Collecting Emotions

"Knight Commander, we're almost done for! Our magic power is being depleted too quickly. If this continues, the city walls will definitely collapse."

The priest, whose face was pale and who looked utterly exhausted after casting Holy Blessing on the city walls and shields once more, reported to Knight Commander of Light Sgert.

Sgert, his brow furrowed, was contemplating whether to have the Knights of Light, who were being held back for a final charge, ignite their inner battle qi, when a voice with a divine tone echoed throughout the entire city.

"Holy Light Illumination."

As Bishop Jamir chanted the incantation, the immense Light Magic within him formed a colossal magic array above the city.

Then, everyone saw another sun appear in the sky above Hui Dun City.

Endless holy light descended from it towards the surrounding city walls. The skeleton arrows, which had been embedded in the walls and shields, melted and dissipated like ice and snow encountering a scorching sun.

The city walls' defenses, which were on the verge of collapse, became firm once more.

Outside the city, the undead let out continuous roars. Those Undead Skeletons that approached the city walls were all reduced to ashes under this baptism of holy light.

The holy light sun in the sky dispersed, and specks of radiance converged onto the city walls. Then, Jamir, clad in his bishop's robes, emerged from it.

Upon seeing Jamir, everyone's face was filled with excitement. With Jamir present, the sense of unease they had felt earlier dissipated significantly.

Their morale, which had been on the verge of collapse, was re-energized by his arrival.

"That's great! Bishop has arrived, we have hope again."

Many of the temporarily conscripted civilians cheered.

However, amidst the cheers, there were also some unfavorable remarks about Earl Huidun, such as "Where is the Earl now? We haven't seen him for so long. Could the Earl be hiding out of fear?"

Meanwhile, Huidun, who was in the academy, was also very concerned about the defensive situation on the city walls. He had originally wanted to join Torey on the city walls to defend alongside the soldiers.

However, Chen Cheng had stopped him because no one here could utilize natural magic energy better than Huidun.

This was because he was a Chaos Mage, and the Chaos Magic energy he used was very similar in composition to the magic energy in nature.

To operate this massive magic array, the magic gem reserves within the city alone were far from sufficient. His true source of magic energy could only be the inexhaustible magic energy drawn from nature.

This was, of course, one of the basic functions of the magic array, but it was a blind spot in Chen Cheng's knowledge. Otherwise, he wouldn't have injured himself due to magic energy overload before.

Therefore, he needed Huidun's assistance, at least to have Huidun use his Chaos Magic to test the split and stored modules.

Jamir approached the priests and opened his hands towards them, saying:

"The God of Light is with you."

Then, a vast amount of Light Magic power surged from his embrace towards the magic-depleted priests.

The priests replied in unison:

"The God of Light is with me."

After replenishing the priests' mana, Jamir turned to face the undead skeleton army outside the city.

"Damn dark aura, preventing the souls of all beings from resting—Holy Light Judgment."

A colossal blade composed of pure holy light slashed towards the undead outside the city. Wherever the blade passed, numerous Undead Skeletons had their undead essence removed, turning into bone powder.

Judging by the power of Jamir's strike, it was evident that he was somewhat overexerted. Otherwise, these Undead Skeletons would not even leave behind bone powder.

The Undead Knight, mounted on an undead horse, moved at this moment. The dark magic aura around him surged, and then he raised the great axe in his hand. His entire body seemed to be lifted as he swung it towards the holy light blade.

When the two met, there was no gust of wind or resounding explosion. On the battlefield, only the dark power and holy light power clashed wildly.

On the patches of bone powder swept by the dark power, the already dead Undead Skeletons were resurrected one by one. And where the holy light power swept over, these resurrected Undead Skeletons were crushed into bone powder again.

Amidst the life and death of these Undead Skeletons, the power of the holy light blade unleashed by Jamir was gradually worn away by the Undead Knight.

After the holy light blade was completely shattered, the Undead Knight let out a soul-piercing roar.

Seeing this, Jamir on the city wall immediately deployed his Light Domain, covering the mages and priests behind the shield wall. Then, guided by his domain, numerous mages and priests channeled their mental power together, forming a mental defense barrier.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. The Undead Knight's soul attack directly collided with this mental barrier.

The next moment, Jamir's expression turned slightly grim. The mages and priests had already been overexerted. Although their magic power had been partially replenished, their mental power for casting spells had not recovered. Upon impact with the mental barrier, everyone's face turned pale.

Jamir's method of communicating with lower-level mages to jointly cast a spell was also a standard feature for Platinum Rank mages using their domains.

Furthermore, the damage absorbed by this defensive barrier could be transferred and distributed by him. The majority of the power from the Undead Knight's soul roar had been taken by him.

The mental power of these mages and priests only served to amplify the defensive area.

Otherwise, given the level of that soul roar and the mental state of these mages and priests, if the damage were truly distributed, most of them would have been turned into idiots.

After using the soul roar to restrain Jamir's attention, the dark magic energy under the Undead Knight's armor churned continuously.

The Undead Skeletons that had just been killed by the clash between him and Jamir now crawled back to life.

Torey and the others also felt something strange because they noticed that the skeletons that had turned into bone powder around the Undead Knight were standing up again.

They then channeled their battle qi into their eyes and saw countless wailing souls within the dark magic energy beneath the Undead Knight's armor.

This also explained to them why the skeletons that had been killed by the holy light could still revive under that dark power.

At this moment, all of them on Torey's side wore grim expressions.

Because in their eyes, they could clearly see the wailing souls within the magic energy touching the bone powder of the skeletons on the ground, and then re-condensing into skeletons. The souls would then re-enter the skeletons, becoming new Undead Skeletons.

Moreover, the skeletons whose soul fires had been extinguished by being shot were having their souls within their skulls drawn into the Undead Knight's body at the moment of death, becoming one of the wailing souls within that magic energy.

At this moment, they finally understood that if the Undead Knight wasn't killed immediately, even if they managed to kill all the Undead Skeletons, the Undead Knight would absorb the fallen Undead Skeletons.

Its strength would then reach a terrifying level, and it could also use its dark power to revive the dead Undead Skeletons.

It could be said that as long as the Undead Knight wasn't killed, this would be an immortal undead legion, and as long as it continued to slaughter, the legion's strength would grow.

At this moment, boundless fear enveloped everyone who witnessed this scene; they felt their own weakness and helplessness.

At this moment, on the cliff behind Hui Dun City, the Alchemist watched everything happening at the city gate and let out a series of sinister laughter.

"Fear me, tremble, lambs lost in the embrace of an evil god."

And if there were powerful mages and warriors here at this moment, they would see that from the magic orb in the Alchemist's hand, countless invisible five-colored threads were drifting out from within the city, from the city walls, from the numerous soldiers, and from the bodies of strong individuals like Torey, integrating into it.

"More fear, just a little more..."

Bang, bang, bang. The door was violently knocked upon. Adam, hiding inside with his wife and child, swallowed hard and asked with a trembling voice:

"Who... who is it?"

But there was no answer from outside, only the knocking sound, which was more urgent and louder than before. The sound seemed to echo in the hearts of the family of three.

Just as the family of three was about to be driven mad by this fear, the knocking suddenly stopped.

Then, they heard the sound of heavy footsteps leaving. The muffled sound was enough to indicate that the person knocking was not light.

After the sound faded, Adam cautiously approached his door and carefully pried open a gap to look outside.

The next moment, the carpenter was so terrified that he lost his voice. Through the gap, he could see the back of the departing figure, and he didn't see the person's head on that back.

And while his family of three was stunned by the fright, wisps of invisible, colorful threads of fear drifted from his body.

Adam's family was considered lucky because they were cautious and didn't open the door.

As for those who did open their doors, they were directly scared to death by seeing a headless corpse knocking, and even if they didn't die, the Headless Knight would forcefully break in and then swing its greatsword, brutally slaughtering each person with extremely cruel methods.

The corpses of those who were killed or scared to death were also drawn by the Headless Knight, forming a large group of bodies. For a time, it was a parade of a hundred corpses, and the entire Hui Dun City was filled with fear.

At this moment, Adolf and Pempes, who were helping Chen Cheng dismantle the magic array in the academy, felt the dark aura appearing in the city. They exchanged a glance, and Adolf said:

"Some scum might have infiltrated the city. You guys focus on setting up the magic array here; I'll deal with this scum."

With that, a gust of wind blew, lifting Adolf and sending him flying towards the residential area of the city.

Pempes watched Chen Cheng look in the direction Adolf had left and smiled:

"Don't worry, that old fellow still has some skills. Let's hurry up and deploy the magic array."

Chen Cheng withdrew his thoughts and began to engrave his Variable Magic onto the magic items provided by Professor Pempes.

However, while the entire academy was in a state of tense busyness, Coles, who had been watching Chen Cheng, almost gnashed his teeth to pieces.

When he saw that the academy's high-ranking officials, including Earl Huidun, were all surrounding Chen Cheng, his mind was consumed by jealousy, and he lost all reason.

He kept shouting in his heart.

"Why, why, why... He's just a slave. Why are the principal and the others treating a slave with such courtesy?"