Chapter 128: Chapter 128 - Sodden's Hills 08.
[Chapter Size: 2100 Words.]
Third Person POV
Northern kingdoms.
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"What should we do?" the wizards exclaimed, alarmed by the situation they found themselves in. Now, the entire area was filled with undead, emerging and covering the whole forest space in their sight, advancing slowly and clumsily. More and more appeared almost endlessly from the forest.
Geralt quickly drew his sword while all the other wizards prepared to fight as well—it was the only thing to do in this situation.
"Listen up, everyone!" Madara caught everyone's attention with his raised voice and authoritative tone. "These undead can only be killed by fire or hitting a vital point. Since they were human, a hit to the brain will kill them." Madara warned but continued.
"I need the original to come here. I'll dispel this clone, so I expect you all to hold the position until I appear here!" Madara ordered the wizards, who looked at him in confusion. Only Geralt seemed to understand what he was talking about, nodding his head.
Then, without warning, Madara disappeared in a cloud of smoke, leaving everyone bewildered as they no longer saw him once the smoke cleared. Despite Geralt's calm demeanor, there was still a trace of envy in his gaze at that skill.
The original, after receiving all the information, including from the clone that had seen the Lich, decided to head toward the wizards as it was the most strategic choice.
But as he dashed through the forest as fast as he could, his thoughts went to that creature that should not exist in this world. In fact, he had never heard of such a creature in this realm.
"I wonder what that creature is doing here… clearly it has the power to dominate the forest and turn all living beings into undead slaves. How did it come to appear here..." Moreover, that creature possessed space-time abilities.
'It grabbed me before I could react,' Madara thought, recalling that dark, spatial pouch in its hand. "Even without my Sharingan, it was evident that this creature was not easy to confront, far stronger than any other he had encountered before." He pondered for a while.
The creature was there for a reason. It even seemed aware of the ongoing war. After all, this war would produce many dead, increasing its army, though the mystery of its origin remained since he still believed Liches should not exist in this world.
Madara continued mulling over these unanswered questions but soon set those thoughts aside, advancing toward the wizards with greater speed, chakra surging into his feet with each leap as he began cutting through the undead among the trees, moving toward the battlefield.
As Madara looked from a distance, he could see the fight had already begun. Geralt was battling the undead with his silver sword, yet it proved ineffective despite silver being a special material for dealing with monsters.
Even when he cut off arms or plunged his sword into the hearts of the undead humans, they continued moving, attempting to kill him by raising their weapons and rushing toward him. Only when he struck their heads, as Madara had instructed, did the undead finally fall, defeated.
Meanwhile, Geralt kept slicing at their heads while surrounded, using signs to push the undead back and gain ground. Behind him, the wizards continued casting spells with what little magic they had left.
"Can we really hold this off?" one of the wizards asked, clearly desperate. Even Coral wore a frightened expression but kept attacking the zombies.
They drew closer and closer, crashing in waves of attacks, gaining ground on them, with the forest spewing more and more of them. This continued for a while until a bright flash appeared in the middle of the forest, announcing Madara's arrival as he unleashed his jutsus.
Madara spewed flames over the horde of undead, rendering them powerless against him in the treetops, burning zombies and trees alike with ease. The number of zombies emerging from the forest began to dwindle as Madara blocked the passage of more, easing the pressure on the wizards and warriors who fought the zombies, now reduced in number, continuing to defeat them in the midst of the burning forest.
Meanwhile, Madara kept launching flames across the forest, wiping out all the Nilfgaardian soldiers, who burned easily. Despite this, some continued moving while ablaze, but they lasted only briefly before collapsing dead on the ground.
"It's over…" murmured one of the wizards in Geralt's area, exhausted, barely able to breathe. He hoped it was all finished and that all the zombies had been eliminated as the flames consumed the surroundings. All the wizards were in this state while Keira stayed beside an unconscious and injured Triss.
At that moment, Madara emerged from the burning forest, landing in the area and approaching them.
"Looks like it's over," Madara said, coming closer, while the wizards still stared at him, unsure of what to think. They could hardly believe that, despite showing a power that had burned the entire forest moments before, he had transformed into smoke and disappeared, only to reappear again.
The wizards looked at him, confused by the situation, but Madara wasn't in the mood to explain his secrets. Moreover, the wizards were too frightened to question exactly what was happening.
"Now, can you tell me what exactly this is?" Madara broke the silence, asking if any of them had any idea what they were up against.
"We don't know! No one should have such power… and necromancy is something very evil and corrupt. Who could do something like this?" exclaimed the oldest wizard, visibly shaken. He had always studied creatures corrupted by chaos, but what they witnessed at that moment shattered the rules of everything he understood.
Madara sighed and looked at Geralt, who was equally disturbed by the idea of a small army of undead. He ended up shaking his head at Madara as a response, visibly lost.
His witcher eyes, cat-like in shape, watched the burning corpses in silence. He knew that if he had been alone, he'd already be dead. In fact, they'd all be dead if it weren't for Madara and his fire jutsus.
Madara sighed again, realizing that no one there could provide the answers he sought. "I encountered a creature to the south, where you were planning to go. I think you all…" He paused mid-sentence, turning his gaze toward the forest flames, his expression narrowing as he activated his Sharingan.
Suddenly, they heard the sound of trees breaking. Geralt quickly grabbed his sword and stood, ready. "Something big is coming," he announced the obvious, but it was larger than anything they had encountered.
Madara remained still, observing the area and analyzing what was approaching. Out of the flames emerged a giant, horned monster, advancing with its body ablaze. It stomped the ground with force as it moved, leaving deep imprints in its wake.
"That's… a Fiend!" Geralt murmured, a tone of deep concern in his voice. After all, it was a high-class beast, and now in zombie form, advancing toward them.
"Geralt, move away from the wizards; they can't fight anymore!" Madara ordered, and Geralt nodded, gripping his sword firmly.
Madara moved first, sprinting toward the creature like a ninja, which greatly surprised Geralt with the speed Madara displayed. Madara drew his sword from a storage scroll and attempted to attack the creature, which stretched out its hand to grab him. Madara ducked and slid beneath it, slashing at its leg.
The monster roared in fury, not feeling pain, but it lost some balance as Madara had cut through one of the tendons in its leg with chakra-infused blade.
At that moment, Geralt also approached, leaving the wizards behind. The creature tried to strike him as he was the nearest, while Madara remained behind it.
Geralt dodged the enormous clawed hands as he tried to slice at the creature, which was struggling to stay on its feet. He deflected one blow before driving his silver sword into its left arm.
However, the monster reacted quickly, landing a punch with its other hand that sent him flying several meters away. It then grabbed the sword embedded in its arm.
The creature looked to where Madara was at that moment but saw nothing. All the wizards watched the fight from afar and could see the young warrior in the air, spinning impressively as he advanced toward the creature. The monster was caught off guard as Madara appeared above its head, driving his sword directly into its skull, striking the creature's brain.
He hoped the creature would finally fall, but it didn't. It quickly tried to grab him. Madara dodged the first attempt, but on the second try, while he was still in the air, the monster slapped him away, sending Madara flying and causing his sword to fall to the ground.
Madara rolled across the ground before managing to stabilize himself, sliding a bit but now standing. He spat a little blood, slightly injured from the blow.
Geralt approached him, drawing his steel sword since he, too, had lost his silver sword. Madara's sword was embedded in the creature's skull, while Geralt's lay on the ground nearby.
"You did well… but it's a shame we're dealing with the undead…" Geralt remarked.
Madara looked at him as the monster began to focus on them again. "Do you know where its vital point is?" Madara asked. Geralt nodded, understanding his question, as the creature prepared to attack them again.
"It's in the center of its chest, high up, near the neck," Geralt said, and Madara nodded.
"Can you distract it for a bit? I need to hit that point. I can reach it if you keep it occupied for just 2 seconds," Madara said.
"Alright," Geralt replied as the creature quickly approached, starting to run and gaining speed toward the two of them. Geralt stepped forward, drawing a symbol in the air and creating a telekinetic blast with Aard, which caused the creature to stumble back a few steps, momentarily stunned.
At that moment, Madara sprinted toward it, throwing two kunai that struck the creature's eyes, making it snarl. Despite this, the creature had more than two eyes; both kunai ignited, and in the next moment, they exploded, enraging the creature even further as it roared, shaking the ground.
Geralt endured the creature's wrath, which attacked anything in front of it. Since he was closest, it focused on him, with Madara running along the monster's flank. Geralt defended himself with his sword and agile dodges.
Madara took advantage of the creature's blind spot, advancing from behind, channeling chakra into his feet, running as purple electricity crackled in his hand. He ran up the creature, using chakra at each step, reaching the vital point Geralt had indicated, using his Sharingan to spot the energy source emanating from that area, visible even at a distance.
Then, with his electrified hand aimed at the target, he grabbed the creature's forearm with the other hand. Madara executed a technique he'd previously used against another shinobi with Kakuzu's abilities.
Bolts of energy surged, piercing the creature's chest. It let out a groan of pain and surprise before beginning to weaken, falling to its knees and finally collapsing to the ground as Madara leaped back, landing in front of the fallen creature.
"Looks like it's over," Madara murmured as Geralt approached, retrieving his lost silver sword. Madara took a few steps toward the fiend and retrieved his own blade, still lodged in its head.
"You're even better than I thought, kid," Geralt murmured, looking at Madara with a hint of interest. The young man moved unlike anything Geralt had seen before; he was faster and more flexible than a witcher, making him remarkably effective against any monster with those abilities. Geralt also noted how Madara had identified that vital point with ease—perhaps it was his red eyes.
Madara gave a slight smile before returning to the wizards, who had witnessed the entire fight. "Anyway, let's go. I want to discuss that creature I saw; I hope you have answers…" Madara said, and Geralt nodded, following him as they returned to the group.
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