Chapter 23: The Fierce Battle
Anyang had said before that Kunwu was a crow's mouth, and it was a law-level crow's mouth.
Kungo now thinks there's a good chance it's true.
Although he cautiously prepared for a possible big battle, he didn't really expect a fierce battle.
But when they had been pushing underground for two and a half hours, a fierce battle began.
First, there are underground demons that can no longer be described in numbers, and then these underground demons actually have the ability to devour each other and improve their combat effectiveness.
When this maddening situation appeared, Kungo and his team finally suffered battle damage.
A already somewhat tired warrior was inadvertently pounced on by a three-star underworld demon who suddenly jumped out, and was bitten through the throat and died before he could react.
The demons seemed to know that Kungo was the most terrifying person in the team, so the warrior who was attacked was the farthest away from Kungo, and even if Kungo had already discovered the danger at the time, he didn't have time to defend himself.
The same attack occurred several times after that, and each time one of the Praetorian guards died, in exchange for an increasingly powerful Underworld.
When a five-star underworld demon appeared, Kungo knew that his crow's mouth was really lawful.
A five-star underworld demon is nothing to Kunwu, but the appearance of the first five-star underworld demon means that there will be more five-star or even six-star existences.
After quickly killing the five-star underworld demon, Kungo made the mechanical squid change their formation, from breaking through with all their strength at the beginning to protecting those behind him.
Agette also saw that they had become a burden to Kungo at this time, but it was also the first time that they had encountered the three-star underworld demons that devoured each other.
"Or maybe we've never pushed the Underworld to such an extent before, so they don't use such abilities at all. Or maybe the Underworld Demon has the ability to evolve according to the battle situation, which we haven't encountered before! β
There was some truth in IsidΓ³'s analysis, but no matter how plausible it was, it was of little use at this time.
Kun Wu had already distributed all the remaining lightburst bombs to everyone, and more than thirty lightburst bombs were his last inventory, because of the material problem, the corresponding production line in the storage space could only sigh.
No matter how high-tech things are, you can only stare dryly without materials.
Agette and Isidor distributed these lightburst shells to the most powerful warriors, while the Praetorian guards who did not receive them distributed more holy water.
All the Praetorian guards are already determined to die, and in addition to the weapon they hold tightly, it is the Holy Light, and as soon as they find that they are not spared, they will drink the holy water as soon as possible. In this way, they will not become rations for the Underworld Demons to increase their strength.
Corpses that have drunk holy water will not be touched by the Underworld.
But the living who have drunk the holy water will also die quickly. So there is no way to drink holy water in advance.
While most of the war dead didn't have time to drink the holy water, it was at least an option.
Soon, there were only more than forty people left in the team, and even Agette and Isidor had already suffered some injuries, although they were not serious, but it could already be seen that the team's combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.
Only Kungo and his mechanical squid were completely unaffected.
"Sir, if we can't do it, we will all kill ourselves with solar bullets, but I hope you must protect Your Majesty and let him complete the seal. If possible, please help us destroy that demon cave! Isidor also knew that the worst could happen, and asked Kungo like a dying admonition.
In fact, they were pitted by the betrayed Night Oath, and their real purpose this time was to test, to test Kungo's combat power, to test the situation in the underground palace, and to see when the seal would be completely broken.
Once they know this, they will go back and dispatch a large army to destroy the demons of the underworld and complete the seal.
But the betrayal of the Night Oath caused them to step directly into the trap, and with no hope of retreating, they could only move forward.
However, the shortcomings of insufficient numbers and serious decline in combat effectiveness have now been exposed, and even a four-star golden warrior cannot guarantee that he will survive to the end in a few hours of high-intensity fighting.
Kungo didn't make a big deal about trying to get everyone out, if all the legions and equipment in his storage space were complete, it would be okay, but it was impossible to protect everyone now.
So he just nodded, and kind of agreed to Isidore's request.
Neither Agat nor the surviving Praetorian Guards had any opinion on this.
The battle continued, the advance continued, and from time to time there would be a Janissaries, and these Praetorian Guards who could hold out for more than three hours were the elite of the elite, and they were assigned to the Light Burst Bomb.
Whenever they knew they were not spared, they would detonate the light bombs and die with the demons of the underworld.
There was no hesitation, only one or two Praetorian guards were too badly injured to detonate.
In the fourth hour, the hundred-man team ended up with only fifteen people left.
Agette and Isidor were also scarred, and the holy water was supposed to be a good medicine for quick healing injuries, but here most of the power of the holy water was used to fight the erosion of darkness, and the healing effect was insufficient.
The remaining thirteen Praetorian guards were completely insistent on the basis of their strong will, and in fact their combat effectiveness could not be counted. If it weren't for the protection of those mechanical squid, they would have died long ago.
Kungo really wanted to take out the big guy in the storage space who had already completed the assembly and make it bigger, but because of the materials and the rush of work, that thing could only come once.
Obviously, such a thing can only be used last.
"Your Majesty, Lord Duke, we don't have the strength to move forward anymore. Now it is all Mister's puppet that is distracting our combat power to protect us, which will only make this operation completely fail. β
The Praetorian Guard, Glasfin, paused: "Your Majesty, Lord Duke, we implore you to leave, let us hold off the last attack of the Underworld for you!" β
Agette looked at the Praetorian Guard Commander who had been with him for decades, and finally said nothing, just nodded.
The team shrank, and the squid stopped protecting the guards, leading the three of them to a deeper swoop.
And after they left, a dazzling light suddenly lit up behind them, and more than a dozen light bombs exploded together, forming a sea of light.
In an instant, the underground demons behind Kungo and them were wiped out, and before these monsters condensed from the black mist again, Kungo and the others no longer had to worry about the enemies behind them.
The only thing left is to move forward.