<h4>Chapter 519: Restart of Battle</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>imperfectluck <strong>Editor: </strong>Kurisu


    Saint rank, meaning entering the realm of the divine. Since it was called Saint, this


    was a realm that the great majority of mortals would never manage to achieve.


    Iron Bloodline, Copper Body, Silver Might, Gold Will, Legend Master, Mortal Saint,


    Undying Myth, and Indestructible SemiGod. Those were the nicknames given to each


    power rank for the mortal ne, as well as a way to separate how much personal


    potential each person had developed.


    Since the great majority of humans in the mortal ne were far too weak, this


    power level ranking system was far too detailed in the weaker ranks, but overly


    vague for the higher power levels. As the Elemental Tide increased at a furious pace


    and average power levels rapidly rose, this power level ranking system would start


    showing its outdatedness.


    It was said that the fairies were in the process of creating a new power ranking


    system. It was also rumored that the previously well-known Three Heavy Doors of


    Myth, the hardest barriers to surpass in order to reach SemiGod, were each


    bing their own individual rank. But as for the Saint rank, the fairies only


    separated this rank into True Saint and Almost Saint. And, the difference between


    these was whether the Saint rank could create their own realm or not.


    Indeed, just their own realm, not a Soul World. Even in the past, when the


    highest-power-level individuals had far stronger foundations, only a minority of


    Saint-ranked individuals would have Soul Worlds.


    Legend rank was all about finding one’s personal path. And in the Saint rank, the


    personal path had already been determined. One’s chosen personal path would now


    have the power to influence the surrounding environment. Those with the strongest


    will and belief in their personal path would even be able to create their Soul


    Worlds.


    Saints were far stronger than Legends at controlling the surrounding environment


    and themselves. Perhaps a Saint wouldn’t have arge increase in mana or strength


    pared to Legends, but the greater control over little details would allow them to


    do three tasks simultaneously for the same amount of concentration as a Legend.


    And, more importantly, Saints were finally getting into contact with ‘Concepts’, and


    would be capable of performing deeds that went against physical or even


    magicalws. And, the best example of this would be the most powerful Saint ranks,


    who were capable of using their very willpower to change the world around them.


    But in the current generation, as power levels were easier to achieve, so-called True


    Saints’ personal realms were only much weaker editions of Soul Worlds. These Saints


    were probably capable of no more than forcibly changing the four elements within a


    limited radius around themselves in order to buff their personal spells and


    techniques.


    Using one’s willpower to directly change the world was massively different from


    using willpower over the elements to change the surrounding environment. Since


    they were so different, it was only natural that the former was far stronger than the


    tter. It would seem that even though it became slightly easier to reach the


    standard of Saint rank, the foundational naturalw that “hard work pays off” would


    never change.


    Of course, there would still be new Saint ranks in this generation that could utilize


    personal Soul Worlds. There would always be a few geniuses out there in any


    generation. But, the great majority of new Saint ranks in this generation would likely


    never create a personal Soul World in their lives.


    “So, it’s quite normal that I don’t have a Soul World anymore.”


    Indeed, my Soul World had now transformed into the bugged personal world of


    Hell. Even though I had now reached Saint ranked, if you only looked at my personal


    mana pool, the change wasn’t that big.


    “But, don’t tell me that you don’t have a Soul World, Harloys.”


    If it really wouldn’t improve my power significantly, there would have been no need


    for me to forcibly improve my power level before the next big battle. Although it was


    impossible for me to obtain another Soul World as I had my personal Hell world, my


    magical pet could have her own Soul World!


    Harloys, a former undead at the peak of Myth rank. Although I had never seen her


    Soul World before, with her powerful will (due to her incredibly deep grudge against


    the Elf Gods) and millennium of experience, it would be inconceivable for her not to


    have a Soul World.


    The magical pet contract would limit the pet, making her unable to be stronger than


    the master. This irondw of magical contracts limited Harloys’ personal


    development. But now that I had be Saint rank, she naturally entered Saint


    rank together with me.


    “...Yeah, I have one that can be used. But, I’ll be able to summon it one time at most


    in this battle.”


    I was immediately delighted to hear this. After all, a Soul World would be the


    representation of an individual’s greatest desire and ideal. There were also plenty of


    Soul Worlds that would be unsuitable for directbat, such as Beifeng’s ideal of


    all-epassing love. Harloys’ personal Soul World’s information had never been


    leaked. I had thought that it was because her Soul World was also unsuitable for


    bat.


    But, before I got a chance to ask what it was, a hugemotion started outside.


    “The undead, the undead areing!”


    The undead arrived earlier than expected—on noon of the second day after their


    vanguard was eradicated. As always, the undead flying units were the first to arrive.


    They circled the air as if they were vultures heartlessly following people in the


    desert—just waiting to enjoy your corroded flesh once you died, yet not intending to


    directly attack you.


    “Undead Winged Tribe, phantoms, bone dragons, flying zombies, undead aerial


    knights, gargoyles, and so on. There’s really such a wide variety. It would seem that


    Conservation brought the full forces of her Death ne.”


    The undead in the skies seemed like they could fill a museum. Of course, their power


    level would also vary wildly. There were low levels like level 2 or level 3 gargoyles, all


    the way to level 5 Legend rank bone dragons. And, there were also plenty of


    powerful undead individuals that were Undead Thanes or Undead Lords.


    I even saw a Desecrating Beholder amongst the undead. This was a gigantic undead


    monster that possessed its own aura of despair, and it resembled a giant brain with a


    single eye. It also had several hundred smaller eyes on the tips of each of its


    tentacles, and each eye was glowing with a ck light. These Beholders were almost


    pletely extinct in the mortal ne, and could only be evolved from the corpse of


    a SemiGod individual.


    It was said that each and every one of its smaller eyes was capable of casting magic


    spells. Perhaps the smaller eyes would be unable to cast stronger magic spells, but


    just one Desecrating Beholder would have the strength of an entire mage


    squadron. And, therge eye right in the center was rumored to possess true vision,


    curse, death beam magic, and all other sorts of powerful abilities. This one Beholder alone


    would already be like a super mega cannon turret.


    “Tsk, there’s even a divine mummy created from a God’s corpse? What generation


    did this ancient artifacte out from?”


    A divine mummy would easily reach the Cmity Rankings in the mortal ne if it


    was set loose. But here, it seemed to be nothing more than an ordinary member of


    the undead aerial forces. As Conservation was an Undead Emperor who ruled over


    her Death ne for a millennium already, thebat potential of her entire ne


    now that she finally used her full forces was astonishing indeed.


    “I shall share the world with all undead. The living in that world have beautiful souls


    and delicious flesh. That world doesn’t have the despairing ice storms that don’t


    adhere to any Concepts. That world only haszy pigs that waste the gifts that they


    have. Come, pass through this Dimensional Door and enjoy fresh blood and souls.”


    Back in the despairing snow-white Death ne, Conservation’s ethereal figure stated


    her wish. Although she sounded emotionless as if she was reading a prepared


    speech, the countless undead all rushed to enter the tremendous bone


    Dimensional Door.


    Although the undead there included subordinates under the Undead Emperor’s


    direct control, there were far more free undead in the Death ne. There were even


    plenty of Undead Lords that ruled their personal little domains.


    But, in order to pass through the Dimensional Door, they would all have to agree to


    Conservation’s contract. These undead naturally all became Conservation’s ves


    and cannon fodder.


    A ck jade gargoyle was knocked out of the skies by one of Tid’s modified


    cannons. I immediately destroyed the ck jade gargoyle’s soul and recorded its


    demise in a memory crystal scene to y for all the defenders on the city walls. This


    would help to improve the living’s morale.


    Obviously, the unexpected Seeds of Holy Light spell had a far stronger effect against


    the undead than anticipated. Conservation’s regr undead forces were actually a


    bit weaker than expected. That was why there were so many assorted forces rather


    than a focused army here.


    “Maybe she values the top-level strength in her army and only sent a few strong


    ones here as cannon fodder. That’s because she doesn’t know yet that you’re


    incapable of using Seeds of Holy Light again. All she has to do is give a few verbal


    promises, and she pulled so many undead over to be her shields and cannon fodder.


    Such a great deal for her!”


    “...Can’t you think a little more positively, Harloys?”


    “I was worried that you would underestimate the enemy and suffer because of it.”


    “Rx, you also know about my luck rating of E. I always consider the worst possible


    oue with every n I make. Unlucky coincidences aren’t something that I


    enjoy.”


    As we chatted, I was asking Harloys if there was any method to directly win. But of


    course, she denied this possibility.


    The undead aerial forces’ arrival naturally raised the living’s vignce. But, their


    strange and assorted appearances were actually a type of disguise in and of itself.


    Only experts on the undead would know that it wasn’t meaningful at all to judge


    undead by physical appearance. Liches would barely appear different from a normal


    skeleton soldier, and even Elite Abominations would be nothing more than ugly


    corpses. Only the newest-born undead would look the neatest and most orderly.


    And, this army that seemed like a random assortment would actually be much


    stronger than the previous army of identical gargoyles and bone dragons.


    The only part worth celebrating was that the undead seemed to be worried about


    something. They hadn’t started their attack yet.


    I understood Undead Lords’ personalities very well as I had to deal with so many


    Undead Lords back when I was the overlord of Yongye’s Army. The great majority of


    Undead Lords would be filled with negative emotions. ughter and bloodlust were


    in their very natures. It would be natural instinct for them to rebel against orders.


    The only reason that the Undead Lords here weren’t immediately attacking the fresh


    blood and souls here would be because of Conservation having direct control over


    this entire army.


    “Since the undead army’s on guard and not attacking yet, it’s perfect because we


    also need more time. Let’s put them even more on guard. Snap!”


    I immediately acted on what I’d said. With a snap of my fingers, the floating fortress


    Yongye City appeared once again. This time, it appeared right above Starwood City.


    Although Yongye City’s current energy level was only just sufficient to keep it


    floating, the undead wouldn’t know its current energy level. The moment that


    Yongye City appeared, all the aerial undead immediately scattered and retreated


    several kilometers. It was evident that their master, Conservation, hadmanded


    the aerial undead to temporarily retreat.


    Seeing this situation, I heaved a sigh of relief as well. I was actually quite worried


    that the aerial undead would constantly harass Starwood City. If that happened,


    then the living would suffer quite some losses before the big battle even started.


    “Come, take a look at this eternal and undefeatable Naxxramas!”


    “I feel like you’re subtly jinxing yourself. Is that just my mistaken impression?”


    “Cough, cough, aren’t I stalling for time here?”


    And right now, I wasn’t stalling for time just for the sake of the reinforcements that


    wereing. Right now, above the clouds, an adventuring team of roughly thirty


    members was riding on top of a gigantic dragon lich’s back. This adventuring team’s


    goal was the ruins from the treasure map!


    It could be seen from the adventuring team’s appearance and equipment that all of


    them were powerful warriors. However, there was an ordinary girl sitting on the


    dragon lich’s head. Judging from how all the other members had her surrounded,


    she was the most vital target for all the other members to protect.


    Although the dragon lich was also undead, and although Wiir had already used death magic to conceal the scent of the living, he still carefully avoided all the aerial undead in the skies. However, Wiir’s constant changing of altitudes made the trip rather unpleasant for the passengers.


    A certain Legend-ranked mercenary was already dizzy to the point of hugging a


    dragon bone and holding on for dear life. A certain dark elfpletely disregarded


    her image as a beauty and threw up everywhere. A certain female human mercenary


    screamed the entire way. There was only a certain baldie that stood on Wiir’s


    head, looking more and more rxed as he observed what was before him. His


    boiling blood seemed to be a prediction of his future fate.


    But, what was surprising was that the ordinary girl was quite clear-minded. Her


    adopted father helped her to get used to the jarring ride on the dragon lich, as


    images of the past schrs’ generation kept shing in her eyes. And, Katerina, who


    had zerobat ability, was the most critical key for this trip!