From the last chapter, our heroes were having an advantage at fending off the undead as they beat the endless hoard of them. That is until a great dragon above flew above our heroes with the leader of the undead riding it. And so we continue from there as the great dragon prepares to fire its laser at them.

"What is that?" Mae asked.

"It's aiming for us! We're all gonna die!" Boey panicked.

Ai noticed a path out of the harbor, "Quickly! We need to head that way!"

Everyone got ready to get running as they got rid of any undead creature that blocked the way. Some soldiers in the crowd were hounded down by any Terrors in the way that either snuck up to them or got too cocky and reckless while running off.

In the midst of the trembling, Sakura got lost in the crowd as she just had to trip and have people run over her. The poor little undead girl was starting to be torn apart as any bystanders are panicking and having her parts scattered all over the floor. The girl was as shocked as the bystanders, but could not do anything about it because you know.

Ai looked back and saw her friend in pieces as she tried to get her back, "Sakura!"

"Ai-chan!" cried the red haired Terror.

Before Ai could react, a giant laser shot from the sky, separating Ai from Sakura. The blast made Ai fly back to where she was originally heading along with others while killing off anyone left behind.

…

"Hey, wake up!"

"There are better places to sleep than on the ground!"

Ai opened her eyes to only see Mae and Boey beside her. Since she was a zombie, she doesn't really mind any injuries that are simply scratches or stabs. She didn't have any major holes or any missing limbs so she should be fine.

"Where Sakura?" Ai asked.

"About your friend… heh heh," Mae faltered.

Ai sighed, "I figured."

"She might survive it somehow since she's you know," Boey guessed as he placed his hand behind his head.

Ai realized that she is in a small camp that is away from the harbor, but not too far off. She could still see the smoke ablaze from the harbor probably from the blast. Around here were people either resting up or being treated from their wounds from earlier.

"If this is what we need to face again soon, I fear for it to only get worse," Ai thought to herself.

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Somewhere from afar, Lily and friends are traveling back to the Zofia castle while making some progress. It was boring for the most part while the One Kingdom's Brotherhood of Knights remained uneasy with the presence of Lily around with the exception of Sir Clive. Most of the time its just walking and Lily talking to anyone willing to listen.

Delthea and Luthier do chime in here and there as they are just as interested in Lily's stories of her world. Mostly Delthea as she got to know the Terror firsthand. Luthier on the other hand is as cautious as the other knights, but is just as curious to some extent.

"This idea that the world that we stand on is actually slanted with the amount of sunlight reaching here determining the seasons, it sounds very fascinating Lady Lily," Clive said while looking impressed.

"Ah, shucks," Lily blushed, "You flatter Lily."

"Mind telling me how your world created a ship that can fly in the air? Delthea has hinted to me about it and I grew more curious about it," Luthier asked.

Lily nods, "Certainly. You see…"

Suddenly there were screams from a nearby village with many villagers crying out in pain. Fire release a huge amount of smoke in the air as homes and crops were burnt up. Lots of farm animals braying and panicking.

"We cannot simply barge in, but something must be done," Clive urges.

"You know, Alm would of done so like before," Delthea reminded the knight.

"May I remind you that we are not as skilled as he is in the art of the sword?" Luthier warned.

"Even so, we cannot save a kingdom from the Terrors if we cannot save a single village. While it is risky, we have done this many times back in the war," Clive asserted.

"That is fair since that is also how we managed to save Delthea," Luthier agreed.

"Ant thanks by the way," Delthea added.

Lily in the meanwhile scouted ahead as she hid in the bushes to see some of the layout of the burning village. She curled her hands into makeshift binoculars as she started planning her strategy based on what she can see at the moment. Drawing on the dirt a map layout and tried to memorize it.

It's a mixture of both bandits and Terrors running amok with the whole thing being a civil war. There are bandits who simply wanted to steal what they can while there are Terrors that want to eat any living being in sight. The formation seems straightforward as the bandits are near homes or anywhere with goods while the Terrors are out in the open.

Lily then returned to the group who were planning as well as she called out, "Hey guys! Lily has a plan!"

She drew the map layout quickly on the dirt again as everyone around her was amazed. The first one to comment was Clive as he said, "To think that you took initiative to scout ahead and memorize the layout so quickly. I'm quite impressed."

"Lily proposed that she handles the zombies up ahead as they may think that Lily is their friends. Clive needs to lead the knights to handle the bandits around the area. Have some knights be with Delthea and Luthier as they provide. Magic should be able to deal heavy damage on any zombies or bandits. Do not engage the zombies unless they get close," Lily proposes.

"More work for me and Lu, really?" Delthea sighed.

"But Delthea, your amazing," Lily argued.

"I know, but… argh fine!" Delthea pouted.

"To think you can make such a calculated plan, but for the bandits, do we do one knight at the time? We only have ten with us," Clive added.

"Lily never thought of that," Lily admitted, "I guess if we split into pairs with two pairs on one side of the village and the other on the other side."

"I do propose that we gradually move up but quickly, but prioritize on the Terrors as some of the bandits could help us combat them," Luthier suggested.

"That seems like a grand idea," Clive agreed, "Are we on the clear?"

Everyone nodded as they slowly went to the burning village. They get into formation according to Lily's plan as they begin to charge right in. Delthea then got out an orb like thing as threw it in the air which will play the following song.

BGM: March to Deliverance (Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)

Clive lead a pair and his partner on the left side of the village. They rode on their horse with haste as they spotted one bandit who is busy mugging a family. The bandit notices Clive as he was stabbed in the chest by his lance. The knight shouted, "No hard feelings!"

The bandit's body dropped to the floor with the lance releasing him as Clive went on forward with a knight. The pair of cavaliers behind went in to make sure there were no additional bandits in the area. The same thing occurred in the other side of the village except it took two knights together to handle a single bandit.

Lily on the other hand went forward with only an axe in hand and charged at the Terrors. None of the Terrors paid any attention to the little undead girl as she went up to them and slashed one of them. Having that one Terror chest have a chest wound that Lily made bigger to the point where it is split in half.

"Tee hee, this is fun!" Lilly gleed.

Near the entrance to the village, two knights guarded Luthier and Delthea as the two mages shot out fire spells left and right at any Terrors coming their way. There were more coming way as they surround the knights well attacking villagers at the same time. Some managed to get to Delthea and Luthier, but the two mages do manage to scare them off.

"Wha? No way," Delthea complained.

"We got this!" Luthier shouted as he is getting tired from shooting spell after spell, "I have been improving my skills as of late. I see that you been lacking."

"Come on Lu! I'm actually taking this seriously for once!" Delthea argued.

Luthier nodded, "Hmm, you are right on that point. I see that your stance is more refined and you are not slouching this time. I guess some of my influence have rubbed on you."

Delthea frowned, "It's not that! I just got bored in the village when you left, that's all."

"At least you used your time productively," Luthier smiled as he was getting weaker at shooting spells.

"Hmm," Delthea sighed, "You wouldn't understand as always. But I did say that I sort of like that part of you."

Delthea and Luthier reached Support C.

The two mages were getting weaker as they are getting slower at spell making. The knights on the other hand were losing stamina as they were slowly trembled by the Terrors. Slowly getting bites and stabs by the undead.

Delthea and Luthier stepped back in time before the crowd reach to them, but they had to witness the horror of the Terrors eating the cavaliers with their horses. All Delthea and Luthier can do is keep shooting spells at the best of their abilities. The cries of the knights as they begged to be put out of their misery shook the two as they watch them being ripped apart.

As some Terrors run at the two mages, Lily came in just in time and grabbed their attention by giving them a whistle. Everyone stopped in their tracks as they stared at Lily with a dumbfounded look. Even the Terrors that were eating the two dead knights also dropped any flesh in their hands and mouth.

The undead girl then shouted, "Hey guys! More meat in the corner! Try the bandits!"

The Terrors roared in replied as they obeyed Lily for some reason. Lily was left dumbfounded at what she saw as Delthea and Luthier shared the same feeling. The three then regrouped to quickly discuss over the matter.

"What the hell was that?" Delthea yelped.

"Lily doesn't know! It's as if they think Lily is their friend," Lily guessed, "So Lily thought that maybe they would listen to Lily since Lily is a friend."

"Honestly, that seems kind of stupid but it can work to our advantage!" Delthea exclaimed, "We can move forward with this!"

"Hmm…" Luthier pondered, "She might be a spy, but everything else says otherwise."

"What's wrong Lu?" Delthea asked.

Luthier noticed his sister as he declared, "First we have to deal with this threat at once! I'll explain later!"

The Terrors made way for the bandits who struggled to get away from them. Some of the bandits fought against the Terrors only to be ganged up on. The knights that were supposed to fight the bandits now have an advantage as they killed off some of the Terrors and bandits. Eventually after spamming this strategy with Lily, Delthea, and Luthier fighting in the background, our heroes emerge victorious with a bunch of corpses that stay dead on the ground.

BGM ends

"We did it!" Lily cheered.

"Another feather in our caps." Clive said as he doesn't appear to be injured.

Luthier sighed as he leaned onto the wall of a house, "I've overworked myself."

"Just let me rest..." Delthea groaned.

"What's wrong?" Lily asked.

"When we use so much magic, it really put a drain in us," Delthea explained before falling asleep on the ground.

"I fear that we may need to rest here for now while we help fix up this village," Clive suggested, "Also to give a proper burial to the men who sacrificed their lives for this moment."

Lily saw some knights carried four body bags as they were dragged off to somewhere. The zombie winced at the sight, probably reminded her of her own death as her heart suddenly popped out of her chest. Lily tried to push it back into her chest as Clive was shocked by the sight.

"Sorry about that," Lily excused herself, "Lily died of a heart attack and her heart ended up like this sometimes."

"To die so young must be flexing," Clive said as he got off his horse.

"Don't worry! Now Lily can be young forever even though Lily is supposed to be eighteen," Lily gleed.

"Hmm, I never thought of it that way," Clive nodded, "Though you must have missed your parents."

"Mama died when Lily was young, but Pappy is still around. Lily saw him once, but Lily need to keep her true identity a secret because… you know," Lily answered, "Lily knows that he still misses me at least."

"Now that's not right," Clive disagreed, "If your father really loved you, he would never mind that you were undead."

"Lily wish that were true, but Kotaro-san… I mean Mr. Kotaro said otherwise," Lily sighed.

"This Kotaro, was he the man who resurrected you?" Clive asked as knelt to the undead girl.

Lily nodded as the knight then asked, "And why would he demand that you to be kept a secret?"

"Something about how if everyone knows that we are zombies, they will kill us," Lily answered as she is started to tear up.

Clive eyes widen, "My apologies. I should of been too personal."

Lily wiped her tears, "It's fine. Lily never got to tell anyone about this openly. Especially in front of Mr. Kotaro because he yells at Lily when she does. Lily actually wanted my Pappy to know Lily is still here rather than just say goodbye. Lily knows that she needs to focus on being an idol with the concerts and all, but… Lily want some time with her Pappy."

Clive took a deep breath, "Your father must be lucky if he knew you were still here. I wished the same can be said for me for all of those I lost in my life."

After hearing this, Lily then went to the knight for a hug. Clive was left speechless as he just let it happen. It's the least he can do for this poor child under such circumstances.

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Author's Notes: Wow it's been a while and sorry for taking so long! Finals really got to me that I need to focus on them and I got working on this chapter afterwards which was like about last week. Studying really fried my brain so I was losing motivation in writing, but I managed. I'll get back to writing more chapters at a fast pace but need a short break before doing so. It won't be long as last time, I hope.

Besides that, points to those who get some of the quote references from Echoes.

On a side note, I felt that the zombie girls, well some of them, bonded with the Fire Emblem cast to the point where I should slowly drop them it and calling them Terrors. Also forgot to noticed that the zombies in the Post game are actually called the Death Masks. I thought they were Terrors and decided to say that the Fire Emblem Echoes characters assume that they are Terrors.

Also, added the whole drama with Lily thing as a response to the episode where she reunited with her dad. It is an interesting episode, but I really want them back together since the whole secret thing in Zombieland Saga. It not only limits some story telling, but also really cause some problems when the zombie girls meet their loved ones.

Besides that, please leave a review and I would chat with you if you want.