After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

The blades of these makeshift puppets are not sharp and are even a bit fragile. If they face the ghost puppets directly, they will be destroyed almost immediately.

But its target is the low-level ordinary zombies that are piled up to the point of being unable to move, thus producing amazing combat effectiveness.

The human ladder collapsed almost instantly, and the undead who were climbing the city walls or grinding meat on it also fell down and hit the city wall heavily.

The guards immediately followed up, pouring in the barrels of fuel that had been prepared long ago, and then ignited them. The raging fire immediately swallowed up the monsters that were crammed together and constantly wriggling.

Coupled with the warlocks gathering at the edge and firing offensive spells directly at the target, a large number of undead units were completely wiped out from the world in an instant.

Even the more powerful units that were not afraid of fire were wriggling in this scorching storm and could no longer launch effective attacks on the city walls.

The new invention worked exceptionally well.

But Violet was cursing:

"Tsk, it's no reaction after just a few cuts? The magic circuit is clearly normal? Why? Is the physical structure not strong enough? Or is the flesh stuck in some transmission mechanism? We need to improve it..."

When a brand new design is rushed into production, these problems are inevitable, as they are in every world.

"Well, that's pretty good. Hundreds were taken out in just a few hits. Considering the production cost, if they were slightly improved and mass-produced, they would be very useful."

Aize patted her shoulder to comfort her, but his eyes were always looking into the distance.

Because, as the flames rose here, the surging undead army began to retreat.

The Immortal Dynasty, who were hoping to win the battle in one go and came straight up with F2A, were completely defeated by Aze's accurate predictions, the fun and surprising new weapons, and the courage and will of the guards that transcended death and instinct.

We had to retreat temporarily and consider the long-term consequences.

This made Violet feel greatly relieved.

"it's over?"

“It’s over, but it’s just the beginning.”

Aize didn't feel much relief.

The army of the undead was so vast that even Drowned could drown the city.

They were just killed by Chu Jian tonight. The absolute disadvantage in hard power could not be delayed forever by some small tricks.

In addition, starting from tomorrow, I will have to allocate a lot of manpower to handle the affairs in the city.

Until the war potential of Lilbas is mobilized, the war will be extremely difficult.

Even if they were mobilized, considering that there were numerous demon armies of other races following the undead, it would only delay the time.

Unfortunately, the initiative to truly solve the problem is not in Aize's hands.

He slowly closed his eyes, taking in the almost suffocating smell of blood and burnt food on the battlefield, and muttered to himself:

"I've done everything I could. As for the rest... Chris, I'll leave it to you."

Chapter 102: Conversation with classmates

In Christina Karlsade's not-too-long life, even the moment of that unforgettable failure was not as difficult as today.

Ever since she returned to Jarlsburg with Prince Adrian, a large number of scouts sent towards Lillebas began to bring back bad news continuously.

All roads leading to Lilbas are completely blocked by the overwhelming undead army, and the various defense lines set up make it almost impossible to sneak through.

The result of the forced attempt was that one-third of the spies never returned after being sent out.

Therefore, the outside world has no idea about Lilbas' current situation, which makes Chris feel extremely tormented.

After nightfall, news came that the sound of fierce fighting could be heard, which should be the official start of the confrontation between the Undead and Aize.

This is not entirely bad news.

Because it indirectly shows that Aize's goal of seizing Lilbas has definitely been achieved, and the situation is most likely still under his control.

But what next?

Chris had thought more than once about bringing all the combat forces at hand and launching a desperate assault to try to rescue Aize.

But because of the shadow of the previous incident, she never dared to take action - this was the first time Chris felt that this psychological shadow could sometimes be a good thing.

At least it reduces the possibility of committing suicide on impulse.

If you don't want to die, you can only wait.

As every second felt like an eternity, the blue-haired girl sat at the table in the command center, her mind in a mess, staring blankly at the map in front of her.

No food, no sleep, no water.

Even when Marquis Karside came over to persuade her to lie down for a while, she just shook her head.

until--

"Miss, miss."

The castle maid came to her and shook her vigorously, which brought her back to consciousness a little.

"His Royal Highness the Prince has woken up."

"……What did you say?"

Chris, who had been stunned all day, suddenly turned her head, startling the other person.

"His Royal Highness Prince Adrian has just woken up. The master asked me to come and see how the young lady is doing. He suggested that if possible, you should also..."

The initiator and commander-in-chief of this expedition was Adrian, and he was the only one who had the ability and qualifications to mobilize the imperial army outside the Karseid family.

This is also one of the reasons why Aize must get him out of the encirclement.

Although the injury was not fatal, the impact of being injured by the undead on the body was much greater than it appeared, so he remained in a coma.

Now that I'm awake, it means that the situation is finally going to change.

Chris jumped up from her seat—and then lost her balance because her feet were so numb from sitting still all day.

It knocked over a table and a chair, causing a huge noise and then smashing them to the ground.

"M-M-Ms.!?"

The maid and the soldiers in the command center were stunned. Just as they were about to rush over to help, they saw Chris jump up like a mermaid, and limp out alone without looking back.

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"Ahem—damn it, those rotten bastards, how dare they do it!"

In the castle's guest room, Adrian, who had just woken up, was still not in the best condition.

The wound on the neck had healed under the effect of the spell, but in order to further dispel the magic left by the undead, it was still wrapped several times with gauze and purification potion.

His face was extremely pale due to the weakening of his life energy, and he looked like he was seriously ill.

But even so, he still cursed and struggled, trying to get up from the bed.

He doesn't even need help from anyone.

This frightened the host, Marquis Karside, so much so that he quickly went up to hold him down.

"Your Highness, you can't get out of bed yet. Didn't the healer tell you that you need at least a day of rest?"

"One day? Are you kidding? I've already been unconscious for a day at such an important time. If the battle line lasts another day, it will be ruined! Let me go and let me get up!"

"Your Highness!"

Boom! ! !

As they refused to give in, the bedroom door was pushed open extremely roughly, and Chris rushed into the room almost crashing into it, almost falling down on the spot.

He grabbed the back of the chair next to him and managed to hold on to his body.

The situation was so embarrassing that both the Marquis and the Prince who were pulling at the situation were startled.

"Chris...Chris? How are you now?"

"I am fine."

Chris briefly dealt with it, then walked straight past her father and came directly to Adrian. Without saying a word, she bowed her head to him:

"Your Highness, Master... Lord Aize is surrounded by a large number of undead troops in Lilbas. The situation is extremely dangerous. Please quickly mobilize the nearby imperial troops to rescue him!"

Adrian frowned, seeming to be somewhat unhappy with such performance and remarks.

But he still asked as calmly as possible:

"Don't panic. The Marquis just told me that he's surrounded. What else is going on? What's going on now? What's that guy planning? Tell me clearly first!"

Before he lost consciousness, Aize directly asked him for the command of the Royal Guards. At that moment, Adrian knew that this guy must be up to something again.

Although Adrian has a strong sense of competition towards Aize because of various trivial matters, this is based on his high recognition of Aize's abilities.

Therefore, at this critical moment, instead of acting rashly out of anger, it is better to listen to how he arranges and handles the situation before taking action.

Even if Chris could take out a magic bag from her pocket with Aize's strategy written on it, Adrian would be even more welcome.

However, it did not.

This situation happened too suddenly, and Aize was unable to grasp the full picture of the matter, and naturally could not make an overall strategy and plan.

Therefore, all Chris could tell Adrian was that Aize had launched a counterattack, occupied Lilbas and blocked the main reinforcements of the demons.

Apart from this, it is up to those who are not surrounded to find a solution based on the actual situation.

"That guy, tsk—"

After hearing this, Adrian curled his lips in dissatisfaction and wanted to get up immediately.

Of course, he was stopped by the Marquis again.

"Your Highness, you are the commander-in-chief. Please be more careful! If you fall..."

"I've already fallen down once! Let go! How can I stay lying down at this moment? And..."

As he spoke, Adrian shifted his gaze to Chris and fell silent as if he was thinking about something.

Then he said:

"Christina, can you take over the command of this operation?"

"...What? Me?"

After she finished speaking, Chris was stunned again by this sudden incident.

Adrian nodded:

"Yes, you. Look at me like this... I can stand there and hold the line as a decoration, but when it comes to actually commanding troops, I'm really not in good shape. If I collapse in public, it will really affect morale. Besides, didn't you always get first place in the strategy course when you were in academy? Isn't that perfect?"

"This……"

Chris hesitated.

According to what Aize said to herself that night, after escorting the seriously injured Adrian out, she should have taken over the command and took charge of the overall situation.

Even the fact that Adrian took the initiative to give up power may have been taken into consideration by Aize.

On the other hand, at the crucial moment of a crucial battle that determined the fate of the empire, he took command of the army because his commander was injured. If he had won under this kind of situation, it would have truly become a historical legend, passed down forever by future generations.

Therefore, the Marquis kept using his eyes to signal her to accept it quickly.

Such an honor is enough to make any imperial noble of the same generation excited to the point of losing their mind - except Chris.

"...No, sorry, I can't."

The blue-haired girl looked away and shook her head.

The Marquis was stunned and immediately wanted to say something.

But Adrian stopped her, meaning to let Chris continue with the tax first.

"We've already failed once before. Lilbas fell at that time... This time, the scale is even larger than before. If we fail again, if we fail again..."

If he fails again, Aize will be the first to die without a burial place.

Then the Empire, and even all of humanity.

If it was a battle of moderate size with someone to back it up—like at the beginning of this campaign—Chris might have mustered up the courage to give it a try.

But now, Aize's life, the fate of the empire, and the future of mankind, the most important things all came at stake in an instant.

Just thinking about it makes me feel suffocated. How can I dare to accept it?

So, the blue-haired girl shook her head once again, even more vigorously and dramatically: