Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 384 Blocking the Dike

Six fully armed squire knights lined up in a column and pushed their way through, creating a safe haven for Yarrow.

"You go and clear out the skeleton monsters. I'll protect Lord Yaro."

Despite saying this, Baron Claire was subtly wary of Yaro.

He had been trapped by the wizards not long ago, and then inexplicably rescued by several other wizards. Now, Yaro had strangely appeared here and was in contact with those wizards again.

Even though it seemed that Yaro wasn't with them, Claire still suspected Yaro's motives.

"No need, let's... hurry to the canyon!" Yaro urged hurriedly, suppressing his discomfort.

"Rest assured, Lord Yarrow, we have deployed a large number of guards behind the canyon. These weak skeleton monsters are no threat..."

Under normal circumstances, the canyon occupies a natural and strategically important location with both internal and external defenses. The skeleton monsters are weaker than even normal soldiers, so they cannot threaten the canyon.

Otherwise, the defeated refugees would not have been able to successfully launch a counterattack using the strait.

but……

"Lord Yarrow, what brings you here?" Baron Claire asked tentatively.

"Ahem... Stop talking nonsense! There's been a riot in the refugee camp, and there are only two teenagers in the canyon. Go and rescue them!"

"A riot?!"

Baron Claire's expression changed drastically, and he immediately ordered, "Eden, take Lord Yarrow with you, everyone else, proceed at full speed!"

"Yes!"

……

"Isaac, Isaac!"

The boy, as thin as a monkey, ran up nimbly, panting, and shouted, "I went to check the back, and there's only one person left inside. I told him to go and inform the leader right away."

Isaac clenched his fists, his usually calm face contorted with rage: "Only one person?! Didn't Old Man Hunter say he'd arrange for backup? Is this how he did it?"

Levi quickly explained, "Old Man Hunter had arranged for a few people to guard that area, but there was a riot in the area where they were being settled, resulting in many deaths and injuries, so the few who stayed behind went to provide support..."

Being sober does not mean that hatred has disappeared. Those who killed people during the riot will still be hated and seek revenge even if they regain their senses.

“At most a few people will die in the turmoil, but if something happens in the canyon, we’ll all die!” Isaac roared in despair, his emotions on the verge of collapse.

Having climbed over various obstacles, Livay peered into the corridor, his pupils constricted sharply, and he fell silent.

What a terrifying scene that was!

The ribs of the skeleton monster were interlocked like mortise and tenon joints, and its arm bones were raised high like seaweed drifting with the current. The numerous skulls swayed with pairs of eerie green ghostly eyes, like rivers reflecting starlight, inspiring awe and fear.

A large number of undead were crammed together like ribs and bones, pressing forward relentlessly with a clear objective. Fine wood chips kept popping up from the grooves on both sides of the wooden barrier, making a teeth-grinding sound.

Levi took a deep breath, steadied himself, and said in a deep voice, "We must find a way to buy time!" "Buy time with what? Huh? There are only the two of us, how can we buy time, huh?!" Isaac slumped helplessly on the wooden platform of the checkpoint, muttering, "It's useless, we can't do anything, we can't do anything."

"Then what do you suggest? Just sit here and wait to die like you?" Levi clenched his fists, his eyes bulging, like a furious monkey. "No! I can't do it! I will never give in! Just like in the fight just now, even if I see that bone knife coming down on my head, even if I'm going to die in the next moment, I will still struggle!"

"If the Witcher hadn't saved you, you would be dead just now!"

"I'll die with my eyes open! If I had closed my eyes just now, the fireball the Witcher fired would have injured me anyway. How can I see the variables if I don't open my eyes!"

Isaac looked up, dejected, and said, "Don't be silly. There aren't that many variables. Like just now, how many of us died before the Witcher arrived? If he hadn't come then, what good would it have done to keep your eyes open?"

“Leviathan…” Isaac paused, then forced out the words through clenched teeth, “Let’s run!”

"coward!"

“Yes! You’ve always called me a coward, and I am a coward… So what! What can I do?” Isaac’s voice trembled with emotion, and he gestured wildly, his voice rising higher and higher. “You see how many skeletons are outside? Endless! And they’re not coming to help. What can the two of us do? We might not even be able to kill two skeletons at once! What can we do besides run for our lives…”

“Isaac!” Levi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up, his thin face full of seriousness, looking somewhat comical. “I have a way!”

"A solution... Heh, you've never been smart, what solution could you possibly have?" Isaac didn't believe him at first, but seeing Levi's serious expression, he wiped his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Tell me, I'm listening."

"Do you remember that acrobatic move we secretly learned?" Levi swallowed unconsciously, trying to remain calm.

Isaac paused, then asked, "Huh? Jumping on someone's hands? Isn't that the method we used when we were stealing melons? What use would it have here?"

Clap!

Several crossbeams broke again, and the surging, stark white bones advanced another row before being blocked by the obstacles behind them.

Levi took a deep breath and patted Isaac on the shoulder: "No time to explain, get ready! Let me jump one more time!"

"What do you want to do?" Isaac sensed something ominous in Levi's words.

Levi's eyes darted around, pointing to the fixed torch above. He grinned and said, "I'm going to jump up there. Look, those skeleton monsters are packed tightly together. If I can attract the attention of those skeleton monsters in front and make them stop, then all the skeleton monsters will be unable to move forward!"

Isaac looked up, then at the surging skeletons, and after a moment's thought, he realized that the skinny-looking Levi had indeed come up with a good idea.

“But…” Isaac still felt that something was not right, but his mind was already in turmoil and he couldn’t figure out what the problem was.

"Don't let your studies make you stupid! If you have the chance, don't hesitate! If those monsters break through another barrier, we won't find such a good spot to jump up!" Levi urged repeatedly.

"Why don't you squat down and let me do it?" Isaac said hesitantly.

Snapped!
"Can you jump as high as me?" Levi roughly pulled Isaac up.

In a daze, Isaac adopted the familiar half-squatting posture.

"on!"

(End of this chapter)