Chapter 19: The Rampage (1) (1/2)

Fire!

The chief yelled as soon as the monsters came into range. The sentries on the tower immediately fired the ballistas stationed in the two towers at the front. The ballistas looked like giant crossbows made out of pure black metal like substances.

These were made of beast cores, and had special properties, the large black arrows loaded on them were made of the same substance. The ballistas could also fire regular arrows and would add special effects to the arrow. They had decided to use up all the beast arrows first to try and deal a massive blow to the horde.

With a white hue the massive arrows were fired, the ballistas could fire more than five arrows per second. It only took two of them to light the sky up in a rain of arrows. The speed wasn't lacking either, the arrows could cover the distance of over 300 meters within seconds.

Boom. Boom Boom...

A fury of explosions reverberated over the battlefield, the ballistas had fired straight at the lesser Basilisks over 300 meters away. Seeing the force of impact and the explosions, everyone in the battlefield had a sigh of relief, well, all except Albert.

The dust and dirt produced by the massive impact of the arrows hadn't even fully settle down when a massive wave of energy wiped out the explosion. Everyone was speechless, this was the first time they had ever seen a lesser Basilisk and they were now begining to understand why they were so terrifying.

None of the exploding arrows had even made a scratch on them. It was obvious their level when compared to the strength of the Tier 3 exploding arrows was vastly different. ”Next round!” The chief yelled one more time as the Basilisks crossed the 250 meter mark.

The sentries loaded a new round of arrows, they had already exhausted all their exploding arrows and were now loading on another set of beast arrow with a different effect. ”Fire!” The chief yelled again, his voice ignoring the distance of the battlefield.

Fsh.... The arrows tore through the air with greater precision. Still, the Basilisks were high tiered monsters and had some intelligence, they could sense the sudden danger of the new attack, even in a frenzy, they still had survival instincts.

The horde immediately scattered, still headed in the same direction, there were now more space in between them and they had more room to dodge the attack. Although they all reacted in time, the ballistas attack speed got faster the closer an enemy was. Still, most of the lesser Basilisks were able to avoid the arrows, the few that didn't tried to parry the attack with their claws, but unfortunately for them the arrows were too fast and had a penetrating enhancement effect on them.

By the time the sentries ran out of penetrating arrows, more than twenty lesser Basilisk had died on the spot, the others ignored the dead and proceeded towards the town without slowing down. ”Next round!” The chief shouted and this time the casters in the towers sprung to action.

They loaded ordinary arrows on the ballistas and provided various enhancement, from, penetrating arrows, magic arrows, lightning arrows and even some explosive arrows. Most of them didn't have any spells that would be effective from over 200 meters so this was the best form of attack right now, their only aim was to reduce the enemies numbers as much as possible, before they made it to the melee fighters.

”Fire!” The chief yelled again and the sky was lit up with a rainbow of colours. The rain of arrows descended on the Basilisks and most of them did their best to avoid it, the attack had a variety of effects and thanks to the explosive arrows, more of the lesser Basilisks had received the attack this time.

Although with the variety of enhancement used, the actual number of lesser Basilisks killed was less than last time. More than 200 Basilisks had made it passed the 150 meter line and were now too close for the ballistas. to be used. The chief raised an arm and the ranged fighters and casters launched their attacks.

Although they had better aim than the ballistas, they were far more weaker, their attacks barely gave any damage to the steel like scales of the lesser Basilisks. This fact reminded everyone again, how much more stronger the lesser Basilisks were to the usual Tier 3 monsters that attacked the town regularly.

Without hesitation the chief jumped into the fray and sent about ten lesser Basilisks flying back, his huge weapon was wrapped in an orange glow and his body seemed to have gotten larger, he ran through the monsters sending at least one flying with each swing, the raw strength he displayed was jaw dropping.

After seeing their spells do little damage to the monster, the fighters were all losing confidence in themselves and were shaking in fear, but seeing the chief single-handedly shatter the momentum of the horde, confidence began to bloom within them.

Still the Basilisks scales were hard and sturdy making it difficult to kill them with one swing, the ones sent flying tumbled around a bit and got up, then they charged at the chief in anger. The lesser Basilisks roared, dark green flames shot out of their mouths at him, the chief lightly swung his blade and the attack was deflected hitting some of the other Basilisks in the side. The chief was actually holding his own against hundreds of lesser Basilisks.

Still, with what the ballistas had done to them, the lesser Basilisks were scattered around the battlefield and he wasn't able to draw the attention of every single one of them. Clicking his tongue he stabbed his sword into the ground and activated a skill.

°Fortress°