Volume 1 - Showers Chapter 113: Those Things (2)

As Violetta rose above the black cloth-covered cage, an ominous strange sensation quickly swept over her. Under her mana perception, the cage below showed a muddy aversion, abstract senses of green, black, and blue mana intertwined and overlapped like a disgusting mass of mud.

Violetta felt a wave of vertigo, and she stopped using her mana to detect the two strange creatures. Due to her natural sensitivity, Violetta had a hunch. The two creatures below seemed to be building up their strength, and she could clearly feel the muddy feeling growing. So, she decided to strike first, believing that it would be difficult for ordinary magic to completely solve those things, so she prepared to forcibly cast a powerful spell at the risk of mana burning.

The two creatures below are clearly large monsters, or beasts—whatever? It's not a good thing anyway, Violetta draws her wand and slashes a four-cornered circle of flames in the air. Then she crossed her hands, and red and blue mana erupted from her palms.

The flame circle began to stir, and the color gradually changed from dark red to bright orange, and then to bright and close to pure white. Violetta seemed to be in terrible pain, sweat soaking from her forehead and blood coming from her nose. After a few moments, the entire circle turned an eerie blue. The circle emitted a scorching wave of air, and the light on the battlefield was distorted.

However, the mutation suddenly appeared, as if the things that sensed the threat erupted with a burst of invisible energy. The two iron cages began to emit a black-green stench of disgust, and wherever the smoke went, the steel melted, and the Tangnis soldiers who were too close even gasped for breath and became a puddle of rotting flesh.

A burst of tawny breath erupted from the cage on the left, which cut straight through the battlefield and rose into the air from far to near. The Zanmir Blue Speed Dragoon phalanx, which had been hit, was suddenly cut through a gap. Wherever the breath passed, everyone turned into a puddle of gravel, and the wind blew and vanished.

Violetta was caught off guard and was struck by breath. While it wasn't fatal for her to use a mana node to forcibly spawn a defensive spell due to her linking a portion of her circle energy to herself, she was clearly hit hard. She spewed out a mouthful of blood and fell from the air with a broomstick attached, but luckily a hawk fighter was quick to catch her in time. Otherwise, before he could see the true face of the monster, Violetta would have fallen to his death at this moment.

There was silence as everyone watched Violeta, whose magic had been interrupted, fall from the sky, their faces filled with disbelief, as if the cavalry that had disappeared in an instant could no longer shake their nerves—of course, it might have been too much for them.

Jon was the first to react, and he frantically ordered, "Charge!" Charge! Kill those things! Fast! The command was like a pointer, moving the dial that had been stopped, and the whole battlefield that had been stopped seemed to come alive. With the cavalry charge, the Tangnes phalanx also prepared a defensive formation.

At that moment, the two corroded cages burst open, revealing the appearance of those things: two abominable monsters. One was a corpse jacket covered in a rotting corpse, and the other was a giant ceratosaurus.

However, unlike the ordinary corpse set dragons and horned dragons, the wild corpse sets of dragons and horned dragons are at most considered strong magical beasts, and they will definitely not have such a large volume. The two monsters were noticeably larger than their wild counterparts, and much larger than the captive ones.

Of course, we don't care about the corpse set for the time being. There is no record of this scavenging beast, which lives only in miasma-filled canyons and muddy swamps, to be domesticated. But ceratosaurs do have precedents for domestication, and both the kingdoms of Ahmad and Isis have a record of domesticating such a strong man in the desert. Despite their ferocity, they were herbivores in every sense of the word.

Ceratosaurs usually fed on desert plants and berries, and although they were extremely ferocious during their breeding season and when facing invaders, they were usually as docile as herbivores. Not only was this ceratosaurus and corpse dragon huge, but it also had a very high mana reserve and scarlet eyes, which you could tell at a glance that it was caused by congestion - as if it had been infected with the dragon virus.

This is not the weirdest thing, the most surprising thing is that the reason why these two monsters are treated like monsters is because of the inexplicably terrifying black patterns on their bodies. The ceratosaurus was covered with black patterns in the shape of distinct horizontal stripes, while the corpse of the corpse, including the corpse it was draped in, was filled with curved triangular patterns.

"Soldier ... Let the whole army retreat. Go tell Lord Griffinhardt that the whole army is back. Violeta's forehead wound was bleeding and shimmering strangely brown—where it had been struck by the breath.

"Lord Lilinet! You are badly wounded, please don't talk any more, I will escort you back to the rear, and we will win this battle. The Eagle Fighter said. ”

"Soldier ... Retreat, report to Lord Griffinhardt, the whole army retreats, resolutely, not a single one remains. No, the whole army should flee for their lives. Violetta muttered weakly.

"Don't force it, rest assured, our courage sustains our victory."

"Damn! Do you want to disobey? That's black striat! It's still too late to run! Or we're all going to die here! Everyone in the entire Logging Fortress is going to die here, don't you understand?! You put me down, I'm going to finish my circle, you go and report to your lordship, tell your lord what I said word for word. I'll try to kill one and buy time for your escape. ”

"Ma'am?" The soldier asked Violetta in confusion.

"Go! Execute the order! Violetta lost her usual calmness, and she screamed out of shape.

The Eagle Fighter had no choice but to place her at the door of a watchtower on the city wall, turned around and flew quickly to the command camp of the Logging Fortress.

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"It can't be!" Giver listened in disbelief as the herald reported.

"It's not impossible, it seems that this is the last hole card of that old ghost of Gagett - two monsters infected with both the black streak disease and the dragon virus. If that old guy says he has nothing to do with Bland, the Elephant Summoner, I won't believe it. Santos, on the contrary, appeared calm.

Compared to Gvir's rage, nervousness, hesitation, and panic, Sandos's years of immersion were revealed. Even though Gvir is good, he is just a young man. When encountering major pressures and decision-making, rich experience in the world can better reflect the difference in leadership level.

"Order the whole army to retreat, and abandon the logging fortress in general. No, all run away and run away in the direction of Qingxi Town. Old Griffin Hart gave the order unwaveringly.

"Don't run away! You coward! I said, don't run away! Timberfortress is my home, and I will never let this stuff run rampant in my home! Not to mention giving the fortress to the filthy Tangnis! Gevilville scolded. At this time, he no longer cares about any etiquette or etiquette, and interests are not interested. Anger and fear quickly took over his heart, and he pointed at the tip of Santos's nose and shouted with impunity.

"Speak with respect! Little Bunny! Your father wouldn't dare talk to Master Griffin Hart like that! General Babud confronted Gvir with his wounded arm clutched, not at all like a wounded old man, but like an enraged lion.

"Forget it, Babud. I don't blame this young man. In fact, the young man at least did not lose his courage. However, Givel, I advise you to accept reality. You haven't lived through the time when black striats were rampant, so it's hard for you to appreciate their horrors. I'd love to join you in slaying these two monsters, but, I'm sorry, the griffon-led army is running away. I can't let my people die in vain. ”

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Two monsters are wreaking havoc among the Zanmir army. Jon's army was brave, but it was no match for the increase in strength brought about by the Black Streak.

The two monsters not only skyrocketed in size, but also in strength. Due to the combined effects of the corrosive effects of black striature and the dragon virus, they also become bloodthirsty and fearless of injury.

The ceratosaurus had already suffered numerous fatal injuries. His horns were broken and his legs were covered in wounds. Black blood flowed from the ceratosaurus and dripped to the ground, emitting a puff of green smoke. A large hole had been carved out of its abdomen, and even the black patterned heart could be seen still wriggling in its ribcage. As for the corpse, its cloaked corpse had been lost, revealing its exoskeleton.

Violetta was reconverging her magic, and she already saw a glimmer of hope. The two black streak beasts were apparently second-infected, meaning they were not contagious. As long as they are killed, there may be hope for this war.

The losses of the Tangnes army were not small, and now they had an army of less than a thousand men left - most of them died from the indiscriminate attacks of the two monsters. But Napolion apparently didn't care about it, all he cared about was taking the logging fortress, and as for how many troops were left, he obviously couldn't care much more.

The circles at the four corners reappeared, and the magic was ready to be unleashed. Violetta was waiting for the two monsters to enter the circle before she could cast her magic - experience had taught her that the only effective way to deal with black striata so far was to burn them all. Otherwise, the only way to deal with the second-level infected creatures is to wait for them to run out of life on their own—at least not now, and they don't have time.

Finally, the corpse dragon stepped into the circle. Violetta wanted to wait for the ceratosaurus to enter before activating together, but the mana cost and damage she took wouldn't allow her to do so. Therefore, she could only activate the magic circle.

In an instant, the circle erupted with blue light, the temperature in the center rose dramatically, and the corpse dragon was struggling in agony—the flames were the only thing that could kill them, and the only thing that could make them miserable.

After the light erupted, black smoke rose into the sky, and the corpse dragon evaporated. Violetta leaned weakly into the broken arm, she had used up all her mana, and now she had no strength at all.

"There's one left, and it's up to you. If we really can't do it, we can at least run away. She muttered to herself.