Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 368 War

Backlund, East District.

Hugh was inside a house that had been prepared in advance and used as a safe house.

Fors and his companions appeared out of thin air, followed closely by Audrey and the others, and the group of nine met in the living room.

"Was that the God of War?"

Fors asked, still somewhat doubtful.

"It shouldn't be."

Alger shook his head and denied it:

"The one who just made the move must have been the High Patriarch of the Church of War."

Divine help is not so cheap. As a demigod of the Church of the God of War, the other party should also know that they cannot ask the God of War for help with everything. Therefore, most of the time, it is the Grand Patriarch of the Church of the God of War who "manifests" his divine intervention.

"Larion?" Fors immediately recalled the name of the Grand Patriarch.

Leonard stood quietly to the side, saying nothing.

He was not qualified to participate in the battle directly as he was not a demigod, but with the old man's parasitic presence, he could serve as insurance for this operation, which was why Mr. Fool agreed to let him participate.

However, they originally thought that this battle was eight against one, and that they had the advantage.

But no one expected that a "Silver Knight" from the Church of War was hidden in Fusak's Sunia Fleet!

As a demigod of the 'Warrior' pathway Sequence 3, the appearance of the 'Silver Knight' has both advantages and disadvantages.

On one hand, the Silver Knight can conceal their actions and intentions, effectively interfering with divination and prophecy, making it impossible for targets who can foresee danger to detect them. Furthermore, the Silver Knight possesses the extraordinary ability to hide by absorbing light, blending into the light to conceal their form.

This led to the conclusion that divination, prophecy, and even visual observation all indicated that the fleet only had one demigod, Yegor. Therefore, they were completely unaware of the existence of this "Witcher" before the operation, and were ambushed by him at the end of the operation.

However, because the other party was the "Silver Knight" who was skilled at interfering with divination and prophecy, he failed to notice the anomaly on the "Nepos" and was also unable to immediately realize that the captain's cabin and the Nepos had been divided into two parts.

It wasn't until the hidden space suddenly returned to reality that the 'Silver Knight' noticed something was wrong.

However, Yegor had already been killed. Even though he was a Sequence 3 Silver Knight, he was still struggling against four demigods, and there was a risk of defeat if he wasn't careful. That's why the Silver Knight launched a sneak attack the moment he discovered Fors and the others, and at the same time, he chanted the name of the High Patriarch of the Church of War for protection.

Fortunately, the old man noticed the anomaly immediately and alerted Audrey through Leonard. Audrey then used her extraordinary ability as an "observer" to warn Fors, allowing them to teleport away from the crime scene before the Patriarch could respond.

Of course, the fact that the demigod was a warrior-path demigod rather than a hunter-path demigod is actually a good thing.

Because if it were a Hunter-type 'Iron Knight' or 'War Bishop', they would have been able to detect the spatial anomaly immediately by breaking the connection with Yegor.

Conversely, if the demigod is a hunter, then the opponent wouldn't possess the extraordinary ability to counter divination and prophecy like the 'Silver Knight.' In that case, they could make ample preparations beforehand and simultaneously hunt down both demigods…

A brief silence fell over everyone in the living room as they reviewed and summarized the battle that had taken place.

As if thinking of something, Mobert sighed:

"These demigods with powerful backers are indeed not so easy to kill."

Alger said in a cold tone:

"But Yegor still died, at our hands."

Lennart said with a hint of regret:

"It's a pity we couldn't destroy that fleet, otherwise the situation in the Kingdom of Rune would have been better."

"That's enough."

Emlyn thought about it carefully and analyzed it seriously:

"The death of a demigod is enough to throw the forces of the Fusak Empire into temporary chaos, especially since Yegor was the commander of the Sunia Fleet. His death will leave the entire Sunia Fleet leaderless, making it difficult to organize a large-scale offensive in the short term, and leaving them only able to defend passively."

"Unless the Kingdom of Rune's navy is completely incompetent, they should know to seize this opportunity to maximize their advantage!"

Cattleya gently shook her head:

"It's difficult. This war is not only something that the Einhorn family of Fussac has long desired, but also something they have been looking forward to for a long time."

"With the help of this war that could affect the whole world, Einhorn's key members can greatly digest the potion and prepare the corresponding rituals without too much difficulty, and their overall strength will reach a new level."

"For example, the ritual for advancing to Sequence 4 in the Hunter Path involves forming a team of at least thirty people, cultivating deep camaraderie among them, making them stronger one by one, and developing perfect teamwork so that they can understand each other's intentions through eye contact and gestures, becoming almost one with one. Then, they perform the ritual. At the same time, the higher the team's strength and level of teamwork, the better the ritual's effect."

"Such a ritual is not easy for 'hunters' who are good at provocation and like to plot schemes, but in return, once they complete the ritual, they will not only be promoted to Sequence 4, but they will also transform into a qualified commander."

Audrey added softly:

"In other words, even if Yegor is killed, the Fusak Empire can send another 'Iron-Blooded Knight' to take over Yegor's duties in a short time and command the Sunia Fleet to continue fighting, and the combat power will not be reduced much."

Emlyn White said nonchalantly:

"If that's the case, why not just hunt down a few more demigods? Advancing to Sequence 4 isn't just about having a ritual; it also requires corresponding extraordinary materials or extraordinary traits. I refuse to believe that the Fussac Empire has an inexhaustible supply of extraordinary traits!"

Alger nodded silently in agreement.

As long as they take the extraordinary traits of their targets with each hunt, the extraordinary traits or materials available to the Fursac Empire will inevitably become increasingly scarce. Moreover, as long as they always act together, no matter how many demigods the Fursac Empire cultivates, it will be to no avail—Alger believes that no demigod, regardless of their path, could survive the close cooperation of eight demigods from different paths!

Fors calculated the time and interrupted their discussion, reminding them:

"It's about time we set off."

Everyone immediately became serious; their target tonight wasn't just Yegor!

Audrey smiled faintly:

"It's our turn to make a move this time."

Previously, it was Fors and his group of four who hunted Yegor, and now it's the turn of the remaining four.

As for Leonard, his seat in the stands is unshakeable.

-

Northern part of the Kingdom of Rune, the inter-sea war zone.

Compared to the battles between the two countries' Sunya naval fleets, the situation here is clearly more intense.

The reason is also very simple.

If the Fusaks want to invade the Loen mainland from the Sunia Sea, they are destined to be unable to cross the vast overseas colonies of the Loen Kingdom, such as the Roside Islands, and will have to slowly conquer them island by island. Moreover, with the presence of an ironclad fleet, Fusak's Sunia Sea fleet is not necessarily guaranteed to win!

But the Intersea is different. Although it is called a sea, it is actually more like a huge inland lake. For the Fusak Empire, the Kingdom of Rune, and the Republic of Intis, the distance from here to the other two countries is not far.

If the Fusak Empire successfully occupies Conston, the capital of the Intersea County, then whether it moves north to join forces with the Twin-Headed Giants to conquer Winter County, or moves east to invade Backlund, it will be an unbearable disaster for the Kingdom of Rune!

The Fusak Empire was well aware of this, but the Kingdom of Rune was equally aware of it, so Constance and Intersea County became the focus of the two countries' offense and defense.

The Fussac Empire's eagerness to seize Intersea County would be a decisive factor in the war. The Kingdom of Rune, on the other hand, needed to defend Intersea County and Constance at all costs, as the consequences of losing them were simply unbearable!

Therefore, both countries have committed a large number of troops to this battlefield.

In the Interseas, Fusak's conquest fleet and the Interseas fleet of the Kingdom of Rune clashed in several large-scale naval battles, with both sides suffering heavy losses.

On land, the Fusak Empire had successfully landed along the coast of the Intersea County and began to continuously invade inland.

The Kingdom of Rune had no choice but to take corresponding measures – sending troops to encircle and suppress the landing forces of the Fusak Empire, while also dispatching the Inter-Naval Fleet to cut off the sea supply lines of these landing forces, leaving them isolated and helpless.

However, this would inevitably lead to another large-scale naval battle between the inter-sea fleet and the conquest fleet that maintains the sea supply line!

The war has continued to this day in this almost turn-based, repetitive cycle.

However, as time went on, the balance of victory inevitably tipped in favor of Fussack.

Because the Republic of Intis has launched an attack from the west, several key fortresses in the Hornach Mountains are its main targets. In order to defend these key fortresses, the Kingdom of Rune had to transfer a large number of troops from the neighboring West Velas County to reinforce them.

However, this resulted in a severe shortage of troops and weak defenses along the West Vellas County coastline.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the forces of the Fussac Empire successfully landed in West Velas County and began their attack on the neighboring Intersea County.

The only saving grace is that the Fusak Empire and the Intis Republic both maintain a tacit understanding—that is, not letting the other reap the benefits.

The current situation is that Fussac and Intis are attacking Loen from the north and west respectively, while Feneport is attacking Loen's allies, such as Lenburg and Maxis.

Therefore, after landing, the Fusak Empire did not choose to penetrate deep into West Velas County, nor did it help Intis conquer the Hornachis Mountains. It was as if they wished that Intis's army could be blocked outside the borders of Rune, so that Intis would naturally not be qualified to share the cake of the Kingdom of Rune.

Intis, too, did not send a fleet to help Fusak's conquest fleet. Instead, it watched from the sidelines, seemingly hoping that Fusak's conquest fleet and Rune's inter-sea fleet would perish together.

It was thanks to this tacit understanding between the two sides that they were scheming against each other; otherwise, the Kingdom of Rune's battle lines would have collapsed even faster!

-

Between Sea County, Constance Front.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Backlund's cannons roared wildly ahead, sending shells trailing crimson, dark blue, silver, or deep black light hurtling toward the Fusak landing force on the beach.

But the next second, these shells encountered an invisible barrier and exploded in mid-air, shaking the transparent 'wall'.

Meanwhile, in the makeshift command post at the front, Lieutenant General Alfred, commander of the Constance area, watched all this with a grave expression. The Furscs had launched another attack on Constance, and although similar attacks had been repelled dozens of times, he still dared not relax.

Not long ago, he was just an army colonel, but now he has become an army lieutenant general and the commander of a war zone. This is undoubtedly due to his promotion to Rank 4 'Law Master'.

Otherwise, no matter how great his achievements, he would at most be a major general, which is the limit that extraordinary beings who are not demigods can reach.

Only those extraordinary individuals who have become demigods are qualified to serve as lieutenant generals, or even generals.

But as the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility.

As a lieutenant general, Alfred must always be on the front lines of the battle against the Fursac, blocking the demigods who come to attack. If it were just a demigod, even a Sequence 3 demigod, it wouldn't be a difficult task for Alfred.

Because all he had to do was defend; he didn't expect to kill that demigod.

Fortunately, the Kingdom of Rune generally has a greater number of demigods than the Empire of Fusak—the number of demigods belonging to the royal families of both countries is roughly the same, as are the number of demigods belonging to the major orthodox churches.

However, Fusak only has one Church of the God of War, while the Kingdom of Rune has three major churches.

Even if the Steam Church is on Intis's side, they still have the support of two major churches, and they have nearly ten more demigods than Fussac.

Unfortunately, the Kingdom of Rune's enemies are not only Fusak.

Although the demigods of the Kingdom of Feneport are temporarily restrained by the Church of Knowledge and countries like Lenburg, they do not need to devote too much energy to them.

However, they still had to send a portion of their demigods to Westville to fight against the demigods of the Republic of Intis.

As a result, the Kingdom of Rune, which originally had an advantage in the number of demigods, began to find itself in dire straits.

This often resulted in Alfred facing situations where multiple demigods would attack his assigned area simultaneously, and even with the aid of sealed artifacts, Alfred still felt immense pressure.

As he was thinking, Alfred looked towards the beach in the distance.

When the artillery of the Kingdom of Rune became exhausted, the Empire of Fusak launched a counterattack.

Under the command of Commander Fusak, the invisible barrier surrounding Fusak's landing force was opened, and countless crimson flaming spears leaped out, blotting out the sky as they were thrown at the Rune position.

As these flamethrowers approached their target, they suddenly became chaotic, scattered, and fell into the ground, creating one dark hole after another!

The attacks from Rune's side were unlikely to break through Fusak's landing force, and Fusak's attacks were equally unable to cause significant damage to Rune's positions. All the battles between these extraordinary beings would ultimately turn into the purest and most savage one-on-one slaughter!

This is war.

PS: Roughly equivalent to Hextech Ultimatum + Kennen's ultimate + Silence + Greatsword + OMG ...

With the speakers on, it wouldn't be unreasonable to take them all in one go, right?

(End of this chapter)