Chapter 1654 – 1654. God’S Atlantis
‘Is there something blocking magic?’
I narrow my eyes, looking at the golden sand soldier I just sliced a chunk out of.
Its appearance is different from that of a typical golden sand soldier.
‘More like a warrior than a commander unit…’
Its entire body shines with gold. It’s not a golden sand soldier, but a golden warrior.
‘I need to be careful of that golden warrior.’
The force of the hail falling from the sky begins to weaken little by little. The golden sand soldiers’ solid barrier also breaks down. Heteph appears from the center.
As expected, Heteph was disguised as a golden sand soldier. As the ruler of the golden desert, he exudes a unique aura.
“The guy we need to kill is over there! Go!”
I command the undead legion to attack. The undead legion bursts forward as if all the previous battles were just a smokescreen, revealing their full aggression.
“Uwaaaaaaa!”
“What the hell! Those undead bastards! Were they hiding their power until now?!”
“Damn it! I can’t die here!”
The advantage of the undead is that they have no fear of death.
The desert warriors are brave, but not as much as the undead. The undead completely disregard their own deaths. They don’t even have a concept of death since they’re already dead. They just follow orders.
The desert warriors begin to be pushed back by the undead legion, which is solely focused on destruction. Some even try to flee.
‘Gula and the Death Knights did a great job. Thanks to them, the desert warriors’ formation is starting to crumble.’
I chuckle and advance with the undead legion.
The desert warriors are gradually pushed back. Most of them suddenly try to escape the battlefield. If they fall, the undead rush in and cut off their breath.
The army of death scatters death everywhere.
“There is no rest for you.”
I seize the souls of the desert warriors. It’s impossible to create undead from their corpses, but it’s possible to seize their souls.
‘If necessary, I can offer their souls to the living corpses (僞) and receive power.’
I’ve prepared for even the worst-case scenario. It doesn’t seem like I’ll lose this battle.
“You useless bastards!”
Heteph’s voice, filled with anger, booms. However, the desert warriors, who have already completely lost their will to fight, don’t even pretend to listen to Heteph.
「The time of disaster has ended.」
The hail falling from the sky stops. The dark clouds that had gathered disappear, and the hot sun begins to shine down on the desert. The hail that fell on the sand melts quickly.
The golden sand soldiers, who had been focused on defense, move. They don’t advance towards the undead legion, but chase after the fleeing desert warriors and attack them.
“Useless things! You’re not worthy of the name of warriors! Die! Die and become sacrifices! Oh, master of the oasis! I offer these foolish ones! Grant me gold!”
The corpses and souls of the desert warriors killed by the golden sand soldiers disappear, and glittering gold falls on Heteph. Heteph scatters the received gold on the sand. The sand and gold mix, and soldiers rise up.
‘So that’s how he creates golden sand soldiers.’
Heteph kneels on the ground. He raises both hands high and shouts to the sky.
“Oh, meaningless death! I offer all the deaths here! I also offer the neck of Tutankhamun to you! In return, give me power! If I am defeated, I will offer everything to you!”
Heteph is drawing in meaningless death (僞), even risking his own life.
Normally, it would be impossible. Not for a normal god. Osiris was a high-ranking god. He doesn’t move for just anything.
‘That would be the case normally. But now, Osiris is hostile to me.’
Osiris accepts Heteph’s offer. The energy of hell concentrates on Heteph.
“Thank you, meaningless death!”
Heteph rises from his spot. He points at the undead legion and commands the golden sand soldiers.
“Get rid of those annoying corpses!!”
The golden sand soldiers begin to advance.
The undead and the golden sand soldiers clash head-on.
They are not living beings, so they have no emotions and feel no pain, fighting without retreating an inch.
The individual power of a normal golden sand soldier is similar to that of a low-level undead. However, they fight more strategically than low-level undead. They are soldiers for a reason.
KWA-AAAAANG!
The sound of explosions is heard from one side of the battlefield.
It was the sound of Gula fighting the golden warrior. The golden warrior was clearly Heteph’s secret weapon.
‘It’s a good thing Gula is here. If Gula wasn’t here, the flow of the battle might have been unilaterally advantageous for him.’
I stopped worrying about Gula. I didn’t think Gula would lose, and even if Gula died, I could revive him as long as I had the Book of the Dead. Even if not, I could use Again Undead. Gula is both an undead and a living human.
I, who had been watching the battle between the undead and the golden sand soldiers, hardened my expression.
‘The battle is stagnant… no, it’s dragging on. At this rate, the battle won’t end even by nightfall.’
Both sides’ soldiers were steadily being consumed. Yet, the victory was not tilting to either side.
‘Is it because they are soldiers who don’t know fear?’
They are not affected by morale. In other words, they fight like machines.
‘I need to create a variable.’
I actively used corpse explosions. Then, Heteph actively used the power of the divine seat. He created a huge wave of sand, hitting the rear of the undead legion. Thousands of undead were swept away by the tidal wave.
“Damn it. It’s a big problem that I can’t replenish the undead because of Osiris.”
I modified mid-level undead. I removed their legs and gave them wings. The mid-level undead flew into the enemy lines.
“Corpse Explosion!!”
KWA-AAAAANG!
The golden sand soldiers swept away by the bombardment disappear.
Heteph distorts his face and takes out gold from the subspace, scattering it on the ground. Golden sand soldiers spring up like mushrooms after rain.
‘As expected, he had gold stored separately.’
I winked at the Cyclops. The Cyclops, who was behind me, stepped forward.
“Blessing of the Dead.”
“Unjust Blessing.”
“Steel Skin.”
“Transcendent Power.”
“Protection of the Dead.”
The liches and I poured buff magic onto the Cyclops. Originally, the buffs should have been given to Gula, but Gula was too far away now.
The Cyclops’s size, which was over 30 meters, grew almost twice as large.
“KRAAAAAAAA!”
The Cyclops lets out a roar. The undead around him are blown away and buried in the sand.
“Shut up! Are you trying to wipe out our allies?! Your enemies are those sand dolls! Crush those sand dolls to death!”
The Cyclops moves. Each step he takes shakes the desert.
The Cyclops swings his leg at the golden sand soldiers. Dozens of golden sand soldiers collapse at once. The Cyclops chuckles and begins to attack aggressively.
「The master of the oasis (僞) descends.」
Wind blew from all directions. The wind carrying sand gathered in front of the Cyclops, forming a shape. The shape of a human with an animal’s head. Its body was made of wind and sand. The giant was not at all smaller than the Cyclops.
“Set himself has stepped forward. Is he planning to end it here?”
Set and the Cyclops grabbed each other’s hands as if arm wrestling.
Surprisingly, the Cyclops, who was covered in all sorts of buff magic, was being pushed back little by little.
‘In a way, it’s natural. The Cyclops is an undead, and the opponent is a false god.’
On top of that, Set was also the god of war.
‘At this rate, the Cyclops will be defeated.’
I couldn’t lose the Cyclops so meaninglessly.
“Liches. We need to strengthen the Cyclops more.”
“Lord, we have already concentrated all magic on the Cyclops. There is no other way.”
“There is one way.”
My gaze turned to the low-level undead. Out of the 70,000 low-level undead, only about 30,000 were still able to move properly.
“Are you going to use undead modification? The size is different. Using a few hundred low-level undead as material won’t help the Cyclops.”
“I’ll use them all.”
“…That’s.”
“This is the best way. You guys support me.”
“…We will follow your will, Lord.”
I nervously used Undead Modification (SS).
The 30,000 low-level undead who were the target stopped moving. The bodies of the low-level undead floated into the air. CRACK, SQUISH, CRUNCH!
The bodies of the low-level undead broke, clumped, overlapped, and compressed into a huge mass of flesh. I felt my mana instantly bottom out.
‘I’ve only done half of it, and it’s already bottomed out…!’
I reached out to the side and grabbed a lich’s skull.
Mana Drain!
I sucked up all of the lich’s mana.
“Lord?!”
“I’m short on mana! You sacrifice yourself!”
“Ugh…! I will gladly sacrifice myself!”
I sacrificed 20 liches to replenish my mana.
I moved my hand. The huge mass of flesh flew towards the Cyclops, who was being pushed back by Set. Undead Modification (SS) was activated, and the mass of flesh seeped into the Cyclops’s body.
The Cyclops’s size grew even larger. Its skin surface was covered with a mottled bone armor.
“KHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
The Cyclops began to overwhelm Set, letting out a thunderous laugh. Set also didn’t give up and grew his body with sand and wind. However, it was not enough to defeat the Cyclops, who had been strengthened with 30,000 low-level undead. Set’s body was gradually pushed back and fell backward. Thousands of golden sand soldiers caught in the aftermath turned to dust.
The Cyclops climbed onto Set’s body to secure his victory, taking a mount position.
-Heteph! Offer me the golden sand soldiers! Hurry!
“Wh-what are you suddenly saying?!”
-At this rate, we’ll be defeated by this corpse giant! Do you want to lose? Offer me the golden sand soldiers right now!
“Kuh! I will offer them!”
Heteph cried out with tears in his eyes. The golden sand soldiers nearby were disassembled and absorbed into Set.
‘Is he trying to strengthen himself in the same way I did? That won’t do.’
I mana drained 10 more liches. With this, I sacrificed all the liches. But I have no regrets.
“Cyclops! You’ve worked hard so far! As a reward, I’ll give you your glorious end!”
“KRAAAAAA?!”
The Cyclops shouts. I can feel his will to resist. As expected, the Cyclops has become too strong. I squeezed out all my mana and used black magic.
“Corpse Explosion!”
The Cyclops’s huge body exploded. Golden sand soared into the sky, forming a small mushroom cloud.
「The ruler of the golden desert has died.」
「You have won the special event.」
