Chapter 813 Charge Of Death [Pt 1]

Chapter 813 Charge Of Death [Pt 1]

'They got us!'

Councilman Finn's face was littered with beads of sweat as he carefully observed the battlefield.

'Using Undead... this was not only unexpected, but completely unaccounted for in our plan against the Giants and Monsters that we were told about.'

Unlike living creatures, Undead felt no pain. They also didn't perish until you got rid of their core. As such, their blasters would only slow them down at best, and unless they were able to fully destroy the body of an Undead or completely incapacitate them, their efforts were simply in vain.

'If we had more time and distance between us, this wouldn't be such a big issue, but... it seemed they already accounted for that.'

Why else would the enemy cause their forces to spawn right in front of the first battlement?

'We've lost our advantage!' Councilman Finn clenched his fist as he glared at the Monsters who now neared the battlement with little to no resistance stopping them. Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

It made him even more anxious.

'They made us exhaust our first round of attack before making their move, which means we're currently sitting ducks. Even if the blasters can be reloaded in time, the larger canons need time to cool. Those blasters could be enough to slow down Monsters and Giants... but not Undead.'

And it wasn't just because of their tenacity.

'The Miasma... it's weakening the impact of our attacks. That pool of death... it's a big problem.'

Not only were their attacks rendered less effective as a result of the black swamp, but anytime they took down an Undead, or gravely injured one, the swamp sucked them in and spat out even more able-bodied and powerful Undead.

'Is the Swamp repairing the Undead... or does it just have many Undead within it? How does it even work?' Unfortunately, they didn't have the luxury to think about any of those at the moment.

After all...

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!~

... The Undead were already ramming at the gates.

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!~

Each attempt to tear down the gates caused a deafening roar to burst into the air. These creatures were using their very bodies as cannons—or whatever was necessary—to tear asunder the sole barrier that stood in their way.

'We can take them out as they appear in smaller numbers, thanks to the gate limiting how many can invade at a time.' The Councilman smiled, nodding to himself as he desired to further plan how to go about it.

Unfortunately, his entire thoughts were halted in their tracks.

After all...

"W-what... what is that?!"

... Emerging from the dark swamp were a group of colossal creatures—entities larger than anything Councilman Finn had ever seen face-to-face in his life.

He recognized them, though... 'Dragons!'

This group of Dragons—six of them with four horns, while a bunch of others with three—all opened their massive jaws and let out crackles of power that converged in a single location.

This group of fifteen Dragons all gathered their energies in a single place, causing the swirling storm of multicolored energies—all trapped in a purple layer of repulsive light—only grew larger and larger.

Until... it became even larger than the Dragons themselves.

"N-no... No way!" Councilman Finn already knew what would happen the moment he witnessed the ever-expanding orb that was now being aimed.

"NOOOOOO!"

As soon as he screamed, the blast was sent straight towards the sturdy battlement gates.

There was no resistance at all.

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!~

The gates melted instantly, before being dispersed very easily like they were nothing but chaff.

That wasn't all, though.

The blast began to move, thanks to the dragons changing aim, and rest of the battlement soon crumbled under the destructive impact of the powerful ray.

In one single moment, less than a minute after the retreat—

"Haa... haaaa...!"

—The first Battlement fell.