The battlefield was quickly clearing under the effect of Remi's bombardment, and Karl could feel the massive amount of mana that she was drawing flowing from her space, as energy from the Mental Formation Karl had built circulated to help balance the drain.
The energy flow was still much higher than what Karl could cover, but she wouldn't need to keep it up for long.
However, compared to how things were before the White Dragon had shown him the trick to improving the single dragon scale focal point into an actual array, it wasn't nearly as lopsided. Karl's mana regeneration was actually getting closer to being able to keep up with the sort of destruction that Remi could cause in a large battle.
Karl was a bit distracted with the mana flow issues, and he nearly missed one of the undead insects flying his way. Instinctively, he responded when it was metres away, launching himself upward, and punching with his empty hand.
With a disturbingly wet crunching noise, the creature simply shattered under his fist, and Karl hastily extended [Ghostfire] out around him to keep the aftermath from infecting the nearby soldiers.
[10/10 Good hit.] Cara laughed as the viscera splattered far beyond Karl's hasty barrier, and the soldiers cursed.
[Haha, very funny. Remi, can you put some healing totems next to me?]
Remi created the Totems, which cleansed the soldiers with the first pulse, but they were still filthy, and shocked by the mess that Karl had managed to make with a single barehanded strike.
"What sort of skill was that?" The archery team leader asked.
"A passive combo that I have. [Shatter] and [Crushing Blows]. They add damage to barehanded strikes and blunt weapons. It might be a bit too effective." Karl replied in an apologetic tone.
The Dwarf took off his helmet to rub his temples. "I swear, cat demons are allergic to common sense."
Karl shrugged. Maybe they were. But he wasn't a cat demon.
Across the battlefield, the back row of monsters began to explode, and the Dwarves turned to give Karl suspicious looks.
"Hey, that time it wasn't me. Besides, those ones aren't close enough to splash on anyone, so no harm done." Karl argued.
Incorporeal at the back of the battle, Rae laughed hysterically. [Blood Destruction] worked beautifully on these things.
Karl continued to fire arrows into the insectoid undead, but as he advanced in front of the rest of the archers, he noticed that they were retreating from him in a semicircle.
Now, he did have damaging area effects available, but not at that distance.
[I think you managed to scare the insanity out of the undead.] Thor joked as he plowed through their ranks with [Bulwark] in a wedge in front of him.
That might be an overstatement, but the undead were definitely retreating from Karl.
They were also losing numbers fast, and the army was pushing forward as Remi pulled back the effects of [Apocalypse].
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