Versatile Mage

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

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Meanwhile, in some ancient ruins in Shenmu…

The ground kept trembling in the distance.

Zhang Xiaohou, Qu Kang, and a few others stood on the seemingly abandoned land in disappointment.

“Are you serious? Is this little sand dune really part of the ancient Wall?” Qu Kang said.

Qu Kang initially thought the ancient keep in Shenmu was something like the Northguard Fortress. He expected to see a few ancient sturdy walls, yet all they found were piles of sand. It was significantly different from the Great Wall he had in mind!

How could a pile of sand possibly stop the huge army of undead? It couldn’t even stop a normal Servant-class creature!

“Many of the ancient passes were abandoned and are now desolate. Only a few relatively famous places have managed to preserve the Walls. However, the Prophet already mentioned it’s possible to reform the ancient Wall with the Earth Fountain Spring!” Zhang Xiaohou said.

He believed in the Prophet’s words. Their first priority was to find the Magic Fire Beacon. They had to insert the Earth Fountain Spring into it to activate the ancient ruins!

It was difficult to locate the Magic Fire Beacon. The sand dunes actually covered quite a large area, around eight kilometers square. The nearby locals had all been evacuated, so they did not have anyone to guide them to the right location of the Magic Fire Beacon.

“Luo Tong is back! Did you find anything?” Qu Kang asked as soon as he saw Luo Tong, who had gone to scout the area ahead.

Luo Tong was a captain of the Northguard Fortress from the First Troop. He was assigned to Zhang Xiaohou’s troop to guard the ancient Shenmu Pass.

The captain had just returned from the front line and was wearing a grim face. His men seemed to be lost in thought too. It was obvious that they had witnessed something absolutely terrifying!

“I don’t know how to describe it. They are less than thirty kilometers away from us. Their numbers are too high. It feels like they are going to devour the whole world! I’ve been at the Northguard Fortress for a long time, I’ve fought in at least ten battles of different scales, but all of them combined together are still less than a tenth of the army of undead I saw. Can we really stop them?” Luo Tong had already started to doubt himself.

He had sworn to protect the land to his death at the start, but no one could possibly retain their determination after seeing the enemy they were up against. His resolve was shattered into pieces tinier than dust…

His men had pale faces, too. How could they possibly believe an abandoned Wall could protect them from those savage creatures of the Underworld?

“Commander Zhang, we’ve found the Magic Fire Beacon. It’s around four kilometers from here!” a soldier came up to them and reported.

“Four kilometers?” Zhang Xiaohou was startled.

It was still a distance away. He could easily make his way to the Magic Fire Beacon at his full speed, but he was not the person entrusted with the Earth Fountain Spring; it was an Earth Mage, Yu Feifeng. He initially volunteered to take charge of an ancient pass, but the Prophet believed he was more suitable to inject the Earth Fountain Spring into the Magic Fire Beacon as a Geomancer. He was assigned to Zhang Xiaohou’s troop, and was entrusted with the task of injecting the Earth Fountain Spring under Zhang Xiaohou and his troop’s protection.

“The enemy will be here soon. We have to pick up our pace!” Qu Kang said.

They immediately sprinted to their destination. Four kilometers was not too huge of a distance for them, but the problem was, the army of undead was not slow, either. It would not take them too long to travel thirty kilometers!

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Northguard Fortress…

As the center of the line of defense, the Northguard Fortress was stationed with the highest number of soldiers. Most of the Battlemages had stayed behind. Their job was to hold their ground, together with their two commanders.

The loud rumble in the distance had long reached the fortress. Their breathing had intensified long before they actually saw the army of undead.

“They are here!” a captain yelled on the watchtower. He fired a Brilliant Light into the sky, signaling the others that the enemy had appeared.

Following that, another beam of light representing the enemy’s numbers rose into the sky. If it remained a single beam when it reached the highest point, it meant the enemy’s numbers were below a thousand…

The light beam soared into the night sky and branched off rapidly. The Light Spell was blooming like brilliant fireworks; it left the soldiers of the Northguard Fortress astonished!

“That…that many?”

“How many are there!?”

It was impossible to count the branches of the Light Spell even when each of them represented a thousand enemies. The enemy was still more than ten kilometers away, yet their numbers had already covered the entire horizon!

“General Bin Wei, it’s up to you now,” the Prophet said with a heavy voice.

General Bin Wei nodded. She glanced into the distance. She could already see the Underworld Executioners leading the enemy troops. Her heart was beating rapidly, even though she had prepared herself beforehand!

She had never felt so uneasy and terrified since she had reached the Super Level, but the emotions she was currently feeling were stronger than the those she had when she was facing powerful creatures as a little Basic and Intermediate Mage.

The enemy’s numbers were just too many, so many that it was impossible to count them all. One would simply lose their will to fight. It felt like everything would simply be destroyed. Even the Northguard Fortress that the soldiers were extremely proud of was nothing in front of the massive army of undead!

“Heavenly Defense Stance!” General Bin Wei took a deep breath to calm herself.

She had to pay full attention when controlling the ancient Wall. She could not afford to tremble in fear now. She had to retain her will of steel for the ancient Wall to stand firmly!

The ancient Wall emerged from the ground once again. The meandering Walls suddenly straightened and rose from seven meters to fifty meters high, and were still rising!

A heavenly dam gray stone soon appeared in front of the Northguard Fortress. The Walls were so tall that the fortress suddenly became tiny. Most shockingly, the Walls continued to extend sideways in both directions, even after they had reached three kilometers. It was impossible to see the entire Wall in their range of vision!

The soldiers were able to see the whole of the vast land when standing atop the Northguard Fortress a moment ago, but a range of mountains over ten kilometers long had now appeared out of nowhere. The spectacular sight was like the work of the Heavens. The people of the Northguard Fortress had finally witnessed the full and magnificent Great Wall of China!

The heavenly dam was enormous and stunning. It served as a dose of confidence for the soldiers who were about to face the massive army of undead!