The soldiers finally realized what was going on. Since it was too late to turn the other machine gun, they took out the revolver rifles on their backs and opened fire.
The long sword stuck in the monster's body became the best landmark. Within a distance of ten steps, it was almost impossible for the revolver rifle to miss the target. All the soldiers, including Brian, fired all the bullets in one breath. The dense barrage swept over Edith's head. She could even hear the sound of the bullets cutting through the air.
He turned around and saw that the distorted air had solidified. A monster had appeared out of thin air. It was almost six feet tall when it stood up, half a head taller than an adult. In addition to a pair of forelimbs as sharp as sickles, it also had seven or eight pairs of legs on its abdomen. It was covered in a grayish-brown carapace, which made it look creepy. Fortunately, the carapace could not withstand the close-range gunfire. A fist-sized wound appeared on its slender, locust-like head. It twitched twice and fell to the ground, covered in blood.
"Get out of the way!" Edith suddenly heard a roar behind her.
A heavy sword answered the call. The force of the swing was so great that it produced a deep buzzing sound. The body of the sword smashed directly in front of the first machine gun squad, sending the other two monsters flying. The invisible ripples also dissipated.
Then several God's Punishment Witches passed by her side, raised their swords and slashed horizontally, cutting the monster in half before it could get up.
Realizing that the reinforcements had arrived, Edith was a little relieved.
There were not many enemies. Without the advantage of stealth, they were soon cut into pieces by the Extraordinary warriors who rushed up.
She also noticed that when the monsters approached the God's Punishment Witches, they would show a strange form. For example, half of them were hiding in the void, but the other half were forced to show their original forms, as if the ability of stealth had failed.
"Are you all right?" Maggie helped Edith up. "We saw these enemies in the rock wall. Unfortunately, we were one step too late."
"Using the colorful magic stones?"
"That's right." Another tall man walked up to her and said, "Leave this to us. Mortal weapons are not good at dealing with this kind of situation. Go and inform the people above and bring some God's Punishment Witches down."
Edith remembered that her name was Betty. "Can you destroy their camouflage?"
"A skill similar to the God's Stone of Retaliation." The man shrugged. "At present, it can only disable the enemy's stealth for a short time."
"But they also have the God's Stone of Retaliation. Why can't we see the enemy..." Brian looked at the three soldiers' bodies on the ground and asked, gnashing his teeth.
"That's not surprising," Betty replied calmly. "Light, distance, and concentration will all affect the observation results. Generally, the range of the effect of a God's Stone is only one or two steps. The enemy can be exposed for only the blink of an eye. In such a dim environment, it is normal that we can't see it.
Edith couldn't help but sigh. Indeed, most of the time when she noticed the sickle monster showing half of its body was when the two sides were fighting. Coupled with the length of the enemy's forelimbs and the advantage of sneak attacks, it was basically too late for ordinary people to realize that something was wrong. "to" God to say, the God had, the God, and, and the First.
"Damn it!" Brian waved his fist fiercely. "I should have sent down the barbed wire first!"
"Go back. I have a feeling that something might have happened in the cave." Betty urged again. "That strange cry just now seemed to have startled the entire snow mountain."
"You heard it too?" Edith asked in surprise.
"We've lost most of our sense of touch, so our vision and hearing have become extremely sharp..." The man looked at her and said, "I didn't expect that mortals could also do this."
"Sure enough, it wasn't an illusion..." Edith nodded. She took off the God's Stone of Retaliation and threw it beside the machine gun. She pulled Brian and the others to surround Maggie. They sank into the ground with the Magic Ark and climbed up along the stone wall. Although the commander of the Firearm Battalion was somewhat reluctant to let the Taquila witches fight in the front line, he finally followed the overall situation. After all, once the God's Punishment Witches fought with the enemy, they could not open fire on their allies at will.
Apparently, the people stationed in the Blackstone Tower did not know about the battle at the bottom of the cave. They were still using ropes to lower tents, God's Punishment Witches, guns, ammunition, and other war supplies. After Brian stopped them, he did not transfer to the steam elevator to return to the entrance of the cave. Instead, he asked Maggie to continue moving forward.
Just as they were about to reach the worm tunnel, dense gunshots suddenly rang out above their heads. The intensity of the gunshots was like a storm! This meant that the First Army in the sentry post had gone all out and had directly entered the state of full firepower!
The faces of the group changed involuntarily. The witches' cheeks even reddened, so they ascended a little faster.
After the Magic Ark rushed out of the ground, Edith could not help but stare at it with wide eyes.
She saw broken limbs and internal organs continuously falling from the top of the cave, as if it was raining corpses. Three machine gun squads lined up and under the command of Sylvie, shot at the pitch-black top of the cave; while the revolver and precision shooting squads aimed at the blind spots above their heads. They did not need to aim at the enemy, but only needed to straighten the barrel and fire along the wall.
"What's the enemy?" Brian asked, grabbing a soldier.
"It's demonic beasts, my lord!" The soldier reported while hurriedly reloading the ammunition. "A group of demonic beasts is rushing down from the top of the snow mountain!"
"What the hell! Why would they suddenly come to join in the fun at this time! "
A thought suddenly flashed across Edith's mind.
Was the dull buzzing used to summon their kind?
She had read in the book written by His Majesty that there existed a kind of strange sound in this world that was difficult for human ears to hear, but extremely clear for some creatures. Some species could even produce this kind of sound to communicate with their own kind. Could it be that they were now facing such a situation?
However, there was more surprising news. While Brian was observing the situation of the battle, another soldier ran into the cave. "Sir, Miss Maggie found signs of abnormal activity of the demonic beasts in the east of the Misty Forest. They seem to be approaching the direction of the snow mountain instead of attacking Neverwinter as we expected!"
"What? This... "The Flintlock Battalion commander was stunned for a moment.
"My lord?" The soldier asked anxiously, "What should we do?"
"How could this be... how could this be..." Brian's face was livid as he repeatedly muttered the same words. His forehead was already covered in sweat.
"This guy is still too inexperienced." Edith frowned. As a commander, she could never show her confusion and helplessness, especially in front of her subordinates.
She coughed twice and said, "It's not complicated. First of all, we have to gather the First Army stationed outside the snow mountain and concentrate on defending the entrance of the cave. In this way, we can greatly reduce the length of the battle line and only need a few machine guns to stop the attack of demonic beasts."
Brian looked at her and it took him a long time to come to his senses. "You... you're right."
"Secondly, let Miss Maggie immediately contact His Majesty and ask him to send reinforcements just in case. After all, we need ammunition and food supplies from the Redwater River. Once we abandon the camp and defend the passage, we won't be able to fight for a long time." Edith continued quickly and calmly, "In addition, demonic beasts can't swim, so don't abandon the cement boats outside. Leave a dozen people to control the demonic beasts and guide the follow-up troops."
"Miss Sylvie will be responsible for guiding the fire and blocking the demonic beasts at the top of the cave, so it won't be a big problem. As for the distributed God's Stones, you don't have to wear them for the time being. Bury them around the sentry post to prevent sneak attacks. Finally, don't forget to send Taquila witches to the bottom of the cave. Betty is still waiting for our reinforcements. Only when they have enough people can we set off to the south end of the river to find Miss Agatha and the others. " Her voice was calm and steady, which gradually calmed the people around her. "This step should be done as soon as possible. If I'm not mistaken, the place where the strange sound came from is the key to solving the problem."
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