This formed the second phase of Sars's plan, to disperse the Orc royals, eliminate them, and subsequently summon a significant number of them to besiege the Orc king.
Yet, plans are but plans, ever susceptible to the whims of fate.
The invincible might of the orc king wreaked havoc on the battlefield, effortlessly obliterating lower tier royals, and its keen senses allowed it to discern the hidden undead royals with clarity before the strategy to slay the orc royals could commence.
The undead side had already suffered the loss of several royals.
Apart from the higher tier royals, who could barely evade some of the orc king's assaults thanks to their aerial advantage, none of the others were spared.
At that moment, Jack, positioned at the edge, was engaged in combat with an orc royal.
The black blade of his weapon sealed off all avenues of retreat for the orc, and Jack effortlessly severed its great sword.
With the orc disarmed, its demise was merely a matter of time.
Just as Jack was poised to deliver the final blow, a tremendous ax light surged in from the side, moving with incredible speed.
Utilizing his remarkable agility, Jack attempted to evade, but fate was unkind.
With a thud, Jack's body crashed heavily to the ground, his legs completely severed.
Had he not reacted swiftly, he might have perished on the spot, a colossal skeletal dragon descended from the heavens with a thunderous crash, attempting to obstruct the Orc king.
Yet, it stood no chance against such a formidable opponent.
The Orc King halted his advance, and with a sweeping arc of light from his ax, he shattered the skeletal dragon's domain and its breath of fire, cleaving it in twain.
As the orc king scattered the dragon's massive carcass, he sought to pursue and eliminate Jack, only to discover that Jack had vanished into the distance.
The Orc king searched frantically, for the black flames emanating from Jack instilled a deep sense of dread within him.
Meanwhile, the gravely injured Jack had been carried aloft by Arthur.
As Dachi employed his healing abilities to mend Jack's wounds in due course, Jack's legs regenerated.
Yet, the spiritual damage inflicted by the Orc king was beyond Dachi's capacity to remedy in a short span of time.
"Do not waste your mana on me any longer.
Go and slay our foes," Jack rasped.
After a meager attempt at healing yielded little success, Dachi resigned himself to the situation.
to evade the Orc King's gaze.
The weakened Jack mounted a skeletal dragon, biting his time in the air.
The Orc king locked his gaze upon Jack, intent on using his domain to ensnare him.
However, the seven kings had been forewarned by Bayou, and Jack had already elevated his skeletal dragon beyond the reach of the Orc King's attacks.
Although the Orc king yearned to soar into the skies to deliver a fatal blow, his prowess in flight was not as formidable as his combat skills.
resulting in a rather sluggish ascent.
Furthermore, he was apprehensive that pursuing this singular royal target would lead to greater losses for his orc forces.
Surveying the battlefield, the orc king realized that his brief pause had allowed the orcs to once again find themselves at a disadvantage.
Reluctantly, he redirected his efforts toward the defending necromancer king.
Jack's ability to escape could only be attributed to luck.
The other royal entities were not so fortunate.
Once the orc king had marked a target, escape was nearly impossible.
In the distance, SARS, having dispatched an orc king, became acutely aware of Jack's predicament.
He swiftly discerned that the Orc king exhibited an unusual sensitivity, if not outright aversion, to dark magic and necroantic energies, prioritizing the elimination of those wielding such powers.
The necromancer's avatars, meant to fight by possessing royal entities, immediately became the orc king's next targets, falling victim to his wrath.
Even the necromancer's avatars had not escaped and scathed, with several already slain.
Though fortunately, the true necromancer was not present.
Sars unleashed a chilling frost that swiftly encased the surrounding orcs in ice, followed by a flash of sword light that cleaved them all.
He then turned his gaze to the nearby necromancer avatar which was prepared for SARS to enhance his own abilities.
Necromancer, utilize your avatar to faint an attack.
Divert the orc king and allow the other royals to converge here.
We have but this one chance to eradicate as many of these orc kings as possible.
Sars promptly conveyed this straightforward plan to the necromancer whose avatar dissolved into black mist, disappearing from sight.
This tactic could only be employed once for the or king was no fool and would not be easily deceived a second time across the vast battlefield.
A small contingent of royal entities was converging towards the western flank while the orish royalty instinctively pursued them.
Meanwhile, on the eastern side of the battlefield, six kings accompanied by all the highranking undead were subtly gathering.
The Orish royalty, under the impression that the undead were in retreat, gave it little thought and relentlessly chased after them.
The sheer scale of the battlefield, teaming with 400,000 undead alongside the Orcs army, rendered it difficult for even the Orish king to perceive such intricacies.
Had it not been for the presence of a necromancer, a king among the undead, issuing commands, the orders would have struggled to reach all royal entities in an instant.
Suddenly, from the western side of the battlefield, dark tendrils surged skyward as the undead royals merged with the necromancer.
Their power exponentially amplified.
They charged towards the pursuing Orcish royalty.
The gaze of the Orish king was swiftly drawn to this spectacle as a colossal arc of axe light cleaved the heavens, propelling him towards the western flank of the battlefield.
This assembly of undead royals was precisely what he had sought.
Chapter 344.
The action begins.
At this moment, over 30 Wraith Kings congregated on the Western Front, all simultaneously possessed by necromancers.
These kings were unavoidably used as bait, a regrettable necessity in the face of the formidable Orc king.
Sars was acutely aware that should these lower tier kings be cornered by the Orc king, the likelihood of any undead surviving was nearly non-existent.
On the Easter battlefield, nearly 50 kings, led by six prominent figures, had quietly assembled.
Even the spectral dragons and skeletal dragons hovered vaguely above their heads.
Presently, the number of orc kings surpassed that of the wraith kings.
The orcs dispatched the undead with far greater efficiency than Sars and his allies could eliminate their foes.
Almost 70 orc kings had gathered, outnumbering the undead by 20.
They noted with growing confidence that all the undead had clustered together.
Believing that the opportunity to annihilate the enemy's main force was at hand.
Swiftly eliminate the adversaries.
Sars commanded, recognizing the opportune moment.
Concurrently, the necromancers beside him summoned nearly 50 phantoms to enhance the strength of each king.
In an instant, the density of deathly energy emanating from the east exceeded that of the western battlefield.
The orc king glanced back, but did not dwell on the matter, choosing instead to focus on defeating the immediate threats before him.
After all, the distances between the eastern and western fronts were vast in this chaotic battleground.
Even if the orc king wished to rush over, it would take nearly half a minute to traverse the expanse.
He could not recklessly charge forward without risking harm to his fellow orcs.
Upon being possessed by the necromancers, the undead experienced an immediate elevation in rank.
Some of the lower tier kings even ascended two levels, marking a qualitative leap in their overall combat prowess.
Notably, the highest ranked death guardian ascended to level 9, becoming the most formidable force on the battlefield aside from the orc king.
In that moment, all the undead retaliated against the surrounding orc kings, unleashing frost, bone fire, and spirit attacks.
Each imbued with a sinister black aura that corroded everything in its path, draining the life force of the orcs and disrupting their souls.
An eerie phenomenon indeed.
This transformation endowed even the previously less destructive undead with terrifying destructive power.
Necromancer level, level 9, king.
It was then that the six kings realized that perhaps the necromancers would achieve their ascension to the emperor tier ahead of their queen.
A piercing blue black sword light ravaged the battlefield as Sars wielded his sword with the ease of a master in an unchallenged realm.
His other hand conjuring magic to aid in the fray.
After parrying an orcas attack with a single stroke, a chilling force surged through Sars's left hand, manifesting as a colossal spike that pierced through his opponent.
As another orc launched an assault from the side, the icy spike vanished, transforming into a massive skeletal shield that protected SARS.
The orc observed a slender gap in the center of the bone shield, only to see Sars's weapon thrust forth from within.
However, this orc was a leader evidently of a higher rank than the previous adversary.
And with a downward motion of his great ax, he deflected Sars's strike using merely the haft.
The orc swiftly retreated, raising its massive ax to unleash a devastating strike, intent on cleaving SARS and twain.
Yet, no matter how fiercely it swung, the ax remained suspended above its head, ins snared by an unforeseen chain.
In a fleeting moment the orc turned, a flash of black blade struck, causing its pupils to constrict in terror.
With a thud, its head fell to the ground.
The Reaper's Sentinel retracted its scythe, redirecting its assault toward the remaining orcs.
A square barrier materialized upon the battlefield, encapsulating five orc kings in its grasp.
Conjured by Arthur from heavens, once ablaze with azure flames, Arthur now bore a shroud of black fire, a manifestation of the necromancer's possession, rendering him all the more sinister and formidable.
Within the confines of the barrier, the life force of the five or kings waned rapidly.