chapter 33

As No.0 propelled closer to the Rosen army mass grave, the feeling of intense dread rise.

"What is this! How can anyone exert this much power!" he thought as he keeps on running toward the place that exerts all the death energy.

When he arrived at the mass grave, he saw two figure standing in front of a large pit.

One had a black cloak while the other was a young teen wearing the standard armor of the Rosen kingdom.

"A squire? Did he got kidnapped?" No.0 thought

"That's enough you heretic! Release that young squire this instant and face the wrath of God!!" he roared at Luminous.

Luminous instantly grabbed Leonard and jumped down the pit.

No.0 quickly rushed over- however when he arrived at the mouth of the pit and glance down, a hand poked out and grabbed him.

"Rurgghh!!!" a dried dead voice called out at the other end of the hand.

"Vile undead! Begone!" No.0 punched the zombie back into the pit and quickly look around in an attempt to find Luminous and Leonard, however, he found nothing but more undead trying to crawl out of the pit.

"Damn!" he cursed.

"What happens- oh my god?!" Gilbert arrived at where No.0 was and trying to ask him what's going on when he saw the moving corpses in the pit.

"The Necromancer stole away one of the squire and left us with this mess here." No.0 told him.

"Huh?" Gilbert looks at No.0 with a confused face.

"What are you stand there for?! Help kill these vile undeads?! Go find more people to help out! Don't just stand there like an idiot." No.0 shouted at him.

*****

Far away outside of the Rosen army camp.

Leonard and Luminous were sitting under the shade of a tree inside a forest.

"...so that guy a demon hunter?" Leonard asked her with a strange yet amused expression on his face.

"Yes...why you ask?" Luminous asked him.

"No nothing, he looks really dumb that's all." Leonard shrugged.

"What makes you said that?" she questioned.

Leonard pointed at Luminous.

"I think that guy mistaken you for the Necromancer, instead of me….is his head working right? I thought you say that the Demon Hunter could sense magic." Leonard added.

"...maybe he got confused? With all the death magic floating around, and I wearing all blacks and all..." she then looks back at Leonard.

"Besides, you look nothing like a necromancer, too pure and innocent," she added sarcastically.

"Pfft…"Leonard couldn't help but held back his giggle.

"But seriously, find everyone else and head back now," Leonard told her.

Luminous nodded in agreement, both of them quickly disappear from where they were sitting.

The two of them headed off to find their comrade and head back to the Evergreen army encampment.

*****

Back in the Rosen army camp.

Gilbert was currently watching his soldiers piling up their comrade dead body in a large hill and ready to set it on fire, however, the soldier was a bit hesitant.

"Burn the body quickly! We don't want any weird disease or curse to spread right?"

Gilbert called out to the man.

"Right away, General." he immediately threw the torch on to the small hill of corpses, and instantly a fire raged out.

"So, you're telling me that you somehow didn't piss off a necromancer now?" No.0 who stood next to Gilbert questioned him.

"I swear that is true, we didn't piss off any necromancer," Gilbert confirmed it.

"Then it means that the Evergreen has hired one to fight you...this problem just got even more complicated...you know those freak are literally a walking disaster in the battlefield." No.0 told him.

"But worry not...with the Demon hunter corp here, the outcome will still not change, get your troops ready as soon as possible, we are moving out."

No.0 added.

"Right away," Gilbert answered.

Gilbert feeling was quite complicated, the church sent in their reinforcement, however, he felt like he just lost his authority as a general of an army to their newly reinforcement.

*****

Outside of the Evergreen army camp.

A group of men in green cloak and hood, holding a crossbow on their back along with some ammunition stood there, and in front of them was Leonard and Luminous.

"Hey! We're back!" Leonard called out to the knights who were guarding the front of the camp.

There were surprised on their face as they saw Leonard group.

"Look! They're back! Hurry up and inform the higher up!" one of the knights elbowed his comrade and hurried him off to find their superiors.

After the man left the one who stayed behind rushed to Leonard in order to welcome him and lead him and everyone else inside.

When Leonard got inside the camp, there were five people waiting for him, two of the five who were waiting actually gave him quite a surprise.

"What are you doing here, Ryan and Mavis!" he shouted out to them, the two girls quickly rushed over to his side, and they all seem to forget the men who were standing there waiting.

Erik, Conner, and Vandal were speechless that Leonard noticed the girl first before them.

Ryan tackled Leonard.

"Leonard, I was so worried, I heard from uncle Conner and Mavis that you might be in a dangerous situation,"

"...uh..yeah...I'm fine really…" Leonard scratched his cheek lightly as he muttered out those words.

*cough *cough, Erik who was standing on the side with the sad men gave two light coughs.

"...I sure you got a lot to catch up, but I assume Leonard has important pieces of information to deliver?" Erik questioned him.