Seeing that the fire had already started, Carl turned around and rushed towards the Skeleton Knight who had just spoken.

Regardless of the other undead, this guy must die here today!

Carl released all the fire elements that had been accumulated in the dragon crystal recently, and smashed towards the skeleton knight like a falling meteor.

No one expected Carl to be so decisive. The Skeleton Knight was unable to dodge and was knocked off his horse.

The two men rolled together in the burning woods, beating each other up.

However, Carl was wearing power armor, which not only insulated him from heat, but his fists also caused thunderous damage.

Although this skeleton knight has a high IQ, his hardware strength is indeed not as good as Carl's.

While beating the opponent, Carl would occasionally shoot a bullet at the skeleton knight's head.

I don’t know if the other Skeleton Knights were not smart enough, but they actually left the two men to fight while they led the Undead Soldiers to put out the fire.

Although the fire was somewhat under control, the thick smoke could not fail to be noticed by the rangers in the distance.

So their attempt to control the fire now is completely exacerbating the problem.

The Skeleton Knight who was entangled with Carl probably knew this, so he had been trying hard to convey this matter to his companions.

But unfortunately, just as he was about to speak, Carl used his psychic power to interfere with him.

Carl didn't know how the skeleton made sounds, but that didn't stop him from getting rid of the Skeleton Knight.

As Carl struck out with his Thunder Fists one after another, the Skeleton Knight could already feel the power of the Kingdom of Death attached to him beginning to loosen.

This means that his life as a ghost is about to come to an end.

At the critical moment, the skeleton knight had a flash of inspiration and connected with the undead soldiers under his command through the mental link and rushed towards Carl.

“Buzz——”

Suddenly, a roar was heard.

Then, the sound of trees falling was heard around.

Following the sound, I saw Hope, who was more than three meters tall, wielding the chainsaw in both hands and chopping down the burning trees one by one.

“Karl!”

Seeing that Carl and the Skeleton Knight were wrestling with each other, she immediately rushed over here.

"Hope! Kill this skeleton knight!"

After shouting this loudly, Carl turned over and kicked the Skeleton Knight away.

Flying in the air, the Skeleton Knight looked at Hope, trying to do something under the threat of death.

So, he used the Crown of Madness just like the Skeleton Knight just now.

But this spell is not very threatening to individuals with higher perception.

Hope's perception attribute is enough for her to be employed as a druid, and she is currently using rage.

The spell had just taken effect, and before Hope could show any signs of abnormality, her body continued with the previous action guided by instinct.

The roaring chainsaw chopped down vertically, cutting the Skeleton Knight into two pieces.

The power of the Kingdom of Death dissipated from the Skeleton Knight's body, and he turned into a pile of bones.

Hope's eyes were a little confused for a moment, and then they became clear again.

Looking at the souls around her putting out the fire, she actually felt it was a bit ridiculous for a moment.

“Are they putting out a fire?”

No matter how you look at it, the undead and firefighting don't go well together. Compared to firefighting, setting fires is more suitable for them.

"Heh! They are afraid that the smoke will be seen by the rangers in the distance and expose their whereabouts. But it seems that their brains are not very good enough. At this time, they are still thinking about putting out the fire."

Because most of these skeleton knights were transformed not long ago, their intelligence is indeed not very good.

There is no clear rule as to how much of the undead's wisdom they inherit from their previous lives. Aside from the self-transformed undead like the lich, whether the rest of the undead are intelligent depends entirely on luck.

After helping Carl up, Hope didn't say much. He just found a skeleton knight and rushed over.

There is no need to explain the power advantage of large creatures. A skeleton knight who was unable to react in time was chopped into two pieces by her along with his mount.

At this time, the Skeleton Knights finally realized what their top priority was.

They immediately gave up putting out the fire and charged towards Hope with their undead men.

Even for Hope, nothing good would happen if he was surrounded by this group of people.

As it happens, Hope’s rampage time is drawing to a close.

She and Carl looked at each other, and then she took the initiative to stop frenzy.

Carl activated the dragon crystal again, used the last bit of fire element to drive the power armor, and flew out of the woods with Hope.

In the distance, Lisanna was waiting in the carriage.

"These two people must have turned back because they saw the smoke. If that's the case, the rangers in Hongye Township should have seen it as well..."

Thinking silently in his mind, Carl landed safely and rushed towards the carriage with Hope.

"Lisanna! Get the carriage moving!"

Although Carl originally wanted Lisanna and Hope to seek help from the rangers in Red Leaf Township first, now that the two have returned, it would be inappropriate to say anything else.

When she saw Hope and Carl, Lisanna's eyes lit up and she drove the carriage again.

Carl and Hope chased for a while and then climbed into the carriage.

Behind him, the skeleton knights and undead soldiers were chasing him relentlessly.

Both sides ran on the road for a while, and suddenly, a wave of arrows rained down from the sky.

At the same time, loud bird calls sounded in the sky.

Carl knew that this must be the ranger from Red Leaf Township.

Sure enough, as the rain of arrows arrived, several rangers riding on their beast companions appeared from the front.

Seeing the skeleton knights and other undead behind Carl and the others, they changed direction tacitly, and then adopted the kite tactic, continuously shooting arrows at the undead behind them.

The Skeleton Knights wanted to fight back, but their arrows were naturally not as powerful as those of the rangers.

Apart from nailing a few of them on Carl's family's carriage, there was no output throughout the process.

Seeing that Red Leaf Township was just ahead, several skeleton knights urged their mounts desperately, trying to catch up.

But Carl climbed onto the roof of the carriage again, raised his arms and opened fire.

Bullets fell like raindrops, and in a short while, the Undead troops in the rear suffered large-scale casualties.

They had already been roasted by the flames in the woods for a while, and their bones had cracked due to the high temperature.

With Carl's burst of shooting, many undead soldiers were killed immediately.

Several rangers surrounding the carriage looked at Carl with twinkling eyes. If the current situation was not wrong, they would have come up to him and asked where Carl bought his weapons.

As they were about to reach Hongye Township, a beam of fire suddenly rose from the village.

"Master?"

Hope cried out in surprise, and the flame fell to the ground and turned into a Fire Elemental Archon.

The flaming sword slashed out, and the undead troops who had no time to dodge were affected by the flames, directly losing half of their undead soldiers.

(End of this chapter)