Chapter 51
"Boom~ boom!!"
With the continuous eruption of the black Shadow Power, a huge crack was blasted on the blue protective city barrier! Dozens of hideous demons roared as they broke through, pierced the city walls, and brought nauseating black energy into the Galros Fortress!
The moment the demons stepped into the fortress,
Hundreds of warriors wearing gray armor immediately gathered their battle energy, holding giant shields and long spears, rushing towards the demons that were several times larger than themselves! At the same time, the cannons already set up inside the fortress also unleashed their fury, covering the soldiers and attacking the demons!
"Charge, let's fight these monsters! Aaaaaaaah!!"
Accompanied by the soldiers' exhausted roars and the furious firelight,
The crack in the barrier instantly turned into an extremely fierce and cruel battlefield! The soldiers' long spears kept piercing the demons' bodies, while heavy artillery and arrows continuously inflicted heavy damage on them! Under the fierce onslaught of the soldiers, one brutal demon after another fell with a wail,
However, despite the more than twenty demons that fell,
Nearly sixty soldiers were also struck by the demons' claws during the battle, directly shattered and torn into pieces on the ground. Additionally, nearly a hundred people were contaminated by the black energy and corrosive breath released by the demons,
Under the horrified gazes of countless people, they turned into nauseating pools of blood,
For a moment, a strong smell of blood and a hair-raising stench filled the area around the crack. The corpses of the demons and the shattered remains of human soldiers piled up like a mountain, with blood flowing like a river. Accompanied by the roars of the demons and the screams of countless humans, it was a terrifying scene that could stop one's heart,
Looking at the hellish scene before him, the Eighth Army Regiment's Warrior Leader, Kozov-Zerong, clenched his teeth tightly, and his fists were clenched even harder, embedding them into his flesh,
These soldiers,
They were his companions who he had spent day and night with!
Seeing his companions die horribly, Kozov was heartbroken, and his face was completely filled with anger and hatred. However, even so, he still suppressed the impulse in his heart by taking deep breaths,
After sacrificing twelve soldiers and barely defeating a sixth-tier demon, the warrior leader quickly turned his head toward the nearby mage corps,
"Now's the time! Other demons are blocked outside the barrier! Quickly repair the crack!!!"
Upon receiving the order, the mage corps immediately mobilized all their magic power,
With ripples of blue magical light, the huge crack in the barrier gradually got repaired. At this point, the battle in this small area was over. But Warrior Leader Kozov didn't feel the slightest sense of relief,
Because just as this crack was repaired, a messenger had already arrived at Kozov's side,
"A huge crack has appeared in the 23rd city wall defense line! Please go support them immediately!!"
After finishing these words,
The messenger directly fainted due to excessive blood loss,
Seeing this,
Kozov angrily and extremely solemnly bit through his lips,
"Damn, it…"
After cursing, Kozov quickly looked back at his subordinates,
"Quick, call the medical soldiers!"
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Although the Galros Fortress had barely withstood the first massive charge of the demon horde under the protection of the city barrier, maintaining such a large-scale protective barrier required a large amount of magic power and precious magic stones.
As time went by and the demons' attacks grew stronger, the mage corps' magic power and the reserve of magic stones were being rapidly consumed,
Gradually,
The barrier's defensive ability began to decline step by step.
Under the hysterical bombardment of the demons, more and more cracks appeared in the city barrier! Hundreds and thousands of demons roared as they entered the Galros Fortress and engaged in a fierce close combat with the defenders! The battlefield Kozov was in, was just a small part of dozens of battlefields,
Though many mages constantly replenished their lost magic power with magic potions to continue maintaining the barrier,
The replenishing speed ultimately couldn't keep up with the consumption rate,
The defense line of the Galros Fortress was at risk of being breached at any moment.
Realizing this,
The vice leader, Watlin, standing on the city wall commanding the troops, couldn't help but frown, looking at the terrifying demon horde in front of her with a very serious expression.
If the reinforcements from the Wind City, or the support promised by the Asumos Church, didn't arrive, the entire Galros Fortress would soon fall, turning into a living hell! Everyone would likely become food for the demons,
Dying with mutilated corpses...
Thinking of such a terrifying future, Watlin's back shivered coldly. Though she still pretended to be calm in front of her subordinates, her heart was already filled with endless panic.
"Heaven,"
"'Please save us,'"
Feeling the bloodthirsty and violent gaze of the demons below the wall, eager to tear her apart, feeling the extremely oppressive waves of the Shadow Power, Watlin prayed helplessly in her heart,
So, would Heaven choose to send help in their hour of need?
It's hard to say,
But the fact is,
Sometimes, Heaven seems to prefer adding fuel to the fire...
As Watlin prayed,
A sudden movement in the distance caught the vice leader's attention, making her involuntarily pick up her telescope and look toward the rear of the demon horde,
What?
What is that??
Snow? A snowstorm? Why is there a sudden snowstorm now?
Huh?!
"No, no, no, that, that, that is!!!!!!"
In an instant,
After clearly seeing the huge white figure in the center of the snowstorm, Watlin's eyes shrank, and her whole body was suddenly enveloped in an unparalleled chilling sensation! An unprecedented fear grew rapidly within her heart like a virus! It was as if a pitch-black demonic claw dragged her consciousness into an abyss...
The fire of hope that had barely been burning in her heart just moments ago was completely extinguished upon seeing that figure,
With no possibility of revival,
Watlin's soul was trembling at this moment,
Under the puzzled gazes of the soldiers, her body involuntarily fell to her knees,
'That, that is, a demon, a demon king-tier...'
"Snow Devourer!"
'A demon king-tier demon?! Why, why, why did it suddenly appear here?!!'
Watlin's heart couldn't help but become hysterical,
Originally planning to defend the fortress and wait for reinforcements, she had already abandoned that idea! Now, Watlin's only thought was retreat! The Galros Fortress, without even a seventh-rank or holy-rank expert, how could it possibly resist an eighth-rank demon king-tier ?!
Once the Snow Devourer arrived, everyone would die!!!
There was no way to resist!
'We must retreat!!'
After making such a judgment, Watlin suddenly stood up, looking at the bewildered soldiers behind her,
"Quick!! Everyone! Retreat immediately...???"
Damn!
It's too late!!!
However,
Before Watlin could finish her words, the giant wolf in the distance, engulfed by the snowstorm, suddenly opened its sharp-toothed bloody mouth! In an instant, endless crimson Shadow Power converged within it and compressed continuously!
The terrifying power fluctuations caused the surrounding space to gradually distort,
The compressed crimson Shadow Power within the giant wolf's mouth was suddenly released!
In an instant, the earth was torn apart, and the sky changed color! The earth-shattering crimson beam, like a ferocious bloodthirsty beast breaking free from its shackles, roared with the power to devour everything and charged toward the Galros Fortress!
Under the horrified gazes of Watlin and countless soldiers, the crimson beam rapidly expanded in their eyes,
"Boom!!!!!!"
Accompanied by a deafening explosion and the majestic release of Shadow Power, the crimson beam slammed into the blue barrier outside the Galros Fortress! In a split second, the magic barrier that had long resisted the demon horde was shattered with an unstoppable momentum!
The unstoppable crimson beam continued to howl toward the interior,
Including Watlin, tens of thousands of people disintegrated into dust without even having the chance to scream! A third of the fortress was instantly obliterated under the Snow Devourer's 'Annihilation beams', and the two mountain peaks in the distance were also directly razed to the ground at this moment...