Chapter 1279: A Desperate Battle
Chapter 1279: A Desperate Battle
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"Dammit! The Undead are fewer but they had somewhat become even stronger!"
"What can we do now?! This is getting ridiculous!"
"We have to survive somehow, don’t cower! We must make way for the princess to clear the gates! Or this hell will never end!"
"Lady Planta is fighting the dragon! Everything is going to be ok now!"
"But she’s not coming to help!"
"S-She’s trusting this to us?!"
"Don’t be cowards, charge!"
In between of a huge battle between the people of the forest and the undead, soldiers of all types, forms, shapes, and sizes constantly screamed and talked while desperately fighting for their lives.
Although 90% of all Undead were suddenly absorbed by Fafnir to gain his current form, this was not without him putting another plan into motion.
His very Aura wasn’t just for show, as Florie saw with her very eyes!
Ding!
[The [Resurrected Undead Evil Dragon of Greed Fafnir: Lv350] has activated his {Netherworld Dragon Aura of Abyssal Power}!]
[All of his allied Undead forces have gained a {Abyssal Draconic Forms}, transforming them into Dragon Undead and increasing their Stats and Skill and Magic Power by 300%!]
[Duration: Indefinite.]
All of the bone beasts, zombies, and specters that remained, which were no more than two hundred, suddenly became more than three times stronger, and gained enormous draconic forms, mutating in a matter of seconds.
"Chargeeeee!"
Sporegon roared as he charged forward with the Mushroom Brigade, the Gnome Chief, Rosetta, the Ent King and his strongest Ent Warriors, and even the Wild Monsters of the Forest, tamed by many of the Ent Druids.
The most Elite force rushed forward, tearing through their foes with enormous strength and power. Even the titanic dragons in front of them had their legs crushed and then their heads turned to smithereens.
"We won’t let you disturb the Princess, you unruly beasts!"
The giant Ent King roared, swinging his wooden hammer and axe as he tore through everything. Once a peaceful King that only slept and meditated with Nature, he was forced to step into the battlefield by his foes.
And since then, his foes have feared his name, the Ent King has no foe that has beaten him yet, his power was unparalleled, and he only continued growing stronger with each battle!
BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!
As he crushed two draconic undead in mere seconds, he pierced the ground with his foot, roots themselves, and suddenly channeled the power of the land, as most Ents were born as Druids.
"{Nature’s Wrath}!"
He unleashed the wrath of nature for a couple of seconds, as thousands of plants surged like an endless wave of sharp wood and venomous spikes, engulfing three more draconic undead.
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As this happened, however, more draconic undead surged from the skies, the ground, and from every angle, beginning to gnaw at his wooden body and tear small pieces with each bite.
"GRAH! You damned mutts!"
With anger and wrath he kicked them away and crushed their heads, but the more came, the weaker he grew as he took more and more damage.
Even as strong as he was, his kind was simply not made for battle.
"ENT KING!"
The other Ents panicked as they saw their King fighting all of them alone, roaring like a barbarian instead of his once calm and peaceful words of wisdom.
"We must protect the King!"
"But the Princess, she needs our protection as well!"
"B-But the King is our father! We can’t abandon him!"
"No, stop!" Sporegon roared. "You must protect the princess! Do not go astray on the plan or everything will fall apart! Your King offered himself to fight and distract the undead alone! Come with us! Trust on his judgement!"
The Ents glanced at one another and then at their King fighting, they didn’t want to betray his judgement, as they nodded, rushing right behind the mushrooms and fighting the undead in the way.
"I’ve got them!"
Florie pointed her wand into the distance, releasing a massive heart-shaped beam of her blessings, reaching the gate and then destroying it from inside.
BOOOM!
The gate instantly collapsed and exploded, everything inside was also utterly destroyed, and it quickly closed. There were now three gates left.
"She did it!"
The Ents celebrated as they glanced at the King whose arms had been torn apart!
"KING!"
As they ran for him, they quickly realized it was too late, as the beasts covered his entire body, constantly targeting him as the largest and the strongest.
"Run, my children… Don’t look back!"
The Ent King groaned, as he began to gather his energies into his chest for one last goodbye, aiming to burst his own spirit core and explode, killing all the undead around him with himself.
"NOOO!"
As the Ents screamed for their King and father, suddenly, a huge black gate opened above the skies, ominously looking down from above as it broke the gate, a monstrosity emerged.
A being made entirety out of shadows and wailing souls. Most people believed it was yet another work of the demon king of death or Fafnir!
Yet…
The enormous, tenebrous shadow claws reached not them but the undead, crushing them with tremendous force and dragging them back into the gate one after another.
"Gryyaarrgh!"
"Rooaarrgh!"
"Uuaarrgh!"
As the Undead screamed while being dragged one after another by dozens of long, skinny arms and hands made out of darkness, the Ent King gasped as he realized he was given a chance to live a bit longer.
"W-What’s happening?!"
They looked into another person that had appeared, floating right next to the gate, her appearance resembled a Dark Elf slightly, although her body was also covered by dark purple scales, she had dragon horns, wings, tail and claws.
"T-That’s…! I know who she is! It’s Achlys! Lady Planta’s friend!"
Achlys crimson eyes glowed with draconic might, as she conjured a gigantic dragon out of her shadow aura, which opened its jaws and fired titanic beams of void and darkness everywhere.
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
Dozens of Undead were eliminated in mere seconds, and more of them kept dying as they were being disintegrated!
The path for Florie to destroy the other gates was easily opened, allowing everyone to finally rescue the Ent King.
"UUUAAARRGGHH!"
At the same time, everyone heard Fafnir’s agonizing scream as he was cut down to pieces.
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