In the heavy snow, Twain floated in the sky and looked at the forest in the distance.
The Emerald Forest was connected to the rest of the Ambris Mountains. The trees in the forest had been growing for countless years. Some of them were even hundreds of meters tall, covering the ground below. It was difficult to see what was going on in the forest when floating in the sky.
But …
The forest in the distance rustled. It was as if a huge wave had been set off in the sea of green. Wave after wave, the waves came crashing towards them.
Under the forest, there was a riot of magical beasts.
In the sky, there was a dense black "cloud". Those were all flying magical beasts.
If it weren't for Tang En, Dicarios, or Aiguin, Ellington wouldn't have been able to fight back. He would have been crushed to pieces in an instant.
Smelling the stench of blood carried by the cold wind, Tang En felt his whole body tremble with excitement.
This was the first time he had seen such a large wave of magical beasts since he came to Prandal.
Lowering his head to look down at Ellington, he saw that the densely packed crowd was working together as one. Under Depp's command, the warriors and elemental creatures were building lines of defense. The earth elemental raised the ground, solidifying the soil into stone walls of varying heights. These stone walls were like a rough and huge pocket, slowly drawing in the daemons that were attacking, and then … killing them.
Behind the solid stone walls, there was a row of deep trenches made by the earth elementals. The trenches were full of sharp spikes. Although they were useless against the powerful magical beasts, they could be used to clear out the small fries and reduce the pressure on the warriors.
Below the spikes flowed lava made by the fire elementals. Even if the magical beasts were lucky enough to avoid the spikes, the lava would devour their bodies.
Standing on the wall made by the earth elementals, Fiona and the others looked at Tang En and Aiguin in the sky, frowning.
Currently, the only mages in Ellington were her and Elijah. However, she was still not strong enough to be of much use. After Elijah came back from the underground world, Tang En ordered her to go to Clairat to receive systematic training.
Tang En believed that before her true consciousness awakened, if she couldn't control her power well, it would be a disaster.
She was the Lady of Calamity. Even the slightest leak of her power would bring about irreversible consequences.
"Sir, the wall has been built. After the earth elementals strengthened it many times, it should be able to withstand the impact."
Uncle Depp nodded and calmed down a little.
The current situation was much better than before. If it were in the past, it would have taken at least a few years to build a temporary wall. However, after the Lord hired the elemental creatures, with the help of the earth elementals, it only took a few minutes for a sturdy wall to rise from the ground and surround Ellington.
In the past, they only knew that magic was powerful, but they didn't have a clear idea of it. However, in this emergency, they finally realized that if magic could be integrated into life, the changes it could bring to the world would be far beyond their imagination.
"Are you sure you don't want to do anything?"
Aiguin stood in the air and frowned. "In your territory, the anti-air defense is very weak. The flying magical beasts can easily break through the defense and destroy your territory."
Tang En couldn't refute that. Ellington had too few rangers. Besides, relying on the rangers' power alone, it was impossible to deal with such a large group of flying magical beasts.
"If it's just training soldiers, this scale is a bit exaggerated."
Tang En had to admit that he was wrong at first. He thought that the Beast Tide was just a simple wave of magical beasts. Now that he looked at it, it wasn't just a wave. It was an entire forest of magical beasts going on a rampage.
Even if several of the Irus' armies came, they would have to go all out to barely win. Ellington wanted to resist the Beast Tide with only a little more than a thousand warriors? It was already very brave of them to not be scared away.
These warriors' courage was built on Tang En. They knew that they had a very powerful Lord and the Blood of the Goddess that could heal injuries. No matter how bad the situation was, it wouldn't be worse than before. That was why they could muster up the courage to stand here.
Tang En sighed and said, "I have to admit that I was wrong. How about this? I'll clear some of them first, and then leave a small part for them to farm monsters to gain experience."
"Farm monsters to gain experience?"
"It means to train them."
Aiguin looked puzzled. "You can make your own decision. Why are you asking me?"
Tang En smiled helplessly. "Okay, let's go down. They're probably waiting anxiously."
The two landed on the city wall, and Fiona and the others immediately surrounded them. "How's the situation?"
Fiona's eyes frequently peeked at Tang En, and she felt a little jealous.
Not far away, Grandia's eyes frequently peeked at Aiguin, and she also felt a little jealous.
"It's not good. The number is beyond imagination."
Everyone's heart thumped. Even the Lord said that it was not good. One could imagine how bad the situation was.
At the edge of the forest, Danny, who was on the treetop, discovered the magical beasts in the distance. His talent was especially useful for scouting.
When he saw the black mass of Beast Tide, even Danny, who had just experienced a great battle in the underground world, could not help but be scared out of his wits.
He hurriedly slid down from the hundred-meter-tall tree and quickly rushed back, shouting loudly, "They're here! They're here! There's a lot of them! A lot of them! "
Danny's scouting made the mood of all the warriors present even worse.
Tang En and Fiona looked at each other, and he said, "Due to the special situation this time, I've decided to get rid of a portion of the enemies. However, don't think of relying on me forever. Protecting our home depends on all of you, not just my strength alone."
Fiona was overjoyed. "You're planning to take action?"
"That's right."
When the surrounding warriors heard this, a huge rock in their hearts fell to the ground, and all of them heaved a long sigh of relief.
With the Lord taking action, what were they afraid of?
It had to be said that sometimes the existence of a powerful hero was necessary. Just one decision from Tang En had raised their low morale.
The screams and roars in the distance were getting closer and closer. Aiguin's ears twitched and said, "They're very close. Don't you need my help?"
Tang En's body slowly floated away from the city wall, and he smiled. "Can you help me take care of them?"
"Of course."
"Leave the rest to me. First of all …"
Following Twain's words, a rich Mana that flickered with faint light was extracted from the surrounding space and condensed in his right hand. Complex runes appeared out of thin air under his feet, and a terrifying pressure made it difficult for Locke and the others to breathe.
When the mana condensed to a certain extent, Tang En patted down, and the halo under his feet quickly spread out with a terrible tide of mana, covering the whole of Ellington, and a faint layer of light shrouded the city.
Aiguin's eyes widened. "A large-scale defensive magic formation! Impact? Flight restriction? Or magic resistance? Don't you need to prepare materials? What about the core of the formation? "
Tang En smiled and said, "It's really rare to surprise you."
"Of course!"
Aiguin quickly said. "If you don't prepare the core and casting materials in advance for such a large-scale defensive magic formation, the difficulty of casting and the consumption is not something a person can bear alone! Even Jean and Angus can't do it. Even Her Majesty can barely do it with the support of the World Tree. But you don't have the support of the World Tree. How did you do it? "
I don't have the support of the World Tree, but I have the support of the gods …
Tang En sighed and changed the topic. "The reason is a little complicated. I'll explain it to you later when there's time. All in all, the effect of this magic formation will last for a day. As long as they don't leave Ellington, the civilians in the city will be safe."
Hearing that the civilians were safe, the warriors on the city wall who were worried about their families breathed a sigh of relief. One by one, they stood up straight. Their lord had already done so much. If they did not work hard, they would not be worthy of their current status.
The whistling sound was approaching Ellington. Some of the fast flying beasts overtook all the other beasts and appeared in the sky above the edge of the forest.
"What kind of major beast is that?!"
Danny raised his bow and tried to lock on to one of the major beasts. After a while, he gave up and cursed, "Damn it! It's so fast! "
It was a large bird with a spindle-shaped body and a wingspan of more than ten meters. Its eyes were scarlet and its body was surrounded by a green airflow that helped it fly faster.
These major beasts that lived in the depths of the Emerald Forest and the Ambris Mountains rarely appeared in the outside world. Even during the previous beast tide, the residents of Ellington had never seen them before.
However, to Tang En, they looked like pheasants … except that they were much bigger.
Aiguin explained, "That's a Sky Ripper, a very fast major beast. According to your human classification, their strength is between Grade 3 and 6. After they mature, they become extremely fast. Even some powerful major beasts don't want to provoke them. It's not that they're very strong, but they're very troublesome."
When he heard this, he almost wanted to cry. Wasn't it very powerful to have the strength of a Grade 6 beast at maturity?!
If there wasn't a Guru-level Seer, a Grade 6 major beast could easily destroy a town!
The difference in worldview between the weak and the strong was really despairing!
Just as Aegwynn had said, the Sky Rippers were extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, they had appeared at the edge of the forest, and in the next moment, they had already arrived above Ellington. Following that, they swooped down, and at the same time, the airflow around them became more intense and dazzling.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Tang En rubbed his eyes and was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. After seeing the rings of sonic booms behind the tails of the major beasts, he finally understood why these guys were called Sky Rippers.
They were a group of supersonic fighting chickens …
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