Necromancer, But Civilization Before the Collapse Chapter 12

Simultaneously, the Ghosts possessed extremely high flight speeds, nearly comparable to civilian helicopters.

Therefore, closely following the speeding ambulance was as easy as pie for the Ghosts.

However, the other undead summoned by Moros did not possess such abilities.

Apart from the four Vampires who could fly in bat form and follow the ambulance, the Ghouls and Zombies could only remain at the dock, awaiting Moros's next command.

Under the guidance of the police cars, the ambulance's speed was maximized.

In just over twenty minutes, Moros was swiftly sent into the operating room.

"Maintain vigilance, guard me!"

As the anesthetic took effect, Moros issued his final command to the Ghosts and Vampires before losing consciousness.

Two hours later.

Moros, with the bullet removed from his shoulder, was still asleep under the influence of the anesthetic.

Although beings of the Exemplar tier surpassed ordinary humans, excessive anesthetic could still affect them if they did not resist with magic.

As for the dosage of the anesthetic.

After all, he was an Exemplar-tier transcendent whose life tier had advanced twice. The anesthetic dosage used for normal people was insufficient to make Moros lose consciousness.

While Moros slept soundly, the undead guard, composed of six Ghosts and four Vampires, was diligently protecting him.

The Ghosts, utilizing their stealth, silently infiltrated the ward, while the Vampires hovered outside the ward window in bat form.

It was precisely because of this undead guard that Moros dared to undergo the anesthetic surgery.

After being assassinated once by a killer sent by Mayor Yang, Moros's sense of security was greatly diminished.

He no longer dared to place his safety entirely in the hands of the two Constables outside the ward.

As it turned out, Moros's caution was indeed necessary.

After receiving a phone call, the two Constables exchanged glances and then tacitly left their posts.

Clearly, under Mayor Yang's arrangement, some deals had been struck.

If it were just Mayor Yang, the police system in this area could naturally disregard him.

But facing the backing behind Mayor Yang, that powerful Councillor at the pinnacle of the Mu Continent's political landscape, the heads of the police system in this area dared not put on airs.

Under the instructions of the Mu Continent's powerful Councillor, the region's police system showed Mayor Yang sufficient respect.

Therefore, Mayor Yang's heavily armed private military forces were able to advance smoothly without being obstructed by any force.

Simultaneously, they successfully obtained the exact location of the hospital where Moros was undergoing surgery.

Not long after the Constables were reassigned, the hospital's fire alarm blared unexpectedly.

At the same time, thick smoke billowed from the building where the ward was located.

As expected, the hospital initiated evacuation procedures.

Perhaps intentionally, perhaps unintentionally, the still-sleeping Moros was overlooked during this evacuation.

As the last nurse pushed the hospital bed out of the ward building, a certain leader of the hospital made a phone call.

Immediately, in several specially modified Toyota Hiace vans in the hospital parking lot, signal lights representing the start of the operation began to flash.

"It's our turn! Move out!"

Pulling open the car doors, three well-trained private soldier squads filed out, and then they rapidly advanced towards the location of the ward building.

Seeing this, the four bats hanging upside down outside Moros's ward window let out piercing shrieks.

Immediately after, they released their claws, flapped their wings, and swooped down towards the private soldiers who were about to charge into the ward building.

While diving, the Vampires rapidly shifted their forms, revealing their appearance as sword-wielding nobles in their combat mode.

It wasn't just the four Vampires; alerted by the shrieks of the Vampires in their bat forms, the six Ghosts that had been roaming the ward also reacted swiftly.

They divided into two teams: one team was responsible for executing the private soldiers who attempted to harm Moros, and the other team focused on protecting the Necromancer's safety.

"Damn it, what is this thing?!"

A private soldier at the rear of the squad, witnessing this utterly unscientific scene, couldn't help but exclaim in disbelief over the radio.

Even with rigorous training, facing such an extraordinary scenario, the private soldier's heart was filled with shock and confusion.

However, this moment of astonishment became his fatal weakness.

Under the piercing of the Steel Longsword, the tactical helmet on the private soldier's head appeared so fragile.

The sharp blade, like a kiss from death, easily pierced his skull, taking his life.

Not only him, but the other three members at the back of the squad also suffered merciless slashes.

They fell to the cold hospital floor forever without even having time to react.

The sacrifice of the four private soldiers was not in vain.

Their deaths bought the other private soldiers precious time to react.

"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

At the shouts of the three squad leaders, the private soldiers quickly adjusted their gun muzzles and pulled the triggers without hesitation.

In an instant, dense bullets poured towards the four vampires.

Then, something happened that shocked the private soldiers.

The four vampires brandished their Steel Longswords, deflecting the bullets.

Although quite a few bullets hit the vampires' bodies, from the private soldiers' perspective, they could hardly perceive any substantial damage inflicted on the vampires by such attacks.

"Hand..."

Before the private soldier captain could finish speaking, ghosts that rushed down from the ceiling launched their attack.

They swung their sharp claws, piercing the chests of the three captains with precision and decisiveness.

The damage from ghosts was indeed on the lower side among the third-tier troop types in the Ashan World, but for the private soldiers, who were merely ordinary humans, the ghosts' claw attacks were fatal.

The previous civilization primarily relied on the power of technology to fight before the advent of the Flame-Chasers.

Although there were strong individuals among them, the number of such individuals was like finding a phoenix's feather.

At least, there were no such strong individuals among the private soldiers recruited by Mayor Yang.

Without command and with the undead closing in, the fate of the three private soldier squads needed no further explanation.

They didn't even last five minutes before all three private soldier squads sent by Mayor Yang to eliminate the survivors were annihilated.

After eliminating the private soldiers who tried to harm Moros, the vampires and ghosts quickly returned to their previous positions, continuing to carry out the Necromancer's previous orders.

To protect his safety.

Chapter 19 Moros's Exposure

For the firefighters who rushed to put out the fire, today was an extraordinary day.

The city's fire system reacted swiftly the moment the hospital fire alarm sounded.

Several fire trucks rushed to the scene, and after the firefighters disembarked, they carried fire-fighting equipment and prepared to charge into the ward building to extinguish the so-called "fire."

However, when they saw the scene before them, they were stunned speechless.

The front hall of the ward building was filled with bodies and dismembered limbs scattered everywhere, and the entire space was permeated with a suffocating smell of blood.

This was a fire?

Every firefighter's mind was filled with confusion and astonishment; the scene before them was too bloody and tragic, exceeding their imagination.

This was the remains of three full private soldier squads.

Even experienced firefighters had never witnessed such a scene.

The firearms and grenades scattered beside the incomplete corpses further proved that this was no ordinary fire.

Before Moros lost consciousness, the only order he left for the undead was to protect his safety.

Since that was the case, as troop types, the vampires and ghosts naturally wouldn't go out of their way to clean up the battlefield.

And then, there was the scene the firefighters witnessed.

"What are you standing around for? Hurry up and put out the fire!"

The leading firefighter snapped out of his shock and rushed towards the grenades scattered on the ground without hesitation.

Being experienced, he knew how dangerous such explosives were in a fire scene.

He needed to remove them from the fire scene as soon as possible to avoid greater danger.

Following the example of their leader, the other firefighters decided to temporarily set aside the gruesome scene and fulfill their duties first.

They acted quickly, concentrating their efforts on extinguishing the fire.

Since the fire was not significant, the firefighters quickly brought it under control and completely extinguished it.

Although a certain hospital leader had accepted benefits from Mayor Yang and cooperated with the private soldier units' actions, he did not want to be deeply tied to Mayor Yang because of it.

Therefore, he only deliberately set a small fire, reasonably evacuating personnel.

If the ward building were to be burned down, he did not want to bear serious consequences because of it.

So, after the firefighters extinguished the fire, the hospital leader immediately began organizing personnel to clear the scene.

He knew very well that the truth behind this "fire" could not be revealed, or he would face severe consequences.

Thus, he ordered his subordinates to destroy all evidence and dispose of the bodies as quickly as possible.

Just as the hospital leader's subordinates were busy destroying evidence and disposing of bodies, Moros awoke from his slumber induced by the anesthetic.

After learning about the previous battle situation from the vampires' report, Moros knew deeply that his peaceful life was gone forever.

Since that was the case, let me cause some trouble then...

With the Demiplane as a fallback, Moros did not have much fear of the civilization of this era.

The technology of the previous civilization was powerful, and the technological level of the Mu Continent even surpassed the previous civilization.

But what of it?

Before the birth of the Herrscher of Void, the previous civilization's research on space was only theoretical.

In an era when even the Moth to Fire had not yet been formally established, even if the entire world united, they could not cross the barriers between worlds to reach a demiplane without Moros' permission.

With such a fallback, Moros naturally dared to do some outrageous things.

"Let's go!"

After a deep gaze at the bustling crowd outside the hospital room window, Moros' eyes revealed a look of determination.

He activated the demiplane channel, a teleportation gate that appeared as a dark blue vortex.

Then, Moros, along with his undead, stepped into the channel without looking back.

Since the Ghouls and Zombies left at the docks served as anchors for the demiplane channel, Moros had no worries about being blocked upon his return to the Mu Continent.

Returning to the familiar graveyard city, Moros didn't linger for a moment.

Taking a small squad composed entirely of Vampires, he headed straight for the outdoor structure named [Vitality Magic Well (Eldritch Well)].

Moros' intention was clear: no matter how the situation evolved, the first thing he needed to do was to restore his nearly depleted magical power.

[Vitality Magic Well]: Drinking water here will restore Magic Points to their maximum value, but a hero can only drink once a day.

As the master of the demiplane, Moros naturally knew the exact location of the [Vitality Magic Well].

Carrying only Vampires, Moros reached the location of the [Vitality Magic Well] in just over ten hours.

The [Vitality Magic Well] was situated in the heart of a deep and mysterious forest, surrounded by ancient, towering trees. Their branches and leaves drooped towards the magical well water like pilgrims, as if in reverence of the powerful magic contained within.

The water in the well was not clear and transparent like ordinary well water, but a deep blue.

The surface of the water was calm and undisturbed, yet it gave a sense of unfathomable depth, as if it connected to another unknown world.

After studying at the Magic Guild, Moros knew this was not an illusion.

The reason the water in the [Vitality Magic Well] possessed the magical power to restore a hero's magic was that it originated directly from the magic-rich deep sea layers of the Water Elemental Plane.

The environment there was extremely harsh for humans, making survival almost impossible.