770. [STAGE 48] Breaking ground (6)
One hundred automatic defense turrets on our side fired shells at the enemy at the same time, and at the same time, the
leader of the white knights running at the front raised the great bow in his hand.
He pulled the strings of the great bow as gracefully as plucking the strings of a harp…
Dung-!
As the bowstring vibrated, a thick white fog formed in the air.
A barrage of blue-green magic bullets spewed out by the automatic defense turret rained down on it, but
it fluttered…!
The fog shook like a wave and swallowed up all the cannonballs cleanly.
The magic bullets that fell into the fog disintegrated into pieces and disappeared. It’s as if the process of rotting and decomposing a corpse was captured with a high-speed camera.
At the same time, the 111th White Knight was also ready to respond. They all raised their bows to the sky and fired arrows.
Squirt-!
Patter-patter!
The barrage of arrows fired by them soared high into the sky.
‘Plague Arrow!’
The fired arrow soared out, scattering black energy behind the feather, like a rocket leaving a trail of smoke.
It is a plague arrow that forms a wide area of contamination at the point of impact.
As I stood at the edge of the castle wall, I waved the flag horizontally.
“I’m confident in defense too!”
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Following the trajectory of my flag, a new wall of magic rose in the air, blocking the rain of plague arrows falling from above.
The magic wall hit by the arrow immediately turned black and crumbled, but when I retrieved the rotted magic wall, it was immediately purified and disappeared in the air.
The effect of the plague arrows is neutralized simply by entering the poison-invulnerable zone spread out around me.
While I was blocking the plague arrows by creating layer upon layer of magic walls like this, my hundred automatic turrets fired one more direct shot at the white knights.
pop! Bubble bubbling!
The white knight captain once again blocked the barrage of magical bullets by spreading the fog.
Patter patter…!
I once again deployed the magic wall to block the barrage of arrows fired by the white knights.
A structure in which the turrets and archers of both sides attack each other, and each side’s captain defends the attack.
The distance between them was gradually narrowing.
Before I knew it, I could see the faces of my enemies getting closer.
The faces of the centaurs with their white cloaks fluttering were black and writhing.
“Kelly Bay!”
While glaring at that face, I shouted to Kelly Bay inside the fortress.
“Please do ‘construction’!”
“Leave it to me!”
Kelly Bay took out the equipment he had prepared.
It was five huge spikes oozing dark red energy from the head.
Cerberus, the commander of the Helldog Corps, and Olthros, his lieutenant. Five Helldog Gatekeeper magic cores collected from them.
A huge spike made from it.
“It doesn’t have as much destructive power as a magical nuclear missile, but…”
When Kelly Bay placed the spikes in the air one by one, they floated in the air and aligned in place.
“Instead, if this thing is recovered, it can be recycled and, more importantly, it can be recycled.”
Kelly Bay held the hammer and lightly rotated his body –
“It’s much more optimized for ‘this purpose’!”
Kang! Kang! Kang! Kang! Kang-!
One after another, they hit the heads of the spikes and launched them like hitting a puck with a hockey stick.
Pupupupupup!
Five spikes fired in succession flew out and landed on the ground between us and the White Knights unit.
And the next moment.
Kugwagwagwang!
The ground where the spikes were stuck was shattered.
A crack widened in the ground and the ground immediately collapsed downward. And suddenly, red lava erupted from a gap in the collapsed ground and surged fiercely.
The White Knight unit, which had been running with great momentum, stopped in its tracks in confusion.
This is equipment that was hastily made as a priority right after the opponent for this stage was decided to be the Knights of Destruction.
A specialized terrain crushing equipment that reproduces the scenery of the Helldogs’ hometown made from the magic core of the Helldog Gatekeeper –
“It’s the [Step Shredder]!”
It is a device that focuses its performance solely on destroying terrain, but if the opponent is cavalry, the effect is the strongest!
The White Knights, who had been running like a gale, panicked in the face of the collapsing terrain, lost their ranks, and had no choice but to slow down.
And my automatic turrets did not waver in any situation, aimed accurately at the enemies and
fired magic bullets without mercy.
The White Knight leader urgently spread the fog, but the fog was unable to completely protect the cavalry in the face of the collapsing terrain….
Boom boom boom!
The white knights caught up in the wide barrage fell all at once, spilling black, contaminated blood.
***
“Huh…”
Thorkel took a deep breath as he heard an explosion coming from afar.
Doo doo doo doo!
Red knights wielding huge greatswords and waving red capes were running towards the first forward base without hesitation.
The personification of war and slaughter.
A long ember appeared on the ground they stepped on.
“Shoot! “Don’t let them get close!”
According to Thorkel’s command, the archers and artillerymen eagerly launched long-distance attacks.
The enemy knights marched forward toughly, even though they were kicked away with their greatswords or beaten with their bodies.
They seemed like creatures created to rush towards the enemy lines. Astonishingly, they dug in tenaciously, removing all interceptions from this side and letting them go.
“Tsk…!”
As soon as he realized that most long-distance attacks had no effect, Thorkel looked to the sky behind him and waved his hand.
“Damian! “Support shooting!”
The airship La Mancha was hovering far in the sky, examining the situation at forward bases in the area.
Can he really receive his request for support on time from such a long distance?
For a moment, Thorkel was worried, but it was unfounded.
Damian immediately detected the ally’s request for support and immediately entered the shooting sequence.
Immediately after Thorkel requested support fire.
Clap…!
The bottom hatch of La Mancha opened and
threw down!
A magic nuclear missile was launched and flew over the heads of the enemy knights.
This missile, made from the magic core of the mantis army commander ‘Bridegroom Devourer’, accurately traversed a long distance, reached the center of the Red Knight unit, and exploded.
Fuuuuuu-!
Along with the enormous explosion, wind pressure like a rough knife swept across the area.
Indeed, as a single means of attack, the magical nuclear missile had a destructive power comparable to that of Crossroads. If the opponent were an ordinary monster army, this would have been enough to annihilate them with just one hit.
But this game of destruction is coming to an end.
The Apocalypse Knights, who marched out at the end, were a powerful corps with the power of any nightmare corps commander.
Doo doo doo doo!
A unit of red knights burst out through the thick smoke.
A considerable number of people were killed by the enormous explosion and the chain of knife-like wind pressure that followed, and most of those who survived were injured, but the Red Knights did not stop.
“….”
Thorkel suddenly made eye contact with the enemy commander.
The Red Knight leader, who had managed to reach the front of the forward base with several arrows stuck all over his body, was on fire.
The face of the centaur, with a blood-red cloak waving behind his back, was like a flickering fire.
At that moment, Thorkell realized.
The water-based facilities currently prepared at this forward base cannot stop their advance.
If things continue like this, they will definitely have to climb over the wall and enter the forward base.
If you calmly confront them here, you will definitely suffer great damage. This forward base might be slaughtered by those incarnations of war.
Then-
“I’ll go out and take my time.”
“yes?”
“Please carry out the operation as prepared. then.”
“Lord Thorkell?!”
Despite the foolish noises around him, Thorkel stood at the edge of the castle wall and jumped outside without hesitation.
thud-!
Thorkel landed on the ground with a heavy sound and slowly got up.
A champion helmet that covers the face. A huge armor that looks like a rock. A great shield the size of a castle gate was held in the left arm and a huge mace was held in the right hand.
Thorkel’s appearance was no different from that of any other mythical appendix.
bang! bang! bang!
Thorkel struck his shield with his mace and looked ahead.
“My name is Thorkell!”
Thorkel introduced himself as he walked slowly forward through the sand he had raised.
“He was the leader of the Leprosy Slaughter Squad, the commander of the World Defense Front’s white infantry unit, the greatest shield of His Majesty Crown Prince Ashe, and the gatekeeper of the Crossroads, the entrance to the world.”
In front of this shield knight who stood alone blocking the front of the forward base.
《….》
The red knights gradually slowed down as if they were lying, and eventually they all stopped at a distance away from Thorkel.
Tap, tap, tap, tap.
Next, the leader of the red knights kicked the ground alone and leapt forward to stand in front of Thorkel.
Thorkel grinned and raised the mace in his hand forward.
“I challenge a duel between commanders. “Would you accept it?”
《….》
A duel between captains.
It was a very anachronistic request in today’s era where romance has disappeared from the battlefield.
Apocalypse Knights are all ancient ghosts.
Even if he was reduced to a monster, he was a being of his time who accepted this anachronistic request as an honor.
chuck…!
The Red Knight Captain slowly raised his greatsword forward and aimed it at Thorkel.
The tips of the mace and the great sword lightly struck each other and the next moment.
“…!”
《…!》
Two huge warriors rushed towards each other roughly.
The strongest centaur warrior wielding a great sword wrapped in flames clashed with humanity’s strongest pure tank wearing armor like a mountain.
thud-!
***
2nd forward base.
This is where Evangeline is the commander.
Doo doo doo doo!
What is approaching is the Black Knights unit.
“Damian! Request for support fire-!”
Evangeline called for artillery fire, and Damien dutifully responded.
Going to school-!
Fuuuuuuuuuuck!
The leader of the cicada army, ‘Wingless Cicada Lord’, the magical nuclear missile flew in and exploded.
Following the enormous explosion, violent sound waves swept everywhere.
“Nice shot! Wow, it was awesome!”
In front of the incredible power of the magical nuclear missile, Evangeline opened her mouth in admiration, but eventually had to frown.
Doo doo doo doo!
This was because the Black Knights, a large number of whom had fallen but still in good health, jumped out of the explosion and rushed towards them.
All of the Black Knights were holding scales in their hands toward the sky and wearing water shields around their bodies.
Evangeline clicked her tongue as she saw this.
“In my life, I see people using scales as weapons…”
Among the four Apocalypse Knights units, this is the only magic cavalry unit that primarily focuses on magic.
It was these Black Knights, and the magic tool they used was this scale.
Among them, the Black Knight leader was holding a particularly large scale made of iron chains. Before she knew it, the face of the Black Knight leader, who was approaching the fortress, caught Evangeline’s eyes.
A centaur with his face covered in swirling dark blue water.
“Come…” At the same time as Evangeline took a
deep
breath as she recalled the prepared strategy,
the Black Knight captain suddenly lifted the scale in his hand upward.
Then he pointed at Evangeline with his other hand.
“…?”
Evangeline tilted her head, unable to understand the intention. What does it mean?
Sigh!
The next moment, a shape made of water appeared on both sides of the Black Knight leader’s scales.
One side had the shape of a girl knight that seemed to be modeled after Evangeline, and the other side…
“What.”
It looked like a chubby pig.
The scale, which was measuring the weight of Evangeline and the pig by swinging from side to side for a moment, eventually tilted to one side.
…It was Evangeline’s side.
Then the Black Knight giggled, covered his face, and laughed. The subordinates all giggled and pointed at Evangeline.
“…What is it?”
I don’t know the exact intention, but for some reason Evangeline was in a very bad mood and screamed.
“What does that mean?! Why are you laughing, you bastards?!”