Necromancer, but pre-collapse civilization

　Under normal circumstances, this would actually be advantageous to the side that is being attacked.

　Despite the heavy cost, the extremely high troop density also gives the attacked side a chance to regroup.

　However, if the attacker's instantaneous destructive power is too great, everything will change.

　After three consecutive rounds of long-range fire coverage, the exceptionally concentrated resistance forces suffered unprecedented heavy losses.

　More than 60% of the rebel fighters were killed on the spot, and the morale of the remaining rebel soldiers plummeted.

　Unlike undead armies, human armies are heavily influenced by morale.

　Once a large number of casualties are suffered in a short period of time, the morale threshold can be easily breached.

　When morale collapses, even the bravest soldiers and the most outstanding generals will find it difficult to turn the tide and avert defeat.

　It was obvious that the casualty rate, which had soared to 60% in just a few minutes, was far beyond the limits of what the resistance could withstand.

　The panicked soldiers ignored their officers' orders and scattered in all directions, fleeing in what they thought was safe.

　However, such an escape did not make much difference in terms of saving their lives.

　With the end of the long-range firepower coverage, the army of the dead, led by [Skeleton Serpent Shesa], began to press forward in full force, launching a merciless massacre against the already scattered resistance forces.

　In order to escape the battlefield more quickly, many resistance soldiers discarded their Honkai-enhanced weapons during their escape.

　Without the protection of these weapons, the rebel soldiers were not much different from unarmed civilians.

　At least in the face of the slaughter of undead soldiers

　This is how it is when using a knife.

　What's even more disheartening is that the undead soldiers' endurance is far beyond what humans can match.

　Even fusion warriors pale in comparison to the tireless undead.

　During their escape, the rebel soldiers were constantly overtaken by the undead soldiers and executed one by one.

　Their bodies were carelessly abandoned on the battlefield, awaiting collection and disposal after the battle.

　The rebel leaders were not spared in this brutal massacre.

　"Sigh~"

　Upon receiving the necromancer's order not to accept any surrender, the [Skeleton Serpent Shesha] let out a chilling hiss and issued a cold command.

　Under Shesa's command, countless vengeful spirits howled across the battlefield, chasing after every vehicle that tried to escape, dismembering and tearing apart the living beings inside, until the battlefield was completely shrouded in the shadow of death.

　Located 300 kilometers outside Cairns, Queensland.

　"Those damn bastards!"

　The commander of another resistance group angrily brandished his military binoculars and finally slammed them hard into the ground.

　The commander sat in a makeshift command vehicle converted from a van. Through the command screen, his gaze was drawn to the spectacular sight in the distance—tornadoes swept across everything in their path like an apocalypse.

　Faced with such a horrific attack, the rebel leader was filled with heaviness and despair, seemingly foreseeing the unfortunate fate of his side.

　Yes, this tornado with winds reaching level twelve was not a naturally occurring natural disaster.

　Instead, it was a devastating magical attack unleashed by the legendary undead behemoth, Stormbone Ape Hanuman.

　Unlike the [Skeleton Serpent Shesha], which is positioned as a damage absorber, Hanuman is a very standard ranged damage-dealing legendary undead.

　Therefore, in the undead army that necromancers configured for themselves, the ranged attack units were greatly reduced, and in their place were a much larger number of flying undead.

　At this moment, these flying undead, led by Hanuman, kept flying over the rebel ranks.

　Each flight of the undead was accompanied by endless bloodshed and carnage.

　Just like the resistance forces that were previously ambushed by Shesa's undead army, this group also encountered a sudden attack from Hanuman's forces.

　Compared to Shesa's undead legion, which was mainly composed of ground troops, this undead force commanded by Hanuman was clearly more suited to surprise attacks.

　However, the number of rebels who were ambushed was greater than the number of enemies faced by Shesa's forces.

　Therefore, in order to eliminate this rebel army more efficiently and thoroughly, Hanuman unleashed his unit skill – [Tornado Storm].

　This storm was not only incredibly powerful but also extremely widespread, enough to completely engulf the resistance force.

　Even so, it continued to lead its flying undead forces to attack the resistance, slowing their advance and preventing them from escaping the tornado's engulfment.

　As a legendary undead transformed by Moros himself, Hanuman is absolutely obedient to the necromancer's orders.

　Since the master had ordered that no surrenders be accepted, Hanuman considered every rebel an enemy who had to be eliminated.

　There will be no pity or mercy shown to either the living soldiers or the wounded who have already fallen.

　Under the frenzied attack of the flying undead led by Hanuman, the rebel commander could only watch helplessly as the distant tornado, like the gaping maw of a demon, gradually approached his troops.

　He watched in despair as his warriors disappeared one by one in the storm's embrace, their cries, struggles, and despair drowned out by its roar.

　He knew that, given the speed at which the storm was advancing, his troops had no hope of escaping.

　At this moment, the rebel leader's resentment towards the generals in the UN Special Staff reached its peak.

　"If it weren't for their erroneous command, we wouldn't have ended up like this!"

　In the moments before being torn apart by the tornado, the rebel leader let out a desperate roar.

　However, this roar, filled with endless grief and resentment, sounded so weak amidst the howling storm.

　So much so that it couldn't penetrate the storm's obstruction and be heard by Hanuman.

　The forces led by Shesa and Hanuman were merely the tip of the iceberg in this grand battle.

　Leveraging the strategic mobility provided by the demiplane portal, the undead army launched attacks across the vast territory of the Australian continent, annihilating all discovered resistance forces with astonishing efficiency.

　Although there are only two legendary undead behemoths, other undead forces cannot have this level of combat power to command them.

　To compensate for this gap in combat power and to more effectively eliminate those reckless resistance groups, the necromancer assigned more troops and more powerful [Undead Engines] to these undead forces.

　In this situation, before the Australian continental resistance forces could even complete their assembly as instructed by the UN Special Staff, they had already been largely wiped out.

Chapter 240 The Demise of Bridget's Army

　When generals from several major powers on this planet gathered at the UN Special Staff’s nuclear-defense command center, protected by the thick rock layers of the Mu continent, the encirclement and suppression campaign taking place on the Australian continent was nearing its end.

　As battle reports were urgently sent to the command center, combined with real-time monitoring footage from military satellites in geosynchronous orbit, the generals gained a clearer understanding of the situation on the Australian continent.

　Although they hadn't expected the rebels to actually recapture Mebius, the fact that their main force was wiped out by the undead legion before they could even fully assemble was still a slap in the face for the generals.

　If the assembled resistance coalition were to suffer a defeat, or even be completely annihilated, in battle against the undead forces stationed at the research institute where Mebius was located, it could be attributed to the resistance's insufficient combat strength.

　The current situation is clearly a major blunder in the battle plan, and cannot be blamed on anyone else.

　Since it was a decision-making error, someone naturally has to take responsibility.

　That is why the command center was unusually quiet at this moment, and the atmosphere was so heavy that it was suffocating.

　No general wanted to step forward at this time and become the target of everyone's criticism.

　None of these generals who can stand in the command center lack intelligence.

　Those who only earned their generalship through powerful family backgrounds wouldn't be able to stand here.

　They knew very well that they couldn't afford to take the blame for this level of wrongdoing.

　Once you're burdened with this heavy responsibility, resigning would be the best possible outcome.

　More likely, they will be sent to military courts and become victims used by the powerful and wealthy at the top of the pyramid of human society to vent their anger.

　Yes, at this stage of the war, after the generals realized that the necromancers had become deeply involved and that the resistance forces on the Australian continent were completely beyond saving, their attention began to shift from the battlefield itself to how to avoid being held accountable by the higher-ups.

　As for the resistance forces that have not yet been eradicated and are still fighting on the Australian continent, the generals said they were powerless to help them.

　More than the lives of these rebels, they were concerned about their own safety and interests, as well as those of the interest groups behind them.

　Moros was, of course, unaware of what was happening on the continent of Mu.

　He is a necromancer, not an astrologer.

　Having not studied astrology in depth, even as a demigod-level spellcaster, he could not foresee the future.

　However, this did not prevent Moros from extracting information about the mastermind behind this unusual gathering from the souls of the resistance's top brass.

　For necromancers who specialize in necromancy, death is never the end.

　It seems those powerful and wealthy people are starting to get restless again...

　As he silently recited the mantra, a cold smile crept onto Moros's lips.

　I will personally teach them what respect is.

　Under his control, Barry's soul gradually weakened under the scorching heat of the soul fire, and was eventually sealed into a magic crystal by the necromancer.

　【Barry's Despairing Spirit】(Low-grade Soul Crystal)!

　With a blank expression, Moros put away the black soul crystal that emitted a dark luster. Then, using the same method, he turned Bridget's soul into the [Bridget's Despair Spirit].

　Unlike soul crystals, which are refined from the souls of countless intelligent beings, true soul crystals all have names.

　They are all unique.

　However, the two are quite interchangeable, and the manufacturing difficulty of soul crystals is far greater than that of soul crystals.

　Therefore, for the necromancers of the Ashan world, using Soul Crystals is more cost-effective.

　This is also a major reason why the necromancers of the Ashan world have such a bad reputation.

　Unfortunately, the creation of soul crystals often means mass slaughter.

　Getting back to the main point, after turning Barry and Bridget's souls into soul crystals, Moros began turning the souls of the other members of the resistance into low-grade soul crystals.

　Although Bridget had decided to adopt Barry's suggestion to use real, devastating losses as a means of explaining things to the UN Special Staff, both men knew full well that the UN generals would not be easily fooled.

　To ensure the successful implementation of their plan to preserve their strength, Bridget's resistance forces did indeed act in accordance with the United Nations' requirements before officially engaging in battle with the undead forces stationed at the research institute where Mebius was located.

　Then Bridget's troops ran headlong into the undead army personally commanded by the necromancer.

　The logic behind this is not difficult to understand.

　As the rebel forces that were gathering in Queensland were successively wiped out by the scattered Death Squad, the remaining rebels naturally became more and more conspicuous.

　When this conspicuousness accumulates to a certain extent, it is perfectly reasonable for it to arouse the interest of necromancers.

　By the time Moros personally intervened, the fate of the resistance was already sealed.

　With just a few large-scale, sweeping spells, this organization, which had secured a place among the many resistance forces on the Australian continent, met its end.

　In order to maximize resource utilization, the necromancer did not choose to use destructive magic to deal with these rebels.

　But this does not mean they escaped their fate.

　Under the necromancer's spell, the resistance members who were forced into a coma by the terrifying power of the battle spells lost their life force in just a few breaths.

　Immediately afterwards, these lifeless bodies, under the influence of the legendary rank of [Necromancy], broke free from the shackles of flesh and blood, stood up again, and transformed into the lowest level of the undead army's fighting force—the skeleton archers.

　This time, they will serve the necromancer who killed their predecessors until they fall into eternal slumber.

　Moreover, the corpses and souls that failed to be transformed into skeleton archers were not wasted.

　Under Moros's control, these remaining soul energies were collected.

　Using his knowledge of alchemy and necromancy, he fused and condensed these remaining soul energies one by one, eventually forming a magical material—low-grade soul crystal.

　This crystal is highly sought after by spellcasters in the evil faction of the Ashan world, and is an indispensable magical resource for them as they walk the path of magic.

　The uses of low-level soul crystals are wide-ranging and diverse.

　They can be absorbed directly, providing the caster with a temporary boost to their soul power.

　It can also be used to summon and enhance undead units, making them powerful allies on the battlefield.

　In addition, they can enhance the effects of certain special spells, multiplying their power.

　More importantly, the crafting of many magical artifacts exclusive to the evil faction relies on this precious magical material.

Chapter 241 Annihilation and Rewards

　For Morros, the defeat of Bridget's resistance was just the beginning.

　Since he'd already taken matters into his own hands, Moros wouldn't mind taking the opportunity to wash the entire Australian continent as well.

　As a demigod-level necromancer, once he makes up his mind, all resistance organizations on this land will face annihilation.

　Even with the United Nations providing these resistance groups with real-time satellite reconnaissance support, it could not bridge the absolute power gap between them and necromancers.

　What if the resistance knows the exact locations of the undead and living forces?