78: Scene 32: Forbidden Garden 78: Scene 32: Forbidden Garden After the mist in the forest cleared, the battle was almost over.
The sudden attack launched by the young human guard team initially brought some unexpected results to Madara’s vanguard army, but once Kabais rallied the more advanced undead, the outcome became clear.
The forest quieted down—
“Lord Kabais.” The pale-faced undead wizard apprentice placed his hand on his chest and respectfully saluted the tall skeleton before him.
“I thought you maggots wouldn’t come see me, Rosco.”
The skeleton general clad in brass armor sat with his legs apart on a pile of corpses, one hand gripping his double-edged war axe and the other resting on his knee.
He looked down at the frail apprentice with disdain, the flames in his eye sockets blazing fiercely.
The Dark Lords and undead mages always detested each other.
This time, they had united under the call of the Mercury Wand, but it was merely a superficial alliance.
The bloodline clan always maintained its own circle and rarely got involved in Madara’s affairs — this country had endured for centuries in such a divided state — until recently, when a darkness like a mist broke through the stable shell.
This was exactly the original prophecy of the Banshees, which also coincided with the Goddess Yilian’s revelation about the ‘Eastward spread of darkness.’ Regardless of whether it was the Dark Lords, undead mages, or the bloodline clan, everyone believed that this epoch was coming to an end, and Madara would usher in a new era.
Kabais was one of Tagus’s main generals, while he was just a minor captain, a difference unimaginable.
The only reason this skeleton could criticize him was because his vanguard team had stolen the spotlight from the entire flanking army.
Using three hundred skeleton soldiers and over twenty corpse witches, he had crushed the Buqi Guard Team in one fell swoop, then ambushed and annihilated Qing Village’s Self-defense Corps, allowing Kabais to advance unhindered, and finally, together they obliterated the Buqi Guard Team—a record that could only be described as glorious.
According to Madara’s tradition, the vanguard was generally used as cannon fodder to consume the enemy’s living forces, at worst, to buy time or act as a buffer.
These vanguard teams were usually composed of skeleton soldiers and lower-level corpse witches, and the Erune side could easily defeat them with just one-third of their guard team’s scale.
In Tagus’s plan, Rosco was merely a pawn to disrupt Buqi.
The real spearhead of the attack was Kabais and the ‘Corpse Ghost’ Weisa on the flanks — but this one-eyed vampire commander hadn’t anticipated that this undead wizard apprentice named Rosco would give him such a big surprise.
Just like he didn’t anticipate the significant blunder made by ‘Corpse Ghost’ Weisa on the right flank.
The battlefield was always full of variables, and even an excellent commander couldn’t dominate every move, much less Tagus, who was known for his prudence.
However, this lowly undead wizard apprentice hadn’t thought too far ahead about his future path.
Naturally, he wouldn’t retort.
On the contrary, Kabais’s words sounded more like an honor to him since they targeted all undead wizards, indirectly elevating his status.
He glanced enviously at the row of cold Black Knights behind Kabais.
He had looted quite a lot during the invasion, but most of it had to be handed over, and the remaining wasn’t enough to awaken a single Black Knight.
He heard that Qing Village had the tomb of a Holy Temple Knight, which would be the perfect vessel, but unfortunately, it was now in Kabais’s territory.
Oh well, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.
This time, Madara had come to reap benefits, and all the generals had their sights set on this opportunity.
After a moment of thought, he replied, “Lord Kabais, a few rats slipped through the net and fled north.
We also didn’t see those refugees we saw yesterday afternoon; I suspect they are feinting to the east while their main force has already headed north into Dagger River Beach.”
That was enough said.
The north was under ‘Corpse Ghost’ Weisa’s control.
If he wanted to reclaim those ‘living materials’ or at least share in the spoils, he would need the ‘Death God’s nod of approval.
As a minor captain, he couldn’t bear such responsibility.
But Kabais was no fool.
It glanced at the little undead wizard apprentice, suddenly realizing this guy’s ulterior motives, and couldn’t help but adjust its jaw, making a cracking sound: “You want me to have a conflict with that bald Weisa?
What benefit would I get out of it, little maggot?”