“Liliya, sister! You can’t go!”
Seeing Liliya trying to return to the battlefield, Dusa thought of Rocky’s instructions and hurriedly spread her arms like an eagle catching a chick, blocking her way.
“Dusa, stop messing around!”
Liliya glanced at Dusa and, without another word, walked around her. But as soon as she took a step, Dusa stepped across and stood in front of her again.
“Sister Liliya, the City Lord has instructed me to keep an eye on you, so I won’t let you pass!”
Biting her lip, Dusa was stubbornly unyielding, showing no sign of backing down.
Her stubbornness frustrated Liliya. If it had been anyone else from the Guard Corps obstructing her, Liliya would have already knocked them down. However, she couldn’t do that to Dusa, so she just sighed.
As she sighed, she suddenly felt dizzy. If Dusa hadn’t quickly supported her, Liliya would have almost collapsed.
Liliya’s injuries were not light at all!
Although she might not have suffered severe external injuries, the cut the demons made on her arm caused her to lose too much blood, making her unfit for further battle, which was precisely why Rocky had ordered her to withdraw to the village.
Feeling almost faint, Liliya had no choice but to return to the tent with Dusa’s support and rest with the other injured brought back.
Not long after, the village doctor arrived with the villagers and began treating the injured.
Dusa naturally helped a lot during the treatment. Monte used to get injured often when he was still a Demon Hunter, so Dusa was quite experienced with such matters.
But precisely because of this, when Dusa saw the wounds on the guards, she couldn’t help but exclaim.
The guards brought back had very severe injuries!
Although there had been casualties in previous battles, the guards had only sustained minor injuries and had recovered after a few days of rest, including Monte, who was the most severely injured. But this time, the guards’ injuries were much more serious.
Among the guards who were brought back with Liliya, one had his chest torn open, a vast wound even tearing through his runic armor. When Dusa and the doctor were treating him, the guard was screaming nonstop.
But he was relatively lucky compared to the other four who were brought back with him; their injuries were even more severe, and they had all fallen into a coma!
How fierce was the battle still raging outside?
All the guards involved in the direct combat were equipped with rune equipment!
Although the rune equipment crafted by Rocky might not compare to Wensel’s creations, it still packed some power. The combination of a runic shield and runic armor could significantly boost their defensive power, and normally, not even a black-eyed demon could severely injure a guard with a single blow.
Yet here, all these guards were severely injured, even comatose!
What did that imply?
It implied they weren’t just injured by a single strike from a demon; they must have been struck countless times to have such severe injuries!
Just how many demons had come this time?!
This question popped up in Dusa’s mind once again, and evidently, the only one who knew the answer was Liliya.
So after she finished helping the doctor with the wounded, she ran over to Liliya.
Now it seemed that among those carried back, Liliya was the least injured, as she was still conscious at least.
But if you thought that, you would be gravely mistaken.
Because Liliya was wearing a full set of rune equipment crafted by Wensel. The fact that she was injured even with such gear meant one could only imagine how severe the strikes she endured in battle were!
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“Sister Liliya, you… you should drink some water first…”
Seeing Liliya’s cracked lips, a somewhat clueless Dusa hurriedly got her a cup of water, then sat beside her.
“Sister Liliya, how many demons have come outside, and how could everyone be injured like this?”
“Outside…”
Facing Dusa’s question, Liliya had just started to speak when another bout of chaotic footsteps came from outside the tent, and soon soldiers rushed into the tent carrying stretchers.
More wounded had been carried in!
Seeing more wounded being brought in, Dusa and Liliya naturally couldn’t continue their casual chat. Dusa immediately went to help, and after Liliya gulped down the water in her cup, she also stood up resolutely and went to assist.
The wounded brought back this time were from the troops of Backhill Village, and the number of injured soldiers was over a dozen. In order to help these wounded soldiers, everyone was frantically busy, not even having time to speak.
Compared to the injuries of the Guard Corps, the soldiers from Backhill Village were more severely injured. They did not have rune equipment to protect themselves; wearing only regular equipment, they relied mainly on experience when facing the attacks of Demons, and basically had no external forces to rely on, so once injured, it was bound to be serious.
In such a situation, every soldier brought back had severe wounds. The worst among them had a leg brutally torn off by a Demon, and his screams filled the tent upon being brought in, but not long after, the screams disappeared…
He died.
The battle against the Demons had finally begun to claim lives…
As the deceased soldier was carried out of the tent, everyone inside fell silent, even the busy doctor spoke softer when directing others, as if he was whispering.
An invisible gloom shrouded everyone.
Under this oppressive gloom, after who knows how long of hustle, they finally managed to settle the new batch of the wounded, and then the tent fell into a deathly silence.
In this deathly silence, the wounded soldiers either lay on beds or on the ground, each with a vacant look, not knowing what they were staring at, while the doctors and villagers of Backhill Village all remained silent, some silently shedding tears.
Their village was not large, and everyone recognized each other, so even though not all the deceased guards were their relatives, it left the villagers feeling sorrowful nonetheless.
This mood also affected Dusa, who likewise seemed drained of energy. She stopped talking and just sat next to Liliya, starting to zone out as if worried about something.
“You don’t need to worry.”
Seeing Dusa zoning out by herself, Liliya wrapped an arm around her and said, “You don’t need to worry, Monte will be alright. At least, he had no problems when I was pulled back.”
“Really?!”
Upon hearing this, Dusa immediately turned her head, her face showing much less concern.
“Of course it’s true. Why would I lie to you.”
“Then… what about the City Lord?”
“The City Lord… that fool should be okay, I suppose…”
Thinking of Rocky, Liliya felt a surge of anger. How could she have been injured if not for him?
Unfortunately, not knowing what had happened, Dusa nodded upon hearing this and said with full conviction, “Right! The City Lord is so powerful, he certainly won’t have any problems!”
After learning that both her father and Rocky were alright, Dusa’s oppressed mood improved, and she couldn’t help but ask, “Sister Liliya, exactly how many Demons came this time?”
“Ten.”
Liliya glanced at Dusa and immediately gave the answer.
However, her reply not only shocked Dusa but also made the villagers of Backhill Village look at her, disbelief in each of their eyes.
Ten Demons?
How could that be possible!
The forces of Backhill Village combined with Rocky’s Guard Corps, how could these two forces suffer such severe losses against an attack of just ten Demons!
But as everyone was incredulous, Liliya continued to say, “At first there were only ten Demons, then another ten came, and then another ten, and then another, until when I was pulled back, another ten had arrived.”