Child of Destiny

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Boom!

It did not take that long for the two armies of undead to clash against one another. The two did not even use any complicated formations when commanding their respective armies, seemingly trying to gauge the strength of each other’s army first before making big moves.

They straight up ordered their undead armies to fight right after the brief moment of staredown.

The two undead armies had also showcased their respective powers and uniqueness during the battle.

The Legion of Chaotic Sun had once again shown everyone their signature blazing powers that came from the sun, countering the opposing side to a certain degree.

However, the undead army under Mandos used powers of the tainted elemental mana to fight back, helping them against the blessings of the sun that the opposition had.

The intense battle between these armies continued for quite a while until both sides had gained a decent understanding of their opponents and the special features of their armies.

Seeing that he was slightly losing ground, Mandos took the initiative to change the pace of the battle.

Tap! Tap!

With gentle taps of his bone scepter on the ground, he summoned a huge summoning circle, which was immediately followed by the appearance of a giant figure.

Roar!

A giant bone dragon appeared behind him, releasing a powerful and pressuring aura that made the surrounding undead monsters tremble.

“Go!”

Mandos did not even wait for his opponent to react. He immediately ordered the bone dragon to fly into the sky and head straight in the direction where Chaotic Luck was standing.

Boom!

Swoosh!

The bone dragon produced a powerful gust of wind when it flew into the air and created a series of sonic booms when it headed straight to its target.

It had opened its mouth wide, planning to devour all the little creatures that would be attempting to block its path.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

But before it could even reach its target, four large magic circles suddenly appeared around Chaotic Luck, and four huge figures jumped out of them.

Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!

Not long after, four skeleton giants appeared in the air and clashed against the incoming bone dragon.

Boom!

The collisions sent the four skeleton giants back and forced the bone dragon to retreat.

The combined strength of these four skeleton giants was quite strong, even if their size was only a fourth of the bone dragon’s size at most.

Given their appearance, they seemed to be made from the skeletal remains of gorilla or monkey-type monsters. They were quite agile and possessed powerful strength, matching the overwhelming might of the bone dragon once they came together.

Summoning a Bone Dragon required at least a Tier 3 Summoning Spell or a special type of spells under Transcendent Races, just like how Immortal summoned a Zombie Dragon and a Bone Dragon before.

Given this, the might of these dragons far surpassed most of the players, even rivaling some of the King Class or even Emperor Class Monsters at the Awakened Continent, depending on the power of the necromancer that summoned it.

Unfortunately, Mandos only had a limited power, so the might of this Bone Dragon was only comparable to a Chieftain Rank Monster of the second continent, far from what Immortal’s elite undead were capable of.

Regardless, it was still quite powerful when compared to most of the players.

Meanwhile, the power level of the four skeletal beasts that Chaotic Luck had summoned was only as strong as the peak Special Elite Monsters of the Awakened Continent at most.

Their individual strength might be weaker than the bone dragon’s, but their combined powers were at least more than enough to hold such an overwhelming opponent down.

Roar!

Roar!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It did not take that long for the two sides to resume the battle, clashing with intense collisions in every strike they made.

The bone dragon had a slight advantage since it could fly in the air, but the skeletal beasts from Chaotic Luck’s side were cunning enough to throw one another into the air, seemingly juggling each other midair to compensate for their inability to fly.

Such an amazing display shocked everyone, especially when they did not know whether it was manually controlled by Chaotic Luck nor it was the ability of AI that these skeletal beasts possessed.

Either way, both were stunning enough to impress everyone.

Even Mandos was unable to recover for quite a while, especially when he was fully aware that he could not achieve the same feat himself.

It was the same if it were the battle AI of these skeletal beasts. Possession of such high and advanced AI was more than enough to make him take this opponent even warily.

If even the summoned creatures of the opposing side were this strong despite being only at the Special Elite Rank, then how powerful were the more advanced undead this guy had?

Seeing that this was not going to be easy, Mandos adjusted his plans and started dividing his forces into different groups.

His undead army started taking tactical maneuvers under his command.

Their first actions were some adjustments to their battle formation. It looked like some simple army maneuvers on the surface, but it had greatly changed the flow of the battlefield.

His forces that were steadily losing earlier had started regaining their footing and were able to fight back once again.

Seeing this happen, Chaotic Luck also adjusted his army’s formation, dividing them into smaller units that were composed of skeletons with different specializations.

The team composition of each unit seemed to be the standard classes of regular teams formed by players when hunting or doing dungeons.

With multiple teams with such composition, the legion under Chaotic Luck looked like a guild’s main force that was going for a huge raid or a massive expedition.

Mandos was quite confused when he saw the actions of his opponent. If it were any other circumstances, then such a move would indeed be reasonable.

But dividing his forces into such units in a massive battlefield like this, particularly in war, would only weaken his army by a great margin, since they would lose the ‘combined’ powers.

Mandos could only command his undead mages to concentrate their spells at a certain point where these small units were close to one another and blast them in one shot.

Even if Mandos had also divided his forces to a certain degree, he did not make it so small, especially when smaller units could just be overwhelmed by huge numbers of the opposing side.

It was just the standard rule when fighting on a huge scale, such as battles in war.

He was not sure if it was just a rookie mistake or something, but Mandos knew that he had to take advantage of this situation and gain the upper hand.

He just summoned the bone dragon earlier to distract Chaotic Luck and lure his more elite summoned undead, using a classing misdirection to hide his hidden unit that could assassinate the latter.

Fighting a rookie could be a little troublesome sometimes because they had a lot of tricks and unique ideas when fighting. However, they were also quite easy to deal with due to their lack of experience.

Simple strategies like this were the most effective against such newer players on the competitive stage.

Mandos was about to increase the pace of attack of his army when he suddenly noticed something strange on the battlefield. “Huh!? What is happening?”

He just realized that he was losing more of his undead soldiers despite surrounding Chaotic Luck’s forces from all sides and overwhelming them with their numbers.

His forces were attacking the smaller units of his opponent’s army with their superior numbers, yet his side was the one suffering the most damage.

“How can this happen?” Mandos could not help but frown deeply as he was quite confused at what was happening.

His battle formation and the number of his divided forces were way superior to the scattered units of his opponent.

Compared to those disorganized groups with smaller numbers, his forces should be the ones that were winning this battle.

But contrary to his expectations, his side was the one who was suffering losses after losses everywhere.

His mind was working overtime, trying to find the cause and figuring out how to solve the current situation.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he still could not find where the problem lay.

…

“He must be going crazy right now,” commented Cloe as she watched the battle from their private lounge and sat in the current situation.

“Who will not? Having your formation slowly crumble ‘without’ a cause is truly scary for any strategist out there. That guy is surely losing his mind right now,” said Arthur with a mocking smirk.

Hearing that, Leonard could not help but roll his eyes. “You talk as if you understand the situation. I bet that you can’t even figure out what is going on.”

“What are you talking about! I can least tell that Little Chaos is using that signature strategy that Shin usually used to bully those people from «War Tactics» Online!” Arthur snarled back when he heard those words from Leonard.

“Heh! I bet that you don’t even know what it is called,” Leonard continued to mock, provoking Arthur further.

“Hmph! I know what it is! It is called a parasite or a mole or something!” said Arthur while glaring at the other party.

“Hah! See!? You don’t even know its name!” laughed Leonard, seemingly already winning this argument.

“It is called Pathogen Formation,” he added with a triumphant look on his face.

“Heh! All you know is what it is called and don’t know how it works,” sneered Arthur, confident that neither Leonard knew the true essence of this formation.

“I at least know how it is called,” Leonard answered back, not admitting Arthur’s words.

In the meantime, Shin was focused on the battlefield, seemingly wearing a proud look on his face. He could not hold back his smile as he looked at Chaotic Luck. “Not bad~! He at least learned a thing or two properly during our training sessions.”

“I guess there is no need for extra torture-… I mean training for now,” he added, sending shivers down the other’s spine.

His true thoughts had almost slipped out of his tongue.

It was clear that he enjoyed torturing the group with his training methods.

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