Chapter 415: The War Marshal Who Betrayed the Kingdom (Part 1)

“Good grief! I’m so mad!”

It was as if someone had stolen a three-year-long thesis she had written.

Samimi had never hated that Connection Witch who had backstabbed her and stabbed her in the rear so many times before, not even a fraction of this much.

Stabbing me is fine. It’s a small matter.

But dare to touch my model?

That means war until one of us is dead!

“Hah——”

Samimi took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

There was still one piece of good news.

Although her spiritual connection with Shalum had been severed and she could no longer control her, the mana supply between them was still functioning normally.

This meant Shalum was at least still alive.

She hadn’t been completely destroyed, just sealed away into Hell.

And as for this so-called “Hell,” if she wasn’t mistaken, it should be similar to the Blood Space where the Blood Empress resided.

“Don’t panic, Samimi. We’re still at a huge advantage.”

Samimi continued to comfort herself in a low voice, trying to stabilize her mindset.

We all know that Samimi’s mental state isn’t exactly the best.

Even though she constantly destroys others’ morale, she herself is someone with high attack power and low defense.

“What’s happening?!”

Knight King Char saw the strange phenomena erupting ahead and immediately asked in panic.

“Old man, stay inside the city. Don’t come out no matter what. You absolutely cannot get hurt!”

“We’ve been completely fooled!”

“Our enemies aren’t those nobles, and the ones behind the scenes aren’t those clowns. It’s the Blood Clan! The Vampires!”

Samimi hurriedly ran down the city wall.

She didn’t have the ability to jump off a building, so she could only mount a horse and charge out through the main gate.

And Samimi had already galloped out of Knight Academy City alone, rushing toward that hellish battlefield ahead.

“Vampire…”

Knight King Char was completely stunned by the news.

But it was already too late.

Too late.

Too far away.

Too much of a gap.

She couldn’t save Shalum now.

She could only go save Fabiana and Niubao first.

Because the Red Doctor’s detonation of Corpse Poison earlier couldn’t possibly have just turned Count Perry into a zombie alone.

The scene ahead…

It was pure hell on earth.

All 30,000 mercenaries had gone berserk.

Even the dead warriors had risen again, becoming Living Dead.

Among the enemy forces, the only ones not turned into zombies were the Frostblade Knights Order and the Windwhisper Knights Order.

And even among them, only the Noble Knights had escaped infection.

The regular members had also suddenly gone mad, turning into rampaging zombie knights that attacked friend and foe alike.

All the efforts of the Skeleton Army and Giant Whale Knights were completely wasted.

Almost all the enemies had revived.

They had to kill them all over again.

“What the hell?! What’s going on?!”

“What’s wrong with the boys?! Don’t they recognize me anymore?!”

Frostblade Knight Commander Henry and Windwhisper Knight Commander Kress saw this scene. How could they continue fighting Fabiana and Niubao?

The two Great Knights immediately switched sides, leading the remaining few dozen loyal knights to turn around and join the other side, beginning to resist the terrifying zombie horde.

“Grrraaah! Hssss! Hsss! Grrrraaah!!”

The entire plain was flooded with maddened roars.

After these mercenaries turned into zombies, they surprisingly retained the instinct to use weapons.

Every single one of them became a berserking Mad Berserker, their combat power even more terrifying than when they were alive.

Because the zombies they became were different from traditional zombies.

To be precise—

Those who had died in battle and were resurrected belonged to the traditional concept of Living Dead.

As for those who were still alive but suddenly went mad, they weren’t so much zombies as Dead Men whose brains had been completely crushed.

What died was their mind.

But their bodies remained intact.

In this state, their combat power actually increased dramatically.

That was exactly why they were more dangerous than ordinary zombies.

“Lady Anna, fall back!”

The Giant Whale Knights finally charged into the battlefield, desperately protecting Fabiana.

But many had already been injured along the way.

Some were bitten by zombies.

Some were scratched by zombies.

They were only trying to carve a path to survival and protect the War Marshal.

This was bad.

The situation had begun to spiral completely out of control.

The zombie horde that had disappeared for decades had now returned with a vengeance.

Blood Terror had descended upon the world once more.

And the first victims were these 30,000 mercenaries recruited from all over the kingdom.

This wasn’t a traditional infection.

It was more like they had been poisoned in advance.

Why weren’t the two Knight Commanders and the Noble Knights infected?

Simple.

Because they brought their own food.

These mercenaries all ate from the same pot.

Everyone ate the same meals, so they were all infected with Corpse Poison in advance.

And this Corpse Poison could also enter a dormant state.

When it was time to trigger it, the poison would be detonated instantly, turning everyone into zombies.

When humans turned into monsters under the Vampire system, they became far more dangerous than Pureblood Vampires.

We always say that Familiars and Blood Servants experience “Personality Deterioration.”

But now it seemed that might not be deterioration.

Perhaps it should be called “Personality Stabilization.”

Because most Pureblood Vampires actually holed up in their secret lairs.

They feared the sun.

And they had a lazy, gluttonous nature.

Oh, right. Almost forgot.

We still had our Ultimate Skill for dealing with Vampires.

Samimi was galloping wildly on her horse when she suddenly remembered this.

She immediately dismissed the Heroic Spirit Summoning and shouted toward the battlefield:

“Fabiana! Quickly dispel the dark clouds in the sky!”

“Hmm!”

Fabiana heard Samimi’s voice from afar and immediately responded.

After the bloody battle, the remaining few thousand Skeleton Knights had all disappeared.

The living had lost their last line of defense, completely exposed to the jaws of 30,000 zombies.

But—

The dark clouds in the sky finally dispersed.

The sun once again shone upon the earth.

“Sizzle——!!”

As soon as the zombies touched the sunlight, their skin instantly caught fire.

Every single one of them turned into a flaming human torch.

But the zombies didn’t turn to ash like before.

Instead, like ignited powder kegs, their bodies rapidly swelled and then exploded with a bang.

Burning bone shards flew in all directions like sharp blades!

Every single zombie—

Had turned into a Living Bomb!

Many Giant Whale Knights were hit on the spot.

If not for their thick armor, a large number of them would have been blown to pieces instantly.

“【King of Thorns】!”

Samimi’s eyes widened, fury burning within her as she chanted at high speed.

She put on the Thorn Angel Ring.

“【Thorn Crown】!”

“【Magic Shield】!”

“【Thorn Crown】!”

“【Magic Shield】!”

“【Thorn Crown】!”

“【Magic Shield】!”

“【Thorn Crown】!”

“【Magic Shield】!”

“【Thorn Crown】!”

“【Magic Shield】!”

“【Thorn Crown】!”

“【Magic Shield】!”

She frantically cast Thorn Crown and Magic Shield on the Giant Whale Knights.

Burning all her mana to protect everyone.

She had been too naive.

As a secret organization that had studied Corrupted Blood for hundreds of years, how could they not know the biggest weakness of the Blood Clan?

They must have laid traps inside from the start.

Magic shields were generated continuously.

But even with Samimi’s high-speed chanting, she simply couldn’t keep up with the zombies’ self-destruction rate.

Faced with the rain of burning human bone fragments.

Everyone trapped in the middle could only curl up into a ball.

And accept their fate.

Unable to fight back.

At this moment—

This place was the true hell.