Chapter 8

"Too bad, King Arthur never got to see such a powerful jester. If the other Knights of the Round Table had seen your performance today, they would have looked at you differently," Loki praised from the outer circle of the surrounding group. Dagoneet's bravery had completely exceeded his expectations; originally, he thought that a hundred zombies would be enough to render this guy incapable of fighting.

But whether it was the system's doing or Dagoneet's full potential being unleashed, it wasn't until now that Dagoneet could no longer move, and this was also because the infection rate in his body had already exceeded 90%. From this, Loki could deduce how terrifying the strength of a boss in this Hell difficulty instance was, and it was no wonder that Reimu had been so nervous before.

Dagoneet seemed to have heard Loki's words and said disdainfully, "No! You're wrong! I, Dagoneet, have also fought bravely before King Arthur. Otherwise, do you think I would be among the Knights of the Round Table? Although the great King Arthur sometimes makes mistakes, she is absolutely an excellent king!"

"Is that so? Then I can't wait to meet this excellent King Arthur you speak of." As Loki spoke, he gently waved his hand, and the zombies immediately cleared a path.

"Meet? What do you, a traitor, intend to do?" Dagoneet seemed to have sensed something strange about Loki, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart. However, due to the grueling series of battles, he had already been drained of his last bit of energy. Now, he was filled with a thousand regrets, wishing he had trained as diligently as Sir Lancelot and Sir Gawain.

"Hehe, nothing much, just want to bring her under my control," Loki said with a wicked smile.

"Damn it, the great King Arthur cannot be reduced to a mere subordinate! Even if I die, I will stop you!" Dagoneet summoned his last bit of strength and charged at Loki.

"Ha ha ha, rest assured, even if you die, you will betray your king," Loki said calmly as he watched Dagoneet charge at him. With a light kick, he sent Dagoneet flying back to his original spot. In fact, Dagoneet was already extremely weak from the zombie virus infection and could no longer move.

"Hehe, Dagoneet, this is as far as you go! Thank me, for if it weren't for your special status, you would have become a mindless zombie like your soldiers," Loki said with a cold laugh, then bit into Dagoneet's neck, injecting the freshest zombie virus.

However, seeing the bite mark on Dagoneet's neck, Loki had actually wanted to comment from the beginning. As a zombie, why did he have an unusual preference for biting humans on the neck? It wasn't until last night when he summoned Reimu and she explained that the GTC virus that infected him was a hybrid of Western vampires, Eastern zombies, and modern zombies. Clearly, his preference for the neck came from the special habits of those old, immortal Western vampires.

"Cough, cough!"

Soon, the reanimated Dagoneet opened his eyes, which had dilated, and looked at Loki with a dazed expression.

"Mr. Dagoneet, welcome back," Loki said with a wicked smile.

Dagoneet was stunned for a moment, as if digesting the information implied by the virus, and then he spoke in the characteristic voice of a zombie: "Master Loki... please allow me to offer you my highest loyalty..."

"Hehe, I hope this time you won't just say it with your mouth but show it with your actions," Loki said coldly. The power of the virus was indeed astonishing; the enemy who had just vowed to kill him was now obediently under his control after being infected, unable to resist.

This seemed to be due to the virus's control over the brain, which fundamentally altered many of the infected's original beliefs, making them absolutely obedient to the virus's host—Loki.

"Please rest assured, Master Loki, I have come to a realization," Dagoneet immediately replied respectfully, his demeanor now completely different from before.

Loki nodded in satisfaction, looking at the setting sun and said somewhat arrogantly, "Then let's go and build a revolutionary army capable of overthrowing King Arthur, and let's spread blood and terror across the entire island of Britain!"

As he spoke, the zombie army under Loki's command began to move again, their heads swaying, creating a bizarre scene under the setting sun.

But no one could have imagined that just three days later, this bizarre scene had already spread across the southwestern part of Britain, and it had become even larger and more terrifying.

In fact, all the towns and castles in the entire southwestern region had become ghost towns, with all the living people infected and turned into zombies, and most of them were being driven toward the direction of King Arthur's castle.

Now, according to incomplete statistics, the number of various zombies under Loki's command had exceeded 30,000. When this terrifying force moved, the legendary zombie horde had truly appeared.

In fact, with Dagoneet, a Knight of the Round Table, Loki had gained a highly knowledgeable advisor about Britain. Through him, Loki became thoroughly familiar with the entire kingdom under King Arthur's rule.

At the same time, through Dagoneet, Loki learned that at this point in time, the Knights of the Round Table, Galahad, Bors, and Percival, were on a quest to the European continent to find the Holy Grail.

These three knights' territories were populous and rich in resources, and they were conveniently located next to Dagoneet's territory. So when Dagoneet used his status as a Knight of the Round Table to lead a few female zombies infected by Loki into the castle, it was only a matter of time before the entire city became a city of zombies. As for the defenseless villages and towns, they were directly overwhelmed by Loki's zombie army, becoming new members without any resistance.

With more and more secondary zombies scattered across the island of Britain, the number of zombies under Loki's command began to grow exponentially. It wouldn't take long before zombies would be seen everywhere on the island of Britain.

However, the system seemed to have no intention of allowing Loki to form an even larger zombie horde. At this moment, in King Arthur's palace, all the Knights of the Round Table who could be gathered had assembled around the legendary large round table.

According to King Arthur's intelligence network, the so-called rebellion in the southeastern region had spread at a speed that exceeded everyone's expectations. Before King Arthur arrived, most of the Knights of the Round Table were discussing their respective response plans. Only Lancelot, Gawain, Bedivere, and Mordred remained silent, which was typical of them, and the other Knights of the Round Table were already used to it. Mordred's strange helmet, which obscured his face, was still a topic of discussion among the other Knights of the Round Table.

However, the most concerning news for the Knights of the Round Table was the intelligence brought by a scout who had narrowly escaped. At the initial fall of Galahad's castle, Dagoneet's presence had been observed.

And at this moment, Dagoneet was not present.