A third of the valley lay beneath the Necromantic Veil. Blue-black clouds blotted out all light, and dense deathly energy drifted everywhere, causing the mercenaries within intense discomfort.
At the very center of the Necromantic Veil, Han Shuo had gone through a slaughter and could barely control his desires. As the vicious energy within his body thickened, an irresistible urge to surrender to frenzied killing arose in his mind. Yet at the most crucial moment, his long-tempered will pulled him back from the brink, forcibly halting his further descent.
He sat down cross-legged, ignoring the surrounding chaos, and calmed his mind, slowly soothing his deepest desires. Three Zombie Warriors, two Abominations, and seven or eight Skeleton Warriors stood around him. Holding the Bone Blade, his Purple Demon Eye gleaming with violet magical light, Little Skeleton stood directly in front of Han Shuo with his head high and chest out, like a general commanding thousands, silently protecting him.
Under Edwin and Belinda's combined assault, the grandest, most imposing building in the valley finally collapsed with a thunderous crash. The earthshaking roar sent tremors through the entire valley. Instantly, the Rainbow Sickle Mercenary Group's mercenaries stationed far away in the valley, whether meditating or tirelessly practicing swordsmanship, realized their base was under attack and swarmed toward it.
Far in the distance, a troop of knights clad entirely in gleaming silver armor charged toward them on silver-armored warhorses, holding three-meter javelins.
Above the heavily snow-laden treetops, a slender figure in green nimbly stepped across the branches, arriving belatedly at a flying dash. She wore a loose green dress, with several colorful ribbons fluttering about. Her swift movements obscured her face, and only her two long, pointed ears identified her as an elf.
From another direction, Andy and the Lightning Element Archmage likewise sped