While the signal to counterattack rang out on the western battlefront, the situation on the eastern battlefront also underwent a tremendous change.
Attacking from both sides was quite a common strategy. However, in order to achieve the effect of one plus one was greater than two, rather than sending the humans to their deaths one by one, the most important factor would still be timing.
While the western battlefront was still calm and peaceful, and it was still 3: 30 AM, the most tiring time of the night, the eastern battlefront was already boiling over.
"Night attack!"
Shrill alarms echoed in the night sky. Nobody expected that the human allied army would choose to attack at midnight.
Out of all the species, humans were probably the least suited to fighting at night. They didn't have the snake people's ability to sense heat, nor did they have the elves' night vision. Without light and sunlight, they would become completely blind.
Meanwhile, the devils all had night vision. Their perception of souls made their "vision" far surpass the limits of ordinary humans, not to mention the undead army. Light was meaningless to them to begin with.
When one side's field of vision was no different from that of daytime, and the other side's field of vision was only a few meters, all tricks and strategic deceptions would be nothing more than a joke. For the frontline warriors, being able to clearly see the enemy's swords and arrows was the difference between life and death.
It was common knowledge in this world that humans weren't skilled at fighting at night. But today, the humans chose to fight at night, not to mention in front of the devils and undead who viewed the night as bright as day.
However, the moment the battle began, the devils and undead understood why humans chose to fight at night. What gave the humans the confidence to challenge the ruler of the night at night?
Numerous balls of light rose into the sky. Pure Holy Light began to transform night into day. Pure Holy Light began to purify and dispel the distortions in the surroundings. The undead and devils felt quite warm and comfortable, but they didn't know that a fatal threat was right before them.
For the Undead Lords who participated in the previous battle, the nightmare from yesterday's battle replayed itself. However, the information clearly stated that Roland was on the eastern battlefront.
Under the balls of light, numerous white-robed Southern Sect priests were working together to cast spells. Protecting them were the elite Holy Knight and temple warriors of the Southern Sect.
The strongest Holy Knight wore heavy silver armor and held a hammer inlaid with Holy Silver in one hand and a tower shield with the emblem of a cross and a holy sword in the other. They also carried a heavy rusty cross on their backs. They were the Southern Cross Knight, the most elite Holy Knight unit of the Southern Sect.
At this moment, every single Southern Cross Knight unfastened the cross on their backs. The blood stained crosses were stained with the blood of martyrs. After the crosses were blessed by the Saint's blood, a circular protective barrier was unfurled.
The range of the protection was not large, but it was enough to cover the Holy Light Priests.
Under the blessing of the Ball of Holy Light in midair, this defensive area became even more holy and sturdy. Evil spells and arrows were directly nullified before they could even get close. Meanwhile, in the sky, the Bone Dragon Legion had already begun fighting against the Dragon Knight Legion.
Some Holy Light Priests were sweating profusely as they retreated from casting spells with weak expressions. Immediately afterwards, other priests would take their place. The Ball of Holy Light kept flickering and dimming, but it was never extinguished.
Even though there were at least three Legend-ranked Holy Light Priests in each group, it was still quite difficult to maintain the Ball of Holy Light. That was because they were casting a newly created Saint-ranked Holy Light Divine Art/spell: "Roland's Light of Dawn."
The principle behind this Holy Light Divine Art was that Roland's Dawn Holy Sword could only be used by himself, which was far too restrictive. But after repeatedly modifying the spell's formula, this low-level version of Dawn was created.
But since ordinary Holy Light Divine Arts lacked the support of Myth-ranked weapons, ordinary Holy Light Priests' Holy Light affinity wouldn't be able to compare to Roland's. This Saint-ranked high-level Holy Light Divine Art/spell was actually as difficult to cast as a SemiGod, and it required a tremendous amount of energy.
But even so, the Southern Sect unhesitatingly made this Holy Light Divine Art widely available after experiments proved its astonishing effects on the undead and the Chaos Abyss.
Even with all the information Roland provided, it was still incredibly difficult to master a spell of this level in just a few short weeks. In order to gather fifteen "suns," it could be said that the Southern Sect sent out all of its higher-ups. Even the Southern Sect Pope himself was stationed on the eastern battlefront.
That's right, not only did the Southern Sect participate in this battle, they even brought out more than 70% of their main forces and high-level Holy Light job classes.
In the sky, scorching Dragon Breath, icy blue and white Dragon Breath, and green smoke with a rancid smell continuously cut through the night sky. The armored Dragons were at the forefront, while the colorful Evil Dragons on their flanks were now fighting for the survival of the humans.
After so many battles, the undead army's numbers had obviously decreased. Low-level undead could be easily replenished, but there would be one less bone dragon after every death. Shupnus was unable to return to the Undead Planes, so there was no way for him to replenish his bone dragons.
Dawn continued to shine. The weakened bone dragons were powerless against the powerful Dragon Knight, and they were all killed before they could even react. And this time, an ancient Bone Dragon Lord personally warned the bone dragons about their weaknesses, so the Dragon Knight's attacks were even simpler and more effective.
"Bone dragons have two weakest spots. The first is the spine on their backs, where several hundred bones are connected. They're exquisite yet weak, and a single light strike will cause them to fall apart. The second weak spot is the extension of their wing bones …"
"Gargoyles' weakness? Gargoyles are mostly created from corrupted gargoyles. They're basically rocks and have no obvious weaknesses. But since they're rocks and are half-earth elemental and half-undead creatures, they're actually quite afraid of wind element attacks and petrification abilities. Wind element attacks counter each other, while petrification can cause the gargoyles to lose their undead form and truly become a stone statue, which is basically an instant kill. "
The undead military advisors from the Northlands unhesitatingly revealed the weaknesses and flaws of various undead troops. In order to deal with the most threatening undead aerial army, the command center even contacted Dragon City, the Bardi royalty's backer. Rainbow Dragon City, which mainly consisted of Color Dragons, finally managed to transfer over five Bronze and Copper Dragons with petrification and weathering abilities.
The current battle proved that their preparations had been successful. The Copper Dragons specifically chased after the gargoyles and attacked them, causing a large number of gargoyles to collapse.
The bone dragons, which were already few in number to begin with, were in an even more pitiful state. The new devil army didn't even care about these rare and high-level undead troops, which the undead viewed as their lifeblood. The bone dragons were given the order to "kill all mages at all costs" by the high-level undead, so they could only advance and couldn't retreat. The bone dragons were also surrounded and attacked by dragons that were several times their size.
One, two, but they were reduced to dust before they even landed on the ground. The bone dragons and gargoyles that were protecting them swiftly retreated, not even completing their mission as cannon fodder. This also meant that the devil army that was following closely behind the bone dragons weren't able to take advantage of the situation. Instead, they were directly attacked by the incoming dragons.
When the attacking aerial knights were stopped, Bardi's royal dragon knights and Auland's White Wolves simultaneously appeared under the illumination of the Light of Dawn.
A torrent of steel directly attacked the devil army. These brave White Wolf Guards desired to use their blood to wash away the humiliation they had suffered in the past few days.
Although the eastern front was only there to keep the devils busy, the moment the devils revealed an opening, this temporary restraint would instantly transform into a full-scale attack.
I should have been observing the scenery from the edge of the battlefield, but I was astonished by a sudden piece of news.
"Leona's gone missing? Cavendish won't even spare his own woman and child? "
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