Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Chapter 96: Siege of Neve Dorei (2)

She had barely finished when several of the Level 100 protested "Have you lost your mind?!"

"The Level 70-100 area is the most important!"

"That's where the majority of our men will be!"

"You can't hand their lives to an outsider!"

Liara frowned and released her Mana outside her body. Instantly, everyone present felt like they were shocked and paralyzed by a bolt of thunder. Liara kept her Mana suppression for a few seconds before taking her mana back in her body and saying "Do you think I like it?! We don't have a choice!"

She then pointed at the left part of the army and said "The undead army has 200 000 undeads above Level 70, 500 000 between Level 50 and 70, and 300 000 below Level 50. We only have 40 000 men above Level 70, do you think we can afford for any of you to leave that battlefield?!"

Realization hit them as their mouth hung wide open. They thought the undead wouldn't have many monsters above Level 70, since they highest leveled member was only level 100, but they were wrong in their assumptions.

Now that the interrogations were dealt with, Liara asked Adam "Do you feel ready to lead the troops for us? You won't have to do much, our guards already know their battle formations, it is more about their morals. But nonetheless, it is an important role in this battle and lots of lives, maybe even the city, will depend on it. So if you feel like it is too difficult for you, don't be ashamed and say it now. Just don't let a city fall because of pride."

Adam nodded and said with a serious voice "I am confidant. My battlefield won't fall to the hands of the undead. Since I have the most soldiers, many mages, and myself, despite having to face the most undead we will most certainly be finished first. If the men and women under me are still capable of fight, I will help with either battlefield that needs the most help. If they are too spent, then you can still count on me. As for the morals of the troops, don't worry, I have a skill that allows me to boost the morale of our whole army."

She nodded, looking relieved, and continued laying out their plans for the following battle. Once she explained everything, everyone except her and Tiarsus jumped down from the ramparts and walked to their assigned area.

For Adam, he walked through the ranks of Light Elves and Foxkin who were looking at him weirdly, until he reached front of the army. He could feel all the gazes directed at him, but he didn't bother explaining for now.

When he reached the front of the army, he looked at his right, where the lower leveled players were gathering. Coincidentally, someone else was looking back. A tall Light Elf Elementalist was looking right back at him.

However, they were too far from each other to see each other status, or even sense how strong the other was.

The Light Elf knew who this was though, as Adam was one of the most famous players of the moment, and he still had the same armor since the battle of Sunflower Valley.

This Light Elf was actually the Sovereign among the players here, his name was Searing Light, and he was the guild leader of the First Tier Guild Final Judgment.

They were the biggest guild in Neve Dorei, and so they had gathered the lower ranked guilds to defend the city. Neve Dorei was actually quite an important city because it was the first line of defense against anything coming from the Mirage Desert to attack Aldeneid.

The only reason the city was this weak was because a huge battle had recently taken place among the highest ranked people in the city. The old Governor, who was a peak Gold Rank, fought against several of the heads of the Noble Families in the city as they wanted the power for themselves.

This fight ended with the death of the Governor and his Son, as well as the death of the heads of all the Noble Families.

Then, the old Governor's granddaughter, Liara, promoted to Gold Rank and became the only Gold Rank in the entire city. Thankfully, she wasn't an average Gold Rank, but an S Class, or the city would have been doomed.

As for the other Level 100 that remained, the ones who were at the meeting on the ramparts with Adam, Tiarsus and Liara, they were the new family heads of the Noble Families who ascended. To avoid the complete extermination of their families because of their rebellion, they accepted to vow and sign a magical contract baring them access to the Gold Rank.

And of course, many guards from the royal family and the noble families had died too, especially the higher leveled ones. All of this, accumulated together, led to this weak and vulnerable condition for the city of Neve Dorei.

As for the attack of the undead, it was unknown whether this was an event brought by the quest of a player, or if they had just felt this was the best opportunity to attack the city.

The undead were a major threat to the world at large, their numbers made them a huge threat to the world. Fortunately, they weren't all united together.

There wasn't just one Undead Kingdom like there was a Goblin Kingdom, but they had many different kingdoms instead. There were multiple Undead Kings known to the world, who were hostile to each other. Despite that, every undead army under those different Undead Kings were among the biggest armies in the world.

All those Undead Kings were Legendary Monsters, and so were among the most powerful in the entire world. However, there had been one time when a disaster took place. A worldwide disaster known as the Undead Uprising devastated the whole world.

The eight Racial Powers and the Holy Temple hadn't always been the strongest powers of this world. Slightly after the War of the Gods which split Epoch in the Divine, Mortal and Hell realms, the world was unified by a power known as the Heaven Defying Dynasty.

They successfully brought together all the major races of the mortal realm, and ruled on the entire world. Moreover, by then the experts were many times more than today, because it was just a few hundred years after the War of the Gods, there were thousands of Legend experts under the Heaven Defying Dynasty.

In comparison, all the Racial Powers and the Holy Temple combined had less than 50 Legend Ranks they acknowledged, and even those they hide, there were only a couple hundred Legend rank currently alive.

This Heaven Defying Dynasty was destined to rule for a long time, and could have very well ruled to this day, if it hadn't been for the Undead Uprising. The Undead Uprising started with a weak undead that seemed normal.

However, this undead managed to become a Chosen Monster, and then climbed up to the rank above Legendary despite everyone trying to kill it before it could reach that point. However, it really managed to reach that incredible realm, and it became literally as powerful as a god.

Using its power and influence, it became known as the Undead Emperor, who brought all the Undead Kings together and united the Undeads from all over the world under its banner, and then attacked the Heaven Defying Dynasty that had tried so hard to destroy it while it was growing.

The Undead Emperor ultimately died, but it wasn't a victory for the Heaven Defying Dynasty. The thousands of Legend Ranks were killed, absolutely all of them died, and the only Legend Ranks that remained were those hermits that didn't join the war.

Because of the death of all those Legend Ranks, the Dynasty crumbled apart and disappeared from the world.

That is how dangerous the Undead were. If another Undead Emperor were to appear to this day, it would be able to take over the world easily.

Fortunately, it wasn't such an opponent that Adam and the city of Neve Dorei had to fight. It wasn't even an Undead King, but an army led by an Elder Rank Chosen.