NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1262: The Warriors At The Frontlines
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CLASH!
BOOOM!
CRASH!
RUMBLE!
The sound of war echoed across the green plains surrounding the Forest of Beginnings, Undead by the hundred clashed against the united races of the forest together.
The Undead held the advantage in sheer numbers, being only a bit over seven hundred after many of them perished in the first clash, more of them were being endlessly replenished from the gates in the back.
Meanwhile, the other army, coming from the forest, although much less in number, were very powerful on their own.
Benefiting from Titania's buffs, the Domain's buffs, the Spirits that help them, and their amazing equipment and the growth they had achieved so far thanks to Planta, they were definitely not as weak as they once were.
Although no warriors had died yet thanks to their buffs and also of their rapid and active healers, there were many spirits that were taking the blunt of the attacks and the charge, dying in masse.
Spirits usually wouldn't die, as they would simply dissipate and turn into energy for the world… however, when fighting against undead, they would be consumed and have their small spiritual souls shattered making them agonizing deaths.
This too, made the army of united tribes upset, seeing the spirits sacrificing themselves so much for their wellbeing made them feel pathetic!
If they couldn't afford casualties and feared to die so much, could they even call themselves guardians of the forest?
In these things, it was eventual that casualties would happen!
Acorn, Nieve, and Florie knew this very well.
Florie wished no casualties would continue, but seeing the spirits die in masse wasn't the way either.
"Spirits! Enough! Stop dying so much, cooperate instead of charging towards your deaths!" she declared. "Everyone! This battle is perhaps the hardest we've fought! But we cannot falter!
We must triumph! Unless the gates are destroyed, the undead will never stop coming! Our champions will go clear them! Even if we die, we must persevere and buy them time! Yggdrasil is strong! She will heal us, and those that die, will be embraced by her!
Do not fear death! It is simply another stage of existence! As long as she is here, the undead will not be able to steal your souls!"
She wasn't talking nonsense, Yggdrasil had already developed the capacity of absorbing souls somehow, something that only Titania and Florie had realized, and that not even Planta knew about yet.
The squirrel-kin, Myconid, Gnomes, Brownies, and Fairies glanced at the fairy roaring, her words inspired their hearts as her powerful magic enhanced their stats even further.
The Fairy Princess was fighting right by their side!
"OOOOHHH!"
They roared, rushing forward. The Undead roared back like monstrous beasts, their claws and dark magic against the united tribes spirit weapons and magic.
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
Explosions and clashes echoed everywhere, Myconid used their smaller and heavier bodies to tank blows while the fairies' fired arrows and magic from afar or piloted huge golems to fight. The squirrel-kin also fired arrows, used magic, and also wielded spears.
The gnomes and brownies alongside the mushroom brigade were in the frontlines the most though their small yet heavier bodies and great strength allowed them to fight more competently than squirrels and fairies when it came to the physical spectrum.
However, among the squirrel-kin there was a single mighty warrior, an alchemist who had awakened his Divine Bloodline, and although he had tried doing the same with the rest, it seemed impossible.
He alone had awakened it, making him a "chosen one" among his tribe, becoming the Successor of Ratatoskr, Acorn.
"I'll break through!"
He quickly drank a potion, activating and enhancing his divine bloodline and then activating the skills that went with it.
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"{Divine Beast Transformation}!"
RUMBLE!
His body instantly exploded into divine light as he transformed into a gigantic and monstrous squirrel of over thirty meters of height.
"RAAAAHHH!"
With a mighty and beastly roar, Acorn tore apart the undead and crushed them beneath his foot one after another. Even the giants among the undead weren't enough to go against him, dying on the spot.
He rushed forward, inspiring many to follow his trail, they were breaking into the deepest areas of the undead army, reaching the gates behind, protected by the generals!
The Generals, who had been mostly sitting idly and observing patiently how everything went by panicked after seeing Gaston dying and then even more when the army fighting their Undead suddenly grew closer to them within mere minutes!
"They're getting closer?!" panicked Elios, unsheathing his blades. "Dammit, useless undead, stop them!"
He controlled the gate he had opened as more and more undead poured from it, rushing against Acorn, and beginning to rapidly fuse by Elios' commands
"{Necromancy Magic}: {Undead Fusion}!"
Using the skills he borrowed from the faction powerup, Elios combined hundreds of undead together into a massive chimeric monstrosity of over a hundred meters of height.
"GRAAARRRGGGHHH!"
The monstrosity charged forward, making the entire world around it tremble! The other generals, mostly members of their guilds that joined and followed them anywhere, roared in unison and celebrated their guild master's amazing ability.
"Hahahahhh… Hahhh…" Elios fell to his knees, exhausted. "Damn that drained all my Mana and Satiation… I can only do it once a day too, but it's sure amazingly strong! Hahaha!"
The limit was also only a hundred undead could be merged at once, and it drained all his Satiation and Mana and even half of his health, which was now going won due to his Satiation hitting zero.
However, the monstrosity he made was akin to a Raid Boss-level threat!
The chimera moved and quickly reached Acorn and the rest of the army charging behind him, Acorn widened his eyes as he glanced the monster approach.
"Nieve, let's take it down together!"
"Very well."
Nieve, who had been freezing a side of the battlefield all on her own, rushed into battle, leaving behind a frozen landscape as she flew.
Florie glanced at her big sister in awe, she had grown so powerful that she was unrecognizable anymore.
"Big sis has grown so amazingly strong… even stronger than before!" she said. "Just how many challenges has she faced by the side of Lady Planta?"
She thought she could finally catch up to her, but she was far from it.
"I'll do my best too!"
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