Conquest of the Central District (5/5)
[DAY 49]
Only a few hours after the massacre ended, Neo received a full report of the battle results and the Legion's new strength.
"Host, the Legion's numbers have increased by approximately 600% and the exact number of Undead is 889,953. Overall, the Legion lost a large portion of the LATE STAGE 0 UNDEAD and some LOW STAGE 1 MUTANT UNDEAD. Additionally, Host lost a Defender in the battle and the Elite count has dropped to four." reported Emily.
"Hmm... Even though we had some casualties, the attack was more than worth it. But that the losses are so high... I have to get better at commanding my Legion in the future." Neo concluded.
"Howwever, the Legion now has grown to a massive force that can be more useful for me in the future. Additionally, there will be new Stage 1's that will come with new Traits worthy of experimenting and analysing, in the future. But for now there is something else to do." Neo said while eating the heart in his hand.
"The other Stage 2 Mutant Undead in the Horde, have already sensed my presence. A fight seems inevitable to me, they have sensed my aggressive presence and will try to attack me. But fighting everyone at the same time will still be a problem, no matter what. So I' ll need your help again, Emily." Neo said as he looked at the floating tank nearby.
"Emily will execute all of Host's requests. Emily awaits orders." Emily said with a slight eagerness.
"Perfect, I' ll divide the Legion into two and give you command of the second part. Your mission is it to kill the two Strage 2 Mutant Undead at the south of the camp. I'll take care of the rest in the meantime. If you need more support or the number of casualties is too high, I want you to withdraw. I wish you the best of luck Emily" Neo said as his Miasma formed beneath him and he flew away,
"Emily will carry out the mission given by Host and wish Host every success!" she replied and then set off with the hovering tank and half the Legion towards the southern part of the destroyed and devastated camp
....
Inside the Camp there were still small groups of survivors here and there who were desperately fighting with their last ounce of strength to break through the blockade of the Undead that surrounds and swarms them.
In the air the human can literally taste the strong smell of iron. The sounds of gunshots, screams and even curses could still be heard everywhere, but as time passed, these also became less and less.
The ground, the streets and alleys of the former busy Camp were now filled with corpses, blood and body parts.
Undead were everywhere, eating and tearing up the corpses and little by little some of the dead rose up again only to attack and kill like their killers did.
It was a scene right out of a nightmare. A madman's Nightmare, which now reflects reality on earth.
Soon everything in this world will end like this.
In blood.
...
In one of the said countless alleyways of the camp, there was a strange looking Undead who apparently has no interest in the corpses around him and eats nothing else too. It only attacks humans around it and does nothing else.
The undead was long and narrow, reaching about three meter with its body. His skin was completely pale and his long claws stretched from his fingers to the ground and were really long.
Humans would call such a being a Monster, but Neo, who was flying on his Miasma and entered the alley, calls what humans call Monster differently.
"Ah, there you are at last, come here, my Dessert!" screamed Neo as his sword materialized and he flew towards the Stage 2 Undead in front of him.
The Stage 2 Mutant Undead that Neo attacked responded with a violent and loud yell as he opened his mouth unnaturally wide.
"KKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
Did it, causing the heads of all the undead around it to vibrate all at once, which eventually started to slowly die.
Even Neo, with his strong constitution, was momentarily dizzy from the loud unnatural scream and it took him a few seconds to regain his composure.
However, the Stage 2 Mutant Undead wouldn't give Neo a chance to regain his composure and immediately attacked him after it screamed.
It raised its huge claws and attacked Neo directly and with full power.
Neo, on the other hand could barely use his telekinesis to redirected the attack away from him, escaping a fatal attack.
However, the Stage 2 was still able to graze Neo's arm, inflicting a long and deep wound there.
Neo immediately jumped back a few meters and used his Miasma to block the Stage 2 next attacks.
His Miasma manifested and became harder than steel and was able to block some of the claw attacks. But the Miasma kept getting broken and it took time after that to restore it again.
Neo briefly and superficially examined his wound and noticed that a light green shimmer emanated from the wound onn his arm, which despite his super regeneration, did not begin to heal like usually.
Neo then tried to analyze the green shimmer with his mind and after a while saw the usual constellation of thousands of atoms in front of him.
The atoms were few and all flew chaotically slowly through space. However, after taking a closer look at the constellation, Neo discovered something strange.
Some of the atoms remained standing, and when other atoms bumped into them, they suddenly disappeared and then appeared as atoms also standing still.
Neo couldn't analyze the green shimmer any longer as he had to dodge an incoming attack from the Stage 2.
He jumped backwards, narrowly dodging the razor-sharp claw attack.
After that, Neo decided to stop using his Miasma, especially since he felt that he had reached his limit and otherwise he would have to start meditating immediately.
Determined, Neo jumped out of the alley in which he had fought against the Stage 2 so far and retreated a few meters.
Right behind him the Stage 2 followed after him. It stretched out its claws for another attack towards Neo, but before it could reach Neo, it was suddenly blocked by two undead who suddenly came out of nowhere and positioned themselves in front of Neo.
Neo not only has his own strength to fight against his enemies, but also his ever stronger and larger Legion.
Two of the new Stage 1's with the Trait Defense rushed to Neo's side when they saw him in trouble and blocked the Stage 2 Mutant Undead's attack for him.
However, the two paid with their lives doing so.
Neo didn't command the two undead to sacrifice themselves for him. So he was slightly taken aback when he saw his Legion coming to his side.
But Neo's mood quickly changed from amazed to angry.
How dare anyone even attack Neo's Legion! Although Neo's Legion is not intelligent and is largely based on instincts and acts at Neo's commands, Neo has had many battles and fights with his undead by his side.
Seeing his soldiers dying so easily, which he built up hard and over a long time, made Neo very angry.
"You damn beast, I'm going to cut you open from top to bottom and eat you!" screamed Neo as his sword re-manifested and Neo attacked the Stage 2.
Some of his undead in the street also attacked the Strage 2 Mutant Undead and did minimal to no damage until they were then killed by the Stage 2 in return.
However, their sacrifices were not in vain, as they served as a distraction allowing Neo to perform a fatal attack on one of the Stage 2's legs and arms.
After the Stage 2 lost its mobility, the fight was very one-sided with only a few undead dying from the Legion and in the end the Stage 2 lay on the ground with severed limbs while Neo cut off the beast's head.
"HAHAHAHA. You will serve as good breeding ground for me to build up my Legion. Eat my legion, you deserve it!" said Neo as he extracted a purple crystal from the head of the Stage 2 Mutant Undead, the monster's body core.
The crystal was about the size of 2 apples and shone a deep, dark purple.
Neo looked at the crystal with a smile and then put it in his pocket, after which he started closing his eyes while sitting on the floor and started to meditate.
While the wound that Stage 2 had inflicted on him began to heal now, with the help of Neos Telekinesis ability which aid in the regeneration process a lot.
....
Neo remained in meditation for an hour.
However, after sensing the presence of another Stage 2 Mutant Undead nearby, he opened his eyes again and got up off the ground,
Meanwhile most of his Legion has positioned themselves around him and the corpse of the previous Stage 2 Mutant Undead was completely eaten even the bones were gone.
Neo's sword appeared in his right hand and Neo looked at one of the burning houses in front of him, that's where he saw it.
Two dark eyes peering out from the fire which coldly looked at Neo.
It was a Stage 2 Mutant Undead completely engulfed in flames. His body must have a Trait related to fire that allows his body to embrace and use the flames.
Luckily Neo didn't sense a Stage 1 Soul or higher in the undead and therefore the fight should still be possible in Neo's state.
The burning Stage 2 jumped out of the burning house and landed on the street where Neo was with his Legion.
After that, the Stage 2's flames erupted and attacked Neo's Legion.
The flames seemed chaotic and the Stage 2 doesn't seem to be able to control the fire like the other Stage 2 Luma who has a Stage 1 Soul and also fire affinity.
Nonetheless, part of Neo's Legion was swapped into the flames and then burned to death.
Neo reacted quickly and sprinted towards the Stage 2 and his Miasma shot out in front of him, forming a dark wall and blocking the fire from killing more of his Legion.
Neo then jumped straight into the attack and slashed one of Stage 2's arms, but what he expected from the attack didn't happen.
The flaming Stage 2's arm briefly detached from the body, only for the Stage 2's flames to return after which the arm reconnect to the Stage 2's body again.
Neo was briefly stunned by these events, but he quickly refocused on the fight against the Stage 2 and defended against an attack from it. The Stage 2's attacks weren't that strong, but they were still able to slightly burn Neos skin.
Therefore, Neo decided to use his Demonic Armor for this fight to better protect himself from the flames.
His body quickly transformed and his signature Demonic Armor arose, protecting him from the flames of the Stage 2.
"It's not his body that's on fire, his body are the flames!" said Neo as he realized the true ability of the Undead Stage 2 in front of him.
Realizing this, Neo decided to act quickly and ordered his Miasma to trap the Stage 2 in a sphere which shall form around it.
The Miasma did Neo's bidding and imprisoned the Stage 2, whose flames danced all around inside the dark orb.
Afterwards, Neo used his Telekinesis ability and commanded the oxygen in the air to escape from the Sphere made out of Miasma.
After a few minutes, the Stage 2's body slowly got smaller and smaller and the desperate escapes trying to free itself from the Miasma got weaker and weaker.
After half an hour, the Stage 2 was gone and probably died.
All that remained of him was a small purple crystal.
The Body Core of the Stage 2 Mutant Undead was about 3 apples in size and was a bright purple color.
Neo took a few deep breaths as he surveyed the street and his Legion.
While the Fire Stage 2 Mutant Undead was less stronger than the other Claw Stage 2, its attacks were devastating to his Legion.
Neo has lost a large part of his troops who were here with him. About 60,000 undead died in the fires of this monster.
"Sigh"
"I shouldn't have too much trouble against humans, but other Stage 2 Undead or even higher present a challenge that I'll have to be more cautious about in the future." Neo concluded when he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the sky above him.
"PPPUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMM"
It suddenly did and Neo looked up at the sky in horror.
He saw a huge bright light overhead, breaking through the cloud cover and falling directly on him and his Legion.
It seemed as if Heaven Itself wanted the death of Neo, the chief executor of the massacre of the Camp and all human inside it and his Legion of Demonic Sinners.
"Orbital Bombardment... the Earth Defense Force, they want to kill me..." Neo said as he watched the celestial vengeance descending on him...
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LEGION STRENGTH:
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LEGION COUNT: 825,493 UNDEAD
STAGE 1 UNDEAD: 4 % (armored and weaponized)
STAGE 0 UNDEAD: 8 % (mostly armored)
ELITE OF THE LEGION: 4 MUTANT UNDEAD
PREFECT: 1 (Aaron)