Chapter 302: The Egyptian Undead Empire
Full-line alert means that Guardian Mages, intelligence officers, and reserve combat personnel, whether on duty, off duty, awaiting instructions, or responsible for important military tasks and logistics in the surrounding areas, will all take action and immediately rush to the designated battlefield.
Zhenbei Pass Fortress City is a typical magic market and defensive City. There are very few ordinary residents here; most are magic merchants, hunters, Guardian Mages, adventurers, and Magic Association personnel. Due to the constant invasion of wild beasts from the northern frontier, this place has always maintained a state of war alert. Such full-line alerts rarely occur as drills; once a full-line alert order is issued, it must mean that a war has broken out. If any personnel on duty are negligent, they will be dealt with directly by military law!
Upon arriving at Zhenbei Stone Tower, the female commander Bin Wei changed into her combat robe. After her usual tight-fitting military uniform was covered, her entire demeanor underwent a completely different transformation.
Zhao Manyan had always trusted his own judgment, just like now.
The female mage, dressed in her gear, undoubtedly made Zhao Manyan re-evaluate her. He then realized that he had stumbled upon someone of a similar rank to Counselor Fenna, a staff general from Egypt.
Moreover, she appeared even younger than Counselor Fenna, with fair skin and beauty, easily mistaken for a mere pretty face.
"If there's any mistake, I'll hang your head on the City gate!" Bin Wei glanced at Zhao Manyan. Her first impression of him was one of frivolity and ignorance.
However, his identity as a member of the prevention group and the National House forced Bin Wei to take him seriously. If her prejudice led to something terrible, she, as the chief commander, would be severely derelict in her duty.
She wasn't very familiar with the prevention group as an organization, but there was an order from above: all major City defense commanders must refer to the information provided by the prevention group to make decisions.
"..."
But at this moment, many people here felt confused and dissatisfied.
Cursing and grumbling sounds continuously came from the City wall, and most importantly, there was no movement whatsoever...
Various voices quickly returned to Chief Commander Bin Wei, whose eyes remained fixed on the north.
Several of her colleagues by her side were already discussing how to minimize the losses from this mistake; it was clearly an absurd order.
"I still don't understand why you would do this," the adjutant said, standing beside Bin Wei, his voice sounding somewhat subdued.
"This place is called Zhenbei Tower, and our gaze is always fixed on the north. In fact, what truly concerns us, is it the north, or what is behind us?" Bin Wei asked.
"But…" The adjutant didn't know how to respond for a moment.
"You consider the enemy, you consider your position. I consider the YL City, Anqin City, Feihuang City, Zhongning City behind us… the people living behind this defense line who have no combat ability whatsoever. This is probably the true reason why the military needs female officers. Men always think about how to kill the enemy, how to sweep them away, how to achieve military merits, but they overlook the most fundamental thing. You always say, 'What if this is an absurd act?' 'What if there are no enemies at all?'…"
"But what if there really are enemies? I won't gamble with the lives of so many people. Not just now, but in the future, I will still issue similar full-line alert orders, whether there are curses or impeachment. As long as I am in this position, I cannot allow the Central Plains behind Zhenbei Tower to suffer the slightest threat," Bin Wei said.
Zhao Manyan was also by her side. He heard her words, and his heart was touched. He had a complete change of opinion about this female commander from the bottom of his heart.
She was clearly not someone who cared more about her own status; on the contrary, she cared more about what she protected.
"Commander." The adjutant couldn't help but speak, feeling that this was just nonsense.
"Don't speak!" Bin Wei's eyes were fixed unblinkingly on the land beyond the ancient Great Wall, her entire being like a leopard with bristling fur, ready to pounce.
Evidently, she had indeed sensed something, her gaze tightly locked onto the area outside Zhenbei Pass.
The wind swept through, and yellow dust filled the sky and earth, making it difficult to see very far in the hazy yellow.
In the distance, where the dust swirled, a human-shaped figure slowly appeared on the yellow ground beneath Zhenbei Pass Fortress City. It was moving forward step by step!
"Clang!! Clang!!!"
The sound of metal scraping against the ground came from there, sounding particularly grating.
Everyone had never seen this creature before, but they still maintained their full concentration, staring at it…
"Is that a bronze chain on its back?" a military officer in the watchtower said, somewhat startled.
It was a figure that looked like a wandering refugee, its clothes tattered and covered in strange grime. Its build was sturdy, its skin like the bark of a dead tree, dry and lifeless. It was draped in bronze chains, each about the thickness of an adult's wrist, two complete circles binding the tattered figure from front to back.
It was clearly burdened, and with every step, it left a deep footprint in the yellow earth, and the veins all over its body would bulge!
Inside Zhenbei Pass Fortress City, people were filled with bewilderment and confusion.
What was this thing? It was human-like yet not human. Although it looked strong and powerful, it also showed signs of exhaustion, that fatigue, that struggle, and that resentful anger??
"This is a Netherworld Laborer, and behind them is a Nether Frog Monarch. Mo Fan said that behind them are also Netherworld Kuafu and the Egyptian Undead!!!"
Lingling, receiving a psychic message from Mo Fan at this moment, immediately said to everyone, "Mo Fan is not able to act right now; we can only hold them off here."
"Where is he?" Zhao Manyan asked.
Without Mo Fan, there was no sense of security!
"He's waiting. These are just the vanguards for now, but they aren't the real threat. He's waiting for Kuafu and Kuafu's Netherworld army to appear," Lingling said.
"What Kuafu!?"
After Lingling's calm words, the faces of the few people nearby all changed drastically!
Egyptian Undead, Kuafu!
What did this mean?
It meant that the Undead Emperor of Egypt was coming out in full force to attack China!
How could a mere Zhenbei Fortress resist Kuafu's invasion?
Zhao Manyan immediately said, "Lingling, tell Mo Fan to leave! Kuafu, does he know what Kuafu is?!!!"
At this point, Zhao Manyan no longer wanted to stay here. It wasn't that he was afraid of death; he just felt that staying here would be meaningless.
Zhao Manyan felt this way, but the Guardian Mages here thought it was normal. If it really was Kuafu, then running away was undoubtedly their only option at the moment.
Of course, the Guardian Mages would not flee here; they had the responsibility to defend their land and country. Even if they knew it was a losing battle, they would not leave!
"My connection with him has been cut…" Lingling said helplessly.
Even Lingling, who wasn't afraid of death, felt that Mo Fan was being a bit too reckless at this moment. After all, what they were about to face was Kuafu!