Building the Strongest Undead Empire from Scratch

Chapter 102: I didn't say you could leave

Although Sienna is a girl, she is indeed a powerful mage, mastering three types of magic: sensory magic, music magic, and healing magic.

With her sensory magic, she detected Alex's disappearance in an instant and swung her whip towards the predicted landing spot of Alex.

Sensory magic also allows her to detect elemental fluctuations in the air, so Sienna was confident that Alex would appear at that location.

Sure enough, Alex materialized there, but now she held a scythe in her hand, blocking Sienna's preemptive strike.

"Are you ready to meet your death?"

!!!

Three exclamation marks appeared above Sienna's head, shocked by Alex's incredible speed.

Ice pillars surged towards Sienna, who responded by cracking her whip, shattering the ice with the sound waves it emitted.

Sienna, leveraging her longer attack range, began to engage Alex. She was adept at predicting each of his teleportations in advance, narrowly avoiding them each time. After several such exchanges, Alex realized something was amiss.

The opponent seemed to possess some magic or ability that could predict her landing spots and attacks, which was particularly effective against melee combat.

Realizing this, Alex immediately retreated, opened her palms, and a sea of fire surged towards Sienna. Even if Sienna could predict the attacks, how could she possibly dodge an AOE attack?

Boom, boom, boom! Explosions continuously erupted within the sea of fire, each creating a vacuum in the flames.

Boom! A sonic explosion erupted beside Alex, who quickly dodged, her fire magic forcibly interrupted. If not for her enhanced senses, she might not have been able to evade the invisible sonic magic attack.

"This sonic magic is indeed a bit tricky, but don't think you're the only one who can use such magic. I also have an invisible magic of my own!"

Alex, still holding her scythe but not approaching, watched Sienna from a distance, making it difficult for Sienna to detect any anomalies.

"Your strength is indeed formidable, but you're no match for me," Sienna confidently stated, relying on her sensory and music magic combined with her melee capabilities. Not only were her attacks unpredictable, but they also compensated for the typical weaknesses in a mage's defense.

From a distance, Sophie hid behind a lv6 Commanding level necromancer, watching the battle between Alex and Sienna in shock.

First, Alex's attacks were impressive enough, and the enemy was also strong—Sophie couldn't even discern her attack methods.

Both women were so powerful—why was she the only one who seemed useless? Sophie's self-confidence took a deep hit.

Suddenly, a loud horn sounded from behind the mountains. Everyone and every creature turned to look back, seeing many torches burning on a distant mountain peak, creating a swath of light.

"Charge! Kill these extraterrestrial visitors and traitors!" The leader, a dwarf in black armor riding a boar with a war hammer in hand, pointed towards Sophie's castle below.

Instantly, hundreds of cavalry dwarves, each holding a torch and a war hammer, charged down the mountain.

They had been discovered by the dwarf kingdom's guards!

The dwarves inside Sophie's castle realized the severity of the situation.

Some trembled with fear, while others grabbed weapons to fight against the dwarves outside.

They recognized the sound of the dwarf horns; these nobles had made them homeless, and now they were trying to take away their last hope. They would not allow it.

Of course, the dwarves summoned from Sophie's Barracks didn't share these emotions. These summoned dwarves were also considered extraterrestrial visitors, while the other dwarves were seen as traitors by the dwarf kingdom.

Alex and Sienna were also startled by the untimely arrival. It seemed she couldn't continue their duel with Sienna; it must have been her flute playing that had drawn these local dwarves here.

Sienna made a quick decision to jump onto her griffin's back and leave. She didn't want to get involved with the local forces. The best course of action was to retreat immediately; her castle was far from here, and the dwarves couldn't fly, making it highly unlikely they would find her castle.

Sienna had just reached her griffin when the ground beneath it suddenly turned to ice, freezing the griffin's limbs.

Sienna tried to use her sonic magic to shatter the ice, but as she was about to do so, she spat out a mouthful of blood.

"I didn't say you could leave."

Alex held a ball of flame in her hand, addressing Sienna from a distance.

What happened? When?

Sienna immediately used her sensory magic to check her body and discovered she had been poisoned without realizing it.

"Did you do this?"

"Weren't you supposed to foresee this?" Alex taunted as she approached Sienna, holding the fireball, her presence overwhelmingly oppressive.

Sienna tried to use her healing magic to treat her wounds, but the green magic circle in her palm extinguished instantly, her entire arm turning cold and numb, losing sensation.

A curse? Curses typically hit their mark without fail, and Sienna, even if she could sense them, couldn't dodge.

How many types of magic does this girl know?

After the explosion cleared, Sienna saw Alex surrounded by a black protective shield; her powerful sonic attack had been useless against Alex.

Sienna despaired. Her most powerful magic had struck Alex but had no effect. Alex had demonstrated mastery over at least five different types of magic and formidable melee skills.

Afflicted with plague magics, Sienna was severely weakened. Now cursed, her hands numb, she was completely unable to resist.

She looked to her last hope, the griffin, which was still struggling but remained frozen in place, unable to break free from Alex's magic.

Then, the ground around Sienna turned to ice, freezing her limbs along with the ground, leaving only her head exposed to prevent suffocation.

Alex, observing the powerless Sienna, offered neither mockery nor ridicule.

"Just stay here for now. I'll settle the score with you after dealing with these dwarves."

Alex found the griffins quite useful and, therefore, decided to spare Sienna's life for the time being. She also planned to interrogate Sienna about the magic she wielded, as her equipment and spells were of great interest to Alex.