Chapter 770

Chapter 770

As soon as our one hundred automatic defense turrets simultaneously targeted and fired at the enemies,

The leader of the white knights, who was charging at the forefront, raised his massive bow.

He drew the bowstring gracefully, as if plucking the strings of a harp...

Dooong-!

As the bowstring vibrated, a dense white mist instantly filled the air.

The turquoise mana bullets fired by the automatic turrets poured into the mist,

Ripple...!

The mist rippled like water and completely absorbed the projectiles.

The mana bullets caught in the mist disintegrated and vanished, as if decomposing at an accelerated rate like a corpse.

Simultaneously, the 111 white knights also readied their bows. They all lifted their bows to the sky and fired arrows.

Sssss-!

Thud, thud, thud!

The barrage of arrows fired in an arc soared high into the sky.

‘Plague arrows!’

The arrows, like rockets leaving smoke trails, soared while scattering a dark aura behind them.

These plague arrows would form contaminated zones on impact.

Standing on the edge of the fortress wall, I waved my flag horizontally.

"I can handle defense too-!"

Shooosh!

Following the path of my flag, a new magic wall rose in the air, blocking all the falling plague arrows.

The magic wall struck by the arrows immediately decayed and blackened, but as I retrieved the decayed magic wall, it instantly purified and disappeared in the air.

Just entering my zone of invulnerability neutralized the effect of the plague arrows.

While I created layer upon layer of magic walls to block the plague arrows, my one hundred automatic turrets fired another round directly at the white knights.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The leader of the white knights spread the mist once more to block the barrage.

Thud, thud, thud...!

The volley of arrows fired by the white knights was again blocked by my magic walls.

The turrets and archers of both sides were attacking each other, with their leaders defending the attacks.

The distance between the two sides was gradually closing.

Soon, I could see the faces of the approaching enemies.

The faces of the centaurs with white cloaks fluttering were blackened and twitching with decay.

"Kellibey!"

Staring at those faces, I shouted to Kellibey inside the fortress.

"Time for 'Construction'!"

"Leave it to me!"

Kellibey brought out the prepared equipment.

It was five massive stakes with a dark red aura flowing from their heads.

These stakes were made from the magic cores of Cerberus, the hellhound general, and his lieutenant, Orthros.

"Not as powerful as mana core missiles, but..."

Kellibey placed the stakes in the air, and they floated and aligned in position.

"But these can be reused, and more importantly,"

Kellibey lightly spun around, holding a hammer-

"They're perfectly optimized for 'this purpose'!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang-!

He struck the heads of the stakes in sequence, launching them like hockey pucks.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud-!

The five stakes flew and embedded themselves into the ground between us and the white knights.

And then.

Boom!

The ground where the stakes were planted shattered.

Cracks spread instantly, causing the ground to collapse. From the fissures, blazing red lava erupted violently.

The white knights, who had been charging boldly, halted in confusion.

This equipment was hastily developed right after it was confirmed that our opponents were the Apocalypse Knights.

A terrain-shattering device, recreating the hellish landscape of the hellhound guards, made from their magic cores—

"‘Earthbreaker’!"

Although it's designed solely for terrain destruction, its effect is devastating against cavalry!

The white knights, charging like a storm, were forced to break formation and slow down before the collapsing ground.

And my automatic turrets, unwavering in any situation, precisely targeted the enemies—

And mercilessly unleashed a barrage of mana bullets.

The leader of the white knights urgently spread the mist, but it couldn't fully protect the cavalry in the collapsing terrain...

The commander of the red knights stepped forward alone, approaching Torkel.

Torkel grinned and raised his mace.

"I challenge you to a duel between commanders. Will you accept?"

"..."

A duel between commanders.

In this age where the romance of the battlefield has disappeared, it was an extremely anachronistic request.

But the Apocalypse Knights are all ancient specters.

Even though they have fallen to monsters, they still honor such an anachronistic request.

Clang...!

The commander of the red knights slowly raised his greatsword, pointing it at Torkel.

The tips of the mace and greatsword lightly touched each other, and then.

"...!"

"...!"

The two massive warriors charged at each other fiercely.

The centaur warrior swinging a flame-wreathed greatsword and the human wearing armor like a mountain, clashed.

Thud-!

***

The second forward base.

Where Evangeline was the commander.

Dudududu-!

The black knights were approaching.

"Damien! We need fire support!"

Evangeline requested bombardment, and Damien responded promptly.

Thwooosh-!

Boom!

The mana core missile of the mantis general ‘Wingless Mantis Lord’ exploded.

Following the tremendous explosion, a harsh sonic wave swept through the area.

"Nice shot! Wow, that was awesome!"

Amazed by the power of the mana core missile, Evangeline’s jaw dropped, but soon she frowned.

Dudududu-!

Many had fallen, but the black knights, still robust, charged out of the explosion.

All the black knights, holding scales in their hands, were surrounded by water shields.

Seeing this, Evangeline clicked her tongue.

"Who would’ve thought I'd see someone using scales as a weapon..."

Among the four units of the Apocalypse Knights, the only one primarily using magic, the magic cavalry unit.

That’s what the black knights were, and their magical tools were these scales.

The commander of the black knights held a particularly large scale made of chains. As the black knight commander approached the fortress, Evangeline saw his face.

A centaur with a face covered in swirling dark blue water.

"Come..."

Recalling the prepared strategy, Evangeline took a deep breath,

Clink-

The black knight commander suddenly raised the scale in his hand high.

Then pointed at Evangeline with his other hand.

"...?"

Unable to understand the intention, Evangeline tilted her head. What does this mean?

Shooosh!

In the next moment, a water shape formed on both sides of the black knight commander’s scale.

One side resembled Evangeline, a girl knight, while the other...

"What."

Was the figure of a plump pig.

The scale wavered, measuring the weights of Evangeline and the pig, and then tilted sharply to one side.

...Towards Evangeline.

The black knight commander laughed, covering his face. His subordinates laughed and pointed at Evangeline.

"...What the, what does that mean."

Although she didn’t fully understand, Evangeline, feeling extremely irritated, shouted.

"What does that mean?! Why are you laughing, you bastards-?!"

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