Chapter 159 - Midnight Battle
The currents of the wind could be heard, becoming louder and louder.
The whistling of the night wind suddenly grew violent. Mournful cries could be heard vaguely within. And the shabby door couldn’t stop shaking under the strong wind.
“Activate buffs!”
Rhode quickly gave an order. But his mercenaries gave him a confused expression when they heard the unfamiliar command. Rhode helplessly slapped his forehead and rephrased himself.
“Use the potions. The potions! Lize, get ready. Marlene, protection!”
Once they understood, the mercenaries skillfully retrieved a tube filled with a red, sticky substance from their belt pouches. They smeared the concoction over their weapons and gave a casual swing. It caused a similar phenomenon to the breaking of the sound barrier as their equipment immediately started immolating with a blue and magical flame. The flames twirled upward, emitting a strong aura. And at this moment, Lize raised her slowly staff, causing several empowered shields to cover the mercenaries. Marlene then gripped her staff tightly and smashed it down towards the ground. Almost immediately, mysterious runes appeared and expanded in a circular pattern quickly with Lize’s staff as its epicenter. The runes then formed a three-layered magic array with the runes on top being almost invisible to the eye.
Rhode and Anne stood within the circle, protecting the frightened Christie. Before the battle, Rhode told the mercenaries that this battle with the undead creatures was a test for their battle abilities. As such, he would only step in when it was necessary. As for Marlene, Lize, Celia, and Shauna, each of them were responsible for the attack and defense from their respective zones. Rhode purposely chose this setup as he wanted to check out their commanding and reaction abilities.
In fact, facing the pressure of the incoming undead, all four of them had different commanding styles.
Shauna, who had the most experience, was the first to complete the formation. She made use of the most common tactic. Shauna made her men form two squads, one squad for defense while the other would seek an opportunity to attack. With a balance between offense and defense, she found that this was the most reliable way to destroy the enemy.
In his system prompt, Rhode could see lines and lines of experience appearing and disappearing in his eyes. These undead brought little EXP, just merely over tens. Frankly, though, it was better than nothing. He silently counted the amount.
25…27…29…30… About there!
Indeed, just when Rhode counted to 35, the undead who were fiercely attacking stopped suddenly and quickly retreated, disappearing into the darkness in a blink of an eye.
“…”
All of a sudden, the fierce battle turned quiet. The mercenaries stared at each other.
What happened?
Why did the undead run away?
Did they realize they have failed?
What is going on?
“Get ready, trouble’s here!”
Rhode reminded his bewildered mercenaries to stay alert, but before they could react, a scream sounded.