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Behind the Cheorwon defense line.
After completing the personnel check, Seo Hyun-woo was looking over the defense line with the managers.
A number of undead were coming over the long road.
That was not enough, so I thought that the two types of monsters that made the earth tremble were particularly notable.
‘Cyclops, Minotaur. As an undead, his strength and speed were greatly weakened, but he had infinite stamina. Even if his body is torn off, he doesn’t die easily.’
Seo Hyun-woo had already anticipated that those demons would appear during the second invasion.
Because the first invasion ended without causing much damage, Vice Lich had released a powerful undead.
To prevent the 3rd invasion that would occur after that, it would have to reduce the number of casualties while preserving stamina and magic as much as possible.
‘You must not use Rune’s blessings carelessly this time. The scale is different from the first invasion. You have to aim for the decisive moment no matter how much you sacrifice.’
This part had already been agreed with the Setinos Hunters.
It was an ability that could only be used once a day, so he was trying to be careful.
Above all, the elite powers of Setinos Hunter and Black Hunter remained intact, so they would respond in advance before any major damage occurred.
‘In this situation, the ice attribute and the earth attribute are the most useful. But copying the normal attribute-type abilities won’t change anything.’
Seo Hyun-woo uses the abilities copied in advance and releases magical power.
Two delicately moving fox ears, dazzling silver hair, and ruby-studded red eyes.
As soon as the nine silver foxes were summoned, they began to circle around Seo Hyun-woo.
“… ah, that’s it.”
“It looks pretty cute.”
Jin Se-hee and Choi Jae-yeon glance at the foxes, and then completely fix their eyes on the defense line.
Although he did not directly participate in the battle, he always had to move with tension.
A moment’s negligence can lead to the death of colleagues and even the loss of one’s own life.
Thump, Thump…
uh uh uh uh…
As the undead got closer, the earth began to vibrate and loud footsteps could be heard.
Zombies and skeletons uttered voices full of despair, and the undead Minotaur flaunted its size with rotten flesh and bone fragments intertwined.
The undead Cyclops, which belonged to medium-sized monsters, were slowly approaching with their bodies infested with maggots.
‘They’re going to try to break down the mud walls. Then I’ll try to cross the barricade. If you want to reduce the damage, you have to finish it before then.’
A huge earthen wall was built in the middle of the road over the sea and the old armistice line.
After making the earth wall thick and hard with the Earth attribute, it was completely frozen with the Freeze attribute.
It also contained magical power, so it would not be easily broken.
However, since the opponent was a large army of undead, if they did not keep it in check, they had no choice but to break the earth wall or try to overcome it.
‘It’s okay to make the soil wall hard with the freezing attribute while covering battle with foxes. It’s unavoidable if it’s pierced.’
Seo Hyun-woo had no intention of arguing with Goo Tae-ya.
It was important to perform a given task, and confidence in one’s ability could soon lead to an injury caused by pride.
Therefore, Seo Hyun-woo was trying to do only what he could do in his current state.
‘I think Kang Jin-ha’s older sister appeared at this time.’
Yoojin Kang.
Kang Jin-ha’s older sister and an active black hunter, she was an Awakened from Ganghwa.
He had a common reinforcement-type ability, but even the same Black Hunters could not easily overcome that power.
He was also one of the few hunters Baek Jeong-woon acknowledged, and his golden sword and blue spearman had a crush on him.
In fact, he was no different from the next Setinos Hunter, so the committee had not been paying attention for a long time.
‘In terms of content, there was a feeling that the original Seo Hyun-woo liked Kang Yu-jin… but it doesn’t mean much. In the first place, Kang Yu-jin doesn’t even pay attention to Seo Hyun-woo.’
In this part, I was able to clearly grasp the intention of the original author.
Kang Yu-jin was trying to show Kang Jin-ha’s presence and specialness by looking only at her younger brother, Kang Jin-ha.
In other words, the original Seo Hyun-woo should have been used as a sacrifice for him.
‘Is age a preference? So maybe that’s why I started dating Jin Se-hee. Jin Se-hee also has a slightly older feeling…’
“Wow!”
The undead cyclops roared and rushed towards the earth wall.
His one and only eye was rotten, but he was surprisingly well oriented.
Perhaps even if his body was broken like that, he was going to launch an attack on the earth wall over and over again.
“Respond according to your role!”
In front of the defense line, there were mainly hunters with shape system and attribute system abilities.
Hunters with reinforcement and transformation abilities were only with a few talented people to cover them.
If the undead broke the earthen wall and came to the barricade behind it, the remaining hunters and the black hunters would also participate.
“Aww!”
The undead Minotaur was following them, pushing the other undead.
Perhaps the undead cyclops were trying to enter after breaking the earthen wall, or climbing up the cliff while waiting for time.
The undead that fell on the sea were slowly approaching the defense line even while they were sinking.
Tung, Tong, Tong.
Every time the body of the undead Cyclops collides with the earth wall, a strong vibration and roar is emitted.
At the same time, the skin of the undead Cyclops was freezing.
The earth wall, which had been gradually cracking, was filled with soil again and began to contain the thick cold air again.
“Big!”
“Ugh…”
Spears and arrows made of magical power were flying towards the undead Minotaur who was about to climb the cliff.
Because that was not enough, rocks spurted out irregularly on every cliff, dropping the undead.
Formation Hunters and Earth Attribute Hunters had begun to check the Undead.
‘The earth wall will eventually collapse. Even the Black Hunters can’t help it.’
Another undead cyclops and undead minotaur were appearing over the mud wall.
That was not enough, so the road built over the sea was getting thicker and wider.
Vice Rich Lenus must have been pouring out more mana to make up for his first defeat.
Thump, thump.
Wow, Kugung.
Hunters took turns attacking each other, and the undead were constantly annihilating.
As a result, many magic stones were created, but no one thought of picking them up carelessly.
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Manastones can be obtained at any time, but once you lose your life, that’s the end of it.“Aaah!”
The third undead Cyclops put their hands together and slammed down the earth wall.
Then, both hands quickly froze and fell apart, and the solid earth wall collapsed in half.
The undead Minotaur did not miss this moment and threw their whole body towards the remaining earth wall.
Damn it, slur…
The earth wall could not withstand the impact and began to shake little by little.
Although the undead were being attacked by the hunters, they were steadfastly aiming only at the mud wall.
Besides, some of them knew that the attack was concentrated on the soil wall, so they were trying to climb up the cliff.
“Hurry up and build it again from the clay wall!”
Do Hee-jin, one of the Black Hunters on the defensive line, rushes out and releases magical energy.
At the same time, a chilly chill began to form from the earth wall rising little by little.
Undead nearby were swept away by the cold and quickly frozen.
“Wow!”
In the meantime, the fourth undead Cyclops appears and destroys all the frozen undead.
Then, he slammed his body against the earth wall and was engulfed in the cold.
It was the moment when the earth wall was about to collapse completely.
Whoa, Pot!
Suddenly, a spirit of five colors appears and spreads its wings.
Then, the speed at which the earth wall is formed increases, and a strong cold air is added.
Yoon Se-in, who was watching the situation from afar, got the consent of the other Setinos Hunters and went first.
“Heejin-ah, aren’t you going too fast?”
“Then will you be quiet?”
“I don’t care, can’t we just move on as planned?”
“I’m just going to try a little harder. If you are going to help, I will definitely help.”
“That’s what I came here for.”
Se-in Yoon and Hee-jin Do focus on building the earth wall while gradually increasing the amount of magical power they release.
Originally, it was planned to start a full-fledged battle from the barricade in consideration of the breaking of the soil wall.
But from then on, a direct collision with the undead occurred, so casualties were inevitable.
In other words, both men intervened at the same time with the intention of minimizing casualties as much as possible.
Thump, thump.
Coogong, Paz.
However, once the earth wall began to crumble, it could not be rebuilt immediately.
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Moreover, as the undead continued to come, it was not easy to even maintain that form.In this case, it would have been better to give up the earthen wall and retreat to the barricade.
“You know what you regretted doing, right?”
“Don’t talk to me! I’m still going to die hard.”
“I didn’t do it as planned, so should I be cursed?”
“Oh, really, that’s just…”
Do Hee-jin thinks it is the limit and prepares to retreat.
The speed of freezing the soil wall could not keep up with the advance speed of the undead.
At the very least, it would be nice if that number would decrease, but isn’t it continuing to increase?
gang, gang.
“uh?”
“There is one more person to be insulted.”
Yoon Se-in does not spare any more magic and gives orders to the spirits of the five colors.
The earth wall, which had been sculpted, was suddenly intertwined with the white ice.
Unlike the general freezing properties, the freezing speed was fast, so while it was broken, only its shape was maintained.
“You’re surprisingly not very good at listening.”
“The punishment will come later. First of all, shouldn’t there be no one injured?”
Seo Hyeon-woo dedicates himself to using his freeze ability after canceling the summoning of foxes.
The content of the second invasion had already changed when Yoon Se-in and Do Hee-jin stepped in.
If the situation changed to this extent, wouldn’t there be no choice but to protect the earthen wall at all costs?
“What else is he?”
“Um… the next Setinos Hunter?”
“Do you want to play pranks in this situation?”
“Isn’t it worth painting? He’s doing everything right now.”
Do Hee-jin feels her irritation rise, and then frowns.
Even without emitting more mana, the freezing speed was getting faster.
Although Se-in Yoon was helping, it was a separate issue.
The freezing speed of the freezing ability did not show a big difference depending on the skill of each individual.
“ah! Someone told me, you’re the student council president of Miterichi, right?”
“I told you. The next Setinos Hunter.”
“…”
Seo Hyun-woo listens to the two of them and gradually stabilizes the soil wall.
I was never able to maintain that earthen wall by myself.
Because there were incumbent Setinos Hunter and Black Hunter, his freezing ability was effectively utilized.
‘If we keep going like this, we will be able to pass the second invasion without any damage. Hopefully there will be no casualties in the undead subjugation battle.’