
I was silent to see what was happening in front of me. How can Derek bring the dead back to life? Isn't the unique magic a transfer of magic? Let alone the unique magic of others can be stolen.
"Huh.huh...huh..." Derek got up while laughing loudly.
"You'll never beat me" he continued.
The living corpse immediately attacked us. I ran towards Keith and Eric while dodging those attacks. I immediately teleported to the palace after successfully grabbing their hands. Escape is the only way. We can't beat them all. We are outnumbered.
"Dam." Eric punched his hand on the floor.
Of course he was upset. The fugitive who had met even himself did nothing meaningful. I don't blame him. The three of us will not be able to win under these conditions.
I approached Eric. "I'm sorry, but if we stay there we can die."
"I don't blame you, Diana. Derek became so powerful, he could even make his own army of the dead," Eric said still staring at the ground.
"I hope we can prepare ourselves, Your Majesty. It's likely that Derek will strike again, maybe not now" Keith said.
Right Derek must have recuperated first. After gathering strength he would attack the palace, putting up a rebellion. We can only wait while strengthening the palace's defenses. If it was rash to look for Derek alone, he would have a new collision. All the witches will unite to defeat Derek.
***
Eric had gathered all the witches in front of the palace. Not just combat magic. Witches of potions and witches of animals and plants helped. The potion witch prepared healing potions to heal the wounded. Animal and plant witches help combat witches from behind.
Stella was behind her father. Her hair was cut to the shoulder. Like wanting to start a new life or give up on Keith. After my fight with Stella, she never met Keith at all. This is good, no one bothers me with Keith anymore.
I turned my face to the field in plain sight. Derek's bodyguards started coming. They started attacking. The leading combat magicians form a protective magic. While the fighting magicians at the back including myself and Keith attacked using our magic balls.
The fight was very fierce. Derek hasn't shown up anywhere. He must be in the back row controlling everything.
Keith and I began to break through the back of the army of corpses. We searched for Derek while defeating the corpses one by one. These bodies are not very strong. They are just a lot of summed up. There might be a limit to awakening a powerful witch. Derek's magic power must be limited.
I got behind the troops. There's no Derek's nose. I spread my eyes around but the crazy killer was not around. Is Derek hiding?
"Revelation, Diana!"
It was Keith's scream. I turned my head and immediately made a magic protector. The Rockyard family's ancestors attacked me. Keith came up to me immediately and pulled out his magic ball.
We fought with them while thinking where Derek was hiding.
***
POV Iris
The victims began to fall. It's macabre. On our side, witches can lose their lives. On Derek's side there was nothing they sacrificed. They died even though they had to die twice. If this situation continues the victims will be more and more.
The animals came towards me while carrying the wounded fighting witch. I healed them one by one. So did the other witch potions.
A fighting witch tries to stop Derek, but they lose. Derek's power is too great. He can throw them all. His gaze shifted towards the potion witches.
He created magic balls and then threw them at us. The king is in front of us making a protector.
"Fight me, coward!" shouted King.
The king began to cast his magic balls. Derek prepared dozens of magic needles ready to be thrown.
The potion magicians started to leave the place, not wanting to get into a fight between the King and Derek. So do I.
Decapitated step. Body collapsed. One of Derek's magic needles hit my leg. I immediately got up and ran to endure the pain. I'm lagging. The potion witches were far ahead of me.
I looked back at the King looking overwhelmed against Derek. He's wounded.
"Stop attacking them and fight me fairly Derek Rockyard" the King said furiously.
"A criminal won't do good, right? This fight has no rules. Your own fault is trying to protect them, Eric Sunborn," Derek sneered with a grin.
Of course a king will protect his people. Even if Derek became King, not a single person would follow him because of his cruelty.
I was still running but my other leg was hit by the magic ball again. I grimaced in pain. This time it was hard for me to stand up. My feet keep pulsing.
"Damn it, you." The king immediately approached me in front of me.
Derek created a magic ball and pointed it at us. The king made a protector to protect us both. We both managed to survive, but Derek kept attacking. The King's protector started to crack. He can't hold on anymore.
"Leave me, King," I asked.
Actually the King can avoid it, but because it keeps protecting me he keeps being here. If hit by Derek Raja attack will lose. This kingdom will be destroyed. The death of one person can destroy the fate of many.
However, if I were to die, the fate of those people could be saved. As long as my life is of use, I'm okay with dying rather than being a burden like this.
"Are you crazy? You're telling the king to leave his people? Don't joke," he shouted. Both hands of the King were still pointed forward to defend the protector.
"You can die, King."
"I'd feel more guilty if I let my people die."
Why is he so stubborn? He's a real bitch. The lives of many people are more important than one person. Can't he think about it? But if I'm honest, I don't want to die. There's a lot of things I haven't done.
I picked up one of the healing potions I kept. I stood up to trouble. I approached the King to give me my potion. His hand is still forward. He could not drink the potion to recuperate. If one of his hands grabs my potion, it could be that his protector is destroyed. Death will come to us.
There's only one way. I pointed my bottle of potion into my mouth. My feet moved closer to the King until we were very close. I held her chin until her mouth was open. Put my mouth in his mouth.