A Master from Who Knows Where

Rein left the Mechanical City before its gates closed and arrived at the civilian shantytown on the ground.

Many hunters and city residents have already climbed the city walls; the zombie horde is both a crisis and an opportunity for them.

Originally, being a hunter was a profession where one risked their life to earn money. Encountering such a large-scale zombie horde meant that for everyone, as long as they could survive, there were treasures and opportunities everywhere, and no one backed down.

The battle to defend the city was raging fiercely.

Rein had no intention of contributing defensive strength to the enemy's city.

He wandered around the city and then, finding himself with nowhere to go, somehow thought of Guy and his daughter.

A former "first swordsman of Sid" who has difficulty walking, and a frail little girl who isn't even Transcendent —by all accounts, they belong to the disadvantaged group.

With that thought in mind, Rein found himself walking toward the shed.

Moreover, he also wanted to confirm whether this horde of zombies was truly caused by Nareta's "Curse Tribe" bloodline.

As they approached, they saw the father and daughter sitting in the shed, their faces full of sorrow.

Upon seeing Rein, Guy stood up shakily, and his expression suddenly relaxed.

Rein greeted them, "Mr. Guy, are you alright?"

"We are fine."

Guy responded to Rein, then added, "Doctor, you should stay with us tonight. Even if the Beast Tide breaches the city, it's relatively safe here."

Hearing this, Rein was also taken aback. He immediately forgot the question he had just wanted to ask and asked, "Mr. Guy, are you still able to fight?"

Judging from his tone, even if the city were to fall, he was confident he could survive? He was confident he could defeat those undead?

However, it was clear that Rein was overthinking things. Guy shook his head and said, "It's not Nareta. Those zombies won't hurt her. We'll be relatively safe if we're around her."

Upon hearing this, Rein was greatly surprised. The Curse Tribe bloodline had this function? It could attract zombies without being harmed by them?

He asked the question he had initially wanted to ask, "Did Nareta really bring this horde of zombies?"

"I'm afraid so."

Guy sighed deeply, a look of worry on his face. He added, "The power of the bloodline curse is stronger than ever before. The city will likely fall tonight, and many people will probably die."

His words were filled with deep remorse, yet also contradictory.

Logically speaking, the culprit should be Nareta.

But the "accomplices" were Rein and himself. Without Rein healing Nareta's injuries, such a severe backlash from the bloodline curse wouldn't have occurred.

But because I did it out of kindness to save someone, I can't be considered wrong no matter what. That's a contradiction.

Looking at Guy's struggling expression, Rein guessed that the guy had been traumatized by the massacre of a city when he was young, which had turned him into this anxious and worried person.

Knowing that there were top experts hidden in the city, Rein shook his head and said, "Don't worry, the city will definitely not be breached tonight. I just saw that top-level Transcendent have already made their moves. It will be very difficult for a zombie horde to break through the city walls."

After all, the fish haven't taken the bait yet, so we can't break the net. The auction gave us two months, which meant that even if Bazel and his group were scattered all over the world, they could still make it in time to take the bait.

"Black Wind Territory" is about to be breached. What will happen next?

Hearing this, Guy was clearly puzzled and asked doubtfully, "Isn't there only one Red Robe Mage at the early stage of the fifth rank in the city?"

Rein didn't bother explaining the complicated conspiracy to him. He shrugged and said, "I don't know. Anyway, I saw several dark red robed warriors and top-tier professionals make a move. I don't know where they came from."

As if to prove him right, before he finished speaking, a large number of golden magical halos appeared in the sky outside the city.

That's the Five Rings Mystic Spell, [Doomsday Golden Wheel].

Moreover, it was clear that more than one fifth-tier Transcendent being had made a move.

Seeing the intense Magical Fluctuation, Guy's tense expression relaxed, but he was also surprised, muttering to himself, "How can there be so many experts in the city?"

Rein didn't say much, but the "Frost Moon Sword Master" Carlo you're looking for is probably hiding in some corner of the city right now.

But then he thought there was no point in saying anything. He was hiding there, planning to ambush people; if he didn't come out on his own, how could anyone find him?

Rein had no intention of helping on the city wall, so he stayed in the shed.

At this moment, the three of them were probably the most relaxed in the city. They weren't thinking about hunting for money, nor were they afraid of the city falling and trembling with fear.

Nareta, the little girl, was like a child who had done something wrong, always timidly shrinking into the corner.

The fighting outside the city was already fierce.

The undead skeletons kept surging towards the city wall, only to be blasted into pieces by the hunters on the wall with their muskets. The bones piled up higher and higher, gradually forming a small mountain of corpses next to the city wall, with more undead rushing up from behind.

The undead are not afraid of pain or death, and even if they are not broken, they can continue to attack the city with half of their bodies intact, making them more terrifying than the Beast Tide.

However, there were many people on the city wall, and the undead that managed to reach it were not of very high rank; most were skeletons, so it was practically like giving away magic crystals for free. Although there were casualties, they were not significant.

The truly powerful figures were concentrated in several Mechanical City, where the battles were extremely fierce.

Rein was also glad that he hadn't stayed in the Mechanical City.

It's like attacking an ant nest. Do you choose to attack the nest first, which keeps shooting at you, or do you choose to stomp on the ants that are scattered like sand?

The higher the level of the undead, the more instincts it retains from its previous life. Several mechanical cities possessed the most intense firepower, and the three enormous creatures naturally focused their attacks on the Mechanical City relentlessly.

The horned monster was a rare "Mummified Corpse." Its body was remarkably well-preserved, and having been buried underground for countless years, it had developed a skeleton of steel that even cannons couldn't penetrate. Relying on brute force, it charged towards the Mechanical City like a tolling bell.

A series of loud "thumps" resounded.

Even from a great distance, Rein could hear the aftershocks of the buzzing sound waves, which caused shacks in the civilian district to collapse in large numbers. Those inside the Mechanical City were probably shaken senseless; their souls would have been jolted out of their bodies by that impact.

Then there was the crimson monster wielding a giant sword. It didn't use any sword energy or techniques; it simply cleaved the thick steel plates with sheer force, creating a trail of sparks. The heavily armored "War Elephant-class" main city was impervious to its attacks. But it could easily slice through the smaller "Ghoul-class Mechanical City with a single blow.

The giant Buddha, however, dealt magic damage. With a wave of his hand, a rain of blue fire filled the sky, and strings of phosphorescent flames slammed onto the city walls, burning fiercely for a long time, becoming even more intense when they came into contact with water.

Fortunately, these ancient zombies were all limited to the Fifth-tier Extraordinary realm; otherwise, the "Black Wind Territory" would probably have been breached in an instant.

Presumably unwilling to allow the city to suffer too much damage, some High-tier Extraordinary suddenly appeared from nowhere and engaged the three enormous beasts in fierce combat.

The battle lasted for several hours.

The crisis of breaching the city was not completely resolved until the three colossal monsters were killed and the large undead that posed a threat to the city walls were all wiped out.

An "S-Class Corpse Tide" that could have destroyed the city was averted thanks to the appearance of top-tier Transcendent from who-knows-where.

However, the process is not important.

As a result, they all survived.

Since the city didn't fall, the zombie horde became a feast for the Civilian Scavengers.

Before the zombie horde was completely wiped out, the brave hunters on the city wall had already jumped down, scavenging for "magic crystals" and ancient treasures brought out by the zombies from the piles of living corpses.

Then more and more people poured out, and the ground was littered with corpses, just like gold coins were scattered everywhere.

The Civilian Scavengers became rich overnight, but the Rosas Family, the lords of "Black Wind Territory," were left heartbroken.

The losses from this zombie horde were enormous, with several Mechanical City suffering damage to varying degrees. One of the "Ghoul-class" scavenging Mechanical City was particularly badly damaged, and without major repairs, it would be practically unusable.

Major repairs at the Mechanical City can easily cost tens or hundreds of billions of yuan, or even more.

Unless most of the income from this zombie horde is confiscated, the losses will definitely outweigh the gains.

But the damage was already done and there was no going back. The Rosas Family members began to wonder why such a high-level operation had occurred.

This zombie horde happened very suddenly and was on an unusually large scale.

Everyone guessed it; there must be a reason behind it.

Then, after an investigation, the truth immediately came to light.

After all, Nareta's blood can attract zombies, which is common knowledge in the "Black Wind Territory".

Everyone guessed that this was directly related to her fall at the tavern gambling den last night.