Chapter 158: Fierce Battle in the Night

The wind is rising.

The whistling night wind became more and more violent, and the desolate wailing mixed with it could be faintly heard, the dilapidated door panel shook under the sweep of the wind, and the chill that penetrated the bone marrow was mixed with the wind, which made many people shiver.

"Buff!"

Rhodes quickly gave the order, but after seeing the puzzled glances of the other mercenaries at him, he patted his forehead helplessly, and then changed the order.

"Elixir, Lijie, prepare for spiritual magic. Marlene, protect! ”

Hearing Rod's order, the mercenaries quickly skillfully stretched out their hands, took out a tube of red viscous potion from the leather bag next to their waists, and then smeared it on their weapons, and then shook them hard, with the sound of breaking the air, blue magic fire immediately burned on the sharp swords, and they swirled towards the swords, emitting energy that made people's hair burn. At this moment, Li Jie also raised her hand violently, and soon, several protective shields condensed by divine power shrouded the mercenaries' bodies. Marlene clenched the staff in her hand and slammed it to the ground, and soon, a mysterious rune appeared from the bottom of the staff, extending to both sides, and soon turned into three layers of strange magic runes, they lay quietly on the ground, and if you don't look closely, there is no way to find these dim symbols that have almost merged with the shadows.

Rod and Anne stood in the circle, protecting a somewhat terrified Christie. Before the battle, he had already told the mercenaries that this battle with the undead was a test of their combat ability, so he would not attack until the last resort. Marlene, Lizzie, Celia and Shanna are each responsible for attacking and defending in one direction. And this is also what Rhodes deliberately came up with in order to see their command and adaptability.

In fact, in the face of the upcoming undead spirits, the four of them command in a completely different way.

Shanna, the most experienced of them, was the first to adjust her formation, and she followed the most common way of cooperation among the mercenaries, dividing her men into two teams, one team in front to resist, and the other team to take the opportunity to attack. In order to destroy the enemy in the safest way.

Celia's style was decidedly more solo, standing at the front of the line like a goddess of war, her sword held high in both hands, her white wings stretched out to the sides, taking up a large space. And her way of fighting is obvious, the big head is handled by herself, and if there is a fish that slips through the net, then it is left to the mercenaries to be responsible.

Compared with the two people who are good at fighting, Marlene's command style is different, she does not choose to stand in the crowd to command like Shanna, nor does she stand in front of the enemy like Celia, but hides far behind the crowd with the principle of "mages are not close", but unlike Shanna, she hopes that those mercenaries can be used to resist attacks, avoid being harassed by the undead, and delay time, once they can successfully entangle the enemy, Then Marlene's strength can be maximized.

However, compared to the other three, Lijie's performance was a little disappointing, in the face of the mercenaries around her, she almost didn't know how to command, and in the end she only gave a few simple orders, letting the mercenaries do it themselves, while she was responsible for hiding behind and applying protection and treatment to others. However, Lijie is not really stupid, she knows that her ability in this area is not comparable to others, so she and her subordinates retreated to the inside of the protective circle, trying to protect herself with the help of Marlene and Celia on both sides, and she will have more time to heal and protect herself. I have to say that although she has no talent in commanding operations, the girl has a very deep understanding of her own positioning. She understood that her task was not to destroy the enemy, so she simply retreated to the defense, narrowed the defensive area, as long as her side was not breached, like killing seven in and seven out of the chaotic army...... Leave it to Celia and Marlene. ..., and the mercenaries' performance at the moment is also very serious, no matter what, this is also their first task after signing the contract, if according to what Rod said, their performance will directly affect the future sharing and remuneration, and whether they can stay in the mercenary group all the time, the mercenaries have never encountered such a thing in the past, and now it is also quite stressful, they have secretly made up their minds, they must perform well in this mission, if they can be favored by the regiment leader, it can be regarded as a success.

And at this moment, the illusory undead finally appeared.

Translucent bodies, emitting a faint glow of soul, and there was only darkness in the godless eye holes, and the ghosts floating on the ground opened their mouths and flew with terrible screams, and they stretched out their hands and grabbed at the creatures in front of them. Although the tainted souls at this moment do not even have the slightest basic intelligence, the hatred of death and the desire for life are enough for them to react instinctively and subconsciously.

"Evil dead, prepare to return to nothingness!"

Celia let out a loud shout at the oncoming spirits, and then she raised her sword and slashed it down.

The blade of the burning divine flame sliced into the body of the revenant soul as easily as slicing cream, and then the fierce flames immediately erupted in it, instantly devouring the struggling and wailing prey, not only that, but the burst of divine fire even spread forward as if it had been ignited by oil, and the flames burst out and hit the bodies of the revenants, which made the undead scream and retreat, they writhed their bodies and waved their hands desperately, as if they wanted to extinguish the silver flames on their bodies. However, Celia did not give them such a chance at all, and in the face of the struggle of the undead, she just shouted, and then spread her wings, and even the human sword turned into a silver light, cutting into it.

On the other side, Marlene's fight is just as exciting.

“aliya！”

With the girl's crisp shout, the boiling stream of magic turned into a wave of impact pouring out from between Marlene's fingers, and the stormy magic missiles whistled and flew towards the undead who were entangled with the mercenaries, knocking them away heavily, and without waiting for the undead to make any moves, Marlene had already stroked the gem on the staff and said words containing magic power, and then, those rune circles that were originally hidden on the ground suddenly lit up, and a two-meter-high flame instantly erupted, completely obliterating the souls of the dead. Then it vanished immediately, turning back into a puff of black smoke and disappearing.

"Don't step out of the circle, don't go forward!"

Marlene frowned as she stopped the mercenaries who were about to kill them, forcing them back to the inside of the line, while she glanced at the gap next to her and frowned. A moment later, the sword transformed by the cold ice edge pierced through the air like lightning, knocking back all the undead who tried to sneak up on the side.

On the other side, Marlene was shouting, directing her men to stand in the way.

"Watch their hands, be careful, don't carry them, fool!"

As she shouted, Marlene dodged the undead's ferocious lunge, and then she swept across with her sword in both hands. The flaming sword slashed into the body of the revenant, forcing it to scream and try to struggle back, but at that moment, the rest of the mercenaries immediately followed, and after three or four long swords were inserted into the body, the undead finally gave up the struggle, and writhed its body, letting out a cry of relief or pain, and then turned to dust and drifted away with the wind.

Everything went smoothly.

Looking at the battle in front of him, Rod nodded with satisfaction. After a period of training and the battle in the Dusk Forest afterward, these mercenaries are now much more familiar with each other. It's no longer as rusty as it used to be. Even the most worrying Lijie is as stable as Mount Tai, although Zhilu Dao's command ability is very weak, and there is no way to compare with others, but the stupidest method chosen by the girl has proved to be the most effective——— she has devoted herself to maintaining the protection of the mercenaries and weakening the power of the undead. Although the mercenaries could not get any useful orders from Lijie, the sturdy protection and weakened enemies, coupled with their own skillful cooperation, were able to cooperate for a while. And with the support of Marlene and Celia on both sides from time to time, there won't be any big problems for a while. …,

Rod watched the battle in front of him with satisfaction, nodded slightly, he reached out and stroked Christie's hair, while carefully observing the darkness around him, Rod was sure that this wave of undead was just a means used by the other party to tempt, once he realized that something could not be done, he would immediately retract it. After all, there is a limit to the number of undead spirits.

And in front of Rod's eyes, the flowing flow of experience prompts is appearing line by line, and line by line disappearing at the same time. These immortal souls don't have much experience, and they only have a few dozen points, and frankly speaking, for Rod, it's better than nothing. But this was not the main concern of Rhodes, he watched the battle in front of him, and at the same time silently counted the number in his heart.

Twenty-five...... Twenty-seven...... Twenty-nine...... Thirty......... Almost!

Sure enough, just as Rhodes counted to thirty-five, the undead who had been violently attacking suddenly stopped, and then, they quickly retreated, and disappeared into the endless darkness in the blink of an eye.

“………………”

The battlefield that was originally in full swing was now as silent as death, and the mercenaries looked at each other, they had not yet recovered from the fierce battle just now. What's going on? How did these undead run away? Do they also realize that they have failed?

What's going on?

"Get ready, trouble is coming!"

Rod's whispered reminder made the mercenaries who were still in a trance shudder, but before they could do anything, suddenly at this moment, a miserable scream rose to the ground.

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