Chapter 65: The Heavenly Beauty: Laura

This is also a common tactic used by the Undead Mercenary Corps. They first kill all the people in the surrounding villages, turning them into an army of undead, and then use them to attack their target. Although these undead are of low level, their offensive power is not weak. It's important to know that the ordinary strength of undead is considerable, and they are not afraid of death or pain. When attacking, they fight with a reckless abandon, a kind of opponent that no intelligent race wants to encounter.

The Makider family has a high reputation on the continent and is very powerful, so under normal circumstances, no one dares to take action against their caravans. Over time, they naturally became a bit lax, so the number of people each caravan sent out was not many.

This time, the Makider family was going to Black Mountain Fort to conduct a secret transaction with a mysterious figure, and the item of the transaction was a necromantic orb.

This necromantic orb was found by a thief in an ancient tomb. The orb has a strong necromantic energy that can transform an ordinary undead into a mid-level or high-level undead.

Although the Makider family wanted to keep this treasure, the news was known by a very mysterious person. This mysterious person offered a high price to buy the orb, and the Makider family had no choice but to agree. They chose Black Mountain Fort, a place where no one would interfere, for the transaction. They thought that no one would suspect they would bring such a treasure to this place for a transaction.

However, the news somehow reached the Undead Mercenary Corps. The importance of this necromantic orb to the Undead Mercenary Corps is self-evident, so they decided to rob the Makider family.

To prevent others from knowing they were going to Black Mountain Fort for the transaction, the Makider family did not send many mercenaries. They disguised themselves as an ordinary caravan and spread the rumor that the location of the necromantic orb transaction had been changed to another place. They thought this would ensure their safety, but they were still ambushed by the Undead Mercenary Corps.

The eight black mages of the Undead Mercenary Corps, of course, do not just have the ability to turn people into undead. They know a lot of black magic. After all, they were once powerful black mages. In addition to commanding the undead army to attack the Makider family's caravan, they also frequently use black magic to attack the caravan, putting a lot of pressure on it.

The Makider family, of course, did not just send ordinary mercenaries to escort the necromantic orb. The people they sent this time were all experts from their family.

But even these experts could not withstand the overwhelming numbers, especially since they were not being attacked by humans but by undead. With the eight black mages of the Undead Mercenary Corps using black magic to sneak attack, they were in a very difficult situation.

Laura stood on the carriage, holding a wooden box in her hand. The box was not very large, about twenty cubic centimeters, and did not seem very heavy. She, a young girl, could carry it without any effort.

Laura is the daughter of Kren, the second in line to inherit the Makider family. Kren Makider is a mage, forty years old, and his mage level has just reached level six. This rate of cultivation is not slow, but it is also not particularly fast. He is not a prodigy, but he is very fond of cultivation and especially enjoys researching magic. He has little interest in business.

The Makider family is a well-known commercial family on the continent. They do not place much importance on the martial or magical levels of their heirs; they value their business acumen more. This makes Kren's position in the family somewhat awkward.

However, Kren has a good daughter, Laura. Laura is only seventeen years old but is already a famous prodigy on the continent, excelling not only in cultivation but also in business. She does not study ordinary martial techniques but rather knightly skills, which are more difficult to master and have higher requirements for practitioners.

Laura is already a level six warrior, skilled in using a long spear, tower shield, horse bow, and scimitar. She is very strong, but you would never guess she is such an expert from her appearance.

She has snow-white, delicate skin, long wavy golden hair, and deep blue eyes. Her most striking feature is her height, which is over 180 centimeters. This height alone makes many men hesitant to approach her, not to mention her prestigious family background and formidable martial skills.

What people talk about the most is that Laura is also a business prodigy. She has a natural talent for business and started helping her father manage some business affairs at a young age, doing it very well.

For such a heavenly beauty, ordinary people cannot even feel jealous because she is too excellent. If someone is only a little better than you, you might envy them, but if they are much better, to the point where they are on a different level, you cannot feel jealous.

The Makider family is different from ordinary families. Each heir manages a part of the family's business. When it comes time to choose the head of the family, they look at who manages their business the best and who makes the most profit. The family elders then decide who will inherit the family's position.

Kren, the second heir, was originally just a nominal position. Everyone in the Makider family knew that he was not good at business and had no real chance of becoming the head of the family. He was more like a figurehead.

However, since Laura started helping Kren manage the business, the profits from Kren's businesses have increased year by year and are now on par with those of the other heirs.

Kren's share of the family's business is mainly concentrated in the Vansel Principality, so this transaction was entrusted to him. Of course, the one who would ultimately complete the transaction was Laura.

Laura never expected that all her careful planning would be in vain, and she would still be ambushed by the Undead Mercenary Corps. She knew that this time, it was really dangerous.

Although Laura is a level six knight, she has not yet found a true mount and has not participated in any real battles. Her level six knight status was obtained through exams. Although her strength is good, in a real fight, she is far inferior to mercenaries who live on the edge of life and death every day.

Moreover, they were now surrounded by undead, and even if she wanted to run, she could not.

For the first time, Laura felt such despair, feeling that death was so close. She bit her lip hard, and her fresh red lips were already bleeding.

At this moment, a scene that destroyed her last hope appeared. Behind the army of undead, a large number of more powerful undead appeared. These undead were tall and large, with a strange green color, clearly more difficult to deal with than the ones surrounding them.

Laura's face turned pale. She knew she could not escape today. However, this did not make her collapse; instead, it ignited her fighting spirit!

When people are in despair, they often have two reactions: either they completely break down, losing all resistance and becoming easy prey, or they fight back fiercely, even if they die, they will take someone down with them. Laura was clearly the latter.

Just as Laura was preparing to fight to the death, she suddenly noticed that the newly arrived undead were attacking the ones surrounding them.

This not only stunned Laura but also everyone else in the Makider family. Their minds could not process what was happening. Did the Undead Mercenary Corps have an internal conflict?

Laura did not think so. She is a smart person and could see that the newly arrived undead were of a different level from those surrounding them. The undead surrounding them were clearly locals, with weapons that were mostly farming tools. Apart from human forms, most were domesticated magical beasts.

The newly arrived magical beasts, on the other hand, were all highly offensive and had green, toxic bones, making them dangerous to provoke.

Under Laura's watchful eye, more and more of these green undead kept coming, and their total number reached over a thousand. This reduced the number of the surrounding undead by nearly half, and the surrounding undead were disappearing at a rapid rate.

Laura kept her eyes on the green undead, believing that the person helping them would soon appear. Sure enough, a huge undead appeared on the hillside. This undead might not be the largest among the green undead, but there were people on it.

Laura looked closely and saw four people on the undead: two standing on its head, one wearing full infantry armor and the other a magic robe. The other two were sitting in the undead's chest cavity, one in a black magic robe, looking very eerie, and the other dressed as a maid, sitting next to the black mage.

Laura knew the main person had arrived, but at this moment, a sudden change occurred. Several black lights shot directly at the four people. Laura's face changed; she knew the Undead Mercenary Corps had taken action. They must hate these four people for ruining their plans. Laura couldn't help but shout loudly, "Be careful!" She did not realize that she was so far away that the four people could not hear her at all.