Because of the food shortage, there wasnt a single person who wasnt eager to jump into battle right now. So hungryso damned hungry
The mont the bone pillars entered our field of vision, a certain bunch of potatoes, whose brains couldnt rein in their desires, imdiately charged ahead without a second thought.
Without my command, Mo Xixidi took off with a bunch of devils by his side: Follow boys, theres food ahead!
Woohhhhh!!! Heads filled with nothing but hunger, the devils charged ahead like swarm of bees while howling nonsensically.
You pig-heads, cant you see how many enemies there are in front of you?! Or are you trying to say that you rather die in battle than die of starvation?
Being a primal devil of the horned devil branch, Mo Xixidis final form was that of an abyss devil which was known for being perpetually hungry. That was the biggest characteristics of those of the Gluttony branch. They loved to eat or collect treasure. Even if they knew that it was pointless to eat and even if they couldnt take a another bite, they would still gladly indulge in their desires.
Given all that, the last ten plus days must have truly been torturous for him. However, even if I could understand his excitent, such disobedience mustnt be allowed.
Because of Mo Xixidis wilful actions, the lizardn ended up rushing into battle as well, led by those three four-star lizardn heads. Upon noticing Mo Xixidis actions, they rely paused for a second before imdiately rushing off as well. Perhaps they thought that I had given that order, or perhaps they simply convinced themselves that it was my order, either way, with that potato acting as the leader, they didnt have to worry too much about the consequences later.
Assuming there was still a later
A single bone pillar was able to summon forth over a thousand skeletons. In that case, how many skeletons were 100 bone pillars able to summon? That was a question I didnt want to consider mostly because I didnt have the ti to do so.
With their growling stomachs egging them on, Mo Xixidi and his band of a thousand plus devils had already charged into range of one bone pillar. Behind them, were two thousand over lizardn who were just as moronic and just as hungry. With their prey standing right before them, they didnt even bother considering the potential consequences of what they were about to do.
Thus, as I had suspected all along, the mont Mo Xixidi set foot into the bone pillars range, it exploded in a shower of skeletons. Around it, the other bone pillars began summoning skeletons as well as if that single bone pillar had set off a domino effect amongst the neighboring pillars.
Ceiling darkening for a second, the giant pall of darkness imdiately revealed itself as a shower of skeletons that crashed into the incoming devils. With no formation to speak, they were easily split apart in the first wave alone.
In contrast, the lizardn put on a much better showing than those red-skinned fools. Though their gait were unsteady from ten days of food deficiency, they still managed to summon forth an impressive burst of strength in front of their prey.
Thanks to their draconic bloodlines, they were easily able to withstand the dives of the lightweight skeletons and even managed to rip apart several of their skulls before they could land.
Thus, I had two complete opposites play out before my very eyes: a bunch of devils getting pushed around by falling skeletons while a bunch of lizardn easily swatted aside said falling skeletons.
Strictly speaking, the lizardn held a distinct advantage over the devils because of their racial traits. On the other hand, the devils werent actually considered devils till they evolved into a five-star. The reason was that five-star devils all had a common trait: their original sin blessing.
Any devil below the rank of five-stars was basically a slave or fodder in devil society. The only exceptions to this treatnt were those who were already blessed with an original sin and ended up evolving into their respective primal stages. For example, Julia, Mo Xixidi, Mimiya, etc.
Naturally, two to three thousand skeletons werent a problem for Mo Xixidi and his devils. However, what I was worried about was that the rest of the bone pillars might activate in response to their attacks. Not knowing whether or when they would explode, I knew that I had to recall that potato as soon as possible. It was either that or have them withdraw from battle as soon as possible.
Habona, quick, I need you to
Just as I was about to ask her to drag Mo Xixidi back here, the ceilings darkened once more and I knew that I was too late. One after another, the bone pillars began exploding in a shower of skeletons that sward towards Mo Xixidi and the others. Given their distance, it wouldnt be long before they were overwheld by these newcors.
I knew this was a bad ti to attack, damnit! Those brainless gluttons!
And yet while I hated his wilful decision, I couldnt leave him to die either. Whether it was out of consideration for Julias feelings or our future combat strength, I had to rescue that potato. Even if I couldnt do so, I had to at least make an attempt.
otherwise my relationship with Julia and the others might sour.
Taking a deep breath amidst the anxious gaze of Julia, I had no choice but to announce the start of battle: Everyone, charge!
Damn it, I wanted to take this slowly too. We couldve just activated those bone pillars one at a ti given how far apart they were and slowly replenished supplies while recovering our strength at the sa ti, now howeverheck, even if things ended up going awry, I couldve at least made so preparations beforehand instead of running around like a bunch of headless chickens.
Thankfully, the worst case scenario didnt happen and the activations stopped after ten or so bone pillars exploded. Assuming each had a thousand skeletons, that was rely 10,000 skeletons, roughly the sa as our own numbers.
Moreover, the individual strength of these skeletons werent even that strong, the majority were one to two-stars with so random smattering of three-stars.
Numila, Eugenia, fire off your composite magic. Elena, I want you to harvest those soul flas right away and carve out an exchange array. While I did say to charge, it wasnt like I could brainlessly move my army to attack either. So degree of planning was still required. Evilin, I need you to command the dogn and get them to rescue the wounded.
Commands after commands were issued without any breaks, each other were dutifully acknowledged in an orderly fashioned.
As for Mo Xixidi, his surroundings had long since devolved into a chaotic ss. Because the devils were able to consu soul flas directly, Mo Xixidi and his devils couldnt help but rush into battle. Arms bulging with each grasp, he easily broke off a skeletal beasts skull and sucked out the soul fla within as if it was a coconut.
With its contents emptied, he then casually tossed it aside and let forth a satisfied burp before looking for another target.
Unlike the devils, the lizardn werent able to feast directly on souls and had to rely on at to sustain themselves. Upon noticing this problem, the lizardn at the forefront imdiately tried to carve out an exchange array in the midst of battle; it was a rather simple process after all. Unfortunately, they ended up failing because there were simply too many skeletons swarming them.
Being in a hungry state from the beginning, their initial burst of strength had already begun to wear off and soon the sea of skeletons began to overwhelm them as well.
Dearest, were ready. It was then that Numila chid in from above their channeling was complete.
Hopefully, their spell would be able to keep that sea of bones at bay
Other than the dogn and so harpies, most of my troops had already engaged the undead. In order to speed up our recovery, I had Habona spearhead a charge into the skeleton sea with a division of werewolves along with Manasha and her dusas. As for the soul flas, I had Elena and her harpies swoop in to snatch them before our surroundings could swallow them. Thanks to their flight capabilities, they were able to enter and leave as they pleased.
The werewolves and dusas were all the cream of the crop of my army, and this was made abundantly clear in the initial charge alone. Tails and claws flying about, my elites imdiately took a chunk out of the skeleton sea.
A second later, the harpies dove in, talons prid and ready to pick up the soul flas as if they were hawks preying upon a field of mice. Roughly five minutes later, our first batch of soul fla were ready for the exchange array.
Voice raised, I imdiately recalled Westley and his lizardn and had his brethren replenish their strength. The mont they were done, I had the next batch of lizardn recalled.
Because the devils had the ability to consu soul flas directly, I didnt recall them right away. In a way, this was Mo Xixidis punishnt for disobeying .
It was then that Numila and Eugenia finished casting their spell. High above, the two harpies witches fearlessly flew off in the direction of the sea of bones. Around them, the elental energies crackled. Upon infusing mana into Flatail which was still circling around Numila, the energies imdiately condensed into a giant fireball of wind and flas. From my standpoint, it was as if they had in their talons, a miniature sun of unimaginable heat.
The instant the fireball stopped expanding, Numila tossed it right into the heart of the skeleton sea. By now, even more bone pillars had activated and the undead count seed to be increasing without limit. It was precisely this reason that made her fire off the spell at this mont.
*boom!*
The world seed to quiet down in the instant the massive ball of flas crashed into the ground with a deafening boom. Imdiately, a wave of blinding light washed over us, followed by a scorching wave of heat. All around, the residual flas flew about in a veritable eruption of fire and sparks. Fanned by the howling winds, they imdiately roared to life once more and enveloped the skeletons in a sea of flas that almost covered half of the battlefield. With just that spell alone, over ten thousand skeletons were wiped out and that was a conservative estimation on my part as well.
Once more, magic proved itself as the eternal king of group warfare. It was said that a hundred warriors wouldnt even be able to output the sa destruction as ten mages of the sa level let alone a composite magic boosted by the epic-grade Flatail.
As the flas swallowed up the countless skeletons, that suffocating heat began to roast my troops as well. A number of lizardn began to show signs of faltering. Not only that, even my devils, known for their fire resistance, began to show signs of discomfort.
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