Slime Immortal.

Chapter 210 Witness the Power of Nature

Cracked Stone Fortress.

The sky was a clear, cloudless blue in the morning, like a gemstone washed clean, but just after noon, it was soon covered with dark clouds.

Soon, a light drizzle began to fall, forming a curtain of rain that brought ample moisture to the oak forest that partially surrounded the fortress.

Green branches swayed and grew vigorously in the rain, and the croaking of frogs echoed in the wetlands... This should have been a lush and vibrant scene.

But then, a bare bony foot suddenly appeared and stepped onto the mossy ground.

With a hiss, the moss around the point of impact instantly turned black and withered, emanating an ominous aura.

On the fortress walls, the slime guards, undeterred by the wind and rain, stood resolutely and earnestly, holding their small iron spears, still hopping and skipping along the wet road, faithfully fulfilling their guard duties.

In the patrol team, a metal slime suddenly seemed to have noticed something, stopped hopping around, and looked through the hazy rain with its small eyes at the rocky pass in the distance that looked like a black ribbon.

A hint of confusion was visible in his eyes.

Unlike usual, this ribbon was now like paint dripping into clear water, spreading and blurring. The unsettling blackness had even crossed the pass and quietly spread to the reeds in front of the fortress.

"Gulu?"

"The...the undead?"

The metal slime emitted a puzzled buzzing sound.

Although it didn't understand what was happening, it instinctively realized that something bad was going on, so it immediately hopped to the bronze bell and bumped into it several times with its gel body.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The urgent chimes pierced through the rain and echoed above the Rockbreaker Fortress. In an instant, the entire fortress seemed like a giant beast that had been awakened, coming to life in the rain.

The buzzing of the stinging bees echoed from the various watchtower hives, and slimes of all colors lined up in neat rows, hopping up the passageways inside the city walls and quickly returning to their respective defensive positions.

"What happened?"

A shadow tore through the rain and glided down from mid-air, landing on the crenellations of the main city wall.

It was Chen Yu who rushed over on his small truck.

The slime guard that noticed the anomaly immediately hopped forward, struggled to straighten its round, gelatinous body, and extended its tiny gelatinous hand in a salute.

It uttered a tense, trembling voice, "Your Majesty, the dead, so many dead."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu immediately jumped onto the battlement with a splash, stretching his gel body as much as possible to gaze into the distance.

In the hazy rain, the once lush reeds in the distance have now been completely devoured by a dark mass of figures.

As they drew closer, the flickering soul flames gradually came into view, and out emerged skeleton soldiers dressed in tattered clothes and wielding rusty weapons.

They simply trudged aimlessly through the mud, seemingly uninterested in the fortress walls so close at hand.

Rather than an aggressive undead scourge, these undead in front of us are more like a group of pathetic creatures who have lost their way.

Their destination was clearly not this slime fortress.

Chen Yu's doubts deepened.

Strange.

The sheer number of undead appearing here, and on a considerable scale, suggests they most likely emerged from the Underdark.

Could it be that the war between the vampires and goblins has affected these ancient ruins where the undead dwell?
He immediately ordered the slimes on the city wall to remain on guard and monitor the aimless wandering undead below, then connected his consciousness with his slime clone far away in the stone fortress.

The moment he regained consciousness, a violent jolt and shaking hit him, blurring his vision. It seemed as if Nelly was carrying him in her arms as they ran, desperately trying to escape something.

"What...what happened?" Chen Yu asked, still dazed.

Nili was startled by the sudden voice in her mind and quickly disappeared into the shadows, arriving at a deserted open space.

After confirming that the surrounding area was safe, he patted his chest in an annoyed tone.

"My lord, next time you should at least give a heads-up before you speak. You scared me half to death, thinking some immortal lord had come after me."

Chen Yu patted her with his gel-like hand. "So what exactly happened in the Underdark recently? Hordes of undead are running out of the Underdark and coming to the gates of my fortress."

"And what were you hiding from just now?"

"The undead have escaped from the Underdark?"

Upon hearing this, Nellie's face flashed with surprise; clearly, she was unaware of this news.

She then put her hands on her hips and said, "As you can see, these skeletons have been herded around Gore like headless flies, and I'm trying to find a way to lure them to another place."

"If they were allowed to run into the fluorescent forest near the stone fortress, they would trample the flowers and grass to pieces, not to mention the cave dwellers' little wooden houses."

"As for why these undead fled the ruins on such a large scale..." she said, her expression turning serious.

"If the intelligence is correct, it seems that the vampires and goblins have reached an agreement and are on the same side."

"Vampires and goblins?"

Chen Yu thought he had misheard. Could those self-proclaimed elegant vampires really be interested in cooperating with goblins?

Moreover, Camishil had just recently traded gold coins for gel with him and even asked him to help cause trouble for the goblins. How come they're cooperating all of a sudden?

Damn it, these vampires are such cowards!

Why surrender so easily? At least put up some symbolic resistance and show some backbone of the ancient nobility.

And they didn't even inform his ally, completely disregarding him, the Slime King.

He was so angry the gel was practically bulging up.

Nelly seemed to see through his thoughts and pondered, "It doesn't seem that the vampires wanted to surrender willingly. It's said that the mage who was supporting them made some kind of cooperation with the goblins."

"Although it was only a mage apprentice who came forward, it still represented his will."

“That’s strange…” Chen Yu was increasingly confused.

Oh, no, he can't reach it with his short little hands anyway.

Nelly nudged him and muttered to herself, "Instead of trying to guess what that mage is thinking, my dear lord, you should worry about your territory first."

“I bet my treasured Shadow Dust that the goblin army didn’t drive these undead out of the Underdark so they could take a stroll; they were most likely after you.”

"Why? Do undead have a way of suppressing slimes?" Chen Yu asked, somewhat puzzled.

He'd never heard of this slime, Benmu, before.

He beat the goblins to a pulp, what difference would these undead make? Nelly shrugged and explained, "Ever since the battle at Thorn Outpost, the goblin army, or rather the demons behind them, seem to have become convinced, because of that silver oak tree, that there is a mysterious elven force behind you."

“Driving these undead who hate the breath of nature to the swamp might be a test, or even a direct attack on the so-called elven forces.”

"But speaking of which, do you really have some kind of elven force backing you, like a member of some ancient tree council?"

She nudged Chen Yu again, waiting for his answer.

"No," Chen Yu answered crisply, even with a hint of regret.

If he really had some powerful elven force backing him up, he couldn't even imagine how arrogant he would be walking around, he'd probably be jumping around like a madman.

Why bother being polite with these goblins and demons? He just unleashed his domain, his abyssal belly bulging! He sucked them all in.

But on second thought, this inexplicable misunderstanding doesn't seem to be all bad.

At least this non-existent elven force prevents the demons behind the goblin army from easily launching a war, and they only dare to test the waters by driving away the undead.

"How are you? Do you need any help?"

Nelly drew the dagger and twirled it deftly between her fingers.

"To strengthen our relationship with our allies, and to thank the little guys who are working hard to dig the tunnel, the Belmont family would be happy to lend a hand."

"And this time it's free."

No charge?
Chen Yu's eyes lit up.

Is there really such a good thing? Great! Of course, we'll take as many as we can get.

After quickly finalizing the cooperation with Nellie and agreeing on a time, Chen Yu's consciousness returned to the Riftstone Fortress.

Below the city walls, the undead skeletons continued to roam tirelessly, and some of them had even ventured deep into the swampy forest behind the fortress, disappearing into the vast sea of ​​trees.

Chen Yu thought for a moment, "As long as we don't disturb these skeletons, there shouldn't be any major problems for the time being..."

Of course, the World Tree inside his gel-like body constantly exudes a natural aura. This aura is like a strong stench to ordinary people, which would instinctively disgust the undead and might even cause them to stir.

"We need to keep a low profile..."

He instinctively shrank back, bouncing back to a safe spot on the city wall, deciding to wait for the undead army to disperse on its own.

But as night fell and the rain gradually stopped, the dark mass of undead beneath the city walls showed no signs of fading. Instead, stimulated by the darkness, their soul fires seemed to burn even more fiercely, and their numbers grew even denser.

They seemed to have developed some intelligence, becoming interested in the obstacle blocking their way.

They began to gather towards the fortress walls, some skeletons even reaching out and futilely scratching at the cold rock surface.

But at least it didn't cause any major commotion.

However, under the cover of night, a group of sneaky goblin scouts had silently infiltrated the outer perimeter of the undead horde and were attempting to approach the fortress walls.

"Boss, why are these brainless bastards just circling the city walls and not attacking the castle?" one of the skinny goblins asked, puzzled.

The burly goblin at the head muttered, "Fools, these undead are brainless. There's not a sound here, of course they won't attack the fortress."

"What should we do then? If we don't complete the mission, Lord Ajax will throw us to be fed to the filthy when we get back!" another goblin said fearfully.

The burly goblin untied several small jars wrapped in animal hides from his waist. "What to do? Of course, we'll create some surprises."

"Throw these alchemical gunpowders at the foot of the city wall, make some noise, and I bet these skeletons won't budge."

"Oh, really? That's quite a surprise."

Suddenly, a voice rang out from the shadows behind them, its tone light and airy, tinged with interest.

"Who? Who's there?!"

The goblin scouts were startled and were about to turn around when a cold glint flashed in the darkness.

"Pfft-"

The goblins' eyes widened instantly, a line of blood appeared at their throats, and then their bodies went limp, quietly collapsing under the tree.

Nelly's petite figure, clad in a black cloak, emerged from the shadows. She glanced at the goblin's corpse on the ground, flicked the blood off her dagger, hummed an unknown tune, and disappeared back into the darkness.

Under the cover of night, the Stoneborn assassins finally arrived at the battlefield in time and began to clear out the rats that had crept in.

Similar scenes soon began to unfold around the Riftstone Fortress, with goblins frequently losing their lives in the darkness.

Soon after, a shadow stretched out like flowing water and appeared beneath the gray gravel torches on the city wall. Nelly revealed herself and greeted Chen Yu, who was lying on the battlements observing the enemy's situation.

"Good evening. There are quite a few goblins sneaking around below. I reckon they're planning to make their move."

She walked to Chen Yu's side and together they looked down at the sea of ​​the dead. In the darkness, the burning soul flames gathered together, stretching as far as the eye could see.

"So, have you figured out how to deal with so many undead?"

Chen Yu's gel-like body swayed slightly, as if he were thinking.

With the "Kingdom Shield" protecting the fortress, as long as no high-level undead capable of casting death magic or possessing exceptionally powerful physical attacks, such as death knights, appear.

Even if there are many of these low-level skeletons, they are unlikely to break through the fortress's defenses.

After all, there is a passage leading directly to the underground city of the Eastern Swamp from below the fortress, allowing all kinds of supplies to be continuously transported up.

As long as the thirty-two Goblin Rippers in the fortress maintain a continuous ceasefire, and with the cooperation of the slimes, holding the fortress against this disorganized horde of undead is not an insurmountable task.

Rather than an attack, the demons behind the goblin army seem to be testing the waters, probing whether the elven forces behind the slime kingdom will intervene.

Since that's the case, he certainly couldn't let that demon down.

He quickly contacted Iserline, who was far away in the Tree Spirit territory, through the gel network, and after a brief exchange, he received good news.

Three oak people have already transformed into saplings of the arcane ancient tree with the help of an alchemical ritual.

Although they lack the silver bloodline and are far from reaching the strength of Faldor, they have already begun to possess the ability to cast spells and enhance surrounding plants.

Deploying them on the city walls for defense would be equivalent to a small mage corps.

Not to mention, if you push them too far, you can use branches to beat them up; one swipe and a whole row of goblins will fly up, which is pretty powerful.

"very good."

Chen Yu decided to send these three newly formed ancient tree saplings to the Riftstone Fortress, so that the demon hiding behind the scenes could witness the power of nature.

(End of this chapter)