Chapter 1851. The Defensive Fronts of Each Country

Chapter 1851. The Defensive Fronts of Each Country

Another large flyer flew around the air, slaying the demon bats wherever it went. If Jack was there, he would think this flyer looked very much like the infernal stormbird he encountered during his trip to the underworld. This stormbird was Everlasting Heavenly Legend's fourth guild guardian.

They were captured by Bowler and The Man, assisted by Serpent Boss and Speedrun, using the miniature cage given by Chris. After they delivered the portal-closing stones, they returned to the underworld and headed to the coordinates Chris gave. There, they found this stormbird.

The stormbird was not the same as the infernal stormbird that Jack had seen before. The infernal stormbird was blue. This one was dark purple. It was a variant of the same monster, Lord Stormbird. It looked almost the same but was much stronger.

Bowler and the others spent a week studying its habits before making their move. The miniature cage might have a 100% success chance, and they didn't need to reduce its HP, but they still need to get close. If they were killed before getting close enough or the stormbird flew away before they had the chance, everything would be a waste. There was no guarantee the stormbird would return after it escaped.

Luckily, they had Serpent Boss and Speedrun, who used to plan missions where they had to succeed with only one attempt. After making sure of the stormbird's routines, Serpent Boss and Speedrun moved in for the kill. Bowler and The Man stayed behind since they couldn't afford any mistake.

For this reason, Speedrun was accepted into Everlasting Heavenly Legends. The miniature cage needed to be activated by a guild member to register the captured monster as the guild's pet.

Their mission was a success. The captured Lord Stormbird was delivered to the guild. This happened shortly before the underworld forces arrived at the border.

Bowler and the others again returned to the underworld. They still had one more mission to carry out.

The Lord Stormbird was given the name, Ladohn, after officially becoming a guild guardian. His lightning attacks were more powerful than the infernal stormbird. He emitted constant electricity that electrocuted everything that came close, making him a troublesome opponent for melee combatants.

His flight speed was also very fast. The flap of his wings generated electrical blades that hit targets from range. These electrical blades were considered standard attacks since they had no cooldown. He also possessed some skills that dealt chaos damage.

Ladohn was a level 85 mythical-grade avian. This made him the guild's highest-level guardian.

With the reinforcement from the guild armies, the mobile fortress pushed the demonic tide back to the defensive walls. Spellcasters from Everlasting Heavenly Legends used their combination-casting mega spells from the safety inside the mobile fortress. This helped keep the demons from pushing back the mobile fortress.

Unfortunately, the walls were long. They tried to choose the most ideal terrains for battle, but ideal terrains were not many. They had prepared multiple defensive lines. This was the first of the lines.

Since the walls were long, the mobile fortress and guild units couldn't be everywhere. Some parts of the wall on the other side couldn't stand for too long. They started crumbling bits by bits, and the demon hordes poured in from the gaps.

Linda was with Tip inside the mobile fortress. She was using the war table to move the Themisphere army. Before Jack left, he replaced John's position for Linda. Players didn't receive any benefit from being a country's officer, so John didn't mind this temporary replacement. This was so Linda could operate the war table and the Monarch system while Jack and John were away. She, of course, did it under the supervision of either Thaergood or Saint Jonathan.

Linda tried her best to control the army using the war table, but there was a limit when they were fighting overwhelming forces. She could see their defensive lines were slowly getting pushed.

Jack sent the second of his newly built mobile fortresses to aid the Northern defense guarded by the Aurebor army.

As for the remnant of the Liguritudum army, they headed to the Northern defense in Hydrurond after escorting the refugees past the border. They joined the small Hydurond army and the league factions in defending the place.

Liguritudum players spread among the six defensive fronts. They had no one to organize them since their country was no more. They simply went independently and tried to help as best they could.

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At the Southern Hydrurond front where Themisphere army and its main mobile fortress were fighting, the players spread out along the defensive line. Most of Themisphere guilds fought here under the leadership of Everlasting Heavenly Legends.

The guild members mostly fought in large teams with their guild members, but some preferred to fight in a small team, going wherever they pleased. One such small team was a group of veteran martial artists led by Domon. Domon was never much of a team player. He could listen to orders. But when he saw people needed help, he went that way. This made his movement pretty much chaotic. Both Tip and Linda were already aware of this, so they just left him to his own devices.

At one part of the walls which had crumbled, Muilan was fighting the enemies with her two swords.

"Muilan, watch out!" Murong yelled as she rushed to Muilan's side and used her spinning crane kick on a demon about to backstab Muilan.

The two women were members of Cipher Flights. Most of that guild's members were fighting in Aurebor. They were here simply because Murong wished to fight with Domon.

"Thank you, master," Muilan said. Her two swords created a net of sword lights that kept the demons in front of her at bay.

"Watch out, Murong!" Another voice sounded. Numerous melee weapons with tiger decorations flew by Murong's side and hit the swarm of demons that were about to surround her.

Domon came to her side while performing Death Carrying Cyclone to beat back the demons that had been stunned by his Tiger Armament Storm.

"There are too many of them," Murong yelled at Domon.

"Heads up!" A shadow jumped past them with a flying kick. The kick struck a demon bat swooping down at Domon and Murong.

Wong landed with the demon bat still stuck in his foot. His body then spun, creating a huge hurricane. This was Spinning Twister Kick, a skill he had just learned from a technique book.

The hurricane threw the demon bat and every other demon in the vicinity into the air while causing them continuous damage. When the hurricane subsided, Domon jumped up. He changed his weapon to dual swords. He used the burst attack of the Formless Flowing Sword Style, striking all the demons still disoriented in the air.

After landing, Domon said to them, "We need to defend this side! If more demons come through, it will be difficult to stop the tide."