When everyone rushed to the top of the city wall, the first thing they saw was smoke and flames in the distance.
"Damn it!"
Looking at this scene, Wales knitted his brows and his expression turned gloomy. He didn't expect a Magical Beast Overlord to appear so quickly. In this situation, it seemed like he had to adjust his strategy once again.
"Immediately order all soldiers at the first line of defense to retreat! All of you, return to the headquarters and defend! "
"Will this really be fine?"
However, at this moment, Fangzheng raised another question after hearing Wales's order.
"If we abandon the first line of defense, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend against all the magical beasts here. Besides, they even sent out a Magical Beast Overlord. If any accidents happen, the entire northern lands will be in trouble. "
Through Wales's introduction, Fangzheng understood that the design of the Northern Fortress was actually a 'double filtering' mechanism. In other words, the first line of defense was the 'filtering net' at the front. It could block most of the magical beasts' attacks. However, there were still a small number of magical beasts that passed through the first line of defense, but they would be wiped out at the second line of defense.
To put it simply, the main responsibility of the first line of defense was to defend against the large number of low-level magical beasts. On the other hand, the second line of defense was to defend against the relatively small number of high-level magical beasts that were stronger.
But if they were to completely abandon the first line of defense, there would definitely be more of them that slipped through the 'loophole' of the Northern Fortress and entered the Land of Order. Fangzheng still remembered the group of Magical Wolves that he encountered after returning from 'Edge of Tomorrow'. If it weren't for him, the group of Magical Wolves would have almost destroyed a small town.
"We don't have enough manpower at the moment. This can't be helped."
How would Wales not understand this logic? However, he had no other choice. Intelligence and strength alone couldn't stop a lack of manpower. If it was just to kill the magical beasts in front of them, Wales's strength as a Knight Captain was enough. But the problem was that their enemies weren't just this group of magical beasts. In fact, no one knew how many magical beasts there were.
In this situation, all Wales could do was to preserve his strength and stall for time until the Holy Cathedral's reinforcements arrived. If even he was forced to take action, it would mean that the entire Northern Fortress was in grave danger.
"In that case, leave it to me."
How could Fangzheng not understand what Wales meant? But after looking at the terrain, he still felt that giving up the first line of defense wasn't a wise choice. From a bird's eye view, the entire Northern Fortress looked like a gourd that was tight on the outside and loose on the inside. The first line of defense was located at the mouth of the calabash, which was the smallest. It was precisely because of the narrow area and the high cliffs on both sides that they were able to block the attacks of the magical beasts. Once this line of defense was completely lost, it would be even harder to defend if the magical beasts swarmed in.
"You?"
Hearing Fangzheng's words, Wales was a little surprised. If Fangzheng was one of his soldiers, then Wales would definitely scold this young man for dreaming. But when he recalled the information in the Holy Cathedral's documents, he hesitated.
Since the Holy Cathedral said that this young man was reinforcements, then let's see what he's made of …
"Alright! I'll give you ten minutes! If you can't hold the first line of defense in ten minutes, I'll immediately give the order for everyone to evacuate! "
"Don't worry, leave it to me."
Facing Wales' serious gaze, Fangzheng smiled faintly. Then, he leaped down from the city wall that was tens of meters high and looked ahead. There, the bright red light of the flames had illuminated the originally dim sky and land. Even under the protection of the Light of Order, the situation in front did not seem to be very good.
"Hina, bring Tanji with you. Everyone else, get ready. We're leaving now. Follow me!"
"Yes, Brother Fangzheng!!"
Hearing Fangzheng's order, the half-dead little girls immediately cheered up. Hina jumped out of the car and opened the trunk of the vehicle. Soon, a golden, shining blue Astral machine flew out. Looking at its wobbly appearance, it did not seem to be in any better condition.
This Astral Technologies is really lousy!
Fangzheng looked at the wobbly Tanji and shook his head. He quickly made a gesture and ran forward. He only had one Planetary Lander Vehicle at the moment, and he did not want to lose it here. Instead of going to the front line, it was better to leave it here. After all, the first line of defense was only about a kilometer away from the Northern Fortress. For Fangzheng, Hina and the others, it would not take too long to get there.
But even so, the situation in front was not optimistic.
When Fangzheng and the others arrived at the first line of defense, it had once again fallen into a chaotic battle. Although the Light Wall of Order was still protecting the tall wall, the light on it had weakened a lot. The reason was because …
"— — — —!!"
In Fangzheng's eyes, a black beam of light whizzed past from a distance and bombarded the Light Wall like a battering ram. Following the bombardment of the beam, the already very thin Light Wall of Order began to flicker like a light that was not properly contacted.
And the culprit who attacked the Light Wall of Order was …
"What's that? Is that a stage five Protogaster? There are Protogasters in this world? "
It was hard to imagine Hina and Xia Shi would have such doubts. The stronger the monster infected by the magic of Chaos, the weirder its body would be. Well, to a certain extent, it was really no different from a Protogaster.
The thing that emitted the beam of light was a monster the size of a hill. It looked similar to an Ogre, with a huge, golden eye in the middle of its forehead. On both sides of its sturdy body were thick, sharp claws like those of a tiger or a lion.
But due to the erosion of the magic of Chaos, its skin had taken on a disgusting dark green colour. Tentacles and whiskers could even be seen twisting and turning on its skin.
"… This thing is really disgusting …."
Even Fangzheng could not look straight at the monster in front of him. Although it was indeed a Lord-tier monster, it looked like …. Just by looking at it, it had the lethality of a Lord-tier monster. If it were made into a game boss, it wouldn't even pass the review and would be sent back to be reset.
However, Rhode didn't have the time to care about this now because at this moment, the gigantic overlord roared once again. Then, the eye on its forehead widened abruptly. Shortly after, another beam of light shot out from the eye and bombarded the Order barrier.
But this time, the Light Wall of Order was unable to completely block the attack of the Magical Beast Lord. The pitch-black beam of light mercilessly blasted a big hole in the Light Wall, then directly hit the city wall. Along with the explosion, the crumbling city wall collapsed instantly. At the same time, the restless magical beasts rushed towards the gap like a surging flood that had finally found an outlet to vent their frustrations.
"We can't let these things in!"
Seeing this, Fangzheng immediately stretched out his hand. Soon, the Vampire Greatsword appeared in his hand again.
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