Chapter 1198: The Army of the dead

metallic-plant tendrils whipped through the air, forcing Bill to dodge while his invisible hands destroyed them.

"Feeling better now that you destroyed the plane?" Erik asked in cold anger.

The elementalist launched another massive fireball, but Erik protected himself by making thousands of tendrils of metallic plants sprout in front of him.

The metal liquefied and fell to the ground, making the rain sizzle, evaporate, and scorch the surroundings.

"Oh, you have no idea," Bill grinned. "Now we can focus on what matters."

The barrier master strengthened her companions\' powers, but Erik noticed her breathing growing heavier. Maintaining so many enhancements drained her mana rapidly, despite her ability to increase its regeneration.

Now able to focus fully on the battle, Erik\'s changed the plants\' shape much faster than before.

He exploited his advantage, overwhelming his three enemies with a combined assault of ice spears, lightning, fire, and wind.

The elementalist\'s wind barriers faltered under attack, yet the barrier master quickly intervened.

Even if Erik tried, he didn\'t have enough mana to destroy her barriers, or better, he could, but The would end up without mana.

"I had more plans than just the plane," Erik said as he attacked, making the three back away.

His plants spread wider, covering more ground, forcing the blackguards to divide their attention. "If you think I failed my mission just because of this minor setback, you are mistaken. Did you forget about my army?"

Erik\'s counter-winds prevented the elementalist from creating another firestorm. The wind- powered fire dispersed before it could fully form, making the elementalist waste precious

mana.

Bill attacked with his invisible hands from all directions, trying to trap Erik. Even though the young man was protected by thousands of plant tendrils, Bill\'s hands could break through them easily. However, each attack drained his mana.

There was a limit to what the barrier master could do with her powers, and despite her help, Bill didn\'t have enough time to recuperate that much mana.

Erik\'s fourth Hydra\'s head used the tendrils and the Instability brain crystal power to stop all the hands they could. While they could destroy matter, it was still true they were hands, and as such, they could be injured and severed from their source.

He exploited his advantage, overwhelming his three enemies with a combined assault of ice spears, lightning, fire, and wind.

"Now, since there is no plane to protect anymore, your only advantage against me is gone," Erik said.

His attacks grew more aggressive, forcing the barrier master to strengthen her defenses further. He looked at her.

<How much longer can she keep up with those enhancements?> That was what really worried him.

The blackguards were still there, surrounding Erik, but they had been unable to do anything meaningful. Erik kept a wall of vines behind him, so every attack they used got blocked. However, that pushed Erik\'s mana consumption further.

However, he didn\'t stop killing the other blackguards, and experience was rapidly increasing. It was then Erik saw something that made him grin.

As if answering his question, inhuman screams rang from beyond the hangar\'s ruins. Bill\'s expression trembled for the first time.

"The barrier..." He saw it flickering and then disappear. Bill knew there was someone targeting the barrier masters and the generators.

Erik wouldn\'t have been so stupid as to come here alone.

Bill sent people to protect both the barriers and the generators. However, he didn\'t think someone aside from him could do the job, yet those he sent failed.

Massive bear-like shapes entered the city. Undead thaids poured into the battlefield, their rotting flesh absorbing attacks that would have killed living creatures. The barrier master\'s enhanced troops found themselves having to repel their advance. They could not focus on Erik anymore.

"Impossible," the elementalist said.

Erik\'s plants caught more soldiers as chaos erupted below.

"Protect the army," Bill said to the barrier master.

"But, sir..."

"GO!"

She obeyed, and that was what she focused on. She created a barrier, but her mana had been spent a lot now, and she was also in the middle of a battle. She couldn\'t focus on creating and repairing something big enough to block the advancing undead in that situation.

"Your army will die like all the others," Erik said. Bill\'s invisible hands betrayed his concern. He knew Erik was right. Whatever happened to Maynard Island made Erik much stronger than he was before that battle.

For a moment, Bill thought about fleeing. However, he knew that if he did, his troops would just die. Erik would be able to rampage. It wasn\'t just that, though; Erik would for sure hunt

him down.

Right now, Bill had many troops on his side and two vindicators. He might be able to do something if he stayed.

He turned to the elementalist. "Contact the walls; make the others come." If two Vindicators weren\'t enough, he was going to call them all.

"Yes, sir."

The elementalist took the radio. Erik tried to stop him, but Bill prevented him from killing his

underling.

"I\'m your opponent."

"All of you are," Erik said.

Wolf-like Thaids darted between the larger undead, their attacks forcing the blackguards into tighter formations.

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Erik\'s fourth Hydra\'s head kept focusing on defending, while the others pressed the attack. Ice and lightning rained down.

Bill was doing everything he could to defend and, at the same time, attack. However, the death rate spiked. Each death fed more mana into his body. Experience points. He would eventually level up again soon.

The elementalist was done at that point. The surviving Vindicators were going to come here.

Then flying thaids flew above the area but headed further deep into the fortress-like city. There were more soldiers coming to the hangar, and they went to intercept them. Humans died, but undead got destroyed. It was just that the Chimaeric Demons hadn\'t joined

the battlefield yet.

Also, because they didn\'t actually need. With Monica\'s powers, they could simply resurrect the blackguards and use them to fight. That was exactly what they did.