Need More Practice~, Invading the Draconic Kingdom

Thud—thud—

A large mass of black shadows gradually appeared. Their advancing footsteps were perfectly synchronized, like programmed machines, even more orderly than the Empire's elite troops.

This could not be a human army!

That was right.

They were not human at all!

On the fortress walls, Imperial soldiers trembled with both hands, their mouths hanging open as they stared blankly into the distance.

There was no sound of breathing, no clamor—only a deathly silence that carried an inhuman chill, along with the scraping of heavy black armor as they moved.

The uniform footsteps merged into one, bringing an oppressive terror!

They were monsters roughly two meters tall, clad from head to toe in jet-black armor. Red vein-like patterns covered the armor, emitting an eerie glow.

Violent spikes protruded from all over their bodies, demonic horns extended from their helmets, and their exposed faces were rotten and shriveled!

Pairs of hollow eye sockets glowed red with hatred for the living.

Just one glance was enough to fill the Imperial soldiers on the fortress walls with bone-chilling fear, forcing them to look away.

"What are those things?"

"Undead?"

"Why are they wearing armor? And why do they all look exactly the same?"

"Are you kidding me? Are there monsters like this on the Katze Plains?!"

Panicked cries continuously rang out across the walls, causing a measure of chaos. Even the squad captains could not suppress the fear rising in everyone's hearts.

"Those are definitely not ordinary Undead."

Karamu's face had gone pale, and his weak legs trembled. An alarm-like urge to "run" rang through his mind—the innate fear of death possessed by all living beings.

Karamu had been stationed at the fortress for some time.

It was not as though he had never seen Undead attack the fortress. However, they had always