Chapter 295: Section 206: Foreign Malevolent Guest (Part 3)
The vehicle was moving slowly, and it wasn’t Jiaxi’s fault. The recent collision might have scratched something underneath the car—Malin could feel the vehicle ’shuddering’. Ultimately, the car gave out halfway through exiting the alley.
Malin and the girls hopped out on the spot, using the car and the entrance of the alley as a barricade to exchange fire with the Skeletons across from them, while also assessing the situation on the street—they were protecting the Church forces from being flanked by the Skeletons, as the Punishers behind them were covering the main force’s flank.
Jiaxi glanced underneath the car and said the axle was broken—it was completely done for. Malin knew staying there was not an option, so he had the girls assist the Punishers on the street side in fighting the Skeletons while he took Jiaxi back to the central defense line.
Malin hadn’t gone far when Faye spotted a problem: "They’ve lost control!"
Lost control? Clovis pulled her ears aside and poked her head out to see—she noticed that these Skeletons were no longer forming ranks. The shield-bearing Skeletons, who had been covering the Archers, charged over, facing an array of Spell Formations, Flame Bursts, and Fireballs, Divine Rays and Holy Missiles, with complete disregard for themselves and the shooters behind them.
"The one controlling them ran off!" Clovis retracted her head and spoke—being a Mage, she knew about Skeleton Undead, which were opportunists and bandits from the Undead dimension. They loved to set coordinates on some exotic items, and after these had circulated for a while, they would act, reaping souls from the worlds of the living.
They didn’t care at all about the outcome of the battle, breaking even was the baseline for these scum.
Clearly, the one who had fled was in no way associated with the word ’loss’.
The mood behind the car was somewhat subdued until Lillim came up with a question: "It seems like Mister Malin is going to make a wasted trip."
... Malin ran back to the street with Jiaxi, only to find it filled with people, and the bones of the Undead Skeletons scattered on the ground.