Locke hid among the mortal buildings of the port city, frowning as he looked at the Dark Gate in the sky.
It seemed the Black Wizard Alliance truly intended to launch a full-scale attack on the White Wizard Association this time.
"Let's observe the situation first. I'm not a die-hard supporter of Lilith's Cottage, so I can only protect the Academy and fulfill my contractual obligations within reasonable limits," Locke said. "If things become too dangerous, I should leave as soon as possible."
"It would be best to restore Lilith's Cottage's defensive barrier first. As long as we can activate a large-scale Life Force Field barrier, we can effectively stop the Black Wizards' assault on Lilith's Cottage."
Locke saw a skeleton wearing a white bone crown leading a massive skeleton army down the street.
Skeleton Kings were high-level undead lifeforms. Among the Black Wizard organizations of the Southeastern Corner Region, the White Bone Order seemed to have conducted the most research in this field.
"Most of the Academy's First Ring Wizards seem to have gone out around this time. So has the place been raided while empty?" Locke pondered.
A Skeleton King could summon Skeleton Mages from corpses, and Skeleton Mages could summon Skeleton Warriors from corpses. Thus, a single Skeleton King could raise a skeleton army in an extremely short time.
At that moment, the Skeleton King's forces were hunting the mortals within the city. Countless people screamed as the bone skeletons caught up to them and mercilessly killed them. Then, Skeleton Warriors clutching bone spears crawled out of their corpses.
The Skeleton King burst into laughter. It held a bone staff, while one magic circle after another covered the upper part of its skull. It seemed a Formal Wizard from the White Bone Order was remotely controlling it.