Escape from Stratholme

As the negative energy formation vanished, the Undead besieging Alonsus Chapel once again began suffering damage and weakening from the Holy Light's positive energy. Augustine and Abbendis, who had been struggling to hold on, finally gained a chance to catch their breath.

After dispersing the Cultists of the Damned, Roderick cast Blessing of Freedom on himself and charged at Maleki again. As long as he killed this high-ranking necromancer, this Undead force would no longer pose a threat.

Pale Maleki was a curse mage who specialized in necromancy and was far from proficient in water-based evocation magic. The damage he could inflict on Roderick was extremely limited. Now that his opponent had Blessing of Freedom, even his final means of control had become useless.

Seeing that he could not prevent his opponent from closing in, Maleki could no longer worry about anything else in this critical moment. After teleporting, he decisively fled beyond Roderick's attack range.

With such a huge commotion, the Baron must have learned what was happening here. As long as he avoided that knight's edge and waited for the Undead army to arrive, there would be no need to fear him.

Knowing that paladins lacked long-range attack capabilities, Maleki no longer had much mana left to continue casting his vicious spells. Yet, relieved in his heart, he still glared viciously at Roderick, trying to firmly etch the human knight who had ruined his plans into his mind.

Roderick touched the last javelin hanging at his waist. It was a specialized anti-magic javelin, a carefully forged killing weapon made by the Dwarf craftsmen of Watchtower Village from refined steel mixed with mithril. It could effectively pierce a mage's magical defenses, and it was exceedingly expensive.

Maleki only had time to see the human knight throw the javelin. The