Chapter 96 Arrival at Montenegro

On the edge of the dark valley, the Black Mountain Fortress.

Endless monsters have surrounded the entire fortress tightly, like an isolated island in the black sea, being hit by endless waves.

In the air, golden-red meteorites and azure-blue thunder plasma shells streaked across the sky. The roars and explosions on the battlefield continued, but they were eventually covered by the roars of monsters.

The four walls of the fortress have almost been completely covered by monsters. The meat mountains composed of monsters cling to the walls like creepers and spread upwards.

After the monsters reached the top of the wall, they were quickly torn apart by the human soldiers with their swords and spears. A large number of monster corpses mixed with human soldiers poured down from the wall like raindrops, smashing into the black waves at the bottom, and were swallowed silently, without splashing any waves, leaving only the increasingly strong smell of blood in the air.

"Retreat!"

A loud shout resounded on the city wall. The soldiers near the wall piers hurriedly retreated after hearing the order. As soon as they retreated, countless lightning flashes began to flash on the four walls. The cold fortress walls turned into hot barbecue plates in an instant, and the sizzling sound of electricity became one.

The bodies of the monsters clinging to the wall turned into charred corpses under the thunder and fell one after another. The lightning lasted for about ten seconds before gradually fading. At this time, there was no trace of any monsters on the wall. Only dark red bloodstains covering the entire city wall and thick coke piled up at the base of the wall were left. Thick black smoke rose from the coke and rushed straight into the sky.

In the billowing black smoke, pairs of scarlet eyes opened, like evil spirits from hell, slowly floating up into the black smoke. It was the monsters stepping on the corpses of their own kind to start another siege.

"How long will it take for the dragon-slaying allies to arrive?"

On the large flying ship suspended above the battlefield, Thorn looked down at the fierce attack and defense below, frowning. This was the third time in a week that the monsters had attacked the city, and the monsters' attacks were getting more and more fierce, close to madness.

Even though he was the commander, he was now seriously injured. The lava armor he was wearing was covered with large and small holes, and only half of the flame cloak was left behind. Although he looked embarrassed, the hot breath lingering around him became more and more intense, even to the extent of distorting the surrounding air.

Rebecca, who had been following him, felt the gradually boiling heat in the air. She retreated a distance before she felt better. After hearing Thorn's question, she looked up at the sky and replied:

"We should be able to arrive before noon."

"Noon?" Thorn frowned even more tightly. It was about an hour away from noon.

"Let all the Purgatory Army prepare to drop anchor in ten minutes!"

After receiving the order, Rebecca did not take any action, but looked at the lava flowing on Thorn's armor with concern. Although frequent battles will continuously improve the strength of the Purgatory Army, they will be in danger of self-immolation after exceeding a certain limit, especially Thorn, the commander-in-chief, whose temperature is now close to the critical limit.

"General, you can't fight anymore. If you continue like this..."

Before Rebecca finished her words of admonition, she was interrupted by Thorn's stern shout.

"Go quickly, this is a military order, understand! I won't die so easily."

"Yes."

After Rebecca left, Thorn continued to look down at the battle below, but the guardrail pressed by his palm began to emit faint white smoke, and black scorch marks appeared on the edge of his palm. Just touching it can cause such an effect. The temperature of Thorn's body can be imagined.

A few minutes later, Rebecca returned and stood quietly behind Thorne. Even though her smooth forehead was covered with sweat, she had no intention of retreating. As a scholar, her physical fitness was not outstanding, not to mention that Thorne was now like a living iron.

Time passed quickly in silence. It was estimated that ten minutes were almost up. Thorne glanced at Rebecca who had been standing silently beside him. A hint of tenderness flashed between his eyebrows, but it was soon covered by the surging fighting spirit. He loosened his palm on the guardrail and turned to the position of the anchor. At the same time, a loud shout spread throughout the flying ship.

"All Purgatory Army, prepare to drop anchor!!"

"Wait, General!"

Thorne's pace stopped, and Rebecca's surprised shout came from behind:

"General, reinforcements have arrived."

Thorne turned around suddenly and saw a fleet of flying ships coming quickly from the horizon in the distance. Leading the way were three large armed flying ships. The flying ship on the right was the most advanced and was almost approaching the battlefield.

Thorne looked intently, and a familiar figure in a black cloak gradually became clear on the bow of the flying ship opposite.

"Xinhuo?"

………

On the Sun Chaser, Xu Yue stood tall at the front of the bow, overlooking the endless black magic tide below, with cold eyes.

"Magic main gun ready."

The sound of mechanical operation came from under his feet, and the front of the Sun Chaser's hull unfolded, and an extremely large gun barrel extended from the inside of the hull. Countless dense inscriptions on the gun began to light up one by one, and the white light gathered at the muzzle, becoming more and more dazzling.

"Fire!"

"Boom!!"

After a roar, the Sun Chaser shook violently, and a huge light column that penetrated the sky and the earth fell from the flying ship to the center of the magic tide. The entire battlefield was shrouded by this white light that shone in the sky, and then a giant mushroom cloud over a hundred meters high rose on the battlefield, and the surging smoke and dust continued to expand with the air waves.

Inside the mushroom cloud, all the monsters within the coverage area were turned into powder the moment the light column landed, leaving an ugly crater on the ground. Outside the mushroom cloud, a large number of monsters were blown away by the air waves, clearing a regular circular open space in the dense magic tide, and the rhythm of the magic tide attacking the city was broken by one blow.

The paradise prompt sound beside Xu Yue's ears kept ringing. This attack just now killed hundreds of monsters, and countless were seriously injured.

However, there was no sign of feasting fire below. This kind of large armed equipment seemed to be beyond the judgment range of the chewing steel talent.

The mechanical operation sound was heard again under his feet, and the main gun began to retract for maintenance and cooling. While the power of the magic energy main gun was exaggerated, its use restrictions were also not small. It took at least six hours to recover after a shot to ensure that the barrel was cooled and would not explode in the next attack.

However, although the main guns were retracted, the 12 thunder plasma secondary guns had already begun to exert their power, forming a pool of thunder in the demon tide, gradually stabilizing the precarious situation of the Black Mountain Fortress below.

A moment later, the flying fleet in the rear also rushed to the battlefield. Two more mushroom clouds rose on the battlefield, and with them fell seven or eight smaller beams of light. The medium-sized armed flying ships also had main guns, but the power was much reduced.

After a round of washing and bombing, the originally dense demon tide had become somewhat sparse. The thunder plasma cannons fell around the fortress like a rainstorm, turning all the attacking monsters into charred corpses on the ground, and the black "vines" clinging to the city wall were also defeated one by one, revealing the dark red wall.

On the Sun Chaser, Xu Yue looked down at the battlefield below and felt a little itchy, but after seeing the scene of thunder everywhere, he chose to hold back. If he jumped down now, he would probably be numbed by thunder before being submerged by the monsters.

This indiscriminate firepower coverage does not distinguish between enemies and friends. Compared with the group of mechanical envoys encountered before, the current scene is called firepower washing the ground.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the thunder pool bursts and the rain falls, and the plasma waves are like sea currents.

However, such firepower coverage cannot last too long, and the energy consumption is too exaggerated. It is unrealistic to rely solely on a fleet to destroy the wave of magic tide in front of us. Now it is just temporarily curbing its offensive and waiting for the arrival of the large allied forces in the rear.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, the raging thunder plasma rain on the battlefield began to ease. Although the flying ship carried a lot of crystals, the real key battle was the battle of the Dark Valley ten days later. They couldn't consume most of the artillery reserves now.

The fleet's offensive began to weaken, and the magic tide that had been suppressed for a long time began to surge again, and the black wave once again advanced to the vicinity of the city wall.

At this moment, a roar like a tsunami was rising from the front of the battlefield. Looking at the source of the sound, an endless silver line appeared at the end of the field of vision.

The silver line approached quickly in the roar. It was the cavalry unit at the forefront of the Allied Forces. Cook rushed to the front of the team, followed by Kairos, Mandel and others.

"Imperial Cavalry, Charge!!"

"Charge!!"

The shouts first came from Cook's mouth, and then quickly spread to the whole army. Every cavalryman raised his spear and shouted to charge. The uniform charge sounded through the sky and overwhelmed all the sounds on the battlefield.

Along with the shouts, there were also the little glows on each cavalryman. The glows changed from light to bright. When the cavalry rushed to the front of the monster tide, all the glows had been connected. Among them, the glows on the bodies of Cook and Kairos who were leading the way were the most dazzling.

Looking down from the flying ship, one can clearly see a pair of dazzling holy light wings spread out in front of the dark and surging tide of monsters.

"It's really magnificent."