'I never thought the secret organization would be this bad at intelligence gathering.'
Abium did give them some hard time in baron Auguinare's territory and Baxbron woods but didn't expect they would misunderstand him as a henchman of the crown prince.
'They are thinking of me as crown prince lackey, huh. Well, for now, I will deal with him.'
Abium took a few steps backward as his breath grew rougher.
Meanwhile, Watson created a raging red flame around his body and formed a layer of aura to protect his skin.
A second later, a part of the raging red flame moved towards his sword and formed a fierce flame sword.
"Come! I know you haven't battled against me seriously all this time." Watson stood there like a fire-elemental lord and muttered loudly.
Meanwhile, Abium sighed with a weak smile and sprinted forward.
Although his speed was less when compared to Watson, Abium was more proficient in sword arts.
Once he arrived in front of Watson, the red aura slowly started to form into a light green color for a split second.
It was a master-level aura that could slice apart even the hardest metal with a single slash.
At that moment, his Sword of Wrath began to vibrate as Abium slashed it toward Watson's neck.
His greenish aura-coated sword cut through Watson's red flame blade and directly went towards Watson's neck. The next second, his sword sliced Watson's neck, leaving a trail of blood behind.
Thud! Thud!
Watson's head and the body fell with a thud a moment later.
Abium glanced at Watson's shocked face as he sheathed his sword to his scabbed and walked ahead.
If Watson hadn't come after Abium, he could have achieved many things in the future and become a peerless genius like in the past.
'But he chose the wrong opponent and the wrong side.' Abium pitied this talented enemy.
He shifted his gaze towards the unconscious silver knight and pondered.
'What should I do with him?' Even after being struck by the bolt of lightning, this Silver Knight Rainer hadn't died yet. He was still breathing and appeared to be recovering at a fast speed.
He quickly grabbed the unconscious Rainer, put him on his shoulder, and started walking towards Helena and the others. At that moment, he also saw four silver-armored knights were the only ones who were still alive and beaten to a pulp by Helena and others. As for the other silver-armored knights, they were all killed.
As he moved closer to the group, his sight slowly fell on the green vines that bounded the knights' hands and feet.
'Helena is also progressing well.' He nodded in surprise.
At that moment, Helena noticed his arrival and asked.
"What to do with them, Abium?"
Meanwhile, Abium quietly glanced at the wounded knights and spoke.
"Release them. I want the nobles to know that we aren't some pushovers. If we kill the remaining knights, Count Tibal and Viscount will send more soldiers to our territory and bully us further. After all, killing two fifth-tier warriors and several third and fourth-tier warriors isn't a big deal for any low-rank Noble house." Abium paused for a moment as he shifted his gaze towards Viper and revealed a smile.
"But things will change if the nobles find out that we have a Sixth-Tier Warrior as a Guardian. After all, only a handful of Sixth Tier Warriors are present in this whole kingdom."
Upon hearing his words, a realization appeared on Helena's face.
"I hope so." She quickly sheathed her dagger and walked ahead.
Meanwhile, Abium threw the unconscious Silver Knight towards the knights and spoke coldly.
"Tell your lord. If he sends anyone after the fairy again, I'll not hesitate to sneak into his castle and assassinate him. got it?" Everyone nodded at Abium's warning, picked up the Silver Knight, and ran in the western direction.
Meanwhile, Abium's group marched forward towards the abandoned tunnel.
...
A few minutes later,
Raindrops started to fall from the sky and completely soaked the remaining dead bodies in the water.
A second later, the headless Bilet necromancer's body shook a little and released unique nether energy from the right-hand region.
Slowly, magic rune circles that appeared in Bilet's hand started to shine brightly!
The next instant, Bilet's hand began to twitch a little, and his whole body began to float a few inches up in the air!
A moment later, the white skull started to rose up, leaving a slight vibration in the surrounding air. Soon, the white skull moved slowly towards Bilet's headless body and then attached itself to it.
Within a minute, new flesh began to appear and formed into a shape of a faceless head. There were no eyes, no nose, nor any mouth. The humanoid being looked more like an abomination creature than a human being.
Once again, the rune characters on Bilet's right hand started to move like creepy insects and finally appeared in the faceless area.
In the next instant, a dense nether elemental fluctuation appeared around the faceless area and slowly entered inside the head.
Simultaneously, the warm oval face changed into a pale square face!
What was more frightening was that even Bilet's body skin started to turn into a pale white color.
A few seconds later, the abomination's face began to change like an average human with deep black color eyes, a high bridge nose, and thin eyebrows.
Following that, black-colored hair started to grow on his head and completely changed the previous Bilet's appearance.
He now looked like a 20-year-old handsome young man with a muscular body.
Slowly, the black-haired young man opened his mouth, licked his black lips, and revealed a creepy smile. He then blinked twice as he noticed Watson's dead body lying near his face and soon grinned.
"Kekeke, it's been so long since I breathed this rich air. Bilet's soul also entered the Endless River of Life for the next reincarnation. I can use this body without any problem." That figure's black lips were starting to go upward as he spoke gratingly and stood up.
After that, the black-haired guy took a small knife from the spatial ring, arrived near Watson's body, and bent down a bit.
Then, he swiftly covered the knife with an eerie black aura and stabbed it right through Watson's heart region.
At the same time, he took Watson's decapitated head from his right side and attached it to the original body.
Then, he touched his spatial ring, took many strange materials from it, and placed them on the ground.
After that, he picked up a strange needle and a unique colorless thread and started stitching the head with Watson's body.
"It's time for reattachment." That black-haired man spoke in the same grating voice and started to inscribe unknown characters on the stitched area using a golden quill.
As the black-haired man started to write unknown letters in the empty air, gray-colored nether letters began to appear on the stitched areas. That guy didn't take long to inscribe multiple foreign characters on Watson's body and finally spoke.
"Now, it's time for the 'fake resurrection.'"
As he spoke, he took a deep breath and started to mutter a strange incantation in a nether language.
"Rise mortal soul from your painful death,
Rise mortal body from the hellish land,
Walk with me to kill your enemy,
Walk with me to avenge your death,
Devour the souls of the killed ones,
Destroy the peace to spread the chaos,
…
Serve me for a millennium,
Then I will give back your life and freedom."
After a long time, the black-haired man finished with a lengthy incantation and dripped down a drop of his scarlet blood onto Watson's forehead.
Spark!
A low groaning sound came out of Watson's mouth, followed by a yellow spark on his forehead.
Slowly, Watson opened his pitch-black eyes.
There was no expression on his face, and he gradually shifted his gaze towards the black-haired man.
"Who are you?" A cold tone came out of Watson's mouth as he motionlessly stared at the black-haired guy.
"You are quite a rude slave. Kneel." Like hearing a command from a supreme ruler, Watson's body instantly knelt on the ground and bowed without even knowing him. Watson felt no control over his body!
At that moment, he felt that his soul was in some puppet and being controlled by some invisible power.
"I forbid you from talking without my permission." The black-haired man said as he watched Watson's futile attempt to resist his command in amusement.
"Keke, you are a good toy. Now, follow me." The black-haired man nodded with a pleasing smile and shifted his gaze towards four lifeless knights' bodies that lay two hundred meters away.
He then licked his black lips and walked closer to the dead bodies.
"Hmm, it will be enough for a week." Saying so, he knelt before grabbing one of the knight's hands, opened his mouth wide, and bit it using his jaw-like teeth.
Like a monster, he ripped the whole wrist and started eating them with a disgusting smile.
Munch. Munch!
He ate the raw meat and blood and devoured the whole dead body in a minute.
Burp!
"Store these other bodies for later." The black-haired guy ordered as he took a spatial ring from thin air and tossed it towards Watson.
Meanwhile, Watson caught the spatial ring with his right hand, covered his mouth using the other hand, and watched the gruesome scene horrifiedly.
'This guy is not a human being!' Watson felt fear towards the black-haired and sighed at his misfortune.
'Now, I'm nothing but a mere slave. I must obey the master's words.' A strange thought appeared out of nowhere and etched deep into his subconsciousness.
Without delay, Watson moved closer to the corpses and stored them inside the spatial ring.
"Good."
The black-haired man wiped bloodstains on his pale face and walked in the western direction while muttering.
"First, I should go and visit old friends of mine."
Meanwhile, Watson staggered and followed the black-haired guy with an emotionless look.