Chapter 70: The Lost Border, a Prologue to Despair
His body was already covered with wounds, and the blood that flowed out almost stained his whole body red, although ** was suffering from severe pain, but the sadness in his heart made him collapse even more.
There were nearly twenty monster corpses around, and the only opponent still alive in this circular arena had lost the ability to continue fighting, and just one more fatal blow would bring the curtain down on today's killing repertoire. However, he couldn't do anything about it, and the tears that kept oozing from him stung his eyes, burning more than any wound on his body.
He knew the opponent in front of him, and at the outset he could tell by the smell that the ogre in front of him was his best playmate of childhood. The other party should have recognized him, too, and his eyes, which had gradually lost his vitality, showed joy.
"I'm so lucky to have died at your hands in the end."
The opponent sitting on the ground laughed even though it was extremely difficult to breathe.
"No, I can't."
He shook his head, and the memories of the prey they had shared together came to him, warming his heart and filling the rest of the world with despair.
"Listen to the voices around you, this is our fate."
The opponent in front of him sighed and closed his eyes silently.
He looked up at the humans sitting around the platform, who rose from their seats, shouting excitedly.
"Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! ”
An explosive cry pushed his body like an invisible hand. Under such a pleasant atmosphere, the so-called black and white of good and evil will become blurred.
The primal killing instinct began to boil in his body, and he felt like a ** puppet slowly walking towards his opponent.
No, don't, stop, stop!
The only remaining reason kept pleading in his heart, but his body was completely unresponsive, and he grabbed his opponent's head.
"I want to go back to our forest."
The opponent sadly said his unattainable wish before his neck was broken.
Yes, it's like returning to our forest, the forest where both father and mother are still alive, the forest where you can grow without worry.
But after all, there is no going back, because the forest has been destroyed by humans.
The anger and helplessness that had nowhere to vent turned into endless power, pushing him frantically to tear at every corpse in the gladiatorial arena.
He threw his shattered limbs at the humans on the high platform, and of course the splattered flesh could not pass through the magical barrier placed above the gladiatorial arena, leaving only a red mark in the air.
However, such a crazy act seems to have made the high-flying humans happier, and the shouts have become louder than before. Their happy expressions contrasted sharply with his desperate roar, even though they were in the same arena, but above the platform and below the platform were clearly two different worlds.
On that day, he finally confirmed a fact very clearly in his heart.
That is,
Humans are terrible creatures and must be killed.
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"Quick, quick, guard your post and don't let the monsters get close!"
As if he was about to tear his throat apart, Adrien kept yelling.
In the face of such a huge army of monsters, as long as anyone in their right mind understands, there is no such thing as a border guard army of less than 2,000 people.
However, even though their hands and feet trembled with despair and fear, everyone still reached their respective posts quickly, and no one turned around and fled. The ability to achieve such a unified action is not because of how high their ideological consciousness is, nor is it the result of ordinary training, but because of some of the most primitive emotions, that is, the ** of survival.
Although it may sound a bit contradictory, in the face of a battle with no chance of winning, wouldn't it be more reasonable to choose to run away if you ask for life? But if you see the monster in front of you, you'll understand why.
In the wave of terror sweeping across the mountains, the monsters that rushed to the forefront as pioneers were jackals and centaurs, they are a species far superior to humans in speed and strength, if they abandon the city and escape, they will probably not run a thousand meters, they will be overtaken, so the only hope now is the city wall under them.
It hadn't been repaired in years, but it was reassuringly strong, and every rock used to build the walls was magically enchanted, and monsters couldn't destroy it without large siege engines and powerful magic.
The first to reach the city walls let out a creepy howl, and then began to climb the walls, their agility and sharp claws allowed them to move across the vertical walls at an astonishing speed, although the border walls were nearly twice as tall as the average wall, but at this speed, they should be crossed in less than two minutes.
Of course, this was without the interference of the defenders.
"Shoot them down!"
Aubrey from the tower shouted and shot his bow and arrows, and a gnoll let out a wail and fell. The surrounding archers also began to fight back under his leadership. The soldiers standing on the ramparts threw large chunks of rock under Adrien's command.
Although there are a large number of monsters, the location of the border fortress is in a narrow passage formed by two tall mountain peaks, and thanks to such an easy to defend and difficult to attack geographical advantage, only a very small part of the total number of monsters attacked, so the border guards can barely support it so far.
"Everyone show me momentum, as long as you hold on for a while, reinforcements will arrive!"
Adrien loudly boosted his morale, the number of monsters is too much, even if the entire country's army is dispatched, it may be difficult to deal with it, although he knows that the Duchy of Basol may be about to perish, but at this moment he still chooses to believe in miracles, after all, in such a sinister environment, losing hope is equivalent to death.
Everyone who is now summoning the courage to fight desperately is also struggling to support this faint hope.
The Gnoll began to retreat after a round of attacks, a small victory that brought a small smile to everyone's face. Adrien waved his hand at Aubrey atop the tower, and for the first time he thought that perhaps there really was a god protecting the country.
However, in the next second, Aubrey, who was making a victory gesture towards himself on the top of the tower, was engulfed in a huge explosion along with the entire tower. Immediately after that, the rest of the towers were destroyed.
The soldiers were smashed into pulp by the debris with the fire, and fear began to spread wildly. Adrien looked under the walls and saw an ogre emerge from the army of monsters.
His body, which is much stronger than the average ogre, is intimidating, but what makes him more important than his destructive body is that he radiates red magical light.
The ogre stretched out his palm forward, and a violent explosion erupted on the wall, and the tall wall, on which everyone had pinned their hopes on, collapsed.
It's over, it's over.
Thrown to the ground by the hurricane caused by the explosion, Adrien crawled to his feet in confusion, and his deep despair made him unable to feel the pain from his body.
An army of monsters poured in like a flood that burst its banks, and the air was filled with death and screams.
The giant ogre walked up to him on gravel and corpses, and spoke in a low and clear voice in human language.
"Human! Three days for you! After three days, let you perish! ”