He felt his entire body begin to burn, a wave of immense happiness making him dizzy… Seraphine breathed gently beside him, her voice a soft murmur, “Darling, could you be gentler with me…”
Xiao Xun could hear nothing else. He was as if back on the battlefield, commanding a vast army to charge at the undead horde like an overwhelming tide. Magic arrows sliced through the sky with sharp whistles, whizzing past his ears. Black powder cannons roared with immense, orange-red flashes as they fired. Cavalry legions surged like waves into the ghoul swarms, clashing with swords, sparks flying, attacking, attacking, and attacking again…
Suddenly, Seraphine bit Xiao Xun’s chest fiercely. The pain made Xiao Xun almost cry out. A round, thin bite mark had appeared on his chest, slowly oozing blood.
Facing this scene, the enraptured Seraphine suddenly jolted awake. She instantly knelt on the bed, lowering her head, her body trembling uncontrollably.
“Your Highness, I…”
Though Xiao Xun winced from the pain, he looked at the beautiful woman before him in surprise, “What’s wrong?”
Her body was covered in sweat, a cold sweat born of fear.
Xiao Xun, enduring the pain, gently patted Seraphine’s shoulder, “It’s alright. You’ve put your mark on my chest, so you belong to me forever!”
Seraphine’s eyes welled up with tears, “R-really?”
Xiao Xun pulled Seraphine into his arms, gently wiping away the tears at the corners of her eyes, “Don’t be like this, it’s not a good look.”
Aries quickly relayed Xiao Xun’s orders. The allied forces not only halted their advance but also established defensive lines nearby. Although they lacked heavy artillery for counter-attacks, they were perfectly capable of pure defense.
The Scourge and the undead armies clearly did not grasp the gravity of the situation, as they required no supplies.
At best, their attack power and speed were reduced during the day, but by nightfall, they were as if injected with stimulants.
Every night, it was the same; apart from the orcish werewolves, no one else could truly endure it.
This night was no exception. The undead army launched another ‘kamikaze’ charge, but they were quickly repelled by concentrated fire from the tanks.
The aircraft in the sky also provided small surprises from time to time. Ever since the first air force squadron was wiped out by frost dragons, all remaining aircraft had been equipped with arcane gatling guns. They ventured out sparingly, and when they did, it was in small squadrons.
Xiao Xun was fast asleep when Aries shouted from the doorway, “My Lord, there’s a change on the battlefield. Delvana sent me to fetch you.”
Xiao Xun felt as if Aries was shouting directly into his mind. He removed the jade arm draped over him, rolled over, and put on the battle attire beside him, donning the black sable cloak.
Disturbed from his pleasant dream, Xiao Xun was displeased. He frowned and asked Aries, “What change?”
“You’ll know when you come out and see.”
Aries led Xiao Xun to the front-line command post. A thick fog had permeated the entire room, reducing visibility to less than a meter.
“Such dense fog! When did this happen?”
From within the dense fog, someone said, “Just ten minutes ago, this fog suddenly formed and congealed without dissipating. We can’t see anything now.”
Xiao Xun suddenly realized something and yelled hoarsely, “All personnel enter emergency combat readiness! No one is allowed to use fire magic.”
Everyone wondered why fire magic was prohibited, but they knew that with the ban on fire magic, some functions of the magic cannons and tanks could not be used.
At that moment, a voice, not entirely familiar, sounded in Xiao Xun’s ear, “What if the Scourge suddenly attacks?”
Xiao Xun instinctively felt something was wrong. He didn’t reply, ducking down sharply, then putting on his mercury-mirrored sunglasses.
Indeed, the sunglasses could block the fog and reveal everything.
The person who had just spoken was not one of their own, but a member of the Scourge’s Shadow Killer squad, wielding a sharp knife.
They wore thermal imaging devices on their foreheads. It seemed this dense fog was likely their doing.
Without hesitation, Xiao Xun drew his high-frequency vibration particle blade and thrust it upwards from below.
Then, covering the man’s mouth, he quietly placed him on the ground, removed his helmet, and took the thermal imaging device.
“Aries.”
Hearing Xiao Xun speak, Aries turned his ear towards him, “My Lord, where are you?”
“Stay where you are.”
Xiao Xun walked over. Aries still had quite good eyesight, and the visibility had improved somewhat. Although still less than a meter, he could now see that the person in front of him was Xiao Xun.
Xiao Xun placed the thermal imaging device on Aries’ eyes. Aries looked around strangely, “What is this?”
He handed the high-frequency vibration particle blade in his hand to Aries and pointed at the body on the ground, “Find anyone like this, leave none alive, kill them all.”
“Yes!”
The Twelve Emissaries only executed Xiao Xun’s orders; they did not question them.
The Shadow Killer squad’s decapitation mission this time was aimed at Xiao Xun. However, the thermal imaging device could only show the general outline of a person, not identify them specifically. Thus, the Shadow Killer squad members could only try to locate their target through conversation before the dense fog dissipated.
Since they had never seen Xiao Xun before, nor heard his voice, they could only resort to indiscriminate attacks. To avoid alerting the target, they would question people near them. If someone spoke with a commanding tone, they would strike immediately.
Xiao Xun intended for Aries to wear the thermal imaging device and silently eliminate the threat with the blade.
However, he was unaware that the Shadow Killer squad’s armor was heat-resistant, making them undetectable by even the most advanced thermal imaging devices.
Aries cast a spell in the dense fog and approached everyone he saw through the thermal imaging device, but without exception, they were all his own people.
Xiao Xun saw someone in the uniform of the Phoenix Army marching towards him, someone he didn’t recognize.
He instinctively drew his magic sword and pointed it at the person in front, “Who are you? Stop right there.”
The other person showed no sign of slowing down. Instead, they accelerated towards him, now wielding an energy sword.
It was clear that the opponent was a member of the Shadow Killer squad, and his target was Xiao Xun.
Xiao Xun didn’t back down, slashing directly at the opponent with his magic sword.
The opponent, clearly not expecting Xiao Xun to be able to see, dodged the magic sword’s attack with a swift movement.
Meanwhile, Taurus and Leo, who were personally protecting Xiao Xun, sensed something unusual and immediately moved to his sides along the sound. Though they couldn’t see, their hands were ready to strike, prepared to deal with any sudden situation.
Xiao Xun was astonished as the Shadow Killer squad member before him suddenly vanished, just as abruptly as he had appeared.
Suddenly, he realized something and shouted, “Taurus, raise your shield.”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Taurus raised his shield above his head.
With a clang, the energy sword struck Jin Niu’s light shield squarely.
Xiao Xun didn’t hesitate. He raised his magic sword high and ran the attacking individual through.
In fact, the Shadow Killer squad had already suffered heavy losses in their previous encounter with Bortu. This time, two of their most capable members died right at the outset.
The Shadow Killer squad leader, a short distance away, almost shattered his teeth. He grabbed a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher from a nearby team member and unleashed an indiscriminate attack.
The spike rocket was extremely fast and powerful.
It exploded in front of Xiao Xun, but by using the rocket launcher, the Shadow Killer squad member also exposed his own position.