Chapter 1564 1392: After War-Meeting
That was because he had the ancient heritage! How was this possible? No one had ever seen this ancient heritage after the holy war from more than two centuries ago! Who exactly is he? Where did he get them from?
At this moment, the Undead Creatures moved ahead again. Their spirits were long gone and nothing could stop them forever, after alpl. Shortly after, they advanced like ink that spread across a white sheet of paper. Vandal watched and for some unknown reasons, his heart skipped a beat abruptly. He looked at the fortress ahead and another beam of light descended from the sky.
"Retreat! Retreat now!"
He ordered in a fluster while the Undead Creatures around him watched in silence. Suddenly, another dazzling light beam shone from above and in the blink of an eye, thousands of Undead Creatures vanished.
Vandal lowered his head. The spiritual flames in his eyes seemed incomparably dull. But shortly after, they burned stronger.
"Retreat. Order everyone to retreat."
He issued the order in a hoarse, deep voice.
The Undead Army retreated like the tide toward the protection of the Dark Dragon Soul and waited for their next attack. On the other hand, the soldiers above the city walls exploded into cheers. They knew that this was just a temporary victory, but it was equally precious.
''Sir Overlord, they've retreated."
"I know."
Alex squinted and spoke with knitted brows. Although the others were excited that the Undead Army had retreated, he wasn't delighted at all because he knew that this was only an intermission. The Undead Army wouldn't give up just yet, even after they realized the existence of the Holy Statues. The Undead Army had other ways to deal with them. If not, the Light Dragon and Dark Dragon wouldn't be evenly matched during the Big War.
Alex turned around.
"I have something to attend to. I'll leave everything to you here, Captain Mila. Please report to me immediately if you discover any signs of the enemies."
Unlike the previous meetings that were filled with hopeless emotions, everyone revealed excited expressions this time. Most of them were like Fred, who didn't feel confident against the Undead Army during the clash. But the tide turned instantly after Alex activated the Holy Statues, which instantly gave them strong hopes. It was due to this reason that when he entered the meeting room, he felt everyone's trustful and confident gazes. If it was in the past, many of them would doubt in his abilities to resist the Undead Army.
But, it was a pity that he wasn't here to solidify their confidence. Instead, he was here to pour cold water on them.
What they thought was far from reality.
Alex excused himself and went to take care of something before the meeting scheduled later.
In the meantime on the enemy's side.
Vandal felt like his army's assault was rather comical this time, where they attacked aggressively, but retreated with their heads held low. He expected a strong start, but not a weak finish. If he was leading a human army, perhaps their morale would have fallen to rock bottom by now. However, just as Alex expected, the Undead Army didn't have morale at all. They had no frustrations, negative emotions, and feared nothing—because they were the personification of despair.
Even though Vandal had a hard time in his battles, the other Undead Generals didn't laugh in his face. The emergence of an ancient heritage was totally unexpected and not even ten him could resist the strength that came from its origin. It was especially so when they looked up at the golden radiance enveloping the entire sky. No matter what, every creature would respect it regardless of positions.
But respect wasn't an excuse for failure.
He sat before his desk and stared at the military sand table in silence. The pitch-black chess pieces had retreated and were positioned far away from their target. He pushed forward his shriveled right hand which held the Undead Army flag and saw the other black flags crumbling. But he didn't stop. He continued to push and repeat this motion. Every time he repeated the motion, the spiritual flames in his eyes burned ever brighter. In the end, he revealed a sinister smile.
He had to admit that the young human indeed was capable to not activate the holy spears from the start. Instead, he lured them in and only activated them after they arrived at the foot of his fortress. Besides, he also understood the weakness of the holy spears—the time to charge up, which was why launched them in intervals. However, the weaknesses were concealed in the advantages. On the surface, the ancient heritage was threatening. But there was also a problem.
'Why did that human activate the ancient heritage at that moment?' He wondered, these things should exist anymore and if they do exist only few people on the continent should have them. So how? This question keep bothering Vandal and he wouldn't be getting the answer soon.
~Back to the meeting place.
"Why did I activate the holy spears at that moment?"
Alex descended the flight of stairs in the dark underground tunnel. The flames burning on the torches cast distorted shadow behind him. He answered Alice's question without turning back.
"Yes, Mr. Alex. The holy spears are our strongest trump cards. The Undead Creatures may have retreated, but honestly speaking, we didn't deal too much damage to them. We did a rough estimation and found out that only about ten thousand of them are eliminated. If it is as what you've mentioned, there are many more enemies than this. Isn't it a little too… reckless?"
"You're right about that. But we have no other choice."
Alex shrugged.
"We don't have enough Healers to handle their attacks and currently, only Cecilia and Selena are formidable spell casters apart from Maggie and Scarlett. But what can they do? There is easily a whole bunch of them in the Undead Army with similar standard. At this point, Cecilia and Selena are unable to deal massive damage to the enemies."
"Not only that, but Maggie and I also have to prepare ourselves in dealing with the Night Wyvern's attack. We have to conserve our strength before that."
Scarlett approached them and continued Alex's sentence
"Defending the fortress is an uninteresting matter. It is especially so in this situation. We can't come up with too many strategies like the battles between two armies. The enemies aren't humans and their determination is as strong as steel. Ordinary strategies won't work on them. Since that's the case, we can only meet force with force and frankly speaking, we may not be able to defeat them. Alice, I guess you're aware that if Maggie and I don't show up and if Alex didn't activate the holy spears, your Healers would have a hard time dealing with the enemies."
"…"
Alice and Cecilia fell into silence. In fact, that was the truth. They lacked too much manpower. In the two battles, most of the soldiers didn't contribute much and mostly relied on Alex and his powerful trump cards. The first clash ended with Madeline, Scarlett, and Maggie joining forces. This time, they relied on the Holy Statues to strike off the Undead Army while the others above the city walls were more like bystanders who cleaned up the remaining Undead Creatures.
"What other choices do we have? The soldiers are too weak."
Maggie shot her mouth off.
"In the past, no matter how many skeletons climbed over the walls, we would slaughter them all. But, there are really too few soldiers here. If the enemies were to climb up and overwhelmed the soldiers, this fortress would have become theirs. This is why Leader beat his brains out to keep the battle outside the fortress. You people should be glad that you're not the main attacking force. If you are, that means that Leader's fortress will be doomed entirely. How can you take on that many enemies? We would have been buried to death by them."
"…"
Cecilia knitted her brows, but she wasn't offended by Maggie. The truth was that they lacked too many manpower. Perhaps they had the Valkyries Army and Magic Fleet as backing, but Alex had told them that trump cards must be revealed one by one. They wouldn't scare the enemies away if he revealed them simultaneously. But…
"But if that's the case, our weaknesses were exposed to the enemies. Normally, wide-range spells are essential during such battles. But, we didn't do so and activated the holy spears instead. This equals to telling the enemies that we have a lack of spell casters…"
Cecilia clenched her fists and felt cold sweat in her palms.
"But… The enemy must have investigated beforehand and if they have records of our previous battle, they should be aware that there are two powerful spell casters in the fortress."
"Yes, but Maggie and I didn't attack."
Scarlett shook her head. Her smiling eyes glinted with some cheekiness.
''We are conserving our strength.''
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