[Hidden Altar, Cave]

With both Takahashi and Sato down, Ban quickly cast her healing spell as she tried her best to heal anyone who got injured from fighting the undead knight. In this fight Zaheer, Ester, the Hero's party, and Asmaveth are fighting against the undead knight. On the other hand Asagi, Azrael, and Jophiel are simply watching from the side as they watched how the fight transpire.

The speed on which the undead knight had performed is something imaginable. He was strong and fast enough that it could toy with both the swordsman and the hero. What's more it is also competent and smart enough to try and bypass Zaheer and simply target the weak ones. To be exact the only reason why the Undead knight had never attacked them, is all because Asagi and her archangels exudes aura far beyond my imagination.

"That undead, its moves are pretty good, also its footwork" said by Asagi

"Indeed" replied by Jophiel

"However it's almost impossible to conjure such strong undead without any sacrifices" said by Azrael

"So you also think so too?" Asked by Asagi

"Yes I am your majesty, in fact we may have similar discoveries... the only applicable reason on why such a powerful undead knight had emerged , must do something to the altar or better yet the sacrifice on the altar"

As Azrael said those word, Asagi then nodded along as she somewhat felt pity for the soul of the person which might have watched this from the very beginning. However who ever made this altar is even more disgusting. After all being sacrificed for a creature you don't know about, that is just simply revolting.

With that, despite being amazed by the undead knight, Asagisimply watched as the other take down the undead knight. However he then took notice of Asmaveth, as Asagi ordered Azrael to grab Asmaveth and join them from hiding, she also explained her decision as they were trying to protect Asmaveth from the enemy. After all, Asmaveth's ability of deathly skills is completely useless if his opponent is already dead.

Due to that it may lead to a chance where the undead knight changed the target to Asmaveth, after all when dealing against undead creatures, being a necromancer is kinda a bad match up. So with him joining their ranks, it would them be hard for the undead knight to attack Asmaveth due to the archangels eyeing the monster.

With that, the fight then continues as Zaheer stepped in and went in between the Hero's party and the undead knight. Since the hero is being healed from an injury which could turn into a fatal wound, Zaheer has no choice but to fight it head on and atleast try to take it down.

The moment the undead knight made a twitch in its rotting muscle, Zaheer then immediately moved as he charged forward under the support from Fujino.

"Song of Agility, Melody of rage"

Buffing up his attack power and speed, Zaheer then took a huge leap into the air, as he raised his greatsword above his head and plan to smash down towards the undead knight. However as if taking advantage of the fact that Zaheer was in mid air, the undead  knight charged forward in an incredible speed as he bypassed Zaheer, ignored the wounded hero and his swords man and arrived before Fujino which shocked her to the point that she stopped her melody.

"Hiiik!!!!"

Luckily for her Ban paid extra attention for her safety, as she quickly casted double casting which she formed another spell while healing both Sato and takahashi in order to protect Fujino.

"Holy barrier!!!"

In one slash  the undead knights sword struck the barrier, causing the monster to be slightly shocked as it suddenly looked towards Ban from afar. But as if greeting its glare, Ban simply dis a triple casting alongside her previous two spells that she is maintaining which took a toll on her mana reserves.

"God's chains!!!"

Sending chains towards it as an assault, the undead knight quickly jumped away, only to be knocked down by Hino who ambushed it from behind.

The moment it got knocked down, Zaheer then suddenly went in for a slash, Ester appeared and partially transmuted his left hand into a beast claws and clawed towards the monster.

However despite that, the undead knight simply deflected Zaheer's attack, while blocking Ester's attack with its arm guard, followed by counter attacking with a stab towards Ester's shoulder, perfectly dodging the over head swing from Zaheer, kicking Ester to its guts which sent him stumbling back, blocking Hino's attack from above in a single swing, taking a huge leap back to avoid Zaheer's stab, using his tough armor to tank attacks from Ban, and using his own mana burst which sent Hino being struck down by its wave.

All of those sequence of events happened one after another in quick sequence. But that didn't end there.despite being struck by a mana burst wave, Zaheer simply stood strong and Fujino buffed him up with three different songs. Together with Ban providing cover fire with a type of ranged light arrow, he then attacks the undead knight, which brought it into a precarious position.

Unfortunately despite all of that, it still managed to defend itself from the light arrow, while swinginh his sword towards Zaheer's attack. The moment both the undead knight's sword and Zaheer's sword clashed against another, Ban then casted a single chain of God, as it wrapped itself nicely around the monsters ankle.

Unable to escape, the undead knight exchanged blows after blows against Zaheer which soon ended the latter smacking the monster face at the time when it gave an opening in its defenses.

In one hit, the undead knight was sent flying back, causing it to crash unto one of the pillars near the altar and grew enraged from the way it realized the damage.

Filled with rage, the undead knight charged forwards sending Zaheer stumbling to the side with three strong thrust towards his defending in a single second greatsword, cross slash towards Hino in quick attacks and feinting to attack Fujino, before turning towards Ban, when she tried to cast another barrier spell towards Fujino

Taking that sudden turn of surprise, Ban was actually late to react, as she witness the undead knight stand before her and slash down its sword  in a matter of milliseconds. It was too fast, so fast that her brain wasn't able to catch up and react. All she could do was suspended in here previous actions animation as she witness the blade coming close to her.

Unexpectedly, just as the blade was aboutto hit her defenseless body, someone was a le to react to such speed, as it grabbed her clothes and yanked her away from the swords range.

The moment Ban tumbled away, she then saw Sato who is back on his feet, confronting the undead knight, as he counter attacked with his own holy sword. However the undead knight was able to block his attacks with a simple arm guard, before it pulled back its fist and straight up punched Sato to the face, causing him to be blown back.

The moment Sato was blown away, Takahashi and Ester suddenly appeared from behind, as they got buffed by Fujino's spell, and begun the simple attack on it with multiple strikes.

For the first time, they managed to down the undead knight, before it suddenly fought back and neutralized both Takahashi and Ester with its own quick slashes. After heavily injuring them, it then suddenly pulled back it head, just in time to dodge a certain knife, thrown by Hino herself.

Due to that thrown knife, the undead knights attention was caught by Hino, as it charged towards her and rendered all her ranged weapons and traps become useless against his presence. Without any choice, Hino pulled out her own sword and prepared herself to face the harsh reality.

Thankfully just at that right moment, Zaheer and Sato suddenly interfered, followed by a wide skill release of Ban's magic related to chains that could restrain it.

Upon seeing the chains, the undead knight begun to frantically to avoid it, as it dodged the chains and prepared to swing its swordtowarfs it target. However despite performing as such that its speed can even leave after images, Zaheer was able to catch up to him and pummeled the undead knight w8th multiple sword swings, which overwhelmed the undead knight.

As if that wasn't enough, Hero Sato begun charging up his mana unto the holy sword, as he plans to release a mana based attack, which in turn could  result in land destruction and it topography changing.

Thankfully the undead knight manage to react to such an attack, as it counter back with its own sword waves and cancelled out the mana based attack that hero Sato took a hard time to prepare. However despite that, hero Sato kept going on as he roared and attacked the undead knight relentlessly.

In that moment cracks started to form on the undead knights surface armor, as it flared up and blow him away in just a single counter attack.

The moment that happened,  Zaheer went in next and smacked the undead knight away from one another in just a single swing of his sword. At the same time Zaheer noticed the undead knights cracked armor, as it then knew what to do before charging in.

Cracked armor is dangerous in battle for several reasons, first is armor is designed to absorb and distribute the force of blows, protecting the wearer from injury. When it is cracked, its structural integrity is compromised, reducing its ability to protect effectively. Second Cracks can create weak points that opponents can target. Skilled adversaries may aim their attacks at these weakened areas, increasing the likelihood of successful hits and severe injuries. Third is Cracks and breaks can create sharp edges that can cause injury to the wearer. These edges can cut into the skin or cause bruising, which can be debilitating in the midst of combat.

Forth knowing that one's armor is compromised can affect a soldier's morale and confidence. This psychological impact can reduce effectiveness in battle, as the individual might become more hesitant or distracted, fearing further damage or injury. Fifth Elexisting cracks can propagate and worsen under the stress of combat. What starts as a minor crack can quickly turn into a major break, leading to even more significant protection failures.

With that in mind, Zaheer then quickly went in and continued what the hero couldn't finish and smacked the undead knight with multiple attacks. This time instead of an unexperienced hero try and destroy their defenses, a living veteran then started to move as his attacks carried weight, which made the undead knight to react wildly when it saw that the armor was nearing its limit.

However no matter what the undead knight do, Zaheer the came even more relentless, as it attacked the undead armor over and over again, until at that very moment, the armor then clearly shocased the result of their attacks.

At this moment the undead knights armor is full of cracks as it somehow felt like 1 touch was enough to destroy the armor. With that the undead knight begun to go wary of Zaheer as it moved away and even tries to escape.

Unfortunately Zaheer saw all of this, as he rushed forward and attacked the undead knight once more. 1 touch was all he needed, since that is delicate, Zaheer slowly push away at the corner and put the undead knight into the pedestal.

Soon after the undead knight wasn't able to follow Zaheer's endless fury of attacks, causing the armor to finally break in just one slash from Zaheer. Following after it was natural, without a single word, Zaheer destroyed the undead knight, as the existence of such monster was not welcomed into the world of the living.

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