Chapter 1653 – 1653. God’S Atlantis
‘Was it a fake after all? Where’s the real one?’
My gaze darted around, searching for Hatep.
‘I’ve never seen Hatep. But if he’s the ruler of the Golden Desert, he can’t be ordinary. He must have a unique aura.’
I learned about Hatep through Harmo.
Given his nature, he wouldn’t be near the front lines. He’d be in the safest rear area.
‘Could he not be here and be inside the city?’
That possibility was small.
With the special event starting, there’s information that Hatep also received similar traits and skills as me. His subordinates suddenly started obeying him well, so… it’s probably a trait and skill related to dominance, like mine.
‘To fully exert dominance, he needs to be on the battlefield.’
Hatep’s army had low morale. But there were hardly any deserters. With morale that low, it wouldn’t be strange for dozens of desert warriors to flee the battlefield.
‘That means Hatep’s dominance is controlling the army. He’s somewhere on this battlefield.’
I gritted my teeth.
I couldn’t find Hatep.
‘If he’s determined to hide, there’s no way to find him. He’s probably hiding among the golden sand soldiers. The golden sand soldiers all have the same appearance.’
I cleanly gave up on the strategy of simply winning by killing the enemy commander.
The number of giant locusts, which had been attacking the enemy’s flanks and drawing attention, was rapidly decreasing. I used black magic to order the giant locusts to retreat.
The giant locusts’ fast legs were very useful. It was a waste to lose them right now.
“Ghost unit! You guys move too! Start cleaning up the desert warriors!”
“Kkyaaaaaaaak!”
The ghost unit moved, screaming. Their movements were slow. It was broad daylight. Ghosts exert their power when it’s dark.
‘Still, the ghosts’ traits don’t disappear.’
The trait of being immune to pure physical attacks. It was enough to annoy the simple-minded desert warriors. Of course, they were helpless against attacks imbued with energy, but for ordinary desert warriors, imbuing weapons with energy itself consumed a great deal of concentration.
“Aaaargh! My head! My head hurts!”
“You crazy bastard! Who are you attacking?!”
“Don’t be fooled! It’s a ghost’s illusion!”
“Damn it! That guy’s possessed!!”
The ghosts stirred up chaos in the desert warrior army. However, the veteran desert warriors calmly responded to the ghosts, so the damage wasn’t as great as I thought.
Thump. Thump. Thump!
The sound of footsteps echoed from afar. The 150,000 golden sand soldiers were marching in unison. It seemed they had decided not to watch any longer.
‘Then I need to make a decision too.’
I couldn’t just keep watching the stagnant front line.
I saw mid-level undead fighting the enemy on the front line.
For a moment, I hesitated without realizing it. I felt like the mid-level undead were a waste. I regained my senses. There was no need to feel bad about such undead. Even mid-level undead could be created again at any time.
I stretched out my finger and pointed it at the mid-level undead fighting on the front line.
“Corpse Explosion.”
Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwang!
An explosion occurred at the very front of the front line. The chain explosion swallowed both allies and enemies. The desert warriors on the front line were instantly plunged into extreme fear. On the other hand, the undead continued the battle, immediately filling the gaps that occurred without any such fear.
“That’s enough… Gula! Scatter the enemy’s ranks with the Death Knights!”
“Understood. I’ll go stir things up.”
Gula answered without hesitation. She was quick in action too. She lightly mounted her skeletal horse and began to gallop across the battlefield, leading the Death Knights. The desert warriors, startled by the corpse explosion, couldn’t stop the charge of the Death Knights who were running rampant.
“Lord! There’s some kind of interference!”
Someone called me from behind. I turned my head sharply. The liches holding skeletal staffs were flustered.
“Interference? What kind of interference are you talking about?”
“We can’t create undead!”
It seemed like it was the lich in charge of creating undead.
“What nonsense are you talking about? There are corpses everywhere. Are the enemies interfering with magic?”
“It’s not magic. A higher-dimensional power is interfering. It seems like a god related to death is interfering with the creation of undead.”
Seeing is believing.
I directly used undead creation magic. It was the moment the black magic enveloped the corpse. Just like the lich said, some kind of power was interfering. It felt like it was rejecting the essence of black magic.
「Meaningless death (僞) desires proper death.」
「For the time being, actions that go against proper death are not allowed.」
Meaningless death.
In other words, Osiris was interfering with me.
I clicked my tongue. The blockage of undead creation was a significant blow.
“Damn it. You guys take charge of the golden sand soldiers for now. Use magic to restrain them, or find Hatep who’s hiding somewhere!”
“Yes, Lord!”
This was convenient with intelligent undead. Even if I gave a rough order, they would find their own tasks and take care of them.
When my mind was stuffy, I needed to see something refreshing.
I followed the Death Knight unit led by Gula with my eyes. Watching the Death Knights stir up the desert warriors was enough to make me feel refreshed.
“Lord!”
“What is it now?”
“There’s a problem in the rear! Sandstorms are attacking the lower-level undead!”
I turned my head sharply at the terrible words.
Sandstorms. To be precise, three tornadoes were sweeping through the lower-level undead. The lower-level undead caught in the tornadoes were torn to shreds or soared into the sky.
The sandstorms were definitely not naturally occurring.
“Stop those sandstorms first! We have to stop the sandstorms from getting bigger!”
I shouted and used black magic.
It was a curse black magic that made everything heavy. I used it directly on the tornadoes. The tornadoes, which had been growing in size, collapsed as if melting from the curse. It was a spectacle, but we were in the middle of a war. There was no time to leisurely watch.
The liches followed me and used black magic to counter the tornadoes.
I wasn’t completely satisfied. Already, 2,000 lower-level undead were incapacitated.
「The master of the oasis (僞) is enraged.」
‘Why is this bastard acting up again?’
Considering the timing, I knew why.
The one who caused the sand tornadoes was the master of the oasis (僞). I didn’t know what happened, but it seemed Hatep had joined hands with the master of the oasis (僞).
「The master of the oasis (僞) is creating sand waves.」
The ground shook.
The desert sand began to ripple, and then a sand wave rose from the left. The sand wave was about to engulf the undead army.
“Damn it. You’re being annoying.”
I ordered 20 liches to deal with the sand wave. The liches’ magic began to quell the sand wave.
‘This should hold off the sand wave for a while.’
I turned my head sharply and glared at the front.
Hatep had brought in the master of the oasis (僞). It was obvious how he had brought him in. Human sacrifice. The god who originally wanted human sacrifice was the master of the oasis. He must be helping Hatep after receiving a massive human sacrifice.
‘I need to kill Hatep rather than the master of the oasis (僞), who I don’t know where he is. Hatep! If you think only you can use area-of-effect attacks, you’re greatly mistaken.’
I took out the trump card I had been saving.
「Moses’ Staff
Once a month, it randomly causes one of ten plagues.
Once a week, it can part water.
Rank: S」
I raised Moses’ Staff.
I was planning to use one of the ten plagues, but I was a little nervous because I couldn’t choose it myself. There were a few useless ones among the ten plagues. For example, frogs or lice. Frogs and lice were too weak. The worst was the plague of water turning into blood. There were no rivers on this battlefield, so it was as good as useless.
Moses’ Staff had many variables. But I was confident.
‘I trust my luck.’
My current luck stat, wearing Tutankhamun’s golden mask, was 80.
Considering that luck rarely goes up and is a stat that I don’t intentionally raise, 80 was a top-tier stat.
「Moses’ Staff is used.」
「One of the ten plagues is randomly triggered.」
「You cannot use the plague for the next month.」
「Hail is falling.」
Kwarururung.
Dark clouds gathered in the sky. The surroundings darkened in an instant. And that wasn’t the end of it. Hail began to fall in the enemy’s camp. And the hail wasn’t just ordinary hail. Hail the size of fists poured down like a torrential rain.
The desert warriors were startled. They were terrified and raised their shields above their heads. The bodies of the golden sand soldiers hit by the hail were gradually being chipped away.
The golden sand soldiers who were directly hit by the hail had their bodies collapse and disappear. Of course, the golden sand soldiers quickly raised their shields to block the hail.
But the hail was so big that it was difficult to block it perfectly even with shields.
Thudthudthudthudthudthudthud!
The cheerful sound of the hail falling on the enemies made me happy.
“Hahahahahahaha!”
The tide had turned.
The momentum that had been leaning towards them due to the tornadoes and sand waves was now coming to me.
The even better news was that I had found Hatep. Perhaps to perfectly block the hail, the golden sand soldiers began to gather around one point. Hatep was at the center. Otherwise, there was no way the golden sand soldiers, who couldn’t even feel pain, would gather like that.
“There you are, Hatep!”
As a sign of greeting, I ordered Cyclops to throw a lump of meat. My plan was to use Corpse Explosion as soon as the lump of meat fell to deal a blow.
Chwaaaak!
A golden sand soldier jumped up and swung his sword. The lump of meat was cut in half in an instant. I used Corpse Explosion. Corpse Explosion didn’t work.
‘Is there something that blocks magic?’
I narrowed my eyes and stared at the golden sand soldier who had cut the lump of meat.
