City of Desire [Kingdom Building]

Chapter 50: Killing The Lich I

Hun!
 
The Knight was the first to move against the tide and was about to strike them when the coming tide parted, and six big zombies had stepped out.
 
Seeing them, my eyes couldn't help but widen.
 
Abominable zombies.
 
The six zombies that had come were huge; each one was at least six-five with mishappen bodies that were covered in a thick layer of bone that barely any flesh could be seen through it.
 
If I had not seen their undead eyes, I would have thought they were armored skeletons.
 
These are abominable zombies; they are strong zombies, which are further strengthened by necromancy magic.
 
It is very hard to make them, with a high failure rate, but once successful, they become a great tool for any lich and necromancer.
 
They are real terror.
 
As the Knights reached them, they attacked and attacked with a speed that I could not see them move.
 
Clang Clang Clang
 
The only thing I heard was the sound of blades clashing and six of them surrounding the Knight and attacking him from all angles. 
 
It is horrifying to watch when considering every single of those abominable zombies is enough to wipe me and most others out, and the Knight is facing six of them.
 
Hun!
 
If that wasn't bad, the tide parted again, revealing six more abominable zombies.
 
It filled everyone's heart with dread; many shook seeing them. 
 
They may have fought many battles, but seeing these zombies, a will to fight seemed to have left their hearts.
 
"There is no escape other than death," 
 
"Kneel to it, and it will be swift, resist, and you will feel the greatest pain of your life," said the lich in its hallowed voice, which nearly made a quarter of them kneel before they got control over their emotions.
 
At the same time, captain Julian and the woman named Fanya jumped and moved toward the abominable zombies and began fighting them.
 
"There is no need to fear; we have everything in control," said Grand Mage Blackstone in his booming voice; hearing it, our dreading hearts were filled with confidence.
 
"Hehe, you will soon see who kills who," said the Lich, and a moment later, the undead were upon us.
 
Two undead came at me; both were uncommon zombies. I have been dreading them since the moment I saw them, but there is no choice but to fight them.
 
Stilling my heart, I took a step forward and attacked; I used the Consecutive Strike and the Weighted Strike, making the attack faster and strongest I had ever made, with all the buffs supporting me.
 
The two zombies also reacted, and to my surprise, their speed and power were even stronger than mine, but I did let the surprise affect me.
 
Their attack was powerful, without a doubt, and it had even had some skills, but it was not enough to kill me.
 
I crouched down when the weapons of zombies were less than a hand distance away and moved my sword up toward the neck of the zombie holding a saber. 
 
Puch!
 
My rapier was fast, and it pierced through the neck of the zombie, even when it took a step back before it slashed left, tearing away half of its neck.
 
As I did not, I arched back, avoiding the sword of other zombies that cut some of my hair, and moved my sword back with everything I had.
 
Pachack!
 
The remaining head of the zombie cut down, but I did not have time to worry about my victory as its saber was still coming at me, as also the sword of the other zombie.
 
I moved left with Quick Steps, which resisted the way I used it while crouching down but still gave me enough speed to dodge the attack.
 
Rip!
 
I dodged the sword, but the saber hit me, piercing through the defense and tearing my clothes, but there was no disappointment in my eyes; instead, there was relief.
 
The Quick Steps and the armor covering me had saved me; otherwise, I would have lost my whole hand from the shoulder rather than a few threads of my shirt.
 
I had just got up when the zombie attacked me again, and I immediately took a step back with the Quick Steps before moving forward. 
 
I appeared to the left of it, missing its sword by less than an inch, and slashed my sword at its neck. 
 
It moved to dodge and, at the same time, brought its sword to defend, but I moved my wrist a little and easily avoided the sword before my rapier touched its neck and began to cut through it.
 
Pachac!
 
Its neck is thick, with hard skin and solid bone; a normal sword could forget about killing through it without the aid of powerful skills. 
 
I have no such problem; my sword is buffed by spells, while at the same time, its enchantment is giving it a sharp edge that could cut through any bone and skin, even the one being reinforced with magic.
 
The head flew in the air as the sword came out from the other side.
 
For a moment, I felt quite proud of my skills, but when I looked at Eva and others, a smile on my face turned mirthless.
 
I am doing good with the level I have, especially compared to half of the people who have not finished even a single uncommon zombie but compared to Eva and others, it is nothing.
 
Eva had finished off six uncommon zombies, and now her strings were cutting through the neck of seventh and eighth. While Leena seemed to have become a storm, each of her strikes would kill an undead.
 
Still, there are hundreds of them, and thousands are gathering behind us, not to mention the biggest danger, for whom we have come to kill, had yet to cast a single spell.
 
Hun!
 
I had just thought that when I heard a faint sound and, a second later, saw the thing causing it, a thick white mist.
 
Chill Mist.
 
A wide area spell of necromancy domain, quite a powerful spell for a people like me. Even with all the protection, it would freeze my soul with that wave if it hit me; not only me, except for a bare few, everyone would be frozen by it.
 
The wave was fast, and soon, it was only a few meters ahead of us; with speed, it was coming, and it would not take more than three seconds for it to reach us.
 
Thud!
 
I was worrying about it while looking at the undead coming toward me when I heard the faint thud, and warm golden light covered me and moved toward the chill mist.
 
The source of it is obviously the staff of High Mage Blackstone.
 
"Focus on killing the undead; leave the lich and its spells to me," said the Grand Mage, and I felt the load on my shoulder lessen.
 
I have been worrying about the Lich a lot, but now, I don't have to. It feels to know that someone is responsible for that, as if something squishes me like an ant, and I don't want to die.
 
At least not yet; I have died young before; I want to live now and see this wonderful, dangerous world.
 
Hun!
 
I was in my thousands when suddenly, I swung my sword with all my strength and also used the Weighted Strike, as the danger coming required it.
 
Clang!
 
My rapier clashed again with the bone bolt released by the skeletal beast, crushing it to pieces while giving a huge shock to my arm that I had nearly let go of it.
 
The skeletons coming toward me had been destroyed by spells of mages a few moments ago, and I thought I would get a rest of a few seconds, but I was an idiot to think that and an even bigger idiot to lose focus.
 
I was very lucky this time that I was able to sense the attack, and to my great luck, I was able to defend myself against the attack.
 
It was so cool that, if I were not fighting a battle of life and death, I would have danced in joy for doing something that I had only heard of.
 
The bone beast had reached closest to me and leaped with its sharp claws and mouth, which was opened enough to fit my head inside and crush it.
 
It bears similarity to the wolf but is not; it is made from different bones belonging to many races and beasts, optimal for killing. 
 
This design is quite common due to its efficiency and the fear induced by those burning eyes.
 
I calmly looked at the bone beast before I moved, or should I say, ducked down with my sword above and remained there.
 
I only needed to stay in the position for a second before it reached close to me, and I acted. 
 
I swung my sword toward the beast with all my strength and the power of Weighted Strike.
 
Khaa…
 
It only took a fraction of a second for my sword to hit its face, and the enchanted runes across my rapier lighted up and began to cut through it.
 
A second later, my rapier came out from the other side while the pieces of bones fell around me.
 
The moment I did, I got up and moved forward five steps to the right before swinging my sword to the left.
 
Three undead come at me, two zombies and one skeleton, all of them uncommon.
 
Pachac
 
I decapitated the zombie in a single strike and immediately moved back to dodge the attack of the skeleton and zombie. 
 
Rip!
 
I was able to dodge the attack of the zombie, but the bone spear of the skeleton had torn through the protection and pierced an inch into my stomach.
 
If not for the armor, it would have gone to the other, tearing a hole through my body.
 
Still, the wound was nothing to scoff at, and pain made my eyes go read, but I did not focus on it and moved toward the enemy while hoping the mass healing spell covering me would at least stop the bleeding.
 
Sup Sup Sup
 
As I moved toward the two undead, I felt all the hair on my body stand up, only to see hundreds of grey bolts appearing in the air before coming down at us at speed faster than the bullet.
 
It was the attack I couldn't dodge, so I did not even focus on it and moved toward the enemies against which I could do something.
 
Dub Dub Dub
 
It is a good thing I did not focus on the bolts, as the shields appeared above us and bore the shower of deathly bolts.
 
It took me seven seconds to finish two of them before moving toward another group of undead coming toward me, and this time, it was bigger, with three zombies and two skeletons, all uncommon.
 
While moving toward them, I was able to glance at something and couldn't help but close my eyes for a second.
 
A human died, there was a big wound across her chest, and she was not moving. Seeing how no mage moved to heal her, it is clear she is dead. 
 
She is the first, as more would die.
 
I began to fight against the five undead, never going too far from the line and always returning to it when I was finished, but it started to get harder as more undead began to attack us.
 
The injuries across my body also began to pile up; the five undead gave me two injuries, one big as the spear wound from the skeleton.
 
I was glad that there was a healing aura; it was not powerful enough to heal the wounds, but it was powerful enough to stop the bleeding and become worse as I moved, but as like defensive armor, it was getting weaker the more it was used.
 
I hoped the mages would recharge them, or I would be in big trouble.
 
Not only me but others too; Eva, who fights from a distance with her strings, also has a couple of injuries across her, one that is quite close to her chest.
 
If it had been slightly above, her life would have been threatened.
 
A minute passed, and things became bad; I saw two more humans dying, and these are the ones I could; there may more that I might, but I truly hope not.
 
Things are bad now, but they will become worse soon; a large number of skeletons have gathered outside the grove, over a thousand from what I could see, and they will pour in soon.
 
Seeing that, I couldn't help but feel there was no surviving it, but even these thoughts did not stop me from fighting.
 
Hun!
 
I was fighting when a sudden change occurred on the battlefield.
 
The Knight, the woman Fanya and Captain Julian, all three fighting abominable zombies, had suddenly cut them.
 
The Knight cut the three zombies he was fighting in a single motion, the same done by Captain Julien and the women.
 
It is clear the attack had been coordinated.
 
As they killed the zombies, a powerful fiery blast came out from behind and killed tens of zombies and skeletons in a single strike.
 
It made the way, which was likely the attack's real purpose, seeing how three of them moved into the way that was just made by the attack.
 
High Mage Blackstone is also moving with them as he disappears and appears beside them and casts a spell that increases their speed so much that all I am able to see is blue as they move through the zombies.
 
I had been worried that they had forgotten our real target, but I guessed they had not. 
 
Now, I just wish they would kill the lich, as it is the only way we would survive.

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