Lord of the Oasis

Bunduk led the team towards the location where the signal was sent from.

Finally, they stopped in front of the main city’s imperial palace.

Bunduk was able to recognize that this was the imperial palace of Undead City, but that was only because it was located in the center of the city. The area it occupied was indeed wide enough, and there were towering guardrails surrounding the estate.

If Bunduk was to comment on the appearance of this imperial palace, he would probably describe it by one word — strange.

The entire palace of the Undead Kingdom was made of stone, giving off a heavy and sturdy feeling. Furthermore, its appearance was very strange. It seemed to only have one entrance, and one could not see where it led to.

“Aldrich and the others sent the signal here?” Bunduk asked.

The soldier who was accompanying him replied, “Based on the estimated distance, they are indeed here.”

Bunduk frowned. “Then where are they? In the palace?”

The soldier who had just answered the question stood at the side. His lips were tight, and he was so nervous that he could not speak. He cursed in his heart, ‘The scouts this time are really troublesome.’

The doubts in Bunduk’s heart grew deeper and deeper. After he calmed down and thought about it, Bunduk was more and more certain that the scouts were not just fresh and playful, but that there were other reasons why they had not appeared.

There were probably people lying in ambush in this palace.

But why didn’t they fight against Bunduk’s team outside the city gates in the first place. Instead, they chose to stay quietly in this strange-looking palace. Could it be that this palace really had some advantages that allowed them to make such a decision?

Bunduk felt a faint sense of unease in his heart.

After he thought about it for a while, he said to the soldier beside him, “Go and find another team of soldiers who are searching in the city. Tell them to come to this palace to meet us.”

The soldier who received the order heaved a sigh of relief in his heart and quickly walked towards the fork in the road. He disappeared from Bunduk’s sight.

“Everyone don’t act rashly. Rest here.” Bunduk ordered.

It was close to noon now, and the sun had risen to its highest point. The soldiers of Drondheim sat down on the ground one after another. All of their expressions were tense as they waited for Commander Bunduk’s next order.

After a moment, a scream came from the intersection where the soldiers who had just received the order to search for the person left. “Ahhh!!!”

All the soldiers of Drondheim immediately stood up, took out their weapons or mounted their horses.

“Lizard… lizard people!!” At the intersection, the soldier dragged a warrior covered in blood on his shoulder as he ran towards the large group.

Another soldier beside him seemed to have lost consciousness and allowed him to drag him.

Bunduk immediately ran to the front of the group and stared at it carefully for a while. Only then did he realize that the one who was injured was his subordinate officer.

“Krytor!!” Bunduk called his subordinate’s name and wanted to help support his body. However, he was stopped by the soldier beside him.

Behind the subordinate officers and soldier, there was a large group of lizardmen.

They moved in a large and tense group, as if it was about to fill the entire street.

The bodies of those lizardmen were like flowing water, in front of them, the two soldiers were like sand that could be washed away at any time.

All the soldiers of Drondheim were so shocked that they stood rooted to the ground, and they couldn’t come back to their senses. The two soldiers had already been swallowed by the tide of the lizardmen.

“Why, why are there lizardmen here?” The soldiers beside them were completely flustered. They had never had the experience of fighting the lizardmen. In this hot weather, it was torture for them, but for the lizardmen, it was like a fish meeting water. All of them were full of energy and could come and go as they pleased.

What else could there be? The lizardmen were obviously the reinforcements that the undead had invited.

They were indeed a race that was transformed from cold-blooded animals.

A while ago, they were allies that fought against the invasion of the undead, but now, they had agreed to help the undead to frame them.

With so many lizardmen deployed, they really didn’t know how much the undead had given to those lizardmen.

“Everyone, get ready for battle.” Bunduk said calmly.

The warriors of Drondheim had all returned to their senses at this moment, but their expressions were more or less scared.

Fighting with the lizardmen in such a narrow alley was practically smashing their heads against the wall.

The Swadian warriors who stood at the forefront of the team had already set up their formation. They held their blades in their left hand and raised their shields in front of their chests with their right hands.

Every single soldier was staring intently at the enemy in front of them.

The lizardmen who were facing them, on the other hand, had a relaxed look on their faces. The smile on their lips carried a hint of mockery.

Just as the battle between the two sides was about to erupt, a tall man walked out from the lizardmen. When Bunduk saw that face, he felt as though he had seen him somewhere before.

He could not remember exactly where he met the man.

That man walked straight to Bunduk and grinned. “You still want to attack the city. Can’t you see that it’s an obvious trap for you guys? With a commander like you, Drondheim is probably finished in the Nahrin Desert.”

“Despicable scoundrel.” Bunduk snorted.

“You guys feel pretty happy after defeating a few big guys at the city gate?” the man mocked. “They were condemned criminals who couldn’t even eat three meals. In the end, they were actually beaten to death by you guys. However, as the lowest existence of the undead race, it’s reasonable for them to take a few soldiers of Drondheim to be buried along with them.”

Bunduk stared into the man’s eyes and gritted his teeth, but he didn’t say anything.

The man from the lizard race seemed to be satisfied when he saw Bunduk’s resentful expression. After pausing for a while, he said again, “Forget it, today is not our lizard race’s home ground. I won’t say anything more. The host here is in this imperial palace. You guys might want to go in and take a look.”

Bunduk pushed the man away and walked to the entrance of the palace of the undead race.

He tried his best to calm down the anger in his heart. After taking a deep breath, he walked into the palace.

The man from the lizard race watched as Bunduk walked in. The corners of his mouth curled up and he laughed softly.

Then, he looked up and saw the warriors of Drondheim who surrounded him with unfriendly eyes. He said arrogantly, “Your lives are now in the hand of your boss. Why? Are you in such a hurry to die?”

After saying that, he pushed a warrior away and walked out on his own.

Under the scorching sun, the two sides sat opposite each other.

The man of the lizard race walked back and forth, thinking about something.

He still hoped that the commander of Drondheim not be too stubborn and admit defeat to the leader of the undead clan.

In this way, they could easily complete the mission and return home to get their share of the reward.