Chapter 772

Chapter 772

Temporary Magic Fortress Forward Base.

"Kuuuh......!"

The white knight commander kept retreating, spewing toxic fluid from his entire body.

His face had no eyes, nose, or mouth, only writhing malice that was rotting black, but.

I could read the emotions they were emitting as they looked at me.

Bewilderment.

And fear.

"What's wrong?"

I was approaching them without stopping, equipped with the King of Flies armor [Lord of the High Tower].

"Is this your first time facing an opponent completely immune to your attacks?"

While my auto-turrets in the magic fortress poured out long-range bombardment.

I personally sortied to physically block the white knights from approaching any further.Findd new stories at novelhall.com

They poured all their pollution on me as I got close, but...

I am immune to all poisons. Even that plague master Raven couldn't contaminate me with a frontal approach.

'As if your poison would work on me.'

Bang! Kuwaaaang!

Another barrage from my auto-turrets in the fortress swept across the area.

Of course, I was caught in the range too, but I easily withstood it with the overwhelming defense of [Lord of the High Tower].

On the other hand, the white knights caught in the range couldn't withstand it and collapsed, spewing toxic fluid.

"Kuuuuh......!"

The white knight commander trembled along with his few remaining subordinates.

I nullified their plague, and they had no other means to take me down.

If they tried to bypass, Kellibey would pour [Step Crusher] again onto the already devastated terrain.

And the auto-turrets would unleash a precise barrage.

The white knight commander belatedly realized that this magic fortress forward base was essentially impregnable...

Tat-!

He kicked the ground with his hooves and leaped back significantly.

Then he began to flee in an instant, leading his surviving subordinates.

"Whoa, what the! They're running away, Ash!"

Kellibey, startled, kept firing [Step Crusher] from atop the wall.

A few more white knights fell, caught in the collapsing ground and bombardment, but the white knight commander and about a dozen of his subordinates managed to successfully escape.

"It's okay, Kellibey. No need to chase recklessly."

Watching the enemies quickly disappear as if flying, I nodded.

The original reason for deploying the forward base was to blunt their spearhead, not to annihilate them.

Pursuing and completely annihilating them is the job of another unit.

"For now, we've reduced the white knights' numbers enough..."

I jumped up onto the magic fortress and nodded.

"Let's go support the other forward bases. Everyone must be struggling."

"Alright! But, are we dismantling this magic fortress before we go?"

Kellibey licked his lips as he looked at the hundred auto-defense turrets.

"It's a bit of a shame. These turret friends will disappear too..."

I grinned at Kellibey's words.

"Who says they're going to disappear?"

"Huh?"

"We poured 100 magic cores into making this. It'd be too wasteful to use it once and throw it away."

I planted the flag firmly on top of the magic fortress wall.

Then the magic walls assembled in fortress form began to disassemble in sequence, then reassembled themselves, clumping together...

And eventually transformed into the shape of a massive train. With auto-defense turrets still attached all over.

"Oh, good golly..."

Kellibey clung to the train, his eyes sparkling like a child with a huge toy. The other dwarves likewise drooled as they quickly boarded the empty spaces on the train.

"Even that Night Bringer bastard could transform between train and fortress, I can't lose out."

If I think outside the box, there are endless ways to apply my abilities.

After grasping the principle and form of how the mobile wall [Night Bringer] moves, I applied it to my magic fortress, and it worked out quite impressively.

I grinned as I sat on the roof of the train's lead car.

"Come on, let's go quickly! Everyone aboard! We're going to rescue the other forward bases-!"

With the Second Forward Base holding out strongly, the Sky Knights' air raids, and our rear surprise attack following, even the black knight unit could no longer endure.

They began to flee quickly through the empty defensive lines.

"Senior! And everyone!"

As I waved back to Evangeline jumping up and down on the Third Forward Base wall, Mikhail and the Sky Knight members landed beside me one by one.

"Ash. You came at the right time."

"Mikhail!"

"This Second Forward Base fell into the most precarious situation first, so I came to rescue it first."

I nodded towards the young king's new equipment as he spoke reliably.

"How's the new helmet?"

To my question, Mikhail smiled with satisfaction and tapped his helmet, [The buck stops here].

"It's very good. I can fight as if I'm one body with everyone. It's both fascinating and efficient."

By the way, Mikhail had driven out and purified the darkness embedded in this Nightmare Slayer within a day of receiving it.

It wasn't equipment with a kill count option... but still, is this even possible?

Just how much stronger has his mental fortitude become? He used to be the epitome of a fragile mentality.

When I subtly asked about his secret, Mikhail turned his gaze with a slightly saddened face and murmured.

"Hehe, marrying five people inevitably strengthens your mentality..."

"Ah."

Then I saw five queens approaching Mikhail's surroundings with fierce glares.

"Mikhail?"

"We're currently in consciousness resonance with that helmet's magic..."

"How dare you think such thoughts openly!"

"You're in for it now!"

"Uwaaaaah! I'm sorry! I was wrong! Aaaaah!"

I quickly turned around, leaving behind Mikhail's screams as he was being mauled. Well, as long as he looks happy, it's okay...

I gathered the personnel who could depart for the next battlefield immediately from the Second Forward Base.

"We must go rescue the Third Forward Base! It's where the strongest enemy in this battle is lurking, so only those with enough strength left should follow!"

The one in charge of commanding the Third Forward Base is my right-hand man, Lucas.

I think he's holding out well, but we should still go to his aid as soon as possible.

As I was thinking this and encouraging the subordinates tired from the previous battles...

Bang! Boom......!

An explosion sounded from afar.

Everyone looked that way in surprise. I hurriedly turned my head too.

And we could see a pirate ship-shaped airship falling with explosions in the not-so-distant sky.

Our Crossroad's new airship that was stationed at the Third Forward Base for retreat purposes.

"Blue Pearl...?!"

The Rompeller pirate crew's flagship was falling helplessly to the ground.

"Urgent report-!"

Following that, a single cavalryman came rushing from the direction of the Third Forward Base.

That cavalryman, his whole body frozen, nevertheless desperately rode up to us, then dismounted as if almost falling off his horse and knelt before me.

Opening his frozen, trembling lips, he reported.

"Re, reporting, Your Majesty!"

"What happened!"

"The Third Forward Base has fallen!"

The blood drained from everyone's faces.

"We were holding out well, but suddenly the enemy commander exerted some unknown immense power... When casualties occurred, they suddenly became stronger. Then the tide of battle turned sharply..."

"Oh no...!"

"Commander Lucas urgently retreated the remaining survivors, and then..."

The soldier paused his report, taking a breath. Unable to wait, I urged him on.

"After retreating them, what about Lucas?"

Then the soldier, with a deeply contorted face, barely answered.

"Saying he would buy time, he remained at the forward base...!"

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