"Grrr... grrr... grrr..."
The strange grinding sound came from all over the town, as if some huge digging creature was digging a tunnel under the ground. The unprepared townspeople and soldiers could only look around blankly when they heard the sound coming from under their feet.
Then, the heavy stone pavement on the streets rumbled. Gravel and dirt flew everywhere as huge tentacles pierced out of the ground!
Such a scene was happening in every corner of the town. Countless huge underground tentacles seemed to have sensed that the mortals here were preparing to escape and launched a surprise attack on the town. The earth, which was supposed to be solid and thick, was cracking everywhere. Black, horrible monsters emerged from the cracks with a roar. The resistance of most ordinary people was nothing to them. The town of Leyton was filled with the screams of people fleeing and the cries of injured people. Among these sounds, there were continuous loud noises of the earth cracking and buildings collapsing. The sturdy stone houses and walls were designed to repel the heretics, but in the face of the oldest and most powerful creature on the planet, they were as fragile as paper. As more and more underground tentacles surged out, a large number of houses began to collapse, and even the walls of the town were shaking violently as rocks and soil fell. Many tentacles "cleverly" found the nearest building after reaching out of the ground. They did not attack the humans. Instead, they wrapped themselves around the outer walls and pillars of the buildings and wantonly shook and pierced. It was as if they knew that killing the people in the houses was more efficient than attacking the people on the streets.
Or maybe they were simply attacking the nearest target. To these angry ancient creatures, everything man-made deserved to die!
Hao Ren and Ophra had just dealt with a group of tentacles when they heard the sound of buildings collapsing, the ground cracking, and people fleeing everywhere in the town. Becky's expression changed immediately. "The town is lost!"
"It was impossible to defend, but I didn't expect it to come so soon." Ophra did not lose her composure in this situation. She did not regret not noticing the movement of the tentacles earlier. Instead, she immediately assigned the rescue measures. "Jefferson, evacuate the civilians in the district. Inform Gordon and his team to depart immediately. Bring as many supplies as you can. Burn whatever you can't carry. Use the flames to stop the tentacles. Everyone retreat towards the direction of Dragonspine Ridge. Walken, take your men to deal with the tentacles in the town... "
Ophra quickly assigned tasks. As she spoke, a house about a hundred meters away suddenly collapsed. Several black tentacles rushed out of the smoke and dust. Ophra did not even look at them. She waved her sword in the direction of the tentacles. The tentacles immediately burst into a silver flame and turned into ashes within a few meters.
Hao Ren raised his eyebrows. No wonder she was the strongest warrior in the entire Kingdom of Holletta. He wondered what level of demon hunter he would be in if he were in the Surface World.
While Leyton was in chaos, a powerful beam of purple light suddenly rose from the church in the town. A large number of tentacles shrouded in the light immediately withered. At the same time, the cracks in the ground around the town healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Gelton had activated the final setting of the divine circle at the critical moment. Although it was only a stop-gap measure, the disaster was temporarily contained!
The Royal Knights and Church Knights knew that the opportunity was fleeting. They immediately led the assembled evacuees out of the town and retreated towards the road leading to Dragonspine Ridge. At the same time, the soldiers in the town began to seize the time to destroy the temporarily weakened tentacles. Although this was only a drop in the bucket for the entire Gnarled Grove, it could at least buy them a few more minutes to retreat after the energy of the divine circle was depleted!
The body of the tentacles seemed to have sensed the resistance of the mortals. Hao Ren heard a muffled roar coming from the depths of the ground. Waves of vibration came from under his feet as if more tentacles were gathering here.
"It seems that it is waking up faster and faster," the MDT said with a rare hint of nervousness in its tone. "The huge size of this creature allows it to gradually wake up in several parts. Its core should still be asleep, but the tentacles on the periphery have woken up one by one!"
Ophra frowned. "And these tentacles can obviously think... They are trying their best to prevent people from escaping from here... Not good!"
Everyone knew what Ophra meant by "not good". The underground part of the Gnarled Grove was very wide. The entire area from the west of Dragonspine Ridge to the center of the Blood Lake was the growth area of the Gnarled Grove. It could be said that the entire Beinz Diocese was built on the "branches" of this ancient plant. Now that the plant had awakened, it was not safe for the townspeople to evacuate from the town!
Sure enough, not long after Ophra's voice trailed off, a magician suddenly flew over from a distance and reported loudly from the sky, "Marshal! There are monsters on the main road! The monsters in the Gnarled Grove have also gone crazy! "
"Send more knights to escort every team. Abandon all supplies and backup weapons. We won't need them if we can't escape this time!" Ophra ordered loudly. She then turned to Hao Ren and the others and said, "You guys..."
"Let's go to the main road together!" Hao Ren did not wait for Ophra to finish and led his people to the main road outside the town. Ophra was stunned for a moment before she smiled and followed closely behind.
The situation outside the town was not optimistic either. Outside the area of influence of the divine circle, a large number of tentacles were rushing out of the cracks in the road and attacking everywhere. The strange monsters in the Gnarled Grove also broke through the blockade and began to attack the humans as if they had gone crazy. Those twisted monsters with poisonous blood reminded Hao Ren of the message he saw in the underground cavern. Before this, he only thought that these monsters were simple mutated monsters, but now he suddenly realized the true identity of these monsters: they were most likely the descendants of the "Third Born" mentioned in the message. They were the short-lived, frenzied monsters born from the aftermath of the Blood Tide! Although they were extinct in most parts of the world, in the special environment of the Gnarled Grove, these monsters relied on the support and protection of the First Born to survive until today!
Becky pulled out her sword and gritted her teeth. She turned into a whirlwind and dashed towards the monsters that were running from the wilderness to the main road. Compared to the tentacles that had limited attack range, these frenzied Devilbeasts were the biggest threat to the civilians!
"Let me help you!" Lily shouted behind Becky. She waved her Frostfire Claws and joined the battle. She still remembered the skill of Bladestorm that she learned from Becky. Two destructive whirlwinds swept into the crowd of monsters like out-of-control propellers. Ophra saw that the two mercenaries were so strong. She suddenly exclaimed, "The power of the Two-people Rotation is terrifying!"
Hao Ren: "....."
The knights were fighting the tentacles on the main road while Ophra and Hao Ren led the reinforcements to join the battle against the Devilbeasts. However, there was an endless stream of monsters coming out of the Gnarled Grove. The whole road could not be completely guarded by such a small number of people!
Becky only spun for a few minutes before she retreated dizzily. It would take at least three minutes before she could continue using the Two-people Rotation skill with Lily. Lily could not handle a group of monsters alone, so she had to retreat to the main force.
The old werewolf Elson, who was next to Ophra, had completely transformed into a werewolf. The brave old man's muscles bulged, his hands swelled and elongated like those of a beast. The muscles on his face were even vaguely twisted into the shape of a wolf's head. Beside him were four or five werewolf knights of both genders. They were the strongest werewolf warriors under Ophra. These warriors, who could fight against hundreds of monsters, fought off the attack of the Devilbeasts. Seeing the endless stream of monsters coming out of the Gnarled Grove, one of them let out a long howl and then looked at Ophra. "Marshal! We have to completely transform to defend against these things! "
Ophra shook off the black blood stains on her sword. "There's no moonlight now. Can you do it?"
"We're not ordinary werewolves!" Elson grinned, revealing his sharp fangs. "The rest of you, stand back! Don't be accidentally hurt by the werewolves! "
Hao Ren, Ophra and the others hurriedly retreated. They saw that the bodies of Elson and the few high-ranking werewolves had begun to transform rapidly. They quickly shed their human appearance, and wolf fur covered their bodies at a speed visible to the naked eye. Hao Ren saw this and immediately looked at Lily. Sure enough, he found that the girl was holding a large bag of spicy sticks and stuffing them into her mouth like a clay box. While stuffing, she waved at the werewolf seniors and mumbled, "Wait... wait for me! I can transform too! "
At that moment, Hao Ren felt that something was not right...
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