Chapter 430: Annual Monster Wave Part 2
According to what Luthien said today or tomorrow the monsters will start to appear, she said that I would be able to notice since the energy would pile up until first-generation masts are born nonstop causing an imbalance in nature that I am able to feel now that I have obtained the trinity.
Everyone is in their positions, but the truth is that the battle should be easy, according to what Luthien told me the monsters that appear are normally from Grade SSS and below.
It seems that the only Grade Catastrophe monsters are the final boss of the two Dungeons that are at the ends of the Illusory Forest, and rarely does a first-generation Lower Grade Catastrophe monster spawn on this continent where energy density is considered low.
The first day passes without anything happening, during the night we sleep in shifts in preparation for the wave of monsters to happen during the night.
As if waiting for the worst possible moment, that's exactly what happened, the ground shook, ripples of energy were felt by everyone and the sound of roaring began to come from all directions.
"< They're coming, get ready!!!! >" (I)
I use the same technique I used in the Makari Kingdom capital to shout an order to everyone.
With my shout everyone jumped up grabbing their weapons and heading straight for their positions, I myself run forward with Barok and Ibuki behind me.
I stand at the front waiting, I can feel the earthquakes increasing, I can hear the roars getting closer and closer, and I can feel the bloodlust of thousands and thousands of monsters coming our way.
"I will attack first, Ibuki will attack Grade S ones and Barok will go after those with large bodies, they usually have a lot of strength so I'm counting on you." (I)
"Yes." (Ibuki / Barok)
I can already hear branches and trees breaking, I can also see red eyes appearing from the darkness of the forest.
When the monsters come out of the forest I realize that they are plant-type monsters, they were of different shapes and sizes, clearly, not of the same race, but as usual, the monsters of a Wave of Monsters seem to coordinate.
"< Breath of Fire >" (I)
I wait until these monsters get closer and take a deep breath concentrating my mana in my mouth, then I open my mouth releasing a sea of fire in a cone shape that devastates everything in a distance of about 500 meters.
My attack that destroyed hundreds of enemies doesn't even seem to have frightened these monsters, they throw themselves into the fire while still running toward me.
"< Blades of Fire >" (I/Ivan/Elsaris/Layla/Barok)
Me and the others who have Fireblade-type skills, nis approach each other standing side by side while we wait for these monsters to approach so we can launch an attack that will be strong enough to crush the weakest.
It was already dawn and these monsters seemed to have no end, the more they were killed, the more of them appeared to replace the ones that died, it seemed that this would never end.
I also noticed that the role of monsters has increased, Grade S monsters started appearing a few minutes ago.
Now I'm avoiding using ranged attacks because of the Dungeons fighters around me.
I now realize how much stronger I am, even after a night of fighting I was not tired, all I feel is my blood boiling from the heat of the battle.
I stretch out my Dragon Wings and let my blood flow through those wings as I control to shape a specific shape before I crystallize the blood, thereby creating red crystal blades in my wings.
As the enemies seemed to have no end I use my wings to fly before throwing myself spinning in the middle of the enemies spreading my wings and causing a shower of wood splinters.
During this entire battle I didn't have to give many orders as the attacks I was leading were doing a good job, besides that, I didn't want to disperse our forces too much.
I believe we should never underestimate our enemies, so I won't let the groups I've formed with our warriors get too far away from each other and die.
In the midst of my attack, I see a mountain of bones rise from the ground and show itself in a gate more than ten meters high.
Roooooooo!!!!
An evil energy form inside this bone gate and a roar spread through the surroundings, then a large snake-like head comes out of the gate, before I can understand what is happening another four heads like the first one come out of the gate followed by a single body with four thick paws linking these heads.
There was no doubt, that this was a Hydra, but this monster was not alive, this monster had exposed flesh and organs, and this monster was half-rotted showing that it was clearly an 8 meter tall Zombie.
As soon as this monster appeared, something jumped from the ground straight to this Zombie Hydra's head, it was Hela who was still in her Human form, Hela points at the monster and the Zombie Hydra starts attacking.
The monster's acid breath attacks destroyed hundreds of enemies each time it was used, plus this Zombie Hydra was very strong crushing monsters like they were dry tree branches.
Hela who was on top of the monster gave orders to him avoiding hitting the Dungeon warriors, this is maybe the first time I see Hela's Necromancer skills, but I didn't expect her to do that against such a weak group of enemies.
After some thought I realize something is wrong, this Zombie Hydra had Grade S strength, even with its great size its power didn't match its appearance.
I imagine that Hela decided to nominate this creature so as not to show too much of her power.
When I saw that Hela was saying that crazy thing, I worried about what Lilith might be doing.
I tried to find Lilith and found her sitting on a large pile of dead monster bodies, she was sitting casting spells with excellent accuracy only on monsters that were in Grade S while humming with a smile on her face.