northernbook Chapter 304 The 2rd Line of Defense
Chapter 304 The 2rd Line of Defense
"What does it feel like?"
A dozen of them had already stepped into Ozler's territory. Looking at the wasteland that stretched to the horizon in the distance, Lilith suddenly asked the young man beside her.
"What?" Lucas was not interested. He only regretted that the water flowed too fast and they reached their destination in just a few days.
"Of course it's the feeling of returning home." Lilith tilted her head and glanced at him, thinking that his loss was due to homesickness.
Lucas was stunned and looked forward. He didn't have any impression of Ozler. It was just that when he left, there were still four of them in his family. His father supported his mother and his sister held him. In the following years, his father always comforted everyone - "Soon, we will be able to go home soon."
Then--
And then nothing happened. My father died.
Stupid Lilith, do you think everyone will miss their hometown? Lucas was speechless, with a trace of bitterness in his eyes.
"Feeling..." But he still answered Lilith's question -
“It’s so cold here…”
Yeah, it's really cold.
…………
The north wind mixed with snowflakes whistled at Daniel's face. His eyebrows were covered with white frost from the hot air he exhaled. The cold wind penetrated into his nasal cavity aggressively, freezing the tip of his nose red. The smell was different from anything he had smelled anywhere else.
The seniors said that it was the smell of glaciers brought by the sea breeze from thousands of miles away, but that smell was now mixed with the smell of rust...
Daniel's fingers had been frozen into purple carrots in less than half a month, but he was still holding on to the crumbling wooden wall in front of him with the people beside him. The wooden wall looked very crudely made, and there was a gap of nearly a palm's width between each wooden board. But the magicians insisted that they were reinforced by magic. As long as they held on, as long as they held on...
Daniel's mind was blank. The continuous muffled sounds were mixed with piercing screams. He felt the whole earth rumbling along with his hands that were against the wooden board. Various kinds of exploding magic were running around outside the wall. Flames were secretly burning, swallowing up everything that came close, and choking up thick smoke. No matter if it was the fallen soldiers, or those, those...
"Roar--"
With a roar, he saw another monster like that rushing out from the thick smoke outside the wooden wall, running towards a knight who was staggering back with his comrade on his back. Almost in an instant, he saw the knight's head cut by the monster's sharp claws, and blood spurted out of his neck like a fountain. While spurting, he mechanically ran a few steps towards the direction of the defense line before finally falling down with his comrade on his back.
he died……
Daniel's face became paler and paler, his eyes staring blankly ahead, the buzzing in his ears made him ignore the words of the people around him, countless thoughts were churning in his mind, making him want to yell, but he instinctively did not dare to make any sound.
"Snapped--"
A slap hit him hard in the face, and the world finally made some sound, and he could feel the noise around him again.
"Are you deaf?!" A hoarse roar was heard. It was Andre Russell, Angel's biological brother and the most promising heir to the Russell family. But at this moment, he was in the same miserable state as Daniel. His beard, which he had no time to take care of, had grown wildly and was now frozen into a large lump, moving as he spoke.
"Can't you hear the order? We have to go and pick those people up!" Andre roared. The other members of their team had already taken action after receiving the order, but Daniel was still stupidly leaning against the wooden wall and slacking off, which made him, as a brother, very ashamed.
"But, but..." Daniel subconsciously wanted to say something, but he couldn't utter anything after a long time.
"Roar--!"
A void beast actually took advantage of the cover of thick smoke and slammed into the wooden wall with a loud bang. Daniel turned his head and saw the horrible mouthparts squeezed into the gap in the wall, and the remaining flesh and blood on its teeth. It was sticking to the position where Daniel and Andre were, and was trying to stretch its claws in, trying to hook the fresh flesh and blood inside.
There was also a young magician guarding the rear with these new recruits. When he saw this scene from a high place, he quickly chanted a spell towards this side, and a huge fireball quickly gathered and came towards the outer wall where Daniel was.
But then a hand stretched out, grabbed the flames in the sky, turned them into ice and snow, and pierced the Void Beast close to the wooden wall like a steel needle, nailing it to the ground inch by inch, unable to move. Seeing this, Andre grabbed the spear standing by the wall and stabbed it into the body of the Void Beast, again and again.
"Sir Marven, I'm sorry, I--" The magician who used the fireball realized belatedly what he almost did.
"Stay safe in your duties." Senior Ma Wen did not have time to listen to his explanation. He just said this lightly and rushed past him to help somewhere else. Behind him was the guardian he had cooperated with for many years - the woman holding a sword followed closely, always alert to possible surprise attacks in the thick smoke.
"There's a gap in the first line of defense." Jane said calmly behind him. "Don't rush in, Marvin. Killing the void beast is not our goal at this moment. What we need to do now is to help those who have retreated back to the second line of defense."
“Why are there so many this year—” Marvin’s eyes behind his glasses were dark blue from not sleeping all night, and his tone was anxious, “We did very well last year, we…”
“Crack, crack, crack—”
The familiar sound of the mouthparts shaking rang out again, and the two stopped talking. Those who were still able to stand on the battlefield were quickly gathering together to establish a line of defense.
With a buzzing sound, Jane raised the magic-enhanced shield in her hand and stood guard beside Marvin.
"This way!" Marvin's eyes were fixed on the purple-black fog, and he suddenly spoke to help everyone lock the direction. As he spoke, another magician beside him shot out the magic lightsaber, which pierced into the fog with a sound of breaking through the air.
An ear-piercing scream of pain was heard, and everyone's expressions relaxed. They were hit!
The dark purple smoke suddenly exploded, and the smoke mixed with flames made the battlefield's vision smaller and smaller. Jane's expression became more and more solemn - this familiar attack method reminded her of some bad memories...
"We have to retreat. This situation is not favorable for us. Let's go back behind the wall." Another guardian said gritting his teeth.
"But those people..." Marvin looked reluctant. They were still separated from the troops stranded between the two lines of defense by the thick purple smoke. If they chose to retreat, those people would have no support. Moreover, they didn't know what the situation was with the first line of defense.
"Marvin." Jane suddenly called her partner's name. She didn't say a word, but Marvin already understood the meaning in her eyes. They couldn't lose each other again...
Suddenly, a sharp wind blew up, and the purple mist on the field was swept into the air.
"It's Teacher Cynthia! We are saved! Hold on, everyone!" Someone on the battlefield shouted in surprise when they could see again, and everyone was excited.
Marvin's heart finally settled down a little. He chanted the spell again and sent a bolt of lightning at a Void Beast that was entangled with another team. The Void Beast was facing sideways towards them, and when it felt the danger, it had no chance to dodge and was hit by the whistling lightning on its forelimbs. It instantly became charred and still emitted heat, as if it was already cooked.
The other team received support and did not waste the opportunity. The guardian took the lead and stabbed the giant sword into the heart of the Void Beast, buying time for his partner to chant the spell. As he dodged the Void Beast's claws by leaning sideways, a magic arrow whizzed in and pierced the sword he left on the Void Beast, piercing it to the ground.
The guardian wasted no time and immediately drew his sword to cut it open, carefully examining its body. He then pulled out the black and purple eggs that were lined up in a row and crushed them one by one in anger.
"Fortunately, Teacher Cynthia arrived—" The situation on the battlefield had reversed. The magician at the side sighed with lingering fear, looking at the large army on horseback rushing to support from a distance, "They can still come to support, it seems that the first line of defense is not a big problem, eh—?"
The sudden sound of doubt made the guardian beside him lift his head from the belly of the Void Beast and look in the direction of his partner.
The one who led the way and controlled the hurricane was not the Storm Witch they were familiar with, but——
"Catherine." Daniel hid behind the wooden wall, looking at the silver-haired girl in black armor outside the wall who was attracting everyone's attention, and murmured in a trembling voice.