Global Lord in the Apocalypse: I Begin with a Greenhouse

Chapter 24 - The First Evernight

“The countdown begins.”

The game system's voice echoed across the sky as the giant digital display showed 00:00:10.

“Ten.”

“Nine.”

“Eight.”

“Seven.”

“Six.”

Inside the room, Darla watched the computer screen and saw that the mist was now only a few hundred meters away from the outer perimeter. Given its speed, there was no way the countdown above them could be wrong. In just a few seconds, it would reach them.

“Five.”

“Four.”

At the same time, Adrian stood in the second-floor lobby with his arms folded, his gaze fixed straight ahead. His expression was cold, and his eyes conveyed nothing but calm composure.

The point in front of him marked the outer boundary of the region.

And the fact that his greenhouse faced directly toward it seemed to suggest that the structure had been designed to confront the monsters that were about to arrive.

“If a lord has truly been brought to this New World with the destiny of exterminating monsters, then so be it. I'll fight every last one of them.”

“Three.”

“Two.”

“One.”

“Lords, the true test of your abilities begins now. Do whatever it takes to survive the monster attack. Remember the most important thing: whatever you do, don't die.”

00:00:00

The moment all the digits on the giant display turned to zero, a twenty-meter-high wall of red mist appeared in the distance.

And since Adrian's shelter now stood thirty meters tall, the searchlights he had installed on top of the greenhouse could illuminate an area up to two hundred meters ahead.

“What? It's even taller than it was in the old world?”

Back on Earth, the first wave of mist had been only five meters tall before rising to ten meters shortly before everyone was transported to the New World.

Seeing that it had now reached twice that height, Adrian finally understood why he needed to prepare for the worst.

Whoosh!

As the mist appeared, a powerful gust of wind suddenly swept toward them.

The mist had initially been a hundred meters away, but it was now only fifty meters from the protective fence.

“Damn! This is a massacre waiting to happen!”

Fighting in the darkness was already difficult enough. Now, with the mist making visibility even worse, the New World had truly become a slaughterhouse.

However, just as the mist reached a point two meters away from the magical grass that stretched ten meters around the protective fence, it stopped advancing, as though an invisible barrier were holding it back.

The strong winds could still reach the greenhouse, but the red mist itself seemed trapped in place.

“Excellent! This will make the battle much easier to control!”

Even though the searchlights couldn't penetrate the mist, that didn't matter. What mattered most was the two-meter gap between the grass and the mist. According to Adrian's plan, that was where the battle would take place.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Soon, deep and terrifying growls echoed from within the mist. Adrian didn't need to wait for the monsters to reveal themselves to know what kind of creatures were coming to attack.

“Just a bunch of zombies? Is the system serving us an appetizer? Let's see how much damage they can do to this shelter!”

Gripping the iron railing of the second-floor lobby, Adrian continued observing the situation below.

“Hold that position! Don't let a single monster reach the grass!”

Shouting to the Northern General and Southern General standing outside the fence below, Adrian pointed toward the outer edge of the magical grass, ordering his troops to prevent any monsters from crossing it.

He knew that one of the most important missions tonight was to protect the magical grass.

If it was damaged, nothing would stop the red mist from reaching the protective fence. And if that happened, the monsters would have a chance to destroy it.

Although there was also magical grass growing inside the fence, Adrian still wanted to protect the fence itself.

“Yes, my lord!”

Both generals immediately drew their swords and led the soldiers into battle.

“Listen up, soldiers! Don't retreat even a single step! Kill anything that comes near!”

“Yes, Commander!”

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Immediately after their battle cries rang out, dozens of zombies emerged from the red mist. Running and leaping as though competing for the most precious food they could find, they charged toward the soldiers.

Their movements were fast, wild, and repulsive, as if they were driven entirely by their most primitive instincts.

“Soldiers, hold the line!”

On the other side, the undead soldiers raised their massive shields and held back the zombies attempting to break through their formation.

Behind their armored helmets, there wasn't the slightest trace of fear or horror. If anything, all that remained was a pure, unrestrained desire to kill.

“These lowly creatures must not get past us! Kill them all! Attack!”

The Northern General's roar thundered through the air. At the same time, the soldiers, who had been standing ready with their swords, thrust their weapons forward with their left hands.

Stab! Stab! Stab!

Crash! Crash! Crash!

The piercing sounds of swords stabbing through flesh rang out. Zombies fell to the ground with their heads severed or their bodies cut apart.

Yet the sight did nothing to frighten the zombies behind them. The carnage failed to stop their assault. If anything, their attacks only grew more intense.

Roar!

Roar!

Roar!

“Hold your positions! No one retreats!”

The Southern General issued his orders. Wielding a sword in each hand, he slashed at every zombie that appeared before him.

“My lord, should I intervene?”

Yemima, who had been standing beside Adrian in the lobby, looked eager to join the battle.

Although the zombies couldn't prey upon the undead soldiers, they could still kill them. And seeing how the number of incoming zombies was increasing rapidly, putting the soldiers under considerable pressure, Yemima didn't want to stand idly by without doing anything.

With her current level of strength, killing a hundred zombies in a single attack would be no difficult feat.

“No. Not yet. Let the soldiers deal with these zombies.”

As he spoke, Adrian kept his gaze fixed on the red mist, as though he were waiting for something.

“Growl!”

Just as he had expected, sharp growls suddenly rang out from within the mist, coming from multiple directions at the same time.

At that moment, a wide grin spread across his lips.

“Just as I expected.”