Chapter 708 - 697: Siege Combat Puppet
Chapter 708: Chapter 697: Siege Combat Puppet
Puki has arrived, another city has fallen.
Gray, for the third time, after fighting with all his might, was swept away by the routed army and fled the city.
The wounds on his body were still bleeding; the gash on his left shoulder cut open by a tentacle was so deep that the bone was visible. Each step felt like a knife twisting in his flesh.
He didn’t stop to bandage it—there was no point. Will healing it allow him to defeat the increasingly numerous demons?
Gray had watched as the vanguard, which once could be repelled, grew larger and larger, evolving step by step into something now unstoppable.
Other than bringing in the main forces, Gray couldn’t think of any way to stop Puki’s advance.
But the main forces weren’t here.
He lowered his head and kept walking, unsure of where to go: south or east?
Finding another city to struggle for a while, and then watching it fall again—what was the point of that?
He thought of Ke.
Initially, when Ke took him out of the city and showed the mycelium on his body, Gray felt the anger of betrayal.
But now, he was no longer angry.
Against such enemies, perhaps surrender is the best way out?
Unfortunately, he couldn’t do it.
But he was tired of running: "In the next city, I won’t run..."
Just as Gray resolved to give up, he saw a human.
The man was draped in a gray robe, standing motionless a dozen steps away.
Gray immediately took a combat stance, but the man suddenly spoke.
The voice was calm, as if reciting something prepared in advance:
"If you just want to save your life, head south. Keep going until you reach the Prince’s territory, and you’ll be safe."
Gray was stunned.
"But if..." The man paused, "if you want to save the Demon Race, then go towards Dragon Horn Castle."
As soon as the words were spoken, the man’s figure began to fade.
He wasn’t walking away or running, but like melting snow, gradually turning transparent from the edges until he completely vanished into the air.
Only the gray robe remained, fallen to the ground in a limp heap.
"What the hell is this?" Gray walked up, picked up the robe, and it really was just an ordinary gray robe, not a magic item.
Gray straightened up, looked south, then towards Dragon Horn Castle, pondering the words of that mysterious person.
"Damn it, what rescue? What can I do?"
He cursed under his breath but still turned and headed towards Dragon Horn Castle.
...
A little further away on a dirt slope, Tanaka withdrew his gaze and turned to the balding Foxman beside him.
"So, the north won’t be conquered?"
Jiro shook his head: "Eugene, Dean, the fall of their territories is inevitable. At this point in time, it has no match."
"Then why did you have me trick that guy named Gray into going over?" Tanaka asked in confusion.
"He went over to preserve more strength for the Empire." Saying this, Jiro supported himself with a staff and stood up. "Alright, we should now head over to Dragon Cliff Dungeon. That’s where the main event is."
Behind him, Tanaka watched Jiro’s somewhat frail back indifferently. After a while, he followed with a face full of questions, asking why at every step as usual.
...
Dragon Horn Castle, Fungus Castle camp.
Little Pig asked with her head raised: "Are you ready?"
In front of her were the enormous Number Four and Number Seven.
Number Four rubbed its big white belly with a tentacle, complaining: "Just let us out, it feels uncomfortable inside."
Little Pig nodded and immediately issued the attack order through the Fungal Network.
On Dragon Horn Castle, Feng Yi watched as the two giant Pukis, each as tall as half the fortress, advanced with the new wave of attacks and couldn’t help but feel a headache.
These things moved slowly but posed a huge threat. Letting them get close would cause another section of the walls to collapse.
And two at once?
Sky, land, underground, all filled with Puki, but Feng Yi still chose to prioritize neutralizing these two biggest threats!
"All crossbow cannons, aim at the one on the left!" His voice overshadowed the clamor of the battlefield. "Mage Corps, prepare widespread damage-type spells, wait for my command!"
Over twenty crossbow cannons simultaneously turned, and the thick crossbow arrows, enhanced by rune light, emitted a ghostly blue glow.
"Fire!"
One by one, the massive crossbows, enhanced with piercing attributes, plunged into Number Seven’s mushroom-like body, each attack causing it to shudder uncontrollably.
Despite being comfortable, Number Seven remembered its task.
The massive tentacle reached into its hollow belly, pulling out a Fat Otaku Puki, and then hurled it fiercely towards Dragon Horn Castle.
Feng Yi decisively shot an arrow, causing the Fat Otaku Puki to burst into fragments, spilling more cannon fodder Pukis from its belly.
By now, the defenders didn’t have time to clear them.
After merely shooting a few, the rest of the Pukis exploded around the city walls.
Fortunately, no member of the Demon Race was severely injured as a result.
But soon, the second Fat Otaku Puki was thrown over by No. 7 again.
Feng Yi gritted his teeth: "Mage Corps!"
The target wasn’t the flying Fat Otaku Puki, but No. 7!
Dozens of wide-range damage spells were launched from various points on the city walls, fiercer than the crossbow cannon.
No. 7’s body was blasted full of pits, and the massive body swayed before toppling forward with a satisfied hum from No. 7.
Meanwhile, that Fat Otaku Puki successfully flew high and landed not far from Feng Yi.
A massive explosion mixed with the poison inside the Puki swept across, shaking Feng Yi as he rolled back from the blast.
After getting up, he didn’t care about his own or the surrounding Demon Race’s injuries, but went straight to the wall’s edge.
Another giant Puki, Number Four, had indeed taken advantage of the gap and reached the wall’s edge; several tendrils reached up along the wall, clearly coming for him.
"Quick! Make it brittle!"
The counterattack magic array on the walls activated, continuously drawing out the moisture from Number Four’s body, causing the initially plump mycelium tendrils to become dry and brittle.
Feng Yi shot down the tendrils one by one with his arrows.
But he was puzzled; these two giant Pukis didn’t possess the extraordinary regenerative ability of the first one he encountered.
Is it because this kind of giant Puki is rare or because this attack had another purpose?
With these thoughts, Feng Yi suddenly noticed something crawling out from the giant Puki’s belly.
It was a centipede-like metal machine, its segmented body glowing with the brilliance of a Demon Crystal inside.
"A combat puppet?" Feng Yi thought it looked a bit like one, but wasn’t sure, as he hadn’t seen this type before.
It quickly burrowed its entire body out and lay on the walls of Dragon Horn Castle.
The Demon Crystals on its body began to emit intense magic power fluctuations, starting from the tail.
With each segment from tail to head, the runes on Dragon Horn Castle’s walls appeared to undergo a widespread cracking phenomenon after one round.
Feng Yi’s eyes widened with fury: "Stop him!"
However, having just dealt with two giant Pukis, the mages were still digesting the magic potions they just consumed; few could immediately unleash powerful attacks.
Sporadic attacks were clearly unable to stop this also not-small centipede combat puppet.
Some heroic members of the Demon Race directly jumped onto the centipede to chop it, but it was still not in time to prevent the second shock wave.
Accompanying another cracking sound, nearly half of the magic runes on Dragon Horn Castle were damaged, either being destroyed or greatly reduced in function.
"It’s over..." Feng Yi felt a bit of despair; without solid defenses, they were even more unlikely to fight those Pukis.
He couldn’t help but look toward the east, seemingly hoping to see someone’s figure.
"Are you looking for Dean?"
A twisted voice came from his feet; it was a Puki like a ragged bag that somehow mixed in with the Pukis falling from the sky and landed on the city wall.
And at this moment, the voice was full of schadenfreude.
"Don’t look, we knew he would come, how could there not be an ambush on the way?"
"Surrender now, and you can still ensure the safety of all Demon Race members; you don’t want them all back to the cradle, do you?"
"Evil demon, die!" Feng Yi shot an arrow through the talking Puki, ending this round of persuasion.
...
Below, Little Pig watched the scene through the Fungal Network, saying, "Boss, was it necessary to tell him about the ambush?"
Marshal Puki poked Little Pig’s pale cheek: "What do you know? A Hero values integrity; it’s essential to tell your opponent about your plans!"
Little Pig wisely refrained from questioning the aspect of "integrity."
Lin Jun then continued, "Besides, this was extreme pressure as well; unfortunately, it didn’t work, so we’ll have to put in more effort."
In the distance, that centipede combat puppet twisted its body again.
The sound of metal plates scraping against each other could be heard from afar, like the breathing of a giant beast before its death.
It could still release one last shock wave. After that wave, it’s estimated that most of Dragon Horn Castle’s defense runes would shatter.
At this moment, a light shone from the horizon.
It wasn’t the track of a magic missile, nor a resonance cannon.
It was a ball of burning flame, condensed into a giant dragon’s head, dragging a long tail of flames, diving down from the sky, directly towards the centipede combat puppet.
Boom——!!!
The impact of the explosion swept across the entire section of the wall, with metal fragments shooting out in all directions like a rainstorm.
Amidst the lingering smoke, a figure leaped out from the debris.
Dean.
He caught two Demon Race members who had fallen off due to the destruction of the centipede combat puppet with one hand and had another under his arm, landing steadily on the wall’s battlements.
Feng Yi rushed over from the other side of the wall, his eyes red with emotion.
"Chieftain!"
Dean put down the people in his hand, glanced at the state of Dragon Horn Castle, and sighed lightly, "Still a bit late..."