Ark Undead

Are these young people, barely twenty years old, really capable of shouldering such a heavy responsibility?

The leading Imperial Guard smiled at Hoshiguma, then reached out and covered his face with the beast mask on his right hand.

"Wear armor and cover your face."

When the animal-shaped mask was fitted with the helmets of the Imperial Guards, a white light shone from their armor.

An ancient-looking longsword was slowly drawn from its scabbard, its blade ringing softly as it was revealed into the air along with its inscription.

"Fellow soldiers, follow me to slay the demons."

"promise!"

the other side

A knight in black armor, carrying a massive sword on his shoulder, led warriors from the Snow Kingdom to stand in front of an abandoned factory.

A dark liquid was dripping from the various cracks and crevices in the factory.

"Your Holiness."

A slightly cold female voice came from beneath the black armor.

He is the previous titled knight serving the Shivaesh family, the Black Knight.

The one she referred to as the Holy Maiden was none other than the current eldest daughter of the Shivaish family, and also the Holy Maiden of Kalan, Enya Shivaish.

Enya, wrapped in a fluffy coat, stood behind the Black Knight and pulled an antique bell from her sleeve.

Silently reciting the words taught by the gods, she gently shook the sacred bell in her hand, and a soft white light, along with the tinkling sound of the bell, swept over the warriors of Kalan who had come here with her.

They thus gained the power to confront that unbearable darkness.

"go!"

The moment he felt the power spreading through his body, the Black Knight gripped the greatsword slung over his shoulder with both hands and charged into the factory in front of him without hesitation.

But no one realized it.

The magic comes from the sacred mountain of Kalan, and the blessing is also bestowed by the master of the world of the painting.

It was as if snow and wind were descending upon them, and one could vaguely see the firelight burning everything hidden beneath the snowfield.

The anchor point was fixed by the flame and the believers.

All connections were made at this moment, and a passage connecting the present world was quietly built, anchored by three points.

489. From the Abyss

Countless elite squad members belonging to Rhodes Island and the Rhodes Island Alliance infiltrated Victoria's army group and traveled in batches to different infected settlements along with the soldiers circulating in various places.

This was exactly what the Doctor had worried about at the beginning: while someone was in charge of the frontal assault, Theresis was also prepared for Rhodes Island to intervene and would use the power from the Abyss Nest.

This was almost inevitable. The question, however, was how much of the Abyss Nest's remaining resources he would choose to use against the people of Victoria.

According to the Doctor's plan, Theresis would certainly not choose to use too many forces belonging to the Abyss Nest to fight against these ordinary civilian troops from Rhodes Island and Victoria.

Because it's not worth it at all.

He already knew of the existence of the undead, so he would naturally be especially wary of them, and his troops and forces would certainly reserve a special quota for the undead.

Under such circumstances, the soldiers who could be used to deal with the Victoria Legion must be some kind of defective product, or even something that a slightly more elite unit could handle.

As for the small elite group, the people of Rhodes Island are certainly capable of handling them.

After all, there are quite a few experts present.

There is a trio of Deepsea Hunters who specialize in fighting against the Sea Kings; their combat power is already a level above that of Rhodes Island's elite operators.

Not to mention, there are also the Imperial Guards who came specifically from the Great Yan Dynasty. These are true experts who have dedicated their lives to killing these demons corrupted by the abyss.

With the addition of Rhodes Island elite teams led by some elite operators who participated in the last mission to Agor, there shouldn't be many problems.

As the Doctor predicted, when Theresis's Kazdel Legion was locked in a stalemate with the Victoria Legion, she still deployed some of the Abyss Nest monsters lurking in the lower city.

However, with these friends possessing special powers to deal with the monsters in the Abyss Nest, there will definitely be enough time available on the main battlefield.

The doctor did not place all his hopes on the team he led.

In his plan, Rhodes Island's own team had other tasks to complete, and Victoria was undoubtedly the central figure in directly confronting the forces of the Abyss Nest.

That steam knight is being assembled.

"Doctor, we have cleared the target location."

Hoshiguma watched as the Imperial Guards elegantly sheathed their swords and then reported their achievements to the Doctor.

"There weren't many so-called demons; they were more like a group of insane infected people suffering from Oripathy."

Hoshiguma had just followed behind the Imperial Guards and witnessed their heroic fighting prowess firsthand.

However, as she said, these characters valued by the Doctor do not seem to be as strong as the Doctor imagined.

Even the Imperial Guards frowned after dealing with these guys.

Is this the monster born from the so-called source of demons?

Why is it so different from what they imagined?

The doctor remained silent for a moment in the earpiece before speaking.

"Anyway, thank you all for your hard work. Officer Hoshiguma, please take them to a place to rest for a while. I will arrange your actions later if there are any special circumstances."

"That's what the doctor said through the headset."

"Thank you for your report."

Hoshiguma gave a soft "hmm" and then turned off the headset.

"How about it?"

The leader of the Imperial Guards approached Hoshiguma and asked her what she needed to do.

"Is there any other mission?"

Hoshiguma shook his head.

"This might be a decoy; the real power isn't concentrated on our side. In any case, thank you all for your hard work. Let's wait and see what new information we get from Rhodes Island."

The Imperial Guards exchanged glances.

As soldiers of the Great Yan Dynasty, they were naturally obedient to orders. This operation was under the full command of the doctor from Rhodes Island, so they would not overstep their authority beyond orders.

Not only Hoshiguma's side, but all the cleanup teams near the settlements gave the Doctor almost the same answer.

They felt that the monster they encountered was strangely weak.

At most, they are some elite infected warriors or infected warlocks, which is far from being true monsters.

Even Melantha's Rhodes Island reserve team completed their cleanup mission without paying any price.

Melantha and Kroos even told the Doctor that they felt these guys were no different from the Sealings they had encountered in their dreams.

The doctor sat in his seat, his mind racing.

Now it's time for Theresis and the Doctor to make a decision-making showdown.

The Doctor anticipated that Theresis would leave Abyss Nests in the lower city to counter Rhodes Island's planned siege.

It was as if Theresis had anticipated that the Doctor would leave behind the Abyss Nest, so she simply placed some things here that were all bark and no bite, attracting the elite troops that Rhodes Island had gathered.

So, what is Therese's purpose?

Could it be...?

In a flash of inspiration, the doctor remembered something written in the records of the Undead.

Before the Undead went to Lungmen, he visited Victoria twice and experienced a...

Just as the doctor was about to come up with the obvious answer, his headphone channel was suddenly turned on.

"Doctor! The Originium content is rising rapidly. If this continues at the current rate, it will reach the level of a minor natural disaster in about ten minutes."

Scout, who was observing the battlefield situation on the front line, looked at the Originium content detector handed to him by the versatile member of his team.

"This is definitely not normal. Theresis must be planning something. What about the teams we sent to deal with those Abyss Nests? Have they sent back any special information?"

Just as the doctor was about to answer Scout, he suddenly realized a problem.

As Scout pointed out, if Theresis is smart enough to understand what the Doctor is plotting, then why would he allow the Kazdel regular army to launch a frontal assault on the Lower City from the entrances to both the Upper and Lower City?

Why didn't he just have the soldiers stationed in the lower city?

Right now, a large Victorian army group is concentrated at the entrance to the upper city, resisting these Kazdel soldiers.

Large-scale...wait, large-scale?!

"Scout, where are you right now?!"

The doctor's voice sounded urgent.

"Me? I'm right behind the soldiers of the Third Army."

"Get off that main road now!"

Before Scout could even ask the Doctor what had happened, the Doctor immediately shut down the channel for private communication with Scout.

Instead, it connected to a shared channel for all members.

"Now, all members of the Victoria Legion! Abandon your concentrated resistance against the Kazdel Legion and immediately depart from the main road leading to the Upper City!"

The doctor's order came so suddenly that the soldiers didn't even have time to react.

Just moments ago, they were ordered to hold this place to the death, and everyone was ready to fight to the death, using their own flesh and blood to build a high wall here. Now they are being told to evacuate from here.

But because of this momentary lapse in reaction, another significant commotion erupted from underground throughout the entire lower city.

At first, they thought it was the Victorian resistance fighters who had caused the commotion.

But they soon realized they were wrong.

The Undead once killed a dragon in Victoria.

One of the prototypes in the Royalist emblem of the Victorian Royalists, that kind of fantastical creature that soars proudly in the sky.

This was exactly what the doctor suddenly realized.