Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 831 - 467 Has the Light Come So Quickly

Chapter 831: Chapter 467: Has the Light Come So Quickly? Chapter 831 -467: Has the Light Come So Quickly? Companions ran away ahead, leaving oneself in a strange place, what to do?

Monica, in a panic, lifted her skirt and fled towards the outside of the city.

Anxious about equivalent exchange, Ange followed suit.

By the time Monica reached the city outskirts, the Magician’s Ladder had already ascended hundreds of meters into the sky, with dark figures circling around it, spewing pitch-black Breath of Death.

Negris spoke within Ange’s soul, “Those are Corpse Dragons!”

The difference between a Corpse Dragon and a Bone Dragon is like that between a Zombie and a Skeleton, but why are Corpse Dragons rarely seen?

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Because flight requires agility, the sluggish movement of Corpse Dragons makes them clumsy in the air and poorly adapted to the rapidly changing air currents.

Moreover, Corpse Dragons are too heavy. A hundred-pound corpse turns into a skeleton weighing at most forty pounds, but it can weigh sixty or seventy pounds if it becomes a Zombie, maintaining seventy percent of its weight before death, making it even harder to fly.

However, relatively speaking, if they could fly, the soul of a Corpse Dragon of the same size would definitely be one or two times stronger than that of a Bone Dragon.

The flying Corpse Dragons were six in total, each about sixteen or seventeen meters long, with tattered meaty wings. Yet, their movements were very agile, clearly sensing the elemental fluctuations and evidently using magic.

This is also where Corpse Dragons surpass Bone Dragons, for with stronger souls, they generally possess intelligence and the capability to learn magic, no longer merely Corpse Dragons but Dragon-shaped Witches.

The Corpse Dragons were not spewing Dragon Breath but Breath of Death Shockwaves, black waves of death breath bombarding the magic barrier of the Magician’s Ladder, causing it to tremble nonstop.

Unfortunately, the firing rate of the Breath of Death Shockwave was too low. Each Corpse Dragon could not fire one even every few minutes, completely unable to break the barrier, but they posed a threat to all passing airships and vehicles. Some vehicles that returned late were viciously knocked down by the Corpse Dragons.

“They are not mounts. There are no Knights on their backs.” Anthony and a few others also arrived and watched the battle in the sky while discussing.

Negris asked, “Then they must be Witch Dragons, but there are too few of them to take down the Magician’s Ladder. Have you spotted any other Undead creatures?”

Durken shook his head in response, “No, no traces of Undead creatures have been found at any critical locations.”

Upon first spotting the Witch Dragons, Durken checked all critical areas but did not find signs of large-scale appearances of Undead creatures.

If there aren’t many Undead, conquering a Magician’s Ladder is not an easy task.

Boom! Boom! Two loud noises, a Witch Dragon struck an airship, and knowing it couldn’t avoid it, the airship exploded the two Annihilation Spheres onboard, unleashing a massive, invisible Soul Impact.

The Witch Dragon erupted with intense soul fluctuations, withstood the impact of the first Annihilation Sphere, but could not endure a second one. It lost control completely, spewing a stream of azure Soul Flame from its mouth, dissipating into the air.

The out-of-control Witch Dragon crashed into the airship, flipping it over and spiraling down from hundreds of meters high.

Durken and Anthony watched, their bodies tense.

A seventeen-meter Witch Dragon, undoubtedly, its soul was dozens of times stronger than an ordinary Zombie, much like Big Bone, whose Soul Heart was several times stronger than a Gold Skeleton of the same level. This was an advantage brought by its size.

But now, even a Witch Dragon, dozens of times stronger, could not withstand two Annihilation Spheres, and just like that, it was slain by a regular airship.

This was not a Bone Dragon but an intelligent Witch Dragon. Losing one, for the Undead Empire which already had few intelligent beings, was a devastating loss.

It also terrified the other Witch Dragons; the remaining five Witch Dragons no longer attacked up close but dared only to spew Breath of Death from a distance or flap their fleshy wings, creating turbulence that overturned the flying vehicles and airships.

At the moment when the Witch Dragon and the airship met their end together, a flying vehicle rushed out from the Magician’s ladder. While other flying vehicles and airships were fleeing backward, this one charged forward, plunging almost vertically toward the ground.

This anomaly alarmed the Witch Dragons, one of which circled down and chased after the flying vehicle from a distance.

Anthony closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them, his eyes lighting up. In the pitch-dark night, they looked like two fireflies, “It’s that Priestess named Yunico.”

“She must be coming to pick up Monica. Monica is her mother, but isn’t this plunge akin to seeking death?” Negris said, then changed the topic, “Anthony, have you improved your strength again? Is the power of the Eye of the Gods so restrained now?”

Previously, when Anthony used the Eye of the Gods, his eyes shone like magic lamp bulbs, but now they glowed only faintly. From the perspective of energy consumption, it was much more difficult than before.

Anthony spoke, “It used to be the Eye of the Gods, now it is the Eye of the Demigod.”

“Oh, no wonder.” Negris realized, it might seem like a demotion from ‘God’ to ‘Demigod’, but the Eye of the Gods borrowed the power of the gods, whereas the Eye of the Demigod was Anthony’s own power.

One’s own power is always easier to control than power that is borrowed.

As Yunico dove toward the ground, Monica on the ground recognized her and screamed in terror, “No, Yunico, go back, it’s dangerous!”

Anthony and Durken covered their faces, “Can she even go back now…”

Anthony sighed, “Although it’s brave, it’s also foolish. Charging out like that is nothing but a death sentence, and it could even endanger others.”

Durken also sighed, “Indeed, she gave us the identifiers for the Teleportation Array, meaning that even if Monica couldn’t reach the Magician’s ladder, she could still return through the Teleportation Array. But by charging out, not only is Yunico signing her own death warrant, she’s also drawing attention to Monica on the ground. If the Witch Dragons spot Monica on the ground, they will both die together.”

The Yunico in the flying vehicle, having dived toward the ground, also seemed to realize this point. Even after spotting Monica on the ground, she quickly turned the vehicle to fly horizontally and sped off into the distance, trying to draw the Witch Dragons away.

But how could Monica just watch as the enemy pursued her daughter? She flung aside her cloak, her body radiating a holy light.

The Witch Dragon, which had been drawn away by the flying vehicle, immediately became attracted by the Holy Light and turned around, diving down with a malicious grin. A common flying vehicle was nowhere near as enticing as the hated servants of Light.

Monica took a deep breath and smiled in relief. She knew her death was certain; she couldn’t defeat a Witch Dragon spanning over a dozen meters while on the ground. But as long as Yunico could escape safely, her sacrifice would be worth it.

However, the smile did not last for more than a few seconds before her expression froze because Yunico’s flying vehicle had already turned around and was flying back.

Anthony sighed helplessly, “They are destined to die together. Sir, how…”

Anthony was about to ask what to do when he turned his head and saw Ange and the others had disappeared.

Monica also realized, her daughter would never abandon her to escape alone; she murmured helplessly, “We can only die together, may the Light protect…”

Before Monica could finish speaking, a figure radiating holy light appeared in front of her.

Has the Light arrived so soon?

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