From Baron to Lord

The moment Allen and the others appeared, they were like fireflies in the night.

Countless undead creatures swarmed towards them almost instantly.

"Get out of the way!" Allen took the lead, seeing a dozen or so Saint-tier experts rushing towards him. Knowing they were key, he waved his hand, and a shocking sword aura flew out, forcing them to retreat.

Marco and the others protected Ceciliana in the middle, dealing with the tidal wave of skeleton soldiers.

Ceciliana had been corrupted by the Abyss for thousands of years, so she was naturally extremely familiar with it.

Ceciliana closed her eyes, sensed for a moment, and said with certainty, "It's just ahead."

Allen and Marco and the others fought their way through a bloody path, leading Ceciliana towards that direction.

Sure enough, they quickly arrived in front of a dark and gloomy cave, which exuded an astonishing power of the Abyss.

Allen hurriedly threw the interspatial scroll into the cave. Watching the scroll fall inside, everyone held their breath.

Chapter 425: Kerding's Death, Crisis Resolved

Allen and Ceciliana stared intently at the interspatial scroll flying into the Abyss, success or failure hung on this one move.

If even the Abyss couldn't destroy the interspatial scroll, there would be no other way. Allen and the others would have to hurry up, pack their things, and run.

As soon as the interspatial scroll entered the Abyss, the entire scroll began to be rapidly corrupted by the Abyss, and its surface became pitch black.

Then, the entire scroll began to tremble, and it became more and more violent. The surrounding space also began to distort.

"It seems to be working." Allen and Ceciliana were somewhat delighted, but seeing that the situation was not quite right, Allen timely stood in front of everyone, waved his hand, and many magic defense arrays appeared.

Facts proved that Allen was indeed prescient.

Soon, cracks appeared on the interspatial scroll, and the cracks continued to extend and expand. The interspatial scroll made cracking sounds.

Then, the entire scroll exploded in an instant, and a large area of the surrounding space also suffered.

Not only the interspatial scroll, but also the collapse of the space inside, caused cracks to appear in that space containing the power of the Abyss.

Allen was terrified. Fortunately, only the space inside the interspatial scroll was broken. If the space outside was also like this, it could easily tear them into pieces.

Fortunately, the space at the edge of the Abyss only showed cracks and did not shatter.

With the space's powerful recovery ability, it was almost instantly repaired. "Ah!"

Kerding's screams came from that space, but were quickly drowned out by the explosion.

As the interspatial scroll and the power of the Abyss began to explode, a shockwave also spread rapidly.

Fortunately, Allen had already prepared, and most of the energy was focused on destroying the space, so the shockwave was not so terrible. At least Allen could easily block it.

Even the skeleton soldiers outside, only the closest pile was destroyed, and the others that were slightly further away were only impacted and staggered.

As the explosion sounded, a black beam of light suddenly soared into the sky, which was the power of the Abyss.

Soon, the beam of light gradually became smaller, and the black energy also disappeared.

And there, only a huge pit appeared. Whether it was the interspatial scroll, the power of the Abyss, or that Kerding, they were all gone.

The skeleton soldiers surrounding Allen and Ceciliana also sensed something, and let out a burst of wailing.

Then, a series of crackling sounds rang out from their bodies, and their entire skeleton trembled, turning into a pile of withered bones and falling to the ground.

This sound rang out one after another. Watching the surrounding skeleton soldiers turn into a pile of bones, it was a little creepy.

Soon, Allen and Ceciliana were surrounded by mountains of bones, and they could only fly into the air.

Looking from the air, it was even more shocking. The overwhelming skeleton soldiers had all turned into piles of bones, and the entire seabed had been raised by several meters.

"It's finally over." Ceciliana looked at everything with complicated eyes, feeling somewhat sad, but also somewhat relieved.

"Yes, it's finally over." Allen also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go back quickly!" Allen stayed on this pile of bones and still felt very uncomfortable, reminding them.

"Okay." Ceciliana nodded, really preparing to leave.

"Then why is there still one person?" Marco looked at one place with a solemn expression.

"What?" Allen quickly turned his head. There was still a fish that escaped the net?

Allen looked in the direction Marco was pointing. It turned out to be Cruise, who had been mentioned before. At this time, he was lying on a pile of bones with his eyes closed.

Allen frowned and glanced at Ceciliana, only to see her excitedly going over, and could only remain silent.

"Cruise, wake up." Ceciliana went to the man's side and shook him, but there was no reaction at all.

"Ceciliana, do you know him?" Allen could only speak. He didn't want to see Ceciliana always by this Cruise's side.

"Yes." Ceciliana was excited and didn't notice Allen's strangeness at all.

"This is Cruise, one of the three great Saint-tier experts of the Atys Empire, and also the strongest among us."

"But later, he sacrificed himself to save me." Ceciliana was a little depressed, but seeing Cruise lying on the ground, she became happy again, "So he didn't die."

You are really amazing. Two of the three Saint-tier experts died to save you.

Also, why do they still look like living people even after they are dead?

Does the Abyss have a preservation function?

However, Allen could only dare to think about these things, but he didn't dare to say them out loud.

Considering that this guy had saved Cecilmina, and now it seemed that he wouldn't die anytime soon, Allen decided to take him along.

However, since Cruise had been contaminated by the abyss after all, and although Keding was now dead and the power of the abyss had no source, Allen still took some precautions on him to prevent any accidents.

Then, Allen used the power of the Mind Dragon to remove the power of the abyss from him and threw him into the dragon's nest.

Now, Allen and the others no longer had to hide. They all sat on the giant dragons, heading back towards Sphyt City with their heads held high.

On the way, Allen also saw the bones of many skeleton soldiers after they died, but there were also some skeleton soldiers still struggling to survive, which made Allen quite curious.

"Could it be a signal delay?" Keding thought maliciously.

However, seeing their half-dead appearance, Allen didn't worry too much. Even if they weren't eliminated, Allen wouldn't need to worry about them in their current state.

Any sea monster could easily deal with them.

Soon, Allen and the others arrived at Sphyt City.

They saw that the outside of Sphyt City had become even more miserable than before.

The outside of Sphyt City was piled with bones. It seemed that the situation hadn't been good in the few days that Allen was away.

At this time, there were still quite a few skeleton soldiers under Sphyt City, but they all had lost the desire to attack the city, wandering aimlessly on the ground.

Occasionally, a few skeleton soldiers would approach Sphyt City, and then a shell would be accurately fired to kill it.

As for the other skeleton soldiers, they were completely ignored, left to wander not far away. It was probably because they didn't have enough energy that they were so conservative.

At this time, someone noticed Allen in the sky. "The Duke is back!"

Chapter 426: The Plan

"The Duke is back!"

"It's really the Duke!"

Seeing Allen and Cecilmina's figures, the soldiers excitedly stood on the walls of Sphyt City, staring at Allen.

Although they didn't know what had happened, they saw that the skeleton soldiers, who had been extremely fierce before, had suddenly become like they had collectively lost their minds.

They knew that it must be the merit of Duke Allen and the others, so they had been waiting here, ready to welcome Allen.

So when Allen returned, he received a warm welcome from the entire city.

Looking at the countless soldiers below waving their arms and shouting excitedly, Allen also became excited.

Allen stood on the high ground, looking at the excited crowd below, and couldn't help but say, "Hello, my warriors."

Hearing the Duke speak, the crowd below instantly became quiet.

"It has been almost a month since the first beginning of the war. Now the war is about to end, are you happy?"

"Happy!" the crowd said excitedly.

"Yes, we should indeed be happy, because we have done a feat that others have not done, persevering under the crazy attacks of those undead."

"The Lionheart Duchy, the Hilton Duchy, the Jomomly Duchy, and even the Norton Kingdom no longer exist. This is only what we know, and there are many, many more."

Hearing Allen's words, there was an uproar below, because Allen had blocked the news in order not to affect morale, and this was the first time they had heard it.

After learning that so many duchies and even kingdoms had been destroyed, they were all stunned.

Allen glanced at them, very satisfied with their performance, "But, we, the Allen Duchy, have persevered, not only persevered, but we have also won a great victory!"

"And now, there are still many undead wandering on this continent. We must not only defend the Allen Duchy, but also completely eliminate them. Do you have the confidence?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" they shouted frantically.

Allen smiled with satisfaction. If a country wants to improve its strength, in addition to improving its hard strength, the national pride of its citizens is also a significant aspect.

And now, after learning that the Allen Duchy was doing better than even the Norton Kingdom, the soldiers not only admired Allen, but also had a strong sense of pride in this country.

Allen first let the soldiers go down to rest, and then summoned everyone to the main hall to discuss matters.

Except for Cecilmina, whom Allen had asked to go back first, Marco and the other six were all here.

Most of the senior officials of the Allen Duchy were in this council hall.

Everyone looked happy, after all, the battle was finally over and they had won.

"Duke, you have finally succeeded. Our energy blocks are not enough for even a day's worth. When the time comes, we will either have to fight to the death or abandon Sphyt City."

At the beginning, Sparrow was crying to Allen, it seemed that he had been very anxious these days.

"Alright, the war is over, but we are also going to make a big move."

Hearing Allen's words, everyone was a little puzzled, except for Marco and the others, who were very excited.

"Duke, is it about to begin?" Marco said excitedly.

"Yes!" Allen nodded.

"Now the other duchies are all leaderless, especially the Norton Kingdom, which has a lot of good things inside. This is also the best opportunity for our Allen Duchy to expand its strength."

"We can take advantage of the fact that there are still many skeleton soldiers in other countries, and send troops to occupy them in the name of help, creating a fait accompli. At that time, the Allen Duchy is very likely to become the Allen Kingdom."