Chapter 141 – Walls of Flesh and the Silence That Lurks
Smoke and light continued to color the gray sky, casting silhouettes over a battlefield devoid of humanity. The blackened earth was cracked and scorched, soaked in blood that had long turned black. Lifeless bodies piled up like the harvest of a cursed season. Screams both human and zombie echoed like a war’s lament, void of mercy.
Sylvia’s army held their ground. But the pressure was far from over.
From the east came a loud sound, like a stone gong crashing through the air. The ground trembled but not like ordinary marching. It was heavier. Slower. More massive.
Zark, who had just destroyed two enemy zombie mages with a surge of dark magic, quickly turned toward the sound. His eyes narrowed, and he shouted through magical voice amplification.
"Right flank! Prepare Break-Lance formation! Something big is coming!"
The eastern troops reacted instantly. Spearmen and spellcasters reinforced the front line, forming a net-shaped defense layered with magic threads. It was a specialized formation meant to hinder giant monsters and they knew this wasn’t just any creature.
From within the dense purple fog, it appeared.
A grotesque abomination, three stories tall, its body a fusion of dozens of zombies melded together, forming a wall of flesh and bone. Countless faces were trapped on its surface, screaming in silence. Arms protruded at odd angles from its sides and back, as if trying to crawl out but forever imprisoned. In its chest, a large bluish-purple heart pulsed slowly, emanating a choking aura of death.
Above, Sylvia sat calmly on her zombie dragon, veiled in a shroud of darkness. Her expression twisted with disgust as she beheld the monstrosity.
"Disgusting," she muttered coldly. "Impure. A parody of life."
The creature opened its gaping mouth but no sound came out. Instead, a wave of deadly vibrations blasted across the field, slamming into the minds of her troops. Several zombie mages coughed up black blood, others staggered violently as if their bodies were about to implode from within.