After its wings were broken by Gou Dan and it lost the ability to fly, the devil tried to break out of the encirclement again and again, but was eventually blocked by the Players who were reviving and rushing to the scene.
Unlike the Players who had game cheats and could maintain a constant HP bar, most creatures in this world would have their ability and mobility fall as their body was damaged. They were unlike the Berserker Players who grew stronger the more they were wounded.
Even the Berserkers of the Cold Highlands, although their fighting spirit would be high at the start of the battle, as time passed, they would start to lose strength due to excessive blood loss. If they didn't have any miraculous skills to turn the situation around, when their life was like a candle in the wind, they could only lie on the ground with their eyes closed and wait for death.
Since the first four volleys of attacks had taken away most of the devil's HP, the speed at which the devil weakened was much faster than the Players had expected based on the performance of other BOSSes.
Of course, that could also be because the devil didn't have a second transformation.
Either way, when the devil's colossal body crumbled to the ground like a mountain, the Players who participated in the battle cheered in delight.
"Are the humans so powerful now?"
Selene the elven girl, who had been watching the battle from beginning to end and had wanted to intervene a few times along the way but never found the chance, gaped at the baffling humans. It was as if they were having some sort of carnival, grinding the legendary devil to death bit by bit!
Selene felt a chill run down her spine. If the humans who entered and left Trinia every day had any malicious intent, they could deal great damage to Trinia even if the other elves didn't like them!
At first, she had been repulsed by the Silver Moon Goddess's decree to ally the wood elves and humans, but she finally understood her intentions now.
The average standard of the humans outside could be seen from the slave-catching parties that the adult elves had easily wiped out. In comparison, the humans who called themselves Players were definitely much stronger than those fellows!
Moreover, they weren't as powerful as the Chosen Ones, who were favored by the gods and gained immense divine power. Their strength was almost like a castle in the air, and these players had clearly experienced many fierce battles. Even when facing powerful supernatural creatures like the demons, they were still able to advance and retreat without the slightest hint of panic. They were simply too powerful!
The elven girl couldn't help comparing the wood elves' forest guards to the cheering humans, wondering what would happen if the two sides clashed.
But no matter how she thought about it, she felt that it was more likely that the forest guards would lose. After all, the skills these humans had mastered were too strange, and many of them were terrifyingly powerful. What was even more shocking was that they could be resurrected!
If it wasn't for the existence of the Moon God's Guard, which barely restored the elves' confidence that they were a superior race compared to humans, Selene felt that she might have gone mad.
Suddenly, the girl noticed that the cheers of the humans had stopped for some reason. They were all staring at the demon's corpse in astonishment.
"What happened?" She felt a little uneasy as she whispered to the middle-aged man in the golden-red armor.
"That thing's corpse is a little weird." Marni, who had been resurrected, frowned tightly at the demon's corpse.
"Eh? Really?! " The elven girl was so startled that she carefully studied the demon's tattered body that was riddled with wounds. "This is the first time I've seen a demon's corpse, but it doesn't feel like anything is wrong?"
"It's the first time I've seen a demon's corpse too." Marni replied nonchalantly. But just as Selene was about to ask him why he could tell that something was wrong since it was his first time seeing it, Marni stiffened and said, "But it's not disappearing even now. That's the biggest anomaly!"
"No, no, no. Isn't that normal?" The elven girl complained, scowling. "It's a demon's corpse, not an ice cube. Of course it wouldn't disappear!"
"By the way, how did that thing escape from that sealed arcane realm you mentioned?" Marni asked.
"How would I know? But it seems to think that we released it." Selene answered by reflex.
"I see. Even it doesn't know what's going on."
Marni's frown deepened.
"So, what's going on? Is there something wrong with the corpse not disappearing? "
The elven girl pressed, but Marni didn't answer this time.
Of course, something was wrong.
Logically speaking, the monsters the Players slain should be offered as offerings to the God of Games who had not appeared for a long time. However, the devil was clearly dead and its HP bar was empty. There was no sign of life either, so why wasn't it vanishing?
But just as the Players were scratching their heads at the situation, Edward's sharp eyes suddenly noticed that the name above the demon's head had changed.
At first, it was called the Demon Who Broke Out of the Seal. It was simple and straightforward and didn't even have an official name.
But just now, the name had suddenly changed to Nightcry, the Vengeful Dead!
Then, the HP bar that had been emptied by the Players showed a green HP bar once again.
Not only that, but Nightcry also had a Zombie Blight in the status bar below its HP.
"Careful, it's revived!" Edward quickly yelled.
In fact, he didn't need to warn them — the other Players had already noticed that something was wrong and were attacking the demon's corpse again, ready to whip it.
Even so, the demon's corpse withstood their attacks and staggered to its feet!
Then, with movements that did not lose out to the demon's when it was alive, it quickly attacked the Players around it!
The first to suffer were the Warriors who had been killed as meat shields in the previous battle and were revived by the Clerics just now.
Almost instantly, thirty percent of the Warriors who could not react in time were killed!
The remaining Warriors didn't have healthy HP either.
"Wait, your HP bar is red!" One of the Warriors suddenly told his teammate beside him.
"What are you talking about? My HP is red in the first place," his teammate replied. "Or maybe it's green?"
"No, I mean, your life bar has turned red!"
The Player looked up to confirm at his words, and realized that his HP bar that had been green had really turned red. Moreover, his HP bar was dropping without stopping.
"What's going on? Is it blood loss? No, what's with that b * tch? Oh no, Zombie Blight is an infectious b * tch! Wounds inflicted by that thing would get infected and lose HP over time. Be careful, everyone! "
But it was already too late.
Some of the Spirit Swordsmen had fragile bodies in the first place since 25 HP would be transferred to their familiar spirits. Hence, they were left with only skin after being scratched by Nightcry, and died after two HP drops.
But that wasn't the end. The corpses of the players who were infected by the Zombie Blight BOSS didn't vanish as usual. Instead, they remained where they were and turned into ferocious-looking zombies that attacked other players.
The names above their heads had also changed from their original Player names to Vengeful Dead Returnees.
Hence, the entire scene became chaotic.
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Chapter 217
Vengeful Dead
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