were not finished, but they would be soon, and it couldn't help but make him excited.
This was a very dangerous mission, but he had to do it, as it was the only way the death lord would help him with his degradation.
Now, not only will he deal with the degradation that will give him a decade or two if he is lucky and even more if was able to level up, but it will also give him great bodies.
Especially of the Knights and two warriors, he will kill that Grand Mage. While he is not interested in the bodies of mages, nor is it his expertise, he will focus on it the most.
There are high merits on the Grand Mage's body, and if he is able to get it, then he won't have to worry about the next anti-degradation ritual.
He will be worry-free for the next three decades.
Just thinking about it had filled him with glee, and he just hoped he would be able to finish within half an hour, as every second after that would be dangerous.
With his preparations, fifteen minutes would be more than enough.
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Boom Boom Boom
The fireballs fell on the undead, creating destruction that shook me to my core, instantly obliterating half of the undead.
It shook me to see how a man wields such power, even though I know a few people in this world possess power even greater than the arsenal of nukes on earth.
Still, seeing a small glimpse of it had left me shaken.
If the skills weren't carrying me forward and calming my mind, I would have frozen, seeing the destruction caused by the spells.
A few seconds later, we were on a huge group of undead, and even though half of them had been destroyed, it did not seem to affect them as nearly five hundred of them attacked us as we tore through them.
Pachak Khat Pachack
My rapier is moving fast; at every strike, it would decapitate at least one zombie or destroy a skeleton.
There was no wasteful moment; every strike went for the kill. It is also true that there are too many undead; even if I swing my rapier wildly, at least one undead will be cut.
I think I am improving and improving fast; I have already regained everything old Remus combat skills by the time I reach the hall, and now I am surpassing him.
Which is happening quite sooner than I thought it would.
What they say is really right; there is no better teacher for a warrior than war.
We cut through the group of undead, but more are gathering as we do. We know that and moving forward without lessening our momentum, which is the key to winning this battle.
It is quite hard to do that when we are dealing with so much undead under this heat.
The spell of Grand Mage had not just killed the undead but also made everything very hot. If not for magical defense protecting me, I would have blisters across my skin rather than just feeling uncomfortable.
It felt like hours, but it did not take more than three minutes for us to tear through the huge group of undead, killing more than half of them.
There were more undead waiting for us as we got out, but their numbers were much less compared to the ones from we had got out.
"Careful, we are approaching the leader," said the women as we reached close to the grove of reilfruet trees.
These big trees have fruits like mangoes, the favorite of Santos' uncle; just a few hours earlier, I had walked through this grove, and now I am going enter inside again, and this time, I might not be able to come back.
The grove covered nearly five acres of area, and with their wide branches, they let very little sunlight fall on the ground, not to mention it is midnight right now.
My heartbeat couldn't help but beat loudly as I stared at those big trees getting closer and closer with every step. It is clear that the leader is hiding there and seeing us coming, it definitely would have made the preparations.
Till now, there was barely any casualty; even I, who is one of the weakest in here, was barely scratched a few times.
It is all going to change the moment we walk into the trees.
Hun!
We were approaching the trees fast when suddenly, tens of huge wind blades appeared in the sky and shot toward the trees.
Seeing that, my eyes couldn't help but light up; if the wind blades of Grand Mage cut these trees, it would make things a little easier for us.
I had just thought that when my expression suddenly changed.
'Fuck!' I cursed seeing that.
The wind blades were powerful that they cut through the first line of trees without any problem, but as they moved to cut other trees, they were barely able to scratch the trees and disappeared.
The spells were powerful enough to cut all the trees in a five-acre area but stopped after cutting fifty-some, which is barely 10% of it.
My expressions couldn't help but become worse seeing that, not only mine but of others. Everyone understood there was a leader in trees who was as powerful or more powerful than the Grand Mage Blackstone.
That did not stop us; we continued moving without slowing down even a bit.
It is explicitly clear from the beginning that either it will die or we.
So, no matter what happens, we will walk into the tree where the leader is, and even if all weapons in our hands turn into nothing, we will move into the tree and kill the leader; it is the only way we can survive.
Soon, there were barely a few meters of distance between us and the trees when the mages acted.
At first, it is Grand Mage Blackstone, his staff lit up, and the blue magic armor appeared on the bodies of Knight of a black star, captain Julian, Fanya, and all the mages.
Arcane Armor
From what I heard, it is quite a complicated spell, but it is highly defensive. Those mages who cast it have great value.
He had not just cast that spell on the nine but also on others, including himself and us.
The one he casts on himself is even more elaborate than on the nine, which is not surprising.
The one he cast on the rest of us is simple, but it still offers great protection compared to the simple mana defense we had before.
He had not only cast a spell on our bodies but also on our weapons.
If I am right, then it is a sharpness type of spell, making weapons our weapons even sharper than before.
The spells of other mages appeared after him; they gave different buffs. Some covered us with faint healing; some increased strength, speed, and other things.
Most importantly, the mages made the area around us bright as day as we finally entered the grove.
There are hundreds of mage lights above our heads.
It is one of the most common spells of mages and also the initial spell; nearly every mage learns them before they move to fireball or another type of spell.
Hun!
My happiness was short-lived as the second after we entered the grove, the lights began to dim on their own till the light became asking to twilight.
I did not focus on it as in front of me, more important things were happening.
"Line!" shouted the knight as he stopped, and we moved, moving into the line formation from the arrow formation.
It is a triple-layer line; both sides had warriors, while in the middle were mages.
In front of us, the undead came out, and these were not normal undead; the zombies are uncommon, all of them, and they are wearing armor, and their necks had a layer of bone covering them.
There are also skeletons that are covered in so many bones that they looked tanks, and there are also bone beasts and bone horrors.
Seeing them, a sheer horror couldn't help but appear on my face; in front of these things, what we have faced till now, nothing.
Those nothings are also gathering outside the trees in large numbers. I am sure by the time, they have gathered enough numbers, they will pour into the grove, trapping us in a killing circle.
"Calm your heart; the odds may seem overwhelming, but they are not."
"We only have one target, and it is the leader; kill it, and everything will be over," said the Knight, he did not use the skills, but his words calmed my heart and gave me the courage.
"Well spoke, Sir Knight," said the strange, hollowed voice through the trees.
The voice had sent a chill down my heart, and all the hair from my body stood as I looked around for the source of the voice, which seemed to be coming from everywhere.
"But can you do it? I am a High-Lich that lived for over three hundred years and fought countless Knights and killed them,"
"You and the people you have brought far from sufficient to kill me; it is I who will kill you and take you into my undead army, especially you, Sir Knight," said the chilling voice that made nearly everyone shudder.
"You will die, lich," said the Knight of a black star, and the aura came out of him.
Seeing that, my eyes couldn't help but widen, not only mine but nearly everyone's.
Though, Eva beside me did not look surprised.
Aura is rare in all classes, and getting it is hard, but those who have it are powerful without a doubt, especially the Knights.
As those without sufficient power and will couldn't awaken it.
"Attack!"
He shouted thunderously, and we moved; charged toward the wall of powerful zombies and skeletons, with our hands gripping our blades tightly and purpose in our hearts to kill the lich.
We will achieve it, as only through it will we survive.