753. [STAGE 45] Awareness (4)
The height of the Crossroads main castle wall is lower than the newly installed Black Dragon Wall on the outskirts.
For this reason, most of the artifacts installed on the castle walls could not be used in previous battles due to lack of visibility, but this time the situation was the opposite.
Artifacts are better than cannons or ballistas to kill the monsters that have entered the castle.
The alchemists and wizards in charge thought as they lined up their artifacts towards the monsters.
‘We can’t live without artillerymen forever!’
Whether they knew it or not, there was a battle of pride among the Crossroads soldiers, with the artillery unit having the highest standards.
Not only did they receive a lot of favoritism from Ash, but they were actually an elite unit with the highest kill count.
But that’s just the general monster kill count, and isn’t it always the Artifact team that plays a decisive role in fighting boss monsters and resolving stages?
They will definitely make their presence felt in the remaining battles today – with that in mind, the Artifact team prepared diligently.
Among them, the Artifact team’s sore fingers.
Highest grade Mercury Artifact [All over again!].
Equipment that can only be used once per stage to forcibly teleport an opponent whose entire body is captured inside a metal plate to the end of the field south of Crossroads.
Because it is a top-class and expensive body, it takes up money and time to maintain, but its performance in actual combat has always been an ambiguous artifact.
However, in the recent Lord of the Flies battle, he found a clue to the strategy by destroying part of the Lord of the Flies’ wings, and in the Black Dragon Battle, he made his own achievements, such as teleporting the allied death squad right in front of the black dragon.
Its original function – to forcibly take the brunt of the enemy’s core forces – has not been successfully performed so far.
‘This time!’
The alchemists swallowed dry saliva as they illuminated the enemy monsters with metal plates.
Currently, there are still many monsters remaining around Cromwell, the enemy corps leader who is the enemy our heroes are charging into.
If you can ‘shoot’ the monsters except Cromwell and force them to move to the end of the southern field, it will be of great help to the friendly heroes who are charging in.
“Get ready, get ready-!”
In addition to [Again from the beginning!], all other artifacts are ready to be activated.
And after waiting for the perfect timing-
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Wow!
The close combat heroes, led by Lucas, glided down the castle wall.
Instead of just climbing down the vertical wall, I connected the magic wall to the ground like a slide and rode on it with great agility.
“There is no clear information about him in his current state!”
I shouted as we rushed together from behind a row.
“You have to improvise and fight according to the situation! “Don’t let your guard down even for a second and always stay alert!”
“yes!”
Everyone shouted in unison and answered.
My heroes are already veterans of veterans. There is no need to make this request in words.
What’s important is my role. No matter what state Cromwell is in or what form he takes, the most appropriate instructions must be given at that time.
The heroes who finished descending below the castle wall naturally formed a charging formation and ran forward. All kinds of strange monsters poured out from Cromwell’s main body and filled our path.
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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_ was standing there
I gritted my teeth. It looks like we’ll have to go through quite a bit of trouble to break through all these guys before fighting Cromwell…?!
Giiiiiiing!
At that moment, the sound of the artifact operating was heard and then
a click!
With a sound like a camera shutter operating.
Hundreds of gigantic flesh monsters filling up our path disappeared in an instant.
“what?”
“What…”
“This?!”
The heroes running ahead raised their eyes in surprise. It was the same for me too.
‘This is… forced teleportation!’
I looked back.
Then, on the castle wall, alchemists and wizards were seen running around, embracing each other with an artifact in the form of a metal plate between them.
“hurray-!”
“I finally did something!”
“Look! “You can do it, this tin can artifact!”
Only then did I clearly understand the situation.
After that long period of humiliation… [All over again!] has finally succeeded in performing its original role!
Of course, the monsters that were forcibly moved were not killed, but were just thrown out of the city. Where is this!
“The enemy monster’s front defense is empty!”
I shouted, waving the magic flag forward.
“Now is the time! let’s go-!”
At the same time as I shouted, other artifacts also activated one after another on the castle wall.
Flash! Flashing…!
There was a flash of light, and various beneficial magic effects and harmful magic effects were rained down on the enemies.
In order not to miss this genius opportunity, the heroes of our death-defying unit rushed forward without hesitation as if sailing on a favorable wind.
And….
“…!”
[Again from the beginning!] removed most of the monsters, leaving the monster’s headquarters much empty – around the carcass of the reindeer monster. Now, only a few flesh monsters remained, lurking around Cromwell.
Right next to Cromwell – especially huge lumps of flesh.
A large giant mantis dog snail… Flesh monsters similar in size and shape to the monster legion commanders Cromwell had previously eaten were lurking around.
Apparently, these guys were not removed because they were so large that it was difficult to film their entire body even with [Start Over!].
Sigh!
Sigh!
A terrible morale surged from the entire bodies of these monsters, along with an incalculable number of tentacles.
《Ahhhhhhhhh-!》 《Gigggiggigg Geek
Geek
Giggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggiggig,
a lot of huge flesh has been rushing with countless teeth.
‘You don’t have to appeal like a boss!’
I clicked my tongue.
Coo goo goo goo goong!
Among them, a huge centipede-shaped piece of flesh ran out to meet us, extending tentacles instead of legs in all directions.
‘If it’s a defensive battle situation where close combat is avoided as much as possible, I’m going to use everything I can because I’ve decided to handle it anyway!’
Stop judging.
“Kraken! Jormungand!”
I activated [Kraken’s Ring] and simultaneously opened the capture monster subspace and shouted.
“They’re all sticking out!”
Boooooooo!
Then, the magic circle became tangled in the air, and a huge cephalopod monster – the Kraken – came out with a terrifying roar.
At the same time, Jormungand, who was in the form of a small serpent, activated [Flesh of the Old God] and regained his ‘World Serpent’ form in his prime.
Coooooo!
Two super-giant monsters fell to the ground in one fell swoop, crushing the fleshy centipede.
The flesh centipede also resisted by twisting its huge body, but this is the Kraken, which can be said to be the seat of the tentacle world, and Jormungand, which has the power to destroy the world in just 10 minutes.
Crash! Damn it…!
Kraken and Jormungand worked together as if they had been working together for a very long time, each wrapped around the entire body of the centipede flesh monster… and crushed it in one go.
Wow! Oh my!
With a terrible crashing sound, the centipede flesh monster was crushed and slowly fell.
《Buoooooooo!》
《Srurg, swoosh, north, swoosh.》
The next moment the victorious octopus and snake slowly raise their bodies,
《Chirrruk! Screaming!》
《Muk muk muk muk muk…!》
At the scene of this monster war, the mantis-shaped flesh monster and the giant-shaped flesh monster also roared and joined in.
Quagwang! Quagwagwang…!
The giant monsters collided with each other and devastated the surrounding area. More dust rose in the area.
It’s fortunate that it’s an empty lot in the south with few buildings, but please make a fuss in moderation! I’m sick of damage control!
At that time, two giant dog-shaped flesh monsters rushed in front of us.
They were in the shape of a three-headed dog and a two-headed dog. No matter how you look at it, it was Cerberus and Olthros that Cromwell had eaten earlier.
“It looks like gum that was chewed and spit out…!”
As I looked at the guys with their tentacles sticking out all over their bodies and their teeth chattering, I decided not to think too hard.
“These kids are zombies too! “It’s just a monster with tentacles and teeth that can’t use any other special abilities.”
Of course, the tentacles and teeth are a bit scary! If you think about it calmly, it is ultimately just a flesh-and-blood ability, and it is far from the superpower he had in life.
It wasn’t a very long time, but it was the conclusion I came to while observing the monsters’ behavior on the castle wall, and as I said, the two flesh dogs were not able to use their abilities at all as they did when they were hell dogs.
《Kaaaaaa!》
Still, that terrifying physical ability was still intact, and it rushed towards us at once, opening its huge mouth wide –
Pow! Phew!
Two magic spears fell from the sky like missiles and pierced each person’s chest. They were pinned to the ground along with the spears and struggled, unable to move any further.
When I looked up, I saw Mikhail descending quickly while riding his griffon. He rode a griffon down and threw a javelin.
Wow!
Mikhail, who descended from the air to the ground in the blink of an eye, caught the twin spears he had thrown and pulled them out in one go, emitting scarlet magic.
Sigh…!
The two hellhound-shaped flesh monsters that were struggling were torn into pieces.
Mikhail lightly rotated the spear, grinned, and lightly kicked both sides of the griffon’s abdomen, causing it to fly up again.
“egg plant. “I will escort you from above.”
The youngest married man of the Kingdom of Vermilion… no, the youngest king soared into the sky again at once, and at the same time, my heroes also rushed forward while shouting and collided with the monsters.
While Thorkell raised his huge shield to block the
tentacles pouring in from all directions, Kuilan scattered his fists with red aura like
a gale to crush the monsters, and when Verdandi swung his dagger with green magic, a long-distance slash rained down. As he went out, he cut into pieces all the pieces of flesh that came within range.
When Kelly Bay swung his hammer at the top of the huge, tall fleshy barrier, the barrier instantly split open, creating a path.
Zenith and Rosetta, who came after finishing the rescue of the area they were in charge of, each activated [Oath of Healing] and [Oath of Protection] and spewed out divine power like raindrops in all directions… Even in its fragmented state, it was wriggling and trying to spew out tentacles. All the small pieces of flesh were burned.
“Kkiss!”
Finally, a giant slug-shaped piece of flesh blocked us, letting out a hideous scream.
“…Get out of the way, you monster.”
Taaa-!
Lucas ran forward and slashed his sword fiercely, causing it to split into pieces and its entire body burning at the same time.
[Excalibur] and [Granted Sword] simultaneously spewed out light and exploded the monster. Lucas lightly shook his dual swords to the floor and bowed his head politely towards me.
“My lord.”
“hmm.”
I walked along the path laid by my heroes. The road never stopped once.
Taaat!
widely…!
Other heroes from all over the city who had completed the rescue of their respective areas joined me one after another and followed me.
In the end, our main unit was able to overcome all resistance and reach the enemy’s front.
《….》
This stage’s boss monster –
Cromwell – was standing still in the middle of the corpses and the fleshy skin.
