Gerhart and Cethus observed the ongoing battles in the distance and were quite surprised by how Lux, his Summons, and the Town's Guards were keeping the Monsters at bay.
Unlike the Half-Elf who was too focused on his battles, the two had sensed the presence of other creatures in the surroundings.
Asmodeus had sensed them as well, but he didn't tell Lux about his discovery right away because his Master was fighting against a dangerous opponent.
Although the Field Boss was unable to effectively mount a counterattack, all of that would change once the Half-Elf concerned himself with the Monsters that were gathering near the evacuees.
"Eiko, summon Boomer and your Slimes," Asmodeus said. "We got company."
The Baby Slime nodded and summoned her subordinates in order to protect the people that they were escorting. Eiko would do everything in her power that was important to her and her Papa.
Even though the scouts of the Ants, Giant Hornets, Mosquitoes, and other Insect-Type Beasts were simply observing from afar, that didn't mean that they were idle. Everything that was happening was reported to their comrades who were back in their respective colonies.
Because of this, Asmodeus, Gerhart, Cethus, Marco, and Pietro prepared themselves for the worst-case scenario. They knew that things could go wrong at any given moment, but the only option left for them was to face these challenges with everything they had.
The residents who were also capable of fighting were holding their weapons in their hands and were also preparing to engage any enemies that would dare to attack them.
Randolph and Grandma Annie also took out their weapons in preparation for the inevitable.
Behind the two little Dwarves, a black coffin hovered above their heads. Lux had set it to automatically summon Sid and Scarlet if the Dwarves' lives were being threatened as a safety precaution.
As if waiting for that cue, a loud buzzing sound came from the North, which momentarily made Lux look away.
The Field Boss didn't miss this opportunity and executed a well-aimed Earth Spike, which sent the Half-Elf spiraling toward the ground after getting a direct hit.
The Half-Elf clutched his chest with his right hand, enduring the pain as his vision locked on a dark swarm in the distance, which was all too familiar to him.
"Asmodeus!" Lux roared as Asmodeus summoned Ithaqua, who immediately conjured a blizzard, coating the surroundings in snow and ice.
Countless mosquitoes blotted the sky with their numbers, making the Half-Elf's skin crawl.
Regardless of Rank, all Mosquito Type Monsters had a passive ability to inflict poison, weakness, and paralysis on the people that they had bitten.
However, if one were to come across a mosquito swarm, suffering status conditions was the least of their problems. It was highly possible that it would only take a few seconds for them to become a dried husk when the Mosquitoes were done sucking up all of their blood.
Countless Obsidian Spite Mosquitoes (Rank 1), Iron-Scaled Torment Mosquitoes (Rank 2), Ruthless Venom Mosquitoes (Rank 3), and Horned Harlequin Mosquitoes (Rank 4) covered the sky like a thick blanket, casting a shadow upon them.
The scariest part about this formation was that three Diabolical Doom Mosquitos (Rank 5 Field Monster) were commanding this deadly army.
Even after Ithaqua summoned a blizzard to cover everyone and to decrease the enemies' field of vision, the Mosquitoes simply hovered outside the blizzard, looking for any gaps that they could break through.
Although they liked to suck blood, Mosquitoes were cold-blooded creatures that didn't like the cold because it made them lethargic. Their body functions slow down and, if they were to be exposed to extreme cold, they could die in a matter of minutes.
Lux, who saw this, managed to breathe a sigh of relief. However, his expression immediately changed when he saw the three Diabolical Doom Mosquito's eyes turned bright red, making the Half-Elf feel as if something bad was going to happen.
Suddenly, the three Rank 5 Field Boss Monsters, unleashed a barrage of crimson crescent blades, piercing through the cloak of snow and ice, and fly toward Ithaqua's location.
"Not on my watch!" Cethus shouted and immediately unleashed a Dragon Breath, which collided with the Crescent Blades that threatened their Trump Card's life.
The Dragon Breath managed to disperse a few of the Crescent Blades, but not all of them.
"""Breath!"""
Eiko and her clones shouted, and unleashed three Dragon Breaths blocking the Field Boss Monster's attack. However, the four Dragon Breath's attacks combined, managed to temporarily disperse a portion of the blizzard, giving the Mosquito Swarm a path to worm their way in.
"Sh*t!" Cethus cursed loudly as he prepared to unleash another Dragon's Breath. However, firing consecutive Dragon Breaths wasn't an easy matter. At most, he would still need a full minute to recover before he could unleash another wave of attacks.
Just as the Dragon Born was thinking of ways to stop the Mosquito Swarm that had taken a gamble to take down the Creature of Cold White Silence, Ithaqua, a bombardment of Magical Spells and Elemental Imbued Arrows flew towards the incoming Mosquitoes, decimating them at a rapid pace.
The majority of the mosquitoes were Rank 1 and Rank 2 Monsters, so they easily died under the cover fire of the Skeleton Arcane Hunters and the Skeleton Mages which numbered in the hundreds.
All of Lux's and Asmodeus' Skeleton Summons, as well as Rock Golems, were all Rank 4 Monsters, making them superior to the lower-ranking mosquitoes.
However, there was one thing that the mosquitoes had that the Skeleton Army didn't—that was their numbers.
They were simply too many of them!
The Mosquito swarm numbered in the millions, which made things difficult for the defenders.
One of the Diabolical Doom Mosquitoes had also entered the gap in the blizzard and flew straight towards Ithaqua, using his comrades as shields to block all the incoming attacks in front of it.
Left with no other choice, Cethus gritted his teeth as he flew into the air in order to intercept the Rank 5 Field Boss Monster.
"I will support you," Asmodeus stated as he conjured spinning blades that flew around Cethus' body, annihilating all the lower-ranked Mosquitoes who tried to attack him.
With one mighty roar, the Dragon Born opened his mouth and unleashed an acid spray, aiming at the Field Monster's eyes in an attempt to blind it. However, his opponent had very high agility and dexterity, allowing it to dodge Cethus' attack with relative ease.
Before the Dragon Born could even follow up with his attack, the Diabolical Doom Mosquito made a U-Turn and attempted to pierce the Dragon Born's back with its needle-like mouth, aiming for its heart.
However, before it could succeed in its attempt, a crystallized monkey fist smashed the side of its face.
A second later, a loud explosion followed as the Diabolical Doom Mosquito's attack narrowly missed Cethus' body due to Boomer's Dynamite Punch.
"I owe you one, Monkey!" Cethus shouted as he kicked the air, using it as a stepping stone to unleash a dropkick on the Giant Mosquito's head.
His attack connected, but it didn't deal as much damage as he intended. The difference in Ranks allowed the Diabolical Doom Mosquito to survive one of Cethus' full-powered strikes with ease.
As the battle between the Mosquitoes and Lux's allies intensified, another round of collective buzzing sounded, and this time, it came from the West.
Dozens of Red Giant Hornets flew in a formation and were about to join the fray. They only came to the battlefield for one reason and one reason only and that was to capture as many Humans as possible.
Their Queen had tasked them to collect as much food as they could so that she could birth more Red Giant Hornets to further increase their numbers.
Gerhart, who was at the rear of the formation, clicked his tongue as he unsheathed the dagger on his waist.
The Giant Hornets had decided to try their luck at the rear of the procession of evacuees, hoping that they would get less resistance if they did that.
"Here goes nothing…," Gerhart muttered as he summoned a tornado to rotate around his body. The Snow and Ice fused with his attack, creating a tornado of extreme cold and sharpness that could easily shred any Monster that was unlucky enough to get trapped within one of his strongest special attacks.
