Northern edge of the Great Forest of Tob.
An undead army, numbering over five thousand, slowly emerged from the forest. The sky above their heads, which also seemed affected by the massive negative energy gathered by the army, became gloomy and dim.
Zombies, zombie beasts, skeletons, and skeleton archers. These various types of undead could still make people feel fearful, even if they lacked neat formations.
The Lizardmen of the Five Tribes hid behind hastily constructed crude shelters, each with a very serious look.
It was certain.
The total number of combatants on the Lizardman side was only fourteen hundred, less than a third of the enemy's forces.
And what bothered Zaryusu and the others the most was that among the undead army were a dozen tall undead warriors who emitted a trembling aura and looked extremely difficult to deal with.
"Hey, have you ever seen such undead?"
Zenberu looked at the large individuals mixed in with the regular undead ranks and asked with a serious tone. If you can grasp information from the other party, you can better formulate countermeasures and gain a combat advantage.
There was nothing wrong with thinking like this, but it clearly overlooked one thing.
Even he, a traveler who had been exposed to the New World, didn't know, let alone the other ancient Lizardmen who had never left their lands and received new knowledge.
Sure enough, after asking, neither Zaryusu nor the others were able to answer the question. However, the mysterious Lizardman who followed them provided the answer.
"They are Death Knights and Death Warriors—very powerful undead. Among them, Death Knights have a special ability to turn targets they kill into undead followers, which should receive special attention."
"Turn followers?"
After hearing the mysterious Lizardman's introduction, Zaryusu's eyes returned to the Death Knights, and his expression became extremely grave.
The influence of these undead on the battle situation could be imagined. If one did not successfully contain them, the number of enemies could be continuously replenished or even increased as the battle progressed, while one's own side bore the weakening of strength caused by continuous attrition.
This was an extremely disadvantageous situation.
"Dear adults, can we deal with those Death Knights?"
After a moment of thought, Zaryusu sought an answer from the mysterious Lizardman.
Because there were only five mysterious Lizardmen, but the number of Death Knights that appeared was eight, even if they could each contain one, there would still be three Death Knights remaining.
So, the strength of the Death Knights had to be determined, choosing the most appropriate way to temporarily block these big ones.
The next second, the mysterious Lizardman broke the last hope in Zaryusu's heart, "Unfortunately, with the strength of the five of you, at most you can only temporarily contain one. So I suggest that you try to avoid facing them and play your greater role elsewhere on the battlefield."
"We will try our best to destroy these Death Knights as quickly as possible. Before that, we can only ask you to hold on."
What bad news.
If those brave male Lizardmen could guarantee to destroy the Death Knights, they would certainly be stronger than the Death Knights. However, they needed to contain themselves and others, which meant that it would not be easy for them to kill the Death Knights.
How many Lizardmen would be killed and transformed into enemies before all Death Knights were eliminated, and what battle losses would occur? He was afraid no one could know about this.
But Zaryusu knew that he and the others had no choice, "Please leave it to all of you."
As they spoke, the Legion of Death had already begun to attack, and zombies and skeletons advanced in large formations consisting of one left and one right.
Under the influence of the swamp, zombies were significantly more resistant, and coupled with their already slow movements, they were quickly left behind by the skeletons.
And on the "Lizardman side."
The 'Lizardman's unique traditional brew' drunk by all Lizardman warriors before the battle had a special exciting effect, so even though they were outnumbered, their fighting spirit was exceptionally high.
The Lizardman warriors, armed with leather shields, charged ahead of the Skull Strikers against the rain of arrows fired by the Skull Archers.
In an instant, countless bones scattered and the stormtroopers crashed hard into the skeleton army.
Undead of the skeleton type had super resistance to piercing weapon attacks due to their body structure, and slashing weapon effects were not very effective against them.
If it were a human legion with swords as its main weapon, it would probably take a lot of effort to achieve victory. However, due to their humble civilization, the Lizardmen used weapons that happened to be hammer-like, nail-headed weapons that were effective against Skeleton Undead.
Every time a Lizardman attacked, the skeleton's bone body was easily displaced. Even if it could withstand the first strike, the second strike would completely disable them. And the skeleton's rusty sword slashed against the Lizardmen's scaled skin but bounced off, unable to inflict effective damage.
For a moment, the Lizardman warriors displayed their extraordinary fighting abilities.
Zaryusu and the others, seeing such a state of battle, were filled with joy, but a heavier vigilance also came.
The main forces like the Death Knights and Death Warriors, who were in the army of death, had not yet been sent, meaning, the current battle was merely about playing house.
At that moment, an inspiring charge chant sounded again on the Lizardman side.
Each of the five mysterious Lizardmen led a five-person team and rushed towards the Death Knights, who were the biggest threats in the battle.
Like five sharp spears, they fiercely pierced the undead army's formation, and all the undead standing in front of the five of them—whether zombies, skeletons, or stronger zombie beasts—could not withstand their casual blows.
Only by overcoming those big ones, there is hope to win this fight!
Zaryusu and the others followed the attack of the mysterious Lizardmen, secretly hoping for it.
Deep within the Great Forest of Tob, a magical scrying mirror transmitted the same image to Cocytus's eyes and also to his subordinates, equally astonishing them.
"I didn't expect such combat power to be hidden among the Lizardmen. Well... Are they original members of the tribe or outsiders who interfered?"
Cocytus thought with a little caution.
While he pondered it, the mysterious Lizardmen were already fighting the Death Knights. Although he was stronger, the Death Knights were falling behind in battle.
Such a situation truly caused concern.
Recalling Ainz-sama's message, instead of giving orders to his subordinates and army on his own initiative, Cocytus prepared to report back to the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
But unbeknownst to him, at this moment in the Tenth Floor of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Ainz was discussing another critical matter with many Guardians.
"Ainz-sama, this might be a trap, and Narberal is being used by the enemy as bait to attract our rescue."
The smile Demiurge wore daily had vanished, and his expression appeared extremely serious.
Narberal was on a mission to the Re-Estize Kingdom, and not only her, but all the Shadow Demons stalking important members of the Kingdom sent timed replenishments to Nazarick once the designated time arrived.
Those previously responsible for gathering intelligence lost contact with Narberal and others, and Demiurge immediately dispatched reconnaissance guards to the Re-Estize Kingdom. They discovered that Narberal was besieged by enemies and all the Shadow Demons hiding in the kingdom were annihilated.
Given that the other party was the Church of Destiny, with the power of Kael and the others, it wouldn't take long to capture Narberal.
Then, the possibility of the enemy coming for a rescue at the siege point was very high.
At that moment, Ainz also received a war report from Cocytus, and the barrage of bad news weighed on him to the extreme.
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