In this cycle, the fortress knight's saber, like a heated butter knife, began to slowly but naturally slice across the body of [ Howling Pothos ].
As a powerful warrior, the knight knew that in battles where numbers were disparate, he should use his best strength against the enemy leader.
Otherwise, by the time you're exhausted, your opponent might have only just finished warming up, and then it will be too late.
Seeing that the captain was about to be sliced open alive, and his weapons were being knocked away to who-knows-where, [ Easily Soluble in Water ] strode forward as soon as he got up.
Knowing he was useless bare-handed, he flicked his hands and Alienation a pair of triangular daggers from his palms, the most cost-effective weapon for beginners exploring new areas. He then proceeded to stab the fortress knights indiscriminately.
There was no resistance at all. [ Easily Soluble in Water ] was stunned for a moment before realizing that his opponent was a Middle Tier skeleton, and that all his attacks had probably hit the gaps in the skeleton's bones.
At that moment, he also recalled a classic setting from fantasy games—
Skeletons are not afraid of sharp weapons.
He desperately wanted to pull a mace or a hammer from his waist, but unfortunately, his Alienation speed wasn't fast enough.
The fortress knight, who had been hit several times for free, had already confirmed the enemy's location from the direction of the stabs, and a back kick sent [ Easily Soluble in Water ] flying again.
As the battle reached a stalemate, the brightness inside the sandcastle walls suddenly dimmed again, and a figure leaped down from the walls—it was the half-tree monster whose limbs were being held back by the skeleton minions.
The phrase "tying down hands and feet" is not just a figure of speech; it literally means that hands and feet were tied up.
After the initial fear subsided, and realizing that the monsters climbing the city walls were difficult to deal with, the skeletons did not scatter. Instead, they swarmed together like ants and launched an attack against the larger enemy.
The stronger skeletons would use weapons to attack the half-tree monsters, while the skeletons that had lost limbs or were weaker would pounce on them and grab their limbs, thus creating opportunities for their comrades.
Even as he leaped from the edge of the city wall where the battle was taking place, the half-tree man still had three skeleton soldiers clinging to his body.
The Hulk leaped into the air and aimed at the fortress knights below. A deep voice followed, revealing that it was speaking!
"Behold my soaring flight!"
With a crisp sound of bones cracking, the fortress knight was pinned directly beneath the half-tree monster.
It was a pity that the sounds of bones breaking all came from the skeleton soldiers brought down by the half-tree people, not from the fortress knights themselves.
Even though he was now pinned beneath the half-tree man, he was still struggling frantically and attacking everything around him indiscriminately.
The fortress knight's saber, using the immense force of the final twig's slam, sliced the Middle Tier creature in two, leaving [ Howling Pothos ] looking like a slaughtered pig on a butcher's block, its belly ripped open.
" Directed Alienation, command: disengage!"
The half-tree man roared, and the plant tissue on his body seemed to melt suddenly, covering the fortress knight like asphalt.
This plant tissue resembled some kind of inescapable resin, sticky and thick, which directly smothered the fortress knight to death on the ground.
The skeleton's body has many gaps, giving it a significant advantage when facing swords and even bayonets.
However, what had once been the means to survive now became the direct cause of death.
The resin seeped into every crevice of the fortress knight's body under the influence of gravity.
Whether it was the ribs or the spine, the spaces between them quickly filled with sticky resin and plant tissue.
At first, the fortress knight was able to struggle inside this mess, but as the resin seeped in and dried, his movements became increasingly limited until he was finally Solidification in place, becoming a living work of art.
With their biggest enemy defeated and the five exhausted players emerging from the asphalt, the ten members of the small team reunited.
Meanwhile, [ Howling Pothos ], who was lying on the ground cosplaying as half a pig, was also saved by his companions using Nutrient-Rich Resin and was soon able to run and jump again.
Although there will be a period of weakness after using the aggregate and recovering from serious injury, fortunately there is no other mid- Middle Tier in this sandcastle besides the fortress knight.
After a fierce battle, the squad successfully eliminated all eighty-four skeleton soldiers in the sandcastle, with zero casualties but all members severely wounded.
As the Imperial veterans said, the skeletons of the Skeleton Alliance, though fearful, are even more loyal and fanatical to the Alliance.
Even the Holy Crusaders would crumble in morale upon witnessing the madness of the Soul Returner, but the Skeleton Soldiers of the Skeleton Alliance would not.
Even at this point, only two people went to the nearest sandcastle to report the news, while all the remaining skeleton soldiers chose to fight to the death.
After the battle, no prisoners were captured. Apart from the Soul Returner, only a dozen or so skeleton horses remained alive in the entire sandcastle.
As for [ Easily Soluble in Water ], who originally intended to die in battle and use his own body as research material, he couldn't find an opportunity to sacrifice himself and had to give up his plans to prepare for a heroic sacrifice next time.
When everyone returned to their position near the sandcastle walls, another piece of news arrived, exactly as they had expected—
The Middle Tier fortress knight, firmly stuck to the ground by resin, was dead.
Although he was already somewhat exhausted before, it wouldn't have been fatal.
The resin that seeped into his bones only bound his body; as a creature based on Psionic Energy, this was certainly not fatal to the fortress knight.
Therefore, what's troubling everyone now isn't actually the fact that the castle's knight committed suicide.
How many defeated generals have committed suicide?
How did a skeleton trapped in tree sap commit suicide?
That's the real problem.
Biting your tongue?
wrist-cutting?
asphyxia?
The fortress knight had none of these corresponding organs, so it was clearly impossible that he died from these causes.
It seems we really need to get [ Haide ] to study this properly...
Thinking this, [ Howling Pothos ] signaled the others to break the resin together and remove the skeleton of the fortress knight intact.
Although I couldn't capture a live skeleton warrior for [ Haide ], at least there was a complete Middle Tier skeleton skeleton's remains here, which should be of some use.
As warriors from the Tree Worship Church, they certainly wouldn't be troubled by the resin they created.
After a series of operations, the fortress knight's body was peeled out of the resin.
Thus, tonight's surprise attack was a complete success!
Just as everyone was about to thoroughly search the sandcastle, the sharp-eared [ Howling Pothos ] suddenly heard a faint sound of horses' hooves.