What was destined to come, eventually arrived without the slightest surprise.
As soon as Rocky received the report from the skyship, he immediately went to the high wall with Liliya, Lin Feng, and others in tow.
Upon mounting the high wall, everyone looked out into the distance together, but while the demons themselves were nowhere to be seen, the party did witness billowing sand dust rising from afar.
In their line of sight, a sandstorm appeared several kilometers away, the vast dust cloud sweeping towards them like the gaping maw of some beast, and there was no question that the culprits behind this tempest were the demons.
But this was hardly a surprise, given that the skyship’s report indicated that more than a hundred demons were surging towards Backhill Village. It was only logical that such a number could stir up a storm of this magnitude.
What was destined to come, indeed, had arrived.
“Captain Lin Feng, Liliya, take your troops out,”
Rocky turned to glance at Lin Feng and Liliya before continuing. Now that the demons had arrived, they had to take action as well.
Upon hearing this, Lin Feng and Liliya each nodded and then descended the high wall.
As the two of them left, Rocky certainly wasn’t going to sit idle, either. Donning the Void Magic Armor, he took flight, soaring toward the skyship stationed outside the high wall and ordered it to lift off immediately.
Soon thereafter, the ten skyships outside the high wall gradually rose into the air, and following them, the gates of the high wall were flung open as Lin Feng and Liliya led their respective troops outside.
The two detachments struck out together but were not intermixed directly, each forming separate, independent squares led by Lin Feng and Liliya.
After two full days of preparing for battle, Lin Feng and Liliya were fully ready for the fight, so as soon as their troops appeared, they immediately adjusted their formations, positioning the troops into two identical squares.
Meanwhile, archers and mages stationed on the high wall were also in place, ready to play a vital role in the battle according to the plan previously devised by Rocky, Lin Feng, and others.
Dusa’s figure also appeared conspicuously among the archer unit, her bow and arrows at the ready as she stood alongside her fellow archers at the crenelated battlements, her face equally tense.
This time, Dusa wasn’t sneaking out to join the fray. Given that this could be considered their final battle, Monte had finally granted his daughter’s wish, allowing her to join the fight as an archer alongside him.
With skyships, ground troops, and the ranged combat unit all prepped, Backhill Village’s entire force was ready for action, merely waiting for the demons to arrive.
On this front, the demons surely didn’t disappoint. In just a few short minutes, the sandstorm whipped up by the demons drew near to Backhill Village.
As the demons closed in, Dusa noticed small stones on the crenelations start to dance about, the pebbles of around the size of soybeans hopping and jumping on the battlements as if enchanted.
But, of course, this was not the effect of magic, rather that the demons were drawing close, causing even the high wall itself to tremble!
If those atop the high wall could feel such distinct trembling, the sensation was far more pronounced for the troops outside the wall. The units arrayed outside were acutely aware of the ground shaking beneath their feet, feeling very much like the onset of an earthquake.
With more than a hundred demons charging towards them, even the Earth itself trembled in alarm!
In the midst of the continuous tremors, the demons neared Backhill Village. The troops on the wall and on the ground might not yet see the fiends, but Rocky, positioned mid-air with the skyship, could already see the demons clearly.
Through the swirling dust clouds, herds of demons came into his view, their numbers indeed surpassing a hundred. They seemed like a pack of hungry beasts lunging for food, madly surging towards Backhill Village.
Demon Army…
Facing these groups of demons, the term “Demon Army” emerged in Rocky’s mind, and indeed, the demons he was confronted with this time could truly be described by that term.
At the same time, he was constantly calculating the distance between the demons and Backhill Village.
One thousand meters…
Eight hundred meters…
Seven hundred meters…
The demons’ speed was just too fast; in the span of a few minutes, the Demon Army, which had been a kilometer away, had already closed in to about seven hundred meters.
However, at this moment, Rocky, suspended in midair, suddenly raised his arm and then pointed fiercely towards the demons.
Following his gesture, the ten skyships that had already ascended immediately flew headlong towards the Demon Army.
And after the skyships took flight, it didn’t take long for the oncoming Demon Army to enter the firing range of the Magic Cannons.
“Fire!”
As soon as the first demon entered the range of the Magic Cannons, Felly, who was responsible for commanding the ten skyships, used the communicator to order all the skyships to open fire, and a series of cannon roars immediately followed!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The deafening sounds of bombardment instantly merged into one, and the ground being bombarded was shrouded in smoke and flying debris. The demons within range naturally suffered the consequences; in the relentless shelling, some were even blasted into the sky, and the less fortunate were hit directly by the Magic Cannons and torn to shreds!
Without a doubt, the advantage of the skyships and Magic Cannons was fully exhibited at this moment; the ferocious attack from the skies left the demons powerless to retaliate, allowing the skyships to bombard them and causing significant casualties.
But let’s not forget, demons are not mere targets. These monsters may not be able to counter the bombardment of the skyships, but they could use their speed to rush out of the bombing range.
In fact, after only two rounds of bombing, demons had already dashed beneath the skyships, completely escaping the bombardment zone.
There was no help for it, the demons were too robust; despite the continuous cannon fire, apart from a few unlucky ones struck head-on, the rest could swiftly exit the bombardment area unafraid of the artillery. Once they were out of the skyships’ bombardment range, they only faced the troops beyond the tall walls.
In this situation, the captains of the various skyships began to bellow at the gunners, ordering them to fire as many cannons as possible and to bombard more before the demons could fully escape the attack zone.
But even so, even though the barrels of the Magic Cannons had become glowing red from overuse, the Demon Army still charged out of the bombardment range and towards the high walls!
Thus, the only thing the skyships could do was to immediately turn around, follow the footsteps of the Demon Army, and try to fire a few more shots at the demons before the battle transitioned to close combat— that was all they could do.
Meanwhile, Rocky, floating in midair, had everything in his sight. He watched demon after demon rush out of the bombardment range and towards the troops outside the walls, yet a smile slowly began to appear on his lips at this moment.
Very good, everything is going according to plan!
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