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A few days later.

20 kilometers outside the fortress.

"Everyone, speed up, move forward at full speed, the Lantern Knight Order and I will go ahead."

"The remaining soldiers will catch up later."

After Kane finished speaking, he led the members of the Knight Order and those gold-ranked generals, riding warhorses, quickly towards the fortress.

Because he just received news that the Undead had launched another attack.

At this moment, on the front line.

The vanguard, consisting of a massive number of skeletons, became a death squad, advancing towards the fortress walls.

But the Undead following them were not to be underestimated; all-in-one ghouls, and various Undead beasts, were all transformed to have powerful hind legs.

These transformed beasts and ghouls can see the walls as nothing and easily scale them.

It looks like this time the Undead are well-prepared.

Moreover, there were far more gold-ranked Undead in the Undead's ranks compared to the last attack.

At this moment, Abby, who was left in the fortress by Kane, was briefing everyone with intelligence.

Three floating surveillance drones scanned the entire battlefield and surrounding areas thoroughly.

But this was limited to this area.

Further in, vision would be obstructed by the soul-clouds floating over the Undead territory.

Adding to that the numerous strange and confusing disturbances, almost losing the scouting ability.

"According to calculations, the troops in front of the fortress are part of the Undead's probing attack; there are many Undead in the advancing camp behind who haven't acted."

Upon hearing Abby's words, everyone knits their brows solemnly.

Because the Undead attacking the fortress this time were much more than before.

But didn't expect to be just a vanguard?

At this time, a figure suddenly appeared at the original spot, it was Funa who arrived inside the fortress a few days earlier.

Funa just exited from the Guild Hall.

"According to the intelligence brought by the Ghost Maid, it's the Witch Demon unwilling to accept failure, gathered more Undead to attack this fortress."

"But it's said that this attack isn't an all-out assault; rather, it's testing the fortress's defense strength now."

Upon hearing Funa's words, everyone nodded.

After all, Kane and the others' sudden appearance last time caused the Witch Demon much trouble.

It made him aware of Kane and the others' involvement; plus, due to recent hunts, they learned of Kane's group's strength.

So the first wave of probing is a normal action.

"The President is right behind, he brought all the Knight Order members and more forces."

Knowing this news, everyone directly went to the walls without waiting.

Relying on various long-range attacks, they began to crazily exhaust the enemy's resources.

Though lacking Kane's involvement, they didn't lack various large-scale skills.

After all, there's still Finaris, Angels, and Mages in every team present.

They easily wiped out the skeleton horde in the front.

The battle hadn't lasted long yet, those Undead hadn't even attacked below the city gates.

Just then, a signal shot up into the sky from the back of the fortress.

This was a signal that Kane and his group were about to arrive.

Seeing this signal, the Guild members who were long prepared, jumped down from the walls directly.

Preparing to engage with the Undead in close quarters.

Before long, Kane led nearly 2000 Knights from the side, cutting through.

After circling through the Undead, Abby and others immediately joined back with the team.

Subsequently forming a truly complete Knight Order.

With their joining, the battle shifted from a defensive to a blockade operation.

Looking at these suddenly joined soldiers, especially the powerful Holy Grail Knight Order.

The generals and soldiers above the walls saw this, and their morale soared.

"Open the gates, brothers charge with me!"

These generals shouted loudly, leading their soldiers out from the gates.

Held back for so long, the Knights were like unleashed horses.

These supporting Holy Light Alliance Knights, upon arriving at the fortress, barely participated in battles at all.

Because they were forced to rely on the walls for defense, as Knights, defensive positions were virtually pointless for them.

This time they finally could fight these Undead below the walls?

Soon afterwards, more soldiers joined the battle from the sides, these were more soldiers arriving at full speed from the Lantern Territory.

These soldiers were all elite from the Lantern Territory, almost all joined after merging into the original soldier forces.

Born to fight, they performed exceptionally well in battles against the Undead.

Relying on coordinated teamwork and powerful combat strength.

Made those ordinary soldiers in the rear thrilled with hot blood, eager to join them.

Due to the lack of pain in the Undead, fighting equally with those races of flesh and blood often turned disadvantageous.

But Kane's soldiers showed behavior no different from the Undead.

Even though they had countless wounds, they still acted as if nothing's wrong, holding weapons and ruthlessly slashing.

After losing several gold-ranked members.

A sharp whistle rose in the sky.

This was the sound of retreat.

Subsequently, the Undead began retreating regardless of casualties.

Most had no intelligence; upon hearing the retreat command, ignored the soldiers; even when chopped down, they crawled backward.

"Oh oh oh oh!"

The ordinary soldiers who charged out cheered seeing the retreating Undead.

They, for the first time, truly repelled the Undead, rather than defending.

Repelled them from the front.

This had never happened since the Undead Influence began expanding outward.

Constantly pressed down, relying on various walls, fortresses, city defenses, these soldiers won such a victory for the first time.

They shouted in excitement, venting their emotions, truly witnessing hope to annihilate the Undead.

And Kane also began resurrecting his sacrificed soldiers.

Thankfully, his soldiers were trained to some extent, knowing how to protect themselves, preserving the bodies of the deceased.

Even in fierce battle, these soldiers would intentionally protect fallen comrades.

Because they knew that the departed comrades still had a chance for resurrection.

Luckily, this battle wasn't too intense, and the enemy didn't intend for a massive assault.

So fatal injuries on each corpse were still manageable, without causing substantial body losses.

Unfortunately, due to the late arrival of the soldiers behind, there weren't many opportunities to showcase long-range weapons.

Here was the best place for propelling sales, after all.