As the sun set, its afterglow perfectly divided the two camps along the center line.
One side, bathed in dappled light, resembles a warrior in a fairy tale, fearless in the face of death.
One side was shrouded in the shade of the trees, like a demon that came in the night.
"Powerful undead creature, dare you step forward and speak? I am the guardian of this forest, why have you invaded our home without cause?" A hoarse voice rang out, and lines resembling the opening and closing of a mouth appeared on a towering tree.
"kill."
Sheena stood at the back, coldly issuing the order, completely ignoring the other party.
Just kidding, does the Netherworld need a reason to invade others?
Before the Abyss appeared, the Scourge of the Undead was one of the greatest enemies of all realms.
At the command, tens of thousands of skeleton soldiers charged forward without hesitation.
"Prepare to engage!"
The ancient tree sighed inwardly and gave the order. Although it was powerful, it was slow-moving. It had originally planned to trick the opponent into coming forward so it could take the opportunity to attack, since killing more ordinary skeletons would be useless against a powerful undead.
Boom!
A series of collapse sounds rang out, and a large number of pits suddenly appeared on the path of the undead army. Many skeleton warriors fell directly into them and were crushed by the burrowing giant pythons that were lying in ambush.
But the skeleton warriors seemed not to see it, and without even changing direction, they fell into the pit one after another.
"Hahaha, these undead creatures are so stupid. I really don't know how the races on the outskirts lost to them." A steelback demon bear laughed loudly.
“That’s right, this is the first time I’ve seen something so eager to die,” the two-headed wolf grinned and chimed in.
But soon, the smiles on their faces froze.
As more and more skeletons entered the pit, the burrowing python, which initially easily crushed its opponents, gradually became overwhelmed.
Even after being swallowed in half, these undead creatures continued to attack with bone knives.
The python had less and less room to move, and its wounds multiplied. Finally, when the 17th skeleton joined the battle, the python, having lost too much blood, lost its ability to resist and was chopped into pieces of flesh.
The still-intact skeleton struggled to crawl out of the giant pit and continued forward, its bones stained with blood, making it look like a demon from hell.
Even more despairingly, as a skeleton wielding a bone staff cast a spell, four or five skeleton warriors crawled out from the giant python's body and joined the battle.
Teammates who were just fighting side by side have turned into enemies in the blink of an eye!
This scene stunned these creatures who had almost never fought against the undead realm. They only snapped out of their daze when the skeleton warrior was about to hit their faces and hastily launched a counterattack.
"Kill these evil creatures!"
"For our homeland!"
The native warriors of the forest roared to bolster their spirits and launched a counterattack.
Armored rhinoceroses, confident in their strong defenses, charged recklessly into the horde of skeletons, smashing them to pieces and crushing many of their fragile bones.
As they went deeper, the skeletons became more and more dense. Their momentum was exhausted, and they were forced to stop. Countless bone knives pierced the tough skin, most of them only leaving white marks, but some of them pierced into the folds of the skin.
Those were its relatively weak points in defense, and bloody holes appeared one after another. In pain, the armored rhinoceros twisted wildly, throwing the surrounding skeleton warriors away.
But all of that was a futile struggle. Blood continued to flow, and the armored rhinoceros gradually lost its life. Under the skeleton mage's skills, a large group of skeleton warriors rose from the corpses and joined the battle.
On the other side of the battlefield, a large group of gnoll archers were frustrated as they exchanged fire with archers hidden among the skeletons.
Their poison arrows are not very powerful; they rely mainly on their poison to win.
—But when you encounter a skeleton, you either have to pass through the gaps in its bones or find it difficult to penetrate.
What makes it even more painful for them is that after finally managing to hit their opponent, they only need to gently remove the poisoned and blackened bone and discard it.
However, if these gnolls are accidentally shot and killed, a skeleton mage will immediately cast a spell to summon undead warriors on the spot, causing a large-scale riot.
As one side gains at the expense of the other, they suffer repeated defeats.
The most tragic family was the Lei Shi clan.
They habitually use electric shocks to paralyze their opponents before killing them with a single blow.
However, having suffered from the lack of compulsory education in this other world, they do not understand that bones are poor conductors and almost insulators, rendering the numbing effect of electric shocks completely ineffective.
After unleashing their skills, the group of Thunder Lions excitedly rushed forward, intending to bite off the other's neck, but unexpectedly, their heads were chopped off by a counterattack.
More skeleton warriors rose up.
This is the fighting style of the undead: no tactics, no evasion, just kill all living things in front of you and turn them into allies.
"There's no way to kill them all!"
"They're increasing in number!"
"Why don't we retreat and go to another forest? Why risk our lives?"
Fear gradually took hold of the forest allied warriors. They had only temporarily united and even had many conflicts among themselves. Now that the battle was going badly, many of them were considering retreating.
Especially for those weaker groups, who already enjoy a smaller share, they are even less willing to fight.
With the defense line on the verge of collapse, the forest guardians were forced to send out high-ranking experts.
Most of them have some special abilities, and their speed, strength, and defense far surpass those of ordinary skeleton soldiers.
The reason they weren't sent out at the beginning was because, according to the forest guardians' observations, the opposing general had a special ability to control powerful individuals.
It originally intended to wait for the opponent to appear, restrain them, and then send out elite troops to clean up the battle.
Unexpectedly, the opponent, despite being powerful, was overly cautious and cunning, hiding in the shadows all along.
A giant covered in ice crystals continuously unleashed bursts of icy energy, freezing large swathes of skeletons. Meanwhile, a colossal ape charged in, shattering them one by one into dust.
There were also giant eagles spewing acid, flying in mid-air and slaughtering the undead legion at will. Before the skeleton archers' arrows could even get close, they were blown away by the eagles flapping their wings.
Hidden in the shadows, Sheena gave a cold smile, her crimson eyes gleaming with an unusual light.
If you can't control this old tree, can't you at least control these weaklings who are only at the silver and gold levels?
Your subordinates are very useful; they're mine now!
The cursed seal is activated!
Several invisible fluctuations of law descended, and the various powerful figures who were originally killing the undead army suddenly stopped their actions. Their eyes were filled with blood and strange incantations, and they turned around to launch an attack on the forest army.
Caught completely off guard, a large number of forest guards were slaughtered, leaving behind a field of corpses.
A large number of skeleton mages stepped forward and unleashed their skills, and hundreds or even thousands of skeleton warriors appeared on the spot.
Seeing more and more enemies, and with the high command inexplicably turning against them, the Forest Alliance completely lost its will to fight and began to flee.
"Enough, you damned undead creatures!" A hoarse roar rang out.
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