Duke heard the conversation between the brother and sister. He looked again at the undead, and they were indeed dressed like ordinary townsfolk from this place.
He and Vivian had not entered Black Oak Town during the day, so they had no impression of these civilians.
But Leonard and Ella had personally commanded the slave creatures in purging Black Oak Town, so they had some impression of the civilians who had died.
Ella had watched back then with both fear and excitement. Now, that excitement had multiplied into a deep terror within her.
Duke realized that the situation before them was most likely connected to the daytime purge. It could even be said that Leonard and his sister's slaughter had caused the current situation.
In a sense, the two of them had been dragged into this. But it was not really Leonard and Ella's fault, since their orders from above had been to conduct a carpet search and purge.
The two had been especially eager to carry out the mission in order to seize credit, arriving at Black Oak Town first.
As the number of undead rapidly increased, even the Storm Dragon Eagle and Three-Headed Lava Lizard could no longer hold them all back.
Quite a few undead had already rushed toward Duke. Holding Blazing Sun Judgment, he gave it a light swing, and a streak of white sword light shot out horizontally, instantly clearing the undead packed across the street.
This enormous crescent-shaped sword light, formed purely of condensed Light Attribute energy, flew from the blade and swept through the undead crowding the street ahead like a hot knife through butter.
It was not a spell, merely a simple outpouring of Light Attribute energy, amplified by Blazing Sun Judgment.
Moreover, Light Attribute energy naturally had a powerful restraining effect