"What the hell happened?"
Lightning felt dizzy. When she came to her senses, she found that she was surrounded by finger-thick black needles. These non-reflective crystals were evenly distributed around the track like pitch-black blades.
Then, several similar explosions came from the direction of the camp, completely breaking the silence of the night.
"This is... an attack!
The enemy is launching a sneak attack on the expeditionary army with the Spider Demons! "
By the time she realized this, the second wave of rumbling had already appeared. However, this time, the sound was clearly much more muffled, and it did not come from the air. Instead, it was transmitted to her feet through the tremors of the ground, as if something heavy had smashed into the ground.
"Oh, no..." Lorgar groaned. "That's the position of the Longsong Cannons."
In the middle of the night without lights, they accurately identified the position of the camp and attacked the cannons from the very beginning. Was this really something that the demons could do?
And why hadn't the alarm been sounded yet?
"We have to go and warn everyone!" Since Lightning had sneaked out to relax, she did not wear a special flight suit, nor did she carry the talisman for communication with her. She had no other choice but to fly over, even though the sound of explosions over the camp was much more intense at this moment. She grabbed Lorgar, but failed to pull her up from the ground.
"You..." Lightning turned around and was surprised to find that a long needle had been nailed into her leg. The wound was bleeding and half of her pants had been dyed red.
She suddenly felt her chest tighten.
If Lorgar had not done this to save her...
"What are you thinking about?" Lorgar grinned. "Even if I didn't meet you, I would still be attacked, and maybe even worse. At least the stone needles that fell on the periphery were not stained with the demon's blood. This is just a skin wound."
What skin wound? Obviously, the bones were broken, and the amount of blood loss was not even sure if the major blood vessels were injured. If there was, the needles could not be easily pulled out. But to leave her here to look for Nana? If the Spider Demons attacked again, Lorgar would almost be a live target lying on the ground!
Lightning's mind was filled with countless thoughts, and she didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Listen to me." Lorgar pressed her shoulder. "You have to contact the big guy running on the railway …"
"You mean the 'Blackriver'?" Lightning was surprised. "But..."
"Now, even if there is no alarm, as long as you are not deaf, you should have heard the sound of the attack." The Wolf Girl panted and endured the pain. "The key is the next counterattack. If I heard correctly, at least half of the enemy's attacks are aimed at the Longsong Cannons, and it doesn't sound like simple stone needle projectiles. I don't know what's going on over there, but if … if the enemy succeeds, we won't have any weapons to suppress them. You know what that means. "
This meant that the Spider Demons would be able to pour black needles into the encampment unscrupulously, and there would be no safe place in the entire defensive line.
Lightning nodded.
"Phew … Then hurry up..." Lorgar gave her a push. "Don't be fooled by the fact that this is the first place to be attacked. In fact, it's not dangerous... That attack wasn't aimed at us. Look over there... "
Lightning looked in the direction where the Wolf Girl was pointing and saw only half of the wooden sentry tower at the end of the railway track, as if it had been swallowed by darkness.
"So don't worry about me. Go find the 'Blackriver' —" The Wolf Girl gritted her teeth and shouted. "You're the only one who can do it now!"
She was right. There was no faster way to notify the armored train cruising between the frontline and Station Zero than to fly there.
Lightning clenched her fists and looked at the Wolf Girl for the last time. She forced herself to turn around and fly toward the encampment.
At this time, scattered gunshots could be heard.
As Lorgar had said, the entire encampment had been awakened. Although they did not know where the enemy came from, no one was going to sit around and wait for death.
The same went for the witches' barracks.
The God's Punishment Witches were the quickest warriors. Not only did they not sleep for long, but they also did not need to take off their armors when they fell asleep. At this moment, they were rushing to the battlefield in groups of twos and threes. She rushed into the barracks and saw Maggie running around anxiously.
"Where have you been, coo!" Maggie rushed up to her and hugged her. "Why didn't you tell me you were going out, coo!"
"I'm sorry." Lightning suddenly felt a pang of guilt. She had thought that Maggie was careless and didn't know what fear was, but the truth was that Maggie didn't care about the fear of the Senior Demons for too long, but that didn't mean that she would forget about her companions. "We'll talk about it later. I have to go to the 'Blackriver' now!"
"I'll go with you, coo!"
"No, you're needed here." Lightning wanted to say yes, but she refused. "I'm afraid that Sylvie can't take care of the entire encampment by herself. The more people who can spy on the demons, the better!"
Snap out of it! She couldn't be a burden to everyone anymore.
"One more thing. Before that, I need you to do something for me." Lightning put on her flight suit as fast as she could. She brushed aside Maggie's long hair and cupped her cheeks. "You have to promise me. You have to do it. This is the most important task of the Exploration Group."
"Coo?" Maggie blinked.
"Find Nana. Take her to the end of the railway. Lorgar is badly injured. She's lying in that area. Bring her back safely. Do you understand? "
Maggie nodded. "Coo!"
"Then I'll leave it to you." Lightning touched Maggie's forehead with her and flew straight out of the barracks.
As they climbed higher and higher, Lightning noticed the reason why the alarm had not been sounded.
None of the five sentry towers outside the defensive line were left standing. Apparently, the first wave of the enemy's attack was aimed at the sentry towers. These sentry towers were supposed to be solid concrete bunkers. However, Tower Station No. 1 had just been built. They did not even have time to set up the barbed wire outside the trench, let alone complete the fortifications.
What made Lightning even more uneasy was that the gunshots came from inside the barracks, which meant that the soldiers were fighting with the enemy inside the barracks. So far, there was no sign that the defense line had been breached. Although the enemy was still attacking, they were all long-range attacks. Who were they fighting with?
But the more she thought about it, the more she knew how important her responsibility was.
"I'm a coward. Yes.
I lost to the Senior Demon. Yes.
But I still have something I can do. "
"Flying!"
"Let it be afraid.
I don't need to look to the north.
I don't even need to face the ordinary demons. "
Now, all I need to do is stare at the railway and fly. There is no reason for me to run away!
Lightning sped up along the "Black River" toward the forest.
"Faster! Faster!"
She urged the magic power in her mind. Gradually, a long-lost feeling welled up in her heart. When the long-silent barrier was broken, the whole world became quiet.
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