The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor - Chapter 23-9

Chapter 23-9

From the sky lightning struck towards the ground .

In the direction of the dark clouds’ movement, it looked like lightnings was scraping the ground with its sharp claws . With a force to scorch the earth it demolished buildings, ripped trees apart and incinerated monsters .

Necromancers’ saw pitch black clouds over the monastery, blasting the ground with incredible lightning strikes . Every time lightning struck the ground the area lit up so brightly it blinded the eyes . Hearing the sound coming from the monastery, they could guess its incredible power .

“Incredible . Was that Weed’s attack spells?”

“Its power surpass any large-scale magic… there must be an unbelievable number of monsters dying . ”

Just as the Necromancers’ thought, there was tremendous amounts of casualties for the monsters in the monastery . The swords they were holding acted as a great target for lightning to conduct through . Monsters hit directly by the lightning turned immediately into grey light and disappeared . But the lightning with surplus power spread to its vicinity, electrocuting many other monsters and doing additional damage to their health .

Usually it was only after the Great Magic spread out that the Magician’s were satisfied spectating the effect that their magic displayed . But Weed did not have the luxury of doing such a thing .

As soon as he heard lightning strike, he used his both hands to dig deeper to make sure he wouldn’t get hit . The endless instinct for survival . He was digging faster than a dog trying to dig out snacks he hid few a days ago!

He never knew the lightning would be this serious . It was as though the lightning was trying to prove the ‘great disaster’ part of Natural Sculpting .

The structure was being viciously torn apart, filling the surroundings with the sounds of explosions . The monastery was already reducing the life of all the Undead, the day that Weed was struck by lightning was the day his life was not guaranteed .

Great Disaster Nature Sculpting, it was an extensive display of attack in battle, it exceeded his expectation by several times . The only problem with the skill was that Weed had to go through it as well .

Necromancers gave several thumbs up in the direction of the monastery . They imagined Death Knight Weed, slaughtering monsters with his cape flapping in a place they can call a hell of lightning .

Necromancers drew closer to the monastery and cast support magic on the Undead . Fortunately, the lightning stopped within three minutes, but for those who were experiencing it directly, the time dragged on indefinitely .

Most of the monsters had to withstand the thunderstorm with their bare bodies . It inflicted damage to life and stats and what could be said the most important for battle, morale decreased sharply .

Weed popped out only his head from the pit after the sound stopped . Without fail he looked like a good impression of a mole, but surviving was the foremost priority .

Zzaap… .

As soon as he heard a sign of lightning he covered his head with his cape and hid back in the pit . Some streams of lightning still struck intermittently . Breathing in deeply couple of time, Weed checked the situation was calm and only then did he come out from the pit .

Corpses of monsters were strewn about . About a quarter of the Death Knight were gone . Unluckily, some were struck by lightning and the others kept fighting monsters while Weed was hiding .

But far off a great whirlwind was blowing . Great Disaster Nature Sculpting was not completely finished . The whirlwind devoured the monsters and Undead in Natalia Plains and then flung them everywhere . Weed tried to avoid on his gargoyle but, swept up the whirlwind, it changed its direction, passed through some place way far from the monastery and soon disappeared .

Just by using Great Disaster Nature Sculpting, he could become way more renowned than now .

Weed was able to withstand more by himself but the condition of the Death knights wasn’t good so they left the monastery . The Death knights had hunted many high-rank monsters but the aftermath of Great Disaster Nature Sculpting was way beyond their class so it was hard to say that the Death Knights achieved something .

With help from the Necromancers with restoration and curse spells, they attacked the monastery again . At that time, the main forces of the Undead leapt over the wall and were already fighting . Monsters and Undead were in fierce engagement and some perished due to the holy power . Glancing far and wide the battle could be seen everywhere . There was complete pandemonium as the monsters and Undead battled .

The Skeleton Warrior that axed the altar vanished in a burst of blue light but the holy power was reduced .

“Destroy everything!”

The Death knights yelled and motivated the Undead . The ruins of the monastery were completely shattered by Undead . Weed’s faith dropped following the destruction but he had to risk it .

“Sweep away all the monsters!”

Weed was in the forefront hunting monsters and Necromancers came after him, raising corpses into Undead . As the holy power protecting the monastery weakened, Undead forces reinforcements increased scarily . The Death Knights also regained their combat strength and the monsters decided to run away instead of fighting anymore . They judged that the monastery was no longer safe from the Undead .

“Chase them!”

The greatest achievement could be made when hunting down escaping monsters . Weed chased the monsters fleeing from the monastery with Death Knights and hunted them down . He was able to gain a significant amount of experience .

DING!

In fact, over 110 thousand Undead were deployed in the battle and only 14 thousand monsters were fighting against them . Against such a huge obstacle of holy power, the Undead were grievously wounded but were able to claim a victory .

“I can finally meet Balkan . ”

Weed took a deep breath .

His preliminary objective of meeting Balkan, King of The Undead, was complete now . While Morata became a target of The Undead Legion, its public order, industry, agriculture and birthrate was heavily damaged .

Balkan was a threat to the Northern Continent because he may regain his strength at any point in the future . The reason Weed was clearing quests from The Undead Legion and raising his rank with such sincerity was to make Balkan rest in peace forever .

All his works has been a preparation for rebellion!

He eavesdropped Necromancers who approached the monastery on ghouls .

“I can finally learn a higher tier curse spell . ”

“I learned the Undead Summoning spell… What’s your reward, Orbo?”

“I decided to get a Robe of Corpse . ”

Seemed like their quests and rewards differed based on their achievements . No one was talking about being able to meet Balkan like Weed .

Marey and Harien entered inside the monastery .

“Let’s get out and have a celebratory party . ”

The monastery was still piled up with holy power so it still was a bad place for Undead . The Death Knights mounted their gargoyles and waited for the order to withdraw .

‘I need to find treasures…’

With some lingering feeling of regret, Weed left the monastery with the Undead . He led the Undead into a huge victory and was returning back to the Necromancers .

“Hurray for the War God!”

“Thanks to Weed-nim, we were able to clear the quest easily . Thank you . ”

Players one upped each other trying to thank him . It seemed easy now that the battle was over, but everyone knew that without Weed’s capabilities of command they wouldn’t have been guaranteed to win .

It wouldn’t have been easy to deploy their undead forcefully and if the the monsters in the monastery were persistent, then they all would have been wiped out by the holy power .

However, Weed infiltrated the monastery with Death Knights and dispersed the enemies’ attention, shortening the time . If the monsters held on for at least an hour, then surely the Undead would have died .

In the end the Undead won the battle against time .

The Necromancers felt that it was very close and were thankful to Weed for his reckless decisiveness, which barely managed to clear the quest . Weed didn’t appreciate lip thanks .

“What I did wasn’t much . ”

On a birthday or a graduation, you get presents . It was frustrating, all they did was say thank you for clearing the quest for them . A disappointment that they did not know amity cultures such as bribery or reception .

‘Well, I couldn’t have done it by myself . ’

After all, Weed was only able to clear the quest with full supports and co-operation from the Necromancers . Beside Marey who had been hunting with Weed recently, Harien listened to Weed’s opinion and actively persuaded the others .

He was able to clear the quest because Jeanne and Otem fully understood the possibility and participated in his plan so he couldn’t possibly ask for something from them . Weed made the greatest contributions, but it was only accomplished with the help of the other Necromancers .

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“A truly amazing amount of Undead . ”

Polon brought along Knights, Mages, Spellcasters and rangers on standby to a place far away from Natalia Plains . It wasn’t easy to arrive because the Undead from The Undead Legion were wandering around but, thanks to Zabrin’s detailed guiding, they arrived safely .

“Can the Necromancers win?”

He waited for the battle with interest .

Bringing the assault armies of the Hermes guild here was a covert operation so they haven’t been revealing themselves . But a few moments after the battle began, Zabrin talked in a whisper .

- Weed the War God appeared!

Polon was trying to get the Undead Legion into his hands and recruit Necromancers one by one but his original target was Weed . A man known as the rival of Bard Ray from Hermes guild . From that point, Polon used the Hermes guild’s communication network so that rangers and spellcaster players could hear as well .

Polon : Is he really Weed?

Zabrin : He sang a song . The Necromancers all said it was Weed . He was among the unidentified players .

Polon : Are you certain about this?

Zabrin : He blew a horn . The Horn of Treserk!

It was an item known to be in Weed’s possession . If it was that, then it was enough evidence to believe it was the real Weed .

‘A battle with Weed . ’

Polon’s hand shook in excitement . He was a high-level ranker and a Grand Master . He experienced tons of battles but he had never killed a big shot like the War God . The Hermes guild’s communication network got busy . The players, who were instantly recognizable by their names, showed interest and asked for the situation .

Zabrin : Just now, Weed got on a gargoyle and went inside the monastery .

Polon : Didn’t you say it’s a place where Undead can’t go in?

Zabrin : Well… it’s an extremely dangerous place but he went in .

Polon : If that’s the case, then get the Spellcasters, rangers, knights and mages ready for advance . If Weed survives and comes out, we will attack him right away .

Polon was on standby listening to what Zabrin was saying .

Zabrin : The Undead can’t break through the monsters easily . This place is by far the worst place to fight .

Zabrin reported to Polon everything that was going on in the battle through the Hermes guild’s communication network . It was a moment where famous rankers were paying attention to Zabrin . He was busy chatting with no time to cast a spell .

ZAAAAAP!

When the thunder hit the monastery, even Polon’s place got bright continuously . Polon could imagine how tense the battle was from Zabrin’s reports and the sound of thunder .

‘To enter a place like that, leading his Death Knights . ’

Even if he was Weed, surely he isn’t immortal . But he hoped Weed wouldn’t die in the monastery .

‘I’m the one that has to take away his life . That’s the only way to achieve my mission of coming here . ’

He waited and waited until he heard from Zabrin that the Undead had besieged the monastery . Zabrin said it was an extremely difficult quest but Weed succeeded yet again .

Zabrin : You can come now . He went out .

It was convenient to have someone giving you information .

“We are moving out . ”

Polon led the knights, rangers, spellcasters and moved out .

“Raise the flag”

One of the Knights raised a flag with the symbol of Hermes guild on it . The emblem of the Hermes guild containing a crown and a castle!

Raising this flag had the effect of raising morale and fighting spirit . Primarily though, it overwhelmed the enemies emotionally with the fact that it was the flag of the strongest guild in the Versailles Continent . Unless it’s an outside enemy guild’s influence, it was a flag that made enemies step back .

“We entered in range of the Undead . ”

There was some distance between the place they and where Weed and other Necromancers were but they were easily within the Spellcasters’ range .

“Do not give them time to recover . Attack right now . ”

The Mages among the spellcasters swung their hands and cast spells .

“Fire Circle!”

Huge fireballs were created and flew straight into the Undead armies . A spell heading into Undead with bright light and dark smoke!

“An attack!”

“Magicians are here!”

Necromancers shouted in surprise but fire circles had already blasted the Undead . The flames spread as though they were alive and devoured Undead .

Rangers with high mobility advanced and got in position .

“Shoot at once!”

Whoosh!

The arrows the rangers shot poured down on where the Undead gathered like rain .

“Kyaoh!”

The Undead suffered exceptional damage . A large ghoul with high health vanished with two hits of arrows from afar . Their arrows were made out of holy silver blessed by priests, not to mention dipped in holy water . They took reference from Weed’s previous battle with Shire, they came here fully armed to fight against the Undead .

The Undead didn’t even have time to respond and were struck by spells and silver arrows .

“Wha… What is this . They are players . There were other players besides Necromancers?”

“What quest did they receive to come here? Why are they attacking us?”

“The flag they are holding is Hermes guild . How did they come here . . . ”

“A ranker . Grand master of Crema, Polon . He’s attacking us . ”

Necromancers had no clue an assault team from Hermes guild would come for them and didn’t know what to do .

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“Get in lines . Pick up your wooden shields and defend!”

The Undead took up a defensive formation with their shields at Weed’s order, but taking a surprise attack their damage was unbelievable because they were already weakened by holy power .

It was difficult for skeletons to block silver arrows from the rangers and the area-of-effect spells took out thousands of Undead laughably . It was better to step back rather than block .

But their retreat path was blocked by the Natalia Plains, which were still filled with holy power .

Even though the Undead were reforming their positions at Weed’s command, the magic attacks devastated them . Because it was an ambush, they had no choice but to receive a lot of damage .

“Death knights, get on gargoyles . Detour in the air and make it look like you are trying attack them . ”

Weed used an emergency measure in a hurry to contain the magicians . They were elite Death Knights that were beaten to a pulp in the battle of the monastery, but they had to be expended to protect the other Undead .

Polon looking at the scene and raised his sword high .

As a knight, his fighting style was to injure enemies with arrows and spells and then a frontal charge with the knights . He was in a bit of a hurry as he wanted to confront Weed face to face .

“Advance!”

DU DU DU DU!

200 men of the Crema Knights galloped . Their steeds were legendary horses, they who were small as a speck of grain were getting awfully close .

“As a defense formation against the knights, ghouls take the front line and skeletons gather and resist . Do not split apart . ”

Weed prepared rapidly as soon as enemies appeared in his sight . Usually, the skeletons would follow orders even if it meant getting their spines crushed but the Crema Knights’ charge had an effect inducing panic . Because it lowers morale and fighting spirit, it took some time for Undead to get in their assigned formation .

Necromancers snapped out .

“They keep attacking us . ”

“Shouldn’t we fight back instead of just watching?”

Necromancers cast curse spells towards the Knights and created walls of bone . But due to the knights’ magic resisting armors, the curse spell wasn’t so effective . They also crushed the walls instantly and continued charging . The Necromancers were able to summon thorn vines to make a swamp area and disturb the Knight's charge .

Polon shouted in a loud voice .

“I have no grudges against the Necromancers . We only want Weed so get out of our way!

If anyone tries to help Weed, you will also be compelled to die by Hermes guild . ”

An order of death by Hermes guild!

It’s impossible to step a foot in Haven kingdom, and you can’t enter territories of it affiliated guilds as well . There was not a single safe place in the central continent .

Hermes guild has been operating assassination units to take care of whoever’s on the order of death list . They were so very well-known for their infamous actions that the Necromancers couldn’t help but hesitate .

But Weed just smiled .

“Yeah, life is alway meant to be lived alone . ”

He predicted that Hermes guild would target and fight him again . With all the wars of the Haven kingdom and establishment of the kingdom, he assumed the Northern continent was safe . But if they arrived with full preparation against Undead, it meant that they responded very quickly .

Usually, there were living-sculptures or trustworthy allies beside him . There was no way he would have reinforcements on par with Hermes guild around him because if something happened he was willing to forfeit the Undead Legion quest itself .

If there are at least ten magicians over level 350, it would be difficult for Weed unless he could close in the range with them . Mobilizing strong forces like rangers and magicians in an army unit just to hunt down Weed!

In contrast, Weed was by himself .

When you are fighting against gigantic mighty guilds, you have to expect to be in an unfair situation .

“Way better than the increase in gas price in winter or ice cream with decreasing size and inflating price in summer . ”

Criticizing dirty society, he took out his sword . Focused his strength in his fingers and grabbed the sword tightly . The Knights were approaching like the wind .

‘My body is at its worst condition . ’

Even though as Undead his stamina did not decrease, only one third of his health was left . Even though he got out of the monastery and Natalia Plains, his reduced combat capabilities from the holy power hadn’t fully recovered yet . They were still reduced by approximately 15% . He considered getting on a gargoyle and escaping but then all arrows and spells would be targeting him .

There was not enough time to call the Death Knights again and if many were gathered, they would surely be attacked by attack spells .

Weed exploded with Roar of the Lion .

“All Undead, listen!”

Weed didn’t speak quickly while the Crema Knights were rushing towards him . Instead, he was taking a breath .

500 meters, 400 meters, 300 meters .

With no interference from the Necromancers, the Crema knights closed the gap instantly .

“Dismantle defensive formation, get in offensive formation!”

To stop enemies’ rush, the defense of ghouls, skeletons or zombies was way too weak . Even Weed’s affiliated elite Undead would be no match for them .

Then if defence did not work, choosing offence was Weed’s method!

If the Undead blend in with knights, they won’t be targeted by arrows or spells .

“All attack!”

Undead from every side except the rear clustered against the knights . They were all injured and limping but the number was tremendous .

Polon shouted with disappointment .

“Oh, Weed . What a disgrace to your name . If you think you can hold our feet with this shallow numbers it's really laughable!”

Only warriors and soldiers with proper armor can stop the Crema Knight's charge .

Undead with weak defense would just be easily penetrated .

“Charge!”

The clash between Undead and knights!

Skeletons were demolished and their bones flew off and ghouls turned into grey light . Every time knights stabbed with spear and slashed with swords using their speed, Undead died . Even their spears and swords were covered by silver so they could not hold out .

They were smart enough to use holy power, holy water and silver against the Undead . The Veteran Undead that Weed and the Necromancers worked to difficulty assault the El Vance Monastery with were being slaughtered mercilessly .

While the knights were taking care of Undead, Weed moved .

‘Of course I knew Undead wouldn’t be of any great help . ’

It was impossible to stop the enemies’ rush with half-dead Undead . Even so, he had to try using the large number of Undead .

Weed blended in with the Undead .

About 130 Death Knights, who could not ride gargoyles, that were summoned by other Necromancers were still alive . When the Dullahans and Death knights rushed at the knights trying to break through the bunch of Undead, Weed blended in with them and attacked .

“Dark Energy!”

Approaching with a skill of a Death Knight that consumes mana for increased attack .

“Heriam Fencing!’

When a knight was busy stabbing a dullahan beside Weed with a spear, Weed aimed at his horse .

NEIGHHH!

As the horse collapsed, the knight fell to the earth with it .

Danger followed a knight’s charge!

Not only does their health drops down sharply, they fall into confusion when they fall from their steeds . Because the other knights might attack Weed to try and save their ally, Weed couldn’t finish off the fallen knight .

His next target was the knight trying to stop his horse so he wouldn’t trample over the fallen ally in front of him .

While the knight was using his spear hand to grab the bridle with all his might, Weed jumped and struck him twice .

A consecutive strike that continues like a shadow!

“Two, three . ”

Right after the knight fell down from his horse due to the attack, Weed flipped twice in air and stole the knight’s horse .

“Four, five, six!”

Riding his horse in the same direction Crema Knights were moving, he attacked the knights .

A Death Knight chasing knights of Hermes guild from behind!

“He’s coming from behind . ”

“Turn your horses around!”

“He keeps chasing!”

Weed was like a leech as he followed closely behind and attacked the knights . The speed of horse was much faster for a Death Knight with light armors . Every time Weed swung his sword, knights either fell down from their horses or died .

The overwhelming prowess of a Death Knight!

Weed hoped that his Death Knights would hop on the riderless horses and follow him quickly but unfortunately they were busy finishing off fallen knights . Because he was by himself, he didn’t have time to open his mouth and command Undead .

“I waited for this day . I, Infore, shall claim the glory of killing you!”

Crema’s knights turned their upper bodies around and swung their swords and spears .

If they don’t put their full weight on it, their attacks won’t be fully activated . It was incomparable to Weed who can just ride his horse forward and slash with full power, but they couldn’t resist their greed .

Infore’s greed and pressure caused his shoulders to tighten and his motions weren’t smooth . Making sure their spears didn’t pierce him, Weed twisted his body around and then slashed the knights . It wasn’t hard avoiding their strikes because they were stabbing backwards but he would be grievously wounded if he gets stabbed even a little by those holy spears coated with silver .

Infore dropped a relatively decent shield and died .

It was Weed raising his earnings quite highly .

Polon : He should be exhausted but he’s resisting annoyingly . Stopping the horses will let them get smashed in a row and he might run away to the other side .

Number 4 to 6, keep running forward .

Number 1 to 3, follow me .

Under Polon’s command, the knights being chased split in two ways .

One drew Weed in with continuous attack and defense, the other with Polon in turned around drawing a circle . Undead littered the ground but they moved as if there were no obstructions . The intersection of two units of knights was getting closer .

Polon and his knights, and even the Necromancers opened their eyes wide to not miss a single action of Weed . Weed was inflicting heavy damages in a split second by himself using Undead exposed to holy power .

Is he trying to ditch the chasing knights and trying to blend into the Undead?!

Weed’s eyes went up to the sky . Death Knights on gargoyles were flying around but with the concentrated fire from arrows and spells, they burned and crashed into the ground .

It’s was impossible to cause some damage by penetrating through guards of rangers and magicians .

‘This is hard . With what’s left of the Undead . . . I won’t even be able to take down all the Knights . ’

Weed kept chasing knights and slashed them .

“Heriam Fencing!”

He dropped knights to the ground where Undead wandered or killed them on horseback . While he was showing off his tremendous ability with Heriam Fencing, the other units of knights behind Weed arrived .

“Time to die, Weed!”

Polon went past Weed, stabbing a spear from the side .

But Weed was able to barely twist his body so his spear only grazed Weed’s shoulder .

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