Chapter 262 – The Battle Begins (1/2)

Fatty’s instinct told him that this townlet must be kept safe, or else his quest for Sky City would become much more troublesome.

The Recall Scroll returned the user to the nearest city, while respawning after death would be at a location set in advance by the players. Currently, both were useless for Fatty. While this small town was small, it had everything and was a forcible respawn point no less. This meant that any player who died in its vicinity would respawn in the town no matter what their set location was.

Watching Luo Kun leading people to restrain the Mutated Fire Kite so his soldiers could leave for the Imperial Capital, Fatty quickly brainstormed for an alternative.

Otherwise, it would take too long for their report to reach the Imperial Capital. Even if all of the NPCs could come out alive, the townlet might still have been destroyed by the bird.

By then, it’d be multiple times harder to rebuild the townlet.

As Fatty pondered, Luo Kun already had people lower the protection barrier and killed his way out. He fought the firebird alone while troop after troop charged out.

It looked bustling from above the wall. Tens of thousands of soldiers properly lined up, all kinds of skills soaring across the sky. The scene was incredible.

The likes of such a Mutated Fire Kite was no less intelligent than a human. Seeing the NPCs mount a large-scale attack, it wasn’t intimidated or excited at all. The bird only let out a loud screech and urged its underlings to surround the soldiers while it fought Luo Kun by itself.

Blade lights abruptly shot up from the ground and illuminated the entire region. Every attack from Luo Kun could shave off a huge patch of the bird’s feathers, but the beast seemed like it couldn’t care less. It only kept spitting fire and tangled with Luo Kun.

Puff! Several high-rank Yao bosses came hand in hand. One frog-lookalike with a tumor on its head opened its mouth, and a clump of venom was sprayed on the soldiers. Even with a priest healing instantly, over a dozen soldiers died.

Whoosh! An arrow streaked out like lightning, aiming right at the frog’s head. However, the frog’s tongue rolled out and swatted it to the ground.

The sounds of battle cries shook the sky. Several officers led their own team out to massacre. While they killed a great deal of monsters, they were still unable to break out. It was as if the enemy party had an endless supply of monsters. No matter how many were killed, there would be as many of the exact same types to block the soldiers.

RUMBLE!

All of a sudden, the entire town wall shook. At a spot, the earth ruptured with several deep cracks.

“Not good!” Luo Kun’s face sharply changed. He was about to order a retreat when the firebird let out a long shriek and quickened its attacks, stopping him from going anywhere.

From underground, a monster several dozen meters long crawled out from the cracks. Its appearance was that of an earthworm, completely made of circular muscles. Its huge body wiggle a little, however, the monster quickly crawled back into the cracks right after.

Boom! A series of collapsing sounds resounded. The worm had actually nudged the wall up.

Appraisal.

Fatty tossed out the skill and got the monster’s details–

Underground Worm

High-rank Yao Boss

Attack: 100

Defense: 280

HP: 33000

Notes: An inhabitant of the underground. Timid as a mouse with a low attack, but it’s the bane of city walls. When attacking a wall, its attacks multiply fivefold.

A monster born for sieges! Fatty’s eyes lit up. If a person had an Underground Worm coupled with the Plenilune Ballista, they’d be golden when attacking a base.

“Hah! Don’t run! Let Lord Fatty see your face!” Fatty operated the Zephyr Wings and jumped off the wall.

Rumble! The Underground Worm lived up to its reputation of being as timid as a mouse. Seeing Fatty charging at it, the monster's first reaction wasn’t to fight, but to turn around and flee.

“Wheat, pounce! That fellow comes from the same place as you.” Fatty summoned Wheat.

After a brief glance, Wheat shrieked and… moved back. F*cking hell! What makes you think Lord Wheat can fight such a big thing?

“Damn it! Just pounce! Can’t you see it’s as timid as a mouse?” Fatty kicked Wheat. The latter involuntarily rushed forth.

Bam!

A Howling Bullet struck the worm. The monster suddenly shivered and fled even faster.

“Squeak squeak!” Wheat’s despondent heart suddenly became courageous. The rodent scurried on all four to give chase and attack at the same time.

Since the Underground Worm was huge, the tunnel below the cracks it made was very wide. Fatty followed the boss inside and found that he could walk freely in there.

Bam! Bam! Each strike from Wheat could deal up to several hundreds of damage. However, the opponent boasted a high defense and high HP, plus the ability to regen quickly. If this went on, Wheat would die of exhaustion before it could kill the worm.

“For a high-rank Yao boss, it’s worth it.”

Fatty took out the Plenilune Ballista. The object landed with a boom.

Upfront, the Underground Worm seemed to sense the danger as a yellow light flashed. Along with a series of “kah…kah…” sounds, the boss’s body was covered with a yellow armor.

“Roaaaah!”

The Plenilune Ballista roared. A bolt shot out and viciously impaled the Underground Worm. A huge number indicator rose up.

–5500

“Awesome, five more bolts will do it.” Fatty felt reassured in his heart. He quickly adjusted the ballista and loaded the second bolt.