mtlumby2d Chapter 292: Corpse Demon
Chapter 292: Corpse Demon
The blonde paladin girl's anger has a unique charm...
Holy magic has a natural advantage against the undead. Lorraine discovered that even through the disguise, several small holes were burned into his body by holy light magic. The small holes directly destroyed the disguise of the apprentice hat, revealing his true appearance.
"Undead! You were an imposter after all... The teacher was right! Teacher, wake up, teacher! Lieutenant Rayleigh... I'll take you away from here... Let's go back... I'll listen to you from now on..."
The young paladin, her voice trembling with tears, tried to wake Leon. With all her might, she lifted the middle-aged man, who was a head taller than her... Both of them were wearing heavy plate armor, and the combined weight of their bodies and armor was a terrifying number, at least a hundred pounds.
However, with the blessing of power and the support of her own regular physical training, Britney successfully became her teacher.
He carried it and started to walk back, ignoring Lorraine who was standing just a few steps away...
The dagger that had been aimed at the girl's neck was knocked away by his companion behind him.
The human guards who came to help were paired up and supported each other.
He helped the girl fend off the assassins' attack, clearing a safe path for her and using his own body as a human shield.
The scattered guards, separated and surrounded, faced the enemy back-to-back, covering their teammates' blind spots, coordinating their movements, and advancing and retreating strategically. This hampered the reappearing undead assassins' attack, preventing them from inflicting as many casualties as the first time.
As expected, the assassin's first attack was crucial.
The essence of an assassin lies in surprise attacks, ambushes, and backstabs; the first to strike wins, the second to strike suffers!
Thieves strike when the enemy is unprepared, and assassins target weaknesses; usually, if they miss their target, they should flee. But the situation is different on the battlefield. After the assassination squad was discovered, the paladin cast a defensive spell on himself, activating Aura of Devotion and Holy Shield.
They formed a battle formation, raised their shields and hammers, and not only withstood the second wave of ambushes from the undead assassins, but also seriously wounded several death hunters.
This stunned Lorraine.
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"Sigh, it's not what I imagined..."
Lorraine thought victory was assured, but the guards of Southsea Town reacted quickly and were not at a disadvantage.
Lorraine discovers that the Death Hunter has disappeared again after its second attack failed.
This time they really disappeared. He clearly sensed his teammates sneaking away without saying goodbye... Is this all the reinforcements Tarren Mill has? I lured them out? Where are the main force?
In a daze, all of their own men vanished, leaving behind the corpses of two undead thieves under the tree, as well as the Southsea Town guards who had previously collapsed and were now lying on the ground.
Coming to their senses, the guards, having lost their target, surrounded Lorraine again...
"Holy crap, this can't be fair!"
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"Kill him! Avenge our captain and brothers! Damn undead, die!"
More than ten enraged Southsea Town guards charged at Lorraine at the same time. Lorraine was annoyed, but he couldn't just stand there dumbly any longer. He immediately teleported, used Ice Ring, and then used Windfury... but he couldn't use Windfury... he hadn't learned Ice Spike yet.
Emerging from the crowd, Lorraine didn't hesitate and kept running...
“Bang…Bang…Bang…”
I felt a sharp pain in my buttocks as soon as I pulled a little distance away.
Turning his head, he glimpsed the guards of Nanhai Town raising their muskets and firing.
"My God, these guys even have muskets..."
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It's all about muskets. If it weren't for muskets, fighting the undead with only swords and armor would be futile. The undead feel no pain, don't eat or drink, are fearless in the face of death, and don't stiffen even after death. Humans would gain almost no advantage. Only a few priests and paladins proficient in holy light magic could barely contend with ordinary undead creatures.
Only with the blessing of holy contracts and armor can equal resistance be achieved.
With the aid of dwarven firearms, and with swords for melee combat and crossbows for ranged attacks, humanity was able to fight against the terrifying undead.
Of course, when encountering powerful undead, only high-ranking paladins or mages can step in. Relatively speaking, humans are still weak and vulnerable creatures.
The strength of their willpower is key; it determines the maximum intensity their physical bodies can exert...
The so-called brilliance of humanity is largely a manifestation of spiritual power, an invisible yet undeniably felt force of the soul. It is precisely this power of the soul that creates dangerous monsters like the dead...
The decaying bodies of the undead are much weaker in the face of firearms, at least allowing ordinary people to resist the undead—this is a power of technology.
Muskets and bombs were indeed powerful tools to help humanity stabilize the situation. King Varian of Stormwind had a close relationship with Ironforge, and it was precisely with the help of the dwarves that he was able to truly suppress the orcs and the undead.
After being shot several times, Lorraine became extremely enraged, recalling his terrifying experience of being shot for the first time in Deathstroke.
He had initially intended to flee, but turned around angrily, shouting, "I hate it when people shoot me in the butt! You asked for it! Get up and kill them... [Wrath of the Dead]"
[Wrath of the Dead]
The caster infuses themselves with a mid-level vengeful spirit, greatly enhancing their mental strength by 300%, allowing the Skeleton Resurrection spell to cover a 50-yard radius, endlessly resurrecting fresh corpses for one minute.
At the same time, the user can actively control the corpse to fight and temporarily use its abilities. There is no need to consume the vengeful spirit to occupy the body. The controlled corpse has 200% of its strength and agility in life and can easily realize the operator's will.
Lasting for one minute, when the corpse is exhausted, a terrifying corpse explosion will occur, attacking indiscriminately. It is extremely dangerous and must be avoided...
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After successfully transforming a banshee by devouring a large number of vengeful spirits once again in the Alterac Mountains, Lorraine found that her vengeful spirit-manipulating spells were exploding in her mind...
It's as if the talent tree has been activated, and the core skills have been unlocked.
Skills targeting the soul will appear from time to time.
He didn't understand when his Ren and Tong meridians had opened; just like the Ghost Hand Mark before, it had activated involuntarily. Lorraine's right eye, the Soul Prison, was now overflowing with souls, seemingly affecting even his temperament.
Consume a precious intermediate-level vengeful spirit...
It was the remnant soul of the Syndicate blacksmith he had killed earlier. Lorraine didn't want to leave any souls at the Stanburn town outpost. He felt uneasy and guilty, realizing that he had recently become addicted to killing.
It seems that the necromantic will within has been activated, giving rise to a sense of indifference towards life and numbness.
This change is gradual and imperceptible, often only becoming apparent afterward.
By the time he realized it, there were few living creatures left on the summit of Alterac Mountain. The Syndicate's bandit stronghold, Dren Manor, and the town of Stanburn had truly become ghostly ruins. Lorraine was the master of the ghosts and the final grim reaper of Alterac, reaping the vengeful spirits that had lingered there for years.
The ruins and caves atop Mount Alteran became where he hid his second undead servant, and where a new construct... the ogre corpse.
This time, instead of using vengeful spirits to resurrect corpses, they directly controlled the fallen guards of South Sea Town, making them stand up, draw their guns, and exchange fire with their former comrades. This shocked everyone present beyond measure.
They were caught off guard and began fighting their former comrades... but the mad corpse controlled by Lorraine was even more powerful than it had been in life.
Within a minute, the berserk human zombie soldier from Southsea Town fought three opponents single-handedly, quickly killing one of them. Even with his body half-crippled, he still clung tightly to a guard, displaying terrifying madness and immense strength. The veteran soldiers of Southsea Town were terrified, their faces drained of color...
They seemed to be witnessing a scene the Prince of Lordaeron had once seen: comrades who had just fallen beside them would suddenly spring up, swords raised, and strike... Even though their plate armor arm guards were intact, they were severed in two by a single sword strike from a berserk, resurrected undead soldier...
One minute is not a long time, but the elite guards of Southshore Town who had just repelled the undead assassin squad and surrounded Lorraine were bitten to death by their own people the next second. Soon, the dead soldiers were infected and resurrected.
This team was instantly killed, turning into a bunch of ghouls... The berserk ghouls tore and bit wildly, and no one who was pounced on was spared. They were quickly turned into zombies and continued to expand their ranks in the blink of an eye.
One second Lorraine was merely testing how to control the corpses to fire the musket, the next, the ghouls were charging towards Southshore...
After a one-minute buff, Lorraine lost control of the ghouls, but Southshore suffered the consequences...
Holy Knight Britney, supporting the unconscious Lieutenant Rayleigh, hadn't gone far when she saw a large group of berserk ghouls charging down, knocking away and slamming down the nearby guards who were prepared.
The army of ghouls left nothing but desolation wherever they went.
The alarm bells rang urgently in Nanhai Town...