The Undead Army's attack was faster than expected.
Before Aili was fully prepared, the shadow of the Undead Army appeared in front of everyone in the mist again.
"… Sigh …"
Gazing at the dense mass of Undead Creatures on the hillside, Aili couldn't help but let out a sigh.
In fact, it wasn't just her. Even the other clergies looked gloomy at this moment.
In fact, apart from Pattilina, who loved to destroy, and the stone-hearted robots, the others had developed a strong sense of weariness in battling the Undead Creatures.
This was also where humans couldn't be compared to the Undead Creatures. The Undead Creatures wouldn't develop feelings of weariness, but humans were different.
After several consecutive battles, where the Undead Creatures kept retreating, and the cooperation between both sides wasn't ideal, everyone was exhausted.
This wasn't only on the physical level, but also on the mental level.
Fortunately, these were Holy Knights with strong wills. If they were ordinary soldiers, perhaps they would have collapsed under this heavy pressure.
But as the commander, Aili couldn't reveal such an expression. She pondered in silence for a few moments before lifting her head.
At this moment, the weariness on her face had vanished and was replaced with her usual steadiness.
"Miss Irene, please assist me in spreading the news."
(Yes, Sister Aili.)
Eileen nodded in agreement.
Unlike the other Holy Saints, Irene didn't need to participate in battles. On the battlefield, she basically spent most of her time by Aili's side and was in charge of passing the news to her. Then, she would pass Aili's orders to the rest.
And now, what Irene needed to do was to pass on Aili's message to the rest.
After hearing Irene's answer, Aili took in a deep breath. Then, she opened her eyes and stared ahead with a firm gaze.
"My compatriots, my colleagues, and my companions. We will once again face the Undead Creatures.
I know that all of you are tired and perhaps you have thought of laying down your weapons and leaving this tiring and painful battle.
But I hope you can pull yourself together. I know this is a heavy burden for all of us.
However, I hope that all of you can remember that you're not just fighting for your own survival. Behind us is the entire continent.
As messengers of God's will, we must take the lead and resist the invasion of darkness!! "
Allie's voice got louder and louder.
"We have nowhere to retreat now. If we lose this barrier, the Undead Creatures will take advantage of the situation and the Klein Continent will be plunged into the flames of war.
We absolutely can't tolerate such a thing. We've resisted the Undead Creatures' attacks again and again, but it's still not enough.
We must completely annihilate these undead creatures, crush their evil ambitions, and strike them into the abyss of destruction at all costs!! "
Upon hearing Aili's words, the clergies standing beside the saintess couldn't help but turn around and look at her in astonishment.
Even though this wasn't the first time Aili encouraged their morale, this was the first time she said the words' at all costs', which left them baffled.
For some unknown reason, everyone felt as though something would happen in today's battle …
Aili disregarded everyone's gazes. She stood quietly on the spot and gazed at the Undead Creatures. Then, she clenched her fists and muttered under her breath.
"That's right … at all costs …"
"At all costs …"
Through Iristine's message, Viconia naturally heard Ailey's words.
Of course, Irene's voice was as calm and flat as usual, which made her unable to express the intense and sincere emotions in Aili's tone.
But even so, it was enough for the Elf Princess to listen to Irene's words.
"At all costs …"
As he spoke, Wyconia closed his eyes and opened them again.
"Us too. We won't fail just like that, even if we have to give up everything!"
At this moment, the Undead Army launched their attacks once again.
There was no need for any probing or pre-battle announcements.
Countless undead creatures were mixed in the undead fog, attacking the alliance army on the mountainside with incomparable determination.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The first thing that set off the battle bugle was Pattilina's bombardment.
Shortly after, the Mages who rushed over as reinforcements released all sorts of magical bombardments. As spell casters, these Mages weren't in grave danger in the previous battles.
After all, Mages were experts in staying alive. If a Mage wanted to escape, no one could stop them.
Not to mention the brainless Undead Creatures.
It was due to this reason that the spell casters who only responded to the Templar Order's summons became the main force in resisting the Undead Creatures. Of course, in terms of destructive power, they were still far from Pattilina's.
As Pattilina launched her first round of bombardment, the Undead Army's vanguard was enveloped in a sea of flames and the vanguard troops were completely obliterated in the explosions and flames.
However, no one felt excited when they saw this scene, because they knew very well that trouble was yet to come.
Clatter … Clatter … Clatter …!
As expected, as soon as the explosions ended and before the smoke dispersed, thousands of Death Knights charged out of the smoke. Even though the hillside ahead was unusually steep, the warhorses of the Death Knights galloped forward as though they were galloping on flat ground.
At the next moment, they arrived before the defensive line.
At this moment, the clergies took action.
"Guardian Shield!"
The golden Holy Barrier quickly spread out and spread like a great wall. In the blink of an eye, an incomparably solid Holy Shield was formed in front of the entire line of defense.
At the same time, the holy knights raised their greatswords and slashed at the Death Knights who crashed into the holy barrier.
The blade, which was imbued with holy power, easily pierced through the tough armor as if it was slicing bread. It pierced deeply into the Death Knights' bodies and cut them in half along with their mounts.
On the other hand, the Death Knight let out a painful howl before being purified by the Holy Flames and turning into ashes.
At the same time, the second round of bombardment erupted and further hindered the Undead Creatures' advance.
"Phew …"
Seeing that the Undead Army was stopped once again, Aili heaved a sigh of relief.
But she knew that now wasn't the time to consider victory.
One or two victories were meaningless in a battle against the Undead Army. Only the ones who fought till the end could obtain the true victory.
This was why everything before her was just an illusion and couldn't scare her.
"Miss Jenny, how's the situation over there?"
Thinking until here, Aili couldn't help but ask.
"It's going well, at least for now."
Jenny nocked an arrow on her bow and released her fingers. At the next moment, a silver light arrow flew out of the bowstring and split rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the silver light arrow that streaked across the sky had split into hundreds of thick, enormous silver spears. The spears rained down on the undead creatures, impaling them on the ground one by one. Then, a series of explosions sounded.
An opening appeared in the Undead Army before him.
However, this was only a drop in the ocean compared to the vast army behind them.
"But they don't seem to have any intention of retreating."
As she spoke, Jenny pulled the bowstring again.
Then, she gazed into the distance.
It was the Elves' sentry post. Even though the Elves didn't have as many means to deal damage to the Undead Creatures, they could still use their blessed weapons to deal damage to the Undead Creatures.
But it was a pity that most of the Elves were godly archers.
As for the threat that godly archers posed to the Undead Creatures … Haha. Everyone knew that.
I don't see any Vampires joining the battle.
After sweeping a glance at the undead creatures in front of her, Jenny could only see the lowest level of skeleton soldiers and death knights. The liches needed to maintain the undead mist at the rear to prevent the sunset from damaging them. This was also the reason why everyone chose to form a defensive line halfway up the mountain. Apart from being able to attack the enemies with relative ease from a high vantage point, it was also a benefit to be able to prolong the sunlight's duration.
Even though this wouldn't last for long.
Jenny gazed at the defensive line of the Elves below as though to display their determination. Up until now, the Elves were still fighting to the death without retreating.
Of course, according to Jenny and Aili's plan, this couldn't be any better.
Because this was the only way they could successfully attract the enemy's main force and teach them a lesson … Wasn't it so?
Since this group of Elves was so hardworking, I shall give them a bonus. Kill them all.
At the thought of this, Jenny's eyes flickered slightly, and she revealed a strange smile.