331 Battle at Darkmoon City (2/2)
The Bone King in the back of the Bone Army carefully eyed Chief Valencia with its chilly gaze. The red light in its empty eye socket sparkled with increasing intensity as it watched the lone human quickly mowing down its soldiers.
”Hmph! Arrogant human! Let me be your opponent!”
A terrible aura of death exploded from its body as it shot forward with alarming speed. In an instance, it closed the distance between then and swept out with its awfully large bone weapon!
”Hahaha! Just what I was hoping for!”
Chief Valencia met the Bone King's attack head-on.
Clanggg!
A powerful shockwave was generated from their clash and swept away the surrounding Bone Soldiers and Bone Knights, and cleared a large space of empty land for them to fight.
”Stay back! This human is mine!”
The Bone King issued its order, and the Bone Army no longer focused on Chief Valencia. They resumed their attack on the other humans before them.
While the Darkmoon Tribe was busy fighting, similar situations were playing out at other human tribes.
Apart from the Darkmoon Tribe, twelve other human tribes had also settled their homes on the Infertile Plains. But of these dozen human tribes, there were only two other tribes that lived neighboring the Black Swamp.
They were the Blackwind Tribe and Crimsonfog Tribe.
These two tribes were also of similar strength to the Darkmoon Tribe and had a population of 20 thousand warriors.
However, at this moment, the Blackwind Tribe was struggling to fend off the Bone Army that headed their way. They were under siege by a 2.1 million strong Bone Army.
Among this 2.1 million Bone Army, there were 1.8 million Bone Soldiers, 300 thousand Bone Knights, and 21 Bone Kings.
Blackwind Tribe failed to take the initiative of the war and were forced on the defensive side. Unlike the battle at Darkmoon City, the Bone Kings had been very proactive in their fight against the Blackwind Tribe.
They were able to hold on tenaciously under the leadership of their tribal chief, Blackarrow, but the situation was not looking good.
If they cannot break the status quo, they will eventually be worn out by the Bone Army's relentless attack.
”Dammit, why are there many Bone Kings?! This Bone Calamity is much stronger than the last one!” A Great Warrior for the Blackwind Tribe spoke with complaint as he busily hacks down numerous Bone Soldiers that tried to climb the city wall.
”The Bone Calamities had always been getting stronger each time it struck us, but it was never strong to this extent! I fear that our Blackwind Tribe had taken the brunt of the Bone Calamity's attack!”
”Fuck, fuck, fuck! And you wonder why that is the case, huh?! Our Blackwind City is too goddamn close to the Black Swamp! I have suggested relocation many times, but you guys always shoot me down! Ya bastards are all too greedy for treasures! Now, look where it landed us!”
”Do you think relocation is easy?! Everything had been fine until the Bone Calamity happened! They better not let me find out which bastard triggered it! I'll fricking skin him alive and torture him for 100 days before I quench my burning fury!”
…
Somewhere on the Infertile Plains, not too far away from the Weeping Forest…
”Achoo!”
”Are you alright, Leon? That's like the 7th time you sneezed already.” Lumi asked with amusement rather than concern.
”After what I did, I wouldn't be surprised if some people are cursing me right now.” Leon shrugged after rubbing his itchy nose.
”Achoo!”
He sneezed again.
In fact, it was not just some people cursing him. It was a lot of people cursing him! So much that he could drown in them!
”People's curses can cause you to sneeze?” Lumi asked with a dubious expression. Wasn't that just a superstition?
”Actually… I am allergic.”
”What are you allergic to?”
”Curses. Curses directed at me.”
”…”
”Ahem, jokes aside, I might really be allergic to something,” Leon said as he recalled the strange flower, he picked up not long ago.
Anything that can grow on this seemingly barren and uncultivatable land had to be something extraordinary.