Chapter 308 - 230: Burying the Valley, Retreating to the War Fortress; Blood Bat Legion, Vampire Viscount—Hercules
Chapter 308: Chapter 230: Burying the Valley, Retreating to the War Fortress; Blood Bat Legion, Vampire Viscount—Hercules
"Ready the installed Magical Cannons and Magic Stone-Throwing Cannons. Prepare all Magic Equipment for immediate use."
"As soon as all our troops have withdrawn from Desolate Valley, have the Elf Mage Corps cast their Magic and bury the entire valley!"
Elf Legion Commander Feiyana’s orders were swiftly transmitted to the first line of defense via Magic.
Dwarf Shieldmen formed a tight, long phalanx to block the pursuing Vampire Corps,
while the Elf Archers fired as they retreated, using their arrows to slow the enemy’s advance.
When the Warriors of the Elf Corps and Dwarf Corps had successfully retreated one kilometer from Desolate Valley,
the hundred-strong Elf Mage Corps, long prepared within the War Fortress, used Combined Spellcasting at that very moment to unleash a Ninth Level Spell—Successive Earthquakes!
RUMBLE—!
The entire Desolate Valley seemed to come alive, trembling violently.
Massive fissures formed in the mountainsides and on the ground,
and with a deafening roar, the cliffs collapsed!
Countless boulders and clouds of dust came crashing down, instantly burying the Vampire Corps that was continuously pouring out of the Teleportation Gate in Desolate Valley!
When Zhang Yi had first chosen the location for the Teleportation Gate,
placing it in Desolate Valley, he had already thought of this move.
And the move did not disappoint Zhang Yi,
burying the Vampire Corps that had just been full of momentum, thinking victory was within their grasp!
But vampires were vampires, after all.
Faced with such a crisis, most of the Vampires followed their instincts and transformed into countless small bats,
hoping to escape before the mountain collapsed completely!
However, they didn’t have time to take their Weapons and Armor, which were buried beneath the collapsing rock.
And as the tremors gradually subsided,
even though they had instinctively transformed into small bats upon sensing the danger,
most of the Vampire Heavy Armor Legion and their regular forces were not fast enough and were still buried beneath the collapsed mountainside.
In the end, only a minority of the Vampire Corps managed to escape the landslide by transforming into bats.
This rearguard action
not only buried nearly a thousand soldiers from the Vampire Elite Army but also created an obstruction at the entrance of the Teleportation Gate.
Any Vampire Corps on the other side wanting to come through would first have to clear the rubble burying this end of the Teleportation Gate!
Seeing this deeply gratifying scene,
Aria, commander of the Moon Shadow Hunters, and Kael, commander of the Silver Moon Knights, who were standing on the walls of the War Fortress, even actively volunteered to Elf Legion Commander Feiyana,
wanting to seize this golden opportunity to wipe out the surviving Vampire Corps in the ruins.
Just as Elf Legion Commander Feiyana, playing it safe, hesitated to agree to their request and instead sent Elf Scouts transformed into hawks to perform aerial Reconnaissance,
WOO—WOO—!
a low but far-reaching horn blast suddenly echoed from the other side of the Blood-colored Teleportation Gate,
so loud that the Elves, Dwarves, and the Goblin Clan standing in the War Fortress could all hear it!
Elf Legion Commander Feiyana and several other military commanders couldn’t help but turn their gazes toward the Blood-colored Teleportation Gate, now buried under the mountainside.
Then, to everyone’s astonishment,
accompanied by a series of roars, the massive boulders covering the Teleportation Gate were instantly sent flying.
After the shower of rubble and dust,
a Ninth Level Blood Beast, as massive as a small mountain and seemingly composed entirely of viscous blood and bone, burst forth from the completely buried Teleportation Gate,
clearing a path!
This Blood Beast was enormous and had a terrifying aura, but it seemed to possess little intelligence.
After bursting from the Teleportation Gate and clearing a path,
it randomly grabbed the Vampire Soldiers who had just barely escaped the landslide,
catching them before they could dodge, and stuffed them into its giant maw made entirely of blood, devouring them!
With its immense size, the other Vampire Soldiers trying to evade its grasp had no way to resist, even if they wanted to.
Seeing this terrifying scene,
the Guard Army on the walls of the Dwarf War Fortress couldn’t help but gasp in horror!
The Ninth Level Blood Beast’s mountain-like body, combined with the powerful aura it emitted,
left no one on either side doubting its power and destructive capabilities!
The thick scent of blood seemed to carry for miles.
’A mindless Vampire Creation!’
’It’s even devouring its own allies!’
Elf Legion Commander Feiyana frowned as she watched.
’The appearance of this Blood Beast signifies an escalation in the battle,’
’This doesn’t bode well for our goal of defending for seven days!’
However, the tremors from the Blood-colored Teleportation Gate hadn’t stopped!
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH—!
Accompanied by the grating sound of countless flapping wings,
hundreds of massive Blood Bats, each with a wingspan of four to six meters, swarmed out like a moving dark cloud,
pouring from the Blood-colored Teleportation Gate that the giant Blood Beast had just cleared!
This was none other than the Vampires’ special unit—the Blood Bat Cavalry!
"That’s enough, Seka! Stop eating the soldiers!"
At the rear of this special Vampire unit, the Blood Bat Cavalry,
a figure particularly familiar to Elf Legion Commander Feiyana appeared.
Those venomous eyes, that pale skin,
riding an exceptionally large Blood Bat with a wingspan of nearly ten meters, he once again set foot on the lands of the Divine Realm.
It was Vampire Viscount Hercules—the very same one who, on the first day, was instantly defeated by Elf Legion Commander Feiyana’s Middle-Grade Semi-Divine Artifact, Natural Fury, and had fled in disarray like a beaten dog!
His pale face was still etched with aged wrinkles, and his chest was wrapped in a beast-hide poultice soaked in a Dark Magic Potion with a healing Effect.
Although he gave off an incredibly weak impression,
his blood-red eyes burned with intense killing intent and resentment.
His gaze seemed to cross the five-kilometer distance, locking onto Elf Legion Commander Feiyana, the one who had gravely wounded him and put him in his current state.
"You despicable long-eared Elf!"
"To think you would ambush the great Vampire Viscount Hercules while his guard was down!"
"You have no honor!"
Vampire Viscount Hercules’s voice was as sharp and grating as nails on a chalkboard.
"Did you think you could repel me, repel the great Vampire Counts and the Progenitor, with your petty schemes?"
"What a laughable notion!"
"Look at this Blood Beast with its massive body and Ninth Level Power! This is the true, formidable might of us Vampires!"
"Tomorrow, I will personally lead the grand army, and together with the Blood Beast, we will destroy your walls!"
He waved the bone Magic Staff in his hand, which was embedded with a red Gemstone, and pointed it directly at Elf Legion Commander Feiyana, letting out a screeching roar:
"If you don’t want me to extract your Soul and subject you to a thousand years of torment,
I suggest you open the gates of this fortress and welcome the Vampire Army’s entrance!"
"If you put me in a good mood, I might even make you my Blood Slave!"
"..."
Elf Legion Commander Feiyana paid no mind to the rest of his noisy drivel.
She was already thinking about her next move.
As dusk fell, braziers were lit along the walls of the Dwarf War Fortress.
Because the Blood-colored Teleportation Gate had been covered by the landslide,
and to ensure the smooth transport of troops later,
under the command of Vampire Viscount Hercules, the regular Vampire Corps was still clearing the surrounding rubble.
They were also setting up camp and replenishing their Logistics supplies on a flat piece of ground behind the Blood-colored Teleportation Gate.
Vampire Viscount Hercules was thoroughly convinced that nighttime was the Vampires’ home turf.
In his mind, it was a mercy that he wasn’t using the cover of darkness to launch a sneak attack on the War Fortress.
How could the Elves and Dwarves inside the War Fortress possibly dare to attack them at night?
Therefore, aside from the Reconnaissance and night-watch personnel assigned by the Vampire Corps according to military regulations,
there were no other forces on alert.
The remaining troops were all busy setting up camp.
But as night deepened in the Divine Realm,
the moonlight was obscured by heavy clouds,
and the western side gate of the War Fortress was opened in silence!