NOVEL NEXT chapter 17
Chapter 17-Cataclysm (2)
Episode 17 – Cataclysm (2)
“I agree with Raku’s statement that it is necessary to investigate. I was unable to come forward because I was just in case, so tell them to cooperate and investigate.”
“i get it.”
The chief chief, Shaku, the closest tribe to the tribes that had lost contact, responded to Raku’s proposal of cooperation, claiming to be the leader of the tribal union.
It was because the neighboring tribes were anxious about the fact that hundreds of them were ‘exterminated by something’.
“What the hell did you do? There were only traces of battle, but nothing else. Except for the fact that he was really attacked by demons…”
“Which of the monsters living in this area can annihilate us? Has the demonic beast of the Age of Myth awakened?”
When I was watching the messenger leave the village with news. At the words of the shaman under his command, Shaku smiled.
After an endless struggle with demons, the monsters are large, and most of the threatening species are extinct or disappear, leaving only the weak ones. Besides, even if such an ancient beast was alive, it would be impossible to kill hundreds of goblins by making them unable to escape.
“So, I have no choice but to remain nervous. At best, I thought the war was over… I never thought another threat would come like this.”
Shaku, who clicked his tongue, tightened the borders of the village even more tightly. I couldn’t help it because I didn’t know the identity of the enemy.
His tribe is a large tribe with nearly 800 members. Even the two northernmost tribes, now out of touch, are smaller than his.
However, he did not want to see any damage from the ruler’s point of view, so he prepared for emergencies to the point of being a little excessive.
“Take out all your reserves and arm yourself. Hunting and gathering are suspended for the time being. Build more earthen walls and reinforce the borders.”
In accordance with his instructions, the village began to be increasingly fortified. Even if it was a little uncomfortable, it was clear that he was determined not to lose money in the event of an emergency.
[The enemies are thoroughly prepared, so a strategy tailored to them seems necessary.]
And the demon king, who was watching the scene as if looking into the palm of his hand, transformed and reinforced his own troops according to their response.
In this way, as expected by Shaku, the war was getting closer.
[The wall is too thick and high to break through in the same way as before.]
“Why not use flying bells? Flying in the sky is a huge advantage.”
[For flying species, there are many restrictions on design and modification. Because in order to make flight possible, a lot of sacrifices must be made in defense.]
In order to break through the enemies’ defenses that are getting harder and harder, the demon king faced him again this time. And in the midst of that, the idea that came out was a flying soldier, a flying species.
However, the Demon King was skeptical about flying species.
[As a result, the expected combat power is too low for the value invested.]
“Is it still that much…”
He sighed upon hearing the demon king’s answer. There was too little data on the flying species that the Demon King’s Army had yet secured. The largest flying species is a monster bat that has grown huge in a deep cave, at most slightly larger than a large eagle.
In addition, due to the nature of flying species, armor cannot be worn thickly, so the defense is not very strong, so the huge flying body he imagined and the flying beast army covering the sky were impossible to realize at this time.
“I can’t help it. For the time being, flying species can only be used for reconnaissance or special warfare. By disrupting the enemies with flying bells and then sweeping them away in the gap.”
However, I did not give up on using the flying species. He gave the Demon King another idea.
[It seems possible.]
As has always been the case, the Demon King actively reflected his opinion and pierced a way out.
And he calculated that if he used this method, he would be able to capture the goblins’ defenses, which were thicker and harder than before, and win the war once again.
[As a result of my calculations, it takes about two days, but half a day is expected to be enough for the battle.]
Once the policy is decided, the Demon King has no hesitation. The Demon King’s army, who were all moving for the sole purpose, prepared an attack with tremendous speed.
“Chief, we succeeded in strengthening the defense, but if we go on like this, the food…”
“We will hold out until the results of the investigation come out. Can not help it.”
In the late night before dawn, Shaku clicked his tongue and shook his head, worried about his subordinate shaman. It has been maintaining a defensive posture for two days already, but the formed investigation team has just started heading towards the northern forest, which is presumed to be a suspicious place.
“There is nothing wrong with being careful.”
He looked around the village, where hundreds of torches flickered, comforting himself that he was right.
Indeed, it is believable to see hundreds of soldiers thoroughly armed and guarding a strong wall made with the power of sorcery and labor. It was an impossible sight in the days when the demon lord’s rule continued and the goblin species were more savage and weaker than they are now.
‘As expected, killing the demon king was the right choice.’
Shaku, who was heading to his bed, nodded. Although he was not the main player in the rebellion like the other small tribe chiefs in the area, it is true that he indirectly supported Andras, the goblin king. And he didn’t regret it.
“Kyaaak…!”
“what?!”
But that was when a commotion came from behind. Embarrassed, he came out to the scene where the goblins were clamoring and looked up blankly at the sky.
“… what is that?”
He looked up at the sky and murmured. In the night sky full of the Milky Way against the background of the red moon unique to the Pandemonium, many things were gliding rapidly towards the tribe.
“Chief! A monster, a monster!”
A shaman hurriedly ran toward him. As the saying goes, they were gradually approaching monsters.
Covered in black outer armor, their appearance resembles a large bat. They even held something large in their feet, and the number of them in formation reached nearly thirty. Shaku instinctively recognized that the monstrous bats were their enemies.
“Shoot! Shoot them down!”
He urgently shouted to the archers to shoot the sky, but in the meantime, the enemy lowered the altitude and got closer to the tribe.
“Shoot!”
Archers hurriedly aimed at the sky and fired arrows. However, the power of the arrows directed toward the sky, against gravity, decreased sharply. The bats dropped ‘them’ they were holding at their feet from an altitude where arrows could not break their outer shells.
“What is that…”
When Shaku saw it, the accident stopped for a moment. The attack falling from the sky was a tactic he had never experienced before.
Even those falling things, if they are giant larvae wriggling alive.
“Kyaaah! This!”
“Chief, I can’t breathe… I can’t breathe…”
However, these goblin-sized caterpillars, whose entire body was swollen due to something, exploded as soon as they touched the ground, spraying a mysterious liquid everywhere along with bodily fluids.
And as soon as the liquid came into contact with the air, it turned into dark green smoke that swept through the entire colony with the wind.
“Collock… it can’t be. Poison!”
Shaku, who was in charge of acting, widened his eyes at the burning sensation in his respiratory system. The identity of this smoke is poison gas that is so poisonous that the goblins that are hit directly will bleed to death.
Even the chief, Shaku, could not properly respond to the terror in a way beyond imagination.
“Keek…”
“An enemy, an enemy…”
Even the chief level goblins suffered, so the normal goblins took more damage. However, to the goblins who groaned and spat blood, they saw hundreds of enemies rushing through the forest, making the ground shake and rushing straight toward the village.
[As calculated, the enemy’s combat power has plummeted.]
The demon king rushing the soldiers carried out the next plan without hesitation when things worked out according to his plan.
While the goblins were intoxicated by poison gas, the plan was to cross over that strong earthen wall and pour troops into it.
[Using some soldiers as stairs, others climbing over walls.]
The composition of the troops was purely for this purpose. Those with massive bodies, such as the triangular rhinoceros and Alpha, acted as a stepping stone and allowed those who came behind them to enter, and the soldiers, who had the body structure to climb the wall on their own, jumped over the wall at once.
[Field Command Process Connection OK.]
And above all, the demon king introduced and operated a new system from this war.
Some of the soldiers now attacking the enemies are a bit special. They were soldiers with brains, and were a kind of command object to help the Demon King command.
***
“Stop it, stop it. Be sure to block it!”
A big fight, mayhem, mess. All of those words point to this field now. On a midnight moonlit night, the place resonated noisily with the goblins screaming and screaming.
“Explode!”
Shaku’s shouts and the noise of the ground breaking were among them.
Clearly, the earth sorcery that the goblins learned was so powerful that even heavy enemies could be instantly killed in one blow.
But there were too many enemies.
‘These guys… these guys are for sure!’
Shaku’s eyes trembled madly at the sight of the black armored monsters breaking into the interior and rampaging wildly. An unknown ‘force’ that exterminated the goblin tribe without leaving traces. It was right in front of my eyes.
“Clan, patriarch. Our defenses have already been broken.”
“That’s right. Even the remaining ones must lead and retreat. Think of the annihilation of other tribes!”
Other shamans ran to him and told him to retreat. Although the number is only half, all the defenses already prepared have been neutralized, and the melee inside the main base is a battle that the goblins cannot win. The attack of the monsters that took advantage of the darkness possessed more destructive power than originally.
“Hu, retreat?”
his body trembled Even if defeated, the thought that it could not be annihilated like other tribes dominated his body.
“Retreat, retreat!”
In the end, he decided to lead the survivors out of here before being wiped out inside the village.
“…”
And there was something to watch them like. It decided to chase after Shaku, who had abandoned the tribe, was trying to escape with his forces, and pursued it with a large number of nearby troops.
[You can’t miss it.]
The Demon King divided his forces. Leaving troops to finish off the inside of the tribe, he pursued Shaku and the remnants who fled.
At the forefront were a number of quadrupeds that could quickly cross the forest road, and they soon caught up with the fleeing goblins and hunted them to their heart’s content.
“Damn it! Die!”
The shamans including Shaku and the elite goblin warriors struggled to repel the pursuit.
However, no matter how many enemies he killed by using magic, the enemy pressed them with more troops than by using magic.
In the first place, the demon king’s method of coping with powers he could not handle yet, such as sorcery or magic, was to push them with overwhelming numbers.
“This crazy. What the hell are you guys…”
Shaku and the remnants, who were also blocked from escaping, gritted their teeth as they saw the enemies surrounding them. Red eyes glowing in the dark. They glowed from all sides, revealing teeth and claws, each weapon to kill them.