One of the professions that Rankers, and even Saints, didn't want to see in wars where each side numbered in the tens of thousands, was not a Sorcerer or a Wizard who could cast High-Ranking Spells that could decimate entire armies.
No. Each Kingdom had their own powerful mages that could do these things and more.
The profession that they were afraid to face off the most was none other than a Necromancer.
Especially Necromancers that didn't care whether they were killing friends or foes. In the end, it didn't matter to them. The only thing that they trusted was the Undead, and the more people that died, the more advantageous the battle was to them.
Necromancers that had become High-Rankers were true menaces to fight.
Saint-Ranked Necromancers were walking Calamities.
They specialized in curses, diseases, and other otherworldly spells that made even their fellow Saints didn't want to mess with them in large-scales wars unless it was a last resort.
But, that wasn't the most threatening thing about them.
The thing that made Necromancers, who had become Rankers, scary were their abilities to Raise the Dead.
Fighting against your former comrades at arms or family members could be the most traumatizing experience on the battlefield.
That was why, if there was a war, and they were fighting against a Necromancer, all the High-Ranking fighters of the opposing side would eliminate them first, or else the war wouldn't end until everyone had been turned into the walking dead.
Unfortunately, Lux still hadn't reached that Rank.
From an Initiate, his rank had degraded to that of an Apostle. Even if he had the Animate Undead Skill, the most it could do was revive 50 Undead.
When he became an Initiate, he could raise 200 Undead Warriors.
When he became an E-Ranker, he would be able to revive 2,000 of them.
Every successive rank would multiply the numbers of Undead he could raise by two.
The scary part about this was that he had the Doppelganger skill, as well as Asmodeus, who also had the Doppelganger skill.
The moment Lux became a Ranker, he would be able to command a horde of Undead to fight for him.
However, right now, he was an Apostle that was fighting against Rankers, whose strength, and power, outclassed him by several folds.
Raising the Dead would not be enough to tilt the tide of battle in his favor, so he did the only thing that he could do and that was…
"Corpse Explosion!"
The Half-Elf detonated the corpses that he had buried in strategic locations in the ground. He did that to ensure that he would be able to maximize the effect of his skill and kill as many Ammarian Soldiers as he could.
The battle had started less than an hour ago, yet the Half-Elf had already killed thousands of soldiers, but he wasn't satisfied with mere grunts.
His target was not General Phobus, who was the highest commanding officer of the Ammarian Army in the territory that they were fighting in.
No. He was after the bigger fish, and the same person that killed him and his friends a few days ago.
"Found you…" Lux narrowed his eyes as his Great Flame Skull, Lazarus, who was hidden near the top of a tree in the Woodland, locked his eyes on the retreating Ranker, who was making sure that General Phobus wouldn't be killed by the explosions that were happening around them.
"General Fahad, if you want to win this war, order your men to pursue them," Lux said as he pointed in the direction where the two Rankers of the Ammarian Kingdom were. "It's now or never, you won't get a second chance!"
General Fahad knew that Lux was right. This was the perfect opportunity to strike, so he immediately ordered his cavalry to accompany him in pursuit of the two Generals that had managed to capture their previous headquarters.
"All men, rally to me!" General Fahad shouted as he climbed on top of his Warhorse. "Kill them all!"
General Fahad led the charge, and the others immediately followed.
"Go with them, but stick together!" Lux ordered. "Your goal is not to target the Rankers, but eliminate the soldiers. Also, keep a lookout for our 'Dear Friends'. If you see them, don't hesitate to kill them. We are standing on opposing sides. Mercy will only get you killed."
All of his comrades nodded their heads in agreement to Lux's words. Even Malcolm and Henrietta, who still had reservations about killing their acquaintances, steeled themselves for the inevitable possibility of clashing blades with each other.
"Bedivere!" Lux shouted.
A dragon roar answered his call and the Dragon Knight landed by his side.
"Cai, I'm taking Fei Fei with me," Lux stated. "She will be staying with Bedivere and observing the battle from the sky. That way, you can fight without worrying about her safety."
"Thank you!" Cai felt relieved because it didn't really want to take Fei Fei onto the chaotic battlefield because there was a possibility that it would be facing off against stronger enemies.
If it was alone, the Boar was confident that it could retreat safely out of harm's way at any given time.
Fei Fei understood Lux's and Cai's intentions, so she jumped on the Half-Elf's shoulder, as the latter sat on the back of Bedivere's Dragon.
"Whatever happens, prioritize your safety," Lux said. "We will clear this dungeon together. Let General Fahad and his deputy deal with General Phobus and Second. We'll think of a way to kill them when they've been weakened. Let's go, Bedivere."
The dragon flapped its wings and soared towards the sky.
Although Lux had Night Vision, what he could see from on top of the cliff was still limited, so he decided to view the battle from above.
That way, he would be able to make appropriate decisions, and deal with the enemy in real time.
As the Dragon Knight commanded his mount to go to the direction where Lux wanted to go, the situation on the ground had changed once again as the Yelan Light Cavalry caught up with the retreating Ammarian Soldiers and started a massacre.
"Don't let him out of our sights," Lux ordered Bedivere, who was eyeing the two escaping Ammarian Generals on the ground
"Yes, My Lord," Bedivere replied. "It's a shame that we can't use Dragon Breath to ignite the entire woodlands to block their path of escape. The wind is blowing against us, and I'm afraid that the dense smoke will hinder the Light Cavalry in their pursuit."
Lux nodded in agreement. "Don't worry. We made ample preparations beforehand."
There was another reason why Lux decided to hunt down the scouts that were tasked to monitor the movements of the Yelan Camp.
He wanted to plant Eiko's Bone Bombs in the middle of the Woodlands, so he could detonate it when the enemies made their escape.
"Go Eiko!" Lux said as the Ammarian Soldiers finally reached the location where the bombs were planted.
"Boom Boom Bakugan!" Eiko shouted from on top of Lux's head.
Immediately, loud booming sounds reverberated in the Woodlands as rock, dirt, flesh, and blood, splattered throughout the surroundings.
Screams of pain, frustration, and disbelief echoed in the dark night as Lux once again activated his ability, which was responsible for making the Ammarian Army turn in full retreat.
"Corpse Explosion!"
A new round of pain, suffering, and death, spread across the battlefield as the bodies of the fallen exploded, dealing Necrotic Damage and sending shrapnel of sharp bones to the terrified soldiers, who were trying their best to outrun the person that was in front of them, in order to have a higher chance of survival.
Running was the only thing they could think of at the moment, and they hoped that if they ran fast enough, they would be able to wake up from the nightmare that took the lives of their friends, and acquaintances, leaving nothing except their dying screams behind.
One of the professions that Rankers, and even Saints, didn't want to see in wars where each side numbered in the tens of thousands, was not a Sorcerer or a Wizard who could cast High-Ranking Spells that could decimate entire armies.
No. Each Kingdom had their own powerful mages that could do these things and more.
The profession that they were afraid to face off the most was none other than a Necromancer.
Especially Necromancers that didn't care whether they were killing friends or foes. In the end, it didn't matter to them. The only thing that they trusted was the Undead, and the more people that died, the more advantageous the battle was to them.
Necromancers that had become High-Rankers were true menaces to fight.
Saint-Ranked Necromancers were walking Calamities.
They specialized in curses, diseases, and other otherworldly spells that made even their fellow Saints didn't want to mess with them in large-scales wars unless it was a last resort.
But, that wasn't the most threatening thing about them.
The thing that made Necromancers, who had become Rankers, scary were their abilities to Raise the Dead.
Fighting against your former comrades at arms or family members could be the most traumatizing experience on the battlefield.
That was why, if there was a war, and they were fighting against a Necromancer, all the High-Ranking fighters of the opposing side would eliminate them first, or else the war wouldn't end until everyone had been turned into the walking dead.
Unfortunately, Lux still hadn't reached that Rank.
From an Initiate, his rank had degraded to that of an Apostle. Even if he had the Animate Undead Skill, the most it could do was revive 50 Undead.
When he became an Initiate, he could raise 200 Undead Warriors.
When he became an E-Ranker, he would be able to revive 2,000 of them.
Every successive rank would multiply the numbers of Undead he could raise by two.
The scary part about this was that he had the Doppelganger skill, as well as Asmodeus, who also had the Doppelganger skill.
The moment Lux became a Ranker, he would be able to command a horde of Undead to fight for him.
However, right now, he was an Apostle that was fighting against Rankers, whose strength, and power, outclassed him by several folds.
Raising the Dead would not be enough to tilt the tide of battle in his favor, so he did the only thing that he could do and that was…
"Corpse Explosion!"
The Half-Elf detonated the corpses that he had buried in strategic locations in the ground. He did that to ensure that he would be able to maximize the effect of his skill and kill as many Ammarian Soldiers as he could.
The battle had started less than an hour ago, yet the Half-Elf had already killed thousands of soldiers, but he wasn't satisfied with mere grunts.
His target was not General Phobus, who was the highest commanding officer of the Ammarian Army in the territory that they were fighting in.
No. He was after the bigger fish, and the same person that killed him and his friends a few days ago.
"Found you…" Lux narrowed his eyes as his Great Flame Skull, Lazarus, who was hidden near the top of a tree in the Woodland, locked his eyes on the retreating Ranker, who was making sure that General Phobus wouldn't be killed by the explosions that were happening around them.
"General Fahad, if you want to win this war, order your men to pursue them," Lux said as he pointed in the direction where the two Rankers of the Ammarian Kingdom were. "It's now or never, you won't get a second chance!"
General Fahad knew that Lux was right. This was the perfect opportunity to strike, so he immediately ordered his cavalry to accompany him in pursuit of the two Generals that had managed to capture their previous headquarters.
"All men, rally to me!" General Fahad shouted as he climbed on top of his Warhorse. "Kill them all!"
General Fahad led the charge, and the others immediately followed.
"Go with them, but stick together!" Lux ordered. "Your goal is not to target the Rankers, but eliminate the soldiers. Also, keep a lookout for our 'Dear Friends'. If you see them, don't hesitate to kill them. We are standing on opposing sides. Mercy will only get you killed."
All of his comrades nodded their heads in agreement to Lux's words. Even Malcolm and Henrietta, who still had reservations about killing their acquaintances, steeled themselves for the inevitable possibility of clashing blades with each other.
"Bedivere!" Lux shouted.
A dragon roar answered his call and the Dragon Knight landed by his side.
"Cai, I'm taking Fei Fei with me," Lux stated. "She will be staying with Bedivere and observing the battle from the sky. That way, you can fight without worrying about her safety."
"Thank you!" Cai felt relieved because it didn't really want to take Fei Fei onto the chaotic battlefield because there was a possibility that it would be facing off against stronger enemies.
If it was alone, the Boar was confident that it could retreat safely out of harm's way at any given time.
Fei Fei understood Lux's and Cai's intentions, so she jumped on the Half-Elf's shoulder, as the latter sat on the back of Bedivere's Dragon.
"Whatever happens, prioritize your safety," Lux said. "We will clear this dungeon together. Let General Fahad and his deputy deal with General Phobus and Second. We'll think of a way to kill them when they've been weakened. Let's go, Bedivere."
The dragon flapped its wings and soared towards the sky.
Although Lux had Night Vision, what he could see from on top of the cliff was still limited, so he decided to view the battle from above.
That way, he would be able to make appropriate decisions, and deal with the enemy in real time.
As the Dragon Knight commanded his mount to go to the direction where Lux wanted to go, the situation on the ground had changed once again as the Yelan Light Cavalry caught up with the retreating Ammarian Soldiers and started a massacre.
"Don't let him out of our sights," Lux ordered Bedivere, who was eyeing the two escaping Ammarian Generals on the ground
"Yes, My Lord," Bedivere replied. "It's a shame that we can't use Dragon Breath to ignite the entire woodlands to block their path of escape. The wind is blowing against us, and I'm afraid that the dense smoke will hinder the Light Cavalry in their pursuit."
Lux nodded in agreement. "Don't worry. We made ample preparations beforehand."
There was another reason why Lux decided to hunt down the scouts that were tasked to monitor the movements of the Yelan Camp.
He wanted to plant Eiko's Bone Bombs in the middle of the Woodlands, so he could detonate it when the enemies made their escape.
"Go Eiko!" Lux said as the Ammarian Soldiers finally reached the location where the bombs were planted.
"Boom Boom Bakugan!" Eiko shouted from on top of Lux's head.
Immediately, loud booming sounds reverberated in the Woodlands as rock, dirt, flesh, and blood, splattered throughout the surroundings.
Screams of pain, frustration, and disbelief echoed in the dark night as Lux once again activated his ability, which was responsible for making the Ammarian Army turn in full retreat.
"Corpse Explosion!"
A new round of pain, suffering, and death, spread across the battlefield as the bodies of the fallen exploded, dealing Necrotic Damage and sending shrapnel of sharp bones to the terrified soldiers, who were trying their best to outrun the person that was in front of them, in order to have a higher chance of survival.
Running was the only thing they could think of at the moment, and they hoped that if they ran fast enough, they would be able to wake up from the nightmare that took the lives of their friends, and acquaintances, leaving nothing except their dying screams behind.
