Chapter 71 – Chapter 8

-Kaan Kell of the Dragon Fire Magic Tower is here!-

At that time, Kaan Kell made his presence known with a voice that amplified his magical powers above the high watchtower located in the center of the camp.

‘It’s arrogant, but it sure has a lot of practical experience.’

Frederick, who learned of the conflict with Kaan Kell through Lillian, admitted that he was an experienced mage who kept the mercenaries’ morale low.

If we had stayed quiet here to save mana, the mercenary’s hum would have grown louder and spread anxiety.

“All ready for battle!”

As the traps are gradually filled, armed undeads approach.

“The enemy is holding a weapon! Use the gap between the spears properly!”
“Don’t poke deep! Focus on containment!”

The mercenaries in charge of the new recruits taught them how to deal with the undead with weapons and focused on containment.

“Kaisent!”

Lillian signaled to Kaisent when the armed undead came in sight.

“Fireball!”

Kaicent, who had been preparing by adjusting his breathing in advance, threw a fireball and aimed at the part where the undead were gathered.

Kwak! Roaring!

Undead whose bodies were smashed or set on fire as intense flames exploded collapsed in the intense heat.

After that, as they fired several fireballs and made holes in the waves of undead, the mercenaries refined their fighting spirit, thinking that they could survive if they had Kaisent.

‘Am I a vampire again?’

After confirming the magic pass created while dominating the undead, he rolled his eyes here and there to try to find the owner of the magic pass.

However, since they couldn’t see beyond the darkness without a single moonlight, they continued to spread magic to reduce the number of undead.

At that time, Kaicent felt a strong flow of magical power from behind and checked the back.

“Sunfire!”

When Kaan Kell, who had completed the magic, discharged magic toward the direction where the mercenaries were being pushed, a huge fireball was formed.

I thought it was just a huge fireball, but the fireball quickly turned the undead into charcoal by emitting flames in all directions like a flamethrower centered on itself.

‘That’s it!’

Kaicent, who remembered the form of magic, started casting Sun Fire instead of Fireball.

As he composed his magic as he felt, he sent it towards the armed undead coming from behind, and the fireball used by Kaan Kell popped out and began to burn the undead by releasing flames.

Kaisent, the first to know a proper wizard, was able to absorb Kaan Kell’s magic.

‘Did you use the Sunfire too? He had the ability to shout loudly.’

Unbelievably, Kaan Kell, who couldn’t imagine that he copied his own magic, clicked his tongue with a dissatisfied expression.

“Why is that?”
“It is nothing.”

On top of the watchtower, there were four guards holding large shields in case of an emergency.
Dismissing the escort’s question, he stopped his spell and looked around.

‘It’s not the time to pour mana yet.’

He must conserve mana as much as possible until the situation he is aiming for occurs.

‘He has unexpectedly excellent skills for a young guy, but in the end, a kid is a kid. If you put too much strain on it, you will reach your limit.’

And since I planted the seeds, that limit will come sooner than I thought.
Aiming for that gap, I will use the magic tower’s poison magic, Dragon Fire, to decorate the victory splendidly.

On the other hand, Kaicent, who was itching to make sure that none of the undead arrived at the mercenaries, put on a dissatisfied expression.

It was because he was confident that if he wanted to, he would plaster it with sun fire and make sure that not even a single undead could approach the mercenaries.

-A lot of people are watching, so if you can, hide your power.-
-Especially avoid black magic using bones and corpses.-
-Deadmoon is the best situation for warlocks trying to increase corpses.-
-If you use black magic, that fact alone will make you dangerous.-
-And if you pass the Dead Moon too easily, the new recruits will have no chance to grow, so just enough to keep them from dying. Got it?-

Due to Lillian’s warning, Kaicent, whose black magic was completely sealed, changed the flow by using magic only when enemies were excessively grouped or when he thought his allies were in danger.

Thump- thump-

“Uh?”

At that time, amidst the noise of fighting the undead, a strange noise approached the Wolf mercenaries.

“Captain! The corpse collector is out!”

Through the flames emitted by Kaisent’s Sun Fire, a mid-level undead monster called Corpse Collector, which was over 2m tall and made up of many bones, appeared.

It recovers damaged parts with the bones of killed victims or increases strength and size, but the increase in strength is not high and it is an undead that turns out to be intermediate because it does not attack the same undead.

“Aaaaa!!”

As the Corpse Collector approached with his massive size, Lillian leaped high, her greatsword loaded with energy.

At the same time, Kaicent fired a fireball that hit the Corpse Collector in the leg.

The body collector, who lost his balance due to a broken leg bone from the sudden shock, couldn’t even swing his sharp hand like a hook and swing a huge sword made of bones.

“Waaaaa!”
“As expected, the captain!”

Mercenaries, as well as new recruits who were frightened by the huge monster they had never seen before, cheered at Wolf, who lightly subdued him with a greatsword.

“Who is controlling the undead!

However, Frederick’s morale rose and prepared for excessive force, converting the troops into two columns.

Those who fought in the first row withdrew to a safe area in the back, drank water and laid down their weapons and began to rest.

It was possible to fight with other mercenaries.

“Haha! Haha! Crane! Hehe!”

And Clint, who fought with a spear in the first row, breathed heavily as if he had been holding his breath until now.

‘This… This… War…’

It’s completely different from when you run away from a mechanical assassin who was trying to kill you.
Extreme environment and atmosphere where physical strength is quickly consumed even when standing still.

‘I understand why comradeship is formed.’

In this extreme environment, when we all fought together while protecting each other’s lives and came back, even though we hadn’t talked to each other, the way we looked at each other changed.

Qurrrr!

Subsequently, another fireball was formed, spewing out intense flames, turning dozens of zombies and skeletons into a pile of charcoal in an instant.

Even though the flames were soaring, the undead who approached honestly met the same ending, and the entire mercenary group was able to afford it.

Kaicent, located in the rear, cast Sun Fire to close the cracks caused by the change of ranks.

‘Awesome…’

It was so cool to see Kaicent, who had a soft smile and an appearance that seemed like he didn’t know about fighting until now, fighting seriously.

In particular, the unblemished white hair and eyes can feel the mysterious charm of the same man.

Cooong! Thud! Thump thump thump!

However, there is a crisis that even such feelings are regarded as luxury.
Three more corpse collectors that had just been disposed of appeared.

“What!? Why are they only coming here!?”

The mercenaries who succeeded in creating a new rank compared themselves to other mercenaries who were only dealing with ordinary low-level undead.

“Frederick! Take one! Kaicent! Take care of the remaining one!”

Lillian, who had conserved her powers for contingency, gave orders to the two men and charged at one of the corpse collectors.

As the remaining corpse collectors charged at the mercenaries, huge stalks rose from the ground and coiled around the body of the corpse collector.

Pakak!

At the same time, it fired a spinning arrow that pierced the felt core in the Corpse Collector’s body.

“Haap!”
“Oohhh!”

At the same time, Lillian and Frederick also destroyed the body collector’s core and passed the moment of crisis lightly.

“Wow!”

After slashing the undead around them properly, the two returned to the back of the ranks amidst cheers from the mercenaries, conserving their stamina.

‘Lillian’s power seems to be stronger than before. The prana level would be the same as mine, but what is the difference?’
‘When you are hugged by Kaicent, the quality of your magical power changes and your body becomes active. Is this possible?’

Frederick doubted that Lillian had become stronger than he, and that she would become stronger than before when she mixed with Kaicent.

The moment he wanted to overcome the crisis, another undead appeared.

“Geuuhuh—“

The undead outbreak did not only harm humans.
Even monsters living in the forest or mountains are swept away by the waves of the undead.

Still, monsters usually defeat the undead because they are basically stronger than humans, but sometimes, due to some misfortune and misfortune, they are killed by the undead and become the same undead.

Like a Minotaur with its flesh torn here and there, approaching this way.

“Fuck! Do it in moderation!”
“Why are you only coming to us!”

The arrival of corpse collectors can be considered bad luck, but if misfortune repeats itself again and again, it is not the realm of luck but the realm of cause and effect.

‘What? Why are the strong undead only coming this way?’

Lillian met Frederick’s eyes as the undead continued to arrive, which her ordinary mercenaries were difficult to deal with.

The two nodded, as if they had the same thought, and headed out of the ranks to block the undead.

“Kaisent! Explore the magic around the camp!”
“Yes!”

Kai Sent, who had the same thoughts as her, cast her Sun Fire once again to lighten the burden on her mercenaries and set off to detect her suspicious magical powers.

‘It’s not the front. I’ve been around there a few times, but she doesn’t feel strange.’

Moving towards the rear of the mercenary camp, in the direction where the square was formed with the wagon, Kaicent could feel the unpleasant reverberation of magic.

I followed the reverberation and dug with my feet into the ground where the mana was the strongest, and I found a purple crystal.

The crystal is broken, and the magical power inside it dwells in the ground, so it is meaningless to clean it up now.

‘I don’t know what it is, but it’s clear that this is gathering strong undead!’

However, this is where Kaicent’s problem appeared.

‘This magic… How do I get rid of it?’

He is a genius who learns 10 when he learns 1, but he has an overwhelming lack of experience, so he can’t do anything in an area he has never learned.

She thought about just growing up mercenaries and using magic, but she didn’t want to ruin Lillian’s favor like this.

‘For a moment. The inner core method absorbs the energy around you, doesn’t it?’

At that time, Kaicent came up with a very simple and ignorant method.

If people who had learned the Mana Rod or the Nae Gong Shim method found out about this method, they would have said in unison that it was a new concept suicide method.

He doesn’t seem to be aware of it, but this aura is the aura of death that attracts the undead.
If you absorb this kind of energy, your body will not be broken, but your mana hole and dantian will be broken and you will become a crippled person.

‘If you accept this energy in its entirety, your body could be destroyed. I believe in my father’s mind here!’

Kaicent also instinctively sensed that part, but started gambling thinking that his father’s mental method would be able to overcome this tidying up of energy.

Sssss–!

The situation was urgent, so he began to suck the energy around him strongly.
The energy of death that has entered his body quickly undermines the life force of the living, and likewise moves noisily to forcibly change the body of the living to that of the dead.

‘Shut up and stay still!’

At that time, the morale that was suppressed by the powerful energy that even death could not resist along with the strong will was converted into internal energy.

Kaicent, who felt the energy of death strong enough to attract the undead, analyzed the energy of death while making it internal.

Because power cannot be determined by justice or evil.
Because power has different meanings depending on how it is used.

Kaicent, who realized the truth, was able to create something similar to the energy of death by changing the form of his inner energy.

“…Crack…!”
“Ka…Sen…!”
“Kaisent!”

As he succeeded in absorbing all the energy, he turned his consciousness to the outside, where he could see Clint urgently trying to wake him up.

“Clint?”
“Thank God! Things are getting serious now!”

As I hurriedly got up from my seat, I realized that the situation was urgent, following Clint’s words.

Even the mercenaries, who should have formed the first row and rested, were working hard to block the undead, and Lillian and Frederick were busy dealing with the powerful undead, respectively.

The energy that had been gathering the undead was removed, but the undead gathered right now had to be dealt with directly.

‘Dangerous. The undead are too close to me to use my magic.’

Kaicent, who saw the mercenaries becoming a melee as the ranks were crushed, finally decided to use ‘it’.

After confirming that people were busy dealing with the undead, he adjusted the belt to open the 0-dimensional warehouse.

“AT! HELP!”
“What? Kaicent! What is that…!”

Clint is embarrassed when he suddenly asks AT for help.
Before he could say anything, a Machinaroid-shaped AT appeared.

AT stared at Clint with liquid crystal eyes and seemed to be thinking about something, then ignored him and rushed towards the undead.

“It’s okay. You know they injected us with instructions to keep them from attacking us.”
“That’s true, but…”

Clint looked at AT anxiously, but AT destroyed the undead with his blades or powerful fists.

“Wow!?”
“What is this!?”
“I don’t think he’s… A human?”

At the same time as it appeared, the mercenaries were perplexed by the appearance of the AT, which took care of the undead in an instant.

“Don’t worry everyone! It’s like the golem in my hometown!”

As if to erase the anxiety of those mercenaries, Kaicent announced that he was a golem in his home world.

The mercenaries, who thought they could trust Kaicent’s words even if they didn’t know about others, were able to take a breather at the sight of AT slaughtering the undead.

“Did you inject commands to help us with that too?”
“No.”
“I see…Wait a minute. No?”

I thought the order was given because AT had no reason to help them, but no?

“Then why are you helping us?”

Kaicent just smiled at Clint’s question.