Chapter 21 - Enhancing The Raid (2/2)
Elon took out a palm-size black bead with red crescent from his pocket space. ”A Retaining Night Moon, it could nourish Senior's body considering that Senior has a strong affinity with darkness and the night.”
”How did you know?”
In a blink, the claymore was placed near the man's blood vessel on his neck. A drop of sweat was eaten by the ground. As he thinks twice to ensure the word he throws to be convincing, he continued his speech, ”I have an innate ability to appraise the energy affinity of someone. Please, Senior! help me find my friends!”
”I see, your worry for your companions is genuine. I'll help you search for them.”
”I will pay your kindness ten-fold in the future.”
'You're a fine man, such a shame that I must kill you.'
As the frontline erupted near the Citadel walls, claws and fangs clashed with swords and steel. They threw a volley of range attacks at each other when the chances were there, the spellcaster summoned a meteor and divine rain of sword while one of the Calamities sent thousands of heat-seeking dark orbs.
There were numerous dragon-type and titan-bat types ravaging the sky with ten Usurpers trying to dispose each of them off from the walls. A wrong move would result in an instant death, some warriors were lucky enough to crack their jaw into a life-saving pill while others were annihilated instantly.
And that was only the tip of the iceberg of what was looming in this raid.
The Guardians from the Vagant Association were dealing with the high rank Calamities while the followers of Pallas gave their enhancement buffs to the frontline.
With their pace the Usurpers would fend the raid with atleast quarter of the Citadel's losses. Hope was in sight! The valiant army of kindling fire within the storm was brave enough to withstand the gale.
Then their pace was disrupted when the Calamities that were supposed to have no range attack capabilities, started to blast an organic kinetic projectile, travelling at the speed of sound.
”W-what is happening!?”
”Amplify the barrier! An unknown force has interrupted!”
It wasn't an unknown force at all.
”What are these Calamities!? Since when did Ravagers have a cannon on their limbs!?”
”A new variant! Sent the news to the rear that there was a new var—”
Before the Usurpers could finish their speech, a gaping hole was replacing his face. Nobody saw it coming.
”Tch! Everyone! Fortify the barrier!”
”Even the Koltis and Yelper! All of them can do range attacks!”
”Enhance your physical protection! Those are not an elemental attack made by mana!”
”HELP! UGHWAAAAA!! MY STOMACH!! UWAAAAA!!—”
More and more types of Calamities began to take the trait of this organic sniper variant. The bipedal monstrosity with razor claws and fire breath began to attack from afar, not only that but some of the incoming titan-bat types also have the cancer blaster on their head.
”Immense Growth XXL and my version of Organic Cannon.” The devil laughed. ”Injecting the combination into a Calamity cost me nothing, and with the immense growth gene schematic as the sub gene for the organic cannon, they will be forced to use their own energy to mutate at extreme pace, becoming a brand new variant... Fufufufu, MUAHAHAHA!
”Ahhh~ such a thrill when this fire ignited, watching the fuse divided never been so excited! Imagining them as they curl and unfurl, binding the light in a swirl! Clad in darkness! So fast and destructive!”
She then hurled a heavy sigh.
”It was as easy as flipping a switch to turn a whole factory inactive.”