The front of Valhalla Fortress rumbled, and the battle on the ground finally broke out.
The old dwarf Odum leaned against the battlements with one hand holding onto his dwarven helmet while the middle-aged hunter supported him from behind. He saw the purple crystals pouring down from the walls like a flood. Among those crystal monsters, a terrifying behemoth was ramming its head into a nearby tower, causing the entire city wall to tremble. Hurriedly, a loud voice cried out: "Stop!"
The old dwarf hurriedly shouted, "Put me down! Those damned things are attacking us! Give me my hammer!"
The middle-aged hunter quickly let go of the dwarf. Odum jumped down from the battlements and tidied up his crooked armor. "Thank you very much. You're really strong."
The middle-aged hunter returned the hammer to the dwarf and humbly replied, "It's nothing. The boars in the mountains are much heavier than you."
Odum didn't find anything wrong with his words and nodded in satisfaction, "But can you change the way you carry me next time? No dwarf wants to be treated like a sack."
Suddenly, there was a scream from afar. The three of them turned around and saw six three-meter-tall insect-like crystals climbing up the walls. The centaur warriors in silver armor were retreating, and the elven archers shot out a wave of arrows. However, the enchanted arrows only made tinkling sounds when they landed on the crystal heads, and were bounced to the side.
"Watch me!" Odum shouted and swung the hammer in his hand, throwing it at one of the monsters. The war hammer, engraved with silver runes on its surface, struck the crystal's head with a loud boom that sounded like a thunderclap. The monster screamed, and a crack appeared on its head. It fell off the city wall.
Odum waved his hand and the warhammer on the ground flew back into his hand. The old dwarf held the hammer firmly and shouted excitedly, "Have a taste of Master Odum's masterpiece — Storm's Hammer!"
After saying that, he did the same thing and smashed the other crystal cluster with his hammer. At this time, the elven archers finally reacted. Finny also opened her Winged Cloak and jumped, gliding to the top of the walls. She commanded loudly, "Change to Resonance Arrows!"
The Wind Archers took a step back and changed to the fourth set of enchantments. After a round of arrows, they finally knocked the four crystal beasts off the walls.
"Haha!" The dwarf couldn't help but laugh, "Looks like my old bones aren't as old as I thought!"
He even mocked Finnie, "Looks like you tree thorns aren't that smart, huh?"
But at this time, the sky darkened and the young hunter who was hiding at the side couldn't help but shout out a warning.
"Be careful, Mister Odum!"
Odum raised his head and saw a Horseshoe Beetle swooping down from the top of the tree, swinging its scythe-like blades at him.
He couldn't dodge it, but an arrow hit the horseshoe beetle's compound eye, causing it to shriek and roll in the air. The giant scythe also brushed past the old dwarf's body, causing him to cry out in fear. Before he could finish, Finny had already rushed over and rolled him to the side. The Horseshoe Beetle that was rolling in the air swung its forelimbs, and a wind blade swept past the position where the two of them were just a moment ago, leaving a mark that was nearly half a meter deep.
"Bah, bah, bah," the old dwarf spat out sand as he got up and said stubbornly, "Let me say this first, I won't thank you."
"I don't need an idiot's thanks. Enjoy your trip."
"What!?"
Finny used her back to push against the battlements and kicked the old dwarf's butt, causing him to cry out in pain and roll down the walls like a wooden barrel filled with apples.
At this time, the horseshoe beetle had already adjusted its posture and was once again charging in this direction. But Finny nimbly jumped to the side and used her Wind Cloak to jump to the other side of the tower. She raised her longbow and was about to counterattack when a blinding bolt of lightning shot out from the tower and hit the horseshoe beetle's head.
Finny felt her body go limp as she fell into a person's warm embrace. She caught a whiff of an apple-like fragrance and looked up, only to see the red-haired girl catching her with one hand. Scarlet frowned slightly, holding the halberd in one hand as she charged towards the horseshoe beetle.
The latter was hit by the lightning and lost its balance, falling shakily on the walls. Scarlet strode forward, the Azure Spear in her hand thrusting towards the monster like a bolt of lightning. After a loud crack, the horseshoe beetle was nailed to the top of the walls by her spear.
"Miss Scarlet!?"
Finny cried out in shock.
Only then did the highlander girl put her down. She looked at her, as if to make sure that she was not injured.
"Ah, I'm not injured," Finny replied with a red face, "But it's hard to say for poor Mister Odum."
"Ah, damn it." The old dwarf was lying between a pile of smashed wooden barrels. Beside him was a pile of stinking salted fish. He groaned in pain. "Can't you send me down the stairs in a gentler way?"
"This is already the most gentle." Finny pulled down her eyelids and made a face at him.
The Grey Wolves Mercenaries also came out from the tower. After Scarlet confirmed that Finny was fine, she turned to them and said: "You guys take Mister Odum back to the second wall."
"Let's help too." The young hunter hurriedly said: "Although my father and I can't fight, we can still do what we can."
Scarlet glanced at them. She was not familiar with the people of Valhalla, so she looked at Finny in confusion. She did not understand why there were two civilians on the walls at this time.
"Ah, they're the two hunters, Miss Scarlet."
Scarlet then understood. She did not answer the young man directly, but she still nodded at him.
The group immediately got busy, but Finny was still puzzled: "Are we going to give up the first wall now? I think we can still hold on for a while."
Scarlet nodded and took out a crystal ball from her pouch and held it in her hand. The crystal ball immediately emitted a faint radiance, and within the radiance was a projection of the situation outside of Valhalla. The angle of view was taken from the floating airship in the sky, and the projection was precisely the current battle situation in Valhalla. One could clearly see that on several sections of the city walls, the giant crystal siege beasts had already broken through the outer walls, and countless small crystal clusters were currently pouring into the first section of the city walls.
The projection only lasted for a moment before it disappeared and was replaced by the figure of a little girl.
Finny recognized the girl's identity. It was Sifrid.
"Sifrid?"
"It's me, Sister Finny. "I'm currently in Odum Fortress. Can I entrust you with the task of retreating the Wind Archers to the second wall?" Fenia replied.
Finny was stunned for a moment, but she immediately reacted: "Are we going to lure the monsters to the second tunnel?"
She pursed her lips into a smile: "You're amazing, Sister Finny. That's exactly what I'm going to do."
"Alright, leave it to me, Sifrid." The elven girl's eyes curved into crescents as she smiled. She was a little excited in her heart: "Leave it to me, Sifrid."
A resounding boom rang out as one of the Crystalline Beasts finally crashed through the tower. As it slowly and heavily stepped into the city, boundless purple waves had already gushed into the city through the hole in the city wall.
"Retreat!"
"Retreat quickly to the second wall!"
"Move to the sides and leave a path in the middle!"
The Knight Sergeants on the walls immediately gave out orders, and the Druids who were in charge of covering the Crystal Siege Beasts cast Thorns to slow them down.
Rolant and little Montolo were the last to jump off the walls. Before they left the defensive line, they took one last look outside the walls. They could only see a vast sea of purple.
This was the fangs and claws of the Dusk Dragon. This was the legendary Dusk War. They never thought that the Count had been preparing for such a war all this time. Their hearts were heavy and uneasy, but they were also excited and their blood was boiling.
This was the true hero of the Erouine people.
He was also the common hero of the mortals.
When Rolant thought of how he had almost wallowed in the mire with the Dusk Dragon's fangs and claws, he couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. He suddenly recalled the words that Brando had said to him. He understood that this was a test for him. If he had hesitated in the slightest, he would have already met the same fate as the nobles outside.
Thinking of this, the youth couldn't help but tighten his grip on the sword in his hand. He wanted to use this battle to wash away the mistakes and humiliation he had to bear.
However, before the two of them could express their feelings about the mission, they were kicked to the ground.
They turned around and found that it was the lizardman who had been following them. "What are you doing!" Rolant shouted in annoyance. Although they had noticed this lizardman who had been following Count Tónigel, they didn't think that he would dare to make a move against them.
However, Ropar couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with these two little fellows. He directly lifted them up, one in each hand. At this time, Rolant and little Montolo felt that something was wrong. The other party had only casually grabbed them, but they couldn't avoid it.
Rolant couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Only now did he realize that there wasn't a simple person beside the count.
"Let us down!"
But being lifted like this was really a disgrace to a gentleman, so he couldn't help but protest.
Ropar didn't care about this fellow at all. The soldiers on the first wall who hadn't retreated had already been completely submerged by the crystal cluster army. The position they were in now was actually already in danger.
A crystal cluster pounced over. The Fireclaw Lizardman Lord didn't even think before turning around and sweeping his tail over. A red light flashed on his body, and this tail attack actually shattered the crystal cluster into pieces.
"It's … Elemental Realm!" Rolant couldn't help but cry out.
But little Montolo knew more than him. His eyes almost popped out, "Heavens, this is the peak of the law. Who is it!"
"Ah —!" Then he immediately let out a scream, "Those monsters are catching up!"
Rolant turned his head to look behind him, and couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
At the gap in the wall behind them, there were three crystal cluster beasts that were at least seventeen to eighteen meters tall, slowly walking in this direction. The warehouses and barracks scattered along the way couldn't stop these huge monsters at all. Often, they would collapse with a light touch. Amidst the flying dust, a sea of purple crystal clusters spread over the ruins of the buildings and flooded in their direction.
But at this time, Ropar stopped.
"Are you crazy? Hurry up and leave!" Rolant was scared silly by this scene, and couldn't help but shout hysterically. He was prepared to fight for Erouine, but he wasn't prepared to die in front of these monsters.
At least he wasn't mentally prepared to fight the Twilight Dragon.
But his voice was drowned out by a huge roar.
Not far away, the huge gate of Amu's fortress was slowly opening.
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