Hais Adjutant is dead, and only one person from the reconnaissance team operating with him came back alive.
Captain Rocky was walking in the temporary headquarters. His soldiers moved quickly. In just a few days, they dug out a ring-shaped defensive position around the fissure, and even cut down a large number of trees to strengthen the trenches and bunkers.
The soldiers cleared the woodland and did not stop until there was no obvious obstruction within 500 meters in front of the position.
They also used some wood to make shooting stakes to facilitate the positioning of the mortar team.
But this kind of defense still did not make Captain Rocky feel at ease, because he learned from the soldiers who escaped back that the huge ice worm killed the reconnaissance team with ease.
An army of skeletons, giant bugs who know how to use weapons and sorcery...
How many secrets does this planet still have?
Rocky Captain sighed, and then he saw a large number of birds flying in the forest, and the rumble of footsteps also passed through the woods towards the position.
"All on alert!"
Captain Rocky roared, and the soldiers immediately crawled to the trench wall and aimed their weapons into the distance. The Autocannon and Heavy Bolter groups hiding in the hidden positions were also ready. They silently chanted "Long Live the Emperor" to strengthen their hearts.
"Appeared!" The scout saw the enemy through the telescope. It was a large group of undead with only skeletons left, wearing rotten cloth and holding rusty and broken metal fragments in their hands.
These undead are not powerful, even a farmer with a pitchfork can pick off three or five, but they are superior in number, and the screen of the portable Auspex is almost overwhelmed by red dots.
"For the Emperor! Kill all these unclean things!" Captain Rocky roared loudly. In this age without Commissar, officers must take on the important task of boosting the morale of the army.
With less than 200 people, Yad 227th Regiment Special Reconnaissance Team opened fire on the running undead. The scene of the laser salvo was very beautiful. Three soldiers poured out the energy in their magazines and turned hundreds of skeleton warriors into burning fragments on the ground.
The heavy weapons team did not fire, they were waiting for the appearance of heavier enemies, those death knights with thick shields.
Five kilometers away, Ainz and the guardians watched the battle through reconnaissance props. Demiurge saw thousands of skeleton warriors dying in just a few minutes and exclaimed in admiration, "This kind of firepower is really amazing. I even think that these hundreds of people can capture the capital of any country in this area."
"Tch... what's so powerful? It's just a shiny thing. If I were to appear, they wouldn't even be able to damage my hair!" Shalltear was very disdainful of Demiurge's praise. She held up her skirt with both hands and looked impatient. She kept looking at Ainz and expressed her request to fight with her eyes.
Ainz glanced at Shalltear and said calmly, "Don't be anxious, just follow the battle plan we formulated."
Although he felt regretful, Shalltear still obeyed Ainz's order and stepped aside to remain quiet.
"They are changing ammunition." Demiurge saw the details of Imperium soldiers changing weapon magazines from the reconnaissance props. He turned back to Ainz and saluted for instructions, "Then Mr. Ainz, what's the next step?"
"The next step is up to you to control. I want to see if your command ability can satisfy me."
"I try my best."
Demiurge pushed up his glasses, and then directed more undead creatures to attack the Imperium position.
"The enemy is here again! Very fast!"
Through Auspex's reconnaissance, Captain Rocky was able to quickly determine the timing of the enemy's attack. This time the enemy did not attack from one side, but those extremely fast beast zombies came from all directions.
"Mortar team! Break up their formation!"
At the command of Captain Rocky, high-explosive mortar shells streaked across the sky and fell to the ground. A violent explosion could turn dozens of beast zombies into pieces.
The incoming wave of undead was interrupted by the mortar strikes, and could only flow into the position in waves. This short vacuum period gave the soldiers enough time to change their magazines.
Captain Rocky shuttles through every corner of the position, leading the soldiers to fill the gaps. He holds a single molecular blade saber, which can easily cut the beast zombies in two like cutting butter.
There were already signs of loosening of the defense of this crude position. Demiurge then made the death knights stride forward, and even sent many low-level undead like cannon fodder to cover their progress.
When these tall undead appeared at the edge of the burning forest, the heavy weapons teams that had been silent for a long time began to shoot. Heavy Bolter weaved into a long whip of destruction. Each blow could make the death knight and the undead around it disappear into ashes.
The banging Autocannon was not lethal enough against the Death Knight. The pointed shell directly penetrated the Death Knight's body, leaving a circular hole that could not shake the structure.
The soldiers fought bravely, but that was all. They were too few in number, and even though they had the advantage in weapons, they were overwhelmed by tens of thousands of undead.
When the barrel of the gun is extremely hot and must be replaced, and the bullets in the box are empty, that's when the undead rush into the position in large numbers.
One death knight fell, and more death knights rushed up. Far behind them was the Necrons mage who was chanting spells.
Huge fireballs smashed into the position one after another, without any consideration that such shooting would hurt friendly troops.
"The enemy still hasn't taken any serious action." Demiurge was very dissatisfied with the calmness of the rift. He thought to himself that Imperium of Man's senior officials didn't really think that these hundreds of people could conquer the great Great Tomb of Nazarick, right?
He was confused. Captain Rocky on the battlefield had already broken an arm trying to kill a death knight!
Panting heavily, he looked around and found that the soldiers he had brought were outnumbered. They were eaten alive by the undead and flew into the air by the death knight's sword and split in half.
Captain Rocky gritted his teeth and fought hard to kill, just hoping to bring a few more undead to support him before his life ended.
After he killed another death knight and dozens of low-level undead with one arm, he was hit directly in the chest by a fireball, and his life was drained away while burning.
The Imperium soldiers in the entire position were cleared. The undead roared and roared in front of the crack and made various provocative actions. This behavior lasted for several hours.
"The enemy... didn't respond at all." Demiurge reported the result to Ainz in confusion. Ainz stared at the crack with a faint white light and thought to himself.
Isn't this a portal to the enemy guild's location? What could it be? A bug? An Easter egg? Tsk... I need time to study it carefully.
"Seal this place and build a fortress. Demiurge and Cocytus will guard it. Mare, you will stay here to help. Albedo and I will return to the Sorcerer Kingdom to prepare resources for you. This thing must be studied clearly."
"Yes, Master Ainz." The guardians responded in unison.
On the other side of the rift, Colonel Dofrank of Yad 227th Infantry Regiment had an expressionless face. Compared with Ainz who could not see the situation here, Dofrank could clearly see how his men were overwhelmed by the undead army. He clenched his fists towards the rift and said coldly, "I will avenge you... tell my adjutant! When will those gear boys arrive?"
"If there are no errors in the communication, they will be able to reach our location in three weeks."
"Continue to issue a request for support and ask the general to send an armored regiment to follow us."
"Sir, the only one nearby who can respond to us is Hammer of Destruction Heavy Armored Company."
"Wouldn't that be better? I want to see these damn things turn into powder under the bombardment of Earthshaker Cannon!"