"Retreat!"
Seeing Kaire abducted, the Great Sage of the Undead no longer wanted to waste time. While urgently reminding Khajiit and Clementine, he swiftly pulled a teleportation scroll from his magic bag.
Khajiit, not far from the Great Sage of the Undead, immediately responded. After controlling the Skeletal Dragon to block Narberal and the Black Scripture members who came to support him, he nimbly darted to the Great Sage of the Undead's side.
Clementine's movement was even slightly faster than Khajiit's. She used to be a member of the Black Scripture and knew exactly that everyone on that team was as strong as she was. So, she quickly parried Momon as soon as she saw them approaching.
"Don't you dare think of running away!" roared the Captain of the Black Scripture, who was struggling against the Death General. With Kaire's death and the theft of the precious true artifact, the mission to subjugate the Dragon Doom Lord was certainly impossible. Furthermore, three of their valuable team members had been killed, so the Church suffered heavy losses this time. His only hope now was to capture the three Great Sages of the Undead, torture them to discover the whereabouts of their accomplices, and retrieve the true artifact. Of course, he wouldn't give up so easily.
Unfortunately, he couldn't break through the Death General's blockade in a short time, let alone keep the three Great Sages of the Undead alive.
Roar!
At this moment, a monstrous roar, like a human but not quite human, came from behind. It was the Doom Lord beginning its assault! It seemed the order it received was to protect the retreat of the three Great Sages of the Undead. After roaring, the Doom Lord completely ignored the Black Scripture and several adventurers from Carne Village who were closer to it. It charged directly towards the most threatening target, the captain.
Nonetheless, the [Silver Armored Knight], one of the Black Scripture members, and the unfortunate adventurers from Carne Village who blocked the Doom Lord's path, were instantly cut in half by this beast-like monster's sword.
Fearing this overwhelming momentum, several ranged units from the Black Scripture immediately used all their abilities to attack the Doom Lord. At the same time, the [One-Man Army], who had an overall picture of the situation, shouted to the captain, "Captain, look out! The enemy is coming for you!"
"Drink!"
The captain struggled fiercely and forced the Death General back. When he saw the approaching Doom Lord, his heart sank. He ordered all team members urgently: "The enemy is too strong! Everyone, scatter and run! Quickly!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately pressed the tip of the spear in his hand. Cyan energy continuously surrounded the spear and converged into a dazzling, large spear light. As the spear thrust forward, the spear light exploded, hitting the Doom Lord and causing a massive explosion. After the attack, the captain didn't stop and immediately fled into the forest, disappearing among the trees.
The Black Scripture members immediately took action once he gave the order and retreated very quickly, scattering in all directions. At the same time, the magic scroll thrown into the air burned, and the Great Sage of the Undead, Khajiit, and Clementine were transferred by the power of teleportation magic and vanished without a trace.
"Ugh... you guys really can run," Momon muttered, looking around to find that only he and Narberal were left. He was too tired to complain for a moment.
At this point, the repelled Doom Lord and the two Death Knights, who had been magically blocked, all lost their targets. They now shifted their focus and anger, treating Momon and Narberal as their primary enemies.
Somewhere deep in the forest, the three figures of the Great Sage of the Undead suddenly appeared. Khajiit and Clementine first carefully looked around, their eyes scanning every shadow, and only then breathed a sigh of relief after confirming there were no lurking enemy threats.
About three seconds later, the space in front of the three inexplicably fluctuated, then a greater undead carrying a corpse suddenly appeared and knelt respectfully before the Great Sage of the Undead. "Master!" the greater undead rasped.
"Alright, thank you for your hard work," replied the Great Sage of the Undead, who had already received the news and was not surprised at all. He personally removed the white cheongsam that Kaire was wearing and then carefully placed it into his magic bag.
Why go to such great lengths just to steal an old woman's clothes? Although Khajiit knew that the equipment worn by the Black Scripture and the others couldn't be ordinary items, he couldn't help but inwardly criticize the Great Sage of the Undead's actions.
Clementine, on the other hand, knew a lot about Kaire and the famous Downfall of Castle and Country, and her eyes shimmered with a strange light as she stared at the Great Sage of the Undead. Daring to openly rob the Church's true artifact and succeeding clearly showed that this undead and the power behind it were extremely strong, far superior to Zuranon. The reason she joined Zuranon was not only because it was a terribly evil organization but also to use its power to escape the Church's pursuit. Since there was a better option, why not try it?
As soon as she thought about it, a meaningful smile appeared on Clementine's cunning face. Then she respectfully asked the Great Sage of the Undead, "Master, what should we do next?"
The Great Sage of the Undead glanced at her and said calmly, "Now we return to E-Rantel cemetery and prepare to execute Khajiit's Spiral of Death ritual."
"Ninth Tier: Super Tier Magic!"
"Seventh Tier: Lightning Dragon Chain!"
In the now quiet forest battlefield, after all outsiders had left, Momon immediately broke free from the confines of his armor, revealing his terrifying true form. The high-tier magic he forcibly used dispelled the summoning of the Doom Lord, returning the monster to the void. Meanwhile, another chain-attack magic spell easily killed the two Death Knights, instantly ending the battle.
"Lord Momon, what should we do with these human corpses?" Narberal, standing behind Momon, stepped forward. She glanced at the bodies lying on the ground with a look of disgust, then asked Momon for advice on how to deal with them.
After Narberal asked this, Momon began to think seriously about it. Judging by the equipment of the Black Scripture and the others, their strength was clearly far greater than ordinary humans in this other world. If they were resurrected using resurrection magic, perhaps useful information could be interrogated from them.
As for the Carne Village residents and representatives from the Adventurers' Guild... the image he had previously projected was that of a pure warrior, while Narberal was a mana-reliant magic caster and had no ability to master resurrection magic. Therefore, even if someone wanted to revive them, there was no appropriate reason. Insisting on doing so would only cause trouble and suspicion. Regarding interrogation information... they were involved with Kael, the suspected player, and all the information they possessed had already been revealed in previous communications between the two parties, so there was no point in interrogating them.
"Return the bodies of those people along with their equipment. These adventurers are our temporary comrades, so it's not good to just abandon them. Gather them and take them back to the Adventurers' Guild," Momon finally ordered.
"Yes, I will inform someone to come and handle it," Narberal obeyed the order and prepared to use communication magic to contact those in the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
At this moment, the sound of galloping horses suddenly echoed from a distance, growing closer and closer. The two exchanged glances. Momon quickly used magic to restore his appearance as a mysterious dark warrior, staring warily at the winding road ahead.
Soon after, a cavalry unit of more than twenty men approached the two. The middle-aged man leading the group glanced at the scattered corpses and traces of battle on the ground, and finally stared intently at Momon and Narberal.
"I am Gazef Stronoff, the warrior captain of the Re-Estize Kingdom. What happened here?" he asked in a deep voice full of authority, his eyes implying suspicion.
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