Chapter 32: Fighting the horde

The scene before them filled them with dread, but they had to move.

"We have to head back to town," Leon said.

"Should we not try to stop the pillar?" Snow asked.

"Not really sure we can do anything at this point, and it’s surrounded by undead," Leon replied.

An undead rushed his way, swinging a rusted blade at him. Leon stepped to the side and evaded it before grabbing it by the head and ramming his knee into its head.

Crack!

The skull broke open and it staggered backward. Inside, he saw a green flame.

"That must be their core or something," he muttered and looked at Snow. "Go for their heads," he yelled at her. She nodded and immediately got to work.

Leon focused on the ones around him. He took a deep breath and watched them get closer, and for a moment, the world stood still for him. His eyes saw everything around him. He let go of that breath and he moved.

Whoosh!

He propelled himself forward with wind magic, heading right for an undead which then tried to grab him. He controlled the wind and changed directions fast, shooting up and evading the hand. He looked down while he pulled his wand at the same time, pointing it down. A sharp ice lance formed and he shot it down right through the head of the undead. It shattered the skull and killed it.

Leon landed on the ground, eyes already scanning as another undead came his way fast. He picked himself up just in time to dodge the blade while already casting a spell, firing another ice lance through the head.

He found his footing fast, but not fast enough as he slammed into an undead. The undead immediately tried to grab Leon, but he went low and evaded the hands. He swept with his back leg and sent the undead to the ground, then he pointed his wand right at the head and blasted it with fire until he killed the undead.

’I have to start moving, they will not stop coming.’

He got up fast and turned to see Snow. She was limited to the blood that she could use, and so she formed a dagger of blood in her hands and used it to attack, stabbing right into the skulls of the undead.

"Snow, head back," Leon yelled. She nodded and they started running back.

An undead lunged in his way to attack. He used his wind spell to shoot up above it and blast it with an ice spell that froze the head and came down on it with his two feet and crushed the head. He kept moving after that, using magic to keep up with Snow, who was leagues faster.

Suddenly, an undead hand shot out of the ground and latched onto the leg of Leon. He went right to the ground, hitting hard, knocking the air out of his lungs.

He gritted his teeth, knowing that he had to be fast or he would be in a lot of trouble here. He blasted the hand with an ice lance and broke out of it, but by the time he got back to his feet and looked around, a lot more undead had come around him.

"Shit," Leon cursed and got ready.

Two lunged at the same time. He cast a water blade spell and moved his hand in an arc. The blade slammed into both, shattering their chest bones and throwing them back while he focused on the ones coming from behind.

An attack came from above. He dodged under the blade and pulled up, standing right in front of the undead, and he kicked it in the chest to push it back before pulling out his wand and blasting it with a fireball in the head.

"They are getting too much. There is no space to work my spells."

He tried to make space, raising his hand into the air to cast a wind spell and give himself some space, only for an undead to grab his hand midair.

"What the fuck?" Leon cursed, shocked at the situation. He turned around and looked at the undead. It gripped the hand tight and refused to let go. Leon moved fast, swinging his second hand right into the shoulder of the undead and dislocating the arm entirely.

He sensed another coming from behind. He turned around and swung his arm, slamming into the head of the one behind him and knocking it back. The one he had dislocated the arm from tried to attack again. He dodged this time and placed his wand right under the head, using a water bullet to blast the head into bits.

"This is harder than I expected," Leon muttered. He looked around him and saw that there was no way through. He would have to force his way out if he wanted to make it out.

Suddenly, a blade of blood stabbed into the head of one undead, followed by Snow leaping into the air. She grabbed onto the head of one undead and twisted it before forming a blade from the last blood she had outside and stabbing it into the skull. She leaped from head to head and moved fast while she stabbed into them and killed them in seconds, clearing out a way fast.

She landed on the ground and grabbed Leon by the hand before pulling him out of there. They ran together towards the town.

"Thank you," Leon said, appreciative.

"Watch your backs," she said.

He looked back, saw the undead chasing after them, and then pulled out his wand.

"Let’s see how this holds up," he said before using the spell that Micah had used on them all those years back. A massive bolt of lightning shot out, moving through the air. It slammed into the first undead and blasted it to bits. It continued to rip through everyone around it in a chain reaction, buying them enough time to get to the town.

When they arrived at the town, the scene there stunned them.