Chapter1561 1389: Since when Healers are so powerful?


    The whole city walls was inplete silence. The soldiers were dumbfounded. They had never expected to witness such a fantasy-like battle. After the fire elemental creatures retreated into the distance, the soldiers broke into loud cheers. Although they weren''t involved in the battle, they were fired up by the magnificent scene.


    However, Alex wasn''t as delightful as them. He gazed forward coldly.


    "Alice, order the Healers to cast the defensive barrier. Now!"


    "Yes, Mr. Alex!"


    Alice turned around andmanded hurriedly. The Healers scuttled forward and chanted softly in unison, where sacred,plex runes appeared and merged together. Shortly after, a golden spiritual radiance shed and a translucent barrier emerged over everyone. On the other hand, the leader of the Ocean Elves stepped back while their tentacles spiraled gracefully in midair to draw azure runes one after another. In the blink of an eye, a new, smooth, solid ice barrier grew over the fortress.


    At the same time, sparkling radiances that resembled stars emerged in the darkness on the opposite side.


    Those weren''t the brilliance of stars. Those were arrows lit up with spiritual mes.


    "Ambush—!"


    A rain of countless arrows streaked across the dark sky and engulfed the entire fortress. The soldiers lifted their shields and hid behind the walls, only to find the arrows ttering on the invisible, defensive barrier over them. For the time being, all they could do was to take cover and wait for the arrow attack to end.


    Alex stood on the peak of the tower proudly. The arrows that were about to reach him were deflected by an invisible strength. He sped his sword hilt and narrowed his eyes.


    Although there seemed to be nothing ahead, he sensed his heart pumping fast because he was familiar with this feeling. In the game, this was a usual scene from his battles with the Undead Creatures and now, the entire battle had set onto the path which he was most familiar with.


    The rain of arrowssted for about six minutes. The soldiers lifted their heads frantically. The ones who fought the Undead Creatures in the previous battle appeared fine. However, it was shocking for the newer soldiers to experience such a terrifying arrow attack. There was an instant when they thought that the arrows were indefinite and they would be buried by them like a wave.


    Shortly after, they heard a deep sound from afar.


    Boom… Boom…


    Boom..


    That was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground and resembled the footsteps of a massive creature approaching them. The soldiers gripped their bow and arrow in anticipation. The Phantom Beasts by the foot of the walls instinctively retreated and gathered while the Batfishes swayed anxiously and let out warnings that ordinary humans couldn''t hear.


    ——Gaaaaa!


    The deep night sky was like an invisible creature with its mouth opened wide. Everyone witnessed the twisting night sky transforming into arge burning, scarlet cloud with tens of thousands of me Crows howling and soaring in the sky. Not only that, but the mes spreading on the ground also erupted and charged forward like a wave.


    But this time, behind them were numerous shadows that were as tall as the city wall. After taking a closer look, they were creatures made of bones and clutched warhammers as they shambled forward. The t iron te above both sides of their shoulders, which served as tforms had expanded entirely. They wereid out with lightweight arrows and bows and groups of Ghouls and Skeletal Warriors. Even though, logically speaking, these top-heavy presence would likely lose their bnce and crumble in taking one step, Rhode was aware that he couldn''t count on science in this world.


    "Oh Creators above! What are those things?"


    Many soldiers yelled in fear and subconsciously stepped back. Chill run down their spines making their already stiff bodies stiffen even more.


    At this moment, the Undead Armyunched their attacks.


    Scarlet mes and crystal clear ice collided again. This time, the fire elemental creatures who had gathered all their strength were matched evenly with Alex''s water elemental creatures. At this moment, a dozen Skeletal Trolls lumbered forward and stood up straight. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Swish!


    Skeleton Archers who stood above the Skeletal Trolls'' shoulders shot out arrows one after another, which struck the solid, ice city walls. But, the purpose of these arrows wasn''t to damage the city walls only. Under the bright mes, pitch-ck ropes were also seen attached to them.


    "Cut the ropes! Quick! Burn them off!"


    Themanders ordered the soldiers to cut off the ropes immediately. But at this moment, another wave of arrows streaked across the sky and overwhelmed them. Not only that, but the dark, shriveled Ghouls had also climbed up the ropes already!


    That was like a scene from a nightmare.


    The entire world was filled with a mixture of ck and red. In the sky, me Crows and Bone Griffinsunched their most ferocious attacks on the Batfishes while fire elemental creatures and the Undead Army swarmed forward on the surface. As soon as they fell under the attacks of the Phantom Beasts, darkness quickly filled the gaps. The battlefront shrunk, but the soldiers above the city walls weren''t in the mood to care.


    "Wind des!"


    Selena extended her arms and transformed strong gales into razor-sharp des that swept a pitch-ck, shriveled, and putrid Ghoul off the city wall. But at the same time, another shadow arrived at her side.


    At this moment, Fred also attacked.


    His de shimmered in a green radiance as he punctured the Ghoul''s body. The Ghouls'' skin should have been as strong as steel where sharp des couldn''t deal serious damage to them. However, they had lost their solid defense in this enchanted field. Fred''s de ripped through its flesh knife through like butter and the Ghoul extended its ws at him.


    He shrieked in surprise, but drove his foot forward with one powerful thrust to draw some distance apart. Then, he brandished his green de and a whirlwind rose from the ground abruptly. In a series of painful screeches, the Ghoul flew out and crashed into itspanion.


    "———!"


    Fred whistled proudly. After he turned around, he realized that another Ghoul had leapt up from the wall and shed at one of the Clerics.


    "Be careful!"


    The swordsman yelled frantically. He always thought that Healers were fragile and a ss that wasn''t great inbat. He stood too far away from the healer and couldn''t assist her. At this moment, he hoped that someone around the healer would notice and strike the Ghoul away. But it was a pity that only a miracle could save her.


    But the miracle didn''t happen—because there was no need for it.


    Just an inch closer and the Ghoul''s razor-sharp w would tear into her soft skin. However, it failed. Its w struck an invisible barrier which deflected it in midair. The youngdy was startled. She turned around in panic and saw the Ghoul rolling on the ground. Then, her behaviors were out of Fred''s expectations. Even though she appeared nervous, she hurriedly extended her arm and in the blink of an eye, she sted a dazzling ray on the Ghoul. The nimble Ghoul looked as though it were bound by manacles and leg-irons and couldn''t budge at all. The Healer made a few hand gestures, and a white light beam descended from above, struck the Ghoul heavily, and turned it into ashes.


    Since when do Healers are so powerful? The man questionned his existence.


    Frantically, Fred couldn''t believe his eyes. Back then, he cursed Alex inwardly for being so heartless to ce a bunch of Healers with ''nobat abilities'' in the front lines. During the few days of staying in the fortress, Fred knew that Alex had been training the Healers''bat abilities based on his first fiancee Luna''s training. However, he didn''t take them seriously as he thought that the training sessions were to teach them how to protect themselves using some basic sword moves or something. But why did it seem like… this group of Healers was much stronger than him?


    Brilliance from spiritual spells and magical spells shone from above the city wall. The soldiers had calmed down from the initial chaos where they were stunned by this tactic that the Undead Army deployed. But they pulled themselves together and eliminated the Ghouls rushing up the city walls while being protected by the spiritual barrier. The Ghouls were powerful and the weakest ones were at level 50. Their sharp ws had poisonous effects and their strong skin made them tough enemies in closebat. Due to the effects of the enchanted field, the Ghouls were weakened by more than half of their strength and were currently at around level 30. The holy powerspletely overwhelmed their mighty features and fast speed. But the only problem now was that the ck rope connected to the arrows were too strong, where the soldiers'' des and Mages'' mes were useless in removing them.


    This was going to be hard.