Emperor of Steel Chapter 739
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Chapter 739: 739
Chapter 739: Undead Wave 4
Northwest of Symphonia Kingdom .
Countless Undead were moving in from the border of Libiya Kingdom into the Pamire Mountains .
After defeating the invading monster army from Libiya the other day, Luke built dozens of outposts in the Pamire Mountains .
It was to understand or at least to get an idea of Arsene’s plans, such as a second wave of the monsters, and thanks to that, they were able to cope with the Undead invasion .
Duke Hans, who recognized the Undead invasion, immediately reported it to Luke through magic communication and issued an emergency troops mobilization in the Kingdom .
As many as 200,000 troops gathered at the Verange Castle, and Count Reynold and Count Reynard were the commanders .
“Damn it, why the sudden uproar?!”
“Right . It is an uproar even after knowing in advance . ”
The two commanders were grumbling while looking ahead .
They were crossing the mountain range and couldn’t see a single undead .
However, they could look at the cries of the monsters and from time to time they could hear the animals running away, and they knew that the time wasn’t much far away .
“Viscount Kaper, what has His Majesty instructed?”
At Reynold’s question, Viscount Kaper, the commander of the Western Army, answered .
“Over the past few days, we have already mobilized the engineer units and the wizards . If all the commanders give out the orders, it can be activated right away . ”
When dealing with the monster legion, Luke had planned quite an explosion .
All of the forest used for the explosion got burned out, and there was an open entrance to the mountain and a plain land .
Therefore, Luke had prepared another series of explosions to stop the advancing Undead, and Viscount Kaper mobilized all of the soldiers and wizards belonging to the Western Army to draw flame magic circles and began to bury flammable items in the ground .
“Any Undead would be vulnerable to fire . We can go a big enough blow to stop them . ”
The only problem was the number of Undead which were entering .
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According to the reports of the rangers who were monitoring the movements of the Undead, it was likely to be 5 million .
Not even a tenth of them would be burnt with the existing explosions .
“Brother, in the end, we have no choice but to solidify the defense, including the Verange Castle . ”
“Yes, we need to hold the defense even if it means our death . ”
Luke’s order was issued the day before .
That he would come up with a plan to stop the Undead in a short while, so he asked the Commanders to stop the Undead at any cost from entering the Kingdom till then .
So Reynold and Reynard were building up shields and strengthening defenses by combining the nearby forts around the Verange Castle .
However, it was impossible to build shields and barriers in such a large area within just a few days .
So the Commander brother built barriers only on the right and left line of defense . At an angle, so that the Undead were driven to the center .
They were thinking of driving the Undead into the middle of the region and stopping them .
“How is the construction of the wall going on?”
“Using the Gigants, we have completed a wall connecting the three forts on the left . However, the wall connecting the four forts on the right is…”
Reynold shook his head as Viscount Kaper was talking about the delay in the construction work .
“If the wall of mud is getting difficult, then put up a wooden barrier first . Something would be better than nothing . ”
They couldn’t let the Undead spread to the left or the right .
If that happened, not even all of the Kingdom’s troops would be able to stop those Undead .
“Understood . ”
As Viscount Kaper left to implement the order given, Reynold and his brother once again checked the defense plan .
On how many Gigants and troops had to be deployed from forts, and where the reserve troops would be placed on standby in case the barriers collapsed .
“Haaa, I never expected for a shortage of 200,000 troops to be there . ”
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“I know . 5 million… those guys from the Southern Continent were talking about a million undead troops . ”
How huge the number was to have a million troops?
Assuming that one unit is joined in a day, it would take around 15 days for such a huge number to come .
But 5 million, five times of 1 million?!
Before meeting Luke, Reynard and Reynold were mercenaries on the Southern Continent .
So, he knew their culture very well, and he knew that they would brag about the number of troops in their continent .
And such numbers were coming true in Rhodesia!
Fortunately, the Undead had no intelligence .
The attack seemed rather simple, and there didn’t seem to be any particular strong undead .
“Since Prime Minister Hans said that he will continue to send in reinforcements, we have no choice but to believe him and keep on fighting . ”
While the Gram brothers were making sure that walls and barriers were being constructed, people were being evacuated .
Under Luke’s orders, Prime Minister Hans asked the people of the provinces and villages to move to the northwest .
“Well, I thought that the fall of the Baroque Empire would mean no more wars…”
“Who would have thought? Turns out, the Libiya Kingdom is just as horrible as Baroque . ”
“The King in that place is the half-brother of Rudolf . ”
“Tch, dirty disgusting blood of the Baroque family, this was inevitable . ”
As the people were moving to the refugee places, they chewed on and cursed Shaikan to their heart’s content .
It was unfair for Shaikan to be cursed .
However, it couldn’t be helped because there were only a few people including Luke, who knew that Shaikan was taken over by Arsene .
“But the number of Undead crossing the border is enormous . Can we really stop them?”
“It won’t be easy . But if we can stand strong, it might be possible . ”
“Right . The other day, Your Majesty defeated the monster troops without much damage . ”
The people had already seen Luke’s skills in several wars .
Despite the unprecedented circumstances, they trusted their King .
Right then .
“Go away! Get out of the way!”
“Order, please give way!”
A group of knights on the horseback appeared from the direction of the royal city and shouted at the refugees moving .
As the road opened, a wagon appeared .
“Who is riding it?”
“A senior commander of the military?”
Those who didn’t know simply assumed that he was a member of the Symphonia Military, going to stop the undead .
However, some people, especially the priests who were evacuating, paid attention to the energy which was exuding from the carriage .
“Huh? That . . ?”
“If it holds the Dark Moon symbol, aren’t they the warlocks of the Black Tower?”
The only group of warlocks recognized by the state and El Kassel Church .
In order to prevent any incidents caused by black magic, the Black Tower was made up of good warlocks and had already done a lot of good to the Symphonia Kingdom .
They either searched the Veritas remnants, who were trying to infiltrate Brandon, or enhance the performance of Gigant by applying black magic .
Therefore, even though the priests regarded them as enemies, they couldn’t call for the unconditional execution of warlocks as before .
“Where are they taking the warlocks?”
A priest next to him answered .
“Isn’t the reason they were certified was to treat poison to poison? Aren’t they trying to use this situation?”
Knowing the purpose of the Black Tower founding, the priests quickly noticed what their nation was trying to do .
“I don’t know what they can do, but I hope they can help us . ”
“Oh my god, the time to look for warlocks to help us has come . ”
“Surely, isn’t this proof that the world is changing?”
The priests were troubled as they looked for the wagon in which the warlocks were moving .
Just as the priests had work to do, so did the warlocks, and everyone decided to walk away .
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