29 Night Fall Part 2 (1/2)

The unknown beings have begun their advance.

Ana shockingly and dumbfoundedly gazed over them through her scope.

Their previous attack was so great that even shook the land. With all their forces as well as their artillery weapons, it is assured that the enemy should have been completely destroyed and annihilated. However, every single of the hostile entities was unharmed, not even a bit of damage.

Now, those unstoppable beings are coming towards the defenses.

Ana was shaking as she looked at them.

They were unharmed… but, if we attack now…

She lowered her head with fear crawling through her.

No… if they can't even be scratched… then what's the point in resisting.

She held her weapon tightly as she trembled in the thought of everything now is pointless, futile and hopeless.

Is this how it's going end?

She looked at the approaching beings again at the same time shakily breathing.

Can't we do anything? Can't I do anything?

What could even be the point in fighting when the enemy cannot be harmed. Everything is futile, Ana has witnessed it. Every resistance they give is going to be pointless, all for nothing.

How could beings like them exist?

Ana looked everything around her.

Her allies, as well as her friends, were also freezing because of fear with the thought of there is no hope.

I'm afraid…

She's not afraid of dying. But rather, she is afraid of not seeing her family again, afraid that her family won't be able to see her. Afraid of leaving her family behind.

Her eyes started to wet in that thought.

Then the invulnerable beings halted their slow advance.

Ana was puzzled in this. Why would they stop?

They stopped? What are they trying to do…? Could it be they want us to fight? Are they trying to force us to fight back?

Ana no longer has the will to fight, now knowing that fighting them would be all for nothing. They still have no chance against this undamageable beings no matter what.

How cruel could they be?

She weakly said in her mind.

Then she saw the one wearing a full plate black armor, he seems to be saying something. However, he is too far for Ana to hear.

After the armored man stopped talking, the soldiers on the outer defenses started to move a little.

Did he say something? They looked like they've realized something.

Ana was wondering what could have that armored man said to make the soldiers act that way.

Then a few moments later, a voice came out from her radio.

”Soldiers! Muster some courage, the courage to defend our home, the courage to bring peace to us once again. Do not let fear consume you! The enemies are in front of us, which means we can shoot them. Do not let them do what they want! Our peaceful lives will return when they are gone, so soldiers, fight until your last breath, do not lose hope! Fight for your friends and family!”

The was Jonas'.

As she processes the words, she has started to realize something.

He's right. No matter how strong the enemies are, this is still our home, my home and the home of my family. I must fight until the end. When they're gone, peace will return, and I can be with my siblings and mother again. I must not lose hope. As long as I can fire this weapon, there's a chance in winning.

Hope has started to ignite within her heart. Then at the same moment, shouts of resolve started to come out from the soldiers close by her.

”That's right! We won't let them win!”

”We'll defend our hometown!”

”We'll defeat those monsters before us!”

”We'll fight until our last breath! And peace will return to our home.”

Ana warmly smiled as she heard the words of her friends and allies.

She began to firmly hold her weapon once again and looked over the enemies.

The otherworldly beings have also begun to move closer to the defenses.

As the enemies are now closer, the order to fire was given.

”All units! Fire”

Numerous weapons have begun to fire.

Heavy weapons atop the wall as well as inside the wall are rapidly firing towards the targets they wanted to fire at. Countless magic particles and bullets came shooting towards the invulnerable beings, however as expected, the attacks were ineffective.

But, that did not stop the soldiers to fire. They will never give up, no matter strong the enemies are, they will keep shooting, despite knowing the fact that they cannot be harmed. However, they still have the hope that the enemies will go down.

But, some soldiers are praying they would just leave. They were praying and hoping for that, perhaps because of the fear for their lives, or perhaps because they don't want anymore fighting and don't want to lose anyone they know or close to.

The powerful beings have also begun their attack.

Swords impaled an armored vehicle, waves of fire came hitting the soldiers but were not burned, large explosions are popping up, beam of golden light obliterating everything in its path, cannons floating beside the woman wearing a military uniform, and monstrous beings made of bones sweeping the soldiers with its monstrous scythe-like arms.

It was a horrible sight, Ana could barely keep watching at the chaos before her.

However, she couldn't just stand around.

She turned her head to look at the magic cannons atop the wall.

They're not firing?

Then she returned her sight on the chaos below.

Of course, if they try to attack, my allies would get caught up in the blast. Then, I must support them from up here.

She shifted her aim towards the black armored man who is cutting down her allies with dual swords.

Tch! Many are dying, and it's gruesome to see people being cut by a sword. If I shoot him down, I may not be able to really damage him.

The person was wearing a full plate armor, so shooting him would give a small chance of breaking his defenses. If they only have a barrier or something which is protecting them, then Ana can have a high chance of breaching their defenses and damage them if she finds a target that is unprotected physically.

She thought of one that is so defenseless and in addition, small.

She shifted her sight towards a little girl with a pointy pair of ears who is causing a lot of explosions that are vaporizing a lot of soldiers.

Ana aimed for the head of the little child and placed her finger on the trigger, but she was hesitant. Hesitant in pulling the trigger and shooting the child.

W-wait… am I really going to shoot… I-I c-can't… she may be an enemy, but she's still a child, it's obvious on how she is acting… But— no, I can't do it…

Of course, she can't, that goes the same for some of her other allies. Shooting that little girl with pointy ears is like shooting a little human child. That said, Ana would feel guilty in doing violent acts on that little girl with the intent of killing. Thus, she decided to leave it to the others who can attack the little girl. After all, she cannot bear the guilt.

However, deep in her heart, it's not just because the girl is little, but also because she somewhat reminds her of her little sister.

Unable to shoot the innocent little girl who is annihilating her allies, she shifted her sight to another defenseless looking being.

She shifted her sight to a man wearing formal clothing. A man that acts nonchalantly and waving her arms around and with it flames which seem to make people suffer.

What are those flames? Why is it that the people being hit are not burned? What's going on?

All she could do is ask in this unknown and confusing occurrence. At the same moment, she watched at the people who were burned but were not quite burned.

Faces of extreme suffering and agony can be seen on the soldiers.

They look like they're in extreme pain. What are those flames? Argh, doesn't matter, I'm shooting him down.

There's no point in keeping asking questions. Her allies are dying and asking questions won't help one bit, so she decided to just shoot the guy, at least that would help.

Ana aimed for his upper body in hopes of damaging him.

She has already boosted her weapon's power three times, so all she needs to do is shoot, and she did. The bullet flew in untraceable speed towards the man wearing formal clothing, however, there was no effect, he wasn't even scratched.

Dammit! As I thought, but I won't give up.

She aimed at his head. The head only has a mask and a mask should not have any protection, so she hoped to breach his defenses. That said, she pulled the trigger.

Unfortunately, the same thing happened, and the man is acting like nothing happened like he didn't care at all, and this bugged Ana.

Why can't I breach this monster's defenses?!

With anger and a bit of irritation, she attacked once again, but once again it has no effects whatsoever.

Augh! Still nothing! This weapon has a great piercing attack and still has no effects.

Suddenly she heard a roar.

It was no normal roar, but rather this roar gave her the chills and gave her goosebumps just a little or probably more than little.

Being creeped out, she immediately turned her head to where the roar was coming from. As she saw it, her eyes widen as she witnessed a gruesome and sickening sight as well as giant monsters made up of bones. The golems were hacking and slashing soldiers with ease, Ana felt sick and horrified as she watches over the horrendous sight. In addition to that, there were also what could be called zombies devouring humans.

What, what the hell? How could these horrifying monsters exist?

As she witnesses more of it, she felt more horrified than before. The creatures were killing her comrades with no remorse like they don't even care, they're not even slowing down or even holding back.

At the same moment, she began to shakily breathe once again. The scene could not be described or be called a war or a battle – no, not just that scene, but the entire event itself can only be called an extermination.

Unable to bear with it, she began to change her weapon's pointing direction. She aimed at the person wearing a black robe.

Numerous comrades are being killed in a brutal and sickening way by those monsters as well as by those zombies. Apparently, the soldiers below can't damage those golems, that means that also applies to her, so the only way to stop those creatures is to kill its commander.

She aimed for the head. The man has no physical protection whatsoever but only a mask so she may have a chance to breach his unknown protection, and Ana held that hope tightly.

She fired and the bullet spat towards the man in considerable speed. Unfortunately, as it hit him, the same thing happened as the others – no damage whatsoever.

I'm not yet done!

Once again, she fired her weapon towards the commander of the monsters. However, there's it no effect

Still, she has not given up yet, she again fired, but still, no effect and the man didn't even pay any heed to her attacks, he didn't even give any attention to her attacks, to begin with.

As she was about to fire again, suddenly the commander spoke from her radio.

”All cannons! Aim at the man wearing black clothes right in the middle of the plains and take him out!”

Then Ana turned her head to look at the cannons as they move their aim, and she thought.

Take out the person who didn't join the battle? Ah, I see. If taking out the enemy forces is difficult, then one of the quickest or quite possibly be the easiest in this situation is to take out the enemy leader.

The man wearing black clothing is unguarded and is right in the middle of the plains which means he is easy to take out, so why not take this chance to eliminate the enemy leader. With all the artillery weapons pointed at a single target, there's a chance that the target's defenses will break.

The cannons have begun to warm and charge up, with the help of the experimental magic cannon, the chance of breaking his defenses will increase.

Then after a few seconds, all cannons fired.

BOOOOOSSSSHHH

Ana watched closely at the bright ray of lights as they travel in great speed towards their target. This could be it, this could be the spark of their victory or possibly their survival.

As the beams of light are getting closer the more Ana's heart was pounding.

How she prays as well as the other soldiers for those be enough to damage the enemy leader.

Then the beams of light hit. However, it didn't hit the target it was intended to do – or rather it didn't even reach the target.

Seeing it made Ana so surprised and confused.

H-How? Impossible.

Three large golden magic circles blocked the beams of light.

H-How could those circles not even damaged?

Then she saw the female in a full plate white armor, she is probably the one who conjured the magic circles. However, something puzzled Ana.

Wait? How did she get there so fast?

She looked to where she was for a moment, just to ensure that's really her, but her eyes didn't deceive her indeed.

She must be the one who made those circles.

Ana thought.

Even after all those giant beams of light, she expected that those beams could damage anything. However, those circles were not broken, there's not even a trace of scratch or something.

Moments have passed and once again the cannons fired, and the circles which blocked the beams were still undamaged.

There's no way those circles are still undamaged.

She shockingly said in her mind.

Then again, the cannons readied to fire again.

The normal cannons may have limited fire sequence and when depleted, the energy source needed to be changed. However, the experimental weapon is different, with magic crystal as its core, when the magic energy is depleted, it only needs to absorb magic from the air – the technology in that cannon can indeed absorb magic to give to the magic crystal – but, the cannon cannot be used or operated when absorbing magic from the air.

However, before the cannons could manage to fire, Ana saw bodies of light came from the white armored woman.