Chapter 29: Reversal of the Situation

  "Da-da-da... da-da-da...!"

  The urgent sound of galloping hooves rang out as Alex, riding his holy white warhorse, charged like a storm straight towards the undead army.

  Hearing the hoofbeats, the undead instinctively turheir heads to look behind them. But it was too te, as Alex was already upon them!

  "Hah!"

  Without hesitation, Alex swung his longsword, unleashing a golden wave of sword energy that struck the neancer directly in front of him.

  The neancer shuddered uhe powerful blow, then colpsed into a pile of broken bones, scattering everywhere.

  The staff it held fell to the ground, its dark glow fading signifitly. Meanwhile, several nearby skeletal archers quickly positiohemselves in front of the neancer, raising their bows to aim at Alex.

  "Whoosh!!"

  At that moment, Alex's holy white warhorse vanished. He rolled to the ground, dodging the first volley of arrows, and then sprang up, sword in hand, swinging it forward.

  Crusader Strike!

  "Boom—!"

  Several cross-shaped symbols exploded, enveloping the skeletal archers in a cloud of dust and debris, tearing a gap in the encirclement.

  Surprised by the sudden attack, the undead quickly turo defend against the outer assault.

  "Maintain the barrier, focus!"

  With one of the three neancers downed by Alex, the previously stable weakening barrier began to falter.

  Sensing the unstable magic, the neancer trolling the barrier crowled lowly, raising his staff towards Alex and starting to t.

  But before he could plete his spell, Alex pointed his sword at him from a distance.

  What is he doing?The neancer uzzled, thinking there were still several undead giants and skeletal soldiers between him and Alex.

  Did Alex really io attack him from here? But before the neancer could finish his thought, he felt as if his soul had been hammered. His visio bck, and he slumped, lifeless.

  Got him!

  Seeing the sed neaanding motionless like a puppet, Alex rolled to the side, dodging an attack from a skeletal soldier.

  The skill he had just used was "Repentance," a padin skill from the free world that paralyzed undead, demon and forces leaning towards evil. Fortunately, this pce was teeming with such creatures!

  "Yah!!"

  At that moment, Knight charged in from the other side. Though not as strong as Alex, his extetle experience proved invaluable. With Alex distrag the undead, quickly ehe remaining neancer.

  With the core neancer paralyzed and the other two uo focus, the weakening barrier pletely shattered like a bursting bubble.

  "Everyone, now! Break out!"

  Freed from the barrier's suppression, the surrouemple knights rallied and began their desperate breakout attempt.

  Alex, having successfully struck, wasn't about to let this opportunity slip by. Holy energy gathered around him, and as he swung his sword, a golden, sacred force erupted like a whirlwind.

  Dozens of swords formed from holy light scattered in all dires, pierg the surrounding undead. The undead screamed and disied into ashes uhe holy fmes.

  When Alex lowered his sword, the only things around him were the burning white fmes and the swirling bone ash. The light swords hovered and gradually faded, disappearing into the air.

  Such terrifying power!

  Witnessing this, both the undead and the temple knights, including Knight , were astounded.

  These were not ordinary undead; they were the most loyal warriors uhe lich, each powerful enough to challenge regur soldiers.

  This was why even the elite temple knights were trapped. But they hadn't expected this sudden reinfort to be so formidable, eliminating the undead in mere moments.

  They didn't know that this result wasn't just due to Alex's own strength but a bination of factors: the Royal Cross Swordsmanship he chose naturally tered undead, his sword, Skybreaker, boosted holy damage by 100%, and his soul stone from [Arthur] increased damage to undead by 50%. Additionally, his title [Holy Guardian] provided a 100% damage boost against evil.

  Altogether, Alex's attacks inflicted over 250% damage to undead, making him a force of overwhelmiru against them.

  The undead quickly ged their tactics. A giant undead strode towards Alex, r angrily as it raised its massive club and swung it down with great force.

  "Boom!"

  In the nick of time, Alex rolled backward, narrowly dodging the desding club that smashed into the ground where he had been. But before the undead giant could raise its club again, Alex lunged forward.

  Skybreaker, his swleamed with radiant holy light as he sshed in a crest arc.

  In a fsh of silver light, the undead giant's movements halted, and its head slid from its neck with a siing thud, its massive body colpsing to the ground.

  "Excellent swordsmanship!"

  A middle-aged knight leading the group narrowed his eyes at the sight. He had seen Alex's previous sword teiques, but they hadn't particurly impressed him.

  In this world, many sword styles existed, some passed down through geions, some discovered through fortuitous enters, and others ied by individuals.

  To an ordinary person, Alex's earlier attacks might have seemed terrifying, but to seasoned warriors, they were simply powerful.

  However, the , decisive strike Alex had just delivered, after dodging the giant's attack, showcased his true swordsmanship skills.

  It was effit and without unnecessary flourish. As the saying goes, amateurs watch the fun, experts watch the teique.

  While fshy moves might look good, true battlefield bat is brutal and straightforward, not as gmorous as depicted in movies or novels. And though swordsmanship is crucial, real strength is judged by fual skills.

  But this was no time for admiration. With Alex's ruthless entry, the battlefield's dynamics shifted.

  A third of the undead had already been eliminated, including the primary threats of neancers and undead giants.

  Without the weakening barrier, the temple knights could finally fight at full strength.

  The roles of hunter and prey reversed in an instant. The undead, who had earlier overwhelmed the knights, were now being huhemselves.

  Deprived of their neancer's support and the undead giants' intimidating presehe remaining undead were quickly cut down by the knights.

  "Thank you for your assistance!"

  With the immediate danger gohe middle-aged knight approached Alex and nodded in friendly aowledgment.

  "It's rare to find an ally here. I'm ander Malt of the Thirteenth Squad, directly uhe Bishop's and. And you are...?"

  "My name is Alex."

  Alex smiled slightly at the knight in front of him.

  "I'm an apprentice guardian knight from the Holy Temple in Star Moon City. I came here with Grand Knight Stone for a rescue mission, but unfortunately..."

  Alex gnced around and shrugged helplessly.

  "We got separated. Luckily, I entered Knight ..."

  "Indeed, very fortunate."

  Malt nodded. He had already questioned Knight and had some uanding of Alex's identity.

  Knowing that this young man was merely an apprentice guardian knight surprised Malt. The st strike Alex had delivered was of high caliber— and precise.

  Such a skillful move was typically seen from seasoned warriors, not someone so young. Seeing Alex's youthful appearance left Malt astonished.

  After all, while Alex's earlier swordsmanship might be expined by ied knowledge, a young man not evey uanding the sword so deeply was inprehensible.

  Even someone who started practig from birth wouldn't achieve such mastery.

  Of course, Malt had no idea that Alex's proficy came from tless near-death experiences.

  "Sir, the battlefield has been cleared."

  As they versed, a knight responsible for clearing the battlefield approached, saluted, and handed over several dark, crystal-like objects.

  "Mid-level soul crystals?"

  Malt furrowed his brow as he examihe thumb-sized bck crystals—soul cores left by undead creatures upoh.

  On this ti, all beings possessed simir cores. Magical beasts and undead, influenced by magic, left soul cores upoh, whereas humans and animals required special methods to extrad deheir souls into crystals.

  These methods were dangerous, cruel, and baypically used only by neao harvest power.

  Soul cores were valuable, used as energy sources for alchemical structs or to pic arrays and teleportation circles. Given their quality, these crystals could fetch a good price at alchemy shops e guilds.

  "These are your spoils, Mr. Alex."

  Malt hahe soul cores to Alex, who weighed them in his hand. Just as he was about to speak, a system notification chimed in his ear.

  [Detected valuable items that be verted. Proceed with version and recharge?]

  What? Alex was stunned by the system prompt.

  Recharge?

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