Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sortie

The next morning, everyone packed up. Lucy and Julia cast various healing spells on the horses and their teammates. The group gets together to discuss the plan of action for the future.

Henry said, "Yesterday we should have eliminated the skeleton army that stayed behind in Roaring City. Judging from their uncoordinated, blind assault approach, there were no leaders nearby. More than 200 kilometers to the north is Pearl City. Further north of Pearl City is the front line of the confrontation between the Southern Undead Legion and the Combine of the Edendron City-States of Bondenland. ”

Kanna said, "You mean, the leader of the Southern Undead may be inside Pearl City. ”

Henry nodded: "Yes! ”

Edward said worriedly, "There are a few smaller towns to pass along the way. How can you not be discovered by the army of the undead? If we had to go through the battle like yesterday every day, we would have been wiped out before we saw the enemy boss. ”

Monica patted the layer of ash on the mage's robe and said leisurely, "I can make an herb." Applying it to the body can greatly reduce the probability of being recognized by the spirit of death. However, this herb can only mask the breath of living creatures, preventing undead units from knowing about our existence from far away, and has no stealth effect, and cannot prevent them from being seen by undead units. ”

Henry said, "Enough." My plan was to avoid the massive army and get close to Pearl City. I will use the ravens to keep in touch with the members of the Knights who are in the combined forces of the city-state of Denland, Obon, and ask them to work with the Combine to fight the Southern Undead Legion at the right time to lure the undead army north. We seized the opportunity to raid Pearl City and decapitate the enemy leader. ”

Everyone agreed with Henry's battle plan. So he went north cautiously, and although he encountered and eliminated many scattered skeleton squads on the way, he successfully avoided the skeleton army. Soon, Pearl City came into view. The southern walls of the city were crumbling and littered with collapsed breaches, as if to show the fierce battle to defend the undead legions.

After Henry released the raven, the crowd lurked in the woods a hundred meters south of Pearl City. Cover your body, horses, and bags with branches and leaves, and keep an eye on what's going on in the city.

Two days later, as soon as the sky was bright, the sound of military trumpets sounded in the distance. Pearl City was very restless, and countless skeletons went north out of the city. Soon there were all kinds of shouts and sounds of weapons colliding. Then, the noise of the battlefield faded to the north. An hour later, the commotion was far away.

Henry got up and said, "It's time." ”

The crowd rushed out of the forest and rushed towards the crumbling wall.

Suddenly, an arrow broke through the wind. Edward took the lead, using his shield to block the arrow in front of him. The arrow slammed into the shield, knocking Edward back half a meter.

Incredibly, the arrow was not bounced off, and even its trajectory did not change, and it continued to shuttle forward. Jim, who was in the rear, couldn't dodge and was pierced through the chest, killing him instantly.

Lucy hurriedly ran to Jim's corpse and cast the sixth-order divine technique [Resurrection Technique]. Jim groaned in pain and struggled to get up. Lucy continues to use magic to heal his wounds.

Jim spat the blood from his mouth on the ground, drank a vial of life potion, waved his hand with difficulty, and said, "It's okay." ”

The group stepped back to a safe distance and looked in the direction where the arrows were flying. I saw a skeleton standing on a wall that had not collapsed. He was dressed in fine leather armor, a green expedition cloak, and held a huge longbow in his hand.

"That trick was ......," Wendell was shocked.

"That's right. It's a cloud-piercing arrow. Henry said in a solemn tone.

"Cloud Piercing Arrows? One of the marksman's tricks, the cloud-piercing arrow? Edward asked incredulously.

Henry nodded.

"But isn't the marksman a legendary class only for the elves?" Edward was even more puzzled.

Among the fighting and exploration professions in the alien world, there is the class of Ranger. Among the Ranger factions, there is a special branch that is the Forest Archer. Quite a few of the Warrior and Wanderer factions are adept at fighting with ranged weapons, including bows, crossbows, slings, and more. And when the enemy is close, it can be changed to a melee weapon to continue fighting. But the forest archers of the Ranger faction are different, they only use bows and arrows, and hardly use any other weapons. From ancient times to the present day, this is a faction and a way of fighting unique to the elves. A handful of the elite earn the legendary class: SharpArcher.

Kanna interrupted everyone's thoughts and said with a smile, "Don't think about it. This is the Skeleton Defender. The infused soul was an elven marksman during his lifetime. The leader of the legion, Skeletron is undoubtedly. ”