Kerry looked around to see where the voice came from but he could find no source for it.It was clearly the demon which had yet to be summoned into this world.Its soul was present but it hadn't yet developed a body.
"We won't let you put an end to the ritual."Kerry looked to where the new voice came from and looked to see several liches which were floating towards them.Three of them being at the low A class and the rest at the high B class.
The liches that were chanting immediately completed their spell and bony and fleshy limbs immediately began to break out of the ground.The liches had clearly summoned a battalion of undead to fight for them and there were multiple different kinds including ghouls,zombies,flesh golems and flesh reavers.
The undead immediately went to attack the living within the room that excluded the necromancers.
"You soldiers handle the small fry whilst we handle the liches."ordered Derris towards the soldiers behind him which included royal guards from Kerrys and Terry's squads.
The living and the undead immediately collided and and engaged each other.There was am intertangled mess of swords,claws,spears,fangs and scythes.The forces were about even but the undeads limitless stamina would make the difference in the battle clear very soon.
Kerry knew that he had to deal with the liches quickly or they would be put under.Kerry launched a powerful slash of wind towards the liches which resulted in them blocking the attack by surrounding their bodies with a dark membrane.They were clearly using the spell death sphere.
Kerry was currently at 50% of his total mana capacity whilst Terry was at 70% of his total mana capacity.They had used up all that mana on the darkness wrym which had large durability and survivability.In this case they would be fighting against powerful mages.
There was one way to tip the scales in their favour and that was to get Derris to use his mana device.The problem was that Derris had little control over his mana and there was a high probability of causing damage to the cellars infrastructure and causing a cave in if they used the device.
Actually perhaps they could cause a cave in and interrupt the ritual but Kerry didn't want to do that just yet.They would try and exterminate the liches and necromancers first but they would use a cave in as a last resort.
That was Kerrys chain of thinking as he battled against the liches.He immediately summoned a giant blade of wind that was a fraction of the size he used a against the darkness wrym.This was because he wanted durability and strengh over size and destructiveness.He would use this blade to chip the liches to pieces.
Kerry proceeded to chop a high B rank lich in half whilst Terry bumped his bladed knuckle dusters together which caused his fists to be surrounded by flames.He then proceeded to clobber another high B rank lich.
One of the low A rank liches immediately tried to curse the two royal guard captains with blindness.The curse however failed for some reason and the lich seemed confused until a blade appeared from between its eyebrows.Derris had done a sneak attack to kill it quickly whilst it was distracted.
An amulet on Kerrys neck glowed briefly whilst he was fighting.He immediately realised that a lich tried to put a curse on him.Luckily all three royal guard captains came prepared with magical devices that protected against dark magic and dark curses.
The three royal guard captains then ganged up on the remaining two low A class liches which was child's play since Derris was at the low-mid A class and overwhelmed them with his strengh and speed.
With the liches dead the undead they controlled also fell dead as the liches were the ones who had imbued them with life.The three royal guard squads were now free to do what they wanted.
"Incompetent human filth I can't believe I have to do things by myself."the voice from before spoke again.
The ritual the necromancers were performing was forcibly interrupted and stopped and everyone aside from Orion fell to the ground.As Orion looked around he realised everyone was asleep.
"Hummmppphh I can't believe I have to possess a body instead of having one created for me.I can't be bothered to do this."As the voice said that a dark mist spread from the pile of dead bodies and entered the body of a certain fire mage.
"I can't tell the strengh of the bodies in this state so hopefully I got lucky or I'll be in this body for quite a while."said the possessed Harkon until he noticed Orion standing in the distance who seemed confused at what to do in this situation.