By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 14 Part 1 by Roy

Author:Roy
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 8, Episode 19: Base Camp and Lunch

By noon, the Undead we had funneled to us through the explosions and terrain had been dealt with, although the process had been fairly time-consuming.

As we’d planned, we then marched into the City of Lost Souls. Now that any Undead in the vicinity of the gates had been wiped out, the ruins were eerily quiet. It was like a ghost town, in the true sense of the word. It wouldn’t be quiet for long, though. We expected plenty of Undead to swarm from farther within the city once night fell. Stage two of our plan was to secure a base camp.

The city was formed of concentric circles with the tower at its center. Simple, rectangular cell blocks lined each circle, made asymmetrical by marks of repairs and additions. From a bird’s-eye view, the city might have looked like the surface of a stump, riddled with bug bites and notches.

Circular paths ran alongside the buildings, connected by long, descending stairs that ran from the gate to the tower. The circular wards doubled as fences that made it difficult for prisoners to clear, especially as each level grew higher closer to the exterior. No zombie or skeleton could climb over those structures, at least.

First, I sent the grave slimes—now that their numbers had multiplied—to block off the paths where they met the central stairs. Then, we cleared the buildings nearest to the stairs, taking out any Undead we found inside, and sealed the buildings off with Holy Space.

Lucky for us, the cell blocks all had a simple layout. We had five of them blocked off without a hitch, when my goblins contacted me about the task I’d given them.

“They’re almost ready for the experiment,” I announced.

“Then let’s make this our last block,” Reinbach said. “It’s just about lunch time, anyway.”

“That would give us three on either side of the stairs. Let’s get it done,” Sever agreed.

“Ready when you are,” Remily said.

“Here we go. Flash Grenade.” I threw a baseball-sized ball of light through an opening in the building where there must have once been a window, and we all ducked below the opening.

I honed in my magical energy detection when a strong flash and short bursts of cries came from the building. I’d modeled this spell after a flashbang grenade so we could clear out any Undead hidden in the block. This time, a few slippery wraiths had slipped through the walls to avoid the explosion of light.

“Light Ball.” Remily was ready, though, and sniped them out with her spell.

Then Sever and Reinbach entered the building and ensured no Undead remained inside. Once we sealed it off with Holy Space to keep other Undead from making their way inside, we’d cleared the building.

“Nice shot,” I said to Remily.

“You weren’t too shabby yourself,” she answered.

“Try not to get carried away with your experiment after lunch,” Sever said. “Our operation will really kick into gear after sundown. We should get some sleep before nightfall.”

We’d already eliminated countless Undead this morning, but it was only a warm-up for tonight.

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