Chapter 157: The Second Day (PART 4)

“Chasing Demons! Shoot!”

Knight Xiao Gao stood at Samimi’s side, his power fully unleashed. Countless bone-dissolving arrows shot out in rapid succession, requiring no aiming at all because his skills simply couldn’t miss. Wherever he aimed, corpses lay in heaps.

His poisoned arrows were incredibly effective against the ghouls. The toxin dissolved their flesh and even severely weakened the ghoul’s regenerative abilities, sometimes eliminating dozens of them with a single shot.

What was most terrifying was that Knight Xiao Gao didn’t even need Samimi’s assistance to unleash such deadly attacks.

Samimi’s support enchantments weren’t invincible either. Their main advantage lay in enhancing physical classes, which was far more potent than assisting magic users.

If a warrior could be strengthened and transformed into a tank through these enhancements, they’d become almost unstoppable in battle.

But mages originally fought from behind the lines, not rushing into the fray, so there was little point in buffing them this way. Previously, the White-haired Witch Bemore’s assistance had helped stabilize the team’s morale and empowered their spells.

However, not all mages were as fragile-minded as the Jester King Bemore. Enhancing Bemore’s calm aura might not work well on other magic users.

By the later stages, Bemore, who had mastered the Art of Control, didn’t even need such accelerative enchantments. Hence, support magic for mages was generally considered lackluster and impractical.

“[Blessing of the Goddess].”

Now, however, Samimi did possess a specialized support enchantment that could amplify a magic user’s power. It could boost Knight Xiao Gao’s intelligence and significantly increase his mana reserves, enabling him to shoot many more poisoned arrows.

But the number of freezing ghouls was overwhelming—like a vast army flooding toward the city walls—and our defending force numbered only twenty-five.

Knight Xiao Gao had already exhausted all his strength in shooting, barely holding back the tide of ghouls pushing to the base of the wall.

The knights and spearmen began launching a fierce counterattack against the approaching undead, entering full-scale combat around the fortress walls.

“Chase them back!”

Director General Mei Shanyao, standing in the largest greenhouse, was utterly stunned by the chaotic scene before her, her mind blank.

Samimi glanced at her and thought: no wonder she was so useless. There were even worse rookies than Pig-headed Knight Fabiana. Although Fabiana was the most reckless in the hero squad, she never gave up in a fight.

If we were talking about combat ability, Director General Mei was also considered a decent member of the team.

After all, she was a beautiful young woman—and in every magical world, beautiful women always had much stronger combat prowess than tough male knights. That was a universal truth.

But Mei’s personality was truly that of a frightened girl—just the sight of ghouls made her shrink back in terror.

“Too timid to be of any use,” Samimi mocked coldly.

At the same time, Big Niubao, wearing a crown of thorns, leapt down from the city moat. With multiple enchantments enhancing his power, he wielded his magic-infused Golden Knight Sword and began a furious magical slash, carving a path through the masses of ghouls.

Chasing Demon Knights’ Captain Frolro and Tea Moon Mad Dragon soon joined him, cutting through the ghoul horde as they pressed forward.

In reality, only Niubao had the full suite of amplifications needed to jump into the corpse lake and fight. Tea Moon Mad Dragon and Papal Left Hand were both masters, so it was a bit risky for Captain Frolro to go in.

But with our severe manpower shortage, even the captain had to risk his life to relieve pressure on the frontline.

Papal Left Hand watched from the sidelines, her divine power trembling faintly. However, she couldn’t act now; the bigger picture took precedence, so she could only observe the battle.

“Earthquake! Firefall!”

The ground suddenly trembled several times as dozens of ghoul commanders appeared at the rear of the corpse creek.

“Director General, I have an important task for you—go and fetch two archers to help us here. Their poisoned arrows are useless up top; bring them down to me. I can enchant their arrows,” Samimi shouted loudly.

“Understood!” Director General Mei Shanyao nodded repeatedly, relieved she could finally be useful. She rushed off toward the rear of the battle zone, climbed up the tall tower, and reached the rooftop.

Two mysterious adventurer archers were still lingering there, looking lost.

“I’m ordering you to join her. I can enchant your arrows,” Mei Shanyao said, suddenly taking on the tone of a stern messenger.

“We want to…” One young archer tried to argue but suddenly fell silent, unwilling to cause trouble.

“I’m going immediately,” the level-5 archer agreed at once, then vanished on the spot with terrifying speed.

From the rooftop, the God-Qin Maiden Archer and Director General Mei Shanyao faced each other.

Both had large eyes and small noses—part sympathy, part rivalry.

They were both prized members of the team, flowers of the greenhouse whose reputations far exceeded their actual power. They had little real use but insisted on showing off.

“Nun, I’m telling you, go quickly. Don’t dawdle here,” Mei Shanyao told Samimi, annoyed by this young adventurer doing nothing.

“You say I’m dawdling? Do you know I spent all night in front of the castle yesterday?” The God-Qin Maiden Archer retorted coldly, refusing to back down.

Clearly, she wasn’t eager to approach Samimi, but what right did an idle Church flower have to criticize her?

“You!” Mei Shanyao growled, furious.

“I at least managed to wound a Pureblood last night. What have you done?” The maiden archer shot back.

Unbelievable—last night, the best swordsman and a young archer spent the entire night bickering here. Truly hopeless—on the second day, they were still quarreling and wasting time.

“What are you all doing? Get up to the city wall! What good are you standing around here? You’re not needed,” finally, the scout Karl shouted from the tower, putting an end to the pointless argument.

“Pfft,” the God-Qin Maiden Archer scoffed at Mei Shanyao and was the first to climb down the ladder, acting like she was being helpful.

Mei Shanyao, still bruised by the ghoul onslaught, reluctantly followed.

Being insulted by the young archer actually filled Mei Shanyao with courage, making her want to fight the enemy tooth and nail.

At the same time, an S-Rank adventurer archer quietly approached Samimi and Knight Xiao Gao, startling them.

“My lady, I can enchant your arrows. May I ask you to eliminate those massive ghouls on the left side?” Samimi suddenly became noticeably polite.

“No problem,” the S-Rank archer agreed immediately, removing her disguise.

Golden strands of hair cascaded down like streams of liquid gold.

Her slender figure was clad in an ultra-light armored leather suit tailored to her form, revealing a face so perfectly refined it seemed almost inhuman, adorned with a warm and genuine smile.

No one could deny that once they saw her long, pointed ears, everything made sense. Her beauty was undeniable—it was the ears that set her apart.

This S-Rank adventurer was, in fact, a full-blooded elf of exceptional grace and skill.