"That's what I've been waiting for!"
Upon hearing Ailee's order, Patrina yelled at once. Then, she raised the spear in her hand high and aimed it at the sky in front of her.
"It's finally time for destruction. Look up at the starry sky and tremble in fear for your powerlessness, brainless idiots.
I am the fire, I am the lightning, I will destroy the land. Since she dared to do such a despicable thing in front of me, I will eliminate her!
Now is the time for us to raise our spears. Destroy, destroy, and destroy again.
Fuse everything into flames and turn them into ashes. It's time to show our honor and dignity.
Go forth, my favorite. Blast everything to smithereens and turn them into dregs! "
Along with Pattilina's shouts, a light column flew up from her spear and shot straight into the dark night sky.
Shortly after, the thick clouds in the sky spun continuously. Then, pushed by an invisible force, the thick clouds spun and parted to both sides. Shortly after, a pitch-black, enormous, pyramid-shaped, metallic object emerged from the clouds.
The four huge steel plates that formed the shape of a pyramid slowly rotated in all directions, revealing the dark and gloomy cannon barrel inside.
Lightning bolts emerged from within, spinning and coalescing into an enormous ball of light.
Seeing this scene, Patrina grinned and revealed a happy smile. Then, she clenched her spear and pointed it at the Holy Fire Peak in front of her.
Along with this action, a red light beam shot out from the tip of the spear and aimed at a certain part of the Holy Fire Peak.
Shortly after, the red light beam grew brighter and even resonated with the enormous cannon barrel in the sky.
They connected to each other and formed a straight line.
At that moment, Klein seemed to have detected some kind of omen. The biting, chilly winds blew again and the undead creatures approached Pattilina's group swiftly.
Even though Jenny was certain that this bunch of brainless idiots wouldn't know what exactly was going on, judging from Pattilina's formation, she was certain that it wasn't as simple as it seemed.
If it wasn't for the fact that Klein had expended a lot of energy to stop the descent of the Forest Goddess' divine might, he would have personally taken action.
But even if he didn't make a move, these undead creatures were enough to give him a headache.
(Pattilina, hurry up!)
(Don't worry, Master, there won't be any problems!)
While responding to Jenny's command through the spiritual link, Pattilina looked ahead again, narrowed her eyes, and pulled the trigger on the lance.
At the same time, the little guy opened his mouth and made a clear sound.
Bang!
In an instant, the dazzling light almost illuminated the entire world.
The beam of condensed energy shot out vertically, and under Patrina's guidance, it hit the side of the Holy Fire Peak without any deviation.
The mountains collapsed, and the earth seemed to tremble crazily.
For a time, pitch-black cracks could be seen spreading everywhere, as if the entire mountain range had experienced an unprecedented magnitude 9 earthquake.
Everywhere, there were huge rocks rolling down the hillside, mixed with the dust.
Facing this sudden scene, the Undead Army below suffered heavy casualties.
The tumbling rocks buried a large number of Undead Creatures at lightning speed.
Some of the alliance forces were caught off guard and were implicated.
But now, no one cared about such trivial matters. They were clear that since it had already happened, there was only one thing left for them to do — retreat immediately!
With the help of the cover, the alliance forces retreated swiftly to the top of the hillside. Without the harassment from the Undead Army's ground troops, their retreat was rather smooth.
As for the aerial troops … Due to the Forest Goddess' magnificent appearance, they were swept away. From a certain perspective, Viconia had done a good deed.
But …
"Miss Pattilina, did it fail?"
Gazing at the huge hole in the Sacred Fire Peak, she couldn't help but ask worriedly.
She thought that after the mountain was blasted open, the magma would burst out and devour the undead creatures.
But what she didn't expect was that even though the 'explosion' was shockingly powerful, the flames and magma didn't appear.
However, the flames and lava that she was expecting didn't appear. She couldn't help but worry that something had gone wrong.
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
What Patrina could not tolerate the most was doubting the results of her operation, and when she heard Ailee's somewhat worried question, the little fellow immediately retorted without hesitation.
"That's why I said that those barbaric religions are brainwashed into illiterate people. Don't spout nonsense if you don't understand geography. This is done through precise scientific calculations!
It's not the same as those bullsh * t oracles of yours. Watch carefully, or you'll be so scared that you'll wet your pants! "
"…"
As though confirming Pattilina's words, the mountain range trembled all of a sudden.
Compared to the previous explosion, this commotion wasn't as huge.
But for some unknown reason, be it the alliance soldiers retreating to the rear or the Undead Army attempting to break through the obstacles, all of them came to a halt.
Be it the living or the undead, they instinctively sensed the arrival of a certain danger the instant the ground trembled.
"— — —!"
The ground trembled so violently that many people couldn't stand on the ground and had no choice but to lie on the ground to prevent themselves from falling.
At that moment, they didn't feel as though they were standing on solid ground. Instead, they felt as though they were standing on a dinghy that was bobbing up and down in raging waves.
As for the undead creatures, they weren't much better off. Many of the Skeleton Guards also fell to the ground like dominoes under the impact of this powerful force.
"Argh — — —!"
All of a sudden, streams of white steam spewed out from the huge cracks in the mountain range, erupting in sharp noises in all directions.
Some of the soldiers who were accidentally sprayed by the flames hurriedly screamed and retreated, at the same time patting the parts of their bodies that were burnt red.
However, it wasn't effective on the undead creatures. Even though they were enveloped by the smoke, they didn't have much of a reaction.
Until the next moment, all of a sudden, the smoke and tremors vanished entirely.
In an instant, the entire world was in dead silence.
It was so clear that one could even hear their own breathing. Aili lifted her head in astonishment. She thought that this might be the effect of some kind of spell, but she didn't sense the invasion of the death energy.
However, she didn't sense the invasion of death energy. Instead, the Undead Army retreated swiftly as though they had received some orders.
But it was a pity that it was too late.
Boom — — —!
In the next moment, the torrent of flames finally erupted. From the huge, pitch-black hole on the Sacred Fire Peak that had already collapsed, the torrent of flames shot up into the sky and into the clouds.
At this moment, magma splashed out from the cracks in the surroundings, looking like some kind of artificial fountain. At a glance, one could only see a sea of flames spurting out under the tremendous pressure.
The lava coalesced and flowed down the mountain slope.
On the other hand, the undead creatures couldn't resist the overwhelming waves of flames and were devoured entirely.
Not even the Necromancers and Liches could do anything about it.
Perhaps they could resist the bombardment of the fireballs, but they were helpless against the unprecedented power of nature.
The Sacred Fire Peak was an active volcano, to begin with, and now that it had been ignited by Pattilina, the Undead Army couldn't do anything about the lava flow.
If they could cross the water current and hide in the ocean, the lava flow would become their only weakness.
The lava wave had become the Undead Army's only weakness. The Undead Creatures were afraid of fire to begin with, especially flames with extremely high purity. It was their heaven and earth.
This was also why most of the Blood Wars in the underworld were fought by Demons and it was rare to see large-scale Undead Creatures.
That place full of sulfur and volcanic eruptions was too unfriendly to the Undead Creatures.
And now, as the Undead Army faced the eruption of the volcano, the only thing they could do was to retreat. Even Klein couldn't do anything about this attack.
Even though he had stopped the descent of the Forest Goddess's godly aura, he had expended a considerable amount of energy.
Although this bit of energy was not fatal, Zayen knew very well that as a cautious and even conservative fellow, Klein would definitely not dare to forcefully expend more energy at this point in time.
If not, Jenn wouldn't mind informing Nabelius and Vivian to take advantage of the situation. Klein was probably aware of this point, which was why he didn't attempt to resist the raging waves of lava. Instead, he gave the order to retreat.
Shortly after, the undead creatures who weren't engulfed by the lava began to retreat swiftly.
In just a few moments, the pitch-black Undead Army had retreated into the forest.
At this moment, she let out a long sigh of relief.
No matter what, the plan was a success.