Chapter 396 Titan (2)
On the way to the capital, Billy passed nearby many villages and towns that had been destroyed by the fire Golems. He wanted to believe that the inhabitants of those places had the chance to evacuate, but it was hard to say if that was the case… It was hard to find traces of anyone and anything when the golems burned even the ground since their bodies and heat was that intense.
Coming from the direction of the destroyed towns and villages, Billy found some fire Golems heading north and since they were on his way, he made sure to wipe them out with his ice Cannon. Aiming with the cannons was a bit hard since it only fired toward the direction the tank was facing. Billy needed to make some devices that would help him with that. However, he didn't have much time lately to do that with all those crazy events taking place and forcing him to move.
Regardless, Billy found the capital being surrounded by a massive horde of fire golems as well. Fortunately, that place was a walled city, so it seems that the fire golems were having a hard time breaching the walls and the gates were holding up. However, the number of fire golems around was quite concerning.
"It seems this place was built to withstand some crazy sieges… why the hell would people build fifty meters tall walls?" Billy thought. "Well, in a world of monsters, that was supposed to be the standard."
The capital of Riormi state was probably the largest city Billy had seen, even bigger than the Temple city and the Coliseum city. Which was weird given that the place didn't have flashy places like them. Also considering the military power of that state, those walls seemed the life work of a very worriwart of a ruler.
Since it was already dark, Billy decided to check the entire surroundings of the area, and he didn't find a single place where the fire golems hadn't been covered with hundreds of them. They attacked the walls even at night with their fire bullets and since they made a lot of noise, it was hard to imagine that the people inside had slept soundly in the last few days. Some fire golems were even using Charge, and making even more noise, but they damaged themselves as well then they did that… so only a few of them were doing it.
"What are we going to do, Billy?" Samuel asked. "We can't enter the city like this."
"We actually can, using an unconventional method, but I don't want to show too many people what I can do," Billy said. "Besides, I also don't want to enter that place since I will probably receive orders from some powerful merchants. I will ignore them, naturally, but that might cause problems between the states. Staying outside will grant me the chance to move freely."
"But without working with them, we will end up staying here for too long… other places might be in need of our help," Samara said.
"You do have point…" Billy said while rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "We need to think of a way to improve the situation here fast enough for the people of the capital before we move."
Although Billy stocked a lot of fuel in the last few months, it wasn't enough to take down all of those creatures. Fighting them directly would take too long as well. Billy thought that perhaps he should use Mind Control, but that would look him suspicious. He had just arrived and then the monsters would begin to leave… He could do that but in moderation. Aside from that, he will need something else…
"It is time to play with crossbows, I hope that you have been training your accuracy as well," Billy said and then headed toward his magic tank.
In the end, Billy pretended that he had stocked some weapons inside the vehicle, but he made them right there. Although he had to use a lot more mana to forge them so fast and make them level up, that was fine since Billy recovered a lot more on the way thanks to his ice Cannon.
"I am not good with these," Samuel said.
"Are we going to take them one at a time?" Samara asked.
"No, you guys will," Billy replied. "Once we get their attention, many of them will come at us, so I will focus on blocking their attacks and stopping them. Let's see for how far we can attack without making hundreds of them come at us at the same time."
Focus on defense would make the twins fight more and then they will also be less likely to notice some fire Golems leaving the area thanks to Mind Control. Billy also recalled now that those creatures probably could be used in some way or the other, but probably not against themselves. He could worry about the materials later…
"Aim properly, your will run out of mana," Billy said while he passed the crossbows to his siblings.
Just to be sure, they were one hundred meters away from the Golems and the magic tank was ready to be used if something happened. Still, the problem was the fact that neither of the twins had much experience using crossbows, so hoping for headshots at that distance will be a bit too much.
"Just focus on luring some of them, I will make sure to protect you two and once the enemies get closer, you will have an easier time hitting their heads," Billy said.
The twins nodded since they didn't want to look lame in front of Billy by looking uncertain of their skills. Besides, they knew that they didn't have time to hesitate, they had to do it no matter what because many lives were on the line. Besides, the Reinforcements will take at least a week to reach that area, even if they hurry. So, it was do or die…
