"Kakakakakaka..."
Seeing that his attack failed, the undead's mandible opened and closed, making various weird and unpleasant sounds again. It seemed to be trying to say something, but unfortunately, Miles and the mages definitely couldn't understand it.
-The language barrier destined them to have no possibility of communication.
At this moment, the mages are even busy extinguishing the first few fires released by the undead, so how can they bother to study the other party's reaction
They tried water magic and dark magic, but no matter what method they used, the gray-white flames burned more and more fiercely, like a fire doused with gasoline, making the faces of the mages pale.
"This fire... this fire is completely different from magic. No, get rid of that barrier quickly, otherwise the flames will swallow you all up!"
Suddenly a shout came from not far away. The mages all turned their heads and saw Laila flying out of the dense forest and shouting towards the mages.
The mages were stunned for half a second and immediately came to their senses. They quickly moved their positions and then released the magic, allowing the elemental barrier to turn into free and discrete elements again. But what made them even more confused was that under the influence of the gray flames, even the process of magic dissipation seemed to be completely different.
Because... those elements did not really dissipate, but were swallowed up by the gray flames and burned into nothingness.
—That fire completely destroyed the elements.
This fact shocked the mages extremely. They really wanted to find an opportunity to figure out the principle, but... now is no longer the time for them to do research.
"Master Laila, why are you here? You are not..."
"I sensed magic fluctuations. You are obviously in trouble." Laila stopped and whispered, "Don't worry, the nearby undead have not been alarmed, and no more enemies will come for the time being."
When the mages heard this, the pressure in their hearts eased a little. But... none of them showed any signs of relaxation.
The methods of this intelligent undead far exceeded their imagination. Not only did it instantly dodge their sneak attacks, its gray flames could even destroy elements, which shook their worldview to a great extent.
Elements...shouldn't they be indestructible
The male mage froze on the spot, and the full confidence he felt at the beginning had long since disappeared without a trace.
"... It's a bit troublesome."
While the mages were getting rid of the flames, Miles did not stop fighting because he lost his weapon. He picked up a rib from the ground, like a long stick, and continued to swing it towards the undead while holding the bone. In just half a minute, the undead's rotting body was struck almost a hundred times by Miles, and several of the bones in Miles' hands were replaced.
However, the undead still looked unscathed.
While resisting Miles' attack, it cast spells and continuously summoned corrupt vines from the ground, sweeping towards Miles. Miles also noticed that these vines were not made of elements.
Therefore, he is not immune to them.
He had to carefully avoid all attacks, dodging and counterattacking at the same time. Fortunately, the undead's attack was not fierce, and Miles was fast enough so that he did not suffer much loss during this back and forth.
However, the two balls of fire in the eyes of the undead were still locked on him.
Pity, contempt, contempt... He could feel the emotions conveyed in the flames. It was as if this undead soul had completely seen through his life, and then scrutinized his every move with a superior attitude. Miles felt more aggrieved than ever.
He didn't know why, but he inexplicably remembered the scene during the abyss trial. A familiar emotion that he didn't know how to describe came to his heart bit by bit.
He felt bad.
Judging from the current situation, the undead can't do anything to him. Even if he can't really hurt the undead, there won't be too much danger, but... he just feels very bad.
"We're here to help you!"
Miles had just dodged the attack of a piece of corrupt vines when suddenly, the voices of the mages came from not far behind him, calling him back a little from the inexplicable emotion.
Is there finally support?…
Miles came to his senses and breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he might not be able to kill the undead by himself alone - ordinary weapon attacks would have little effect on it. Perhaps, the methods of mages would be more effective.
Just like that, with a surge of dark elements, huge black claws appeared above the jungle and slowly aimed at the undead.
The undead turned a blind eye and still focused on Miles. Corrupted vines emerged from the ground one after another, with the only target being that figure that was flashing back and forth.
As a result, the black claws fell on the unsuspecting undead.
boom!
There was a loud noise, and a small dent was made on the ground where it stood. However, the male mage who cast the magic was stunned. He stared at the undead being submerged by the dark elements, his eyes uncertain, as if he had seen a picture that could refresh his view of magic again.
After observing for a moment, several mages on the side also showed expressions of astonishment.
I saw that the sharp claw had just touched the undead, and I don't know what happened. The magic structure inside the sharp claw instantly began to collapse. Just like the gray flame, the claws decomposed into dark elements and were absorbed into the body of the undead. At this point, they lost all their senses and probably turned into nothingness.
Therefore, even if the aftermath of the magic dented the ground, the Shadow Claws could not harm the undead at all.
"This...isn't this the magic immune constitution of the Miles mercenary?"
Someone was stunned and exclaimed.
Laila was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "No... Its immunity is even more advanced. It not only repels all elements, it directs the elements to death, and then turns that death energy into its own power. .”
After hearing this, the mages took a closer look at the undead and found that the aura of the undead emanating from the body seemed to be a bit stronger than before.
And the number of corrupt vines it could summon at one time suddenly changed from four to five.
This fact made everyone feel desperate.
"... Let's withdraw." Miles dodged the vines and turned around and said, "The skin of this thing is too hard, I can't hit it, and your magic is useless, so we have to withdraw."
To be honest, from the moment he actually faced this undead spirit, he had the idea of retreating.
It has nothing to do with the situation or this mission. It is just a very intuitive reaction accumulated from years of wandering on the tip of a knife. It may also have something to do with the resurfaced memories of the abyss trial... In short, he doesn't want to be here anymore. Place to stay.
"follow me!"
Laila nodded, agreeing with the proposal. She immediately turned around, waved her hand, and shouted, signaling everyone to rush towards the trap that had been set.
Although I don't know if traps are useful for intelligent undead, but... it's still no better than them.
The other mages did not object and quickly took off, following Laila in that direction. On the other side, the same goes for Miles. He threw out a rib in his hand, nailed the nearest vine to the tree, turned around and ran away.
Soon, the mages fled from the vicinity of the Bone House of the Undead and returned to the place where they originally set the trap.
"How, how...didn't you chase me?"
The male mage looked back and asked in a panic. Fortunately, the jungle was empty, so he didn't see any special movements, and the eerie undead aura was much lighter here.
Several other mages also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.
However…
"No, where's Miles?" Laila looked around and suddenly said, "Has any of you seen him?"