973 Unleashing Their Cards (3)
"But aren't you underestimating me too much?" Noel suddenly smiled as the walls connected to the tip once again opened, showing another room filled with Noel's new weapons.
The demons widened their eyes when they saw something coming out.
They were the ballistas. Instead, they looked like a barrel that contained multiple arrows.
"First arrow!"
Once they heard the signal, they launched their first arrow. Even though it was called an arrow, it was actually a demon crystal wrapped in a demon's hide. Once they were unleashed, the runes were activated.
A circle of light appeared for a split second before it turned into numerous light beams.
"!!!" The demons widened their eyes in shock. They tried to protect themselves, but there were a total of a thousand beams coming out of ten runes.
Yes, these were the Rain of Light Runes. Noel actually compressed it into a single ball-shaped object and sealed its power within the barrel. When it was activated, the spiritual energy from the demon crystal could power up the rune, activating it.
Although each individual beam wasn't that powerful despite coming from an Intermediate Level Rune, there were a thousand of them.
The demons were completely overwhelmed by the number of beams. Some of the stronger ones covered their bodies with spiritual energy, but it was futile. Even though they managed to block a few of them with their spiritual energy, they ended up getting overwhelmed as the beams pierced through their bodies.
Blood flowed out of these numerous holes and caused them to die.
Originally, Noel wanted to aim at the main army, but as expected of Qiel, it would be hard to completely outsmart her. She ended up causing him to reveal one of his cards earlier than he originally expected.
Still, it didn't change the fact that they managed to beat him on that one.
Now that the demons from the two sides had been taken care of, the Water Lord and Duke Briton hurriedly made their moves.
A water sprout rose from the ditch, shooting up the giant demon's body that was plugging the ditch. The same occurred on the other side, but instead of a water sprout, it was a giant shark that bit the body before throwing it away.
The Water Lord and Duke Briton couldn't help but frown. It seemed that they had to be extra careful, knowing that the demons might interrupt Noel's battle against those fifty thousand demons.
"…" Qiel frowned. Despite using such a trick, he still couldn't pressure Noel. "It seems that I can't really hold back anymore."
Laufey smiled. "So, it's our turn now?"
"Not yet." Qiel waved her hand. "Move out!"
As per her instruction, two Superior Demons and five thousand demons advanced toward the cities. The other demons also began to close in, ready to move out the moment Noel showed any sign of weakness.
"We're not done yet. Kill them all!" Noel ordered the squad equipped with the Rain of Light Runes to unleash their power.
Another volley of arrows flew toward the demons. They should be able to kill a lot of demons with this, but the Superior Demons came forward. These two Superior Demons unleashed their spiritual energy and formed a shield.
The numerous light beams were completely blocked by this translucent barrier. However, due to the intensity of the runes, some light beams ended up creating some holes in the barrier.
The Superior Demon simply had stretched the shield so thin that they couldn't protect everything. In the end, some of the lights hit the demons.
"Again!"
Noel hadn't given up yet. The third volley was released. This time, it was impossible for the Superior Demon to contain these light beams by themselves.
However, there was no way the Superior Demons would take the beating just like that. The right Superior Demon was a boar. Although its body wasn't colossal, its height still reached four meters.
While maintaining the shield, the Superior Demon prepared for a charge.
*Roo!* The boar angrily shouted while charging toward the city.
"Kh!" Faust couldn't stop anymore as he shot out his arrow.
However, his arrow was actually intercepted by another arrow and exploded before it could reach the boar.
"Qiel!" Faust gritted his teeth. It was his turn to be blocked by her.
"Go forth and destroy the wall." Qiel smirked, believing that the boar would be able to at least crack their defense.
The ballistas tried to hit the boar to take it down, but even though some arrows managed to pierce through the boar's body, it didn't show any sign of stopping.
"Brace for impact!" Dimitri roared.
Noel simply closed his eyes as though he didn't have any choice but to let the boar hit them.
*Bam!*
The impact was so loud that it felt like thunder reverberated in their ears. The wall and even the ground trembled, but to everyone's surprise, the wall was not damaged at all. In fact, the boar took a few steps back as though it were about to pass out.
"What?!" Qiel widened her eyes in shock. She didn't know that Noel had placed five runes on the wall.
The first rune that stopped the charge was obviously the Harden Rune, preventing it from destroying the wall. And the second rune that contributed to the defense was none other than the Reduce Impact Rune.
That was right. Noel had foreseen that Qiel would definitely take advantage of the demons to destroy his wall. Hence, he prepared this Reduce Impact Rune to absorb most of the impact. Even a giant demon that could wield an axe wouldn't be able to destroy the wall.
Noel smiled. "Fret not! No matter how scary the demons are, this wall won't be destroyed. That's why you shouldn't turn your gaze away and keep killing the enemies!"
"Ooohhhh!" The people shouted with high morale.
Normally, they would have to go out to stop the Superior Demons, but Noel allowed them to remain here and still get the high ground.
Now that the boar was too occupied with regaining its composure, Noel hurriedly rained the demons under the protection of the boars with the light beams.
*Roar!*
*Roar!*
*Roar!*
The demons were killing one after another, unable to protect themselves. Some of the Peak Level Demons helped with the protection, but even the Superior Demons couldn't last long until holes appeared on their barrier, so how could they withstand these numerous light beams?
Noel looked solemn as though he had predicted the outcome. However, when he saw Qiel's expression, he realized that something was off. The boar had attacked them, but the other Superior Demon hadn't done anything.
All of a sudden, numerous tree roots emerged from the ground and shot into the air, creating a bridge toward the top of the walls.
"What?" Dimitri gasped. He didn't think of this.
Qiel actually used the Plant Type Demon to create a bridge that directly opened the path to the top of the wall. Without hesitation, the demons ran on top of the roots.
Dimitri jumped into the air, thinking that this was the time for him to join the battle. He gathered his strength into his sword, ready to unleash the full might of his slash to cut down all the roots.
But when he was about to pull out his sword, he spun his body and struck the incoming presence instead.
*Cling!*
Two powerful energies clashed with each other, painting the sky black and blue.
"I hope that you haven't forgotten about me." Laufey stopped Dimitri's blade with his own.
"The former lord had graciously saved you, but you dared to betray him. I shall kill you today!" Dimitri waved his swords a few times until they began to fall down.
"You won't be able to kill me." Laufey harrumphed as he continued parrying Dimitri's attack. However, Dimitri's objective still didn't change.
While clashing with Laufey, he kept sending the residuals of his spiritual energy to the side, either cutting the demons or the roots.
"You…" Laufey gritted his teeth, annoyed by the fact that Dimitri still had leeway when fighting him.
Seeing that Laufey had stopped Dimitri, Anna chose to leap into the air, shattering all these roots. However, more and more roots began to appear from the ground.
That was right. The opponent this time wasn't limited to only one tree. There was another demon tree hiding in their ranks.
Anna couldn't help but glance at the enemy camp, wondering which trees were the Superior Demons.
"Tsk." Anna clicked her tongue and released her lightning bolt to strike one of the tree roots. Upon impact, the electricity was dispersed into the surrounding area and shattered the other roots. However, these roots protected the other tree's roots completely.
After testing each other's strength, the first demon tree finally made its appearance. It was moving like an octopus. Its roots kept coming in and out of the ground as the branches expanded both upward and downward. The trees were actually picking demons as they came forward.
When it reached a certain distance, the trees extended the branches forward, using their height advantage to create a straight path toward the top of the wall.
Anna wasn't afraid of this tree. She was ready to strike it down the moment all the branches came forward.
But among these demons were the two new Devil Saints.
They suddenly jumped from behind the demons to sneak an attack on Anna.
Anna parried one of them, but the other Devil Saint actually struck a small gem.
"What?!" He was surprised because his sword, which had been filled with his spiritual energy, could only make a small dent in this small gem.
*Boom!*
The gem exploded, blowing him away.
"You should go back and drink some milk, young man," the Gem Lord said while floating in the air. No, more precisely, he was standing on top of a gem that was floating in the air.
But because both Anna and the Gem Lord were occupied by two Devil Saints, they couldn't stop the branches from reaching the walls.
The people directed the Spiritual Barrier Rune to block these branches, but the enemies began to rain them down with numerous long range attacks.
The battlefield instantly turned chaotic the moment the Superior Demons began to attack. Even the bear and the other Superior Demon that approached the wall earlier were ready to unleash their second attack.
In other words, three Superior Demons' attacks were about to reach their wall.
"They are coming!" The soldiers shouted, preparing themselves.
The boar charged forward, ready to ram the wall until it broke.
However, Howard suddenly raised his giant shield and sword. "Don't be afraid, soldiers of the Ardagan Family!"
His roars resounded across the wall as a giant avatar emerged from his body. It was only the upper body, but it was as big as the boar.
It suddenly flew forward with its shield on the front, charging at the boar.
*Bam!*
They crashed into each other. The boar couldn't destroy the shield, but the avatar also barely blocked this charge and stopped the boar's momentum.
On the other side of the wall, the Superior Demon was a red-
colored ape. It ran toward the wall, ready to punch the wall.
A figure suddenly jumped off the wall and landed on the ape's long arm before cutting it. The cut didn't look powerful like other grandmasters, but the ape surprisingly lost the feeling of its arm. The arm fell to the ground as the figure leaped back to the top of the wall.
He was none other than Andreas, the grandson of Old Ru.
"It seems that the true battle is about to begin with all these Superior Demons…" Andreas muttered while looking at the middle. The giant branches were about to latch onto the wall.
However, a few small feathers flew toward these branches and exploded, engulfing the branches with a black flame. The flame was so powerful that it reduced the branches into ashes faster than the tree could regenerate them.
"Such nice firewood." Noel snorted as if implying that they would need to do more if they wanted to reach the wall.
Qiel looked at Noel with a smile. Now that Noel had made his move, it meant that he had used all his cards.
"It seems that you've severely underestimated me, Noel Ardagan. Do you think all these Superior Demons are trying to attack the city wall? No. They are just to make sure that you've used all your grandmasters. And now, you won't have anyone to protect your city!" Qiel raised her hands. "Raise from the ground, my demons!"
Qiel made a big grin as she was expecting the demons to appear inside the city. In fact, everything had just been a distraction as she was buying time for the demons to dig underneath the city. Even the giant tree was there to spread its branches and leaves to block Noel's vision.
And finally, it was time to unleash their power. The underground demons should have arrived at the city and been ready to destroy it and stir a huge ruckus inside the city.
But even after commanding the demons… nothing happened.
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