Chapter 1019: The Sphinx

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

The main army charged forward. If the Brutal Sword Death Servants had not been fighting Mo Fan, they would have taken out quite a number of the soldiers in the vanguard squad, dealing a great blow to the main army. However, when Mo Fan teamed up with the Battlemages, the battle immediately turned one-sided!

A group of over forty Brutal Sword Death Servants was quite intimidating to fight against. It was as strong as a pack of undead numbering thousands. However, the main army still managed to wipe out the Brutal Sword Death Servants.

After securing the high ground, the respective Mages proceeded to set up the defensive barrier.

The barrier was able to prevent the undead from infiltrating their territory. Once they were done setting up the barrier, it meant they had won a little skirmish in the war against the undead.

“Report, the Poisonous Golden Mummies have been wiped out. Captain Wankos has regrouped with the army, their casualties…” a scout Mage came and said to General Fenna.

“Take away Wankos’ rank, he is no longer a captain,” General Fenna said coldly.

Captain Wankos led a bunch of injured soldiers into the barrier. He was covered in festered wounds, and seemed to be in quite a bad shape.

“I didn’t have any objection to your decision. I’m willing to be a soldier without a rank,” Captain Wankos dropped to his knee and said.

“You were too stubborn, your actions might cost the entire army’s life. You should be relieved that the students who you underestimated came to help us. Without them, we’d have suffered great casualties just to secure the hill,” General Fenna rebuked him.

“Yes, without them, my people would have been trapped by the surrounding Poisonous Golden Mummies too. I’m grateful that they were willing to lend us a hand, and helped us take out the Poisonous Golden Mummies. I shouldn’t have been so proud and stubborn,” Wankos said.

“I wasn’t referring to that!” General Fenna said with a hint of anger.

Wankos was confused. What else could she be referring to?

Captain Lowar immediately whispered into Wankos’ ear, telling him how Mo Fan took on the Brutal Sword Death Servants on his own.

Wankos’ face was filled with disbelief upon hearing it.

-A single person? He went to the hill alone and killed seven Brutal Sword Death Servants?-

-The young student had achieved something that even his whole troop couldn’t possibly achieve?-

As a matter of fact, Wankos had never treated a bunch of students who only stayed in their schools in peace seriously, but he now realized how wrong he was. These students were as strong as an elite squad of soldiers!

“Stay in the army; this is war, any selfish motive is only going to bring doom upon the army. Remember that!” General Fenna snapped.

Wankos had his head lowered. He did not dare to say a word.

“The new batch of soldiers is on their way, and the Mages of the Parthenon Temple will be coming with them, too. Wankos, you and your men will protect them at all costs, even if it means sacrificing your lives. You will not let any harm fall upon them, do you understand!?”

“Affirmative!” Wankos said sternly.

The Mages of the Parthenon Temple were like the fairies of the Healing Element. They were the irreplaceable souls of an army, as with their help, the number of casualties would be greatly reduced, and the lives of many soldiers would be preserved…

Apart from the victory that they had to secure, what else was more important than staying alive in this world?

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After setting up the camp, the unique barrier was able to prevent the undead from getting aggressive to a certain degree.

With the barrier up, the undead in the distance was less likely to gather towards them, too, allowing the main army to soon settle in at the second camp.

Everyone would rest up for the day, so the Mages could replenish their energy. Meanwhile, they could also treat those that were severely injured, or escort them back to the city.

Early the next morning, their reinforcements had arrived, including a bunch of important people, the Magas of the Parthenon Temple.

These Mages had mastered the strongest Healing Spells in the world. They were powerful, yet extremely vulnerable, thus they needed lots of people to escort them to safety.

When the Magas of the Parthenon Temple arrived, Mo Fan was surprised to see Xinxia among them, too.

After all, Xinxia had trouble moving around because of her legs. The messy battle was simply too deadly for her. Mo Fan did not understand why the Parthenon Temple would let her join the battle!

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After regrouping with the main army, the reinforcements soon departed for the third destination. It was within ten kilometers of the pyramid.

They were able to secure the third destination fairly smoothly. However, when the barrier was set up and the people were asked to gather on the hill, an uneasy feeling struck their hearts.

The approach to slowly advance forward like a tide was only suitable for the first half of the journey, since they were not too far away from the city, nor had they gone too far into the undead’s territory before. However, the second half of the journey was basically a path of no return, and the army could only survive if they won the battle!

As such, the remaining journey was the most dangerous, as they would occasionally find themselves surrounded by the undead!

” I don’t really want to recall how it was when we last went on a skirmish to take out a pyramid mirage. We were basically moving forward by stepping on the corpses of our brothers to reach the pyramid, yet we almost got wiped out in the end. Luckily, General Fenna activated the burning light in time and destroyed the pyramid. It felt like hell when we were drowned in the ocean of undead!” an old Mage sighed.

“Is the second half of the journey really that terrifying?” Zhao Manyan asked seriously, giving the man a cigarette.

“Terrifying isn’t enough to describe it. However, the size of the current pyramid isn’t as huge as the one we encountered before. The army of undead this time isn’t as overwhelming either, so we should have a great chance at winning the battle!” the old Mage said with squinting eyes as he smoked the cigarette. The smoke circled his pale face.

“So we just need someone to reach the pyramid?” Mo Fan asked.

“Yea, when the time comes, the army will give those with a higher chance of reaching the pyramid a device that emits burning light. By placing it under the pyramid, the light it emits will erase the mirage, and these undead will immediately lose their belief!”

“There should be powerful undead close to the pyramid?” Jiang Yu asked.

“Of course, but it’s only a mirage. The really powerful undead only exist in a real pyramid, so the mummies that are remarkably strong won’t show up. That being said, we still have to look out for a kind of undead,” the old Mage, Mudin said.

“What kind of undead?”

“The Brutal Sword Death Servants!” the old Mage uttered the name of the undead grimly.

“Aren’t they the ones I encountered on the hill of our second camp?” Mo Fan asked.

“Exactly!”

Mo Fan subconsciously frowned. The Brutal Sword Death Servants were indeed very strong. Even he could only take out seven of them!

“The Brutal Sword Death Servants were the most loyal servants of a pyramid. Their numbers are great, and they are very well-trained. Since the pyramid projected by a mirage isn’t the real thing, the most terrifying undead won’t show up, but the Brutal Sword Death Servants are a lot trickier to deal with than ordinary undead. Based on our estimation, there are around five hundred Brutal Sword Death Servants protecting this pyramid. Their swords basically form a barricade of death that we are going to have trouble crossing. Many people are going to die when we try to overcome the army of Brutal Sword Death Servants to reach the mirage,” the old soldier, Mudin, sighed.

“Five hundred?” Mo Fan’s heart sank.

It was ten times the number that had appeared on the top of the hill. Even a Super Mage would not be able to fight that many at once!

“If a mere mirage can summon so many undead around it, isn’t a real pyramid a lot worse? Has anyone managed to go inside a pyramid?” Jiang Yu asked curiously.

“Go inside a pyramid?” The old Mage, Mudin shook his head with a deathly smile. He glanced in General Fenna’s direction and said, “The general seems to have entered a huge pyramid with a few amazing Mages. The general didn’t mention much about what was inside, she only described it as the Underworld!”

“They said that those Pharaohs are actually still alive… is that true?”

“Pharaohs? I believe anyone that met the Pharaohs has basically become part of the Underworld, so even now we don’t really know if the Pharaohs are alive inside the pyramids. We are already struggling to deal with the Pharaohs’ soldiers,” Mudin said.

The Pharaohs’ soldiers he referred to were none other than the Brutal Sword Death Servants!

If there was a real Pharaoh inside a pyramid, his power must be absolutely overwhelming, especially those from ancient times. They had already mastered the magic that was able to rule over the nation when they were still alive, and it would only be stronger after they died.

“Speaking of which, the three biggest pyramids in Cairo… I bet there must be some undead inside that can topple the world?” Jiang Yu seemed fairly excited.

The pyramids were well known for how mysterious and powerful they were, and among them, the infamous Giza Pyramids was enough to startle even Forbidden Mages.

“I have no idea what’s inside the Giza Pyramids, but the Sphinx is already unbeatable. If that guy wants to, it can basically plunge the people of Cairo into misery and suffering.” Old Mage Mudin was a talkative man.

“Sphinx? What the heck is that?” Mo Fan asked.

“The creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. It’s the protector beast of the pyramids, the strongest living creature in all of Egypt. The reason why the pyramids are still a mystery is because the Sphinx is protecting them. Rumors say that when the Sphinx roars, even the sky will come crumbling down!” Old Mage Mudin proclaimed.

Mo Fan gaped.

The Sphinx… When he thought about it, he believed the creature must be something on the level of the Black Totem Snake!

He did not know the Sphinx was a living thing in this world. Just imagining the enormous creature lying beside the huge pyramid was stunning enough!