1560 Fortress Cairo (2/2)
The enemy undead kept coming. Even if the Mages stacked their Summoned creatures like walls of flesh, it was only a matter of time before they collapsed to the ground. Loud, colorful spells poured down like raindrops, but the undead still managed to climb to their feet, swaying with broken limbs.
The army of snake and scorpion demons was the real problem for Cairo's army. They were positioned on both sides of the enormous lake of blood. They kept ambushing and harassing the troops, resulting in great losses to the Egyptian soldiers.
Mo Fan landed on a building, just as an enormous scorpion demon rammed into the first four levels of the building. The floors below collapsed instantly.
There were a few Hunters and members of the Magic Association on the building. A Huntress in her thirties was giving orders to them. Mo Fan did not understand her since she was talking in Egyptian.
”Which troop are you from? Why aren't you running away still? Do you want to die!?” the Huntress scolded angrily when she saw Mo Fan running around.
Mo Fan landed on the ground and dodged the building that was now collapsing on him. Unfortunately, the black scorpion had its eyes on him. It spread its legs and produced the sound of a crop reaper!
The Huntress noticed that Mo Fan was not an Egyptian, and quickly yelled at him in English, ”Find somewhere to hide, you idiot!”
Mo Fan remained motionless. The building broke into pieces less than six meters from him. The huge black scorpion was extremely close to him, too. The Hunters nearby all let out a sigh, as they all assumed he was dead for sure.
A faint silver light flashed. Mo Fan's eyes sharpened as the debris falling from the building was eerily encapsulated by the silver light. It all came to a stop in the air, not even the dust particles were falling.
”Go!”
The debris that was supposed to fall on him flew at the huge black scorpion at an even greater speed!
The black scorpion had thick skin and sturdy flesh. The Hunters had not inflicted any injuries on it after casting a few Intermediate Spells, but the debris that Mo Fan had sped up smashed the black scorpion flat. Its pulped meat and blood oozed out of its carapace and scattered across the ground.
”A...A Space Mage!” The Huntress and her allies were dumbfounded.
They had failed to kill the black scorpion despite putting in so much effort, yet the young man had killed it in an instant, so easily!
”Can I ask who's commanding this battle?” Mo Fan put on a friendly smile, looking at the blank-faced Mages.
The Lightning Element was already a very impressive Element among ordinary Mages, so these Mages were utterly shocked when they saw anyone with the Space Element.
Mo Fan, on the other hand, was constantly surrounded by geniuses, elites, talented Mages, and even the people he came across in other countries were all from the upper class. Therefore, Elements like Space, Lightning, and Summoning were not that special to them.
”It's General Ethan!” the Huntress replied after a brief pause.
”Can you tell me about him while you are treating your injuries?” Mo Fan asked.
”That won't be a problem, I'm Jenny,” The Huntress was a lot friendlier than before. Her eyes purposely looked him up and down.
Jenny was a Hunter. Her squad consisted of seven people, each with some injuries. The poison was spreading, too. It was going to be a tough fight between them and the black scorpion, but Mo Fan had shown up in time to rescue them from the pinch.
The truth was, in addition to the soldiers fighting at the front line, the members of most factions would form squads when the city was at war. Mo Fan did not have to disguise himself. He would not gather too much attention, despite his nationality, as long as he did not enter the areas forbidden by the military.
There were countless squads similar to the one led by Jenny in Fortress Cairo. Some were recruited by the army, others were voluntary.
”The commander-in-chief of the battle is General Ethan, one of five Generals in Cairo. He's from the renowned Maekar Clan. He has been serving in the military since he graduated from the military academy. Even though he's from a renowned clan, he's been slowly climbing through the ranks, starting from being appointed to the secondary towns at the head of the Nile, to his current position. I remember that he was the General of my city when I was studying in Lita. The demon creatures kept invading the plantations around the safe zone and endangering the city. It was General Ethan who defeated the demon creatures and took back our important land...” Jenny obviously admired General Ethan. He was a military prodigy, and national hero to her!