Elysium

Elysium: With Great Risk Comes Great Opportunities

Deeper inside the mountain valley,

A commotion suddenly broke out. Fu Hua stood infront of Juviel protectively as she looked at the approaching beings. They were quite far away but with her keen eyesight, she saw what they were. Zombies.

An old but majestic horn sounded at this moment. It seemed to carry some sort of mysterious power that left one’s blood pumping furiously.

However, Juviel could hardly raise his mood at all. Having gone through his own fair share of warfare, he knew that such horns were used for military signaling in wars.

Tok! Tok! Tok!

A series of coordinated footsteps sounded from afar, causing Juviel's face to darken. It made his heart thump nervously as a heavy atmosphere loomed in the air.

He turned to the direction where Fu Hua were staring at. The depths of the mountain valley had been cloaked in grayish mist initially, making it impossible to make out anything at all. However, he could now make out some silhouettes.

As the footsteps came closer, the silhouettes became clearer too.

Rows of zombies orderly marched out from the mist, only stopping around tens of meters away. Unlike the other zombies he had been dealing with all this while, these zombies looked far cleaner. Their bodies weren’t decomposed, and they were dressed in armor. They had long spears and sharp swords in their hands, and those in the frontlines even had shields on their arms.

“Holy shit, are they elite monsters?” Juviel widened his eyes in horror. While the earlier zombies were refugees, the ones who had just appeared were indubitably soldiers.

Do zombies form armies too? He was still uncertain at the start, as he couldn't see them until they approached around 20ft of the two, he could vaguely see the black armored soldiers marching in rows however these were zombies, how could they be so organised? But the horn verified his doubts that these zombies were indeed an army!

Hm.. Fu Hua having only 20% of her strength is quite concerning, but that overwhelming victory is still much better at convincing.. 

Juviel felt that things were getting far too ridiculous for his common sense to process.

It was quite easy enough for Hua to deal with those refugees, but she actually had to fight with a bloody army now? That was definitely a one-way ticket to hell, for him atleast!

He knew how ridiculous an army that didn't fear death was, she would find it difficult to protect him, even with her strength. Afterall, she didn't have any defence type skills..

While Juviel was feeling despaired, he noticed some abnormalities occurring across. The zombies stared at them coldly, but he could notice the hint of fear that flashed past their eyes(?) when they looked at the scorching ground. In essence, they would find it difficult to bring out their full prowess due to Fu Hua forcibly changing the environment.

It was then that the formation of the army suddenly opened up, and a knight squad slowly made its way forward. These knights were riding on zombie horses that were shrouded in black mist, looking quite similar to the dullahans he had seen in animations in terms of character design.

These knights were dressed in armor that was clearly a tier higher than the footsoldiers around them.

The one standing at the forefront of this knight squad wore exquisitely-designed armor that stood out from the rest. It donned a black cloak that made it look as if it was embraced by darkness, and its head was completely covered by the helmet. The only facial feature one could see on it was two bundles of two flames glowing amidst the helmet, presumably its eyes.